Tehnical Information about the Pictures

The pictures were scanned with a HP Scanjet IIC at 1200dpi in 24bit colour using Deskscan and Aldus Photostyler to touch up the pictures (scale down, colour balance, brighten, remove scratches) and convert to JPEG (saved at 95% quality). Most pictures took approximately 1.5Mb before conversion to JPEG.

The sounds were sampled directly from video using a Gravis Ultrasound. The WAV files are 8 bit, 22KHz mono recordings, while the AU files are 8 bit, 8KHz mono versions of the WAV files. The files were sampled and editted with Goldwave and Cool Edit under Windows 95.

The video files were captured as uncompressed 15fps AVI files using a Creative Labs Video Blaster. Real Encoder was used to convert the AVI files to 28Kbps and 120Kbps video streams. I locked the encoder at 5fps (for 28Kbps) and 15fps (for 120Kbps) to ensure consistent frame rates throughout the video. The default settings will vary the frame rate to keep the quality consistent. For content such as airshow footage, I decided that a consistent frame rate was more important.


Viewing Tips

These pictures are 24 bit JPEG files, and are best viewed on a display capable of handling 24 bit files. An 8 bit display (256 colours), will produce acceptable results only if given access to the full palette. Ensure your viewing software allows you to do this (eg. If you're in a UNIX environment running Netscape, try running "netscape -install"). The pictures appear very grainy on a 8 bit display, a 16 or 24 bit display is preferred. Most of the pictures are roughly 1024 pixels across, with varying heights.

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