Recent content by mwsmws22

Let me know what you think! Much appreciated!

So when scanning, some of the darker areas can get pretty faded for screentones. In the end it come out like Any tips for how to make this smoother and less patchy? Thanks for any advice.

Alright, I'll use the fix going forward. For now... Is there any trick for cleaning pages with heavy black screentones. I got quite a few like this one that lose detail due to leveling. I mean, it looks fine as is in my opinion, but I was curious if there was any specific way to clean...

I've been working on it, following the video, but I can't seem to get it the same. Everything looks good until after you first resize it, then it starts to look slightly different on my end. Is there anyway I could see what exactly those two actions specifically do? RESIZE BIGGER TO LEVEL and...

I appreciate the videos! I will definitely use them to fix my mistakes! For the example you included along with page 27, is it because of the original scans that it looks so good? Is there anything I can change in my scanner settings to improve the quality of my raws? Can I get them to look...

Raws: I will try chapter 18's method with less denoise and post it when I'm done Okay, I lowered the denoise on the chapter 18 technique, but I don't think it made much difference. Also the levels were changed as well, which was necessary to reduce the leftover noise. My main issue with...

Alright so I'm back guys. I put out the latest chapter following the suggestions from ManaLight. Chapter 20: http://bato.to/reader#8d34f3a5bbc0da8b I didn't do much with the dust because it wasn't that noticeable. How'd I do otherwise? Redraws and cleaning...

Any tips for removing the dust particles in the white? I can't level much more than I already have... Is my only option to manually paint over them?

I think this one came out pretty well. I used complement twice and then sized it down to 2600 like you said. Thoughts? With 4 times complement:

Alright so i tried working without heavy topaz clean, following manalight's explanation on how to use complement. I found it work really well on the dark example I posted, but when its comes to lighter pages, there are these super annoying streaks across the page. Any idea how to avoid them...

I just recorded the whole Complement process. Maybe you can tell me where I messed up. Thanks

I tried to follow your description, but mine doesn't look as good as yours. What do you think? How'd I do? Also, this is 4 times Complement. i tried adding a descreen... but i don't think it made much of a difference i'm gonna sleep now. thanks

Wow, im dumb... Yeah, it is not very good looking back at it after a good night's sleep. That being said i really liked the hybrid method. I prefer it because it maintains detail compared to Topaz. For the example you did, how exactly did you do it? I'm trying to replicate. I'm assuming you...

Thanks for the advice. I really appreciate it. While I may personally like the look of low texture screentones, I understand what you're saying completely. After much trial and error, it really does seem like its impossible to have both detail, and low texture. Guess I'll just have to accept...

I was trying to smooth/blur the screentones, because i like that look better. In both of ours you can see the moire patterns quite clearly. this is where i got stuck. because if i do that, then i lose detail on the rest of the image. What i basically did for this batch was follow this tutorial...