High Res Scans

http://www.queenzone.com/queenzone/forumNew/attachments/2016518839040375.jpg

^ and this one is Knebworth 86.

Great thread, guys !

No idea from which 1979 concert this is

Festhalle, Frankfurt, 14th Dec 1980

Another pic from Lyon, 1982.

John, Freddie and Roger.

[QUOTE] [b]BETA215 wrote:[/b]

Live in Paris 1985[/QUOTE]

it really looks like London, Wembley Arena, there is no such thing as Paris 1985 ;)

they played in Paris 1984, not 1985

In a similar vein, I've been trying to upgrade the quality of the artwork on my digital files. There are plenty of sites where hi-res scans have been uploaded, and I've made full use of them, but some of my Queen stuff is a bit...niche for them (ie I don't need a GH3 scan).

So, I did some research about how best to achieve my aims, and have as a result experimented. If the following is of use to anyone, help yourselves, and if anyone has any better ideas / suggestions, I'd love to hear them too.

First - a photo of the inner sleeve of Fun In Space, cropped to make an imaginary sleeve.

I think if I reshot this outside in daylight, I could get a better zoom and therefore more clarity, but I think it's usable...

I tried a photo of the 12", but wasn't happy with the colours, so this is a 600dpi scan of the 7", cleaned up a little - there's some obvious signs of a dusty scanner, but again, it's better than what I had previously.

Now it gets subjective - which of the next three do we prefer?

First, the image I was previously using - looks good on the screen, but clearly shows itself as scanned.

Next, a photo of the 12" vinyl sleeve - I quite like the way the colours have come out, even though it's sort of washed out in a way that makes it inaccurate. Maybe it's a lack of daylight again.

Finally, the same sleeve, but scanned at 600dpi (four times - one for each corner), stitched together then colour corrected.

Close up I can see the joins (some blurring and light variation as a result of the sleeve not being parallel to the scanner bed), but once reduced to 3000 x 3000 it works pretty well.

Apologies if this represents a thread hijack

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[b]Penetration_Guru wrote: [/b] Finally, the same sleeve, but scanned at 600dpi (four times - one for each corner), stitched together then colour corrected.

Close up I can see the joins (some blurring and light variation as a result of the sleeve not being parallel to the scanner bed), but once reduced to 3000 x 3000 it works pretty well.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for this :)

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