Book Printing Through the Millennium

Written by Paul Hood


Book printing might sound like a boring niche that doesn’t much over each turning year. That’s why you might find it surprising that like letters andrepparttar alphabet, book printing tells a far more astonishing story than what we usually know of.

There had been many developments that had great effect on book printing. The technology that spawnedrepparttar 107415 making of records and preserving them was started byrepparttar 107416 Sumerians inrepparttar 107417 form of cuneiforms. Cuneiforms are an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia. Stone tablets would later give way to papers which would then berepparttar 107418 main medium ofrepparttar 107419 books as we know it today. Large volumes of books found a home inrepparttar 107420 Alexandria Library in Egypt duringrepparttar 107421 reign of King Ptolemy I Soter. Ptolemy instructed his scouts to collect every possible book there is inrepparttar 107422 civilized world and bring them torepparttar 107423 library for safekeeping. Original works were duplicated and was promptly returned to its rightful owner. Those returned wererepparttar 107424 duplicates of course. It would have been interesting to know howrepparttar 107425 owners reacted upon finding out that they were given mere copies of their books. Then again, we’ll never know. One thing’s for sure, arguing with a king is not good for your health.

Capturing the Vintage Charm through Modern Techniques

Written by Michelle J. Nepomuceno


Images that are dramatically stained with age carry a distinct charm that sometimes leaves us staring at them with utmost awe and inexplicable nostalgia.

Undoubtedly, there is always glamour and romance in a vintage piece of art. That is why, in this day and age, a lot of people (especially contemporary artists) are inspired byrepparttar photographic language ofrepparttar 107414 olden era.

Withrepparttar 107415 many modern techniques and tricks available in this digital age, even an amateur shutterbug or a simple vintage-photo enthusiast like me can create faux antique images that look likerepparttar 107416 real thing.

The remarkable tools ofrepparttar 107417 digital darkroom, or in simpler terms—your home computer, make it possible to create nostalgic images quite easily, especially sincerepparttar 107418 necessary software is available for free onrepparttar 107419 Internet. One example is BWorks from Mediachance, a company that has already produced a whole range of helpful programs for digital image editors.

BWorks transforms digital color images into black and white photos or so-called duotones. In this context,repparttar 107420 Windows program can not only take care of reducingrepparttar 107421 images torepparttar 107422 grayscale, but can also apply numerous effects to make them look as if they were photographed 100 years ago. Yup, just like those antique photos that you adore. Noise, color defects andrepparttar 107423 like are some ofrepparttar 107424 phenomena that giverepparttar 107425 nostalgic effect to a modern image— and they're precisely what BWorks can produce on your pictures. Let me tell you how.

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