[photo-3d] SI cover

["ron labbe" <ron@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Rupkalvis writes:
>>One comment.  I was dismayed by the text on the cover.  The choice of
parallaxes ruined what otherwise would have been a very striking photograph
The paddle in the picture appeared to be cut off, because the nearby text
destroyed the depth perception of the splashing water in between (the water
was closer than the paddle, partially obscuring it).  I am sure that it
appeared that way in the original photograph.

But, with the text being pushed back behind the water splash, this visually
pushed the splash back behind the paddle, resulting in the weird cutoff
effect.<<

There was really no choice in regards to the text. First, you do not want to
introduce parallax to printed text (in general and particularly on the
cover) since you want the type to be clean without the glasses on. Second,
with very high contrast like this, if you did introduce parallax, ghosting
would be a serious problem.

As far as the "cut off" paddle: I thought so too, at first, but I realized
that this STYLE of paddle is flat at the bottom. (Actually looks good over
the type!)

One suggestion to all posters: PLEASE only re-post the PERTINENT parts of
any previous post you are replying to.
Thanks~

ron

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