Silly me...not WINGS 087, but JUMBO 087, now posted. It is a bit of mish-mosh. I have edited much of the book, inclusive of color 'restoration' (to the Sheena and Sky Girl stories). I know that many who come here would prefer to see the books with LESS editing. I have included in the preview thumbs of the Sky Girl splash page in both its edited and unedited state.
I will say this about it: the raw scanned images are dark and tinted either sepia or amber tones from the paper aging. To deal with the 'unlit' quality of the initial scans, one can simply play with the boundary conditions of the 'levels' histogram. This will make the blacks darker and the generally bring up the gamma of the piece, but it will also accentuate the ghosting of colors from the reverse side of the page, as well as increase the effects of paper aging. The balance of the stories in this book are treated that way, without any further treatments to deal with color balance, so you will see a good strong image, but with overall color values shifted to yellow and red.
I might come back to this piece to finish the other stories, so that it is more consistent, but I think it more important to move along to the next piece. THIS TIME, Wing 087.
Hope you enjoy the Jumbo.
