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Post by dragontyrant on Sept 22, 2023 13:52:11 GMT
Hi guys, does anybody know if it's normal for the reprints to have darker illustrations? I have the original prints of the Sorcery books and the Wizard Books reprints, and the illustrations look darker on the latter, not allowing you to see all the details. I don't know if it's normal or if it just happens on this specific books, maybe Spellbreaker and Legend of Zagor don't have this problem.
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Post by sylas on Sept 22, 2023 17:20:43 GMT
Very normal unfortunately and causes issues when needing to see the details is important such as the Bronze Statue in Sorcery!2 has a weak spot which can be clearly seen in the original print but is barely visible in the reprint, or the Minderbender illustration in Return to Firetop Mountain where you are required to count the tiny coins which becomes difficult when you can't separate one from another.
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Post by dragontyrant on Sept 22, 2023 17:38:17 GMT
Do you know why something like that happens? Even my portuguese versions, which are themselves reprints of the english originals, have this problem.
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Post by CharlesX on Sept 22, 2023 17:42:53 GMT
Do you know why something like that happens? Even my portuguese versions, which are themselves reprints of the english originals, have this problem. It's probably easier\cheaper to reprint that way especially on the lower-quality paper. The publishers don't give a flying hoot about clues hidden in the book as we know. Sorry my commenting here is just guesswork.
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Post by sylas on Sept 22, 2023 18:25:48 GMT
Do you know why something like that happens? Even my portuguese versions, which are themselves reprints of the english originals, have this problem. It's probably easier\cheaper to reprint that way especially on the lower-quality paper. The publishers don't give a flying hoot about clues hidden in the book as we know. Sorry my commenting here is just guesswork.
The Wizard reprints had good quality paper. It might have been more a case of somehow not having the original scans of the artwork or maybe they used a lower resolution scan? I'm not sure. |
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Post by sleepyscholar on Sept 23, 2023 13:26:55 GMT
It's probably easier\cheaper to reprint that way especially on the lower-quality paper. The publishers don't give a flying hoot about clues hidden in the book as we know. Sorry my commenting here is just guesswork.
The Wizard reprints had good quality paper. It might have been more a case of somehow not having the original scans of the artwork or maybe they used a lower resolution scan? I'm not sure. My guess is that the original artwork was reproduced photographically -- the books were done before book publishing in the UK went fully digital. The reprints did not have access to the actual artwork itself, and since the artwork had been reproduced photographically, there were no files either. So it had to be digitised some other way: probably by trying to get a clean image off a copy of the book! Inevitably this is going to lead to a degraded image. |
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