OK one question at a time

>>One question- when you say to use the transparency brush to get rid of all the white- can you crop all the white first- getting as close to the doodle as possible (box shape)- then use the transparency brush for the rest. Or does that change the size of the doodle?<<

You can use the magic wand to get rid of as much as the white as you can - but the magic wand in DIP performs pretty poorly to be honest and often cannot get close enough to the doodle itself which is why you then may need to clean up with the transparency brush. Check the tutorial I just uploaded here about creating line art stamps http://scrapbook-bytes.com/cgi-scrip...icle_571.shtml which demonstrates removing the white area, though in this case i dont bother cleaning up - i just used a fill.

>>i feel a bit slow here, but i just got my own scanner, and scan everything at jpg and don't know much about tiff to be honest. If you are just going to delete the white space anyways, why is it not working in the jpg format? is it less clear?<<

Why tif - jpg is what is called a lossy format and because you are editing it quite severely by removing white etc a tif file will give you better results during the initial scan and removing the white area than a jpg will. Its not essential - just recommended.
I use a Wacom tablet too - the less than stellar results are because DIP uses pixel based drawing - not vector. Which means basically you cant draw across half a pixel so curves etc are always going to be less than smooth. Scanning may give you better results - particulary for intricate doodles. But cleaning scans up presents its own problems.

>>scanned at 200
We support 300 as a better option as the majority of scrappers use 300ppi as a standard - it is also the industry standard. As such when you then place a 200ppi doodle on the 300ppi canvas its is going to physically shrink by maybe 1/3 in size. Since you can't size up without losing quality, but can resize down 300ppi gives you more options.

>>Like I said they came out pretty clear but could have used a little "umph". So I made them darker. (Effects>Filters>All Filters>Photocopy. Under Photocopy go to Change Advance Options, set Detail at 24.) <<

You could simply use Touchup> Exposure and Lighting and push the shadows up to darken the lines as well - or simply choose Effects> Fill with Texture or Color> Black to ensure the lines are clean with no white fringing.

>>Then when you finished editing click on the "magic wand">copy>new>select canvas size>paste>save.
and a bonus lol - simply chose Copy> new > and then paste - you dont have to select a file size since the new canvas size will be exactly the right size for whatever you have pasted.

If you have any more qus - just ask

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Thanks Shelley! I knew you'd find some shortcuts for me! So tell me about this wacom tablet i keep hearing being mentioned.

Wacom tablet is a graphics tablet for drawing etc.
You can learn more here: http://www.wacom.com/index2.cfm
They work in DIP but do not have pressure sensitivity
I have a 6x8 Wacom Inspire - its "old" now but that dont really outdate

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