Cryogen's attempt at cleaning

[Cryogen]

Hi, this isn't my first clean, but it is the first one that i have not hated.

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/9504/opchpt429pg4vk2.th.png (http://img95.imageshack.us/my.php?image=opchpt429pg4vk2.png)

It is not amazing. The shade of grey that i used in some places look incorrect...i only had one shade, so i just used it for all purposes.

I also forgot to clean the sfx on the main panel

All suggestions are appreciated :)
Thanks

[delete]

Ok, very important thing: Do not over-level the image because it causes it to lose midtones, thus making the lines look choppy. That image is a good example of this. Also did you level after you've done the greys? Because the panel where Nami is smiling, it looks like the greys are choppy as well.

May I suggest you go over this tutorial:
http://mangahelpers.com/forum/index.php?topic=2433.0
It's very easy to understand and it will help you improve greatly. :)

[Cryogen]

May I suggest you go over this tutorial:
http://mangahelpers.com/forum/index.php?topic=2433.0
It's very easy to understand and it will help you improve greatly. :)


Well, i have gone over that tutorial many times...are there any specific secions that i should focus on? Every time i use quick mask to do the greys i either loose detail, or I add unnecessary detail.

The only time i leved the picture was at the beginning.

[shinwei]

If we may please see the raw you used for this clean, we may be able to discover the problem with how the image looks overlevelled.

[Cryogen]

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/8470/004hx6.th.jpg (http://img163.imageshack.us/my.php?image=004hx6.jpg)

[NeoShweaty]

well, that raw looks about as leveled as it should be, so anything you did on top of that probably caused the distortion