Hi Andrew! That sounds like a great idea, and a sensible compromise! Is there a way I could help with this? I'm not sure HOW I could help, I don't have access to the books, as I seriously doubt I could get my hands on a copy of any of these books-most are collectors items and way outside my budget. In the meantime, I still have the re-worked images I mentioned, which I would very much like to pass on to you or whomever. They are the same ones in the original file, just re-worked a little so you can actually see them, rather than a dark blur. Leigh Andrew Sly <sly@victoria.tc.ca> wrote: Hi Leigh. Thanks for sharing your ideas. I suppose an answer for your question is that, as you mention, PG is "mainly text driven". For a general user, images are needed that are accessible for download over a non-high-speed connection. Also, we need to remember that, in these cases, how the images are prepared is up to each individual volunteer. I find dealing with images a pain, because unlike the relatively straight-forward text, there are so many variables in digatizing images. I'm now leaning towards transcribing this picture book using reduced-size jpgs (averaging 375 by 530 pixels) that will hopefully make for a smoothly loading html file for most users. Then, I'll include ziped hi-res page images for the occasional person who might want them. Andrew On Sat, 8 Jul 2006, Jacqulyn Perry wrote:
Hi; Obviously, I'm new here. I realize that the Project is mainly text driven, but... I down loaded Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales edition with Edmund Dulac's illustrations-after jumping around the room in joyful glee-then realized that the dpi on the images isn't high enough to print them out, with the rest of the book. At least, not very well. Then, the images-or scans of them-were so dark that you can't even really see them. I'm assuming that that's mainly due to the age of the book. Anyway, I took the liberty of working with the illos a little... I lightened them a little, so they were viewable, and placed them in a folder in my computer, leaving the original image file in the ebook folder alone. I'm more than happy to send these lightened images to someone, to see if they want to re-place the exsisting image file in the ebook with THIS file. They aren't any higher dpi ofcourse, but at least people will be able to see them. But if there is an interest, I need to know who as well as how to send them.
My question is this... why aren't the images higher res? I realize it would take up more space, but it would be wonderful to be able to have good quality illos to go along with the text. But then, besides being a reader, I'm a visual artist myself. But it would be wonderful, especially given the fact that so much of this artwork is completly inaccessable to the public, or if available in poster/print form, its anywhere from $45-$80 or more for a small reproduction, and this is work thats in the public domain!
Anyway, sorry about the rant. Leigh
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