South Florida Checking In!

[GFunk]

Just wanted to say hi and introduce myself, my name is Garrett and I live in South Florida. Long time anime fan relatively new cel collector. Picked up a Spike from Cowboy Bebop and a few Aeon Flux cels, looking to expand my collection and mingle with the anime community.

[cutiebunny]

Welcome to Beta!

Do you have a gallery?

[sensei]

Welcome to Anime Beta! Let us know when your collection gets online and keep up up to date when it grows. I'm looking forward to seeing your Bebop cel!

[GFunk]

I signed up for rubberslug but dont really like the setup, I am a web developer so I think I am just going to build my own gallery, I will let you know when its up.

I did want to ask, how do you get the clean digital pics of your cels? Do you scan them?

[sensei]

I use a Canon Canoscan LIDE 90 scanner, which is quick and has a bed that is gentle on cels and sketches. (It was originally designed to scan bound books.) The scans are somewhat dark, but I always include a strip of the scanner lid in the scan. Then I can use MS Picture Manager to reset the scanner lid to "white" and crop it off. Other curators may have more sophisticated Photoshop-type programs, but most of us start with a scanned image.

Good luck! We do have a number of "self-built" cel galleries in the community, who will be happy to give you suggestions or tech. help. Some of us less-tech-savvy folk have just learned to bear with the limitations of RS, or find ways to remedy them as best we can.

[GFunk]

I use a Canon Canoscan LIDE 90 scanner, which is quick and has a bed that is gentle on cels and sketches. (It was originally designed to scan bound books.) The scans are somewhat dark, but I always include a strip of the scanner lid in the scan. Then I can use MS Picture Manager to reset the scanner lid to "white" and crop it off. Other curators may have more sophisticated Photoshop-type programs, but most of us start with a scanned image.

Good luck! We do have a number of "self-built" cel galleries in the community, who will be happy to give you suggestions or tech. help. Some of us less-tech-savvy folk have just learned to bear with the limitations of RS, or find ways to remedy them as best we can.

Thanks, I was looking at the Canon CanoScan 9000F

RS is fine, but as a developer the GUI is a bit frustrating for me personally, I'll get something up in the next week or two, I only have a couple cels right now so shouldn't take me very long

[ReiTheJelly]

Welcome!

[teggacat]

Hello GFunk!
Welcome to AB! And the craziness called cel collectors [warning- it can become rather habit forming]
We can always use new voices around here so go ahead, post often!
cant wait to see your cels!

[GFunk]

Hello GFunk!
Welcome to AB! And the craziness called cel collectors [warning- it can become rather habit forming]
We can always use new voices around here so go ahead, post often!
cant wait to see your cels!

your pup looks remarkably similar to mine

posted my gallery link in the gallery section: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=29127

[sensei]

It's also reachable by clicking the little "globe" icon under your avatar and profile info.

Your "Spike" is well named: his hair seems extra spiky in your cel for some reason.

Heh: the source image in your own version of the character used to be my desktop background (before Gankutsuou came along.)

[GFunk]

It's also reachable by clicking the little "globe" icon under your avatar and profile info.

Your "Spike" is well named: his hair seems extra spiky in your cel for some reason.

Heh: the source image in your own version of the character used to be my desktop background (before Gankutsuou came along.)

Good to know, thanks

yeah, it was a cool background and a pretty easy copy on the canvas