Cleaning test by Airi

Hi hi ^^

I'm here to post a finished cleaning test of Hanagata.

http://www.4shared.com/file/104179375/ec80c6e/Hanagata_volume1.html

Hope you like it.

uh...
do we have a special test for hanagata?

Well.. Mathi sent it to me when I applied as editor.

Hmm Airi, you passed the above test. But to gauge you further possible you can try the test below? ^.^;

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ttyn0kkhjmm

Just try and see what you can do of those. Even if it's just a bit from some pages, it'll give us some impression of what you might could handle and what you perhaps need improving on.

Wait... Does that mean I don't have to finish them all?

lol, why don't you do the 2 pages that we've got posted up under staff apps, and i'm fairly sure we can gauge your skill better from there.

after all, doing that entire archive's a bit of overkill.....

No Airi, >.<

Do perhaps on of the Overdrive sample (Double page) and a color cleaning from Ank. 'Cause those are namely the titles we do there.

lol.. so many hidden files.
should've sent the PSD only..

btw the redraw on 2nd panel (the hair) is not good enough.

well, i guess we'll have to wait for mathi's comment...

Oh. Okay. x_x;

Finished everything except extremes and covers yesterday. ^^; I just did the cover this morning.

http://www.4shared.com/file/104474988/58d1a0a4/testfinished.html

Sylx wrote:lol.. so many hidden files.
should've sent the PSD only..

btw the redraw on 2nd panel (the hair) is not good enough.

well, i guess we'll have to wait for mathi's comment...

I must admit, redrawing hair is never my favorite. If I spent more time on it, though, perhaps it could be better, but I thought the area would be covered by writings anyway, so I just brushed it with Healing Tool. Biggest apology.

You might want to save them as .png next time.

The 4th bubbelicious page still has 'N?' in the very last bubble. Should have cleaned that. Also, those pages don't seem to be levelled. The dirty old .jpg ugly prints is spotted all over the pages.

The double pages of OD don't seem to be levelled either. They look okay, but some parts weren't redrawn or corrected. The 3rd double merge has a weird fuzziness to it, while the rest looks sharp/detailed.

The 1st and 2nd Hanagata pages need some work on. Real redrawing instead of just cloning the surroundings, filling it up.

First of all, great work on these scans. Most of them weren't easy at all!!
Congrats on finishing them so fast and so good!

I'll take a closer look at them tomorrow though. Just came home from my little trip and am pretty exhausted. Just one thing I noticed when I rushed through the pages. Some parts of double-trouble 3 looked quite blurry...I think you tried to copy some parts of the image and did it on the wrong layer, which makes the copied parts seem rather fuzzy and blurry.

btw, I've originally just wanted you to clean pg 176^^. But you'll eventually get around to do it anyways.

btw2: man Dark-San...what a test...I should punish you for being that harsh^^.

as i though... 176 is the hardest of that pack...

mathi36 wrote:btw2: man Dark-San...what a test...I should punish you for being that harsh^^.

Yea, indeed. Let's think of a good punishment for him.

Whoops.. Levelling. right. Totally forgot it x_x Sorry again

Ge4ce wrote:
Yea, indeed. Let's think of a good punishment for him.

=o

That is no good, partner!

kk, here're the things I spotted:

- you forgot to level the pages^^
- apart from the leveling the first 6 pages look good!
- you tend to leave a small line (probably just 1-2px wide) between the jointed pages. e.g: double-trouble2. Don't forget to clean it out.
- the joint on double-trouble1 looks good apart from kurosuke's right arm. Try to make the change softer.
- double-trouble 2's good except the thin gray line in the middle of the page
- double-trouble 3's a really difficult page. Try to solve the thing about the fuzziness. If you want me to help you, just upload the .psd file for me. Then take another look at shinozaki's collar. Try to redraw/stamp/clone the zip. The space above the collar's too white. Make it blacker. This changes will take loads of time! I usually need about 3+ hours for such a page.
- take a close look at the patterns you redrew. The change from the original image to the stamped/cloned part is too harsh. You might have to use a smaller clone area, at least for the beginning. And if nothing helps, try to use the healing tools (hot key: J)

that's it for the moment^^. Sorry if I sounded a bit harsh, I just couldn't write it any better.

good luck and much patience for the changes.

Airi, have Mathi given some Hanagata pages for you to work with yet?

Only 1 page for the test, I guess..

=)

For now, do the changes to the stuff you did out.

I will get Mathi to send the raws to ya. ^.^;

Okie~

I'll start working on them maybe tonight >.>; school, school...

Graaagh.. I give up for double_trouble3 x____x;

Been working on it for hours, but only managed to clean the joint part. :'( I think I need more practice...

http://www.4shared.com/file/105632421/e86e307a/testfinished.html

Practice does make perfect after all.

Some quick comments that you may get from a QC'er:
bubbelicious-001.png ->
First panel (top right):
* Those bubbles aren't clean. There are still traces of text.
* There's dust in her hair that you haven't cleaned out.
Third panel (middle right):
* There's dust next to the phone.

bubbelicious-002.png ->
There's crap on the left edge of the page; I have no idea where it came fom, but it's bugging me >_<
I think the page could be rotated ever so slightly clockwise, but don't quote me on that. Check with a grid to confirm.
The page is generally overlevelled for blacks. The guy in the tree in panel 3 is blending into his background and the phones just look funky.
Fifth panel (bottom right):
* Dust in the young girl's hair again.
* Left bubble isn't completely clean (check the bottom)

More later.

To tell you the truth, I'm really not concerned. These are all issues that can easily be fixed. You need some practice, but eh, who doesn't? Double pages are a pain in the ass anyway, and those are the sole reason I rarely clean.

bubbelicious-003.png
Check all your bubbles; not a single one is 100% clean.
Page needs to be rotated.
Crap on the side again...

bubbelicious-004.png
I'm happy to report that all bubbles are clean.
Rotate, rotate, rotate~

cover-005.png
Nothing to report~

double_trouble-001.png
There's still some stuff in both bubbles...
I need to see raws to judge adequately, but I can't tell where the break in pages is (shame on me, good for you~)

double_trouble-002.png
Same comments as above~

crap on the side.....