Welcome to the home of Scantography, "The Graphic Art of Scanning". This site has many examples of "Artwork Created by using a Flatbed Scanner and a Personal Computer." These techniques work with Adobe Photoshop or other graphics programs. Many different effects can be archived with this process. Make the most of your flatbed scanner and find new ways to create unique art that is fun and inexpensive. This technique was developed by Richard Rownak over the last 8 years.
      An instructional .pdf file is available now. The file can be downloaded to your personal computer and printed. The cost to download the file is $5.00 US and the methods of payment available are PayPal, Visa or Mastercard. There is also a link for a free download of Adobe Acrobat Reader, in case you do not have it already. You will need Acrobat in order to read, save or print the .pdf file. The subject matter which I have chosen to use in my Scantography work so far has been plants, mostly flowers. The flower, yes, a symbol of beauty and delicateness, which is loved by the world and available in all colors and styles. If you have any questions or comments please EMAIL me by clicking here. Please do not hesitate to forward this site to anyone you feel would like to see it. Please take a good look and thanks for the visit. You can view more of Richard Rownak's work at http://rownak.com. Scantography, "The Graphic Art of Scanning" will allow you to turn your boring flatbed scanner into a high resolution digital camera and give you many hours of artistic pleasure. Once you learn the "Secrets of Scantography" from the instructional .pdf file you will be able to create your own large and colorful images and the difference with Scantographyand images from digital cameras is that the larger the scanographs are printed the better they look. The difference is in the resolution that you are able to set with your scanner software. You can use my special technique which will really make a big difference to your scans. This technique works well with Adobe Photoshop.