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Vasudev Ram asked a question in Twitter on January 24, 2009 03:19:
Feature suggestion for the Twitter web interfaceHi, I have a Twitter feature suggestion for the web interface. Blogged it here:
http://jugad2.blogspot.com/2009/01/tw...
Please check it out and consider implementing it, if it makes sense to you.
Thanks,
Vasudev Ram
Biz site: www.dancingbison.com
Blog (on software innovation): jugad2.blogspot.com
xtopdf: (Free software) for quick and easy PDF creation: www.dancingbison.com/products.html-
Vasudev Ram replied on July 30, 2008 14:14 to the question "Questions about hi-res PDF creation for MagCloud." in MagCloud:
>Yes, the high-res refers only to images. Re: Scribus and other apps, we now think that will work ok, but please limit images to standard JPEG encoding (no ZIP/Flate or JPEG 2000 encodings for now).
Thanks again for the answers. All my questions are answered as of now. -
Vasudev Ram marked one of aefitzhugh's replies in MagCloud as useful. aefitzhugh replied to the question "Questions about hi-res PDF creation for MagCloud.".
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Vasudev Ram marked one of aefitzhugh's replies in MagCloud as useful. aefitzhugh replied to the question "Questions about hi-res PDF creation for MagCloud.".
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Vasudev Ram replied on July 28, 2008 21:29 to the question "Questions about hi-res PDF creation for MagCloud." in MagCloud:
Thanks for the prompt reply, Andy!
Comments on your answers:
Bleed: Got it with right brain, but will try to get it with left brain too :) to make sure.
Spreads: seems fine, will try what you said.
Alternatives to InDesign: sounds good, will try Scribus to start with.
High-res: so the "high-res" refers only to the resolution of images? if so, no problem. -
Vasudev Ram asked a question in MagCloud on July 28, 2008 08:24:
Questions about hi-res PDF creation for MagCloud.Hi all,
These are questions related to publishing on MagCloud.
I'm not familiar with the print production process and its jargon.
My questions are about such terms (found on the MagCloud site), and about alternatives to Adobe InDesign; please refer to the information given here (after you sign in as a publisher):
http://magcloud.com/publish
Under step 2: "Make a PDF".
Q1: Under "PDF Specs:":
>Additional bleed: 0.125′′ on top and bottom edges, 0.25′′ on the outside edge, no bleed on the inside edge
I googled "bleed" and found this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleed_(printing)
Read the article there (but not the links at the end of it - yet; will be reading those).
But the info there is somewhat confusing, as it mentions several things. Specifically in the context of MagCloud, what exactly is bleed?
Q2:
>Pages: Save as multi-page PDF, no spreads
What are "spreads"?
Q3. Can any alternatives to Adobe InDesign be used to create PDFs for MagCloud? For example, can Scribus be used - http://www.scribus.net ?
Q4. I saw somewhere else on the MagCloud site that it requires hi-res PDFs. What exactly are the specs of a hi-res PDF - is it a certain number of dots per inch or something else?
Q5. Any recommended resources (sites) to get more of an overview of print production topics and terms?
Thanks for all answers,
Vasudev Ram
www.dancingbison.com -
Vasudev Ram marked one of mdy's replies in Twitter as useful. mdy replied to the question "What does the "Protect my updates" option really mean?".
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Vasudev Ram replied on May 02, 2008 12:57 to the question "What does the "Protect my updates" option really mean?" in Twitter:
Thanks, got it. -
Vasudev Ram asked a question in Twitter on May 01, 2008 22:37:
What does the "Protect my updates" option really mean?What does the option "Protect my updates" at the bottom of the page at http://twitter.com/account/settings actually mean?
If I check the check box next to that option, does it mean that other Twitter users cannot follow me without my approval? -
vasudevram shared an idea in Dancing Bison Enterprises on April 04, 2008 16:20:
Announcing xtopdf - easy PDF creation toolkitxtopdf is an easy PDF creation toolkit. Its available for free at http://www.dancingbison.com/products.... . It is a set of end user tools (both GUI and command-line) as well as a library that enables developers to create PDF from other file formats - text, DBF, CSV, TDV (Tab Delimited Values), XLS (Microsoft Excel spreadsheets).
