Is this going to be a new, standard look for IlmQuest? It’s snappy, maa shaa Allaah. It’s probably too late in the development for suggestions, but maybe you can give more focus to the graphic, while still maintaining a consistent look-and-feel (I still remember your product for When Wolves Become Shepherds – this is kind of what I’m hinting at).
I will put up the goals and constraints I was working with while coming up with a design.
One of the reasons to go with a smaller graphic was the fact that high quality 300/600 DPI images are just to expensive to purchase (1o a month if we have 10 unique cds), can easily cost around 2-3k.
So a smaller image, lets us use higher quality images even though they take up less space.. a 600 pixel image is easier (read: cheaper) to use, though we can only use it about two inches.
Note, this will still be a trial for some effect – if it effects sales, we may go back to larger (but lesser quality images) if it proves to be more effective sales wise… But we don’t see it as being a large factor..
Another constraint obviosuly being time: With larger images, we would have to adjust the type, and other settings and could not as easily follow a template.
If the image size was larger, the text may go over an area and not be readable, etc. – stuff like that, etc.
Here’s something to think about: is it out of the question to produce your own pictures? For example, I’m planning to invest in a very nice Digital SLR camera (the Canon EOS Rebel XT) for myself. I imagine that over time, I will be building up a large repository of pictures of generic things. I’m sure there are other people out there that will be doing the same. We can setup a site where these pictures can be shared (e.g., released under a Creative Commons license).
Just a random thought. It might not provide the solution in the short term, but with the amount of people in the IN community, I imagine it is something that can become useful in the long run. Perhaps there are even such communities out there, where you can use the images free of charge.
I’m generally trying to move all content that I would be interested in into these kinds of domains where they are freely usable & redistributable (e.g., open-source if it were software).
Not a bad idea, but time constraints is a big big part of it. I am pretty much the ‘Sernior Graphic Designer’, and Creative Director for Arees, IN, IlmQuest. Just do not the time resources.
We have other designers, but most of them do not product the work at the standard we like (creative and production).
Also, there are some things like that (creative commons) , but nothing at 300+ DPI that I know of.
If you would do something like that, it would be great we would defintely contribute to it – its been an idea we have had for a while.. but more so between just a few skilled photographers… but it may make more sense to open it to everyone.
Just take a look at Flickr to see what a large group of ordinary people can do. It all goes back to the idea of social engineering & networking. Take advantage of the power of people.
Abu Hurayrah said
Is this going to be a new, standard look for IlmQuest? It’s snappy, maa shaa Allaah. It’s probably too late in the development for suggestions, but maybe you can give more focus to the graphic, while still maintaining a consistent look-and-feel (I still remember your product for When Wolves Become Shepherds – this is kind of what I’m hinting at).
Sarfaraz Jamal said
I will put up the goals and constraints I was working with while coming up with a design.
One of the reasons to go with a smaller graphic was the fact that high quality 300/600 DPI images are just to expensive to purchase (1o a month if we have 10 unique cds), can easily cost around 2-3k.
So a smaller image, lets us use higher quality images even though they take up less space.. a 600 pixel image is easier (read: cheaper) to use, though we can only use it about two inches.
Note, this will still be a trial for some effect – if it effects sales, we may go back to larger (but lesser quality images) if it proves to be more effective sales wise… But we don’t see it as being a large factor..
Sas
Sarfaraz Jamal said
Another constraint obviosuly being time: With larger images, we would have to adjust the type, and other settings and could not as easily follow a template.
If the image size was larger, the text may go over an area and not be readable, etc. – stuff like that, etc.
Abu Hurayrah said
Here’s something to think about: is it out of the question to produce your own pictures? For example, I’m planning to invest in a very nice Digital SLR camera (the Canon EOS Rebel XT) for myself. I imagine that over time, I will be building up a large repository of pictures of generic things. I’m sure there are other people out there that will be doing the same. We can setup a site where these pictures can be shared (e.g., released under a Creative Commons license).
Just a random thought. It might not provide the solution in the short term, but with the amount of people in the IN community, I imagine it is something that can become useful in the long run. Perhaps there are even such communities out there, where you can use the images free of charge.
I’m generally trying to move all content that I would be interested in into these kinds of domains where they are freely usable & redistributable (e.g., open-source if it were software).
sasjamal said
Not a bad idea, but time constraints is a big big part of it. I am pretty much the ‘Sernior Graphic Designer’, and Creative Director for Arees, IN, IlmQuest. Just do not the time resources.
We have other designers, but most of them do not product the work at the standard we like (creative and production).
Also, there are some things like that (creative commons) , but nothing at 300+ DPI that I know of.
If you would do something like that, it would be great we would defintely contribute to it – its been an idea we have had for a while.. but more so between just a few skilled photographers… but it may make more sense to open it to everyone.
Abu Hurayrah said
Just take a look at Flickr to see what a large group of ordinary people can do. It all goes back to the idea of social engineering & networking. Take advantage of the power of people.