New Releases - 06/25

[gater]

I'm not sure Station2 is related to the original Station. It's from Pole Star Publishing and I can't see a definitive link besides the name.

Following up on this, I think there is a link after all. I noticed that Playstation Solutions by Rapide (same publisher as Station) eventually moved over to Pole Star Publishing, and they are both in Exeter. So probably a shuffle to avoid bankruptcy or the like.

[Gregorick]

Following up on this, I think there is a link after all. I noticed that Playstation Solutions by Rapide (same publisher as Station) eventually moved over to Pole Star Publishing, and they are both in Exeter. So probably a shuffle to avoid bankruptcy or the like.

This is actually very interesting, I think they might be the same publisher based on the companies house records. Funnily enough I saw the registered address and I used to live a couple of roads off their premises 

Ironically, the newsagents I used to buy gaming magazines from never stocked Rapide or Polestar publications despite being the closest possible retailer to the publishing house.

Thanks Gregorick for the mass of scans you have been putting out for UK mags!

You are very welcome, just wish I had more time and knowledge (and patience) to edit them to a higher standard but glad they are being received fairly well. I have put up a load of my new scans over at my site https://www.ukgamesmags.com/ but will make sure to send Kiwi over a huge bunch once he's back proper and they can all be added here too!

[kitsunebi]

On some scans, I do notice black levels are sometimes left as is on some scans and that makes game screenshots black crushed where all the detail is hidden.  Granted processing, adjusting and reviewing every page is cumbersome unless you have an photoshop action to apply in batch.  On these one you posted, the levels are perfect and one can see details even in the small game screenshots.

Overly-dark scans are usually the fault of a bad/cheap scanner (the equipment, not the person).  It's unfortunate, since when details become lost in blackness, Photoshop can't save them.  In digital terms, black is the lack of all data.  You can't brighten black or adjust its hue - black is black, just as white is white. 

It's possible someone could ruin a decent scan during the editing process by applying a Photoshop action which isn't suited for every page, but one would hope that no one is so lazy as to batch process an entire mag without bothering to even look at the results.  (I've never batch processed a mag ever.)

Of course, I've also noticed on some magazines where some screenshots are already overly dark/light to begin with (particularly older mags where the screenshots are literally photographs taken of monitor screens).