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@Cheese Dono

As an editor for the LWB scanlation group, I see numerous issues with your work, redraws notwithstanding. First off, your font isn't set to "Smooth" because 100% of your font is aliased (having jagged edges). Right click and set your font to "Smooth", assuming you're using Photoshop to edit. Even if you aren't, turn on whatever anti-aliasing option GIMP has. The second is that many bubbles still have leftover text inside them. Leaving leftover text in a "fully cleaned" bubble is lazy, particularly when there are more than a couple of bubbles with that problem. Consequentially, your scans are neither leveled nor set to greyscale. I'll leave this URL here for future reference on how to level scans: http://www.ruinevil.com/rawr/editguide/1.html#3

It's by pure luck that you used full-sized RAWs, but simply right clicking and saving files will NOT get you full-size scans the other 99% of the time. In the future, there are 3 different options for sourcing full-size scans (the examples use a different gallery):
1.) Provided you have enough GP, you can download the original archive via "Archive Download" on the right-hand side of the gallery, circled in green: https://puu.sh/GS9gM/54c75da594.png
2.) You can torrent the file, but make sure that they're full size (ie. NOT x1280), directly underneath "Archive Download".
3.) Finally, you can click on this option at the bottom of every page to download the original source image: https://puu.sh/GS9l8/0c8c824f2b.png

Now onto the main issue with your work: your typesetting. It's all over the place, with different font leading (the space between lines in text), non-centered font alignment (your font being left-justified), vertical typesetting where there doesn't need to be any, and bubble centering. Number one rule of typesetting: consistency. Make sure your font is center-aligned, set to "Smooth", and the leading is consistent. It looks to me like rather than use text boxes, you free-type your text and simply click on a new part of the bubble to create a new sentence. Use text boxes to typeset. To create a text box, click and hold, then drag to create a text box that'll keep your fonts consistent. Not to toot my own horn, but I'll even show you a page from one project I typeset to show you what proper typesetting looks like (view on sadpanda): /s/8f263df7e8/1192080-3.
And the most important part of that one page? The typesetting is the same throughout the entire 38 page chapter I typeset, if you read through the entire thing.
Notice how the fonts are properly centered, sized, and most imporantly, consistent? It also makes reading text much easier to do and much easier to follow along.

If you're serious about posting on e-hentai in the future, it behooves you to learn the fundamentals of editing. Fortunately, there's a comprehensive resource that helped even an experienced editor like me learn that can also help you learn too: https://quicksandscans.wordpress.com/resources/. You have potential for sure, but your translation is marred by your inconsistent typesetting. There is no shortcut to becoming a good editor, just hard work, effort, and dedication. Read those guides, learn from your mistakes, correct your mistakes, and strive to improve from project to project. All you prospective editors in the peanut gallery, take notes, because what I had just mentioned above is the ONLY way you become good at editing.

Last edited on 04 March 2021, 14:39.

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