It happens when it happens. Your guess is as good as anyone else's.
Ok, sorry for my eagerness
It happens when it happens. Your guess is as good as anyone else's.
Ok, sorry for my eagerness
Ok, sorry for my eagerness
yeah, it happen when it want to, we have no control over it, because there are no deadline or the timeline to follow, sometimes, if Christmas come early, we can get double volume at once
BIG THANKS for all colors in HQ
Very big you're welcome. That was me. I'm still finishing up the rest of the series. Unfortunately the PNG format for upscaled images is REEALLY big, almost too big, so max quality JPEG's were a pretty good way to go. No data loss whatsoever. I want to reupload in a more organized format tho…
UPDATE: uploaded HD volumes 1-45 to MEGA
LINK: https://mega.nz/#F!k1QzjADb
DECRYPTION KEY: 9xkZTX8P-79SCwwiIlluaA
the zips have no password. please let me know if any pages are missing.
UPDATE: uploaded HD volumes 1-45 to MEGA
LINK: https://mega.nz/#F!k1QzjADb
DECRYPTION KEY: 9xkZTX8P-79SCwwiIlluaA
the zips have no password. please let me know if any pages are missing.
one volume missing
and one more thing, is volume 45 if the latest volume with HD that you have?
OK, thank you very much for pointing that out. i have 29 uploaded now. oops
Right now i have all volumes up to 80 upscaled, 81 to 83 are still processing. ill be uploading the majority in roughly 2-3 hours.
EDIT/UPDATE: Welp, everything up to vol. 80 looks good at a glance, so there you go, it's all getting uploaded right now. Alas, today is the last day i can use this computer, so i can't really finish those last 3 (hopefully five soon) volumes. I used waifu2x-caffe btw if anyone is interested. Here's the link again - https://mega.nz/#F!k1QzjADb!9xkZTX8P-79SCwwiIlluaA
Wow, these are freaking FANTASTIC! Could you please tell me what settings you used to make these?
Interesting, lil_kami. Thank you for your effort : )
Is anyone interested in the upscaled english version like the one lil_kami provided? I decided to do one and I can upload it somewhere to share when I'm done
I'm really interested about that XD
We would ALL appreciate it. I want to help, let me make that clear. But I'm skeptical that this should even be done unless more than one or two people commit themselves to the cause with some sort of release schedule. We'd have to go to extensive lengths to make sure the quality stays consistent. The story of One Piece is ongoing, and from the beginning it's writer has had a firm sense of where the story needs to go to make us feel. On a reddit post, Captain_M comments just about an entire page of things that'll cause setbacks for scanlators looking to do an even more difficult task (cause it's in color. He wanted to do this but in B+W.) Like, seriously, just about every commenter tore that guy a new one. (Look up "hd manga" on the OP Reddit, the post by u/XunderxHz.) Big thanks for all of those thoughts Captain_M, it's good to get an idea of what we're up against. Still, I REALLY want to see it happen, but with summer school and all that approaching for me idk… There's more I want to say but I'll leave it at that for now. Best of luck GhostF4ce, I sent you message a while ago.
Yeah, I replied to you, lil_kami. I don't mean to redo the scans from scratch, I know that's a monumental undertaking, I used to work on the translated volumes we have currently with a lot of people, and even then it was a tiring process. And I agree that the perfect scenario would be to redo it from scratch, but that seems like too much effort. What I was talking about was running the current translated volumes through the program so there would be no need to do any work beyond that. One volume takes about 15 minutes so it will take a couple of days, then I will upload them somewhere and share them here.
Is anyone interested in the upscaled english version like the one lil_kami provided? I decided to do one and I can upload it somewhere to share when I'm done
i'm in, i already get those in japanese, and i would love to have one too in english
UPDATE: uploaded HD volumes 1-45 to MEGA
LINK: https://mega.nz/#F!k1QzjADb
DECRYPTION KEY: 9xkZTX8P-79SCwwiIlluaA
the zips have no password. please let me know if any pages are missing.
Great effort getting them all done and uploaded. The difference in size is incredible, I wish we could have just the straight up raws at that kind of size. I've spent the last who knows how long staring at pages from the two versions side by side and I honestly can't decide where I fall on the screentone dots being smoothed out. On one hand, everything is so damn sharp in this version, but on the other, those little rough areas are a pleasant reminder that the base, underlying art is all hand drawn, and the texture allows the colour version to distinguish the areas in the same way Oda had tied to do with his original art. You also loose, in the upscaling, a lot of the texture of Oda's traditionally coloured pages as well as some of the cross hatching he uses for the halos around characters. I'm nitpicking here because your version is new and different from what I'm used to, but the bottom line is jesus christ its incredible what we can do with technology now!
We would ALL appreciate it. I want to help, let me make that clear. But I'm skeptical that this should even be done unless more than one or two people commit themselves to the cause with some sort of release schedule. We'd have to go to extensive lengths to make sure the quality stays consistent. The story of One Piece is ongoing, and from the beginning it's writer has had a firm sense of where the story needs to go to make us feel. On a reddit post, Captain_M comments just about an entire page of things that'll cause setbacks for scanlators looking to do an even more difficult task (cause it's in color. He wanted to do this but in B+W.) Like, seriously, just about every commenter tore that guy a new one. (Look up "hd manga" on the OP Reddit, the post by u/XunderxHz.) Big thanks for all of those thoughts Captain_M, it's good to get an idea of what we're up against. Still, I REALLY want to see it happen, but with summer school and all that approaching for me idk… There's more I want to say but I'll leave it at that for now. Best of luck GhostF4ce, I sent you message a while ago.
Quick little reminder that the "v2" in the name of this thread is because the original version was deleted for becoming too much of a piracy/scanlation hotbed and was causing problems for the site. Maybe it's hypocritical of me to be the one saying it at this point, but we need to be careful about what we're trying to organise here. We've been getting a free pass on the raws, which I assume is because they're not easily available in the west and therefore not in direct competition with the official release for us. I would rather not see another thread removed or worse, legal trouble be made for the site's owners or figures like Stephen or Greg be driven from the site because of what we're doing here. I'm pretty sure the mass raw uploads are pushing the limits as it is, so let's just be careful about taking things any further than that.
I did a couple of volumes, but a thought crossed my mind, that I might not have the latest updated/corrected version of the volumes. Is there one at all? If not I'll just continue with what I have, if there is one, could someone provide a link so I can make the best version possible?
I did a couple of volumes, but a thought crossed my mind, that I might not have the latest updated/corrected version of the volumes. Is there one at all? If not I'll just continue with what I have, if there is one, could someone provide a link so I can make the best version possible?
As per my last comment, which I maybe should have @'d you as well, the thread was deleted once over scanlations already, so be cautious about posting a ton of links to them, newly upscaled or otherwise.
… jesus christ its incredible what we can do with technology now!
Indeed. It would be great to have an original bigger size than 1200px but this work lil_kami made is quite the awesome thing
Indeed. It would be great to have an original bigger size than 1200px but this work lil_kami made is quite the awesome thing
I'd heard about (what I assume to be) similar technologies being used to remaster backgrounds for old games, things with static backgrounds like the PS1 era final fantasies for example, but it had never occurred to me it could be used for manga this way. Although, having downloaded and flipped through a few more since I last posted, I've found that Crocodile's sand powers reeeeally suffer from the decision to smooth the screentones. That's one area that absolutely needs that grainy texture!
Very wise words. I've lurked through a pretty large section of this website, so I'm aware that the topic of scanlations is very iffy here. and I'd really hate to see anything get compromised on the thread. Perhaps it'd be smart for me to migrate these somewhere more secure, with no risk of upsetting anyone. Since these are raws though, I don't exactly think newer fans need these just yet. From the beginning I wanted to keep the texture/roughness, such as in Oda's color spreads. Whenever I used different setting with an image, I'd only get differing results in the dots, or the lineart, which I consider to be just about as good as you can get already. So after the first volume, the rest are done in a consistent process. Sometimes, (like when Rob Lucci was interrogating Iceburg) the dots actually get preserved. At one time I literally thought I was gonna be able to just photoshop my own screentone dots in, but then i thought that I should be vaporized by the fans for messing with the artwork anymore. I'm also upset about the cross-hatching not being PERFECT. What I really wanna do is make an imgur album with a shit-ton of side-by-side comparisons. Edit: This isn't side-by-side comparison just yet, I just threw together a few already too smooth upscales. https://imgur.com/a/0FmH6wv
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One more thing I want to point out, there were never any dots on parts that were originally colored black. That's throughout the entire collection btw. Look at the second image. There would never be dots on Chaka's green coat. That's saying something, cause just about every character originally had a lot of solid black coloring.
Very wise words. I've lurked through a pretty large section of this website, so I'm aware that the topic of scanlations is very iffy here. and I'd really hate to see anything get compromised on the thread. Perhaps it'd be smart for me to migrate these somewhere more secure, with no risk of upsetting anyone. Since these are raws though, I don't exactly think newer fans need these just yet. From the beginning I wanted to keep the texture/roughness, such as in Oda's color spreads. Whenever I used different setting with an image, I'd only get differing results in the dots, or the lineart, which I consider to be just about as good as you can get already. So after the first volume, the rest are done in a consistent process. Sometimes, (like when Rob Lucci was interrogating Iceburg) the dots actually get preserved. At one time I literally thought I was gonna be able to just photoshop my own screentone dots in, but then i thought that I should be vaporized by the fans for messing with the artwork anymore. I'm also upset about the cross-hatching not being PERFECT. What I really wanna do is make an imgur album with a shit-ton of side-by-side comparisons. Edit: This isn't side-by-side comparison just yet, I just threw together a few already too smooth upscales. https://imgur.com/a/0FmH6wv
–- Update From New Post Merge ---
One more thing I want to point out, there were never any dots on parts that were originally colored black. That's throughout the entire collection btw. Look at the second image. There would never be dots on Chaka's green coat. That's saying something, cause just about every character originally had a lot of solid black coloring.
It's difficult to say where the line is this kind of thing, so I'd suggest maybe a discord server or something to get offsite if things are going any further than what's already here. Though, I hope anyone officially connected to the English release who's reading the thread knows that we've got a bunch of people here who would pick up colour volumes in a heartbeat if they were ever to be translated.
All that gets commented on is the areas that don't quite work and things that get lost in the process, but for most pages it's worked fantastically. There's just bound to be a few outliers across 9000 odd images, since it's not really feasible to look at every page individually. I definitely agree that most people are likely to reject a version with too many changes, even if they are for the release's quality of life or to cover shortcomings that were only generated by the ebook format in the first place. The only place I'd maybe consider such a change is the sand texture, because that one was fairly important. I'm still going through the process of downloading and browsing them all though, so I'll comment if I spot anything else.
And yeah, I wouldn't expect halftones on the areas of solid colour. You'd only want them where Oda himself did it, to cast a character in shadow or emphasise depth of field. (On the topic of the black areas most characters have, you really do have to appreciate the trouble the colour team went through to not only colour those, but illustrate creases and outlines for them that are indistinguishable from Oda's own lineart around them. It's a really high level production.)
Discord server. Not a long post cause i'm usually very lazy:blink:.
https://discord.gg/g9W6Xxz
Hey lil_kami42 I think you should show your work to Orojackson forum. Maybe there you'll find some people willing to help you make the upscaled english version! I can't wait to see that version, my eyes are really blessed when I see OP in unbelievable quality like this!
Hey lil_kami42 I think you should show your work to Orojackson forum. Maybe there you'll find some people willing to help you make the upscaled english version! I can't wait to see that version, my eyes are really blessed when I see OP in unbelievable quality like this!
I am afraid that orojackson will be closed in near future
I am afraid that orojackson will be closed in near future
Damn I just read their announcement, it's really sad
I'm finally done, although it took longer than I anticipated Check the discord lil_kami made, the waifu2x-only channel, for the MEGA link
Attention, duplicate page and therefore missing page for volume 45 :
duplicate page :
https://ibb.co/jrFvJSL https://ibb.co/fHzmY0b
instead of :
https://ibb.co/7CYdKPF https://ibb.co/WsxvQcw
Dang! The digital color at this point will be the better version of the anime than the anime at the moment XD
It is interesting to note that some pictures in the Databook Vivre Card are couloured even tho the volume where they are from is not out yet. For example, on Carrot VC you can see a panel of her in Sulong from attacking Daifuku's fleet, this panel is from volume 88. Therefore i wonder if we will not have several volumes at once with the next release?
It is interesting to note that some pictures in the Databook Vivre Card are couloured even tho the volume where they are from is not out yet. For example, on Carrot VC you can see a panel of her in Sulong from attacking Daifuku's fleet, this panel is from volume 88. Therefore i wonder if we will not have several volumes at once with the next release?
Hawkins' card showed panels as far ahead as volume 91 almost six months ago, not to mention the art of Luffytaro and Zorojuro. I've said several times before that I think the team doing the colour volumes has been made to work on the Vivre Cards instead over the past year and we'll get more full volumes after the last two boosters are out and they're free.
Hawkins' card showed panels as far ahead as volume 91 almost six months ago, not to mention the art of Luffytaro and Zorojuro. I've said several times before that I think the team doing the colour volumes has been made to work on the Vivre Cards instead over the past year and we'll get more full volumes after the last two boosters are out and they're free.
Oh…I did not notice that.
So I hope you are right concerning their «free time».
I see… that makes so much sense then.
Ouiiiiiiiiii!!!! Ouiiiiiiiii !!!! Ouiiiiii!!!
Tremendous news!! Good catch, Scotch! Thanks for sharing! This puts all of my worries to rest, and now we'll finally be able to enjoy more of Whole Cake Island in color, and if any arc benefits from color, it's WCI.
Officially, volumes 84 - 85 - 86 will release on 2nd Aug 2019!!!
https://images2.imgbox.com/a2/85/evXo69fW_o.jpg https://images2.imgbox.com/31/3e/nTRVWisu_o.jpg https://images2.imgbox.com/48/e4/EPeqwdAe_o.jpg
You've just made my whole evening mate!
And to go as far as volume 86 as well. Probably the best individual volume since the timeskip, with so many characters and so much detail in a single set piece. Can't wait to check it out!
Thanks for this information Scotch!
You've just made my whole evening mate!
And to go as far as volume 86 as well. Probably the best individual volume since the timeskip, with so many characters and so much detail in a single set piece. Can't wait to check it out!
Agreed. The tea party is one of my favorite One Piece events, and I'm really looking forward to being able to read that in color.
I love how the cake looks like it's being held by a huge clawed demon hand ready to crush the "happy" couple.
Agreed. The tea party is one of my favorite One Piece events, and I'm really looking forward to being able to read that in color.
Hopefully they'll go back to having a schedule for a little while and we'll only have to wait three months to see the second half of it.
Wow finally, I've been checking this thread for months now hoping for the next volume to be announced, I surely didn't expect three of them to be released at once. And it's only 6 days from now ? I'm in bliss
-The Germa page at the wedding is awesome
-Katakuri is even more handsome in color
-Brook page in the vault is amazing
-The latest set of VC proves that they’ve already start to work on the 3 next volumes, can’t wait.
If anyone has it, coud you upload at least the Luffy/Sanji fight. Alas, I am unable to purchase it in the UK
Some sample pages from One Piece Full Color Volumes 84, 85 and 86. Full Volumes as soon as I can :happy:
One Piece Full Color Vol. 84
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One Piece Full Color Vol. 85
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One Piece Full Color Vol. 86
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I've purchased the volumes and had a quick flip through them and ho boy is it great to have new content after all this time. Redon's posted most of the highlights already, but there's some more sick spreads, especially in volume 86. The one where Big Mom starts screaming for the first time is beautiful.
It's worth noting that Tankman is still coloured grey here. There was some debate when the vol 89 cover came out over Oda possibly retconning all of Luffy's Gear 4 haki to be red like the anime, but I think we can call it 100% confirmed that it's only for Snakeman now.
The manga's brighter colouring for the mirror world continues to be a lot more pleasant to look at than the anime's dim, murky version.
The Orbit (the cruise ship Sanji travels on as a kid) is coloured differently in volumes 7 and 84. I don't think we're ever told exactly how long Sanji was on it for though, so maybe it got a paint job before the encounter with Zeff. (All the more likely if it took a stray bullet or two on its way out of the war zone and got a hasty fixing up. That can't be a good look for a cruise ship.)
Eagerly looking forward for full rips!
Awesome… Love that Germa one
Dope coloring as always, I love the Vinsmoke :wub: Where are the great Katakuri panels at though
WCI is greatness.