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From: Willy Ewe <we@tinw.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Req: Am I doing something wrong? AG Sunflower see inside please
Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 11:44:47 +1000
Summary: The day you reach the belief the idiot ceiling is holding you down is the day an idiot falls through - the ceiling
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LoveCorrie@best.net wrote:
>Thanks for the comments/guidance. Next time I have an opportunity to share,
>I will try to make the file concise and follow some of the suggestions.
be careful what advice you do decide to follow, Corrie.
For example?
Herb said;
"SOME people have posted things like design sets that include three or
four nested duplicated sets; zips within folders within rars within
zips, etc."
Herb is really saying a poster needs to sort the content before uploading.
That is good advice.
JoeMo said;
"You are posting with NewsRover
Try PowerPost, it is much better."
JoeMo is really saying a poster does not need to spend a few hours learning
how to post to Usenet, a newbie can take PowerPost out of the box and be
spraying Usenet with files in minutes. Files most will see and many will _maybe_
be able to get.
JoeMo is giving out bad advice - and knows no better, that's the pity of it :-/
The facts are people _will see_ the posts of a newbie PowerPost(er), just as we
(tinw) see the mess you posted, that much is true.
As to getting the files, well isn't that problem how this thread started?
JoeMo (and like minded ignoramus') would have Usenet loaded with garbage
posts of garbage content - go check out alt.binaries.dominion.silly-group
to get a full picture of that fact.
Nobody can make you or stop you posting files, everyone though has the
choice of ignoring them - and that is exactly how alt.binaries.dominion.silly-group
_should_ be dealt with, ignored.
JoeMo is giving out bad advice - and knows no better, that's the pity of it :-/
The post "tutorial posting----AG_CrazyQuilt_example0nly.7z" is typical
of a set posted with the PDF instruction. A post which all downloaders will be able to
retrieve, today, tomorrow, next month.. and now with modern retention on
Usenet servers.. in 2014.
> - I originally received this file from a torrent and it came with both pes
> and hus embroidery formats. I don't know what formats others my want if
> they download a given file so I leave all formats as I found them. I
>
Post in HUS format and you cannot go wrong,
File converters are free with the conversion easily done.
HUS format changes the thread colours?
A personal outlook I hold to is that colour charts are redundant files in posts.
Believing a sewer (being an artiste) should have the skills to build individual pictures
using their own personal preference for displays of thread colour. OMMV
> - the RAR archive I produced doesn't resemble others I see using here - but
> this is perhaps irrelevant if I aim to reduce the overall size of an
> upload, and then can post using a zip file
>
Two problems with that thinking.
There is at least one web site which archives the zip files posted.
That "record" of your postings endangers your personal security.
Do not post sets in ZIP format.
ZIP format has no ability to check the archive integrity (CRC) or repair it.
Do not post sets in ZIP format.
WinRar (RaR format) meets all the requirements for posting sets
__IF__ the poster takes the time to learn how to use Winrar, many do
not bother. That laziness(?) and the fact Winrar varies in ability with
differing versions of the program has made WinRar redundant as there exists
now a more efficient and consistent method.
http://www.7-zip.org/download.html
>I didn't know there was a way to reduce the resolution of pdf's but will
>give it a try next time before a post any large pdf's in an upload
>
The comment implies you are happy to play with restructuring PDF files
in making them suitable for Internet distribution. I provide some advice
and example of avenues to look at.
There are any number of _free_ postscript (PDF) tools available, nobody
needs to use the inflated Adobe products.
Here is just one tool found and tested inside of 15minutes. I provide a test
example [attached] of the output from this printer.
There are many more that could be sampled.
[note]
Be aware that whilst "free" some sites do ask for Internet
download and install, others do not. Your choice.
http://www.pdflite.com/
A word on PDF distribution?
"Hard Copy" PDF files on design CD/DVD media is fine, there is ample
space to store the huge file/s. Distributing those same files over eMail or
through WeB forums, fileshare sites, torrents and Usenet is not at all
efficient, or required, at the _size_ found on CD/DVD.
The size should be reduced.
To reduce the size requires printing the PDF at a lower resolution than
the documents were originally scanned at (often>600dpi). For documents
with no fine detail required a 150dpi resolution and 40% graphic
compression is ample information retention - see example attached.
Each document printed may have different requirements for PDF
printing. It is therefore prudent to check a PDF file that is part of a set
and consider reprinting the file or posting it as a separate post to enable
downloaders a choice. Such posting decisions are simply considerate
etiquette using common sense. OMMV
Post is done.
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