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Who are you?MDVega wrote:Jesus, who could possibly complain about having high quality scans? The_Shape could, I suppose.
That way since it's started? I've been here from the start. Sure, i've only checked the forum much later (not that it matters, i post what, one reply every couple days?).MDVega wrote:It took me 1 minute to download both chapters. If you are on a slow modem, it might take you a 1/2 hour. It's been that way since Tenjo Tenge started, I don't know where you've been. I personally prefer the large size, and I imagine many other people do too, because this manga is packed with color pages and plenty of sharp detail that would be lost in a highly-compressed file.
Hi Shape. The chapters have always been this big. Let's look at volume 1: 9.6 MB, 5.6 MB, 6.1 MB, 5.5 MB, 8.2 MB, 8.0 MB. Or volume 7: 9.9, 8.3, 9.1, 8.4, 15.5, 8.9.The_Shape wrote:I'm debating wheter i'll waste the time to download these or not.
Fugu, why are the files so big nowadays? They kept growing and growing and now they're 10 meg one chapter.
Other scan groups have chapters with 2.8 to 6.0 meg and they look pretty good. The only group i regularly see with chapters past 6 meg is Band of the Hawks.
I always have to read the pages in 40% or 50% size, and i'm on 800x600.
Hm, there is an explanation for that, but I guess it is coming up in the next chapter.Rev wrote:did I miss something when did aya start using her dragon eyes like a pro.
also thanks for the chapters fugu
Thanks for keeping the #mangatranslation channel around - I don't have any way for people that aren't on BitTorrent to get the files, so that is a big help...Lyer wrote:-did anyone else notice that the artwork is really different? I'm assuming Oh Great doesn't draw for this manga anymore and that his assistants do all the work. BTW the irc channel is still around, (we finally hit dobule digits today) and my fserve will be on along with some others, so drop on by if BT doesn't work for you
Ah thanks, looks like I'm turning dyslexic. It's fixed now, but only for posterity really; I won't bother to fix the zips and re-seed. It's just too much trouble.shouki wrote:FuguTabetai, I noticed a translation error: on page 25, Aya says "kawatte kudasai Souichirou-sama" (Please swap [seats] Souichirou-sama") not "wakatte kudasai Souichirou-sama" (Please understand Souichirou-sama").
I'm not really concerned about file sizes. I also think the scans I use are good enough - the whites are white and the blacks are black. I wouldn't want to get rid of the screentones; that is how the art is made. More to the point, I don't want to introduce more steps into what is already a boring, tedious process. Thanks for the pointer though.shouki wrote: Comment on distribution: maybe someone could post to alt.binaries.pictures.manga newsgroup too. Of course, not everyone has a news-feed either...
Comment on file sizes: Neat Image is a very good application to clean up digital images (digital photographs or scans) by getting rid of sensor noise. It can also help with smoothing out the dot patterns from printed images - ie de-screening.
It's only available on Windows (currently) but the free version is more than usable. I've been playing with it for the last few days and am quite happy with the results - it does a good job of removing noise while keeping the real data intact. In the reviews I've seen it also gets first place for such applications - doesn't seem to be anything better overall. Anyway, by removing noise the images look nicer - it also makes the file sizes smaller since removing noise also removes (unwanted) data.
http://www.neatimage.com/
-its located at irc.mircx.com, #mangatranslation, feel free to drop on bydubkatz wrote:Where is the #mangatranslation channel located(which server) i might just set up a fserve(if that is allow) to serve TT manga on that channel during the uni break...
I also don't mind the file size(i am 56kers) because it is good for making wallpaper and possibly a winamp skin??... u just can't create good quality wallpapers and skins with low quality scans.
yatyeiboi wrote:***SPOILER***
In Shin and Mitsuomi's final fight, Shin was actually killed by his girlfriend, Mana wasn't he? But why does everyone say that Mitsuomi was the one that killed Shin. Also, If Shin would have used his Dragon's Eye technique in the final fight, do ya think he would have won? I think he woulda wiped the floor with Mitsuomi. But I know why he didn't want to use it. Also, what happened to Bunshichi. He was supposed to be the strongest in the school, yet he looks like a total bumb in the present. I want to see him fight Mitsuomi.
What a silly question to ask.yatyeiboi wrote:Anyway who would win in a fight against Mitsuomi and Bunshichi when he was at his best. Because he beat the living daylights out of Shin while having his legs pierced. I think he have a good chance.