Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/07

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Subject: [Leica] LUG Yearbook 2011 Replaced with a new number
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 06:27:17 +0100
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Nathan Wajsman
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On Jan 8, 2012, at 2:39 AM, Marty Deveney wrote:

> Your efforts are fantastic, and much appreciated.
> 
> Marty
> 
> On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com> 
> wrote:
>> To order copies, use this link:
>> 
>> http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2889929
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> A yearbook contributor alerted me to an egregious error I made with one of
>> his images; I?ve taken down the old version and uploaded a corrected
>> version of the book for all, which will now stand for subsequent orders.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Some explanation may be in order: what I have not mentioned to the group,
>> until now, is that I made a serious error during the book?s assembly.
>> Rather than use the standard landscape format, I inadvertently left the
>> default format checked, which is the 7x7 square book.  I only noticed the
>> error on December 29th, but quickly realized that the smaller, square
>> format was not appropriate for the quality of images we collect.  Blurb
>> said not to worry; their software allowed me to switch formats in
>> mid-book.  Unfortunately, I?d been assembling the book with last year?s
>> software, which is not compatible with the format switch option.  That
>> meant that I had to reassemble the book from scratch, which took the 
>> better
>> part of a day.  I thought that everything was corrected, but unfortunately
>> I?d made a mistake with one image (when you load an image into the blurb
>> templates, it automatically sizes to fill the template area, and thus will
>> crop part of the picture.  I almost always correct this, to protect the
>> integrity of the original image, but in this one case during the reload I
>> goofed.)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Glad to hear that the book?s meeting with considerable enthusiasm.  It?s
>> one of our better efforts!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Jim Shulman
>> 
>> Wynnewood, PA
>> 
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Replies: Reply from philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard) ([Leica] LUG Yearbook 2011 Replaced with a new number)
In reply to: Message from jshulman at judgecrater.com (Jim Shulman) ([Leica] LUG Yearbook 2011 Replaced with a new number)
Message from benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] LUG Yearbook 2011 Replaced with a new number)