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Testdriving my new scanner (Canoscan 600F). Any optimization tips? Any requests (got a bunch of artbooks lying around, don't know which to scan first)
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shoot out some name generous anonymous
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Decent quality. But down the rez alot, that big and you get grainy hell if you zoom in. Reduce to half, at least.
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>>269589
what do you have?
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>>269722

Thanks. Those were scanned at 300-400dpi with descreening on and softened a little bit afterward. I don't see that much grain if I zoom in. Going to try scanning at an even higher res (like 600-800dpi) and then downsizing with different algorithms.

As for other replies: I started scanning Xenosaga Emission E2. I tried ABe's new artbook, but the thing is 1cm too large for the scanner. Damn. Also going to re-scan "Madoka" next.
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>>270107
Do you also have Takada's Misty Orb, Tir Na Sorcha, and Sekaiki: Ygg-drasil artbooks? Please say yes, I need large and high quality scans of those like whoa.
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>>270107
DO NOT listen to>>269722he is a fucking retard. Reducing the resolution below a minimum of 2000x2000 defeats the purpose of even having scans in the first place. Keep them large.
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Scanned at 200dpi, no resize.
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>>270114

Misty Orb: Yes
Tir na Sorcha: No, sorry
Ygg-drasil... (searches around): Yes
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600dpi, resized with "Bicubic Smooth"(PS)
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600dpi, resized with "Bicubic Sharp" and "Noise removal" (PS). Note that the remaining "noise" or "structure" is the structure of the paper the book is printed on itself. It is not high gloss filled paper, but matte finished and it retains some fiber structure.
>> Anonymous
how i do it is scan at 600 dpi, descreen, a bit of dust removal (2px maximum). Texture smooth if your original material is like the paper in the op post, or just leave it as it is. Resize to 60% bicubic (or more, depending). You might want to do a second run of descreening if artifacts become visible upon resize. Remember, minimise processing whenever possible.

>>270120
agreed
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>>270128

Forgot the image...
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Another question: IMHO Canon's scanner software is pretty much teh shit (and aimed at serious computer illiterates). Anyone here have any experience with SilverFast? Is it worth getting?
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Forget above question. The LIDE600F is not supported by SilverFast. hrmph...
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OK, here we go. First half of "Xeno Emission E2", scanned at 400dpi. Keep files in your download location, I will add the remaining ones to them and update the torrent.
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>>270199

Link to the torrent file would be useful, I guess...

http://www.datorrents.com/torrents-details.asp?id=31200
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>>269722
I think this guy just doesn't realize what paper texture is...

About the Yoshitoshi Abe book; to compensate for the larger size, take more scans and stitch them together in photoshop or with a program like photostitch (is that the right name..?)
>> Anonymous
And please post a list of your art books!
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>>270209

The problem is that the scanner has a tiny but noticeable color aberration between two scans of the same picture, which makes piecing them together a problem. This was to be expected though, since this is not a professional scanner that could be thoroughly calibrated against an IT8-target.
And I don't have Photostitch... only some amazingly stupid Nikon stitching-software that came with my cam. Utterly useless piece of soft-junk, though...
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>>270210

Uh. Oh. That would require sorting them first...
Off the top of my head:

Akemi Takada: Madoka, Ygg-Drasil, Misty Orb
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto: Alpha, Der Mond Limited Edition, Die Sterne
Yoshitoshi Abe: lain omnipresence, latest one (Title in Kanji, can't read them)
Yuzo Takada: Aien Kien, Last Order (A3-Size, too large to scan)
Nobuteru Yuuki: Phantasien
Inomata Mutsumi: Utsu no miko, Mikan Story, Un ballo in maschera, Approach of Atlantis
Tsuruta Kenji: Forget me not, Hydrogen, Eternal

Sailor Moon I-V, several H-game books (Sexfriend being the best IMHO)...
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>>270212
If you use software like PanaVue Image Assembler, it'll automatically ensure that the colors from different stitched images match.
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>>270217

I vote Phantasien and "Yoshitoshi Abe: lain omnipresence, latest one (Title in Kanji, can't read them)" aka Gaisokyu.

If you scan in multiple parts regardless of color issues, I can color correct and stitch them together for you. It's not a problem.
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>>270217
Inomata Mutsumi and Akemi Takada for ultimate win
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>>270217

Another request for "Yoshitoshi Abe: lain omnipresence, latest one (Title in Kanji, can't read them)"
>> Anonymous
actually, more like finish the XE series first? :P