As others have said, You have to do what you have to do to protect
your livelyhood. In comparing the two papers, I don't see anything
that would put me off buying your work. I think some of the other
furrs here have the right idea. The complainer are probably those who
tried to copy the new work and were surprised that you've taken new
precautions, lol.
Darkstar
--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Take a wild, friggin guess"
<a_change_of_plans_at_y...> wrote:
>
> --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Nafruf" <carlnelson69@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 - 14:32:28 CST