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- From: ab@nova.cc.purdue.edu (Allen B)
- Subject: Re: RenderMan-High resolution rendering?
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- References: <1992Nov13.170817.4439@news.media.mit.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 14:58:08 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov13.170817.4439@news.media.mit.edu> wave@waits.media.mit.edu
- (Michael B. Johnson) writes:
- > Lighten up.
-
- Sorry I sounded so heavy. I certainly didn't mean to.
-
- > I don't have the specs handy, but in the last few months, Kodak has announced
- > (but not shipped, to my knowledge) a few new types of Photo-CD, the largest
- of
- > which is intended for digital archiving of 4x5s. I would hope the resolution
- > is higher than 4Kx3K, since the high res version of the 35mm consumer product
- > is about 3Kx2K...
-
- I based what I said on misremembering what I read in
- Computer Pictures (admittedly, not the greatest
- source). I've got the magazine here now and it does say
- that a company is experimenting with making 20 x 20 inch
- (square :-) ) posters from (presumably consumer) Photo
- CD. I'd like to see some of those.
-
- They also mention "In such applications [ as slick
- magazine covers and pages ], even Kodak officials have
- conceded that Photo CD images will not be adequate
- because of resolution loss." I'm not going to make a call
- like that 'til I've tried it, but some people (even at
- Kodak) seem to believe it.
-
-
- I'm looking forward to Photo CD. I don't know what impact
- it'll have on the consumer market, but anything that
- promotes the use of digital image technology is a Good
- Thing in my book.
-
- ab
-