HQ Scans of Only Star [17.11.08], Weekly the Television [08.11.08], TV Guide [08.11.08] & Potato Dec

[crystalove87]

Yay! i was actually being productive these couple of days! and also for the fact that my friend, rachie241282 , needs a new header, so i decided to go ahead and scan the mags that i have just received! shall post it before i sleep! its almost 2am in my country. T_T this time NO CREDIT IS NEEDED. if you do really wanna credit, i wouldn't mind. =D usual rules

Comments

[gimmick_game]

Just a word of advice, since I know a lot of people don't really have room for files THAT big:

800dpi is pushing it. Even if you DO scan in at 800dpi...resizing the file to maybe 3000px - 4000px at the tallest edge would be advised to avoid such large file sizes.

For example, everything I scan in at is 600dpi. Depending on the original size of the file (in pixels) I usually reduce it down by half. This saves on file size and also makes the image clearer.

I would love to be able to download these...but the file size is just a bit too much. :/

[crystalove87]

thanks for your advice! but, my aim is to provide HQ files. As HQ as possible. and as long as most people do not object, i will still continue to scan at 800dpi and release them at the original size. Thanks though for your advice!

[gimmick_game]

I understand wanting to provide HQ scans. But...the file size is bordering on pretty much ridiculous. 800dpi, fine, but at least reduce the pixel size a bit to avoid such horrible sizes. The file size for Only Star is the size of one episode of Himitsu! Even as a graphics maker, there is no reason for file sizes so large. Everything you could need to do with them would require sizing them down. :/

It might be nice to provide smaller sizes as well.

[crystalove87]

reducing file size, will reduce the dpi too. and i am not one for compromising when it comes to quality. and usually when i scan, its because my personal friends wants it, and at that size actually. I'm sharing because since i have scanned it, its okay to share. resizing will make the image look sharper, yes, but if i did that, i could no longer say my images are at 800dpi or whichever dpi. Because quality is compromised to the size of the images.

[gimmick_game]

Actually...no it doesn't.

When you scan something in at 600dpi (going by this because I don't use anything else), say, a normal sized magazine page, it's approximately 4500px x 6000px. The file quality is a bit fuzzy due to the image size. Reducing it down to about 2500 on the tallest edge not only sharpens the image, it doesn't reduce the dpi. It improves the clearness of the image.

They are STILL at 800dpi. DPI is simply the amount of detail the scanning eye catches while scanning. Dots per inch. So, by default, the smaller the image dimensions, the clearer the image will BE.

[crystalove87]

sorry to tell you. but it will. well that's my opinion after i have searched on the internet. and why are you trying to make me resize MY scans. which i would like to remind you, how I release MY scans, its dependent on me not? i do understand your point, resize your image so that the file size would be smaller. But understand my point too. my answer is NO. i am sorry for being so rude.

[crystalove87]

and i honestly appreciate your comments & advice!

[gimmick_game]

I wasn't TELLING you to do anything. I was giving you ADVICE. Advice from years of DOING this. I'm not trying to MAKE YOU.

I was trying to explain to you that no, the dpi will not be reduced. Neither will the quality. If anything, it makes it less pixelated.

I'm not going to comment again. I offered my advice, and the opinion that the file/image sizes are too large.

[crystalove87]

i am sorry if i made you mad or anything. thanks for your advice!