Thanks Duffy,

Well, that picture doesn't quite capture it. Looks like Ankur doctored the image and lost some quality in an attempt to make the recipient's info discrete. I see strange pixel contrasts at the top-left ... like a colour treatment or an enhancement curve was applied ... might need some gaussian smoothing. Finally, the print looks washed-out like he is out of print toner (I wouldn't be surprised ... that guy works so hard :) ).

I know Ankur saw the real thing. We need to improve on that bitmap/picture to encourage Freemedia Guys to use the mailer. I'm actually thinking of running some prints on art-paper -- make it look very intentional (more eye-candy would mean an automated addressing)

... it feels great to have contibuted to Fedora.

Thanks Duffy, thanks Ankur

On 03/09/2011 10:47 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote:

http://dodoincfedora.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/my-first-batch-of-free-media-f...

The free media envelopes look *awesome!*

~m

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Those look fantastic! I could use those a lot for next FLISoL since I got sponsorship for printings and flyers (black/white)

Where can I get the source?

On Thu, 2011-03-10 at 06:17 -0500, Máirín Duffy wrote:

What kind of paper would you recommend using? That paper looks pretty thick. I could try to print one out and take a photo with my SLR.

Oh! That was a black and white print on normal A4 paper. (I'm trying to cut down shipping costs so I can accept more requests). It isn't really thick, but really feels sturdy enough to ship media.

Thanks, Ankur

On Thu, 2011-03-10 at 09:02 +0100, Onyeibo Oku wrote:

Thanks Duffy, thanks Ankur

Nah mate! Thank you twohot. :)

On 03/10/2011 06:05 PM, Onyeibo Oku wrote:

On 03/10/2011 12:17 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote:

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What kind of paper would you recommend using? That paper looks pretty thick. I could try to print one out and take a photo with my SLR. ~M

Guess what? I feel like sending someone a fedora FreeMedia suddenly. I think the mailer should look cool on a photo paper (matt). That should be more than 80gsm and thick enough to give it a prestigious mass. I am also inspired to create a 3D imagery of the mailer and a FreeMedia using Blender (nice project for a spare time, I think ... hmmm, and one that might accentuate the FreeMedia web page).

I'm looking forward to the SLR version. I don't have a pro camera ... just a BB Pearl 8100 cam for capturing casual stuff.

Looks like people here like shiny things. All the local stores around me have glossy A4 photo papers. I have to research some matt art papers in the main Mart. Meanwhile, I decided to try ordinary envelopes and I found some with excellent thickness -- somewhere between that of regular A4 bond sheets and thick art paper. They are larger than CD sleeves, but that came in handy too.

I like to protect the media so the extra space accommodated the padding. Nah, we don't have those neat, cute, fancy puffed envelopes in my Country. What do you know? That makes for a custom Fedora Envelop print! So I adapted the Freemedia Mailer Design to my discovered Envelop and it actually looked cool ... very convincing. see: http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/126/improvision.jpg

*Two problems*: 1. The texture of the envelop is not friendly with the LaserJet toner inks (unless the toners they ship to my Country are fakes). They peel on friction! (see:http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/9593/peeling.jpg ). So now I need aerosol fixatives to fasten the ink. Bad idea!

2. I wish they were sky blue or white. The brown doesn't cut it. But, hey! It was fun and it looked authentic ... very official.

Conclusion: ----------- It might be necessary to have variations of the Design for select envelop size(s) for those sending two(2 or 3) media ... or those who like to be over-protective ... like me :) I know you guys have it good with stationery there :). Throw some at me.

Apologies: ---------- The pictures were taken with a Camera Phone ... not too good, I know.