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Old 11-09-2012, 04:35 AM
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Not to sound like a (complete) idiot but can someone explain to me:

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I have figured out how to make a jpg. but not a PDF until your tutorial.
If you can already export to a format that is universally ready for import and manipulation, why worry about a proprietary format that adds nothing to the final product but file size and restriction?
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Old 11-09-2012, 04:46 AM
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Plus the fact that pepakura viewer allows you to fully examine the model and how it's put together. In my opinion, this is the best build instructions one can have.

If only pepakura viewer worked on other platforms...
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Sometimes it's the only instructions one can have... And regarding other platforms (Linux in my case), VirtualBox to the rescue!
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Old 11-09-2012, 04:54 AM
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If you can already export to a format that is universally ready for import and manipulation, why worry about a proprietary format that adds nothing to the final product but file size and restriction?
  • PDF is an open format, with plenty of documentation and which can be edited and manipulated by free/open tools
  • PDF can contain vector information, which can be scaled at will, while JPEG puts everything on a single raster layer with limited resolution and degrades in quality every time you save it. For instance, I've edited PDF files created from .pdo in order to remove folding lines or rearrange tabs - that's trivial with vectors, not so much with rasters. (I dont't have Pepakura Designer; I'm aware it's possible to hexedit the .pdo in order to remove all folding lines, but that's not always guaranteed)
  • PDF has built-in size/resolution information; when printing "pure" raster formats like GIF/JPG/PNG, the final size depends on your system/printer's notion of dpi
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Old 11-09-2012, 05:28 AM
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Ok thanks! Not especially a fan of JPEG...but I completely forgot about raster vs vector...hence the qualifying idiot statement.
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Thanks Dave. Going to have to give this a try when I get a chance.
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This all certainly answered my question !
Appeared nothing new then using PDF995.
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