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Artist's Corner => Raw Scans => Topic started by: MarioSonicLife on May 24, 2020, 08:50:29 AM

Title: My Scans EUR (Custom And Retails)
Post by: MarioSonicLife on May 24, 2020, 08:50:29 AM
Hello i'm new so i came to upload some of my covers because they aren't many EUR Boxart (some of them tired of gametdb.com by downloading back and front cover take a full from here and rassembling but they look pretty retail :) )

Mario Golf World Tour (GameTDB)
https://mega.nz/file/Ugs1ja6R#HhKcjpsHo2PRxvxHpJt1R4tz9b4VmdFR0_N-faNUGCI

AR GAMES (Full Custom based on http://www.thecoverproject.net/view.php?game_id=7864)
https://mega.nz/file/IstxhKTT#X7IdFt2Zhnq3DdLL7Hmgfc5gRXiRpaKrdi7MqzBhktM

Mario Vs Donkey Kong Tipping Stars (GameTDB)
https://mega.nz/file/490lGSTI#Hf5Y8pGPrHMF-pKK8dIEaykq59nTjA_6THxJQHsydWU

New Super Mario Bros 2 (Retail)
https://mega.nz/file/0hlX2QTA#QRMb962ZCzS0up8zhaO2rJ3IWpouy-8DjbXe-h_FSZ8

More cover will come soon so stay tuned !
Title: Re: My Scans EUR (Custom And Retails)
Post by: Arseen on May 24, 2020, 11:57:49 AM
Sorry 3 things
- Mega tries to give adds/viruses. Don't use it.
- Mega has dropped your DPI to 72. Don't use it.
- Scans were not flat. Do use hard cover book on it when you scan.
Title: Re: My Scans EUR (Custom And Retails)
Post by: MarioSonicLife on May 24, 2020, 12:54:21 PM
My bad , what do you recommend me ?
Title: Re: My Scans EUR (Custom And Retails)
Post by: Arseen on May 24, 2020, 01:06:23 PM
Mediafire and the heavy book. ;)
Title: Re: My Scans EUR (Custom And Retails)
Post by: MarioSonicLife on May 24, 2020, 01:18:40 PM
But in the scanning guide http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=1305.0 he uses game like me
Title: Re: My Scans EUR (Custom And Retails)
Post by: MarioSonicLife on May 24, 2020, 01:20:58 PM
because if I have to do it all over again I'm sad (I've done more since)
Title: Re: My Scans EUR (Custom And Retails)
Post by: Arseen on May 24, 2020, 02:28:46 PM
because if I have to do it all over again I'm sad (I've done more since)
I know the feeling. ::)
I've many times scanned bunch of covers and uploaded them.
Then afterwards either I or someone else notices something wrong with the scans or tells me better way of scanning.
Then I have had to restart.

But your scans unfortunately have fuzzy spots where the cover has not been tightly against the glass.
Those spots are nearly impossible to fix, probably needing redrawing by hand.

So please re-scan, or we are sadder. :'( :'( :'(

Thank you.
Title: Re: My Scans EUR (Custom And Retails)
Post by: MarioSonicLife on May 25, 2020, 06:00:00 AM
yes sure in any case I would have reupload the covers :) but are they the same problem ? http://www.mediafire.com/folder/3i6lmoor38sna/Covers
Title: Re: My Scans EUR (Custom And Retails)
Post by: MarioSonicLife on July 13, 2020, 07:16:14 AM
i"m still waiting  :(
Title: Re: My Scans EUR (Custom And Retails)
Post by: sheep2001 on July 13, 2020, 08:42:09 AM
i"m still waiting  :(

Just looked at the PS2 MX vs ATV.  Unfortunately there are still some fuzzy/blurred areas.  Did you scan with a heavy book on top or the cover (not the lid of the scanner, on the actual cover).  It could be smudges on the scanner bed, but looks more likely to be the cover not laying completely flat.

The mariokart wii cover however looks much better.  No fuzzy spots.  It does have quite a bad moire effect though.  Does your scanning software have descreen or derasterize option?
Title: Re: My Scans EUR (Custom And Retails)
Post by: ShoothimNow on July 13, 2020, 08:47:25 AM
I just looked at http://www.mediafire.com/view/dc2iuwxjgcwuz0x/3ds_augmentedrealitycards_custom_fr.jpg and the main logo on the front is really choppy (looks like it was selected with the autoselect tool and then never smoothed) along with being really fuzzy.  The characters on the back are also lacking any quality consistency (Mario is in much better quality than Link right next to him).

Our older covers (mind you, covers that are now over 12 years old) on this site were scanned on subpar scanners (decent scanners for 2005, but terrible in todays age) and before we had quality restrictions.  It's no longer quantity over quality.  Quality now comes first.
Title: Re: My Scans EUR (Custom And Retails)
Post by: MarioSonicLife on July 23, 2020, 11:18:46 AM
1. yes the ps2 cover was made in first so i didn't know to do this
2. the ar cards have been done from scratch so i do screenshot from my 3ds and detoure it in gimp
Title: Re: My Scans EUR (Custom And Retails)
Post by: ShoothimNow on July 23, 2020, 08:47:12 PM
It's all good bud.  I'm not a mod, but I can show you where I would feel your quality is severely lacking

(https://i.postimg.cc/nnjnb1cW/Poor-Quality-Standards.jpg)

The yellow boxes are not full boxes, you cut the 3D box into something terrible.

Realite augmentee - has some really weird RED pixelation on the outside of the black letters

JEUX EN RA is SUPER fuzzy.  Like... SUPER fuzzy.

The blocky cropped 3D Mario next to a very pixelated (and very straight lined cropped) 2D Link next to a poorly cropped 3D Kirby next to a fuzzy model of Samus next to whatever you want to call that Pikman image (JPG artifacts + black border present) looks really.. really.. really.. really bad.

The wording for the segment below is way too close to the edge of the cover
Vous avez besoin des cartes RA
(Realite Augmente) pour jouer a
l'application integre
Jeux en RA : Realite Augmentee

Also, you changed the AR GAMES on the front... but you didnt change it on the back left corner

The Legal information is super blurry

On the front of the page, you have a yellow oval with a grey pattern inside.  I can tell you took the selection tool and deleted parts of the image.  I can tell this because 2/3s of the grey oval is white, and you have black text remnants everywhere in that oval.

There may be more reasons why it was rejected, but hopefully this helps understand why we cannot host this cover.  Sorry
Title: Re: My Scans EUR (Custom And Retails)
Post by: MarioSonicLife on September 02, 2020, 06:00:36 AM
yeah you're true . i will post a V2 soon ! and the retail ? waddya think ?