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Scanning advice for squarebound comic?
Kevin Yong:
Thanks for the binder clip advice, I'll have to experiment with that. I don't mind creasing the binding if it helps get a good scan; I just want to make sure I don't further rip the brittle pages of a book I'm trying to digitally preserve. I'll report back on my progress soon.
narfstar:
And if the book is bad enough or cheap enough the pages can be separated and make scanning easy. I have done that with some 100 pagers of low monetary value. I have some others that need scanned I will try the binder clips
Kevin Yong:
Hi all. I started this thread several months back, but I've finally gotten around to scanning my copy of "All Good Comics" (Fox, 1944). My copy was in readable condition, but was well-worn. Here's what I had to work with:
* The book's interior 128 pages are complete, but it was missing the back cover.
* It has a few ripped pages that were repaired with (now brittle and yellow) cellophane tape.
* It had random pages in the center of the book printed/bound with inconsistent margins. That means some pages are perfectly centered, while others have panel borders that run right up to the edge of the inside gutter of the spine.
Before I start the long process of trying to clean up or re-crop the pages, I wanted to double-check and see if anyone else with a copy of this book could provide better scans for the individual pages of mine that are damaged or off center. If so, I can share my hi-res unedited scans, and we could attempt to combine our pages into a complete (and better quality) book for the site. If not, I'll do my best and post what I have.
-- Kevin
Yoc:
Hi Kevin,
Thanks for all the work you are doing on this.
Say, is this the same book as the one DM posted a while back here?
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=5102
If it is a second version is still welcome and if the final file size is over 100mb please break it into two parts.
Any other help feel free to send me a PM or post it here.
-Yoc
Kevin Yong:
--- Quote from: Yoc on March 29, 2012, 09:41:29 AM ---Hi Kevin,
Thanks for all the work you are doing on this.
Say, is this the same book as the one DM posted a while back here?
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=5102
If it is a second version is still welcome and if the final file size is over 100mb please break it into two parts.
Any other help feel free to send me a PM or post it here.
-Yoc
--- End quote ---
Yes, that's the comic. I'm hoping my full-color copy (despite its wear and tear) can be a good supplement to the current scans which are still partially B&W.
Thanks for the tip about uploading in two parts. I'll have to see how small I can shrink the final pages when I'm done. Having a book with over 128 pages makes for large files. (My uncompressed hi-res scans for the book are currently taking up over 4 Gigs.)
-- Kevin
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