SNES box scans

[badinsults]

I was over on UG, and someone suggested I make a post here.  I have about 80 SNES box scans, all saved lossless at 300 DPI, and I was wondering if people wanted to have a crack at editing them.  I noticed most of the scans here are custom or do not include the side flaps.  My personal goal is to have a scanned set including the flaps for my website SNES Central.  The flaps, in particular the small ones on the side, give an indication of the release version.  I have a lot of other projects on the go right now (in particular, I am working on cart label scans), so I don't have a lot of time to edit these myself.  Here is a list of what I have:

asciipad
bassins black bass
cannondale cup
capcoms mvp football
castlevania iv
chavez
chavez ii
fatal fury
final fantasy ii
final fantasy iii
final fantasy mystic quest
flashback
f-zero canadian
knights of the round
legend of zelda canadian
lost vikings
madden nfl 94
mega man x2 -
mega man x
mega man x iii
mortal kombat 3
nhl 96
NHLPA Hockey 1993 v1
out of this world
phalanx
pilotwings v1
secret of evermore
simcity v1
skuljagger
snow white
starfox canadian
street fighter ii
super adventure island v1
super james pond
super metroid
super punch out v1
super troll islands
tnn bass
wolfchild
boom controller
breath of fire
buster busts loose
captain novolin
clayfighter
d-force
earthworm jim 2
f-zero
incredible hulk
itchy and scratchy
jurassic park
jurassic park part 2
kawasaki super bike challenge
ken griffey jr mlb
king of the monsters 2
krustys fun house
madden 95
NBA Live 96
nba showdown
nhl 94
nhl 95
NHL Hockey 94 (UKV)
pitfall
rex ronan
saturday night slammasters
side pocket
sonic blast man
space football
spanky's quest
starfox
super black bass
super ceasars palace
super ghouls n ghosts
super mario kart (v3)
superpad
wheel of fortune deluxe edition
wwf super wrestlemania (v1)
ys iii

[Akumu]

I would love to do these:

captain novolin
chavez
chavez ii
flashback
rex ronan
saturday night slammasters
wwf super wrestlemania

[Dante_Ali]

I think I speak for everybody when I say everybody would be very grateful for any raws you provide. I'm especially fond of working on SNES boxart - though I usually do not include the flaps because of the UGC gamebox constraints.

If you want, though, I might take a crack at making an alternative cover that has the flaps included as if it were original.

I take it you have figured out how to upload these raws to the site, right?

[badinsults]

Yeah, it shouldn't be a problem uploading those.  The flaps usually provide the best way of uniquely identifying games, which is what I need for my archives.  Of course, if people don't want to include the flap parts on this website, I would appreciate any scan of snes boxes with them intact, even if they are unedited.  I'll post when I upload anything.

[badinsults]

I tried uploading a couple, but it isn't allowing me.  I have them saved as PNG and PNM files.

[shenske]

I tried uploading a couple, but it isn't allowing me.  I have them saved as PNG and PNM files.

Save them as JPEGs and try to reupload them, it should work after that.

[badinsults]

It seems rather silly to save as a jpeg before editing.

However, I will do that.  Just not at the moment.  Hopefully I can find something that does batch file conversions.

[Akumu]

Doesn't the Raw uploading system allow PNG?

[badinsults]

I uploaded the Super Wrestlemania box.  Let me know what you think, then I will continue.

[Akumu]

That works for me, gonna start on it now

[Akumu]

Weird, some parts of the scan have pixelation, while other parts are more clean

Are you saving these JPEGs on maximum setting in Photoshop?

[badinsults]

I'll be honest, I used the Linux command line tool, convert. (sorry I took so long to respond, I have been rather busy with other things as of late).

This is why I like PNG, then I don't have to worry about it.  Bandwidth isn't a big problem when you are dealing with a raw image, as far as I am concerned.

[Akumu]

Any possibility of receiving PNG's over my email? I might have some FTP space you can upload to as well.

[Dante_Ali]

badinsuits: I have been using Linux exclusively too and I keep getting complaints from tiktektak and others that the image quality is 'bad' or it's not 'descreened' properly or whatever. So, from now on to placate these people I will do all my editing work in Photoshop running in WINE.

[badinsults]

I don't think there is an issue with Linux, just that the jpeg conversion was poor.  Typically when I do cart label scans (my main project, if anyone has scans of these edited at 300dpi, I welcome them), I scan at 600 dpi and edit with Gimp, then resize down.  I am usually not too picky about minor defects because I think it would drive me insane to edit them out (it is bad enough that the cart label has to be scanned in two parts and pieced back together, and any part that goes over the crease is nearly impossible to fix properly half the time).  For my website, I typically resize down 60% from the 300 dpi size:





As for the boxes, I'm uploading them to some personal website right now.  If someone wants to download them, send me a PM soon, as I will likely delete them after they are downloaded.