[Bf-docboard] chapter_mesh_modelling

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Bart Veldhuizen wrote:

>On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 17:42, droddl@gmx.de wrote:
>
>>On 28 Dec 2002 at 17:29, Bart Veldhuizen wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 17:22, Bart Veldhuizen wrote:
>>>
>>>>Wunderbar! Everything compiles fine - no problems there. But looking at
>>>>the pictures I think you were right - maybe it's better to have them as
>>>>640x480?
>>>>
>>>This also raises the question how we can limit the size of the resulting
>>>PDF. It is about 3.5MB right now and we haven't even properly started!
>>>Should we try to create a high-resolution and a low-resolution PDF?
>>>
>>Maybe that's a good idea! Then my work was not senseless! :-)
>>
>
>Nah! When I look at your images now I think that you don't need to be
>able to read the buttons in the screenshot anyway - the main shape is
>all that matters right? I'll scale them down a bit and we should be ok.
>

I'm all for having a high-res, high-bandwidth version, but this may be a 
way of "encouraging" people to buy the book. Keep lo-res images to show 
how to learn for those of us with no money, but that will help give a 
valid reason to purchase the book when we do get money. That's what 
happened with me when I started using blender. My wife found a 
quickstart guide online (which ended up being sections 2.1-2.9 in the 
official blender 2.0 guide), which got me using it and modeling. Then 
she got me the book as a gift when we got some money. The point is 
(because I am *SURE* everyone wanted to hear about my life), don't gyp 
people (put out a good guide) but let them know they can get a better 
version AND help support blender at the same time by purchasing the book. :)

Alex

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Bart Veldhuizen wrote:<br>
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  <pre wrap="">On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 17:42, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:droddl@gmx.de">droddl@gmx.de</a> wrote:<br></pre>
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    <pre wrap="">On 28 Dec 2002 at 17:29, Bart Veldhuizen wrote:<br><br></pre>
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      <pre wrap="">On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 17:22, Bart Veldhuizen wrote:<br><br></pre>
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        <pre wrap="">Wunderbar! Everything compiles fine - no problems there. But looking at<br>the pictures I think you were right - maybe it's better to have them as<br>640x480?<br></pre>
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        <pre wrap="">This also raises the question how we can limit the size of the resulting<br>PDF. It is about 3.5MB right now and we haven't even properly started!<br>Should we try to create a high-resolution and a low-resolution PDF?<br></pre>
        </blockquote>
        <pre wrap="">Maybe that's a good idea! Then my work was not senseless! :-)<br></pre>
        </blockquote>
        <pre wrap=""><!----><br>Nah! When I look at your images now I think that you don't need to be<br>able to read the buttons in the screenshot anyway - the main shape is<br>all that matters right? I'll scale them down a bit and we should be ok.</pre>
        </blockquote>
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I'm all for having a high-res, high-bandwidth version, but this may be a
way of "encouraging" people to buy the book. Keep lo-res images to show how
to learn for those of us with no money, but that will help give a valid reason
to purchase the book when we do get money. That's what happened with me when
I started using blender. My wife found a quickstart guide online (which ended
up being sections 2.1-2.9 in the official blender 2.0 guide), which got me
using it and modeling. Then she got me the book as a gift when we got some
money. The point is (because I am *SURE* everyone wanted to hear about my
life), don't gyp people (put out a good guide) but let them know they can
get a better version AND help support blender at the same time by purchasing
the book. :)<br>
        <br>
Alex<br>
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