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THE VINTAGE REBELLION : Episode 51 LAUNCHED
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<blockquote data-quote="TK-7785" data-source="post: 490175" data-attributes="member: 8868"><p>Jason is quite right. The nature of the visible pixels is due to that fact that the repros are scanned and digitally altered from originals. Even if they were scanned at a stupidly high enough res to capture the dots (a result of offset litho printing) by the time they have been cleaned and adjusted for reprinting this fine detail, visible to the naked eye...at least under side by side comparison, would be blurred or softened at best, obliterated most likely. Which is exactly what Jason's close ups show. The close up dot pattern of these old litho prints is a result of the metal plates which were etched, or machined, to the carry and print the four colour inks as they were transferred onto the cardstock, one after another.</p><p></p><p>As Peter mentions in the podcast it would be extremely costly to to have new metal plates made up to to print repro cardbacks that match originals. And in order to do so one would have to replicate the original card art exactly, then have it split into the four component colours (CMYK) to make new litho type printed cardbacks passable. And I highly doubt anyone would go to the trouble and financial outlay to achieve this. Add to that the fact that they would have create the art work largely from scratch and match that to the original card art masters by Kenner, Palitoy etc before doing so. The chance for numerous discrepancies to slip in would be all too easy. If making money is the game then the investment in time and money to profit wouldn't bear out.</p><p></p><p>The upshot of this is is that I believe fake cardbacks will get better quality than the majority of current repros in time (eg better, more accurate cardstock and finish), and these may well fool a lot of people. But the chances of creating something that is truly indistinguishable from an original to the trained eye is an extremely tall order. </p><p></p><p>Chris</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TK-7785, post: 490175, member: 8868"] Jason is quite right. The nature of the visible pixels is due to that fact that the repros are scanned and digitally altered from originals. Even if they were scanned at a stupidly high enough res to capture the dots (a result of offset litho printing) by the time they have been cleaned and adjusted for reprinting this fine detail, visible to the naked eye...at least under side by side comparison, would be blurred or softened at best, obliterated most likely. Which is exactly what Jason's close ups show. The close up dot pattern of these old litho prints is a result of the metal plates which were etched, or machined, to the carry and print the four colour inks as they were transferred onto the cardstock, one after another. As Peter mentions in the podcast it would be extremely costly to to have new metal plates made up to to print repro cardbacks that match originals. And in order to do so one would have to replicate the original card art exactly, then have it split into the four component colours (CMYK) to make new litho type printed cardbacks passable. And I highly doubt anyone would go to the trouble and financial outlay to achieve this. Add to that the fact that they would have create the art work largely from scratch and match that to the original card art masters by Kenner, Palitoy etc before doing so. The chance for numerous discrepancies to slip in would be all too easy. If making money is the game then the investment in time and money to profit wouldn't bear out. The upshot of this is is that I believe fake cardbacks will get better quality than the majority of current repros in time (eg better, more accurate cardstock and finish), and these may well fool a lot of people. But the chances of creating something that is truly indistinguishable from an original to the trained eye is an extremely tall order. Chris [/QUOTE]
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