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Set471 - Leg Show, October 2004

These aren't my original scans, but I believe they come from the October 2004 issue of "Leg Show" magazine:

This original scans include a really poor scan of the double page spread of the last two pages:

I thought it would be worthwhile trying to improve this a little, as well as attempting to remove the insets from the individual photos extracted from the full page scans.

Here are the full page scans with the updated double-page spread for pages 06-07:

legxtacy_p01	legxtacy_p02	legxtacy_p03	legxtacy_p04	legxtacy_p05
legxtacy_p06	legxtacy_p07

Here are the individual photos, with cut-outs and text replaced with some artificial backgrounds where applicable (003, 004, 007, 010, 013 & 015).

001	002	003	004	005
006	007	008	009	010
011	012	013	014	015

Hopefully some of these are decent enough to replace the original cut-out versions in the catalogue?

All these photos can be downloaded from the PixHost gallery here: https://pixhost.to/gallery/IbDta

Spike

Edit: Don't know why I said the magazine was 09/1998.  Corrected in main text now.

-- Edited by spike on Wednesday 27th of April 2022 12:16:07 AM

Set116 - Extasy 2000 02 (Feb)

This set is pretty high in my list of favourite sets, but the original full page scan (not mine) has always been disappointing because of the ugly page join.

So I have tried to clean it up a little:

Before	After

Additionally, I thought it might be worthwhile extracting the individual images.  Unfortunately there is a lot of overlap between them, which might explain why this hasn't been done before, so I've tried my best to separate them from each other and to fill in the gaps.

It was quite time-consuming, but I hope the results might be worth adding to the catalogue as new individual images:

p01-a	p01-b	p01-c
p01-d	p02-a	p02-b

All images are downloadable as a zip file from the PixHost gallery here:

https://pixhost.to/gallery/anhCS

Spike

Update:

There's another photo in this set that has been clumsily cut out of another magazine scan and looks pretty naff, so I've attempted to give it an artificial background to make it more like the other photos in the set.

Before	After

-- Edited by spike on Sunday 12th of June 2022 12:44:18 AM

Set778 (Men Only Vol 67 Iss 11, Nov 2002)

Following on from my attempt to "uncensor" the photo Venizelos found for Set778, I revisited the rather poor scans of this set that I have in my collection to try to breathe some new life into them.

Here are the original scans (not mine):

As you'll see there are large chunks missing at the page fold line, the images are skewed relative to each other, and there is some light bleeding at the top of some of the pages.  Pretty poor, really.

Using some artistic licence, I have attempted to fix these issues and I hope the results speak for themselves:

Additionally, I have attempted to cut out all the individual images and recreate backgrounds to fill in the various cut-outs and overlaps:

001	002	003	004	005
006	007	008	009	010
011	012	013	014	015
016

If these are considered adequate restorations, we have some enhancements and additional images to add to the catalogue, namely:

Image	Catalogue No.	Enhancement
001	set778_004	fixed light bleed, added background
002	set778_001	fixed light bleed
003	set778_006	no particular improvement
004	set778_007	no particular improvement
005	new image	cut out from set778_005 and added background
006	new image	cut out from set778_005
007	new image	restored from partial photo on page 3
008	new image	restored from photo split across pages 2 & 3
009	set778_008	fixed skew and black border
010	set778_010	fixed skew and black border
011	set778_009	no particular improvement
012	new image	restored from photo split across pages 4 & 5
013	set778_011	fixed skew and black border
014	set778_002	fixed skew and black border
015	new image	restored from photo split across pages 6 & 7, fixed mirror image
016	new image	cut out from set778_003 and fixed overlap from 017
017	new image	cut out from set778_003 and added background

PixHost gallery: https://pixhost.to/gallery/YsHd8

For completeness, here is the restoration of the accompanying photo that Venizelos.

I guess it's not actually from the same edition of Men Only as it doesn't fit with the page numbering.

Spike

Great work Spike.

Not bad at all, and better than my old scans from this mag. Thanks Spike

Set 312 (Pink Decolté)

This is a "Buy One Get One Free" offer.  Two nearly identical sets of scans from two different magazines for this set.

None of these my own scans, but I found some good quality magazine page scans in my collection, so I decided to restore both of these sets to their full glory.

You will notice a difference in colour balance between the two sets, but I decided to keep them different as it gives each set it's own distinct charm.

There are no new photos for the catalogue, but I'll leave it up to Venizelos to decide if any of these my restored photos are worth replacing the existing catalogue photos.

 

1) Mayfair Vol 37 Iss 9, Sep 2002

This is another of my efforts to restore some scans from Mayfair magazine, September 2002.

Firstly the magazine page scans, including the excellent cover photo.  As usual I have joined the individual page scans into double page spreads:

page00	page15	page16-17	page18-19	page20-21
page22-23

Secondly, restored versions of the individual photos, removing text and replacing inset photos with new background where necessary:

002	003	004	005	006
007	008	009	010	011
012	013	014	015	016
017	018	019	020	021

Thirdly, I have decided to use a little bit of artistic licence, hopefully to improve some of the overly-cropped photos by adding synthetic backgrounds. I've also attempted to remove the text from the cover photo and add a synthetic background (001x).  This was quite challenging, but I think it was worth it:

001x	002x	018x	021x

All the above photos, including unrestored versions of the individual photos, are available for download from the PixHost gallery here:https://pixhost.to/gallery/cmUds

 

2) Just Girls Vol 12 Iss 6, Jun 2003

This is a nearly identical set from another magazine in the Paul Raymond stable from the UK from a few months after the Mayfair issue.

I have given this set the same treatment as the Mayfair set, including extending some of the cropped photos to give them a more natural look.

Restored magazine pages:

page095	page096-097	page098-099	page100	page101

Restored individual images:

000	001	002	003	004
005	006	007	008	009
010	011	012	013	014x
015	016

Enhanced individual images:

001x	007x	013x	014	015x

All photos are available for download from the PixHost gallery here:  https://pixhost.to/gallery/d1JHP

Erratum: the file names for photos 014 and 014x have been inadvertanly swapped, so the enhanced photo is actually 014 and the original is 014x.

-- Edited by spike on Sunday 16th of October 2022 04:32:45 PM

Amazing images. Silvia till on my heart.

Love forever SS

Set318 - Knave Vol 36 Iss 5, May 2004

Again someone else's scans, but the missing strip in the double-page photo on pages 58-59 was annoying me, so I thought I'd see if I could restore it:

Before	After

I have also attempted to improve this, and the other pages from this set, by removing some bad striping from the scans.  Some are more successful than others, but overall think they are a decent effort.

Full page scans.   I have recreated the double-page spreads as they appeared in the magazine:

page52-53	page54-55	page56-57	page58-59

Individual images:

001	002	003	004	005
006	007	008	009	010
011	012	013	014	015
016	017	018	019

Gallery: https://pixhost.to/gallery/GjlKJ

There are no new images for the catalogue, but hopefully the restored 019 will be worth considering as an upgrade to set318_167, and maybe some of those with the striping reduced too. 

I'll let Venizelos decide.

-- Edited by spike on Sunday 30th of October 2022 01:23:15 PM

Set532 - Fiesta Vol 40 Iss 4, April 2006

I'm taking a rest from cataloguing photos of Silvia's feet in the Catalogue Fanatics thread... 

So I've finally found time to work on my own new scans of this nice set from Fiesta magazine, Vol. 40 Iss. 4, April 2006. 

Unfortunately, Fiesta magazine is at the low-quality end of the UK adult magazine market, so the photo reproduction in the actual magazine isn't great and the scans are consequently a little bit blocky.  I've tried various filters to improve them, but they invariably reduce the detail, so I've just left them as they came out of the scanner.

Anyway, here are the full pages from the scans with double-page spreads restored as per the magazine, so you'll have to rotate the centrefold to appreciate it fully!

cover	contents	page61	page62-63	page64-65
page66-67

Additionally, here are the individual photos extracted from the page scans.  As usual, I've attempted to remove text and restore backgrounds for photos 001, 002, 010 and 012.  This was quite challenging for the full-page photos from the cover (001) and page61 (002), but it's hopefully worth the effort.

001	002	003	004	005
006	007	008	009	010
011	012

In terms of the catalogue, we have 4 new photos.  The new ones are 002, 007, 008 and 010, which I've highlighted in green above.  The rest are reframed versions of existing catalogue photos.