Progressive Scratch-Building for Ship Modelers

LowBridge developed a ship modeling scratch building projects CD for Seaways Publishing, Inc. in Adobe Acrobat format. The concept was to offer electronic versions of a book and two magazine article series authored by Clayton A. Feldman, MD in a format readable by both PC and Macintosh computers. 

Client Information:

Seaways Publishing, Inc.
5655 Silver Creek Valley Rd. #242
San Jose, CA 95138-2473
Phone/Fax: (888) 798-2194
email: pmk@seaways.com

Work Description:

For this project, LowBridge:

• developed conceptual design – format, “look and feel”, image resolution, navigation tools, etc. 
• scanned book, magazine and plan page images. 
• converted scanned pages to PDF documents using optical character recognition (OCR) technology. 
• edited a previously unpublished manuscript, with photographs and converted to a PDF document. 
• compiled separate Acrobat documents for each book or magazine article series. 
• developed menu screen and supplementary documents. 
• “bookmarked” content for easier navigation. 
• produced CD-R masters for use in-house use. 
• provide “CD-on-demand” and order fulfillment services. 
• provide end user technical support on an ongoing basis via email.

Project Status:

The first printing of the Progressive Scratch Building in Ship Modeling CD is currently being marketed by Seaways Publishing, Inc.