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Main => Artwork => Topic started by: ChadTower on December 09, 2004, 09:16:41 am
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Okay... I've been asked to scan the sideart on my Asteroids Deluxe so it can be vectorized and reproduced.
Question 1: How does one go about scanning the side of a 400lb vertical object?
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You'd pretty much lay the cab on it's side, and take a flatbed scanner, turn it upside down. Scan corner to corner, one row at a time.
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I was afraid that would be the answer. That probably won't happen very soon.
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I was afraid that would be the answer. That probably won't happen very soon.
:(
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A lot of guys beg borrow or steal a very high-megapixel camera and take Overhead shots. One big one for reference, and then detail shots. From that, you can put a good image together.
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A lot of guys beg borrow or steal a very high-megapixel camera and take Overhead shots. One big one for reference, and then detail shots. From that, you can put a good image together.
this involve a lot of work in order to reconstitute the full puzzle.
on of the most common problem with this approach is the paralaxe problem. most photos are taken with a small angle regarding the subject, it's quite impossible to have a perfect perpendicular shot when you try to have overlaping shots.
generally the various closeup are slightly "angled". thus the reconstition loose accuracy.
but i aggre it's better than nothing.
eg I have some hi-res pics of a sideinvader sideart, that are angled. I must admit that reconstituting the whole image is over my skills. if someone is volunter spaceinvaderssideart_Folder.zip (http://edeveaud.free.fr/tmp/spaceinvaderssideart_Folder.zip)
scanninng huge pieces, as the whole sideart of a cab, is a difficult job that inolves a lot of energy and time:
tracing a grid on the artwork (usefull for the puzzle assembly), overlaping scanning. but we need people doing that.
in order to provide good source material for tracing.
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I'll take a look and see how bad it is.....zorg I know exactly what your saying with photos....
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I'll take a look and see how bad it is.....zorg I know exactly what your saying with photos....
be my guest thank's
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At some point I'm going to have to take the monitor out anyway, since I don't even know if it works yet.
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this involve a lot of work in order to reconstitute the full puzzle.
on of the most common problem with this approach is the paralaxe problem. most photos are taken with a small angle regarding the subject, it's quite impossible to have a perfect perpendicular shot when you try to have overlaping shots.
generally the various closeup are slightly "angled". thus the reconstition loose accuracy.
but i aggre it's better than nothing.
eg I have some hi-res pics of a sideinvader sideart, that are angled. I must admit that reconstituting the whole image is over my skills. if someone is volunter spaceinvaderssideart_Folder.zip (http://edeveaud.free.fr/tmp/spaceinvaderssideart_Folder.zip)
scanninng huge pieces, as the whole sideart of a cab, is a difficult job that inolves a lot of energy and time:
tracing a grid on the artwork (usefull for the puzzle assembly), overlaping scanning. but we need people doing that.
in order to provide good source material for tracing.
I'll see what I can do with this too, I've been looking for something to stitch so I can make a little photo-tutorial on how to stitch together a side art pic, since this sort of thing seems to give a lot of folk trouble.
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I bought a HP 4600 scanner see-thru scanner - i see from HP theyre $79.99 now.
The quality of scan is poor to be honest - i have problems with glass scanning (refractions), get allot of banding in teh image (have to descreen everything).
*but* with adobe photoshop elements 2 I stitch the scans back together (it comes with its one stitching software) - using some careful tools to make sure the scans are 100% square (rotations ina rt packages suck), i put the cab on its side, then scan with plenty of overhang.
I'd love to know if whats os much better between the 4600 and the 4670 (which is $100 more!)
Whilst I moan abotu the image - the scanner can be used in any positon (many a upside-down scanner fails) and if your vectoring it then trully the banding isnt a issue
As for ast dx sideart, I know a guy ihere in the UK who has already produced replacement artwork - altho from a bitmap - the results are stunning tho... Want his details?
Regards, Rav
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eg I have some hi-res pics of a sideinvader sideart, that are angled. I must admit that reconstituting the whole image is over my skills. if someone is volunter spaceinvaderssideart_Folder.zip (http://edeveaud.free.fr/tmp/spaceinvaderssideart_Folder.zip)
There's a stitched version of this in the 'just needs tracing' bit of the art library now.
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eg I have some hi-res pics of a sideinvader sideart, that are angled. I must admit that reconstituting the whole image is over my skills. if someone is volunter
There's a stitched version of this in the 'just needs tracing' bit of the art library now.
thank's for this someone, maybee me ;) will be able to trace the side art.
side note i added the thumbail to some of your previous uploads on AAL
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I've got a taito SI right at the front of the unit... hmm... might have to scan this one as its blocking my path to the burgertime ;D
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I've got a taito SI right at the front of the unit... hmm... might have to scan this one as its blocking my path to the burgertime
do it dp it ;-)
and let me hope that the burgertime is blocking the path to the MoonPatrol blocking the path to the Asteroids Deluxe blocking the access to Dig Dug etc etc ...
;D ;D
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side note i added the thumbail to some of your previous uploads on AAL
But I haven't uploaded anything without a thumbnail?!?
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But I haven't uploaded anything without a thumbnail?!?
rigth, name confusion sorry ;)