Comments on: NY Times Is The Latest To Join The Big Picture Revolution http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2008/08/28/ny-times-is-the-latest-to-join-the-big-picture-revolution/ Former Photography Director Rob Haggart Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:01:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: tech_guy http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2008/08/28/ny-times-is-the-latest-to-join-the-big-picture-revolution/#comment-28144 tech_guy Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:06:32 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/?p=909#comment-28144 I think this is thanks in large part to Flash's new bitmap smoothing feature that makes it possible to dynamically render/re-render an image in different resolutions in pretty high quality. What this does is allow you to display a single image in different resolutions without having to pre-process different versions of the image in various resolutions (depending on the user's monitor). This didn't exist before Flash 8/ActionScript 3. It's a really cool feature. In fact, I'm working on a redesign of a website for an architectural photographer where continuous resizing on-the-fly is a feature. Back in the day, if you wanted to dynamically serve various resolutions, you had to use a super fast, expensive back-end technology that would resize an original hi-res image to the desired size in a matter of milliseconds. Now you can just load one image and just let Flash Player figure out the rest. I think this is thanks in large part to Flash’s new bitmap smoothing feature that makes it possible to dynamically render/re-render an image in different resolutions in pretty high quality.

What this does is allow you to display a single image in different resolutions without having to pre-process different versions of the image in various resolutions (depending on the user’s monitor). This didn’t exist before Flash 8/ActionScript 3. It’s a really cool feature.

In fact, I’m working on a redesign of a website for an architectural photographer where continuous resizing on-the-fly is a feature.

Back in the day, if you wanted to dynamically serve various resolutions, you had to use a super fast, expensive back-end technology that would resize an original hi-res image to the desired size in a matter of milliseconds. Now you can just load one image and just let Flash Player figure out the rest.

]]> By: todd huffman http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2008/08/28/ny-times-is-the-latest-to-join-the-big-picture-revolution/#comment-28132 todd huffman Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:03:15 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/?p=909#comment-28132 blah my bad. ahref mistakes, the links are here: http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/olympicpix/archive/tags/Donald+Miralle/default.aspx http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/olympicpix/archive/tags/Vincent+Laforet/default.aspx blah my bad. ahref mistakes, the links are here:

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/olympicpix/archive/tags/Donald+Miralle/default.aspx

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/olympicpix/archive/tags/Vincent+Laforet/default.aspx

]]> By: todd huffman http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2008/08/28/ny-times-is-the-latest-to-join-the-big-picture-revolution/#comment-28131 todd huffman Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:00:30 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/?p=909#comment-28131 @6 Check out Newsweek's Olympics coverage if you haven't already concerning remote cameras. Donald Miralle has some great shots of some of the setups here.</a>. <ahref="Vincent Laforet </a>. ">here.</a> has a some great info and comentary on this technique as well. P.S. Sorry, not trying to hijack this thread! :) @6

Check out Newsweek’s Olympics coverage if you haven’t already concerning remote cameras. Donald Miralle has some great shots of some of the setups here..

<ahref=”Vincent Laforet .
“>here. has a some great info and comentary on this technique as well.

P.S. Sorry, not trying to hijack this thread! :)

]]> By: Fotografo http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2008/08/28/ny-times-is-the-latest-to-join-the-big-picture-revolution/#comment-28118 Fotografo Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:16:27 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/?p=909#comment-28118 Really nice. Did you notice that on one of the last fram you can see 2 cameras wireless controlled? Ok I really like multimedia presentation. Really nice.
Did you notice that on one of the last fram you can see 2 cameras wireless controlled?
Ok I really like multimedia presentation.

]]> By: WDOphoto http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2008/08/28/ny-times-is-the-latest-to-join-the-big-picture-revolution/#comment-28115 WDOphoto Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:37:08 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/?p=909#comment-28115 Wow - I really hope this spreads fast, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, has recently, (last two years maybe), been trying some cool new things, similar to this on a smaller scale and they've also been producing some small-scale soft-news videos. I love and respect the amazing work of the photogs that work for the PG and would love to see some of their work displayed this way. Wow – I really hope this spreads fast, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, has recently, (last two years maybe), been trying some cool new things, similar to this on a smaller scale and they’ve also been producing some small-scale soft-news videos.

I love and respect the amazing work of the photogs that work for the PG and would love to see some of their work displayed this way.

]]> By: TeeJ http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2008/08/28/ny-times-is-the-latest-to-join-the-big-picture-revolution/#comment-28094 TeeJ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:22:10 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/?p=909#comment-28094 so what if they're not up to speed on everything image related...it's still ball-tickling imagery. One day ...dammit. so what if they’re not up to speed on everything image related…it’s still ball-tickling imagery. One day …dammit.

]]> By: Mike Hartley http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2008/08/28/ny-times-is-the-latest-to-join-the-big-picture-revolution/#comment-28088 Mike Hartley Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:20:56 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/?p=909#comment-28088 You are so right. It is warp speed for them! They did a multimedia piece on William Safire about 2 years ago or more, and I can't find it now. But it was way ahead of its time for them. You are so right. It is warp speed for them!

They did a multimedia piece on William Safire about 2 years ago or more, and I can’t find it now. But it was way ahead of its time for them.

]]> By: A Photo Editor http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2008/08/28/ny-times-is-the-latest-to-join-the-big-picture-revolution/#comment-28075 A Photo Editor Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:44:49 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/?p=909#comment-28075 well yeah but these are newspapers. it only took them 8 years to figure it out. that's warp speed. well yeah but these are newspapers. it only took them 8 years to figure it out. that’s warp speed.

]]> By: Mike Hartley http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2008/08/28/ny-times-is-the-latest-to-join-the-big-picture-revolution/#comment-28071 Mike Hartley Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:12:18 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/?p=909#comment-28071 Didn't ZOOZOOM do this in the year 2000? Eight (8) years ago! Full screen imagery. Revolutionary. Didn’t ZOOZOOM do this in the year 2000? Eight (8) years ago! Full screen imagery. Revolutionary.

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