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Feb 16, 2012 - 10:22 PM
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Sketchkid
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Hey Scott,
Thanks for the high rez art, though not too many I needed for this batch. (just The Great Train Robbery) I passed on TS3 and Batman Forever as I just couldn't make the colors/saturation levels work for me. Since this is a recent thread that you're keeping up with, thought I'd share a few constructive criticisms and requests if you don't mind:
I'm a 3D artist for games (and do part time storyboards) - Imo, some of your scans are bit "harsh", the contrast is a tad high. For example I couldn't make Broken Arrow work for me... too green, and couldn't really minimize the areas effected that easily. Some cover art is just not very user friendly, such as that one, and Batman Forever as you mentioned does look like a real pain.
Some of my requests (none are represented at Album Art Exchange or anywhere on the web in high quality):
Conan the Barbarian (re-recording) alternate cover
Batman Returns (LLL)
The Abyss
Agora
Air Force One
Cobb
The Fly/Fly 2 (both individual releases and combo)
Harry Potter 1 & 2
LOTR complete recordings (booklet covers)
Man Without a Face
M:I 2 (score of course)
Mummy 1 & 2
Nixon
Raging Bull
Twilight Zone (FSM)
Thanks for all your work, finding nice high rez art definitely adds to my enjoyment of collecting soundtracks!
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Feb 17, 2012 - 8:07 PM
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Sketchkid
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Thanks for the feedback. I do my best to match the color and sharpness of each cover.
Do you have any suggestions?
I don't have any experience with high rez scanning, so I can't offer much there. I use Photoshop for most things. For me, it just comes down to eyeballing the colors and contrast. An invaluable tool I use all the time is Image-Adjustments-Replace Color. It's the best way to isolate a certain color (you can further isolate by selecting a section). Smoke, etc still presents the biggest challenge, as I'm sure you've found.
Literally what I'll do is a side by side comparison with the best quality cover I have at the time vs yours. Most of the time, by adjusting yours a bit here and there I use yours. But for the examples I listed above, despite the higher resolution, I found the original more pleasing to my eye.
One thing which I try to take into account is what I'm guessing the original digital art looked like vs the printed booklet in my hands. No doubt there's some differences there, sometimes I go with the former, sometimes the latter.
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