On 20/02/2010 19:49, Simon Osborne wrote:
Jon, should I go ahead and commit PNG conversions of the original JPGs of maps 9-18 to SVN, or are you planning on rescanning them before we re-release those books?
I've gone ahead and converted all JPG maps -> PNG (expect a fairly large SVN update today) as well as fixing certain labels (and recording the relevant errata). Because we may re-scan these maps (Books 9-18) in the future, we may need to re-alter these labels (Books 10, 12, 14, and 16) so I've created a small wiki page as a reminder of what will need fixing: <http://www.projectaon.org/en/Errata/MapCorrections>
Slightly more technical info: The conversion from JPG -> PNG was straightforward enough. Ran the images through the JPEG Artefact Remover facility in Corel Paint Shop Pro 10, then used Edge Preserving Smooth on a very low level to just cover over any blotches left behind.
IMO the quality of the converted images, while not as crystal-clear as a re-scan, are acceptable for use in any re-releases, so that shouldn't prevent us from re-releasing any of these books. For comparison:
<http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml/lw/09tcof/map.jpg> <http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml/lw/09tcof/map.png> <http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml/lw/12tmod/map.jpg> <http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml/lw/12tmod/map.png> <http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml/lw/14tcok/map.jpg> <http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml/lw/14tcok/map.png> <http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml/lw/16tlov/map.jpg> <http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml/lw/16tlov/map.png> -- Simon Osborne Project Aon ~~~~~~ Manage your subscription at //www.freelists.org/list/projectaon
