Hello!
I'll move to a new office on July :) And new works are on the way as well.
Cheers
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
www.webexpertsonline.net is stealing others' works
I'm reporting another fake company which is stealing my work: it's called
http://www.webexpertsonline.net/
My ecarus logo has been ripped, watermarked removed and presented as if it was their work:
http://www.webexpertsonline.net/l_protfolio_1.html
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http://www.webexpertsonline.net/
My ecarus logo has been ripped, watermarked removed and presented as if it was their work:
http://www.webexpertsonline.net/l_protfolio_1.html
Saturday, May 2, 2009
My book is available: Suspended Time
Dear friends,
Since Blurb has improved the print quality on their photo-premium paper, I've decided to make a public book with some of my best portraits and photos.
In a nutshell:
Both versions share the same printing process, only the binding is different.
For shipping, check on blurb.com if they can send it to your country.
Since Blurb has improved the print quality on their photo-premium paper, I've decided to make a public book with some of my best portraits and photos.
In a nutshell:
- 80 pages
- 25x20 cm / 18x10 inches
- Printed on premium paper
- Soft-cover version retails for $35
- Hard-cover version retails for $49
Both versions share the same printing process, only the binding is different.
For shipping, check on blurb.com if they can send it to your country.
Blurb.com book review: updated (May 2009)
Following up my previous review of blurb.com book, I would like to share with you some of the new features available.
You can now order books with Premium photo paper
This makes a whole difference in print quality. I've ordered a book in November 2008, here are some sample images:
Binding
The new binding is now better, more flat and rigid. However, it "eats" more of the images in the spine, so, be careful when putting elements towards the inner edge of the page.
Print quality has been much improved with Premium paper: lighter tones are less grainy, and the paper (150g / m2) is very pleasant.
Colors fidelity: 5/5 Colors are very good. Not too dark, no wrong colorcast, this is a VERY pleasant. Really, kudos to Blurb - labs who know me can tell you how much I care about it :) Perfect colors and luminosity all the way.
Grainless photo printing: 4/5 Grain is noticable at close inspection but it isn't much of a problem
Compression and artefacts: 4/5 Images are a little soft but it matches the printing quality.
Light tones rendering: 4/5 Light tones are less grainy on premium paper.
Finishing: 5/5 The book looks solid and nice.
Soft-cover version I've tried the soft-cover binding and it is surprisingly solid and cheaper too.
You can now order books with Premium photo paper
This makes a whole difference in print quality. I've ordered a book in November 2008, here are some sample images:
Binding
The new binding is now better, more flat and rigid. However, it "eats" more of the images in the spine, so, be careful when putting elements towards the inner edge of the page.
Print quality has been much improved with Premium paper: lighter tones are less grainy, and the paper (150g / m2) is very pleasant.
Colors fidelity: 5/5 Colors are very good. Not too dark, no wrong colorcast, this is a VERY pleasant. Really, kudos to Blurb - labs who know me can tell you how much I care about it :) Perfect colors and luminosity all the way.
Grainless photo printing: 4/5 Grain is noticable at close inspection but it isn't much of a problem
Compression and artefacts: 4/5 Images are a little soft but it matches the printing quality.
Light tones rendering: 4/5 Light tones are less grainy on premium paper.
Finishing: 5/5 The book looks solid and nice.
Soft-cover version I've tried the soft-cover binding and it is surprisingly solid and cheaper too.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Make your own photo book: a review
What can you expect?
Certainly not the same quality as photo prints. It’s a different process which will struggle with subtle light tones. On the other end, there was no evidence of dots in dark areas where black IS black.
The printing quality is on par with entry-level 4-ink printers on a good glossy paper. It’s a little grainy.
Let’s have a detailed look (click on the screenshots)
Here is my review of my first photo book ordered at blurb.com
I’ve finally ordered a 160 pages photo book and I’m rather pleased with the result. For less than 50$ (with shipping to US), it’s OK.
1. Binding
It’s rather good. Of course, if you fully-open the book, there is this little “cracking” but it seems resistant. Pages don’t seem to want to fly away.
2, 3 Closeup
With CMYK ink printing like this, a closeup examination will reveal some dots. Don’t worry! You won’t noticed them much when browsing the book.
4. Compression
No matter how good your images are, Blurb’s software recompresses them to JPEG around ~9 (on 12) quality. I was very worried about this because the lossy JPEG compression introduces artefacts, especially on red tones. To my own surprise, since the printing is grainy, there wasn’t much problems with that.
5. Artefacts?
Texts weren’t producing much artefacts either. There *are* some artefacts but that’s really on tight closeup that you can see them. Still, avoid small texts on JPEGs if you can.
Conclusion
Colors fidelity: 5/5. Colors are very good. Not too dark, no wrong colorcast, this is a VERY pleasant surprise. Really, kudos to Blurb - labs who know me can tell you how much I care about it
Perfect colors and luminosity all the way.
Grainless photo printing: 3/5 Grain is a little high, but if you don’t bother it should be OK. You know how perfectionist I am: if I say it’s OK, then it’s really OK It should be perfectly good for BW prints for instance.
Compression and artefacts: 4/5 Images are a little soft but I’ve got to admit that the compression matches the printing quality.
Light tones rendering: 3/5 Light skin tones can become unfortunately quite grainy. This should be improved. I could give a lower rate but since it only happens on less than 10 pages over 160, I wouldn’t say it’s too common.
Finishing: 5/5 The book looks solid and nice.
Software: 2/5 The software feel rather amateurish, I would much prefer to upload my own PDF. But at least, it didn’t crashed
Overall impression on clients and friends: 5/5 I’ve tested it and both were quite excited and impressed by the book. To me, it’s not as good as photo prints but it was worth it (for the price).
For the moment, it’s the best book offer I’ve seen for the price.
Certainly not the same quality as photo prints. It’s a different process which will struggle with subtle light tones. On the other end, there was no evidence of dots in dark areas where black IS black.
The printing quality is on par with entry-level 4-ink printers on a good glossy paper. It’s a little grainy.
Let’s have a detailed look (click on the screenshots)
Here is my review of my first photo book ordered at blurb.com
I’ve finally ordered a 160 pages photo book and I’m rather pleased with the result. For less than 50$ (with shipping to US), it’s OK.
1. Binding
It’s rather good. Of course, if you fully-open the book, there is this little “cracking” but it seems resistant. Pages don’t seem to want to fly away.
2, 3 Closeup
With CMYK ink printing like this, a closeup examination will reveal some dots. Don’t worry! You won’t noticed them much when browsing the book.
4. Compression
No matter how good your images are, Blurb’s software recompresses them to JPEG around ~9 (on 12) quality. I was very worried about this because the lossy JPEG compression introduces artefacts, especially on red tones. To my own surprise, since the printing is grainy, there wasn’t much problems with that.
5. Artefacts?
Texts weren’t producing much artefacts either. There *are* some artefacts but that’s really on tight closeup that you can see them. Still, avoid small texts on JPEGs if you can.
Conclusion
Colors fidelity: 5/5. Colors are very good. Not too dark, no wrong colorcast, this is a VERY pleasant surprise. Really, kudos to Blurb - labs who know me can tell you how much I care about it
Perfect colors and luminosity all the way.Grainless photo printing: 3/5 Grain is a little high, but if you don’t bother it should be OK. You know how perfectionist I am: if I say it’s OK, then it’s really OK
It should be perfectly good for BW prints for instance.Compression and artefacts: 4/5 Images are a little soft but I’ve got to admit that the compression matches the printing quality.
Light tones rendering: 3/5 Light skin tones can become unfortunately quite grainy. This should be improved. I could give a lower rate but since it only happens on less than 10 pages over 160, I wouldn’t say it’s too common.
Finishing: 5/5 The book looks solid and nice.
Software: 2/5 The software feel rather amateurish, I would much prefer to upload my own PDF. But at least, it didn’t crashed
Overall impression on clients and friends: 5/5 I’ve tested it and both were quite excited and impressed by the book. To me, it’s not as good as photo prints but it was worth it (for the price).
For the moment, it’s the best book offer I’ve seen for the price.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Bertrand Bitz
Sortie du CD de Bertrand Bitz le 8 avril 2008.
J'ai assuré le design du CD, du site, les photos, etc..
Friday, December 7, 2007
And the ripper's site is down
Following up my previous post, I've managed to bring down the website of the ripper I was talking about yesterday :)
By the way, since it's December, I've got an ongoing Advent Calendar project, together with 23 artists. You can view it on my DeviantArt account.
By the way, since it's December, I've got an ongoing Advent Calendar project, together with 23 artists. You can view it on my DeviantArt account.
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