Browsing galleries i'm always finding scans with very poor quality, reescaled
images, with a lot noise. I Think people are in a run for get levels, and i
don't know why exactly but i have some ideas (the first is to download the
scans...). The level "10" for download should be upped to
"20" hehe.
So i suggest, if people read this... to do this for a better quality
scan:
If your source scans are from the net, for example the LYC scans of megami, at
least take the time to improve the quality of the images. LYC scans are always
in 2 images per scan, so you will need to collapse them into one as you know.
Don't collapse them like a puzzle and don't keep that crappy line of cut effect,
and less don't keep a white line in the middle; that's horrible!!. In almost all
the galleries there are too many scans with the cut effect, something really
bad.
With the smudge tool and pencils of photoshop you can make correct this error.
Wonder how?
Also, to remove the back page effect look (to see the page back...), is also
recommeded to use the smudge tool, If you know photoshop and have a good brush
created the work is quite simple and fast. Anime scans are always plain colors
so you only need to use pencils or the smudge tool (the finger).
The noise Aspect:
There too many ways to remove noise. One is reescaling (example: from 2000 to
6000, the more the better) and using one of the noise filters of photoshop (i
don't know its transalation into english). Later we resize again to the original
size and we get a better quality pic. If noise persists, use a plugin especially
for removing noise. I use Neat image, i think it is the best. This plugin is
good for minor levels of noise but it can serve anyways to remove high levels of
noise as well using it more than 2 times.
The other one, is having a good scanner like the last canon scanners and use
them .
They are cheap imho.
Removing noise it's not always possible, so i suggest scans gallery items to
have an icon of NO NOISE or clean image . That
should differenciate the hard work against the others with the only purpose of
get levels.
To remove the backpage that shows up on thin paper, I play around with the
levels and curves. That's usually for black and white images though. Don't
really have that much of a problem with color.
There are other tools in Photoshop which can remove noise. I don't know the
exact name in english, but in french it's "Tampon de duplication". I
recommand it, because you can easily attenuate areas or wipe texts...
Now with the CREDIT system, the noise aspect is very important due that an image
with noise means more file size in kb. A Picture or scan without noise, plain
colors, represents a less amount of kb. You Must
know that the price for downloading a scan is according to the File
Size.
I recommed All people who scan o just upload scan to make a pass with Neat
image, a filter plugin for removing noise fast but not so perfectly. A Bit of
tweak with photoshop is also recommended.
Browsing galleries i'm always finding scans with very poor quality, reescaled images, with a lot noise. I Think people are in a run for get levels, and i don't know why exactly but i have some ideas (the first is to download the scans...). The level "10" for download should be upped to "20" hehe.
I spent more than 30 mins making a scan with this quality:
http://gallery.minitokyo.net/view/63080/
So i suggest, if people read this... to do this for a better quality scan:
If your source scans are from the net, for example the LYC scans of megami, at least take the time to improve the quality of the images. LYC scans are always in 2 images per scan, so you will need to collapse them into one as you know. Don't collapse them like a puzzle and don't keep that crappy line of cut effect, and less don't keep a white line in the middle; that's horrible!!. In almost all the galleries there are too many scans with the cut effect, something really bad.
With the smudge tool and pencils of photoshop you can make correct this error. Wonder how?
Also, to remove the back page effect look (to see the page back...), is also recommeded to use the smudge tool, If you know photoshop and have a good brush created the work is quite simple and fast. Anime scans are always plain colors so you only need to use pencils or the smudge tool (the finger).
The noise Aspect:
.
They are cheap imho.
There too many ways to remove noise. One is reescaling (example: from 2000 to 6000, the more the better) and using one of the noise filters of photoshop (i don't know its transalation into english). Later we resize again to the original size and we get a better quality pic. If noise persists, use a plugin especially for removing noise. I use Neat image, i think it is the best. This plugin is good for minor levels of noise but it can serve anyways to remove high levels of noise as well using it more than 2 times.
The other one, is having a good scanner like the last canon scanners and use them
Removing noise it's not always possible, so i suggest scans gallery items to have an icon of NO NOISE or clean image
. That
should differenciate the hard work against the others with the only purpose of
get levels.
keep growing the community!
regards!
woah
thx so much for the tips ^^
i think it's really usefull
especially that use scan as their major submission
thx for share the information here ^_^
I second this!!
And your scans are awesome, Z! Thanks for the tip, and the suggestions! I agree with those fully...
To remove the backpage that shows up on thin paper, I play around with the levels and curves. That's usually for black and white images though. Don't really have that much of a problem with color.
wow thx men...there are very goods tips
There are other tools in Photoshop which can remove noise. I don't know the exact name in english, but in french it's "Tampon de duplication". I recommand it, because you can easily attenuate areas or wipe texts...
I revive this thread
Now with the CREDIT system, the noise aspect is very important due that an image with noise means more file size in kb. A Picture or scan without noise, plain colors, represents a less amount of kb. You Must know that the price for downloading a scan is according to the File Size.
I recommed All people who scan o just upload scan to make a pass with Neat image, a filter plugin for removing noise fast but not so perfectly. A Bit of tweak with photoshop is also recommended.