[projectaon] Re: 01hh graphics
- From: Iain Smith <iainsmith@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 07:28:04 -0700 (PDT)
I took the greyscale image and applied a couple of contrast ehancement cycles
then dropped it to 16 colours, the result is below:
http://www.projectaon.org/staff/iain/FreewayWarrior/Pic1_300dpi_greyscale_Edited_16.png
The small amount of noise in that image could easily be cleared up during the
contrast cycle. If Simon's willing to scan in all the images in greyscale the
way he did that one and forward them to me, I'd be happy to tidy them up ready
for use in the published title.
----- Original Message ----
From: Simon Osborne <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:32:45 AM
Subject: [projectaon] Re: 01hh graphics
Hi guys
I scanned Pic 1 from 01hh three different ways:
* colour @ 300dpi
* black and white @ 300dpi
* greyscale @ 300dpi with +10 contrast and -10 brightness (the original
greyscale scan was far too light)
I can't e-mail the results because they're too huge. I put the archive here:
<http://www.projectaon.org/staff/simon/01hh_Pic1_Test.rar>
No other work has been done to them. What do you think? Which is best? What
processes need to be applied? Could a macro be written to do this? Should the
frames be straightened (I am in favour of this, but others might not be)?
Many, many questions. >_<
On a separate topic, I'm doing some maintenance on my staff area. I've remove
the EE and SS picture archives; can I remove the LW_Maps.rar file, which
contains the replacement scans for maps for Books 1-8? Or are they still yet to
be incorporated into the source XML data/folders/whatever?
--
Simon Osborne
Iain Smith wrote:
> When I scan from yellowed pages I tend to do the scan in full colour,
> then use image manipulation software to remove the colouring (I think
> this gives more flexibility and better overall results). With PSP an
> image optimise, followed by greyscale, completed by a couple of contrast
> enhancement cycles usually does the trick.
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jonathan Blake <blake.jon@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 5:40:55 PM
> Subject: [projectaon] Re: 01hh graphics
>
> On 10/24/06, Simon Osborne <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > What are the rules/dimensions for the images, again, just in case?
>
> I'm not entirely sure what the best scan settings would be when
> scanning from a printed book. The more resolution the better (within
> some limits). I've been using B&W mode on the illustrations from Brian
> Williams. That might not be best when dealing with a yellowed/greyed
> book page. I believe in this case that the threshold setting in B&W
> mode would be crucial in getting a good scan.
>
> Perhaps an experiment is in order. Try scanning one illustration with
> two different settings and send them to me to see which is most
> workable. Depending on how smart the scanner or software is, you may
> want to fiddle with the B&W threshold setting.
>
> * 300dpi, B&W
> * 300dpi, grayscale
>
> A lossless image format such as Windows BMP would be best, but please
> send them in a ZIP file or similar. :)
>
> --
> Jon
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