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Letters FRT1IIM TH EDITO R From the Edito r This is a busy time of year for those involved in preparin g for the annual SIGGRAPH conference . The conferenc e proceedings are off to the printer at the same time that we ar e preparing this issue of Computer Graphics . The combination of a larger than usual issue and a heavier than usual workloa d contributed to a slight delay . In producing the newsletter, w e do share your concern for timeliness, especially publishin g time-sensitive material such as calls for participation an d deadlines . However, you will find several items of interes t that I believe are worth the wait . The annual publication of a bibliography of compute r graphics literature has been supported by SIGGRAPH fo r several years now . In addition to the printed form of thes e citations, there is a machine-readable copy available fro m Baldev Singh, our references editor . The SIGGRAPH education committee continues to b e very active . This month we publish their supplement to th e directory of arts, architecture and design educationa l institutions . And below you will find a letter in response to th e previous issue . We welcome the opportunity to publish suc h exchanges and invite you to write to the editor . Richard J. Beach SIGGRAPH Editor-in-Chief Beach, pa@X erox. com Letter s Response to "Art for Sale?" Darcy Gerbarg, CG 21(2 ) I want to thank you for your comments on th e SIGGRAPH '87 8"X10" picture sets . With the hectic pace o f producing SIGGRAPH '87, we sometimes do no t communicate the efforts that occur in order to achieve th e highest quality conference possible . There were several comments in your letter that I feel need clarification . I would like to take this opportunity t o address several issues that you raised . The purpose of the picture sets is to provide a flexibl e distribution media for educational and motivational images . In addition, this media will give the contributing author s exposure and in some sense, "honor ." SIGGRAPH '87 is no t producing these picture sets to make money . In order to ensure the highest possible quality at a reasonable cost, the SIGGRAPH '87 committee is conductin g several experimental processes, for example, printing , photography, glazing images, etc . This is, and will continue to be, directed by our professional artist/designer . The images selected will be chosen by a committee including artists a s well as scientists. Each contributor of the selected images will have give n their full and written approval to use their image for the state d purpose . I believe your phrase, "exploitation of irnage s created by artists and scientists" is inappropriate . Th e contributors will have given their consent to use their images in the manner outlined and we anticipate an enthusiasti c response for this high honor . We are very attentive to quality and seek expert opinion s on a routine (daily) basis in the selection, layout an d production of all conference products, from print ads to cove r designs . I look forward to the continued use of artistic talents i n this manner and hope that this letter clarifies our commitmen t to maintaining the well established SIGGRAPH tradition o f quality . Jim Thomas SIGGRAPH '87 Co-chair Computer Graphics ¢ Volume 21 ¢ Number 3 ¢ June 1987/185 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Association for Computing Machinery

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Thomas, Jim
ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics , Volume 21 (3) – Jun 1, 1987
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Association for Computing Machinery
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Copyright © 1987 by ACM Inc.
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0097-8930
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10.1145/378174.378183
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FRT1IIM TH EDITO R From the Edito r This is a busy time of year for those involved in preparin g for the annual SIGGRAPH conference . The conferenc e proceedings are off to the printer at the same time that we ar e preparing this issue of Computer Graphics . The combination of a larger than usual issue and a heavier than usual workloa d contributed to a slight delay . In producing the newsletter, w e do share your concern for timeliness, especially publishin g time-sensitive material such as calls for participation an d deadlines . However, you will find several items of interes t that I believe are worth the wait . The annual publication of a bibliography of compute r graphics literature has been supported by SIGGRAPH fo r several years now . In addition to the printed form of thes e citations, there is a machine-readable copy available fro m Baldev Singh, our references editor . The SIGGRAPH education committee continues to b e very active . This month we publish their supplement to th e directory of arts, architecture and design educationa l institutions . And below you will find a letter in response to th e previous issue . We welcome the opportunity to publish suc h exchanges and invite you to write to the editor . Richard J. Beach SIGGRAPH Editor-in-Chief Beach, pa@X erox. com Letter s Response to "Art for Sale?" Darcy Gerbarg, CG 21(2 ) I want to thank you for your comments on th e SIGGRAPH '87 8"X10" picture sets . With the hectic pace o f producing SIGGRAPH '87, we sometimes do no t communicate the efforts that occur in order to achieve th e highest quality conference possible . There were several comments in your letter that I feel need clarification . I would like to take this opportunity t o address several issues that you raised . The purpose of the picture sets is to provide a flexibl e distribution media for educational and motivational images . In addition, this media will give the contributing author s exposure and in some sense, "honor ." SIGGRAPH '87 is no t producing these picture sets to make money . In order to ensure the highest possible quality at a reasonable cost, the SIGGRAPH '87 committee is conductin g several experimental processes, for example, printing , photography, glazing images, etc . This is, and will continue to be, directed by our professional artist/designer . The images selected will be chosen by a committee including artists a s well as scientists. Each contributor of the selected images will have give n their full and written approval to use their image for the state d purpose . I believe your phrase, "exploitation of irnage s created by artists and scientists" is inappropriate . Th e contributors will have given their consent to use their images in the manner outlined and we anticipate an enthusiasti c response for this high honor . We are very attentive to quality and seek expert opinion s on a routine (daily) basis in the selection, layout an d production of all conference products, from print ads to cove r designs . I look forward to the continued use of artistic talents i n this manner and hope that this letter clarifies our commitmen t to maintaining the well established SIGGRAPH tradition o f quality . Jim Thomas SIGGRAPH '87 Co-chair Computer Graphics ¢ Volume 21 ¢ Number 3 ¢ June 1987/185

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Published: Jun 1, 1987

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