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Living Room / Re: Help with translating a video from Deutsch

« Last post by tomos on October 19, 2007, 02:33 PM »

Well done Stephan 

haven't learnt that one: to "give the eye" -
you'd know I'm not single since I started learning german

And the poor woman with the glasses - she really got freaked I think
That they told her she could be seen when she had the glasses off 
Cruel but brilliant ...

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Living Room / Re: Hallow-e'en

« Last post by tomos on October 19, 2007, 02:27 PM »

Deozaan,
on the black background it looks really good 
would make a great logo like that with a black background

-tomos (October 19, 2007, 12:34 PM)

Thanks. The black background is the picture of the pumpkin outside in the night with a lit candle in it.

-Deozaan (October 19, 2007, 12:52 PM)

hah!
I thought it was the bit you cut out

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Screenshot Captor / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - ScreenshotCaptor - 2.37.01 - OCT 7, 2007

« Last post by tomos on October 19, 2007, 01:00 PM »

just tried it - fine here..

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Living Room / Re: Windows performance tips in one spot

« Last post by tomos on October 19, 2007, 12:36 PM »

thanks Ralph -
I was suprised it makes such large paging files
but if it's doing the same on your system I wont worry bout it!

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Living Room / Re: Hallow-e'en

« Last post by tomos on October 19, 2007, 12:34 PM »

Deozaan,
on the black background it looks really good 
would make a great logo like that with a black background

hi Jenny!
grew up in Clare.
wasnt in a story telling tradition though unfortunately -
I mean not in my family circle - nothing to do with the electricity 

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Living Room / Re: Windows performance tips in one spot

« Last post by tomos on October 19, 2007, 10:35 AM »

One thing that made a beeg difference for me: allowing Windows to create multiple page files on separate harddrives.  It's tempting to pick your fastest drive and use that (disabling all others) but after I let Windows handle it I ended up with four pagefiles and less thrashing.

-Ralf Maximus (October 18, 2007, 11:45 AM)

I've just tried that
....
Was very surprised to see it has created a 1.99GB paging file on each of those extra partitions
What's going on there I wonder

-tomos (October 19, 2007, 04:24 AM)

Ralph
would you be able to say how the pagefiles on your system are? (sizewise I mean *)
thanks, tom

* EDIT: well, anywise really

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Living Room / Re: Hallow-e'en

« Last post by tomos on October 19, 2007, 10:24 AM »

The picture is of what my wife just created from a pumpkin.

-cranioscopical (October 19, 2007, 09:18 AM)

btw thats really impressive -
do they keep long - or get all distorted as they dry up (which would be interesting too!)

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Living Room / Re: Hallow-e'en

« Last post by tomos on October 19, 2007, 10:20 AM »

Does anyone have Hallow-e'en favourite images/stories to share here?

Does Cody eat pumpkin seeds?

-cranioscopical (October 19, 2007, 09:18 AM)

kindof..
mean I dont know about Cody - we'll have to wait for the experts to comment on that

it is celebrated in Ireland - not sure, but think it's a very old pre-christian festival *
[I think it probably was in UK too but got "transferred" to Guy Falkes" day & most of the traditions got lost ?]

we used to light bonfires on the local green area -
not very environmentally friendly ones with tyres etc. but hey it was the 70's

we didnt do the door to door thing
but played great games at home -

• try get coins from the bottom of a basin filled with water with your hands behind your back was my favourite

• then apples would get tied hanging to a crossline:
  - blindfolded & again with hands behind your back you'd try get a bite from the apple.. great debates about whether using your shoulders allowed or not

* Wikipedia says:

Halloween originated from the Pagan festival Samhain, celebrated among the Celts of Ireland and Great Britain. Irish and Scottish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Other western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century. Halloween is now celebrated in several parts of the western world, most commonly in Ireland, the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom.

I guess they mean Scotland when they say UK there at the end (?)

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General Software Discussion / Re: FileHamster - auto incremental file monitor/backup as you work - and free!

« Last post by tomos on October 19, 2007, 07:32 AM »

A revision creation is currently being triggered by ctrl+S of watched item.

Is it possible to have this program create a revision only when I select a button (that would be visible in the alert upon ctrl+S)?

-sri (October 19, 2007, 05:04 AM)

dont think so
but they're very open to new ideas if you contact them -
also if you dont make any comment to go with the save it's unprotected so
you can very easily in Fh context menu delete unprotected - that's what I doing,
especially because I have the habit of saving very often...

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Living Room / Re: Requesting new organization ideas for fresh windows installation

« Last post by tomos on October 19, 2007, 07:28 AM »

I have partitioned my HDD since many years this way:
  - Drive C:  primary partition, contains files required to boot OS (I can choose between different versions)
  - Drive D:  first logical partition, contains folders TOOLS, Tools32, TotalCMD. It is formatted as FAT16, and can be accessed by all installed OS's as D:. The TOOLS folder contains DOS-Tools, and the Tools32 folder contains portable stuff. So I can use them when booting from floppy, LS120, CDROM or USB stick.
  - Drive E:  Windows partition. I have several to choose from. Win98, Win2k, WinXP all think they are alone, because only one is visible.
  - Drive F:  stuff that is worth backing up, but not on previous drives. Folders are Setup, Projects, Documentation
  - Drive G:  everything else, mainly Backup, ISO Images, Games

-wolf.b (October 19, 2007, 04:22 AM)

hi Wolf -
wilkommen 


I has a few queries..

C is tiny then i presume.. D you say is "TOOLS, Tools32, TotalCMD" (that Total Commander?) - where do you put other programmes - presumably they go in with the Windows install ? E - Is that Primary too? I was considering putting XP not on C lately but was dissuaded - have you ever had trouble with the different path? Apparently there can be trouble restoring Ghost images to non C drives - dont know is this a problem with other imaging software & something that keeps cropping up in various threads - what do you do with paging file(s) ?

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Living Room / Re: Windows performance tips in one spot

« Last post by tomos on October 19, 2007, 04:24 AM »

One thing that made a beeg difference for me: allowing Windows to create multiple page files on separate harddrives.  It's tempting to pick your fastest drive and use that (disabling all others) but after I let Windows handle it I ended up with four pagefiles and less thrashing.

-Ralf Maximus (October 18, 2007, 11:45 AM)

I've just ried that cause I having some trouble with an older app sometimes (Freehand 9) -
it can't start first attempt after a reboot, starts then on second attempt but has lost it's preferences.

Previously I had Pagefile on first partition (FAT32) of second harddrive,
now:
gave windows minimum pagefile of 50mb on C
still has 3GB page file on second hdd as described above
& "system managed size" on TWO other partitions.

Was very surprised to see it has created a 1.99GB paging file on each of those extra partitions
What's going on there I wonder - Freehand started perfectly this time though   

EDIT: PS have 2GB memory, intel dualcore

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Living Room / Re: Help with translating a video from Deutsch

« Last post by tomos on October 19, 2007, 03:58 AM »

that was really good
I felt sorry for that woman towards the end who was taking off her glasses verrrrry  s l o w l y

I think I'd understand it - depends on how strong accents etc are
but unfortunately my sound card isnt working & I havent taken the time to try fix it...
(would mind, my last pc, I had no sound for 4 years, Wreckedcarzz helped me fix it a couple of months ago
now new pc no sound again  )

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General Software Discussion / Re: FileHamster - auto incremental file monitor/backup as you work - and free!

« Last post by tomos on October 19, 2007, 03:54 AM »

I like what they are doing and the +Plus additions are useful. I just threw $19.95 at them for a lifetime license. 

-tinjaw (October 18, 2007, 07:19 PM)

Tinjaw, I am thinking of also purchasing the + version. Could you say which of the extra features you consider to be most useful?

-Beth UK (October 18, 2007, 07:29 PM)

I haven't got the plus version but
I presume it gets rid of the annoying flashing advertising in the current version   

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Living Room / Re: The worst thing about Macs

« Last post by tomos on October 19, 2007, 03:45 AM »

what I'm trying to say in my very roundabout manner is -
relax a bit, nontroppo
EDIT: I really do think you have a point but as Amando says maybe it was overstated &
then giving everyone such a hard time doesnt help ...

my 2 cents

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Living Room / Re: The worst thing about Macs

« Last post by tomos on October 19, 2007, 03:34 AM »

I use my hands too, so I don't entirely agree with everything that was said on that page. I just found some of it to be funny.

-icekin (October 19, 2007, 02:41 AM)

yeah,
first time round I did get pissed off about it but when Darwin said he laughed especially at #2
I went back for another look -
I did laugh out loud at that line:

"I don't know why ##### get so defensive when you call them idiots"

I took out the "mac user" bit & put in ##### cause I think that's what''s going on in general with the mac vs. PC thing
& unfortunately that's what's going on here a bit...

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Living Room / Re: The worst thing about Macs

« Last post by tomos on October 18, 2007, 06:08 PM »

I guess when people go "we're great" with the intended implication that "you arent"
one does tend to react to that... 

I've gone back & looked at that link given by icekin -
the one I got a bit offended by his abusive streak - especially against people who use their hands when talking
(especially that because that=me)
But it's still very funny, in spots at least
"I don't know why ##### get so defensive when you call them idiots"

&
in fairness to nudone, I think he has this ironical streak ... 

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Qimage, "Professional Photographic Printing Software" - a second look

« Last post by tomos on October 18, 2007, 05:49 PM »

Using DDI's Profile Prism, you get a card with known, well-defined colors on it. You print out another card on your printer, using your desired ink and paper. Put both papers through your scanner, and put the result into PP. By comparing the two, PP can "factor out" the inaccuracies of your scanner, and arrive at an absolute color profile to allow your printer to precisely match what's defined in the image file (or at least as close as is possible). You can then put this profile into Qimage so that it automatically corrects for the "errors" that are expected from the printer.

-CWuestefeld (October 18, 2007, 05:04 PM)

does sound very good 

re cameras,
I noticed somewhere in the help file that Profile Prism was only suitable for doing a camera profile when using RAW images

BTW:

I'm cheap...

-CWuestefeld (October 18, 2007, 05:04 PM)

no you're not - Profile Prism costs 79$

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Qimage, "Professional Photographic Printing Software" - a second look

« Last post by tomos on October 18, 2007, 04:42 PM »

from Qimage help "Device Profiles"

It is best to use a monitor colorimeter (small device that attaches to your monitor with suction cups) to actually measure the response of your monitor. Although there are visual calibration utilities available that walk you through a visual inspection/calibration process, these programs provide nothing better than an educated guess for calibration and can often result in images not being accurately displayed. Also note that if you do not use a hardware colorimeter to create a profile specific for your particular monitor and use a generic color profile like sRGB, you may see too much red in your images, shifts of some colors, other color casts, etc

money, money, money...   

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Qimage, "Professional Photographic Printing Software" - a second look

« Last post by tomos on October 18, 2007, 04:34 PM »

thanks All for the comments & direction 
nice to hear what others using

Proper color management is a topic that few people are even aware of, and their print images definitely suffer as a result. The image that comes out of your printer differs from what you see on the screen, and if you want the best output you need to account for this difference. Unfortunately this is easier said than done, as the process is rather confusing. Qimage makes it as streamlined as I've ever seen it. And in fact, you should consider also buying DDI's product "Profile Prism" (http://www.ddisoftware.com/prism/) in order to generate accurate color profiles for your camera and printer (and, in fact, various combinations of paper and ink). The difference you see may be subtle, but once you've seen it done right, it's hard to go back (we were all satisfied with VHS before DVD came along, right?).

-CWuestefeld (October 18, 2007, 01:02 PM)

hmm, true -
especially about Qimage making that aspect of things very easy!
I wonder then how the monitor fits into the scheme of things..

I calibrate monitor, but by eye (& using my ancient photoshop) - not using any expensive software
Calibration stuff seems very expensive but I guess if you need it
My version of colour profiles has been to try get the monitor to match the printer - am I putting the cart before the horse?
I think it isn't a bad idea/approach but, especially if I'm just printing photos for myself -
could be trouble though if I wanted a photo published for example..

Again curious/interested in comments on that aspect of things

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Older Newsletters / Re: Newletter for October 15 - Codename "I'm a Lumberjack and I'm OK"

« Last post by tomos on October 18, 2007, 01:57 PM »

I see where you're headed...

-Lashiec (October 18, 2007, 01:02 PM)

 

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General Software Discussion / Re: What are your Top Tech/Software Newsletters?

« Last post by tomos on October 18, 2007, 01:37 PM »

hah, they're the four i get 
well, no, - they're the four I get that I more or less always read

Ah, I read Daves Computer Tips as well -
has an offer of 20% discount for Acronis True Image with current issue [EDIT: offer available in current newsletter]
Might be a bit basic for average dc reader/member but, e.g. did a very good spyware tests a while back & does
regular tips & tricks for Word and Open Office.
[EDIT: Also even though he starts basic (phew) he does go into things in great detail - I learning lots]

TechRepublic have various newsletters - I get the WinXP one
but dont read it that much..
some interesting articles though & often interesting comments on site
(seems to be aimed at IT people but often have quite basic stuff too - yeah even for me!)

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Qimage, "Professional Photographic Printing Software" - a second look

« Last post by tomos on October 18, 2007, 03:56 AM »

..noise removal I have various plugins in Photoshop for that as Noise removal is supposed to be the FIRST thing you do to your images before tweaking them further.

-Fedorov (October 18, 2007, 03:29 AM)

veering slightly off topic - could you recommend noise reduction plugins
(I know Zaine Ridling recommends one - NoiseWare - but I think it's round the 100$ mark as a Pshop plugin)

Yeah,
I think the biggest editing mistake it to sharpen a noisy photo 

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Qimage, "Professional Photographic Printing Software" - a second look

« Last post by tomos on October 18, 2007, 03:14 AM »

I have been using Qimage for a long time now and agree it is a good, mature program. The Studio version does also have an extra algorithm or two as well as RAW reading.

-Beth UK (October 17, 2007, 07:09 PM)

I was curious as well! -
which capabilities of Qimage you use a lot/most,  and/or
what other programmes you might use in conjunction with it,
e.g. re noise reduction -
I know it's not so big a theme as it used to be, but do you use the noise reduction filters etc
of course then there all the editing capabilities..

I'm still using Photoshop 5.5 (+ plugins) [but it works well!] & I have my workflow-routine
so probably I'll be slow to edit colour/levels/etc in Qimage

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Qimage, "Professional Photographic Printing Software" - a second look

« Last post by tomos on October 18, 2007, 02:06 AM »

Beth -
if you think there's anything I should add - or remove let me know!

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Qimage, "Professional Photographic Printing Software" - a second look

« Last post by tomos on October 17, 2007, 05:54 PM »

dont know does that qualify as a review -
more of a second look as I say in the title, but with screenshots.

Mouser - move as you see fit 
Tom