I'm wondering, will the maps and illustrations be high resolution, and have zoom capabilities?
(was asked, but not answered in a older longer thread)
I'm wondering, will the maps and illustrations be high resolution, and have zoom capabilities? (was asked, but not answered in a older longer thread)
I am not sure if Phil response on the blog addresses your concerns http://blog.logos.com/archives/2009/06/esv_study_bible_coming_to_logos.html
Ted
I have the ESV study notes on another platform - and the maps and illustrations and charts are very nice. You can click on them and they open in another window in high resolution.
I'm sure they will work the same in LOGOS 4
I have the ESV study notes on another platform - and the maps and illustrations and charts are very nice. You can click on them and they open in another window in high resolution. I'm sure they will work the same in LOGOS 4
I'm not sure about this. I too have the ESVSB in the other software format (with the embedded high resolution pictures) and they also handle the Holman publication illustrations the same way. Whereas in L4 the Holman illustrations appear to be low resolution.
Which is my main reason for asking...
I am not sure if Phil response on the blog addresses your concerns http://blog.logos.com/archives/2009/06/esv_study_bible_coming_to_logos.html Ted
He had said "I believe so" and "the graphics will be of sufficient quality..." in answer to the question. I was just looking for a definite answer before considering a purchase. [:)]
Whereas in L4 the Holman illustrations appear to be low resolution.
How can you tell the pictures are in low resolution? If you are talking about the Holman Bible Handbook in L4 (are you?), I look at the pictures and they look pretty good to me.
Whereas in L4 the Holman illustrations appear to be low resolution. How can you tell the pictures are in low resolution? If you are talking about the Holman Bible Handbook in L4 (are you?), I look at the pictures and they look pretty good to me.
Your right the HBH does appear to have higher resolution pictures than the Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary that I was looking at..
Although they are not zoomable...
I really hope they are done right with high resolution scans of images. I could be wrong but I have not seen any images in any Logos resources that are "high resolution". There are plenty of large images that have high pixel counts but that is only because they are large images. The density of most of the scans seems to be between 90 and 100 dpi. In my opinion, standard resolution should be 300 dpi no matter the size of the image. I don't care about large files sizes. I care about quality scans at a resolution that is usable when projected for preaching and teaching. More often than not, the images in the Logos resources are not of sufficient resolution to allow me to zoom in on a particular part of a graphic or image in order to show the detail on a large screen to those I am preaching or teaching. I have heard similar comments made about the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Background Commentaries, which I have not purchased because of this concern. The only thing that I have found that is of sufficient resolution is the Logos Infographics. They are beautiful, crisp, and blow-up nicely. Thumbs-up on that one!
I am probably wrong as the library is large and I have not gotten through but only a small portion, but that is my experience so far.
If we are talking the same thing, I don't think most monitors display anywhere close to 300 dpi right now. Here is a list I found, because I don't think mine does and it's a pretty expensive engineering workstation display:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_displays_by_pixel_density
There seem to be many writeups on this, for example this one:
The DPI/PPI measure becomes significant when the actual geometry of the viewing experience is taken into account, since it determines how 'smooth' a given image appears when viewed. With print media, 600DPI is considered 'smooth' no matter how closely an unassisted eye is viewing an image. But computer displays are typically no closer than 18-24" from the eye; 600 DPI would be overkill, and few are more than 120PPI. Mobile displays (ebook readers, cell phones) can be brought much closer to the eye when in normal use, and need higher DPI (150 or more).
Is this what you are referring to or something different? Thanks!
Really there are two important things:
As well, the ESVSB images are quite high quality, and very detailed. It would be a shame to not have the same definition of the images in Logos.
If we are talking the same thing, I don't think most monitors display anywhere close to 300 dpi right now.
Dominick, I am referring to scanning images at that resolution. That way, they can be enlarged to show greater detail and still look crisp without the pixelation issues of low scan resolution. I would love to be able to depend on Logos for that. However, many of their resources with images are not of that scan resolution. It is more work, but I can get dependable results from purchasing the dead tree version and scan the images myself for teaching display.
I have been wanting to buy the Archaeology Odyssey-The Archive, Bible Review-The Archive, Biblical Archaeology Review Archive primarily for the photos and images but am afraid that the resolution will not be satisfactory. I think those were not produced by Logos and, thus, they have no control over them. However, is there anyone who owns any of these resources that can speak to the resolution/quality of the images?
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