Random Announcements

[Giles]

I have been thinking for some time how to illustrate the fabrics (new website will have a tab for "Fabric Details").

How's this?  Images will always be cropped to the same scale and displayed at the same size…

[hajduk]

great to read at will be more fabric details! cool!

[trail and arrow]

great idea,
but would use a thinner ruler (could be a virtual one).

[Giles]

I have not been able to find a thinner white on black set square.  I want a heavy set square so that it holds the fabric flat and also a set square gives me right angles to ensure my perspective is correct when I edit it (which thus, I think, means a virtual one does not help with that).
I'm open to a better way of doing this, but it needs to be easy to do with minimum post shot processing else it becomes a chore…

[Chris]

For us pathetic Americans, a scale in inches would be nice.  And I don't know how large your sample swatches are, but it might be helpful to see a bit more of the fabric in the shot.

[mclaincausey]

If the pictures are all sized the same you could just embed a reusable component like this http://jsfiddle.net/thirdender/kwcug/

Or this may be better http://ruler.hilliuse.com

[Giles]

@mclaincausey Whoa, I just want to take a pic, that scares the crap out of me…..

[Giles]

@Chris:

For us pathetic Americans, a scale in inches would be nice.  And I don't know how large your sample swatches are, but it might be helpful to see a bit more of the fabric in the shot.

Yes, can do.  And yes will take a shot from further away too….

[Aetas]

Great idea Giles. Perhaps cut out the outer scale.

[Giles]

That's what I was thinking….

[mclaincausey]

@Giles:

@mclaincausey Whoa, I just want to take a pic, that scares the crap out of me…..

Let @shoque worry about that, again, it's a reusable component. It makes your job easier.

[Giles]

So the process would be something like:

I take photo
I edit to a known size
We drop the code around it or something like that and the rulers appear in viewed image?

[Giles]

Like - tomorrow…..

[Joule]

G,

Found your answer.  These guys are done with their ruler…

http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/what-is-the-average-penis-size-scientists-have-the-answer-1.2263263

[Giles]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You know how I make my penis 9" long?

Fold it in half…..

[mclaincausey]

@Giles:

So the process would be something like:

I take photo
I edit to a known size
We drop the code around it or something like that and the rulers appear in viewed image?

I think so. The second one is stylesheet based, so you would be able to invoke it on any image. I am not an expert, but I believe it is straightforward, compatible across platforms, and handles units conversion.

[mclaincausey]

@Giles:

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You know how I make my penis 9" long?

Fold it in half…..

See? Units conversion snafus are quite common.

[Chris]

And you people thought legalizing marijuana was a good idea.  Think of the bunnies, dammit.  The poor, innocent bunnies.

[Snowy]

If I catch you bumping without a price reduction in a sales thread within a week of the last post, I'll delete the bump. FYI.

[Seul]

Feels good to work for 6 hours on a Sunday morning, then having the whole afternoon to read and drink beer. No work tomorrow.

Status: happy piglet.