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Hello,
I hope I'm not too out-of-place asking for some help with shoujo magazine raws. Shoujo manga likes its ~tones~ and things like flower or bubble patterns, so I'm having trouble cleaning them without losing the tones.
So the problem with magazine raws is--the quality sucks. Seriously, who came up with the bright idea to print magazine chapters in color?! No matter how I manipulate it, the scan always looks LQ-MQ at best, and I'm pretty picky about HQ. I think I offended my scanner when I told her I might try to look for the tanks (not that hers weren't nice, and I really do appreciate the scans, but editing them is a pain). However, the project has been stalled looking for another scanner for tanks, so I think I'll just suck it up and try to get as much quality out of these scans as possible.
Here are two sample scans:
Sample 1
Sample 2
Here are my attempts to do some preliminary cleaning.
Sample 1
Sample 2
(Seriously, I want to cry--the quality is so bad.)
-Would I be able to redraw grays? I'd be willing to give it a shot...
I hope I'm not too out-of-place asking for some help with shoujo magazine raws. Shoujo manga likes its ~tones~ and things like flower or bubble patterns, so I'm having trouble cleaning them without losing the tones.
So the problem with magazine raws is--the quality sucks. Seriously, who came up with the bright idea to print magazine chapters in color?! No matter how I manipulate it, the scan always looks LQ-MQ at best, and I'm pretty picky about HQ. I think I offended my scanner when I told her I might try to look for the tanks (not that hers weren't nice, and I really do appreciate the scans, but editing them is a pain). However, the project has been stalled looking for another scanner for tanks, so I think I'll just suck it up and try to get as much quality out of these scans as possible.
Here are two sample scans:
Sample 1
Sample 2
Here are my attempts to do some preliminary cleaning.
Sample 1
Sample 2
(Seriously, I want to cry--the quality is so bad.)
-Would I be able to redraw grays? I'd be willing to give it a shot...