Jay Taylor
Supporting Actor
I love DVD Profiler & paid the small fee to enable the download of Hi-Res DVD cover images. Like many other HTF members I print out a full-page report of each DVD that I own and place them in document protectors & binders for viewing.
Many of the images from DVD Profiler are unacceptable, partly because Intervocative Software accepts sometimes beautiful scans from users and reduces their file size to make downloads faster. So like many of you I would go to sites like DVD Empire to download better cover images.
Unfortunately DVD Empire has started to place "Copyrighted Material" on the cover image. Amazon only has the front cover image, and sometimes cover images are difficult to find that are of decent quality.
So after downloading the images for over 600 DVDs I finally decided to start scanning my own. I can't believe how much better the images look when I scan my own. I've settled on a file size of about 300K for the total of the front & back covers. The Hi-Res images that Intervocative Software makes available for download have been reduced to about 90K to 160K for both covers.
I love scanning DVD covers now & can't believe I was such an idiot to procrastinate for so long. No more irritation from scans that are sideways, unreadable, still have the wrapper on, have French/English information, etc.
Is anyone else deciding to do it yourself in order to get the quality that you desire?
Jay Taylor
Many of the images from DVD Profiler are unacceptable, partly because Intervocative Software accepts sometimes beautiful scans from users and reduces their file size to make downloads faster. So like many of you I would go to sites like DVD Empire to download better cover images.
Unfortunately DVD Empire has started to place "Copyrighted Material" on the cover image. Amazon only has the front cover image, and sometimes cover images are difficult to find that are of decent quality.
So after downloading the images for over 600 DVDs I finally decided to start scanning my own. I can't believe how much better the images look when I scan my own. I've settled on a file size of about 300K for the total of the front & back covers. The Hi-Res images that Intervocative Software makes available for download have been reduced to about 90K to 160K for both covers.
I love scanning DVD covers now & can't believe I was such an idiot to procrastinate for so long. No more irritation from scans that are sideways, unreadable, still have the wrapper on, have French/English information, etc.
Is anyone else deciding to do it yourself in order to get the quality that you desire?
Jay Taylor