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[sadikyo]

Hello all,

I mentioned this in another thread, but I thought it would be good to make a new thread to request scans / images of old maps or posters.

I'd like to fix them up a little --- try to get rid of the fold lines, clean them up a little bit - to make nice clean map images.  In a way this could be a request for you I suppose.  If you have a map / poster / advertisement that you have that you'd like to see a little bit..."nicer" just let me know and I'll see what I can do.

I'm choosing these items because I don't think many people have been working on this, yet there are tons of people working on covers, manuals, etc.

Thanks!

[rech0rd]

How about this one?

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8xn5qm4DR1rtqm81o1_1280.jpg

[larryinc64]

I may have a few things I want to use for inlays.

[sadikyo]

rech0rd,

That is a pretty low-res scan, but I'll see what I can do.  Do you happen to have the original or was this obtained on the internet?

[Seymor Onion]

BAM!


Click on the Tumbnail to download a 600 dpi scan that is a RARed Bitmap @ 47.2 MB.
Original Size was roughly the same as a sheet of Letter Size Paper (8.5 x 11 inches).

It's not in the best condition; it definitely needs some work, but man, it'll be so worth it.  
Especially if the cleaned up version can be blown up and made into a poster.  

If you can clean it up, I'll send ya a big poster of it.
I'll also send one to the first person to post a better scan of it, making it easier for ya to tweak.

[sadikyo]

^^^ I have started working on it --- it is definitely taking a while  

I assume the darker areas on the side are tape or something that wasn't really part of the original image?  Also, there is an area toward the middle left that is much lighter in color - I assume this was not part of the original either (maybe your copy, but shouldn't be like that?) 

I doubt we'll get any other scans, and what I've found online is lower resolution, so I'll just continue.

[Seymor Onion]

^^^ I have started working on it --- it is definitely taking a while  

I assume the darker areas on the side are tape or something that wasn't really part of the original image?  Also, there is an area toward the middle left that is much lighter in color - I assume this was not part of the original either (maybe your copy, but shouldn't be like that?) 

I doubt we'll get any other scans, and what I've found online is lower resolution, so I'll just continue.

The darker areas on the left and right are from Tape that wasn't part of the original image.
It was Taped to the outside of a folder, that contained a homemade strategy guide with hand-drawn maps.
If I only knew then, what I know now...   

You are right about the lighter area; it is not suppose to be there either.
The aged parchment style is suppose to be fairly uniform.

I, and many other Ys Fans, greatly appreciate your efforts.   

[sadikyo]

^^^ I think I'm about 3/8 done, haha.  Not quite halfway there, but more than a third.

Anyway, with making so many modifications/edits, I don't know how it would look printed out in poster format -- depending on the size of the poster, that is.  I'm hopeful that it will look pretty good, but I know that blowing up edited images sometimes highlights artifacts.  I'm hoping the high resolution will prevent that. 

If nothing else, I can guarantee the image itself will be an improvement over what I started with, so we'll just see. 

[Arseen]

I recieved Nintendo poster for US version of Lost Vikings 2 today. I'll scan it when I get home.
Poster for Lost Vikings 1 should arrive soon too.

[sadikyo]

^ Awesome!  Thanks

[sadikyo]

Seymor Onion: I am still working on the YS poster -- it is taking me a really long time, because I have like 50 projects I am working on    I've had to guess a little bit on the coloring in parts - I know it isn't gonna be perfect, so maybe I could send you a draft and see if it's heading in the right direction or if it looks terrible to you, hehe.

[Seymor Onion]

Seymor Onion: I am still working on the YS poster -- it is taking me a really long time, because I have like 50 projects I am working on    I've had to guess a little bit on the coloring in parts - I know it isn't gonna be perfect, so maybe I could send you a draft and see if it's heading in the right direction or if it looks terrible to you, hehe.

That's cool, there's no hurry. 
It doesn't have to perfectly match the original.
If someone who has never seen the original before, looks at your version, and it doesn't look odd to them, then I'd call that Success. 

[BadChad]

I'll also send one to the first person to post a better scan of it, making it easier for ya to tweak.

I found a pretty nice scan here. No tape or anything like that. Should be much easier to clean! Ill definetly take you up on that a poster offer!

http://www.pcengine.co.uk/HiRes/Ys_map.jpg

It would make a pretty sweet poster I must say.

[sadikyo]

Well crap, haha.  You know how much time I've spent on the last one?  hehe.

I think I'll do both.  His scan is higher resolution after all - but this will be easy to touch-up.  

EDIT: Upon closer inspection, this file is very odd...looks like parts of it have been blurred at an attempt to correct, and parts left pixelated.  Or maybe just jpg artifacts from multiple edits, I'm not sure. 

I'll see what I can do - and I'll still continue on the original.

[Mick Dundee]

Ys games are awesome. I wish they would just hurry up with the Vita one....stupid thing is gathering as much dust as my PS3.

 Any idea if this Ys map or other maps would be purchasable in a small poster format at a later date? I would love some RPG maps in somewhere around the 20x30" range...for a reasonable price anyway.