Verbum FFS questions

Lew Worthington · August 27

I have the Logos Full Feature Set, and I'm curious about the Verbum FFS. I would be grateful if someone could help by sharing your impressions.

1. There are some videos on search training (I've actually been through these years ago), and I think much of this material is very dated. There's also "Verbum 10" training, but there's no information about it. How good or relevant is the material in all these courses?

2. There's also a "Verbum Sacred Art Media Archive". Given some of the shortcomings in Verbum's handling of graphics (especially on mobile devices), I am curious if this item merits consideration.

I know anyone's responses will be subjective, and that's OK. I just want an impression as I consider grabbing the Verbum FFS before the sale expires.

DMB · August 27

I don't know anything about the videos.

I have both Verbum's Treasury of Sacred Art (buyable, and in packages), and Sacred Art Media Archive. Best I can see they're the same (count-wise), but not painter-wise (I suspect labeling/tagging).

Treasury can be viewed offline and has its own viewer, which means you can zoom into different parts of the paintings. On the Mac, there's no pixeling, so possibly smoothing at high zoom levels. Not the detail in Accordances images.

Sacred Media seems the same imagery but the media viewer: online, and no zoom.

Mobile-wise, I didn't see the media collections (?). But the Treasury resource is nice ... good viewer, zoomable (not as much as the Mac, and pixelized at maximum). But you can move from painting to painting like with Accordance (not do-able on the desktop version). Offline, the app crashes.

Overall, good if you like the painters. Judith returning with Holofernes' head is interesting.