![]() Plus reducing the jpeg quality a little didn't seem to have a huge affect of the image, so I think this might work out pretty well if the resolution is sufficient. Well, it turns out the lightbox plugin on the WordPress blog doesn't play well with very large images, so I think the 200 dpi version might be a good compromise. I'll try a higher resolution for the next set, and if it works out, I can go back and replace the others as well.ĮDIT: To be clear, they're all actually scanned at 300dpi, but I resized them for the website. Maybe I can try 200dpi or a lower jpeg quality as well. That would totaly over a half GB for all the postcards. The 300 dpi scans are all around 700-900k, so I'll have to make sure I don't run into any storage or bandwidth issues on my server. However in response to your request for comments/feedback I felt it fair to voice what I considered to be an important point concerning the size you have opted to scan your postcards.Īh - this is good to know! So this is the case for German copyright protection? Or in the USA? (Or both?) I would also like to add that I thought the postcards seemed to be really interesting and I was impressed with the layout of your site. To give Alexe an example here are two of my German postcards scanned at 300 dpi the same as all the postcards I have uploaded in this forum. The postcards if dated between 1859-1917 ish, as you say, then they are no longer under copyright legislation and can be reproduced no problems. I'm sure people would love to see them in more detail and I would reconsider scanning them at 300dpi at least. Can you shed any light on this?Īlex, I had a quick look at your postcards and I too can't make out much detail at the scan you have done 100dpi. I don't know what (if any) copyright still protects the original images, but I would think that the size I have chosen would would be considered "fair use" in this context. Currently the images are scaled to fit within 500x500, which is about 100 dpi with file sizes of about 50-100k. Am I doing anything wrong?Īs you will know if you have visited this forum before, we pride ourselves on showing tens of thousands of postcards and photographs most of which are of a large size which is essential for serious use by historians and model-makers alike. It is probably just me but I cannot get any of them to open to a size worth looking at. I'm not at all trying to compete for traffic here - it's just easier for me to manage the collection all in one place.)Īlexe - I have quickly looked at your postcards. (I hope it's okay to post the links to my site. I almost forgot - I also scanned a couple of his charts (cruise to China), a photo, and a couple pages from a navy album of his, including a great cut-away diagram of S.M. Please let me know what you think (here or in the collection pages)! They are in sets of 8 cards each, with both fronts and backs scanned. ![]() The searching/browsing tool is here: Ĭurrently there are 192 scanned and 168 transcribed and translated. If you all are interested, I will gladly post updates as I get more scans and translations posted. Plus I wrote a little online application to browse, sort, filter, and search the collection. I've been scanning them and getting them transcribed and translated as I have the time, and the are a great glimpse into the personal and military life of a navy guy. ![]() I believe she was trying to collect the entire fleet. I have a collection of about 350 or so postcards mostly written from my grandfather to my grandmother (before they were married) from ~1914-1917 while he was in the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine). I'm new here and came across this site while doing some research for another project, but I though you all might be interested in this one. 350+ postcards, ships 1850's-1910's, German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) World Naval Ships Forums Archiveģ50+ postcards, ships 1850's-1910's, German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) ![]()
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