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Re: [AGA SC] New AGA Pamphlet
Lets put another picture on the pamphlet, not that one...sounds like it is
something that people DON'T want to look at!!
Sorry Cheryl, you can kill me, because that would mean a redo
thing....maybe Erik has suggestions for a good one.
K
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004, Karen Randall wrote:
> Hey I said I hated it in front of everyone at the banquet.<g>
>
> Karen
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>
> To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 9:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [AGA SC] New AGA Pamphlet
>
>
> > Well, let's ignore the fact that I'm at home using a diff
> > monitor and printer. But the second one seems easier to
> > read.
> >
> > Flowers are diff color for some reason on the little TAG
> > cover.
> >
> > I think the Hofteizer tank is a gothic construction and I
> > don't mean that in a nice way. Bilateral symmetry, no eye
> > movement, dead center target. Sorry folks. I've held my
> > tongue since Nov but I just can't do it anymore. Not when I
> > have to look at it for another 2 years.
> >
> > But the pamphlet cooks otherwise.
> >
> > sh
> >
> > --- Cheryl Rogers <cheryl@wilstream.com> wrote:
> > > How about this one? (Eye doctor: Which is better, one or
> > > two?)
> > >
> > > http://www.rightstuffwebsites.com/AGABrochure25.pdf
> > >
> > > Cheryl
> > >
> > > Erik Olson wrote:
> > >
> > > > Aaah, not again with the whole dpi thing...shades of
> > > Mary McCaw era. OK,
> > > > one more time:
> > > >
> > > > Always ignore DPI on any raw images, just look for ones
> > > with highest
> > > > numbers of pixels. Remember that the "dpi" field is
> > > just a tag on the
> > > > image in order to convert between its actual resolution
> > > (pixels) and
> > > > printing size. In Photoshop, you can change the dpi in
> > > the "Image Size"
> > > > menu all you want without changing the actual image
> > > itself (when the
> > > > "Rescale Image" checkbox is left unchecked). A 300 dpi
> > > 1"x1" image
> > > > becomes a 150 dpi 2"x2" image. Or even a 75 dpi 4"x4".
> > > It's the same
> > > > image. Scanners usually set the dpi based on the
> > > original scan, so if it
> > > > was a 4x5" print at 300 dpi, then these are the values
> > > in the image. When
> > > > I scan a negative, it's 4000 dpi, but the image size is
> > > about 1x1.5
> > > > inches. Digital camera images often set the dpi flag
> > > arbitrarily, so it
> > > > might be 300, 72, whatever.
> > > >
> > > > If someone gives you me a raw image, the first thing I
> > > do is go into that
> > > > menu (making sure the "rescale" box is unchecked), and
> > > change the dpi to
> > > > 300. This gives me an idea of how big the image can be
> > > printed.
> > > >
> > > > I don't have the disks with me, so I can't say about
> > > Kenneth Cheng's
> > > > picture, but I do remember it being very good
> > > resolution, enough to use as
> > > > the cover art for the CD. Hofteizer's was not that
> > > great, but should be
> > > > fine as an insert. Now, if you're saying the cover was
> > > "72 dpi reduced
> > > > 75%"... this either means you made it 3/4 the original
> > > size, meaning it's
> > > > now about 96 dpi, or you're saying it's 1/4 the
> > > original size, or 288 dpi.
> > > > If it's the former, then I definitely would give it a
> > > 2-3 pixel blur to
> > > > get out the pixelation. I just despise those
> > > pixellated images... oh they
> > > > drive me nuts when I see one in a pro magazine.
> > > >
> > > > I found the text hard to read against the background on
> > > my screen too.
> > > > Often this doesn't translate into print well, so I
> > > would go with how it
> > > > looks on paper.
> > > >
> > > > - Erik
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Cheryl Rogers wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >>S. Hieber wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>>It's beautiful.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>I have three questions -- none of them biggies:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>The 1st page seems a bit hard to read on my computer.
> > > Will
> > > >>>it be easier to read on paper?
> > > >>
> > > >>I didn't find it difficult to read, but I can fade/blur
> > > the background
> > > >>photo more.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>>Should the reference to "article by Takashi Amano" be
> > > >>>"series of aquascaping articles by Takashi Amano"?
> > > >>
> > > >>Ok.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>>Is that the best tank pic we have; the one we want to
> > > use
> > > >>>for the next couple of years?
> > > >>
> > > >>It's the one that I found right before I ran out of
> > > patience looking.
> > > >>:-) It's a large enough photo to cover the page. It is
> > > 72 dpi, reduced
> > > >>about 75%, so it will be pixilated. I can blur it so
> > > you don't notice
> > > >>it, but I don't know what else to do. All the contest
> > > photos that were
> > > >>large enough were 72 dpi.
> > > >>
> > > >>Erik?
> > > >>
> > > >>Cheryl
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Cheryl Rogers, Membership
> > > Aquatic Gardeners Association
> > > http://www.aquatic-gardeners.org
> > >
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