Bobbybobkins Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 (edited) After recently browsing a thread about someone finding an Intellivision III brochure from Winter CES 1983 (http://atariage.com/forums/topic/242701-discovered-a-brochure-in-my-fathers-stuff/page-1), I noticed many people saying that they wanted him to scan it in so they could restore it. After the thread starter stopped responding, and when KylJoy presented a scan that he did of someone else's brochure, I still couldn't find anyone who had attempted to restore it. So, I decided to step up to the challenge and try my hand at restoring the front page, mostly because I thought it would be easy and I really liked the look of it. I am posting this mainly to draw the attention of someone who's better at photo editing and digital restoration than I am to properly give this the restoration it deserves, to preserve the history and the thought of what could've been that it carries. PS, sorry if this post sounds weird, I'm new to using forums . Edited August 7, 2017 by Bobbybobkins 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 This would make a cool poster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 This would make a cool poster. Agreed. Better yet it would be cool to be able to see that brochure get released for public consumption 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Agreed. Better yet it would be cool to be able to see that brochure get released for public consumption Agreed. Better yet it would be cool to be able to see that Intellivision III console released for public consumption 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraziGamer Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Hi, if you still need it I would be glad to help. ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbybobkins Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 Sorry if I didn't make this clear in my first post, but the brochure was scanned in and available for download here: http://atariage.com/forums/gallery/album/1732-intv-iii-brochure/and here: http://www.intellivision.us/Intellivision_III_Brochure.pdf as a pdf. I had no part in scanning this. All that I ask is for someone to go through the full brochure and make it look good as new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraziGamer Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Thanks so much! Oh, i haven't seen you made the post yesterday. I'm sorry, don't wanna take you place or anything like this. I just read and thought is was an old post.. Anyway, if you need anything just let me know, I'll be glad to help. ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbybobkins Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 Well, in that case, do you have any experience restoring documents or photos digitally? If not, could you point someone in the right direction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraziGamer Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 I'm a graphic designer, co-owner of Opcode games and I'm responsible for all the artistic part of Opcode and also make boxes for other homebrewers. Here are some of the last arts I created. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbybobkins Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 Wow! These are amazing! Are there any pages in the brochure that you think you could try to fix? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraziGamer Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Sure, I can make 1 page test, and if you guys think it's good than I can continue.. I'm not promising it's gonna be fast because I have a big amount of custom boxes to make still this week, but I'll start the brochure in my breaks, then I'll post here. ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbybobkins Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 That would be great! Thanks for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraziGamer Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 No problem ^^ glad to help. Just need to know the exact size of the brochure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbybobkins Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 Well... according to the program I use, it seems to be 26.37 x 34.16 inches, but I don't know how accurate the scans are in terms of size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraziGamer Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 We cannot trust the size of the scan because it changes depending on the resolution you scan.. 300dpi, 600dpi, etc. I asked KylJoy and BillyBaloney976, hope they can answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbybobkins Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 Just out of curiosity, why do you need the size of the brochure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraziGamer Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 (edited) I understand you guys want to print it, right? So, to assemble the file for printing I need to know the size, so it can be as closer of the original as possible. Edited August 8, 2017 by GraziGamer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbybobkins Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 Oh, I didn't know someone wanted to print it. Unfortunately, it seems that BillyBaloney976 hasn't been back on the forum for 2 years, and it seems that KylJoy was only sent the scan rather than doing it himself. Could you resize it after you attempt to restore it, or would that degrade the quality? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraziGamer Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Oh I see... Ok, no problem.. as soon as I get a page done I'll post it here ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mthompson Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 The original brochure was most likely 8.5" x 11" so the printed sheets would be 11" x 17" and folded. That is a standard paper size in the U.S. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraziGamer Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 The original brochure was most likely 8.5" x 11" so the printed sheets would be 11" x 17" and folded. That is a standard paper size in the U.S. Great! Thanks for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbybobkins Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 I just scaled the image to 8.5 x 11 and it looked a bit short. A slightly more accurate measurement might be 8.68 by 11.75 inches. this is a bit taller than 11 x 8.5 and is a direct scaling of the scanned image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mthompson Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 I just scaled the image to 8.5 x 11 and it looked a bit short. A slightly more accurate measurement might be 8.68 by 11.75 inches. this is a bit taller than 11 x 8.5 and is a direct scaling of the scanned image. It's more likely that some image area was lost when the brochure was scanned. Remember that you'll need extra image extending into the "bleed" area to allow for final trimming to size. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbybobkins Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 It's more likely that some image area was lost when the brochure was scanned. Remember that you'll need extra image extending into the "bleed" area to allow for final trimming to size. I'm not sure I understand. When I resized the scanned image (which is bigger than all reasonable sizes) to 8.5 x 11, the image became more short than it used to be. No part of the image was missing, it just became a little more wide than long. Now, you are most definitely right about the image could lose a small amount of area, but I'm trying to say that the aspect ratio is slightly different. Also, I know nothing about professionally printing of any sort . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedEye Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Unfortunately the original seems to have been scanned at a teeny tiny 72ppi, you'd need at least 600ppi to restore a scan back to printable quality. I'd work on getting a better read of the original before I spent any time "restoring" what is basically a thumbnail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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