Chocolat Vanilla Fansub

duplicate Layer 1 (alt + j) and use topaz denoise (adjust strength to 1 or what you think it is enough. topaz denoise at size 3000 px high to have tone arranged better) with Layer 1 copy. then resize to final size (1300 px) (for newbie remember that resolution is 72 px/inch)


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after topaz clean, image> canvas size... and fill white in blank erea, then topaz clean and canvas again to crop what was expanded by canvas
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click here

image >> canvans size and type the number 200 or 100 ... ( >= 16 px) (relative is ticked)

then click here

then fill blank area with white (the area which was expaned)


click here again

then topaz clean (remember image > mode RBG color before using topaz)
the setting is
strength is 2 or 4. threshold is 0.45 - 0.99 or higher
sharpess is 1

texture is 0.6-0.9. always < 1 (texture 1 for redrawer)
usually accent,sharpness and boost need to be 1 and the other settings is variant and not constant.
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btw is is fun to know that others canvas, make new layer and fill white and move layer clean above then merger layer. it is better than what i've said.


then image > canvas size... what was expanded
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Why you have to canvas before using topaz clean?
topaz clean doesn't have effect on area in the corner (16 px?) so using canvas to avoid it.
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here is result

it looks good but if you compare to raw you'll see detail was lost (open in new tab to compare)

there are 2 kind of losing detail in this (gradient is not good too but i won't say about gradient)

don't know call "1" is what but "2" is called black line
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now we will recover 1
there are 2 layer name Layer 1 and Layer 1 copy (which was denoise-ed at 3000 px high)
Layer 1 has more details.
use mask (layer mask) to recover details for Layer 1 copy. google it to know a bit about layer mask then practice.




after recover we have this


now canvas, fill white and topaz clean. compare to the previous this is better.

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now we'll fix 2 :black lines which were lost
it is fun that we won't recover black line as we did to recover 1. because topaz clean with wide threshold, black lines will lost again.

duplicate Layer 1 and fill white and topaz clean it with short threshold (not canvas because it was already canvas-ed. we canvas-ed when we did Layer 1 copy)


you see it has better black lines. use mask to recover black lines (which was from topaz clean-ed layer which was duplicated from Layer 1) for layer which was recovered 1 and topaz clean-ed

move layer was recovered black lines above layer which was recovered 1 and topaz clean-ed. select layer mode darken then merge.
although it was recovered black lines, why does it still need "darken" above not-recover-black-line layer. it is bacause the different contrast between 2 layer we used to recover. you'll understand when you practice more.


you also can recover white dust



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How to topaz hayate tones
Knight told me the proper size for hayate is 1000 px high. it is good for topaz clean but it is small to read and causes trouble to typeset too.

hayate has big screentones in 1300 px high. topaz clean with normal setting won't have effect at all (but 1000 px is perfect)

so here is the best past. i can topaz clean it. i've found out yesterday (it is June 13).
before topaz clean
topaz clean with normal setting
topaz with sharpness 0.3 and level again 5 250 2 times
topaz clean has effect on hayate tones at size 1300 px with sharpness < 1. but it causes blur.
hayate chap 496 i cleaned the first part with that setting. although it is blur a bit, after seeing it again and again many times, it is actually harmful to my eyes.

now let try this
i created another way to reduce blur a long time ago .it worked but it is not enough.. with this setting of topaz clean, now hayate tones can be topaz clean-ed without blurring.
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because of some problems, i gave up finding the proper setting to topaz clean hayate tones at 1300 px. when i cleaned shinobi no ban, this manga has large screentones too, i found the way to do it and try the similar to hayate and bad luck for me that it worked for hayate.
after years finding the way to topaz clean hayate, i am too tired and finally can rest now. if you are free, let try and finish it you guys.

thanks for reading this point of view shit.
the right to decide belongs to you.
the fact that i learned cleaning from seeing what others clean manga as reference and built my own standard. there is no real standards for cleaning manga so feel free to do what you want.