Mark, I'm impressed with the willingness of you, Scott and Bill to undertake such a project. Generous of you all! Hope you will allow a question having to do with the "no sharpening" condition. At this time, I have one 2008 shot I'd like to have included in the book. The only version I have in my files is one that's been fully PS worked and burned to CD. Sharpening was a part of the PS work. Is it a candidate for inclusion?
With appreciation, Jack --- On Thu, 12/11/08, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: PDML Book Project is go! > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 7:16 AM > After a flurry of emails bouncing around the globe and a bit > of last-minute html/php coding, Scott Loveless, Bill Robb > and I have decided to have a go at producing a PDML photo > book. So everyone start going through your shots from this > year and pick out your best work! > > The Plan: > The 2008 PDML Photo Annual (yes, we want to make this an > annual publication) will be a book of photos by the PDML, > plus the annual quotations list. We're going to go > through Blurb.com for printing. The book will probably be 8 > x 10 inch landscape format, 80-120 pages, so we expect the > hardcover version to be around $45.00 and the softcover to > be around $35.00. These are just estimates at the moment as > actual pricing will depend on bulk purchases (and some > built-in profit which we want to donate to the NCCF like we > do with the PDML schwag -- > http://www.cafepress.com/robertstech) > > Publication Date: > We're aiming for early spring. > > Photos: > Each PDML member (lurkers included!) can submit up to two > shots. Deadline is tentatively January 31, 2009 or whenever > we fill up the page count, whichever comes first. But we may > extend the deadline (or page count) if necessary. > > Photos should have been shot during 2008 with a Pentax > camera (although we may be willing to negotiate if you > happen to have a monstrosity like some other brand camera > that shoots with Pentax lenses modified to fit <cough, > cough>). > > Image File Requirements: > * File Format: JPEG > * Color Space: sRGB (embed the ICC color profile if you > can) > * Maximum File Size: 3 megabytes > * Rename your file with a unique file name > * Image Dimensions: Max height, 2400 pixels; Max width, > 3000 pixels > * You may crop to any aspect ratio you like (but wide panos > won't fit) > * Please don't apply any sharpening to the image > * Please don't add decorative borders, visible (or > invisible) watermarks > > Some of these requirements are determined by Blurb (the > color space, for example), some by the physical size of the > book and some by the workflow we're planning on. The > three editors are all experienced Photoshop experts and Bill > and I have produced books through Blurb, so please trust us > to take care of things like sharpening. Contact one of us > directly if you have any questions or concerns. > > Note the request for a *unique* file name. We don't > want things like "IMGP5854" (default Pentax > format) or things like "untitled" or really common > phrases, because it will make file management difficult and > raise the possibility of one person's image overwriting > someone else's on the server or on our local drives. > > How to Submit Photos: > Please don't send them by email! I've set up a web > page where you can upload your photos: > http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook.php > > I've tested this page on Firefox, Opera, Safari (latest > versions) and Internet Explorer 5.5, 6 and 7 (it fails > catastrophically on version 5 and earlier and that may or > may not get fixed in the future...) > If you have problems with the page please contact me. > > So hop to it! We want your *best* shots. Knock people's > socks off! > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
