[Coco] Rainbow style ads for our CoCo Contest Magazine

[Mike Rowen]

I plan to use GIMP. Your size specs will be very helpful. Thanks.

On Apr 6, 2013, at 7:27 PM, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Mike Rowen <mike at bcmr3.net> wrote:
>> The ads look very cool. :) I'll put one together too. Any preferred pixel dimensions or graphic formats for this?
>> 
> 
> Awesome!  As for format, etc... I am using Adobe Illustrator for the
> layout, with standard 8.5x11 page size and 300 DPI.
> That means ideally a full page image would be 2550 x 3300, though
> actually twice that is better in case any resizing needs to be done.
> 
> If you can do native Illustrator or any vector format, that is even
> better than fixed resolution.
> 
> If none of that makes sense or seems easy, do not worry about it at
> all :)   Just send me plain text and the highest resolution images you
> have, and a description or drawing or any mock up of how you'd like
> things to look and I'll lay them out for you, no problem at all.
> 
> -Aaron
> 
> 
> 
>> Cheers,
>> -Mike
>> 
>> On Apr 6, 2013, at 3:48 PM, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello Coconuts,
>>> 
>>> As many of you already know, we are putting together a "Rainbow style"
>>> magazine featuring reviews of the CoCo Contest entries.
>>> We're also including "advertisements" for many of the programs or
>>> other CoCo projects.  These have been fun to put together, a way to
>>> remember the good old days of Rainbow magazine.
>>> 
>>> Since things are (amazing) coming together ahead of schedule, I'd like
>>> to open things up and offer to include ads from anyone that wishes to
>>> put one together.
>>> 
>>> The guidelines are simple, just make a quarter, half or full page ad
>>> in the style of those found in the Rainbow.  If you're struggling with
>>> layout just send me what you have and I'll make it work.
>>> Silly or serious are both fine.  The idea is to celebrate and give
>>> tribute to the style of ads during the "golden age" of the CoCo.
>>> 
>>> If your product is free (as in beer) then there is no charge at all.
>>> If you would like to advertise a commercial product, you must donate a
>>> prize to the contest.
>>> 
>>> Here are some examples of advertisements we already have:
>>> 
>>> http://cococoding.com/contest/ads/sidekick1.1.pdf
>>> 
>>> http://cococoding.com/contest/ads/ad_gsoft_take1.pdf
>>> 
>>> http://cococoding.com/contest/ads/ad-lwtools.pdf
>>> 
>>> http://cococoding.com/contest/ads/Sound%20Chaser%20ad.pdf
>>> 
>>> 
>>> So.. if this sounds like fun, go for it!   The plan is to have the
>>> final magazine professionally printed and available at the fest.
>>> 
>>> -Aaron
>>> 
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