Often scanned images have a tendency to look “washed out”, and the Samuel In Dolgnwot pictures are no exception, as can be seen in the scanned version of series two, episode three.
I have been manually attempting to fix this with some tweaks to the brightness and contrast, which works to an extent.
However GIMP has a most useful feature which is designed to fix up the colours on scanned images automatically (it can be found under “Layer–>Colors–>Levels” and click the “Auto” button (Yes, I know, American software with American english). It does an excellent job.
I have now gone through and fixed up all of the Samuel In Dolgnwot images, and as such, they are now much more like the drawings, and much more lively.
Samuel
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#1 Comment By wonko the sane On April 22, 2006 @ 3:19 pm
Wow, that’s a startling difference Sam. The revitalised picture is so vivid. Pure colour itself pales by comparison… it’s almost unnatural. Like a genetically-engineered tomato that’s been designed to taste more like a tomato than a tomato itself.
Is this intentional, I wonder? Is this a veiled message being spoken through Sam by some pan-dimensional being, perhaps a subtle, powerful spirit? By creating a colour that is more red than red, it’s almost saying that God’s own creation is inferior and imperfect, that man, in his pride, can improve on nature.
Perhaps I am reading too much into this…
#2 Comment By heatseeker On April 23, 2006 @ 6:37 am
I like the enhanced image .. it only makes my Dolgnwot experience all the more vivid!
#3 Comment By Chuck A. Spear On April 23, 2006 @ 9:19 pm
They do look much better and more real.