Comments for kiddingthecity [dot] org http://kiddingthecity.org/blog Paolo Cardullo's open research diary and photo-blogging trip in the invisible city Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:54:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The Bronze Lions in Canary Wharf by Paul http://kiddingthecity.org/blog/?p=651&cpage=1#comment-717 Paul Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:54:54 +0000 http://kiddingthecity.org/blog/?p=651#comment-717 Great post. Do you know where the name Prudence came from? Great post. Do you know where the name Prudence came from?

]]> Comment on My New Photobook, from Scribus to Blurb via the Gimp by moonflowerdragon http://kiddingthecity.org/blog/?p=1143&cpage=1#comment-714 moonflowerdragon Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:39:51 +0000 http://kiddingthecity.org/blog/?p=1143#comment-714 Thanks for explaining your process Paolo. Of course you can access the metadata in your own pdf, I should have thought of that. Thanks for explaining your process Paolo. Of course you can access the metadata in your own pdf, I should have thought of that.

]]> Comment on My Photobook from Scribus to Blurb via The Gimp by pa_card http://kiddingthecity.org/blog/?p=963&cpage=1#comment-709 pa_card Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:08:05 +0000 http://kiddingthecity.org/blog/?p=963#comment-709 Hi Nishant, there is a calculator on Blurb website for your exact measurements: http://www.blurb.com/make/pdf_to_book/booksize_calculator I will share on the download page my masterpages soon. However, they are for my exact specs with black background. Also I use a couple of fonts which I downloaded for free on the net, you can change them easily though. Re: full-bleed, I used some tips posted on Blurb forum. Intuitively, you should create two picture frames, one for each page and upload the same photo twice, then adjust the slide of the boxes accordingly. A good tip I can give you is to maintain a few millimetres each side in order to take into account the spine which also depends on number of pages and type of cover. Please feel free to ask if this is not clear. I will post a tutorial if needed when back from holidays. Best. Paolo Hi Nishant, there is a calculator on Blurb website for your exact measurements: http://www.blurb.com/make/pdf_to_book/booksize_calculator

I will share on the download page my masterpages soon. However, they are for my exact specs with black background. Also I use a couple of fonts which I downloaded for free on the net, you can change them easily though.

Re: full-bleed, I used some tips posted on Blurb forum. Intuitively, you should create two picture frames, one for each page and upload the same photo twice, then adjust the slide of the boxes accordingly. A good tip I can give you is to maintain a few millimetres each side in order to take into account the spine which also depends on number of pages and type of cover. Please feel free to ask if this is not clear. I will post a tutorial if needed when back from holidays.

Best.
Paolo

]]> Comment on My Photobook from Scribus to Blurb via The Gimp by pa_card http://kiddingthecity.org/blog/?p=963&cpage=1#comment-707 pa_card Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:32:28 +0000 http://kiddingthecity.org/blog/?p=963#comment-707 hi, i am on linux and i will send links or share my masterpages when back from holidays. thanks for your post hi, i am on linux and i will send links or share my masterpages when back from holidays. thanks for your post

]]> Comment on My Photobook from Scribus to Blurb via The Gimp by Nishant Ratnakar http://kiddingthecity.org/blog/?p=963&cpage=1#comment-706 Nishant Ratnakar Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:04:10 +0000 http://kiddingthecity.org/blog/?p=963#comment-706 Hi, I am trying to redesign my original book through scribus. Can you please share you templates/master page specifications. I am not clear on what values you set for guides with respect to trim, bleed and margins. Nishant Hi,

I am trying to redesign my original book through scribus. Can you please share you templates/master page specifications. I am not clear on what values you set for guides with respect to trim, bleed and margins.

Nishant

]]> Comment on My Photobook from Scribus to Blurb via The Gimp by Nishant Ratnakar http://kiddingthecity.org/blog/?p=963&cpage=1#comment-705 Nishant Ratnakar Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:46:28 +0000 http://kiddingthecity.org/blog/?p=963#comment-705 Hi, Thanks for sharing this post. I have already published one book blurb. But I was looking at alternatives to book-smart software of blurb for two reasons. 1. complete creative control over book design. 2. An option of using multiple printers apart blurb. Booksmart allows us to only use blurb printers. Questions for you... 1. how do you handle double spread photographs? Do you use separate master pages for them? 2. Also, can you share your master pages with me too? 3. Are you on non-linux platform? if yes, how did you handle color management on it? Your reply would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Nishant Hi,
Thanks for sharing this post. I have already published one book blurb. But I was looking at alternatives to book-smart software of blurb for two reasons.
1. complete creative control over book design.
2. An option of using multiple printers apart blurb. Booksmart allows us to only use blurb printers.

Questions for you…
1. how do you handle double spread photographs? Do you use separate master pages for them?
2. Also, can you share your master pages with me too?
3. Are you on non-linux platform? if yes, how did you handle color management on it?

Your reply would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Nishant

]]> Comment on My latest Photobook: from Scribus to Blurb via the Gimp by pa_card http://kiddingthecity.org/blog/?p=1287&cpage=1#comment-702 pa_card Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:51:08 +0000 http://kiddingthecity.org/blog/?p=1287#comment-702 This is the second edition! This is the second edition!

]]> Comment on Ouch, you have been framed! by Bobby http://kiddingthecity.org/blog/?p=662&cpage=1#comment-698 Bobby Sun, 03 Jul 2011 04:00:10 +0000 http://kiddingthecity.org/blog/?p=662#comment-698 Unebliebvlae how well-written and informative this was. Unebliebvlae how well-written and informative this was.

]]> Comment on My New Photobook, from Scribus to Blurb via the Gimp by pa_card http://kiddingthecity.org/blog/?p=1143&cpage=1#comment-697 pa_card Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:17:41 +0000 http://kiddingthecity.org/blog/?p=1143#comment-697 p.s. thanks to your comment, I noticed that I can import my photobooks in Zotero from Mendeley website, on the right hand-side in the address bar there should be a translator icon (yellow folder). So, many thanks. p.s. thanks to your comment, I noticed that I can import my photobooks in Zotero from Mendeley website, on the right hand-side in the address bar there should be a translator icon (yellow folder). So, many thanks.

]]> Comment on My New Photobook, from Scribus to Blurb via the Gimp by pa_card http://kiddingthecity.org/blog/?p=1143&cpage=1#comment-696 pa_card Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:49:40 +0000 http://kiddingthecity.org/blog/?p=1143#comment-696 Hi there, and thanks for the lovely review on your blog! Where I have also seen that you ask many questions about Zotero...well, welcome to the club! the best way to start is of course with the video tutorial on the zotero website and eventually the forums. Feel free to ask me as well, if I can help. Your first question is really acute, and made me think that in fact I have never tried to get my own reference from Blurb. That might be because Blurb does not have a 'translator', that is the small icon on the address bar which signals that the resource can be imported into Zotero? And also made me think that I do not have a DOI or ISBN number: how do you get one? I shall find out...sooo, how I imported my own book into Zotero is a different story: I have it on my PC as pdf and then I scan the folder (mine is called 'Literature') with Mendeley. Which in fact is able to read the metadata embedded in the pdf (author, date, title, etc, and I tend to put in there a lot) and organise it. In Mendeley there is a plugin which works very well with Zotero. My workflow is then Zotero for acquisition and for citation, Mendeley for keeping the huge 'Literature' folder nice and tidy. But still sometimes items need to be input by typing field (or copy and paste in fact, and right click on title to choose title cases)... Your second question finds an answer on Mendeley website where you can create, copy and paste the HTML code widget for your blog (under Edit Profile). Hope this is useful, Paolo Hi there, and thanks for the lovely review on your blog! Where I have also seen that you ask many questions about Zotero…well, welcome to the club! the best way to start is of course with the video tutorial on the zotero website and eventually the forums. Feel free to ask me as well, if I can help.

Your first question is really acute, and made me think that in fact I have never tried to get my own reference from Blurb. That might be because Blurb does not have a ‘translator’, that is the small icon on the address bar which signals that the resource can be imported into Zotero? And also made me think that I do not have a DOI or ISBN number: how do you get one? I shall find out…sooo, how I imported my own book into Zotero is a different story: I have it on my PC as pdf and then I scan the folder (mine is called ‘Literature’) with Mendeley. Which in fact is able to read the metadata embedded in the pdf (author, date, title, etc, and I tend to put in there a lot) and organise it. In Mendeley there is a plugin which works very well with Zotero. My workflow is then Zotero for acquisition and for citation, Mendeley for keeping the huge ‘Literature’ folder nice and tidy. But still sometimes items need to be input by typing field (or copy and paste in fact, and right click on title to choose title cases)…

Your second question finds an answer on Mendeley website where you can create, copy and paste the HTML code widget for your blog (under Edit Profile).

Hope this is useful,
Paolo

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