fromatoz Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 (edited) Hi, I took all the pictures, edited them (not with Affinity Photo) and created a super simple catalog (with Affinity Publisher V1+2), which also got printed (for private purpose only, with additional pages like imprint, foreword, introduction etc). It was easy and a joy to use Publisher. Thank you, people from Serif. Online version: https://mount-sushi.com/netsuke/gallery/index.html PS: I'm not a professional photographer, and these sculptures are really small ... Edited January 31, 2023 by fromatoz Andreas Scherer, markw, Adalbertus and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markw Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 I love Netsuke myself and I think you photographed them beautifully as well as the layout of the catalog😎 I'm no good with the German language so could you tell us any more about them? Are they all from one collection or from different collections? Are you fortunate enough to own any of these? Quote macOS 10.15.7 | 15" Macbook Pro, 2017 | 4 Core i7 3.1GHz CPU | Radeon Pro 555 2GB GPU + Integrated Intel HD Graphics 630 1.536GB | 16GB RAM | Wacom Intuos4 M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fromatoz Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 (edited) Oh, what a surprize! Thank you, markw, for your kind reply. When you follow the blue dot on the top of the linked page, you'll see what I wrote - also very simple - about Netsuke and the collection. Copy & paste the text into DeepL, the king of AI-translation (so far). 😄 And yeah, I'm fortunate to own the whole collection. My wife's family has deep roots in Japan, and I for myself lived 20 years in Japan ... How did you know about Netsuke? Are you a collector? Edited January 31, 2023 by fromatoz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Scherer Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Can you tell about the print service you used for this nice work? It surely deserves high-quality paper, even for a single copy. Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fromatoz Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 Hallo Andreas, Thanks for the compliment! The catalog - quite a few copies - was printed by Druckmanufaktur (in Urdorf, close to Zurich where I Iive). And yeah, high-quality paper, nice bookbinding, cover and everything. Basically, in Publisher I just exported every single page as a PDF with the appropriate settings. It all worked like a charm. That's why I feel kind of greatful for the app. Andreas Scherer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markw Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 6 hours ago, fromatoz said: And yeah, I'm fortunate to own the whole collection. My wife's family has deep roots in Japan, and I for myself lived 20 years in Japan ... How did you know about Netsuke? Are you a collector? Sadly no, I’m not a collector but am very envious of those of you who have managed to be! While it may not have been your primary intent, thank you for sharing your wonderful collection with us! The artistic and craft skills of old Japan have always fascinated me. And though by no means extensive, I also have a soft spot for Japanese folk tales and myths and it’s always interesting to find a character from myth or story represented in Netsuke form! Though life’s paths unfortunately have not so far led me to experience Japan in person, maybe one day… Never say never! fromatoz 1 Quote macOS 10.15.7 | 15" Macbook Pro, 2017 | 4 Core i7 3.1GHz CPU | Radeon Pro 555 2GB GPU + Integrated Intel HD Graphics 630 1.536GB | 16GB RAM | Wacom Intuos4 M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 They look good! - Though I have one suggestion for an improvement of the gallery handling, keep track of the clicked image position from the gallery (aka remember where one was position wise on the page) when the slideshow image preview is used, so that it the slideshow is closed you can jumps again to the last index.html gallery possition from where the slideshow was initiated and not always again just to top of the index.html file. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fromatoz Posted February 2, 2023 Author Share Posted February 2, 2023 Thanks for your advice, v_kyr, very much appreciated. I'm aware of the issue with the gallery. If I only knew how to fix it ... Messed around with the code and messed it up. 🥲 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 1 hour ago, fromatoz said: Thanks for your advice, v_kyr, very much appreciated. I'm aware of the issue with the gallery. If I only knew how to fix it ... Messed around with the code and messed it up. 🥲 Make use of possible setup thumb image hrefs for each entry of the index page (jg). - And of course always twiddle/test around first with things on a local copy on your local system. fromatoz 1 Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fromatoz Posted February 3, 2023 Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 Thanks, I'll try to create a new gallery which resolves the issue. BTW I think it would be a great addition if Affinity Publisher was able to export a book as a gallery as well (pages > slides). Just an idea ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 4 hours ago, fromatoz said: Thanks, I'll try to create a new gallery which resolves the issue. BTW I think it would be a great addition if Affinity Publisher was able to export a book as a gallery as well (pages > slides). Just an idea ... Yes, there is still plenty of room left for Publisher enhancements. Let's see, who knows what the future will bring here as additional output format generation features. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setgo Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Stumbled upon this randomly and wanted to say these are really wonderful! Really gorgeous sculptures and photographs. fromatoz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henryanthony Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Lovely collection. I never knew about these and looked it up. Fascinating and masterfully carved. The design of the catalog and photography really do justice to the collection and emphasizes the beauty of the carvings. Well done! But, LOL I have to admit I thought this was going to be about the initialD manga girlfriend - Natsuki. 😄 I recently watched the movie and it was pretty good! Quote Affinity Photo and Design V1. Windows 10 Pro 64-bit. Dell Precision 7710 laptop. Intel Core i7. RAM 32GB. NVIDIA Quadro M4000M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fromatoz Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 henryanthony Haha, Netsuke and Natsuki - so funny! That's how we learn about many things in life. Now I've learned about a manga I didn't know it existed ... Thank you! 笑 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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