Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]To address this issue: Try blurb.com yourselves! The software is a FREE download, and works on both Mac and PC. It is really, really simple. Play with it for about an hour, and you'll see how simple it is to assemble a professional-looking book. I'd love to take credit for superior artistic skills, but really can't. For about 95% of the book I used exactly TWO templates. The left-hand page template allowed the use of the full page for images, and the right-hand page included a text box for up to two lines of information. I chose these two for simplicity's sake. As LUGgers sent images, I "dumped" them into the templates, and edited the descriptions. Nothing was cropped without permission. Those LUGgers who sent only one image had the right-hand page blank, except for text. Total time for each spread was about five minutes, including text editing time. I think I spent more time transferring images to the blurb.com images file than I did in placement <g>. Since this was "place as you go", by the time the last images arrived the book was completed, ready for uploading. My only "taste" was deciding which image would work best on the left-hand page, and which belonged on the right! Best, Jim Shulman Bryn Mawr, PA -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Lottermoser George Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 3:27 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] My LUG Yearbook arrived. Absolutely true. I didn't say it clearly, but meant that "anyone" with something to say and the intelligence to say it, who also has access to computer can get it done, get in print, and make it available. Regards, George Lottermoser george@imagist.com On Jan 12, 2007, at 2:16 PM, Daniel Ridings wrote: > Let's keep some perspective on this. Granted, Jim had a computer, but > I dare to claim that his talents that shine through in this (I have > only seen the previews so far, but they reveal something of a sharp > intelligence) ... those talents are beyond the hands of just anyone > with access to a computer. > > Nonetheless, I see you point. Astonding. Scientific articles take > years to get published in journals. This is definitely astonding.