So I noticed today someone submitted covers that he/she edited by changing the contrast of the existing cover and/or slicing it....the text on the newly contributed cover was the same or worse. And the color doesn't even match.
How annoying is this, especially when a lot of people vote yes! 
Will the invelos 'committee' have a final say in accepting an image contribution? Will they look with a real critical eye?

Yeah... from what I have read Gerri said it must be a significant improvement... but still have to remember... they seldomly have the actual case to compare it to. so if the colors are wrong compared to the actual case be sure to mention that in your vote.

I've seen a lot of these too - all from the same user. I voted neutral on a lot of them because I thought it was just my eyes. Everyone else was saying how sharper the images were and I was looking and thinking "it's the same one..." 

It's OK, but the ones I have seen thus far any improvement if any at all has been marginal.

Skip

I voted NO on one of them, because all they did was deepen the black levels. I could tell it was the same scan, because the user did not bother to clean up any dust specks or scratches on the original.

You know, I have been submitting a lot of cover art lately and I can tell you that I appreciate anyone who spends the time to take a look and let me know what they think - well, most anyone:  Skip has yet to give me a positive vote or reamark on any subject and unless everything I do really is crap then it seems to be a personal issue rather than an unbiased opinion.  The vast preponderance of my contributions, both profiles and pictures, are accepted from Invelos though so I don't think my cointributions are all crap.

I will admit that I have problems with color differentiation.  I'm NOT color BLIND, but I do have issues with subtle shades of red and green; therefore, I do review my contributions frequently and when there are specific remarks of a more technical nature coupled with NO votes, I will withdraw the submission so I don't waste more people's time.  I DO appreciate the effort and feedback and please keep it up!  I will frequently vote a thumbs-up for a no vote that genuinely helps me - as well as for yes votes that are equally informative.  However, when the no votes are for more subjective or aesthetic opinions I will leave the scans there for votes and a decision.

Anyway, I never never never take an existing scan and attempt to doctor it up.  I can't believe there are people that do that!  I mean, WTF, over!!! 

Quoting skribner:

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Anyway, I never never never take an existing scan and attempt to doctor it up.  I can't believe there are people that do that!  I mean, WTF, over!!! 

Well, if you do not have a scanner or exactly the same cover it's the only thing you can do except waiting for years until someone contributes new scans.

Quoting skipnet50:

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I cast 50-100 Contribution votes every day.

Realilty check: your user profile indicates that you've cast 7757 contribution votes since March 13, 2007. That means about 20 a day.