The eBook totally doesn't work for me on my Mac's screen, the pix are way too small and there's some sort of grain effect in whatever the default eBook reading program was. I've got a new Moto Xoom tablet that has 3 different programs that claim to read eBooks but so far I can't figure out how to get this book into any of them from either the web or my Mac. Grrrr. This is a bug. -T
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm looking at the ebook, and finding it a vast source of frustration with > ebook readers. On the nook, I can't rotate the book so I'm seeing a > horizontally formatted book on a vertically formatted screen. In neither the > nook, nor Adobe Digital Editions on my mac can I adjust the size of the > photo. On the nook I can't make is smaller, or for that matter figure out how > to rotate, or move the picture from side to side. On the iMac, I can't make > the photo any larger than 3.5x5.5 horizontal or 3.5x4.5 vertical. > > The mat is pretty, but it's not what I bought the book for. > > On Apr 13, 2011, at 8:36 AM, Darren Addy wrote: > >> >> >> Discussion point No. 1: The page format and how it effects the size of >> the photos. >> >> Since the page layout was done in landscape mode, the way the book was >> designed made horizonal photographs appear much larger than vertical >> photographs, which I find unfortunate for the vertical photos and the >> photographers that submitted them. I would much rather see the >> photographs on "equal footing" with one another and presented in the >> same size. This is easily, and attractively done by using either a >> square page format, or selecting/creating a square portion of a >> portrait or landscape formatted page in which to present the >> photograph. (The square being, in effect, the mat for the photo.) > > I suspect that the layout of the ebook is different from the hard copy. > > That being said, I wish that the vertical photos used more of the vertical > space. > >> >> If you must use a rectangular page format (either vert. or horiz.) >> then you could use some of the extra space beside the square image >> area for the title or a colored box with a few of the funny quotes on >> each page - rather than saving them for multiple pages at the end. > > >> >> Discussion point No. 2: The "mats" around the photographs and how they >> effect the size of the photos. > > That would be affect, not effect. >> >> I found the majority of the mats HUGELY distracting from the >> photograph itself. I understand that most, if not all, were taken from >> an element of the photograph itself which was blown up to create a >> color/texture, but I would argue that first and foremost the >> photographs themselves should be the "stars" of the page but it seemed >> more like it was "look at the neat mats". They competed for attention >> with the photograph itself, in most cases and did not compliment them. >> The best mats (IMHO) were the most minimalistic mats such as those on: >> Christine's "My Nephew, Akira" >> Frank's "Long Trip Home" >> and >> César's "Freeport Church" >> >> In any event, I would rather see the photographs presented as >> physically large as possible on the page, and the mat provided another >> element to downsize them, which I found disappointing. > > I kind of have to agree here. If I could enlarge them so that they filled > the screen, I think that the layout looks wonderful, it's just frustrating > that the photos themselves come off as not much larger than big thumbnails. > > I think that this is mostly a limitation of ebooks, and not a criticism of > Mark's design work. > >> >> Discussion point No. 3: The edge treatments around the photographs >> themselves. >> >> I don't know if this was added in the book design or if they were in >> the photographs submitted by the photographers, but I found the edge >> treatments again terribly distracting from the photograph itself. An >> attempt to "gild the lily", as they say. ( >> http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/gild-the-lily.html ) Less >> distracting, but still unwelcome (IMHO) are the use of drop shadow or >> use of the cutout treatment to make the photograph look as if it was >> off the page or sunk behind the mat. You can see that I am all about >> the image itself. The book standards should be no different than a >> museum's display standards, for example. Mats are usually white. Or >> black. But usually white. With no texture. >> >> Discussion point No. 4: Everybody gets an image in. >> >> This year's book is apparently the largest yet. I expect this to be a >> problem (if not a nice problem) as the PDML membership grows - which >> it will with the truly great cameras for the money like the K-x, K-r >> and K-5 that we have to choose from now. More PDML members will result >> in more submissions and if one image is automatically accepted from >> each photographer then the book will continue to grow larger (also >> meaning more work from all concerned). >> >> I also think that it would mean more to be included if you didn't >> automatically get one image included, just by virtue of submitting >> one. I think a side benefit would be a stronger book by virtue of the >> elimination of weaker images. > > I disagree with the above sentiment. As someone said, that it is display of > the PDML, not a competition among the PDML. > >> >> Feel free to argue/discuss one or all of the points above. The above >> represents just one man's opinion (mine) which is worth every penny >> you paid for it. >> : ) >> > > All in all, I think that the design is stunning, and the photos are > wonderful. My only complaint is that I can't actually see the photos very > well in the ebook format. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
