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Heather Patey <hpatey@nfld.com> wrote:
> Thomas, you're right on. I can see eventually photos of _every_ part being at
> Peeron, but of course where an image exists at Partsref, that one's used
> instead, since mostly they're straightforward except for printed parts.
> Printed panels, for example, are backwards, for heaven's sakes. Can't blame
> Steve for not rendering them by hand though, especially in all the colours.
> Therefore we need a compromise: how about a pictorial reference to printed
> pieces which have Partsref images, but rendered properly so you can see the
> printing? Maybe just click on the piece and you'd go to Peeron (if the piece
> was in inventories there) or the original Partsref page. I'll start with
> heads and torsos and see how that goes. Watch for the URL of the prototype in
> hopefully a short while.
while partsref pictures are often too small to be able to see the printing
clearly, the huge advantage is that since you get the DAT file, you can
"pick it up in your hand" turn it around, zoom in, and pick whatever color
you want it in. A picture is much more limited, and getting high quality
pictures isn't too easy - a simple snapshot is usually useless.
as for the panels, or other "bad" orientation of DATs, we often will take
the DAT and manually regenerate the gif facing the right way... but it
hasn't been much of a problem yet.
For the pictures we take for peeron some are better than others - we've
learned a lot on how to take useful pictures... You have to have a very
very brlightly lit area, so your using the whole range of your camera's
sensitivity. You try to take the picture zoomed in as much as possible,
making sure your don't lose your focus - Macro function is the greatest
thing ever :) then we crop, auto or manually level the picture...
and show it to Jenn, who more often than not tells me to retake it :)
Personally, I'd rather see more inventories than pictures right now - the
pictures we have are "good enough", while the inventories are lacking... :)
--
Dan Boger / dan@peeron.com / www.peeron.com / ICQ: 1130750
<set:6097_1>: Night Lord's Castle (LEGO/SYSTEM/Castle/Fright Knights), '97, 598 pcs, 7 figs
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| (...) at (...) piece (...) in (...) The advantage of DATs is lost on those without the inclination or ability to set up the LCAD programs - not too easy for someone just starting out now. Here's what I had in mind for a printed-LCAD-parts reference: (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| (...) Great, glad you like it! For the torsos, I used a correct or common main-colour if I knew it off-hand, otherwise I guessed. I've got the images made for slopes and tiles, now have to image-map them. Will post upon page update. Cheers, Heather (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| (...) it (...) to (...) <large ungainly snip> Thomas, you're right on. I can see eventually photos of _every_ part being at Peeron, but of course where an image exists at Partsref, that one's used instead, since mostly they're straightforward except (...) (23 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.db.inv)
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