Re: TECHWR-L Digest - 3 Aug 1999 to 4 Aug 1999 (#1999-109)

[Howard Billington <hb -at- PENCIL -dot- U-NET -dot- COM>]

>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Melissa Fisher [mailto:mfisher -at- AUTOMATEDLOGIC -dot- COM]
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>>>>Here is my situation: I am creating a 4-color reference card
>>>>showing +/-200
>>>>computer software icons, using FrameMaker 5.5 on Win98. I
>>>>
>>>>Each icon began its life as an RGB bitmap, which I first
>>>>converted to a CMYK
>>>>tiff in Paint Shop Pro. In FrameMaker, and in the subsequent
>>>>.pdf file, the
>>>>icons all appear to be too dark. It is important that I get
>>>>a closer match to
>>>>the "real" color. So, I tried converting the bitmaps instead
>>>>to color EPS, first
>>>>using Paint Shop Pro and again using Canvas.

Lighten them at source without changing the format? Isn't that what image
editors are for...it's what we were taught at college...but as
jane -at- nobody -dot- nowhere -dot- com says...

howard
mailto:hb -at- pencil -dot- u-net -dot- com
http://www.pencil.u-net.com

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>Students are cheapos, make 'em pay

In jest I know.

I composed my position concerning techwr-l and am posting it with this. On
a dialup receiving anything but a digest is daft. But it's just cost
me...oooooh about $10-20 in terms of current skilled junior pro-writer
rates - maybe more - to edit the digest enough to reply to the above post.
In terms of my time. For one line of text. I think it will be of more value
for Melissa than my silence.

I could go on but it isn't worth it. Techwr-l is impractical as a
discussion medium for anyone who don't work in a cube hooked up to the net
on a leased connexion 24 hours a day. You want me to pay? When I'm able to
participate no problem.

Call it a stile guide...for those who are fenced off.

howard

mailto:hb -at- pencil -dot- u-net -dot- com
http://www.pencil.u-net.com

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