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"kitsunebi edition" is a label reserved for scans I release which are superior in some way to scans already available here, but in essence, ALL of my scans are "kitsunebi editions," since I always do my best to make my scans look as good as I can. That doesn't mean that all scans require the same amount of effort, of course. A mag in good shape printed on quality paper will be a much faster edit than a damaged mag printed on cheap, yellowed paper stock. And paper stock doesn't come much cheaper than these early Game Player's titles. So this certainly took as much time and effort to edit as any other "kitsunebi edition." But it's not really the aged paper that makes editing these such a hassle, it's the primitive and poorly reproduced screenshots throughout. This mag is from the era where magazine screenshots were made by pointing a camera at a TV/monitor, and without a carefully controlled environment, every single photo seems to have a different hue and brightness caused by the varying lighting conditions under which it was taken. This often necessitates editing each screenshot on a page separately, since, for example, something meant to be white is yellow in one screenshot, light blue in another, and a dull grey in a third. The end result isn't going to fool anyone into thinking this is a high budget mag from the 90s, but it's still the best this issue has ever looked. -
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kitsunebi replied to Rando1975's topic in Database Discussions
Sorry, my debinding video seems to have been taken down (and I no longer have a copy), but you can see lots of information about debinding here: https://www.retromags.com/forums/topic/10584-de-binding-with-a-heat-gun/ As for scanning, 300dpi is pretty much the max size for mags released here (exact pixel height depends on the mag, but probably around 3200-3300 for American mags). I scan at 600dpi and make a 300dpi copy for this site (some people release mags here at a height of 2200 pixels, which is around 200dpi and is the mimimum recommended size.) Since you're using a flatbed scanner, though, you probably want to scan at 300, since scanning at 600 on a flatbed is sloooow. Once the mag/guide is scanned, there are editing guides in our help section. I personally disagree with a lot of the specifics in there and think everyone is better off finding their own techniques, but if you're completely clueless, it's a place to start. -
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mrmxy replied to Rando1975's topic in Database Discussions
Hi, I came across this topic because I recently bought guidebooks for some Satellaview-related Super Famicom games that I'd like to scan (three for RPG Tsukuru Super Dante, two for RPG Tsukuru 2, one for Sound Novel Tsukuru, and one for Ongaku Tsukuru Kanaderu). From reading previous pages, it sounds like debinding is the way to go for this. Do you guys have a guide for how to do that, plus scanning tips in general? (DPI, stuff like that.) I own an Epson flatbed scanner.