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Title: Scanning Holographic Covers
Post by: Gregorick on Oct 19, 2023, 02:33 AM
Trying to get a good scan of GamesTM Issue 5 is proving a nightmare because of its golden, holographic front page. Anyone had this problem before? Any ideas to overcome it?
Title: Re: Scanning Holographic Covers
Post by: Kiwi on Oct 19, 2023, 03:32 PM
Even the publisher Imagine couldn't scan the cover acceptably when they created their digital disc edition. All they came up with was ....

Games-tm-005.jpg

.... although that is better than nothing and unless you somehow photograph the cover it's about as good as it gets methinks.
Title: Re: Scanning Holographic Covers
Post by: Gregorick on Oct 20, 2023, 04:43 AM
Ah cheers for that, Think I will just have to use that image as even photographing the cover is an issue.
Title: Re: Scanning Holographic Covers
Post by: slider1983 on Oct 23, 2023, 07:59 AM
I remember one of the GamesMaster mags having a mirrored front cover. Impossible to get the same effect through a scan.