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Sorry, I can't help getting inspired by everything I see lately: it's
strange how inspiration works...
This time, inspiration comes from an old B&W photo of a Pulitzer winner
sitting at his "writing corner". The typewriter is of course my old CSG
typewriter. The books and shelves are also old models reused, as well as the
water glass. The old radio was created just for this scene with Wings3d. The
rest of the room and furniture is from Chief Architect.
Next step is to model a classical pipe and place it somewhere... any other
suggestions?
Regards,
--
Jaime
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"Jaime Vives Piqueres" <jai### [at] ignorancia org> wrote in message
news:49f840b4@news.povray.org...
> Sorry, I can't help getting inspired by everything I see lately: it's
> strange how inspiration works...
>
> This time, inspiration comes from an old B&W photo of a Pulitzer winner
> sitting at his "writing corner". The typewriter is of course my old CSG
> typewriter. The books and shelves are also old models reused, as well as
the
> water glass. The old radio was created just for this scene with Wings3d.
The
> rest of the room and furniture is from Chief Architect.
>
> Next step is to model a classical pipe and place it somewhere... any
other
> suggestions?
All I can say is that I wouldn't mind seeing another _photo_ with the lamp
at a more traditional point of interest, a little bit down and slightly to
the left.
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"Jaime Vives Piqueres" <jai### [at] ignoranciaorg> schreef in bericht
news:49f840b4@news.povray.org...
> Next step is to model a classical pipe and place it somewhere... any
> other
> suggestions?
>
A cat, sleeping on the chair. Cats love writers! ...and many writers love
cats too.
Thomas
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Jaime Vives Piqueres <jai### [at] ignoranciaorg> wrote:
> Next step is to model a classical pipe and place it somewhere... any other
> suggestions?
On the sheet of paper in the typewriter:
"All work and no play makes Jaime a dull boy" ...?
Seriously, I have no big suggestions, but this is very nice. :-)
Bill
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Jaime Vives Piqueres avait énoncé :
> Sorry, I can't help getting inspired by everything I see lately: it's
> strange how inspiration works...
>
> This time, inspiration comes from an old B&W photo of a Pulitzer winner
> sitting at his "writing corner". The typewriter is of course my old CSG
> typewriter. The books and shelves are also old models reused, as well as the
> water glass. The old radio was created just for this scene with Wings3d. The
> rest of the room and furniture is from Chief Architect.
>
> Next step is to model a classical pipe and place it somewhere... any other
> suggestions?
>
> Regards,
I agree with Thomas for a cat but the cat just under the light.
Cats love writers, the high and the heat.
Did you have a macro for the gradient angle of the books ?
(I hope, you will understand)
--
A+
Ferdinand
http://lymbe.free.fr/index.htm
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Very nice, although the decoration and preferred color
scheme does not convince me he would embrace art deco lamps
in poisonous green. Must have been a christmas present ;)
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somebody escribió:
> All I can say is that I wouldn't mind seeing another _photo_ with the
> lamp at a more traditional point of interest, a little bit down and
> slightly to the left.
Curiously, I started with the light there, but it was temporary, because I
wanted to replicate the situation on the inspirational photo: there is
little space and the lamp has to be on top of the radio, but seems logical
for the writer to want the light to be somewhat higher for better typing.
https://www.allposters.com/-sp/Excellent-of-Pulitzer-Prize-Winning-Journalist-Murray-Kempton-Smoking-Pipe-at-Typewriter-Posters_i3782286_.htm
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Jaime
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Le Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:59:16 +0200, Jaime Vives Piqueres
<jai### [at] ignoranciaorg> a écrit:
> Sorry, I can't help getting inspired by everything I see lately: it's
> strange how inspiration works...
>
> This time, inspiration comes from an old B&W photo of a Pulitzer
> winner
> sitting at his "writing corner". The typewriter is of course my old CSG
> typewriter. The books and shelves are also old models reused, as well as
> the
> water glass. The old radio was created just for this scene with Wings3d.
> The
> rest of the room and furniture is from Chief Architect.
>
> Next step is to model a classical pipe and place it somewhere... any
> other
> suggestions?
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Jaime
>
>
You are definitely a master, Jaime! Congrats! Perhaps a little tweak on
the lamp, but all is breathtaking.
Bruno.
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http://www.opera.com/mail/
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Thomas de Groot escribió:
> "Jaime Vives Piqueres" <jai### [at] ignoranciaorg> schreef in bericht
> news:49f840b4@news.povray.org...
>> Next step is to model a classical pipe and place it somewhere... any
>> other suggestions?
>>
>
> A cat, sleeping on the chair. Cats love writers! ...and many writers love
> cats too.
>
Yeah, but I don't love cats... :) ...anyhow, it's a nice idea, but I don't
have any cat model around, and organic modeling is not my best (in fact
I'm really bad at it).
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Jaime
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Bill Pragnell escribió:
> On the sheet of paper in the typewriter:
>
> "All work and no play makes Jaime a dull boy" ...?
Well, fortunately my work is not really boring most of the time, but it's
work, be it fun or boring... so, yes, I think it was too much working and
little playing what forced the inspiration to come back again.
> Seriously, I have no big suggestions, but this is very nice. :-)
Thanks!
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Jaime
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Ferdinand escribió:
> Did you have a macro for the gradient angle of the books ?
If your are referring to the placement of the books in a row, each one
resting over the prior book, then yes, it is here:
http://www.ignorancia.org/en/index.php?page=Book_Placer
WARNING: The author of that code didn't know at all what he was doing.
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Jaime
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From: Jaime Vives Piqueres
Subject: Re: Writing Corner [WIP] (68KB)
Date: 29 Apr 2009 14:28:02
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Christian Froeschlin escribió:
> Very nice, although the decoration and preferred color scheme does not
> convince me he would embrace art deco lamps in poisonous green.
There was a banker lamp on the original photo, and there was one on Chief
Architect library, so...
> Must have been a christmas present ;)
Good guess! :)
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Jaime
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Very nice!
But that water glass is in a precarious spot... I'd knock that over at the
first carriage return!
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Good to see your pov muse back! That's classic Jaime to me: baroque and
lonelisome atmosphere. :)
The green lamp looks somewhat out of place there...
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Bruno Cabasson escribió:
> You are definitely a master, Jaime! Congrats! Perhaps a little tweak on
> the lamp, but all is breathtaking.
>
Thanks! ...but can you tell me what kind of tweaking you have in mind?
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Jaime
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From: Jaime Vives Piqueres
Subject: Re: Writing Corner [WIP] (68KB)
Date: 30 Apr 2009 14:24:29
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gonzo escribió:
> Very nice!
>
> But that water glass is in a precarious spot... I'd knock that over at the
> first carriage return!
>
Oops! :) ...perhaps the table is a little too small.
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From: Jaime Vives Piqueres
Subject: Re: Writing Corner [WIP] (68KB)
Date: 30 Apr 2009 14:27:40
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nemesis escribió:
> Good to see your pov muse back! That's classic Jaime to me: baroque and
> lonelisome atmosphere. :)
Thanks! ... and yes, you nailed it: that's my preferred style.
> The green lamp looks somewhat out of place there...
You mean that it is badly placed? Or that is it the wrong choice of lamp?
Or perhaps both? :)
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Jaime
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Jaime Vives Piqueres <jai### [at] ignoranciaorg> wrote:
> Sorry, I can't help getting inspired by everything I see lately: it's
> strange how inspiration works...
>
> This time, inspiration comes from an old B&W photo of a Pulitzer winner
> sitting at his "writing corner". The typewriter is of course my old CSG
> typewriter. The books and shelves are also old models reused, as well as the
> water glass. The old radio was created just for this scene with Wings3d. The
> rest of the room and furniture is from Chief Architect.
>
> Next step is to model a classical pipe and place it somewhere... any other
> suggestions?
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Jaime
Truly a splendid image! Thanks for sharing it. As for a suggestion... how about
a bit of "dramatic tension" (in a whimsical vein) created by a pair of wire rim
spectacles left on the seat of the chair?
Best Regards,
Mike C.
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Very nice! Lovely nuances. I haven't smoked a pipe in some time, but I always
appreciated hand carved briarwood pipes. Anyone who uses a pipe, usually has
more than one and has a nice little pipe stand for them...
Take a look at Boswell's pipes:
http://www.boswellpipes.com/pipegallery.html
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I believe the typesetter's brand name is flipped or mirrored. Not sure,
though...
A great scene.
Sven
"Jaime Vives Piqueres" <jai### [at] ignoranciaorg> wrote in message
news:49f840b4@news.povray.org...
> Sorry, I can't help getting inspired by everything I see lately: it's
> strange how inspiration works...
>
> This time, inspiration comes from an old B&W photo of a Pulitzer winner
> sitting at his "writing corner". The typewriter is of course my old CSG
> typewriter. The books and shelves are also old models reused, as well as
> the
> water glass. The old radio was created just for this scene with Wings3d.
> The
> rest of the room and furniture is from Chief Architect.
>
> Next step is to model a classical pipe and place it somewhere... any
> other
> suggestions?
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Jaime
>
>
>
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Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
> nemesis escribió:
>> The green lamp looks somewhat out of place there...
>
> You mean that it is badly placed? Or that is it the wrong choice of
> lamp? Or perhaps both? :)
Huh, the green looks brighter than the light itself. ;)
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"Christian Froeschlin" <chr### [at] chrfrde> wrote in message
news:49f885f3$1@news.povray.org...
> Very nice, although the decoration and preferred color
> scheme does not convince me he would embrace art deco lamps
> in poisonous green. Must have been a christmas present ;)
I'm assuming that was intended. That's why I'd prefer repositioning of the
camera for more explicit focus on the lamp.
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Le Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:23:09 +0200, Jaime Vives Piqueres
<jai### [at] ignoranciaorg> a écrit:
> Bruno Cabasson escribió:
>> You are definitely a master, Jaime! Congrats! Perhaps a little tweak on
>> the lamp, but all is breathtaking.
>>
>
> Thanks! ...but can you tell me what kind of tweaking you have in mind?
>
> --
> Jaime
The lamp seems too bright to me (so far I can remember how those banker
lamps glow). After a quick search on the web, I found this example but the
global lighting is different. Hope this helps.
Bruno
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From: Jaime Vives Piqueres
Subject: Re: Writing Corner [WIP] (114KB)
Date: 10 May 2009 15:52:26
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Here is an update on this one, trying to address some of the
suggestions/criticism: as always you all did a good job, thanks!
On the last one I changed the format to portrait, but I cannot decide which
approach one I like most... will surely stop there and just go onto
something else, as usual.
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Jaime
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Mike the Elder escribió:
> Truly a splendid image! Thanks for sharing it. As for a suggestion... how
> about a bit of "dramatic tension" (in a whimsical vein) created by a pair
> of wire rim spectacles left on the seat of the chair?
Yes, that would have been very dramatic if I was able to model the
spectacles easily... I did a quick try with Wings3D, but quickly gave up.
Thanks anyhow, it was a nice suggestion... in a whimsical vein. :)
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Jaime
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From: Jaime Vives Piqueres
Subject: Re: Writing Corner [WIP] (68KB)
Date: 10 May 2009 16:10:01
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DungBeatle escribió:
> Very nice! Lovely nuances. I haven't smoked a pipe in some time, but I
> always appreciated hand carved briarwood pipes. Anyone who uses a pipe,
> usually has more than one and has a nice little pipe stand for them...
>
> Take a look at Boswell's pipes:
> http://www.boswellpipes.com/pipegallery.html
>
Thanks, very nice pipes... but I finally did a simple classic one and a
simple ashtray, with a matches box to complete the "smoking set".
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Jaime
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From: Jaime Vives Piqueres
Subject: Re: Writing Corner [WIP] (68KB)
Date: 10 May 2009 16:13:42
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Sven Littkowski escribió:
> I believe the typesetter's brand name is flipped or mirrored. Not sure,
> though...
Oops... you're right! In fact, the whole scene is mirrored because the
camera is the one exported from Chief Architect. But then I noticed that I
did a mistake when I modeled the typewriter years ago: the carriage return
is on the wrong side! ...so I just mirrored the brand name. ;)
--
Jaime
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Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
> the carriage return is on the wrong side!
On old typewriters, the carriage return was often on the left.
That said, nice picture! :-)
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!
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Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
> Here is an update on this one, trying to address some of the
> suggestions/criticism: as always you all did a good job, thanks!
Beautiful job!
>
> On the last one I changed the format to portrait, but I cannot decide which
> approach one I like most...
Oh I can. The first version without a doubt. I know why you are
tempted by the second and I can tell you it is because your brain is
getting in the way. Too much there. We don;t need that much to 'get' it.
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"Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> schreef in bericht
news:4a073fd8@news.povray.org...
> On old typewriters, the carriage return was often on the left.
'often'?! I would say 'always', as you have to push the carriage from the
end of the line (right side) to the start of a new line (left side) - at
least in western languages :-)
Now, it is true that the truly ancient typewriters had quixotic ways of
functioning, but at the time of the pictured one, I believe all carriage
returns were left-handed.
Thomas
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Jaime Vives Piqueres <jai### [at] ignoranciaorg> wrote:
> Here is an update on this one, trying to address some of the
> suggestions/criticism: as always you all did a good job, thanks!
>
> On the last one I changed the format to portrait, but I cannot decide which
> approach one I like most... will surely stop there and just go onto
> something else, as usual.
Gosh!
Looks awesome. Though I don't like the wallpaper in the second shot...
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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
> > the carriage return is on the wrong side!
>
> On old typewriters, the carriage return was often on the left.
On mechanical typewriters it *MUST* be on the left for the standard LTR writing
direction...
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Thomas de Groot wrote:
> "Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> schreef in bericht
> news:4a073fd8@news.povray.org...
>> On old typewriters, the carriage return was often on the left.
>
> 'often'?! I would say 'always',
The lever could be on either side. At this point, I don't even remember
which side eventually became standard. I haven't touched a typewriter in 3+
decades... :-)
Left:
http://adaptablearts.com/media/3/20080607-Typewriter%20009%20800x600.jpg
http://www.mrmartinweb.com/images/type/gourlandside.jpg
Right:
http://www.screenplayshootout.com/images/antique_typewriter.jpg
http://www.hrtyrergalleries.com/images/172.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3119/3169211586_b4fd4dd7fa.jpg
http://www.worldcollectorsnet.com/antiquetypewriters/Caligraph%202s.jpg
This looks like what I had. :-)
http://www.harrisoncountyky.us/publications/images/image-of-an-antique-typewriter.jpg
Eventually one side was standardized on, and I think it was the right side,
and people were taught to put the handwritten thing they're copying on the left.
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clipka escribió:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
>>> the carriage return is on the wrong side!
>> On old typewriters, the carriage return was often on the left.
>
> On mechanical typewriters it *MUST* be on the left for the standard LTR
> writing direction...
>
>
Just to clarify, my original model had it on the right side (surely
because I did a mistake), but it come out on the left on this image because
I had flipped the camera horizontally.
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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Eventually one side was standardized on, and I think it was the right side,
> and people were taught to put the handwritten thing they're copying on the left.
Positively not: I recall hacking away on my dad's "modern" mechanical
typewriter, and that a "carriage return" would involve *pushing* (not pulling)
the carriage back, so the maneuver must have been carried out with the left
hand (given that, regardless of which side the lever was attached, a carriage
return maneuver must have moved the carriage from the left to the right). This
would also load a spring, that would provide for the energy required to move
the carriage leftwards while typing.
(It strikes me that during all the development of the mechanical typewriter,
nobody ever tried loading an even stronger spring by the carriage-return
action, and use its energy also to help actuate the type levers.)
I don't recall the brand or model my dad owned; but as operating the lever was
all that was needed to start a new a line - combining the function of both
carriage return and a line feed (with a configurable number of "ticks" per
line; I think it was either two or three) - I guess it must have been a Unix
machine :P
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On Mon, 11 May 2009 15:44:40 EDT, "clipka" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
>Positively not: I recall hacking away on my dad's "modern" mechanical
>typewriter, and that a "carriage return" would involve *pushing* (not pulling)
>the carriage back,
I remember when you had to hit the c/r before the l/f or the type would start
before the carriage got to the beginning.
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Stephen
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Sorry, I forgot to say something important about this scene: I saved *a lot*
of render time by using MegaPOV "max_trace_level 1" for the area_light. It's
a shame I just discovered this killer feature of MegaPOV... how I managed to
miss it so many years? :(
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Stephen <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> wrote:
> I remember when you had to hit the c/r before the l/f or the type would start
> before the carriage got to the beginning.
? Are you talking about *electrical* typewriters? Otherwise I fail to decode
your sentence.
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On Mon, 11 May 2009 18:19:09 EDT, "clipka" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
>Stephen <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> wrote:
>> I remember when you had to hit the c/r before the l/f or the type would start
>> before the carriage got to the beginning.
>
>? Are you talking about *electrical* typewriters? Otherwise I fail to decode
>your sentence.
>
>
Yes, or TTYs ;)
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Stephen
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"Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> schreef in bericht
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> Eventually one side was standardized on, and I think it was the right
> side, and people were taught to put the handwritten thing they're copying
> on the left.
Oh no! Left side has become the standard! I don't know when that happened
though. Like Christoph, I used to 'borrow' my dad's typewriter (he was a
journalist) and remember that quite well. The oldest he has had (1920's
1930's) were left sided already.
Thomas
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"Jaime Vives Piqueres" <jai### [at] ignoranciaorg> schreef in bericht
news:4a08a44a$1@news.povray.org...
> Sorry, I forgot to say something important about this scene: I saved *a
> lot*
> of render time by using MegaPOV "max_trace_level 1" for the area_light.
> It's
> a shame I just discovered this killer feature of MegaPOV... how I managed
> to
> miss it so many years? :(
Good point! You are not the only one: you have opened my eyes. Thanks for
waking me up. :-)
Some would say: RTFM... ;-)
Thomas
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Jaime Vives Piqueres nous illumina en ce 2009-05-10 15:53 -->
> Here is an update on this one, trying to address some of the
> suggestions/criticism: as always you all did a good job, thanks!
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> On the last one I changed the format to portrait, but I cannot decide which
> approach one I like most... will surely stop there and just go onto
> something else, as usual.
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> Jaime
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Nice. I like the portrait format beter, but I prefer the original wall paper
over the new one. Not that it's not a nice one, but it looks out of place here.
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