Fw: [SHADO] Mike Trim artwork up for auction

Hello,

Forgive my ignorance, but I don't know a great deal about computers. Isn't it possible to print out the 4 sections of the picture onto individual white cards, then using a craft knife and ruler cut the pieces perfectly and join them together (with sticky tape on the back of the cards to hold them inplace). Then simply scan the complete image and store it on your hard drive.

We could hold a competition to see who can do the best "invisible mending."

All The Best,

BRIAN



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From: Marc Martin <[hidden email]>
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Sent: Thu, 17 June, 2010 17:19:13
Subject: RE: [SHADO] Mike Trim artwork up for auction

 
> One tedious way is to zoom in and grab a piece at a time, then use
> something like autostitch to sew it all back together.
> Must be a more elegant way (some sort of flash ripper?) Time to have
> a look at the page source code..

I spent several hours looking at the source code back in 2006 (and
also yesterday) trying to find an EASY way to download the source
graphic in its original resolution. So far I've found nothing
(although if I knew the admin username and password, no problem!)

The best I could come up with was to send commands to their EREZ
file server, which limits what it produces to images 600 pixels
wide. I could then download 4 quadrants and patch together the
result. Kind of a pain, but it works -- some of the Derek Meddings
pre-production artwork on my UFO website were created this way
from the 2006 Bonhams auctions.

Here is an example (hey, those 2006 graphics are still there!)

http://images1.bonhams.com/erez3/erez?&src=Images/live/2006-09/26/94282226-28-1.jpg.tif&tmp=Large&format=png&left=0.0&right=0.5&top=0.0&bottom=0.5
http://images1.bonhams.com/erez3/erez?&src=Images/live/2006-09/26/94282226-28-1.jpg.tif&tmp=Large&format=png&left=0.5&right=1.0&top=0.0&bottom=0.5
http://images1.bonhams.com/erez3/erez?&src=Images/live/2006-09/26/94282226-28-1.jpg.tif&tmp=Large&format=png&left=0.0&right=0.5&top=0.5&bottom=1.0
http://images1.bonhams.com/erez3/erez?&src=Images/live/2006-09/26/94282226-28-1.jpg.tif&tmp=Large&format=png&left=0.5&right=1.0&top=0.5&bottom=1.0

Marc




     

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> Forgive my ignorance, but I don't know a great deal about computers.
> Isn't it possible to print out the 4 sections of the picture onto
> individual white cards, then using a craft knife and ruler cut the pieces
> perfectly and join them together (with sticky tape on the back of the
> cards to hold them in place). Then simply scan the complete image and
> store it on your hard drive.

You can stitch the images together just fine in software.... all of
the following were stitched together from previous auctions:

http://ufoseries.com/preProduction/interceptor.jpg
http://ufoseries.com/preProduction/lunarCarrier.jpg
http://ufoseries.com/preProduction/skydiver.jpg
http://ufoseries.com/preProduction/diverArt.jpg

Marc

I like the skydiver one. I might just have a go at that myself! Stuck on Thunderbird 2 at the moment! (not for me I must add, for a daughter!)

Brian: There is not a lot of point printing and sticking stuff together. You must come out of 1970's "Blue Peter" mode and start thinking High tech. Get a Commodore 64. ;)

Marc:
Your "tedious" method is really the only way, which is precisely what I didusing screen grab software to specifically capture the areas. Please note that to do this, there are a lot more than 4 areas when fully zoomed in, and each image requires at least a 20% overlap.

I then autostitched the images, and tweaked and cleaned up the worst of themuck. (All Mike Trim's work was pinned up in the workshops, so model paint, glue and Lord-knows-what ended up on these when you look closely.)

I then used a special app to double up the resolution to 150DPI, so they are BIG! (you have been warned) - But this means they do have the quality to be printed out at a decent size to frame should you wish.

(For the tech-heads, I used a computer, and I'm a mere 49! - TechSmith SnagIt, Autodesk Stitcher 2010, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Photozoom 3)

All the UFO stuff is here:

http://www.robneal.co.uk/downloads

I won't be keeping them up forever as they take up a lot of server space, so anyone who cares to rehost them, be my guest.
If anyone wants any others, let me know.
(Marc: Where are the original Meddings lots?)

Enjoy,
Rob



--- In [hidden email], Brian Serridge <brianserridge@...> wrote:

Hello,
Forgive my ignorance, but I don't know a great deal about computers. Isn't it possible to print out the 4 sections of the picture onto individual white cards, then using a craft knife and ruler cut the pieces perfectly and join them together (with sticky tape on the back of the cards to hold them inplace). Then simply scan the complete image and store it on your hard drive.

We could hold a competition to see who can do the best "invisible mending."

All The Best,

BRIAN


One tedious way is to zoom in and grab a piece at a time, then use something like autostitch to sew it all back together.
Must be a more elegant way (some sort of flash ripper?) Time to have a lookat the page source code..
Marc

> I won't be keeping them up forever as they take up a lot of server space,
> so anyone who cares to rehost them, be my guest.
> If anyone wants any others, let me know.
> (Marc: Where are the original Meddings lots?)

Wow, thanks! Saved me some effort... and added some resolution, as I
wouldn't have done more than 4 quadrants! I'll put smaller versions
(MUCH smaller) on my UFO website.

For the 2006 Derek Meddings auctions, you can get to these via the following
link (use the forwards/backwards arrows to see the others):

http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=3304415&iSaleNo=13643&sServer=http://images1.bonhams.com/&sPath=2006-09/26/94282226-28-1.jpg

Marc

> All the UFO stuff is here:
>
> http://www.robneal.co.uk/downloads

Oh, and now that I've downloaded all of these, I see that the file
marked "Seagull X-Ray" is actually a jet from Captain Scarlet.
I assume you did work on the Seagull X-Ray image, though?

Marc

In case this is helpful, I've found that the following type of link eliminates
the 600 pixel limitation:

http://images1.bonhams.com/erez4/fsi4/fsi.swf?FPXBase=http://images1.bonhams.com/erez4%2Ferez%3Fsrc%3D&FPXSrc=Images/live/2006-09/26/94282226-30-1.jpg.tif

I know there exists "flash capture" software, so theoretically one should
be able to use that to download the fully zoomed-in image, without needing
to stitch it all together.

Marc

Oops! Two passenger jets...
I will swap that one out. I have done the three UFO images from Derek Meddings along with Thunderbird 2 for LightCudder's daughter!
One image noticably absent from Mike Trim's collection is his concept for the Interceptor that Derek blew out. It would have been nice to have seen that full size.

All in the same place.
http://www.robneal.co.uk/downloads

Cheers
Rob


--- In [hidden email], "Marc Martin" <marc@...> wrote:

Many thanks Rob, but unfortunately she wants me to draw it! and Virgil as well... which isn't too difficult. TB2 is a bit boring though. I wish she'ddecided on TB3 then I could have done it in space! I'm going to download the files you put up. Thanks again!
Louise

--- In [hidden email], "Rob" <tryptych@...> wrote:

They look great! Thanks Rob (and Mike Trim)



As an aside, has anyone ever worked out if any of the Anderson
aircraft/space vehicles would actually fly?



From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
Lightcudder
Sent: Sunday, 20 June 2010 3:00 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: Fw: [SHADO] Mike Trim artwork up for auction





Many thanks Rob, but unfortunately she wants me to draw it! and Virgil as
well... which isn't too difficult. TB2 is a bit boring though. I wish she'd
decided on TB3 then I could have done it in space! I'm going to download the
files you put up. Thanks again!
Louise

--- In [hidden email] <mailto:SHADO%40yahoogroups.com> , "Rob"
<tryptych@...> wrote:
>
> Oops! Two passenger jets...
> I will swap that one out. I have done the three UFO images from Derek
Meddings along with Thunderbird 2 for LightCudder's daughter!
> One image noticably absent from Mike Trim's collection is his concept for
the Interceptor that Derek blew out. It would have been nice to have seen
that full size.
>
> All in the same place.
> http://www.robneal.co.uk/downloads
>
> Cheers
> Rob
>
>
> --- In [hidden email] <mailto:SHADO%40yahoogroups.com> , "Marc
Martin" <marc@> wrote:




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> All the UFO stuff is here:
>
> http://www.robneal.co.uk/downloads

Thanks for all those uploads... I think the DM UFO Shuttle might
be corrupted... at least, I've tried to download it twice and
gotten the same error message (although all the others worked
fine)

Marc

I've posted a couple of pics in a folder called Mike Trim - you can guestimate how large they actually are from this by the door handle in the 2nd pic.

Regards,
Barry

ps the DM UFO Shuttle I get a corruption message on as well...

--- In [hidden email], "Marc Martin" <marc@...> wrote:

Same here - invalid zip on the UFO Shuttle file



From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
naughtyhector
Sent: Sunday, 20 June 2010 5:11 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: Fw: [SHADO] Mike Trim artwork up for auction





I've posted a couple of pics in a folder called Mike Trim - you can
guestimate how large they actually are from this by the door handle in the
2nd pic.

Regards,
Barry

ps the DM UFO Shuttle I get a corruption message on as well...

--- In [hidden email] <mailto:SHADO%40yahoogroups.com> , "Marc
Martin" <marc@...> wrote:




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I checked earlier and I think I've exceeded my FTP limit, so theres an incomplete file there. If you can spare a bit of space on your site to host these, I will delete the others.

Cheers,
Rob

--- In [hidden email], "Marc Martin" <marc@...> wrote:

> I checked earlier and I think I've exceeded my FTP limit, so theres an
> incomplete file there. If you can spare a bit of space on your site to
> host these, I will delete the others.

Okay, I've temporarily put these here:

http://ufoseries.com/temp/bonhams

These are no longer zipped, as zipping wasn't saving much space over
the original TIF files. However, I've resaved them in PNG format,
which does save a lot of space.

However, in the end these will be much smaller JPG files (with
reduced resolution) on my UFO "Pre-Production" page, so if you want
these high resolution versions, download them now!

Marc

Thanks Marc,
I've reuploaded the UFO Shuttle pic, so you can grab that as well.
Rob

> I've reuploaded the UFO Shuttle pic, so you can grab that as well.
> Rob

Heh, heh... well, right now you've got a "bandwidth exceeded"
error, so I guess we'll have to wait...

...it's always something with computers... you can't seem to
get anything accomplished without getting some sort of error
that needs to be resolved...

Marc

On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:25:18 -0700
"Marc Martin" <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> ...it's always something with computers... you can't seem to
> get anything accomplished without getting some sort of error
> that needs to be resolved...
>

Yes. We IT folks like to keep ourselves in a job ;-)