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We have an "ask a question and seek help" threads for translators and scanners, but nothing for editors. This thread is aiming to correct this oversight. Have a question about editing that is not answered in our FAQs? Or perhaps you just want to show a page or two and ask for comments? Do it here. Enjoy,

This post has been edited by Red_Piotrus: Feb 10 2014, 01:52

Thanks!! You have an excellent eye. I saved those files in several different ways. back and forth to much tiff to JPEG. going to fast, violating first rule. I thank you for taking the time to look and advise, maybe I should say teach. I really appreciate it.
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Is it possible to transfer all the fonts from one computer to another? I barely remember where to get the fonts for doujins/editing.

Is it possible to transfer all the fonts from one computer to another? I barely remember where to get the fonts for doujins/editing.

Yes, you can just copy paste them.

Thank you very much. It's been over 8 months since I worked on doujins. Been away due to Hurricane Maria destroying Puerto Rico, which is where I live.

Thank you very much. It's been over 8 months since I worked on doujins. Been away due to Hurricane Maria destroying Puerto Rico, which is where I live.

A suggestion I have is to get Dropbox and store your fonts on that as well so they live in cloud.

A suggestion I have is to get Dropbox and store your fonts on that as well so they live in cloud.

Oh yeah, absolutely, Dropbox.....at least some kind of back up holding the actual font files that's independent of your computer.

I'm on my third computer since I started scanlating (and yeah two of those were out of necessity, they threw craps with no way to salvage anything) if it hadn't been for Dropbox being there with a backup to all the fonts I'd accumulated over the years........yikes, I shudder to think >_<

And yeah, backup each and every new one I get still, the second thing I do after downloading them to my comuter is to copy 'em to my Dropbox. Just using DB for odds and ends and as my font backup I'm still on the original free space they gave me when I signed up

I will work on this doujin soon, and the fox girl turn into a fox boy in the middle of the story. I was thinking about using different fonts to mark the change of voice for her/his moans : IndieStar BB and a "manlier" one.

Any idea about a good font for men's moans ?

IMO the masculinity is hard to portray... so i'd rather emphasize the femininity instead before she transforms.

something like [www.dafont.com] https://www.dafont.com/janda-elegant-handwr...nt?text=elegant while a girl (something girly as hell) and then something neutral when transforms to a boy (indiestar bb if you want)

I will work on this doujin soon, and the fox girl turn into a fox boy in the middle of the story. I was thinking about using different fonts to mark the change of voice for her/his moans : IndieStar BB and a "manlier" one.

Any idea about a good font for men's moans ?

It's probably best to stick with what the raw used, you don't really need a font to tell you he transformed when the dialogue and art already do that, IMO.

Though if you really want to, you could use CC Monster Mash for "rougher" moans like that.

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Thank you very much. It's been over 8 months since I worked on doujins. Been away due to Hurricane Maria destroying Puerto Rico, which is where I live.
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[fontzone.net] https://fontzone.net
Thousands to choose from. Free. But you have to prove you're human with captcha before each download.

I bought a cheapass graphic tablet for shits and giggles and it works surprisingly well for moans
I just have to learn not to completely suck at using it and it might even turn out to be useful

Not sure if this is the correct place to ask but what sort of editing is allowed as part of "editing"? Is one allowed to remove jpeg compression artifacts?

Is one allowed to remove jpeg compression artifacts?

No.
https://ehwiki.org/wiki/Expunging#Superior_Versions

Images should be as released by the source.

Well, to clarify, it is allowed in a new / alt translation. But if you take an existing gallery and just do that, it may not be enough for it to be treated as superior.

Anyway, should we make this thread sticky?

What is the best way to align and crop scans? I have tried Perspective crop tool and it's very tricky to use since it will distort the scans. The usual ruler and a arbitrary rotation is simply to long.

usual ruler and a arbitrary rotation is simply to long.

It is time consuming, totally agree........and yeah, that right there is sure how I do it, set up whatever alignment tool/s you use and rotate 'em till you like 'em better / think they're right......but yeah, lots of invested time, especially if it's any amount of pages. I've gotten to where I'll only bother if it's just God awful and I feel like I just have to do it, otherwise I just crop 'em and let the rotate / don't rotate part of it fly.

Ya gotta remember, the vast majority of fans just don't care......or even have a clue about........ so many of the details we pay attention to, so yeah, your call, but I personally don't let that part of it bog me down too much

Ya gotta remember, the vast majority of fans just don't care......or even have a clue about........ so many of the details we pay attention to, so yeah, your call, but I personally don't let that part of it bog me down too much

This can't be overstated enough. People frequently complain about poor quality translations but things have to on the level of left-aligned comic sans in half cleaned bubbles for people to start complaining about the editing.

I recently started experimenting with Topaz Denoise 6 in Photoshop CC and found that if I converted the RGB Image to Grayscale, the Denoising effect will disappear. Why is this? Is there any solution to this? A RGB JPG has a bigger filesize than a grayscale JPEG. Does any have a good base preset for Topaz Denise,?

Also, what is a acceptable level for Gaussian Blur? Is 1.1 good? Can it be in a separate layer?

Thank you.

You should be able to convert a greyscale image to RGB, use denoise, then convert back to greyscale.

What about Neat Image? I use it all the time to denoise stuff.