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By: NegativeZero

NegativeZero — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 08:19:39 +0000

It’s not *pointless* to trace a scan. Several of mine have been from scans, though not recently. Generally there’s a clean version available somewhere, but sometimes you see a magazine scan or something that’s littered with words, and tracing can remove those.

That 720p 20-2 eyecatch is exactly what I needed. Should be enough detail there to do it. If anyone has any other high-res caps like that, throw them at me. The higher the res, the easier to trace.

By: Muey

Muey — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 06:49:39 +0000

Kind of pointless to trace a scan - Just get a high-res version of it instead and photoshop out the text, most likely far less of a hassle.

danbooru linkage reminds me that theres this lovely line-art pic of Mamiina with her granny-bunny open - http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/view/66846

It’s only inked line-art, though, no colors, no nothing(other leg is cut off too), so I’d gather it won’t work :/

By: Basic Syntax

Basic Syntax — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 02:56:33 +0000

23-2 at 1440×810 (soft, looks scaled up, but a bit more detail nonetheless.)

http://dat.2chan.net/18/src/11573884838720554.jpg

By: Basroil

Basroil — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 02:30:08 +0000

I sure would love to see this pic done:
http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/view/64148
But probably too complicated.

By: Muey

Muey — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 21:19:13 +0000

No worries about 21-2.

…Because there now is a much more ZOMG alternative in 23-2 ;). And it’s a properly paired image, as well - http://www.zomgwtf.net/RandomPicturesNstuff/Simoun/23-2.jpg. I quite like it, at the very least~

By: Muey

Muey — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 14:47:37 +0000

Here’s caps from the “720p” versions if they’re of any better use as source;

19-1 - http://www.zomgwtf.net/RandomPicturesNstuff/Simoun/19-1.jpg
20-2 - http://www.zomgwtf.net/RandomPicturesNstuff/Simoun/20-2.jpg

Something I’d really also like to see in terms of pairs is nicely done Rimone Dominura trace, but I couldn’t find anything for decent material that’d have them both on-screen in some sort of fitting pose with a quick fast forward through their key episodes :/.

By: NegativeZero

NegativeZero — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 10:47:42 +0000

@Basic Syntax
I end up re-drawing little bits of most of my traces. Bits are obscured by logos / text, somtimes a curve doesn’t look right… plus the whole thing’s interpretive anyway. So by your definition it’s already fanart anyway.

@Muey
I won’t be doing 21-2. I just really don’t like it. 19-1 I’ll probably do, but not straight away. 20-2 I can only do if I get a higher quality raw. The cap I have is just too small and lacking in detail. Our brains are very good at interpreting the lines and inventing detail that’s actually not there, but if I was to vector what I can actually see there, you’d end up with a very rough trace that’s lacking in details, especially around the eyes.

If anyone can find high-res caps of the eyecatches (or anything else that looks good for that matter) then throw them at me and I’ll definitely give them a look.

By: Muey

Muey — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 07:26:06 +0000

They probably grab them from some of the anamorphic .mkv DTV raws that float on Share?

I’ve seen some “720p” Simoun raws on Share, and while they look like upscales to my eye versus the real thing, they’d probaby still do better in terms of lending itself for tracing source material - less chance that details are fudged out by compression when the image is double the size?

By: Basic Syntax

Basic Syntax — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 01:55:52 +0000

Considering that there’s no way to get an HD raw, I’ll be tracing from these.

[to anyone] What source does Simoun-Fans base their 832×464 h264 encodes from?

At the least, grabbing frames from their encodes so far ought to be an improvement. (I could do that much.)