Figure Painter Magazine Issue 3

[shanerozzell]

Figure Painter Magazine Issue 3 and our biggest issue to date. Inside you'll find our insight interview with sculptor Roberto Chaudon. Reviews of Ammon's Ana Bot Hunter and Spellcrow's Plagure Prince. We also have the second part of Barry Fords Tale of Two Kitties, how to paint TMM, a homage to JMD Miniatures and part 3 of our Malifaux Gaming Table Build Plus all our regular features and lots more!

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[shanerozzell]

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[peterwas]

Just bought all 3 issues, i'm loving it!

It would be really cool if you could upgrade the picture quality even more and let us zoom in more on the details.

Cheers.

 

[shanerozzell]

Just bought all 3 issues, i'm loving it!

It would be really cool if you could upgrade the picture quality even more and let us zoom in more on the details.

Cheers.

Hi peterwas,

This is a tough thing to do simply because it's a balancing act with an eye to our future growth. If I up the resolution by 5 pixles then the file size of the pdf shoots up to almost double. The last issue was output at 98dpi and came to 12.4 meg. I did a test at 100dpi and it came to just under 19meg which is fine for a single file but one thing we have found is that many people like yourself get many issues in one go. We have already had to update our hosting package to a dedicated server so imagine when we have people downloading 5 or 10 issues in one go, the bandwidth will be huge!

One other issue to take into consideration is internet speed. I don't know what it's like in Holland but here in the UK it ranges from 3-50 meg a second depending where you live so we have to plan for everyone.

 

[peterwas]

Yes, i understand completely. Finding the perfect balance of image quality vs file size and bandwidth is one of the most difficult aspects in publishing a digital magazine.

Maybe in the future it would be possible to create a special page on the website for buyers of the magazine where they can download the individual images in higher quality?

In most magazine's image quality would be less important, but seeing this is about painting miniatures even the smallest detail in a picture is important.
And one of the things I personally love to do is zoom in on the models and get a good look on how it was painted.

But i totally understand that it's a difficult thing to realize.

Keep up the great work!

 

[RuneBrush]

I'm tending to download these onto my iPad so that I can browse through them as and when I get time (still not read through the latest issue fully) so the smaller file size is really beneficial and makes the display time much quicker when flicking between pages.

A possible compromise could be to have one or two "feature miniatures" that have a higher definition image in for that extra "zoom" and a subscribers gallery online for a some of the display miniatures. That way you can have an optimally compressed jpg on the site rather than Adobe compressed image in the PDF.

pete

 

[Driftwood]

I've just stumbled across the digital magazine and I love it, I generally only paint GW but the magazine has really opened my eyes up as to what is out there besides GW.

Good work!