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| Registered: May 8, 2007 |  Posts: 270 |
| | Posted: | | | | Does squaring out the corners of a cover scan constitute a significant enough change for a contribution? | | | Jim
More than I need, but not as many as I want! |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | To be honest I don't see the point. I certainly wouldn't class it as a "significant improvement" and personally I like to see the rounded corners preserved. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 17,311 |
| | Posted: | | | | I personally agree with Northbloke. If the corners are rounded... then I believe they should be rounded in profiler. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,199 |
| | Posted: | | | | I agree with Pete's agreement with North. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | Count me in too | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 585 |
| | Posted: | | | | I guess I'm in the minority as I prefer the squared corners since it looks a bit more professional, but agree with the others that squaring the corners isn't really a significant improvement. If they cleaned up dust and scratches as well or improved the contrast/brightness or something then I'd be more inclined to vote Yes. But if all they did was load the current images into an image editor and painted the corners, then that kind of seems a waste of time. | | | "Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men" - Douglas Bader
"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." - Douglas Adams |
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| Registered: July 31, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,506 |
| | Posted: | | | | Another vote for the rounded corners. |
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| Registered: June 12, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,665 |
| | Posted: | | | | Vega saved me the trouble of typing my opinion (but i'll blather a bit anyway)
I know when i submit scans i do square the corners, simply for aesthetic reasons. I haven't encountered one yet that i felt was negatively impacted by this since i'm usually just extending the color/pattern a few pixels. If i found one i felt i couldn't improve i'd let the corners stand and submit as is. | | | | Bad movie? You're soaking in it! |
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| Registered: May 9, 2007 | | Posts: 254 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'm with Vega and Tweeter on this. I prefer squared corners, but I don't really think that alone would make for a "significant improvement". | | | | "I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world because they'd never expect it." - Jack Handey |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,692 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting eaglejd: Quote:
Does squaring out the corners of a cover scan constitute a significant enough change for a contribution? no. The contribution would be rejected. | | | | Paul |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,594 |
| | Posted: | | | | If, as Jim has asked, a user submitted images where the sole change was squaring off the rounded corners, then no, that is not a significant enough change for contribution.
I agree that squaring of the corners alone is not a significant improvement nor is it a requirement. I do, however, square off all rounded corners on the covers that I submit to the database. I just think it looks better. | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | As do I 8Ball
Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
Billy Video |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 20,111 |
| | Posted: | | | | I fully echo 8Ball's comments, and prefer squared corners when possible.
As to the main question, just squaring the corners isn't a significant improvement. | | | | Corey |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,293 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote:
I personally agree with Northbloke. If the corners are rounded... then I believe they should be rounded in profiler. Another vote for matching the scan to what it looks like in real life | | | | It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong |
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| Registered: March 16, 2007 | | Posts: 32 |
| | Posted: | | | | if we are all for maintaining the accuracy of the database then why apply a different rule to the corners ?
Rounded stay rounded
Squared stay squared .
Cartmin |
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| Registered: June 12, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,665 |
| | Posted: | | | | Looks like we need to make a feature request so we can search for square/round corners!  | | | | Bad movie? You're soaking in it! |
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