[mb-users] cover art source

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Okay, you've prompted me lixobix

I've been thinking it would be useful to have a flag or two to declare
cover art as scanned or 'original digital' (or some better words than
these/other choices). For physical releases scans are one of the best ways
of knowing you've got the exact same release in your hands. But scans often
aren't the best cover art, due to the losses in printing and scanning and
resulting moire, poor colour reproduction, never mind dog-eared corners etc.
It seems to me that when original digital artwork is available that closely
matches the real item, but maybe a different shape (e.g. square instead of
rectangular) or lacks some release specific identifiers (it's a generic
version ready to be filled with barcode/label/catno etc.) we should add it
for use as cover art but flag it as a digital version, or otherwise have a
way people can see the type of artwork they want.

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div>Okay, you&#39;ve prompted me lixobix<br><br></di=
v>I&#39;ve been thinking it would be useful to have a flag or two to declar=
e cover art as scanned or &#39;original digital&#39; (or some better words =
than these/other choices). For physical releases scans are one of the best =
ways of knowing you&#39;ve got the exact same release in your hands. But sc=
ans often aren&#39;t the best cover art, due to the losses in printing and =
scanning and resulting moire, poor colour reproduction, never mind dog-eare=
d corners etc.<br></div>It seems to me that when original digital artwork i=
s available that closely matches the real item, but maybe a different shape=
 (e.g. square instead of rectangular) or lacks some release specific identi=
fiers (it&#39;s a generic version ready to be filled with barcode/label/cat=
no etc.) we should add it for use as cover art but flag it as a digital ver=
sion, or otherwise have a way people can see the type of artwork they want.=
<br></div>

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