--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Nafruf" <carlnelson69_at_y...>
wrote:
> Unless I am forgetful (which I can be from time to time :) when I
> bought the Heartbreaker print, that used regular paper, and it was
a
> new print. So folios are the only ones getting the new style? Or am
I
> mistaken?
So far, yeah, only new folios are being printed on the special
paper.
>
> And what about older folios that have been reprinted? Are they
getting
> the old paper still or the new? I am hoping for the former (read
below)
Those are still being printed on the old paper. No sense in
utilizing copy protection for stuff that's already been posted
online, right? ;)
>
> While it is is no way horrible or anything, I do notice that the
> overall texture and sharpness of the images on the new paper are
not as
> crisp and defined as on the old style (I have both the Better
Mousetrap
> and Animated folios). From the right angle the 'copy' words are
easily
> noticeable, and from all angles the raised bumpes or whatever the
are
> are clearly noticeable. Like I said the strikingness of the folio
isnt
> lost or anything, there is just (to me anyway) a like %1 or %2 loss
in
> quality, so if that is the only price I have to pay to see you
stick it
> to the morons out there, I can live with that. Though this does
lead
> into my last topic...
Actually, I was trying to "soften up" some of the bolder colors
during the printing process. The end result may not have been quite
what I was hoping for, however. I reckon future runs will return to
the starker colors of the originals.
>
> I have the folios of yours that I currently have purchased (not all
of
> them but I am working on it, just ask Ed ;) scanned and backed up
on
> CDs, that I keep in a locked drawer so no one of my housemates can
> touch them. I do this because no matter the quality of paper,
> eventually those folios will yellow and lose their luster. I know I
> made a similar comment like this before when you announced the
> switching over to the new paper style, the only small downside of
using
> it is I lose the ability to archive your stuff. Though I do realize
I
> am in the minority of people who keep it to themselves (as
evidenced by
> the amount of high-res posters out there) so should my wanting to
> archive them really be taken into account when I am just one
person? I
> mean they can still be archived, they just look *quite* different
than
> the originals ;) I have not actually tried scanning the new ones
yet,
> but from testimony it looks like the 'copy' thing works.
>
Yeah, that's the only thing that's hard to do; protect the art from
thievery, yet still allow legitimate archiving. I'm trying to figure
out a way around this...
--JMH, checking in real quick-like while at work...
Received on Fri Jan 20 2006 - 11:29:54 CST