Envelopes? Stationary?
Filed Under: Graphic Design
Lazyweb request: I am looking for some really interesting periodesque envelopes that I can mail my Roundbottom Foundation membership kits in. I received something once in a weird brown paper envelope with a red string tie once, and it was really awesome. The envelope needs manuscript size, so that prints can be included, along with a sheet of cardboard to keep the prints from being bent.
I think I have the stationary, sealing wax, and the rest sorted out, but cool sources for that stuff would be great.
Anyone have a great source? Links much appreciated. I’m aiming for the membership kits to be beautifully designed down to the paper and envelopes they come in, to make receiving it part of the whole site experience. Packaging should not be overlooked!
On Roundbottom
Filed Under: Graphic Design, Photography, Photoshop
What is the resolution of your desktop? 800×600? 1024×768? 1280×1024? 1920×1200? Or something else? I am trying to determine in which resolutions to make Dr. Roundbottom desktop images available.
I just finished a new image for an upcoming piece which I believe turned out quite well. Back to some macro work on that.
I still need to write Monday’s post. I know what happens. I just haven’t written it out yet in Roundbottom’s style. And we’re hoping to have the first podcast up as next week’s upload. I am super pleased with the work Nate, my sound guy, has done on it so far. I have a script and we will be laying down voice tracks soon. Yes indeed, you will soon get to hear what Roundbottom and Miss Watkins sound like!
On a less happy note, the readership numbers for Roundbottom have been pretty terrible. I put a tremendous, massive amount of effort into the site and fewer than 100 people are checking it out. I’ll probably keep doing it so long as I find it interesting, but I have no illusions about much of anyone liking the project. Those of you who do read it, I thank you.
Clockpunk.com Open for Beta Viewing
Filed Under: Graphic Design, My Writing, Photography
The new Roundbottom site is now complete enough that I have taken it live on the domain. I’ve been at work on this redesign for quite some time now. There are probably bugs… and don’t even bother looking at it with anything less than IE 7. Also, the site requires Javascript and Flash.
Bang away on it, and let me know what seems weird. I’ll try to get it fixed.
New content will go live on Sunday, and will continue to go live with new posts once a week until I run out again, but I have a nice storyline ready to go that should last into August.
Explore, and let me know what you think.
How to get Images Back out of Microsoft Word
Filed Under: Graphic Design, Tutorial
One thing I run into somewhat frequently is content being provided to me in a Microsoft Word file with embedded images. I used to struggle with getting the highest quality version of those images back out of Word and into Photoshop. If you cut and paste into Photoshop, you often get it at the resolution it’s been scaled down to, and often, the colors are wrong or even the aspect ratio is messed up. The solution is simple and having stumbled upon it, it is going to save me plenty of time. Maybe it can save you some time too.
The Solution
File->Save as->HTML
(I know, *shudder* at the thought of Word’s HTML. But we don’t need that!)
Word generates an images folder and creates a gif and a jpeg of each image at the maximum resolution. I was able to pull full 300 dpi photos from word files with this technique with none of the image screw-ups that you get when you try copying and pasting.
It’s just that easy. Do you know of a better way to get those embedded images out of Microsoft Word? Let me know in the comments!
