Call To Arms!

Oct 23

We’re still hiring! I REALLY WANT TO STRESS WE NEED EDITORS. PLEASE APPLY TO TAKE THESE POSITIONS, WE CAN TRY TO TEACH YOU IF YOU KNOW YOUR WAY AROUND PHOTOSHOP EVEN A BIT!

Editors, we need your help! Apply now with the JOIN US button on the site navigation!

Applicants that show significant promise will be trained to scanlate manga! Apply and do your best to pass the test!

 

About the position:

Editors are responsible for removing the Japanese dialogue from the pages, both in bubbles and “floating.” This means you will need to redraw images! This doesn’t require any sort of artistic skill, mind you (even though it doesn’t hurt to have some, don’t let that discourage you!). You can fix up any page with creative use of the Healing Brush, Clone Stamp, and Pen Tool. Once that’s done all that you have to do is put the translated text back on the page! Easy enough, no?

You must be willing to work consistently on a series and be able to contribute enough free time to work on at least a chapter every 2 weeks. This equates to about 40 pages of work. You’ll also need to be patient as you learn how to work with us!. PHOTOSHOP is also required as GIMP has certain incompatibilities with how we clean and level images, besides it’s also terrible for typesetting and I’m sure you don’t want to create additional work for yourself, right? A little experience with Photoshop tools like the Healing Brush, Burn/Dodge, Pen, and Clone are a plus, but not necessary. With a little experimentation I’m sure you can figure those out.

To apply, click the JOIN US link at the top of the page!

 

Here is some material that covers basics on how to clean:

http://sakurahana.com/forum/studio-gallery/4801-manga-cleaning-tutorial-bakas.html

http://senbonzakura.kageyoshi.net/

http://www.wikihow.com/Clean-a-Scanned-Manga-Page-in-Photoshop

 

Thanks and good luck!