CDRom Project News

[jericson]

Well, toss me in the camp as rather disappointed with the quality of the scans. There are plenty of places where the text is unreadable, because it was in a grey box - and it all comes out black.

Did no one actually look at the scans prior to making the CD? It took me about 4-5 minutes just perusing a couple of the files at random to come up with several unreadable bits.

 

[hirch duckfinder]

there are some flaws but oveall I am very pleased to have this, think it is good value and would recommend it. I had no copies of over half this material before and now have lots of traveller goodness to read

 

[hirch duckfinder]

there are some flaws but oveall I am very pleased to have this, think it is good value and would recommend it. I had no copies of over half this material before and now have lots of traveller goodness to read

 

[hirch duckfinder]

there are some flaws but oveall I am very pleased to have this, think it is good value and would recommend it. I had no copies of over half this material before and now have lots of traveller goodness to read

 

[Maladominus]

Are the deckplans of good image/scan quality?

 

[Maladominus]

Are the deckplans of good image/scan quality?

 

[Maladominus]

Are the deckplans of good image/scan quality?

 

[FlightCommanderSolitude]

Basically, if something had a grey halftone background (like, say, every chart and table in Hard Times) they're unreadable black blobs.

But deck plans seem to have survived OK.

 

[FlightCommanderSolitude]

Basically, if something had a grey halftone background (like, say, every chart and table in Hard Times) they're unreadable black blobs.

But deck plans seem to have survived OK.

 

[FlightCommanderSolitude]

Basically, if something had a grey halftone background (like, say, every chart and table in Hard Times) they're unreadable black blobs.

But deck plans seem to have survived OK.

 

[mike wightman]

Anyone know what the quality of the drivethru Hard Times is like?

 

[mike wightman]

Anyone know what the quality of the drivethru Hard Times is like?

 

[mike wightman]

Anyone know what the quality of the drivethru Hard Times is like?

 

[zakrol]

I found drivethru's Hard Times pretty good. The dark boxes are not crystal clear but they are readable.

Cutting and pasting of ordinary text is fine, though some tables that cut and paste as text come out a bit odd.

I haven't seen the CD version so I can't really compare though.

 

[zakrol]

I found drivethru's Hard Times pretty good. The dark boxes are not crystal clear but they are readable.

Cutting and pasting of ordinary text is fine, though some tables that cut and paste as text come out a bit odd.

I haven't seen the CD version so I can't really compare though.

 

[zakrol]

I found drivethru's Hard Times pretty good. The dark boxes are not crystal clear but they are readable.

Cutting and pasting of ordinary text is fine, though some tables that cut and paste as text come out a bit odd.

I haven't seen the CD version so I can't really compare though.

 

[robject]

Originally posted by FlightCommanderSolitude:
Basically, if something had a grey halftone background (like, say, every chart and table in Hard Times) they're unreadable black blobs.

On the plus side, I've got PDFs of all the forms from Referee's Companion now. Hooray!

But that Hard Times problem is very nasty indeed.

I glanced over Vigilante and Vengence and Rebellion S, but didn't see problems there, and I don't think the first set (Player's, Referee's, Encyclopedia and Companion) are as fancy as HT, and don't seem to have the shaded tables, so I presume they're OK.

Could be isolated to that book.

Would be nice if MWM released a clean PDF of HT, posted it to a site where we-who-purchased-it could grab it. Or simply making it generally available on DriveThru.

Too bad. I could re-burn my own copy, but that's a nice disc label.

 

[robject]

Originally posted by FlightCommanderSolitude:
Basically, if something had a grey halftone background (like, say, every chart and table in Hard Times) they're unreadable black blobs.

On the plus side, I've got PDFs of all the forms from Referee's Companion now. Hooray!

But that Hard Times problem is very nasty indeed.

I glanced over Vigilante and Vengence and Rebellion S, but didn't see problems there, and I don't think the first set (Player's, Referee's, Encyclopedia and Companion) are as fancy as HT, and don't seem to have the shaded tables, so I presume they're OK.

Could be isolated to that book.

Would be nice if MWM released a clean PDF of HT, posted it to a site where we-who-purchased-it could grab it. Or simply making it generally available on DriveThru.

Too bad. I could re-burn my own copy, but that's a nice disc label.

 

[robject]

Originally posted by FlightCommanderSolitude:
Basically, if something had a grey halftone background (like, say, every chart and table in Hard Times) they're unreadable black blobs.

On the plus side, I've got PDFs of all the forms from Referee's Companion now. Hooray!

But that Hard Times problem is very nasty indeed.

I glanced over Vigilante and Vengence and Rebellion S, but didn't see problems there, and I don't think the first set (Player's, Referee's, Encyclopedia and Companion) are as fancy as HT, and don't seem to have the shaded tables, so I presume they're OK.

Could be isolated to that book.

Would be nice if MWM released a clean PDF of HT, posted it to a site where we-who-purchased-it could grab it. Or simply making it generally available on DriveThru.

Too bad. I could re-burn my own copy, but that's a nice disc label.

 

[Hal]

For what it is worth - I've held off buying the CD despite my desire to purchase it precisely on the grounds that HARD TIMES is unreadable in places.

I'm wondering however, if anyone has tried to separate the scan from the pdf and work with enhancing the picture. I once was sent a picture of a coastal artillary fortification where the photographer had not been aware of how dark the picture would turn out. Playing with some of the photo enhancement buttons on some common software used with digital cameras, enabled me to lighten the background and also bring out the detail of the artillary piece. It wasn't a GREAT picture by any means - but it looked BLACK without the enhancements. Perhaps the same could be done with the scans that turned out dark?