RMweb Premium Brit70053 Posted October 24, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2012 Thanks John, Just to eliminate any confusion normal magazine pages are portrait format whereas turning the image through 90 degrees as I've done in the last printed MIs is known as a landscape page. Red Face time, I did of course mean I prefer the Landscape format. Pity I engaged the keyboard before the brain was in gear ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BMacdermott Posted October 24, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2012 Hello Andy The landscape format is right for the amount of photos. If it was just one or two, then changing direction would be a bit of a pain - but for your normal content, it's well worth turning! Thanks for your hard work on this venture. Brian Macdermott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 Looking at the voting and comments so far it looks like it's around 4:1 in favour of landscape. Therefore we'll do a mixture and every 5th page will be a portrait one. (Joke!) Not as daft as it sounds actually if the bulk of the text is presented on a portrait page and the following images are in captioned landscape format. I will ask though if the whole of the April BRM can be printed upside down and bound on the right hand side as you look at the upside-down cover. Will anyone notice? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 I will ask though if the whole of the April BRM can be printed upside down and bound on the right hand side as you look at the upside-down cover. Will anyone notice? Are you waiting for the Australian contingent to respond? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 I will ask though if the whole of the April BRM can be printed upside down and bound on the right hand side as you look at the upside-down cover. Will anyone notice? Actually that was the way they were stacked in Smiffs earlier in the week Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLD Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 As most of the above: - Landscape is the 'usual' photographic format, so it follows that that should be the format for a predominantly photographic publication... Of course we could take the alternative view that it is MI that is the right way round and the main BRM part of the mag that is wrong. How about printing it in landscape orientation bound on the left (short) side... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ELTEL Posted October 24, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2012 Andy Landscape for me, 99% of the time, there will always be the occasional photograph that looks better in portrait mode however. Eltel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Q Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 I'd like BRM to be Landscape as well that would make it very much more readable on my monitor, note.... wide screen monitors are become much more popular! The Q Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Nevard Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Has to be landscape, little half page images on a portrait page won't do your pix justice, unless they're shot portrait to fill the whole page. Double page spread even better of course Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted October 31, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 31, 2012 Landscape for 'views'; portrait (as you so rightly said Andy) for 'face on' shots and some others that need that orientation (signals, tall stuff etc.) I really like the MI as a supplement idea. It means you could maybe cut it up (argggghhhh) and take it to your modelling work area without folding up the mag; (I really like to pass on my mags in good condition). Alternatively you would have a great separate resource without having to plough through back copies of the mag (if you still have them) P @ 36E Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 If it's votes you are after Andy, mine's for landscape. Those large photos in some magazines too often have the page division through the loco which was the main subject of the photo in the first place - very annoying! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 One other point to bear in mind is that it is clearly simpler to produce both versions of the magazine (i.e. paper and online) in the same orientation. And since I'd guess most people viewing the electronic version either have a landscape screen or a tablet/phone that can easily be rotated, landscape clearly works best for the electronic version (the change of orientation of Railway Herald was one of the major factors in my deciding not to take out a subscription). Given the various artistic arguments that have also been put forwards for landscape, I'd vote for landscape too. (Maybe you can persuade the rest of BRM to follow suit!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted January 4, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2013 It was intersting to see the experiment in the January BRM but I think it proved the people who voted on here knew their stuff! The small landscape photos 2 to a portrait page were too small to have the MI "impact" and the two page spreads are ruined by the virtual bum crack caused by the binding. Hopefully experiment over and back to landscape in future Andy? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madebymccoy Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 +1 for Ladscape... Personally I prefer the traditional "pullout" style of portrait images on portrait pages and landscape on landscape. I've got hands, so turning it 90deg isn't a problem. I hate images chopped by the spine... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beejack Posted January 5, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 5, 2013 same here landscape is better, and as others have said it sets it apart from the rest of the magazine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl1962 Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 I know this may be a daft question, i may have missed an announcement, but is MI only available in BRM now? No online version? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted February 2, 2013 Author Share Posted February 2, 2013 At the moment I'm currently concentrating on print content and photography for articles more than MI. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neil Posted February 3, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2013 There have been some comments about 'landscape' being the natural shape for railway photographs. I think it's certainly the common one, but as Andy's shot of Leamington demonstrates an alternative angle is possible. I've started to wonder if the composition of a photo is dictated more by the photographers preference than any intrinsic demands of the subject. I took a look at my small collection of landscape photos online to see how I approached a subject that by definition usually gets the 'landscape' format. I was quite surprised to see that those shot 'portrait' outnumber those shot 'landscape'. Apologies for the tangent, but it suggests that preference may play a part as well as practicality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted February 3, 2013 Author Share Posted February 3, 2013 I think you're right Neil and certainly in landscape photography I often veer away from landscape format as it looks too traditional. However there's often a pressure (from the model) to record its linear format due to the lack of relevant vertical content. It's a pleasure when I can break away from that and concentrate on verticals and lines which lead the eye. An example here from an old sea dog. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Brit70053 Posted February 3, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2013 Andy, I'd like to say the excellent photo in the post above just goes to prove its horses for courses. I agree the linear form of most trains, especially the full length main line variety, naturally draws the preference for 'Landscape' format and in most cases that's my definite preference, but, where there is more vertical 'substance' to the view being photographed, then 'portrait' can be very effective. Regards, John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 One other point to bear in mind is that it is clearly simpler to produce both versions of the magazine (i.e. paper and online) in the same orientation. Not necessarily using the latest versions tools that Adobe supplies it takes just a little longer to format for both. There was a huge outcry when the Model Railway Hobbyist (electronic) only changed from landscape to portrait. It took a day to find and implement a solution to do both to keep both the "I only read this on a tablet" and "I only read this on my 24" monitor" crowds happy) - I download both versions I for the iPad & one for when I want to read on my 27" monitor. Before acquiring the iPad I printed out the MI's to read on the bus/train and it was a pain to read. So I vote portrait. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Hi Andy, I have just caught this one and for me the new format of Landscape and NO spine impeading the pic is great as I save a lot of these pics into an A4 clear binder and this is far better that and other Mag can do. PLUS the pics quality is now the BEST. Cheers Andy, (yes another one,) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrw1959 Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 I much prefer landscape. By the way any idea when the next issue of MI will be out? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
artizen Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 I was wondering also when I would see another digital copy of MI? Better than paying $18 for the mag here in Australia! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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