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Preserving More Than Memories
Trump and the Republican have created a looming debt crisis through their massive tax cuts for the wealthy. Trump’s response is an apathetic “Yeah, but I won’t be here.” Trump’s actions toward the environment are similarly destructive, and his refusal … Continue reading
Posted in Memories, Not Satire, online storage, Photo Books
Tagged Climate change, forever, I won't be here, Pollution, Trump
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Review of Factors Related to Photo Book Preservation
IS&T’s Technology for Digital Photo Fulfillment conference was held in Dresden, Germany on September 24, 2018. This meeting was held in conjunction with NIP/Digital Printing for Digital Fabrication 2018. At the Technology for Digital Photo Fulfillment Conference, I presented a … Continue reading
ISO Photo Book Test Method Now Available
A new ISO standard describing test methods for photo books issued on November 13, 2018. While this standard, ISO 18948:2018, stops short of providing a specification for long-term permanence, it does provide specific test methods that manufacturers can use to … Continue reading
Free Is Not Sustainable
It’s not particularly surprising, but free online photo products do not appear to be a sustainable business model. See http://thedeadpixelssociety.com/the-shift-away-from-free-in-online-photo/?
Posted in Industry Info, Photo Books, Photo Gifts, Photo Prints
Tagged Dead Pixels Society, free
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Photo Book Construction and Preservation
I presented a paper on Photo Book Construction and Preservation at the International Symposium on Technologies for Digital Photo Fulfillment in Denver, Colorado. In this presentation, I highlighted different photo book constructions, along with test methods to ensure their permanence. Photo … Continue reading
Long-Term Preservation of Photo Books
Preservation of photo books requires preserving the digital file as well as the physical photo book since millennials and others frequently prefer digital photos to an actual book. This is theory behind a presentation I gave at Forever Live! on … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Files, online storage, Photo Books, Presentations
Tagged digital file, Forever LIVE!, millennials, PDF, photo book, Preservation
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Six Colors Are Better Than Four
At Forever Live, I learned more about the Indigo printing process that Forever uses to produce photo books. Specifically, Forever uses a six color production process that produces improved color but is rarely used for consumer products. Six-color printing is … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Photos, Photo Books
Tagged CcMmYK, CMYKcm, forever, graininess, light cyan, light magenta, Portraits, six-color printing, sky
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How to Create Photo Book Videos from Artisan
Photo books preserve vacations and other family memories; however, not everyone wants to look at a photo book. In addition, sharing a photo book is difficult, since it requires sending either a physical book or large digital file to someone. … Continue reading
Forever has a new photo book printer
Forever is using a new printer to produce photo books and other products. I wanted to learn more about their new supplier. For my sample photo books, I used Artisan 5 to create a photo book for my trip last year to … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan, Photo Books
Tagged binding, covers, forever, Indigo, layflat, pages, paper, Perfectly Clear, Xeikon
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Digital Preservation of Photo Books
I presented a paper on Long-Term Digital Preservation of Photo Books at the International Symposium on Technologies for Digital Photo Fulfillment in Manchester, England. In this presentation, I highlighted the need to think about photo books as more than a printed … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Files, Photo Books, Presentations
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