[ADMIN] Production Protocol/Procedures

Dear fans,

Even though Aizome Scans is only a few days old, we've hit the ground running and we want to be transparent with our fans about production protocol and procedures.

Here's a timeline of how we operate:

Phase 1: Raw acquisition (pending availability)

Phase 2: Translation (1.0 ~ 1.5 days)

Phase 3: Cleaning (1.5 ~ 2.0 days)
-A: Text removal from bubbles and frames.
-B: Text removal from image overlays and image reconstruction
-C: Double-page spread image reconstruction
-D: Artifact removal and gradient leveling (if required).

Phase 4: Typeset (1.0 ~ 2.0 days)
-A: In-bubble and in-frame text placement
-B: Out-frame and SFX text placement
-C: Title page text placement

Phase 5: QC (2.0 ~ 3.0 days)

Phase 6: Archive creation and distribution (0.50 days)
-A: Mediafire upload
-B: IRC channel upload

TOTAL TIME FROM RAW ACQUISITION: 6.0 ~ 9.0 days

NOTE: We will have regular updates; if we deviate from this schedule, we'll post something to let you know.

-D^2 Shinsha