2006NOV100907
Had a spare hour so I sketched up a blog placeholder. Here's how...
scanning moo
When I got my moo cards I was quite conscious of the fact the printing was good enough to use as artwork. So I tried scanning them to see just how good. The scanner has a 600dpi option and a few funky options that autocrop images.
pre-process
So why use preprocessed artwork? Cropping, image effects and convenience. The images are now pre-cropped taking all the hard work out of reducing the images with gimp (insert favourite image processor). You also get the nice added effects as a result of the printing. Namely it takes the gloss of the images & tones them down. The last is convenience. Once scanned & autocropped you can just use the images. No messing around with your favourite image processor to select, crop, filter etc.
text
I had the choice of oreintation, vertical or horizontal. I chose the later and run into a few problems with labelling. Why label? Well the images are not altogether representitive of what I want them to be, so a label is appropriate.
How? Well I tried below the image, but it was messy. So then I added text over the image. This sort of works. I'll give it the sniff test (wait for some time and come back). Reading text sideways is a bit hard so maybe it does not work. I'll wait and see and think of some alternatives.
result
So the final result is to mock up a nextgen placeholder that points to the existing blog but also points to the flickr sets. The html generated is xhtml strict, using bluefish. The page was validated correct. The design has yet to be polished with css, so note the borders around the images.
why?
Need a simple place holder index page that points to the old blog while I finish nextgen, at the same time point to the flickr images. Why not use the flickr image widgets? I don't like the square aspect ratio. So I'll do my own.
Now why bother capturing data? Well it has to do with nextgen and it's ability to capture both content, meta-data then release to third party sites. It's all about control, ownership and licensing. But more about that later.
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2006NOV100907
Had a spare hour so I sketched up a blog placeholder. Here's how...
scanning moo
When I got my moo cards I was quite conscious of the fact the printing was good enough to use as artwork. So I tried scanning them to see just how good. The scanner has a 600dpi option and a few funky options that autocrop images.
pre-process
So why use preprocessed artwork? Cropping, image effects and convenience. The images are now pre-cropped taking all the hard work out of reducing the images with gimp (insert favourite image processor). You also get the nice added effects as a result of the printing. Namely it takes the gloss of the images & tones them down. The last is convenience. Once scanned & autocropped you can just use the images. No messing around with your favourite image processor to select, crop, filter etc.
text
I had the choice of oreintation, vertical or horizontal. I chose the later and run into a few problems with labelling. Why label? Well the images are not altogether representitive of what I want them to be, so a label is appropriate.
How? Well I tried below the image, but it was messy. So then I added text over the image. This sort of works. I'll give it the sniff test (wait for some time and come back). Reading text sideways is a bit hard so maybe it does not work. I'll wait and see and think of some alternatives.
result
So the final result is to mock up a nextgen placeholder that points to the existing blog but also points to the flickr sets. The html generated is xhtml strict, using bluefish. The page was validated correct. The design has yet to be polished with css, so note the borders around the images.
why?
Need a simple place holder index page that points to the old blog while I finish nextgen, at the same time point to the flickr images. Why not use the flickr image widgets? I don't like the square aspect ratio. So I'll do my own.
Now why bother capturing data? Well it has to do with nextgen and it's ability to capture both content, meta-data then release to third party sites. It's all about control, ownership and licensing. But more about that later.
next >>>