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[Goldar]

Originally Posted by Nukem!

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1) ARCHIVAL copies do "actually" NEED to be ≥300 dpi (≥3000 px on comics' tall side; THANKS DCP guys!), even if there's little apparent difference at 200 dpi.
2) Reducing color depth to 24-bit won't reduce appearance AT ALL (0.00%).

Visually you are right about the slight compression of jpg's and the dpi factors making no noticeable difference, but the need for a minimum of 300 dpi and lossless compression comes in if you like to play with the scans and do things like print them out (high dpi is a must for that) and lossless compression is absolutely essential if you are brave enough to try and make a motion comic out of these scans! (yes, I have tried my hand at animating a comic scan, but have yet to produce anything worthy of sharing).

For those reasons I always look for png scans with 330 dpi if I can find them. And the higher the resolution the better (yes, I am male, but the "size matters: in this case really does have a good excuse )

Originally Posted by Goldar

(yes, I am male, but the "size matters: in this case really does have a good excuse )

Show me a guy out there printing his own comic books
and I'll show you a guy/girl in desperate need of a girlfriend/boyfriend.

I just can't see any of this being relevant to at least this section.
Given that most of the comics out there today are digital scans,
saving as png with higher dpi has become practically unnecessary.
Superior source material wins out over high dpi every time.

Ever downloaded album artwork for music..?
Huge files, huge resolutions, and high dpi settings and most of them still look crappy and blurry.
Sometimes less can be more.

[Nukem!]

Originally Posted by Frosty

...Superior source material wins out over high dpi every time.
...Huge files, huge resolutions, and high dpi settings and most of them still look crappy and blurry.
Sometimes less can be more.

I tend to side with Frosty. More is not always better (if people could even agree what IS better), and better may not even be discernible (except for the cost in $$, time, and MB).

OBTW... I work with professional archivists, and they demand 300-400 dpi. They grumble at 300 dpi color/grey scans, but they'll take them.

[Goldar]

Originally Posted by Frosty

Show me a guy out there printing his own comic books
and I'll show you a guy/girl in desperate need of a girlfriend/boyfriend.

I just can't see any of this being relevant to at least this section.
Given that most of the comics out there today are digital scans,
saving as png with higher dpi has become practically unnecessary.
Superior source material wins out over high dpi every time.

Ever downloaded album artwork for music..?
Huge files, huge resolutions, and high dpi settings and most of them still look crappy and blurry.
Sometimes less can be more.

I never printed the comics, but if I ever wanted to, a high dpi is needed. I have made a couple collages from failed motion comic efforts which I was tempted to print but never got to it.

Like I said, for just reading a none of that is necessary, but try anything beyond mere reading and things change quickly.

But you're right about source material trumping all other concerns. Gotta wonder about huge file sizes for scans of creased up and torn page material which is not extremely rare and hard to find any other way!

Originally Posted by Nukem!

I tend to side with Frosty. More is not always better (if people could even agree what IS better), and better may not even be discernible (except for the cost in $$, time, and MB).

OBTW... I work with professional archivists, and they demand 300-400 dpi. They grumble at 300 dpi color/grey scans, but they'll take them.

What is best (or better) depends entirely on what you want to do with the files. Ever see how much image quality goes to hell when posting videos to sites like youtube? If I ever do finish a motion comic (and so far that does appear unlikely (but trying is half the fun!) I would want to use a high quality source so my end product wont degrade too badly.

For just reading the new stuff it's not important, but for those classic Kirby things which just scream to be animated... yeah. Size matters

[quislet7]

For any of you who have android based tablets...
What comic reader are you using ?
For PC I have enjoyed Cdisplay but on my tablet I had to get a different one and chose Comic Rack.
It used to work great but lately I have noticed that larger files sometimes end up stalling or not showing the full page (blacked out frames etc.)
Does anyone have a suggestion for a better android reader ?

[Sandfli]

The best comic reader for Android (in my opinion) is Perfect Viewer. I have downloaded and un-installed just about every one and without a doubt, Perfect Viewer is the best of the lot.

[quislet7]

Ever try ComiCat ?
I was considering it....

[Sandfli]

Originally Posted by quislet7

Ever try ComiCat ?
I was considering it....

No, I never found a free version and I don't pay for anything unless I can try it out first.

[Mr_Pila]

Yep, Prefect Viewer is my choice too. Tried Comic Rack before, but Perfect Viewer is much better.

[quislet7]

Thanks for your input ! Much appreciated.