Comic Scanning Tips?

[Hobgoblin]

Hey all.

 

I just got my first scanner this afternoon. I'm totally excited to start scanning my collection. I was wondering if anyone had any tips for me? How many DPI? How many pixels (LxW)?

 

Here's my first attempt. Let me know if its up to par. And feel free to raz me by grading it

 

[Rob]

I use 150 dpi, then for eBay, reduce the size to 770 pixels across (keeping proportions).

[sfilosa]

1 Many of us like to use a dark backround as it defines the edges of the book (and paper that is sticking out).

 

2 Seems a touch bright

 

3 Have fun!!!!!

[skybolt]

At first glance I'd say it's a 4.5.

[Sharkey]

4.5 to 5.0 unless the Marvel Value Stamp is missing.

[Norrin_Radd]

I use 150 dpi.

 

Me too. Once I accidentally scanned a Conan #1 at 1200 dpi.

 

I think you could see the molecules that made up the paper if you zoomed in close enough. The file size was something like 20 MB (took forever to open).

[Hobgoblin]

4.5 to 5.0 unless the Marvel Value Stamp is missing.

 

Where is the stamp? I'm not familiar with them?

[flashfan-migration]

There is usually a 'photograph' setting in the scanner software - for me, that provides the best contrast and color capture. I use 96 dpi for single-comic listings; the resulting file is 150-250k and fills the width of most 800x600 computer screens. For multi-comic listings, I drop down to 72 dpi so the auction listing loads faster, and to save on image storage costs.

[Hobgoblin]

Well, I'm trying to update the picture, but now the boards won't show it. I don't know if it's too big or not. Is there a size limit for the boards?

[Hobgoblin]

SORRY!! The picture is gone, and I'm having trouble posting a new one, I think I'm making them too big. I don't think I can post an image at 150 DPI, I'll have to stick with 72 which I used before. Oh well. I'll try to get one or two back up on this thread soon, but it's proving time consuming.

[Sharkey]

4.5 to 5.0 unless the Marvel Value Stamp is missing.

 

Where is the stamp? I'm not familiar with them?

 

 

The Marvel Value Stamp was a thing Marvel introduced for collectors, right around the time that this comic came out. Each issue had a different character featured in the stamp (it was on the Bullpen or Letter page I believe) and collectors were encouraged to cut them out and paste them in a specially made book.

 

A BOATLOAD of Hulk 181 issues have been ruined by this. In fact we recently had a guy on the boards who had an issue but he'd never checked to see if the stamp was intact or cut out. He opened it up. And the stamp was gone.

 

What he thought was a VF key was no longer a VF. A sad story, but a good lesson. When buying Marvel books from that era, ALWAYS check to see if the stamp is intact.

 

Soo...... Is the stamp there??

[Hobgoblin]

4.5 to 5.0 unless the Marvel Value Stamp is missing.

 

Where is the stamp? I'm not familiar with them?

 

 

The Marvel Value Stamp was a thing Marvel introduced for collectors, right around the time that this comic came out. Each issue had a different character featured in the stamp (it was on the Bullpen or Letter page I believe) and collectors were encouraged to cut them out and paste them in a specially made book.

 

A BOATLOAD of Hulk 181 issues have been ruined by this. In fact we recently had a guy on the boards who had an issue but he'd never checked to see if the stamp was intact or cut out. He opened it up. And the stamp was gone.

 

What he thought was a VF key was no longer a VF. A sad story, but a good lesson. When buying Marvel books from that era, ALWAYS check to see if the stamp is intact.

 

Soo...... Is the stamp there??

 

Marvel Value Stamp #54, Shanna the She-Devil

[Rob]

I bought an X-Men 94 once, and months later checked for the stamp, and it was gone. Fortunately, the comic shop owner was cool and let me return it.

[Hobgoblin]

Would a missing stamp really hurt the book more than if a coupon was cut out?

[Hobgoblin]

4.5 to 5.0 unless the Marvel Value Stamp is missing.

 

Where is the stamp? I'm not familiar with them?

 

 

The Marvel Value Stamp was a thing Marvel introduced for collectors, right around the time that this comic came out. Each issue had a different character featured in the stamp (it was on the Bullpen or Letter page I believe) and collectors were encouraged to cut them out and paste them in a specially made book.

 

A BOATLOAD of Hulk 181 issues have been ruined by this. In fact we recently had a guy on the boards who had an issue but he'd never checked to see if the stamp was intact or cut out. He opened it up. And the stamp was gone.

 

What he thought was a VF key was no longer a VF. A sad story, but a good lesson. When buying Marvel books from that era, ALWAYS check to see if the stamp is intact.

 

Soo...... Is the stamp there??

 

By the way, what year range of books would have the Stamps?

[Rob]

I think 1974's.

 

I also think missing stamp = missing coupon. Both mean incomplete comic.

[Hobgoblin]

By the way, a scan is back up and running on the very first post. This time with a black background.

[DiceX]

By the way, a scan is back up and running on the very first post. This time with a black background.

 

Not working.

You must have gone over your 5KB bandwidth limit on Geoties.

[Hobgoblin]

By the way, a scan is back up and running on the very first post. This time with a black background.

 

Not working.

You must have gone over your 5KB bandwidth limit on Geoties.

 

that's weird. It's up when I look at the thread. Anyone else?

[divad]

By the way, what year range of books would have the Stamps?

 

September 1974 +/- through December 1975