Shlomi Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Monday 12 April 2004 17:31, Yoni Rabkin Katzenell wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I've written up my proposed future lecture titled "Digital Darkroom with
>> the GIMP" in slide format.
>>
>> The abstract: "This lecture first talks about setting up our computer
>> for working with digital images using the GIMP and GNU/Linux. Then we
>> introduce a number of GIMP tools and editing techniques that we can use
>> to improve our digital images."
>>
>> The download: http://www.rabkin.co.il/~johnr/lectures/lectures.html
>>
>> I'd be happy for any comments about the slides seeing as I have no real
>> lecturing experience.
>>
>> I can say that it looks a bit long to me. The first half can easily take
>> 40 minutes. And that isn't even getting to the real point of the lecture
>> which is to present useful and neat GIMP tricks for people to improve
>> their digital photographs.
>
> First of all I should note that on my system (Mandrake Linux 10.0) the PDF is
> not displayed correctly with either gv or kghostview. xpdf displays them
> fine, though and I'm using it now.
>
> In page 4 ("What is GIMP"):
> ---------------------------
>
> s!Web site http://www.gimp.org!Web site: http://www.gimp.org/!
>
> (notice the extra slash at the URL's end and the punctuation.
>
> s!This lecture referrers!This lecture refers!
Both fixed
> There's an odd blue rectangle around the (a) footnote handle.
It's driving me to distraction. This is my first go at Latex and
producing PDF files. I'll try to solve the compatibility and rectangle
problems.
> In page 7 ("Bit depth cont."):
> ------------------------------
>
> Add a trailing slash to the cinepaint URL.
Fixed
> In page 8 ("Setup: Color Balance")
> ----------------------------------
>
> again - a blue rectangle in the "(a)". (I won't repeat this remark - it is
> present in many other pages).
See above
> In page 13:
> -----------
>
> I think it would be a good idea to tell how much the web photo is
> uncompressed, because the comparison with compressed/uncompressed is unfair.
I changed that bit to read differently. I was not trying to contrast
compressed vs. uncompressed but to show that images intended for print
are completely different from images intended for Web display. Hopefully
the new text achieves this.
> In page 14:
> -----------
>
> I strongly recommend that instead of using commas to separate the menu path,
> you use a more standard arrow.
>
> Dialogs -> Histogram (with the Unicode or LaTeX character instead of the "->")
Done, I intended to do this and prompty forgot
> It is also a good idea to highlight the menu entries and the arrows each in
> different colours that are both different than black.
I don't know about that. I tend to trust verbosity over color as a
method of communication. I also have a rule of thumb to minimize the use
of colors. I'm considering it.
> In page 15:
> -----------
>
> Ditto.
Done (arrows)
> In page 16:
> -----------
>
> Ditto. Also if you highlight the menu path, then the "Where?" question is
> probably redundant.
Done (arrows)
> In page 17:
> -----------
>
> subs. "over sharpen" with "over-sharpen" or maybe "oversharpen". (twice) And
> you may wish to have a browser or image viewer ready with the Omaha Beach
> photo.
Done. Added a URL to a gallery with the image.
> In page 18:
> -----------
>
> Use arrows for the menu pathes.
Done.
> In page 19:
> -----------
>
> ditto
Difficult to use arrows sensibly here.
> All in all seems like a very nice and instructive lecture. Very differen from
> the one I gave and fills a different niche. Good luck!
I did not hear your lecture but I did consult your lecture's text before
setting off to write this one. I'm afraid that I have repeated a number
of issues (gamma for example) because that they are very
important. Although my intention is to cover only a very specific
"niche" as you call it.
> Regards,
>
> Shlomi Fish
>
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>
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> Shlomi Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Homepage: http://shlomif.il.eu.org/
>
> Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
> [Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.]
>
The online copies at
http://www.rabkin.co.il/~johnr/lectures/lectures.html have been updated
with the changes.
Thank you for your work and attention.
--
"Cut your own wood and it will warm you twice"
Regards, Yoni Rabkin Katzenell
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