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Title: reporoducing/scanning zaxxon side art (newbie)
Post by: Crayola on September 29, 2010, 02:19:38 pm

I want to do a restore on my Zaxxon cab but no side art exists for it suprising.
I thought it was a pretty popular game.

The one side is in good shape. Just a litle photoshop cleanup and it
will turn out nice. The other is messed up..

Can someone walk me through the process of scanning artwork?
Is there a FAQ or howto somewhere?

Can anyone assist with stiching it together in the computer and
doing the touch up? My photoshop skills are lacking.

Thanks,
Mike

Title: Re: reporoducing/scanning zaxxon side art (newbie)
Post by: Blanka on September 29, 2010, 04:23:51 pm

Best solution:

• Get a DSLR with high pixel count and a 60-100 mm Macro lens (not a zoom with macro), as they are straight (no barrel or pincushion distortion).
• Put a grid with wire over the sideart (30x30cm or 1x1 feet)
• Take a photo with daylight, as straight as possible, no point sources (flash, sun etc).
• Open the image in Photoshop and pull it straight until the wire square match your grid lines on screen.
• Save the image in JPEG/TIF or so
• Open the image in Freehand or Illustrator, stretch it to 1:1 scale, and start tracing! Most side-art was vector based, and will look bad when photoshopped only.

Title: Re: reporoducing/scanning zaxxon side art (newbie)
Post by: mcc313 on March 02, 2015, 11:26:48 am

do you have the zaxxon side art?

Title: Re: reporoducing/scanning zaxxon side art (newbie)
Post by: lamprey on March 02, 2015, 01:04:44 pm

I don't have any experience with this, but depending on how you scan the side art, maybe this will be helpful:

http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=165440 (http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=165440)