flemishdog Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 So I noticed on the Poster Manuals page There's no scan of the Pac-Land poster manual. I got the game recently from New Old stock, and got TWO posters. One with the back in English, one with the back in French! That must have cost Atari a lot, especially since they must have later chosen to just print both on the back. Do I need to provide scans of my copies of the poster to AtariAge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Yes, actually, it would be great to update that page and add Pac-Land. When I originally scanned these, I had to do them in pieces and then stitch them together with software. It was so long ago, I no longer have that software, so I'd need to find something in OS X that can do that. Ideally it would be good to get scans at 300dpi, and I can reduce them as necessary. It is helpful to put a thick, black piece of paper behind the poster while you're scanning it, which helps prevent bleed through from the other side. Thanks! ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flemishdog Posted March 23, 2015 Author Share Posted March 23, 2015 Yes, actually, it would be great to update that page and add Pac-Land. When I originally scanned these, I had to do them in pieces and then stitch them together with software. It was so long ago, I no longer have that software, so I'd need to find something in OS X that can do that. Ideally it would be good to get scans at 300dpi, and I can reduce them as necessary. It is helpful to put a thick, black piece of paper behind the poster while you're scanning it, which helps prevent bleed through from the other side. Thanks! ..Al Thanks, will get scanning then. Shall I scan the French language poster too? I've seriously never seen two separate posters for both languages before. (And believe me, I'm currently trying to collect all Lynx posters) If you're looking for a Graphics editor for OSX, GIMP is an Open Source program that I've heard is pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irgendwer Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 I can recommend the free "Image Composite Editor" from Microsoft Research: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/ice/ Just drag your scans in any order or orientation to the window, choose "Planar Movement" if not auto-detected, adjust the cropping and save. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felyx Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 (edited) Thanks, will get scanning then. Shall I scan the French language poster too? I've seriously never seen two separate posters for both languages before. (And believe me, I'm currently trying to collect all Lynx posters) If you're looking for a Graphics editor for OSX, GIMP is an Open Source program that I've heard is pretty good. If you're using a Mac, ,I would recommend you Seashore: far easier to handle than Gimp and far lighter too but powerful. To assemble 2 pictures it is very easy to do a copy and paste. I am french and would enjoy to see a scan of the french version Edited March 23, 2015 by Felyx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flemishdog Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 Ok, here's a test I did with Image Composite Editor, it's not perfect (and a bit in the middle needs to be scanned in), but this should give you an idea of what the proper one will look like. I'll do a better job next time! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busterm Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Looks good, i personally cant tell it was broken up when scanned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 If you can provide high-resolution scans in pieces, I can stitch them together. There needs to be sufficient overlap with the pieces so the stitching software can align and rotate as needed for a clean image. Thanks! ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flemishdog Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 Thanks Albert. I'll scan these a bit better and hand them off To you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Excellent, thanks! I don't need the French version right now, but if you want to send that to me so I have it, I would not complain. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flemishdog Posted March 25, 2015 Author Share Posted March 25, 2015 (edited) Well as soon as I get free time to properly Scan the Pac-Land poster, I noticed California Games doesn't have a box scan, or a manual scan, and I have both! For Some reason my California Games manual was a double sided A4 Paper. Anyone else seen this? California Games Box Front California Games Box Back California Games Box Instructions Side A California Games Box Instructions Side B I also have scans of the large box release of Gates of Zendocon scanned here. Slightly more of the art is shown, and the back has a bigger title. Gates of Zendocon box Front Gates of Zendocon box Back Anyway, hope these can be added to the Rarity Guide Edited March 25, 2015 by flemishdog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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