[projectaon] Re: Chasm of Doom Mines and Vision
- From: Nicholas Jankowski <jankowskin@xxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:39:08 -0500
also noticed that (at least for the first one) the PNG filesize is
about 4-5x the JPG. Not sure if that is a concern.
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 9:50 AM, David Davis <feline1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Looks to me like there was a small but noticeable improvement due to the
> JPEG artefact remover
> and smoothing, although as you say, if you want a big difference, a re-scan
> would be required.
> A tiny tip (although maybe it's just my browser not supporting this): the
> JPEG's were interlaced,
> so they do that "fading in bit by bit" thing, rather than scrolling in from
> the top as they download
> (so impatient readers get to see them ever so slightly quicker) -
> the same interlacing feature is available in PNG, it's worthwhile enabling
> it Paint Shop Pro's
> Save As... PNG dialogs.
>
> DAVID
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Osborne" <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 11:24 AM
> Subject: [projectaon] Re: Chasm of Doom Mines and Vision
>
>
>> 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>
>>
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