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Seriously doubt anyone can help with this, but here goes nothing.
Scanning my comic/manga collection that I spent two decades gathering. Decided to go digital since I'm moving soon and don't have the storage room. Just want to make the highest quality scans I can to preserve them for my family/friends that might be interested.
Using Mac's Image Capture (El Capitan) and luckily it comes with a ton of settings. Bad news is the only thing I can find on the web lists older versions which don't have as many settings.
If anyone is a pro at scanning using Image Capture, just need the settings for both color (reg comics) and black and white (manga).
Here's what I can choose from the drop down menu.
Scanning at 300 or 600dpi (have tons of HD space so thinking 600)
TIFF or PNG (don't think it matters)
Image Correction> None or Manual (all this does is let me move the brightness/contrast...kinda sucks)
Image Adjustment>None, Auto, Magazine, Photo, Document (Magazine seems to look better for color comics)
Reduce Dust>None, Low, Medium, High
Fading Correction> same as ^
Grain Correction> same
Gutter Correction> same
And I have the option to switch on: Unsharp Mask, Descreen, Reduce Show-through, and Calibrate before each scan.
Yes, I know I can simply download most comics/manga...especially pic-related (I'm only scanning it to compare with the excellent torrent download to check my manga scan settings. Doing the same with color comics like my Fred Perry "Gold Digger" collection). I'm doing this to scan the stuff that isn't online (or the quality is shit).
So far, /adv/ says PNG and 600dpi and the rest do in Photoshop later. That's what I'm going with unless anyone else has a better idea. If anyone knows specific photoshop sites or classes specifically dealing with comics/manga (even if it's costs), I'd appreciate.
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>>94863195
>So far, /adv/ says PNG and 600dpi and the rest do in Photoshop later.
That's pretty much what I'd advise as well.
With good enough size and res you can clean just about anything with photoshop.
Since its black and white mostly, to clean it up you just gotta play with the levels of the image It's Ctrl+L if I remember correctly.
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>>94863291
Yes it is and I know about levels (for manga). Thanks for the response.
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Ever used levels before? It'll take a few of those steps out.
I'd recommend trying out a few pages then making an action. You can look up how to do this stuff on youtube easy.
I used to clean mangas and it's a good way to cut time as long as the scans are consistent.
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>>94864010
>Ever used levels before? It'll take a few of those steps out.
Yes you said you did. I can read.
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