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Registered: April 13, 2007 | Posts: 651 |
| Posted: | | | | Once I managed to get a great scan of Born on the 4th of July norwegian version by using a clear plasticbag over the cover. The text on the cover is silver, and it was very reflective before I came up with the plastic idea. However I tried the same method on Young Guns blu-ray with a different result. The silver on top and bottom got bright white, and the white UPC got somehow pink does anybody out there have a suggestion on how to make the perfect scan when many of the blu-ray movies has the silver top and bottom... My scanner is a Packard Bell 1200. My latest trick was to put a glassframe on the scanner itself, and placed the cover on top with the result that the scan got distorted, and now I'm out of ideas... | | | "What's God?" "You know when you want something really bad and you wish for it?, God's the guy that ignores you" -The Island, Steve Buscemi |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 3,436 |
| Posted: | | | | Were you using a clear plastic bag? If yes, then try to use a "laminator pouch", which looks somewhat "milky". Don't worry about the milkyness (lacking a better word), if you adjust the white and black levels while scanning the image should still come out alright. | | | Achim [諾亞信; Ya-Shin//Nuo], a German in Taiwan. Registered: May 29, 2000 (at InterVocative) |
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Registered: April 13, 2007 | Posts: 651 |
| Posted: | | | | Yes, a clear plasticbag, but hard to make it wrinkle free. A laminator pouch would be better though. we have some at work, so I'm gonna try that and try adjusting the black and white levels too | | | "What's God?" "You know when you want something really bad and you wish for it?, God's the guy that ignores you" -The Island, Steve Buscemi |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 6,745 |
| Posted: | | | | When I scanned the Buffy & Angel covers (UK locality, e.g. 5-039036-018579, 5-039036-018647) I had the problem that all silver parts of the cover were blackish. Then I rotated the cover on the scanner by 90° and scanned it again - et voilà, it worked. But it doesn't work all the time. I still haven't been able to get a decent scan of the german Transformers slipcover. | | | Karsten DVD Collectors Online
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 17,804 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting DJ Doena: Quote: When I scanned the Buffy & Angel covers (UK locality, e.g. 5-039036-018579, 5-039036-018647) I had the problem that all silver parts of the cover were blackish.
Then I rotated the cover on the scanner by 90° and scanned it again - et voilà, it worked.
But it doesn't work all the time. I still haven't been able to get a decent scan of the german Transformers slipcover. I've the same problem with the silver edition of the stargate series (e.g. RC2, EAN/UPC 4-045167-005464). No clue how to make an acceptable scan | | | Thorsten | | | Last edited: by kahless |
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Registered: August 22, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 1,807 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting DJ Doena: Quote: When I scanned the Buffy & Angel covers (UK locality, e.g. 5-039036-018579, 5-039036-018647) I had the problem that all silver parts of the cover were blackish.
Then I rotated the cover on the scanner by 90° and scanned it again - et voilà, it worked.
I haven't understood exactly what you did, but you did great. May I give you a retroactive green arrow for that? | | | -- Enry |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 6,745 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting EnryWiki: Quote:
I haven't understood exactly what you did, but you did great. Instead of scanning it this way (how I usually do it): (imagine the white as the scanner and the black as the front cover) I scanned it this way and then rotated it with an image program. | | | Karsten DVD Collectors Online
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Posts: 2,366 |
| Posted: | | | | Yes, it all depends in which direction the cover reflects the light of the scanner. | | | Martin Zuidervliet
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Registered: August 22, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 1,807 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting DJ Doena: Quote: Instead of scanning it this way (how I usually do it):
I scanned it this way
and then rotated it with an image program. Thanks, I'll try myself. | | | -- Enry |
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