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I have finally learned to use wonderful Photoshop tools like the MOVE tool, and made subtle changes to the lettering placements. I spent about 3 hours this weekend doing touch-ups on lettering. This is the first page I have posted with these changes.
One of my worst faults is cramming letters up against the panel border. It’s terribly easy in Photoshop to just move the words a jot to the side, and it does look so much better.
In the past, when I made a big mistake I needed the printer to change, they’d charge $10 per fix!
I know I must have written it 1,000 times before by now, but if I have my druthers and ever get to do a definitive printed edition, the lettering will be the first thing to do-over.
Also, please feel free to bring grammatical errors to my attention.
The last fellow I hired to proof was awful. He made the mistake of later bragging in a letter to a third party that he had never even read the book. Explains how the gaffes slipped into the printed version, doesn’t it?
That said, I must point out that I used to have a kind lady named Mary Grey who did the job, and I simply lost touch with her over the years. She was a pip.
Anyway, I will continue to do my letters on this book by hand, but if I make a mistake, I will fix in Photoshop. No more cut and paste, no more white out!
Oh, also I am loading pages at a higher res. I can’t load them any higher than this.
The error which always bugs me is “nueral” which gets used over and over during the sequences where the Avatar’s power is explained.
Ay yi. So many editors, and no one caught it. Ever.
If you find these, page numbers would be helpful.
I can’t tell you how many costume errors I have caught.
I’ll dig out a copy of the GN at the weekend — it’s about time I had a re-read anyway. Perfect for Christmas!
I should have just hired you to proof in the first place.