Re: Submitting work on CD.

This is a continuation of a thread more than a month ago, but I'm
wondering how many people actually tried to use PDF as a way to
submit/present/catalog/disseminate/whatever photographic work. I've
tried something myself, and like to compare notes with others who
tried it. I can't seem to find much on this topic on the web...

It's very convenient that I can carry my PDF portfolio in a memory
stick, and have a copy on the web... Also, I can embed images in
slightly larger sizes in the PDF file, and let the PDF viewer adjust
the image size to the screen size/resolution by reduction for best
results, so that I don't have to assume the monitor resolutions,
window sizes, etc., which would be a source of headache in HTML/JPEG
presentation. The price is that one PDF containing 30 images of
slightly larger-than-normal sizes would take up some 10 MB. Though
downloading the file may take a minute with a DSL, cable or other
faster connections, the rest of the navigation is fast and easy.

--
Ryuji Suzuki
"Well, believing is all right, just don't let the wrong people know
what it's all about." (Bob Dylan, Need a Woman, 1982)
From: Phillip Murphy <pmurf@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: Submitting work on CD.
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 12:07:49 -0600
> PDF is a very good choice.  You can simply layout your
> images and type in Photoshop and "save as" a photoshop pdf.
> Acrobat Reader has no problem reading photoshop pdfs.
> 
> Although Acrobat Reader is ubiquitous, I would include a copy
> on the CD for the user to load on their computer if needed.
> Adobe will grant you free licensing to do so.
> 
> http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/distribute.html
> 
> Since you want to keep things simple, you may want to
> try using FlashPaper, especially if you embed the FlashPaper
> in an HTML document. Flash has approx. a 96% saturation
> in the browser world so universal viewing is likely.
> FlashPaper doesn't have all the bells and whistles like
> PDF's, however, it works for most situation where you
> need to present a document or image as it's original design
> intended.
> 
> http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashpaper/
> 
> all the best,
> 
> Phillip
> 
> 
> Ryuji Suzuki wrote:
> 
> >
> > If PDF is acceptable I'd go with PDF.
> >
> > There are many free softwares that can create as well as view PDF
> > files.  So there are a number of ways to do this without paying for
> > Adobe products. I routinely make scientific presentations using
> > pdflatex and ppower4, which makes PDF files that open in full screen
> > mode by default. Put it into an USB memory stick and I never had a
> > problem with power point glitches. Plus these files are also printable
> > as-is in virtually any platform.
> >
>