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Anonymous
#298840
1 year ago
Full poster at https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B0o-HHgFJIrqMmQ4MjQwZDEtMTZhNC00ZjhlLThjNTUtNjA4YzkwNjUxNjNm&hl=en_US

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All right guys, here it is, the link above is a superresolution image of the poster scanned by Simple (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P0TVMFGE - thanks man). Look no further, this is the best image of the poster you can get (I’ll explain bellow why this is a better image than the 4800dpi scan featured in EQ - http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/07/balloon-round-2.html).
In order to make this image I took the scanned image and applied the median filter (in the noise menu of Photoshop) with 2 pixels. Then I used the Topaz Vivacity filter "Enlarge2X" followed by Clean(YCbCr) with 2 Interactions.
The image is now 1200dpi and 19914x12908.
The quality of the JPEG was reduced so that it is less than 8Mb. However, since this is a superresolution image, the decrease of the JPEG quality doesn’t affect the overall image significantly. Therefore you can still see who is in the balloon (in my opinion, much clearer), and I still think we’re dealing with Cherry/Cherries Jubilee and Snappy Scoop (check http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_ponies to compare the images).

The image of the balloon in EQ is definitely overkill. There's no need to scan the image above the resolution of the printing. Moreover, most scanners only have a 2400 dpi optical resolution, which means that if you try anything above this; it’ll only make a digital extrapolation, not adding any quality to it. A scanner that says it has 4800 dpi digital resolution is just a marketing stunt. Check your scanner specs for optical resolution before scanning an image.

For what I can tell the printing resolution is approx. 600 dpi. Scanning above this won't bring any more quality (it'll just show the printing dots).
I strongly advise everypony to use the Topaz Vivacity plugin for Photoshop: These superresolution techniques work very well in cartoon images like the ones from MLP:FIM.
Wrongness
#298845
1 year ago
Left one looks like Lily in a green hat.
Anonymous
#298855
1 year ago
Can't be Lily because she's at the front crowd.
Anonymous
#298882
1 year ago
One of the artists for this poster allegedly confirmed the identity of the pink pony on the left, stating that he/she added the aviator goggles as a last-minute gag.
AshesOfSaturn
#298893
1 year ago
At normal resolution, Cherry and Lily look a lot alike. At this resolution, they'd be indistinguishable.
Perhaps also relevant: Daisy and Red Gala have similar coat colors but green manes, so that may throw a wrench into identification?
AshesOfSaturn
#298897
1 year ago
Well, if the artist has already confirmed identity, then that settles that.
Anonymous
#298910
1 year ago
Snappy Scoop?
Turin_Aramaia
#298928
1 year ago
I see. So which pony was on the grassy knoll?