Graphic Artist Needed for DaiOuJou T-Shirt Image Cleanup

rtw · Post by **rtw** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:08 pm

I scanned the back of this fantastic T-Shirt but since the
material is cloth I can't get rid of the texture.

Here is a sample of what I have:

If someone could help me get this cleaned up, i.e. get
the background black, lift out the pattern etc... I would be most happy.
And of course I will put the image on WOA for you all to enjoy.

PM me if you can help!

rtw

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:54 am

to get rid of the grain, maybe this will work -

convert it to greyscale in photoshop and increase brightness and contrast

after that you could try this wesbite to convert it to vectors

http://vectormagic.stanford.edu/

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:00 pm

I tried to do it with my gfx program, but its too intricate and time consuming.

Sorry.

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:39 pm

pixelcorps is on the case...

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:35 am

Perhaps if the scan was considerably larger and better quality, it'd make the job easier.

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:44 am

I'm working with a very large version..

i'm almost there - i just need someone to erase the text and fill in the linework on the bee where the text was on a special greyscale version i've done..

anyone?

MGN · Post by **MGN** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:23 am

I'm graphist and I think that vector isn't the solution specially if you work with large version. Raster is the good way, i.e. pixel per pixel work.

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:28 am

i've got it vectored already - it's come out rather well - all I need is someone to go over the pixel version I have as I dont have the time to draw the detail back in where the words are.

MGN · Post by **MGN** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:35 am

Ok, I was typing that :
"Otherwise, explain me how you process, I'm interesting. With a vector process, clean the graph is complicated and not productive if a large picture is available."

rtw · Post by **rtw** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 7:59 am

two people have assisted greatly on this issue: pixelcorps & dmauro

dmauro did a cleanup and managed to get the background texture removed
but the image and text still contains a texture.

pixelcorps went the vectoring way, however the text is in the way causing
some interesting artifacts.

To get things perfect we have to edit out the text and then vectorize
the image. Then we can place a new text on top of the vectorized image.
If we need a new logo we can probably get it from the official Cave
Dai-Ou-Jou page.

This is NOT a mirrored image so no centre folding allowed.

Anyway here is the image where we need the text removed:

http://static.pici.se/pictures/sntOqHGWM.png

Please post eventual updates in this thread.

rtw

rtw · Post by **rtw** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:54 am

After a brief chat with pixelcorps I have changed the image
to the one that dmauro made and converted it to 256 colours.

If someone could totally remove the text, and retouch the linework
behind, we can use it and then totally replace any lettering.

Please post any updates in this thread to avoid confusion.

rtw

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:59 am

It's not mirrored BTW.

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:53 am

I tried but I could not see the original pattern...then when it came to coloring it...it was just too much for me. anyway...this is what I came up with.

if this isn't what you wanted, sorry.

BTW...I had to convert image type to jpg because imageshack wouldn't host the png file...it was too large.

rtw · Post by **rtw** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:49 am

ROBOTRON wrote:I tried but I could not see the original pattern...then when it came to coloring it...it was just too much for me. anyway...this is what I came up with.

if this isn't what you wanted, sorry.

BTW...I had to convert image type to jpg because imageshack wouldn't host the png file...it was too large.

Very nice effort, now all we need is to get the remains of the red out of
the image. I would like to have the PNG file

Please check your PM
ROBOTRON. When I get the PNG file I will host it.

rtw

SteevTee · Post by **SteevTee** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:25 am

I've taken robotron’s version and had a little play, this one is high contrast white on black, with lines thickened up slightly. Hopefully it will be of some more use...

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:42 pm

I will work with it some more when I return home. I don't have access to my gfx program here.

ROBO

rtw · Post by **rtw** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 7:56 pm

SteevTee wrote:I've taken robotron’s version and had a little play, this one is high contrast white on black, with lines thickened up slightly. Hopefully it will be of some more use...

Did a quick vector test, had to reduce the size a bit but
all in all a good result. One thing that I noticed was that
we need to close the boundaries properly for the vectorizer
to work.

rtw

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:31 pm

Ok...its all orange. Here is a jpg image for you to preview:

This is SteevTee's B & W reproduction turned back into orange color.

I will email the PNG image as soon as you let me know this one looks ok.

EDIT: Email sent.

rtw · Post by **rtw** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:41 pm

ROBOTRON wrote:Ok...its all orange. Here is a jpg image for you to preview:

This is SteevTee's B & W reproduction turned back into orange color.

I will email the PNG image as soon as you let me know this one looks ok.

EDIT: Email sent.

Looks nice, please email it to me

rtw

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:42 pm

Done.

rtw · Post by **rtw** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:52 pm

ROBOTRON wrote:Done.

Thank you! I think we have a nice selection to work with now

rtw

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 2:12 am

It'd be great if you gave us all credit for helping you produce the image!

oh well....you're welcome.

eight · Post by **eight** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:36 am

Hmm, why no vector version?

rtw · Post by **rtw** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:01 am

ROBOTRON wrote:It'd be great if you gave us all credit for helping you produce the image!

Of course you will all be credited

Now to the matter at hand. pixelcorps had a go at vectorizing the image
but it is still not cleaned up enough. In order for the vectorizer to work
properly we need all broken lines closed. This is particularly evident
if you look at the top of the right wing.

If someone wants to do this, pixelcorps says it's a small task
of adding the font back and the logo.

Please use ROBOTRON's image for further work:

http://pici.se/pictures/LqqWgrpge.png

rtw

eight · Post by **eight** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:57 am

Okay, different question: Why no vectorizing by hand? I could do that.

rtw · Post by **rtw** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:28 am

eight wrote:Okay, different question: Why no vectorizing by hand? I could do that.

eight, our ultimate goal is to get the image vectorized. The quick and
dirty approach would be to do a rough bitmap updates and then
run it through an automatic vectorizer.

If you want to vectorize the entire image including the text
I would advise you to start on dmauro's image:

http://static.pici.se/pictures/sntOqHGWM.png

If you want the original raw scan PM me.

rtw

nem · Post by **nem** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:21 pm

eight wrote:Why no vectorizing by hand?

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:13 pm

The jpeg is everything wrong with saving raster images today.

.png is like a compressed .bmp which is lossless. Jpeg images are really just a series of patterns chosen by clusters of pixels they represent. This leaves artifacts and little stray pixels.

eight · Post by **eight** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:08 am

I'll give it a shot this weekend.

rtw · Post by **rtw** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:15 am

eight wrote:I'll give it a shot this weekend.

Good luck

rtw