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Is there any kind of "Manual Project" site?
Kirkland:
Photoshop is the beast that can make some amazing fixes in seconds, but then you have some minor tweaks and you can fight and fight and fight it for hours. Then I run down the rabbit hole of "fixing" things at 600dpi. Which takes an eternity.
Arseen- I knew you'd at least appreciate the handful of PAL stuff this guy in the middle of the US could get my hands on. Populous 2 was a beast to acquire (I was hunting rare English PAL-only manuals) and did you take a closer look at that street fighter cover....... ;)
sheep2001:
You know about this site?
http://www.replacementdocs.com/news.php
Arseen:
--- Quote from: Kirkland on August 04, 2016, 07:00:59 AM ---and did you take a closer look at that street fighter cover....... ;)
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Didn't notice, but now that you mentioned: WTF is that?
And is there repro cart for that?
gam3rz3r0:
--- Quote from: segamer on August 03, 2016, 10:44:36 PM ---
--- Quote from: Kirkland on August 03, 2016, 10:24:06 PM ---My crazy one last weekend was playing Little Samson for 20 some odd hours so I could get pixel-accurate screen shots to do a manual rebuild. Turned out pretty good. Cover uses the box art so it's obvious it's a repro, but otherwise the rest of the manual looks pretty spiffy. ;)
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It just easier to get to the correct place in a screenshot and shift the sprites around (via Photoshopping) so the screenshot is accurate. For myself, I don't even play the game. I just go to a "Let's Play" captured in HD, fast forward to the correct stage and point in the game, take screenshots of the sprites I need in the correct animation and merge everything.
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I never thought of that. That's pretty friggin genius.
PersianImm0rtal:
Thanks for all the information guys! I would really love to see a Youtube Tutorial come out that teaches you how to restore manuals with photoshop, and then make them print ready. I would gladly spend a little bit each day slowly restoring manuals.