Pharaoh's Club Paulson chips - Pre-Order Thread

[BreakEven]

Ten,

I'm not a computer artist or drafting person so maybe you or J5 can explain why Trademark needs $1,650 to do artwork that has been substantially completed already? At $50/hr that would mean someone would spend 33 hours "improving" or "tweaking" artwork which already looks superior to anything they have. Especially considering that trademark may(?) continue to sell the Pharoah Paulsons after the group buy where you and J5 did the artwork and the group paid for the artwork. Considering all that, it sure seems like a lot but there could be a lot more to it than I realize.

I know the per chip cost is nominal but for me that has almost the same impact as my wife pointing out how much she saved when she comes back from the mall. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[aero918]

Ten, I have been comparing the PJB sample chips I have to the Pharoh chip images at the beginning of this thread to get a better perspective of how the graphics will look at their actual size. The screen image diameter is about 1.5 times greater than the PJB chip. Based on this comparison, I am concerned that all that great art work (and detail) will be lost when it is sized to the actual chip.

Is the "Grand" inlay size (or bigger) required just to maintain most of the art detail I am viewing at 1.5 times normal size? How much detail gets lost when the artwork is shrunk and put on a real chip?

Also, I ran across this: www.pharaohscasino.com
Any relation to the chip theme?

I am still in for 650+ [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[hunterking]

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I know the per chip cost is nominal but for me that has almost the same impact as my wife pointing out how much she saved when she comes back from the mall. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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lol i know the feeling

[bubbafry]

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Is the "Grand" inlay size (or bigger) required just to maintain most of the art detail I am viewing at 1.5 times normal size? How much detail gets lost when the artwork is shrunk and put on a real chip?

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On my screen, the smaller images at the top of the first post are exactly the same size as the real chips (chip and inlay size match my JB paulsons). I have a widescreen monitor at 1280 x 800 resolution. IMO, they still look really good at actual size.

[Wooderson]

Yeah, on my screen they are the exact same size as my ASM chips. Inlay is as well. Which made me think - should 'Cairo' and 'Club & Casino' be made more ledgible?

[TenPercenter]

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Ten,

I'm not a computer artist or drafting person so maybe you or J5 can explain why Trademark needs $1,650 to do artwork that has been substantially completed already?

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They are not really charging for "art" per se. Its really a charge for setup. I don't know the exact process, but someone needs to adapt our computer files to their machine to do printing.

Ten

[Leonard]

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Ten, I have been comparing the PJB sample chips I have to the Pharoh chip images at the beginning of this thread to get a better perspective of how the graphics will look at their actual size. The screen image diameter is about 1.5 times greater than the PJB chip. Based on this comparison, I am concerned that all that great art work (and detail) will be lost when it is sized to the actual chip.

Is the "Grand" inlay size (or bigger) required just to maintain most of the art detail I am viewing at 1.5 times normal size? How much detail gets lost when the artwork is shrunk and put on a real chip?

Also, I ran across this: www.pharaohscasino.com
Any relation to the chip theme?

I am still in for 650+ [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Just to satisfy my curiosity, how big is the insert both in terms of printable area (the actual size is 7/8", right) and dpi/pixels?

Leonard

[TenPercenter]

I've asked the forum master to allow me to update just the first post of this thread. It has become so big that newcomers will find it hard to get all the facts without reading 300 posts.

I hope they'll let me edit the main post, just for this special occasion. This is a popular and beneficial service to many many members. It'd be nice if we can direct people to the first post for current data.

Ten

[Cin0s3]

Hey guys I know 10%'er has hit on this a couple of times but I think its real important for more people to start spreading the word about these chips to other forums or online communities that most of us dont know about. I dont think other board Admins would treat it as spam as you are not there trying to sell something but to spread the word. I think the more people we get on board with this the better the chances of some of these ideas becoming reality.

In case anyone missed the url that goes directly to the first post in this thread it is http://www.tinyurl.com/4on7h

[TenPercenter]

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Just to satisfy my curiosity, how big is the insert both in terms of printable area (the actual size is 7/8", right) and dpi/pixels?

Leonard

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I'm leaving this for J5 when he's around tomorrow.

Ten