On Sat, 29 Apr 2017 07:04:53 -0700, symm <symm@nowhere.org> posted:
"Re: Worth the effort? Continue restoring damaged areas? - "All-Star
Comics 001 (1940) (c2c) (restored WIP).cbz" yEnc (1/99)"
>On 2017-04-29 11:38:46 +0000, Buck said:
>
>> On Fri, 28 Apr 2017 14:29:40 -0700, symm <symm@nowhere.org> posted:
>> "Re: Worth the effort? Continue restoring damaged areas? - "All-Star
>> Comics 001 (1940) (c2c) (restored WIP).cbz" yEnc (1/99)"
>>
>>> On 2017-04-28 20:49:57 +0000, Shazam! said:
>>>
>>>> My feary is that if you derive pleasure and satisfaction from
>>>> performing the restorations with TLC, then you should continue, but if
>>>> the experience is or becomes painful, tedious and/or boring, then you
>>>> should probably give it up.
>>>>
>>>> Shazam!
>>>
>>> Thanks for the feedback. As usual the few pages are for larks to figure
>>> out how best to restore/repair. I enjoy the challenge.
>>>
>>> But 60+ pages gets tedious especially given the damage that cut through
>>> basically every page. I'm still trying to figure out how it was damaged
>>> in that manner. Nails that dragged/cut through?
>>>
>>> Thus the public query. I've posted a few restorations, but seldom get
>>> any feedback indicating whether they are useful to anyone else. I
>>> wasn't "feeling it" for this project if no one else was interested. The
>>> relatively low resolution of the scan and effort needed made it
>>> questionable that I would ever finish it for just myself. I have a few
>>> other projects that are similiarly "in progress" for a year or more.
>>>
>>> I've gotten enough feedback on this book to make it worthwhile to try
>>> to push through. I have all the borders and space between the panels
>>> cleaned up for the first ~40 pages and have repaired the tears in about
>>> a dozen pages. And yes I replaced/repaired the DC logo in the
>>> centerfold. :)
>>>
>>> At least the B&W scan is complete (if also low res), which helps
>>> determine what's missing in the damaged areas.
>>>
>>> It's going to be lengthy project but I suspect I will see it through to
>>> completion. Worst case, I'll post my final work in progress in case
>>> anyone else wants to continue the effort.
>>>
>>
>> I've added it to my queue to work on at a later date, based on the
>> size of the queue. I want to see what I can do with it, if anything.
>> After a quick look, replacing the missing/damaged text will be the
>> challenge.
>
>As I'm not terribly artistic, the text is actually easier for me. The
>damaged art is harder for me unless it's a flat color or straight
>lines. :)
I'm not artistic at all. That's why I do things like restoration. If
you're using Photoshop, try the Spot Healing Brush or the Patch Tool.
If you use the Spot Healing Brush don't make the brush size much
bigger then the repair area and make sure Content-Aware is selected.
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