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11076

General Software Discussion / Re: correction of distorted grid in image ??

« Last post by tomos on February 24, 2007, 07:24 AM »

If you have Photoshop, manual perspective correction is very easy.

1) Turn on the grid (Ctrl+') - you can customize the grid in Photoshop's preferences.
2) Make a rectangular selection around the object to correct.
3) Switch to free-transform mode (Ctrl+T).
4) Hold down Ctrl and start dragging the corner transform handles.
5) When happy with the result, press Enter.

-geektechnu (February 23, 2007, 04:13 PM)

problem is the distortion is very irregular -
instead of having a straight line, I often have a wavey line - the distortion is not correctable by a simple transform/skew/straighten up the edges of image/solution, or even by correction of curved line to straight line (which way lens correction software works)

For the moment I've given up following the options mentioned above (time pressure  )
But,
I have found a relatively simple solution to current problem - I'm tracing/copying (vector) these dodgy scans, so, I overlay a 1cm grid - same as what original was drawn on.
They dont match due to the distortion, so as I move around the image I shift the scan so it lines up with the overlaid grid. Relatively easy & relatively accurate to boot.

But I'm happy to have found out about, or be reminded of -
Photofiltre
PanoramaTools
& another recommended by Tony:
"squirlz lite" from  http://www.xiberpix.com/index.html (freeware)

I imagine my idea while seeming simple to me initially would prob in actuality be very difficult to make (software would need to be able to recognise grid on image & not to mix it up with actual drawing & then to correct it to boot)

11077

General Software Discussion / Re: virtual install

« Last post by tomos on February 22, 2007, 03:16 AM »

from what I have heard flash drives can only be written to so many times and then they stop working. I haven't had this happen to me yet, but I guess it would be possible.

-nite_monkey (February 21, 2007, 10:06 PM)

not sure how many writes it takes (it is a good few) but from what I've read before, it's more definite than possible ..

11078

General Review Discussion / Re: Free PDF tools review?

« Last post by tomos on February 21, 2007, 09:22 AM »

Jaws [PDF Creator and Editor] software is chearp, solid and reliable. ..... I haven't seen updates at Jaws which address all the growing options in the PDF format.

If you simply want to create PDF files and edit them, Jaws is well worth a look. If you want to edit files from other sources then you may need to look elsewhere. (Actually just been to their website and note that new versions are due out soon. For the new version of PDF Creator see the press release at http://www.globalgra...0EE38025706E00688280 which is the enterprise version but new consumer versions of Creator and Editor are due soon and will be free upgrades if you purchase current versions now. See http://www.jawspdf.com/products.html for details of upgrading.)

-Carol Haynes (September 06, 2005, 04:13 AM)

Now at JAWs 4.1 - anyone tried it out?

I'm thinking of getting it cause I need something to create press ready PDFs - going to install trial today

11079

General Software Discussion / Re: Any 'print as printerfriendly page' automatizer?

« Last post by tomos on February 18, 2007, 02:15 PM »

I didn't check the print feature when I had Opera, but I is a fine browser, and of course I don't mind the pictures being printed; they are probably part of the story.

However, I'm not thinking about all the pages that are well constructed, but about the pages that seems not to be have written well; pages that don't give nice readable prints, no matter if you are using one or the other browser. I have been sadly surprised many times by the difference in Preview and actual print.

-Curt (February 17, 2007, 07:16 PM)

I'm jumping from browser to browser at the moment but I've never had trouble printing stuff with Opera (which I used a couple of years) - but on the other hand I couldn't even tell you if a page is well constructed or not 

It might be the thing that brings me back to it 

11080

General Software Discussion / Re: correction of distorted grid in image ??

« Last post by tomos on February 16, 2007, 04:13 AM »

thanks lanux,
       
Photofiltre looks quite nice

I have Photoshop 5.5, the first decent version I think, but never bothered upgrading cause 
1) I happy with it &
2) dont use it enough to justify the money

so I'll have a look at Photofiltre
Just downloaded the new PaintdotNet 3 as well

also want to try panoramatools, think there might be something there, see tutorial:
http://www.magicpixe...op/ptperspective.cfm

11081

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

« Last post by tomos on February 16, 2007, 03:48 AM »

looks interesting nudone

even though the link is looks correct
it loads as: http:///
instead of
http://www.mogware.com/filehamster/

(in FF & IE - or is it my funny machine again?)

11082

General Software Discussion / Re: correction of distorted grid in image ??

« Last post by tomos on February 15, 2007, 03:36 AM »

Hm, dunno if a specific app exists, but photo morphing software might do what you need? Usually you set up some control points (has always been a grid for the stuff I've played with), and can then move those control points around... dunno if it's accurate enough for your uses.

-f0dder (February 14, 2007, 05:36 PM)

f0dder, sounds interesting - I had a look, but couldnt tell from what I found on google - what software are you using?

tony - thanks for that idea,
I've actually read about that elsewhere -
If the edge of board is curved in photo (say from wide angle shot) does it correct that as well ?
-
I suspect it wont be up to what i want ... because of the irregular nature of some of the distortion - especially from photocopied images - but I will go have a look (as you say, full price is very expensive for what it does)


Am trying out a couple of photoshop filters but havent found anything appropriate yet. Problem is there seems to be millions of them out there (& this was supposed to be a time saving exercise    -  )

thanks, tom

11083

General Software Discussion / correction of distorted grid in image ??

« Last post by tomos on February 14, 2007, 11:24 AM »

does anyone know of software that would correctly align a grid in an image:

What I would use it for:

Say I have a photo or scan of a drawing on graph paper. The graph will be more or less distorted depending on means of capture. (Also sometimes the graph-paper itself doesn't have an accurate grid cause of age etc, or sometimes it's photocopied or simply cause it's paper)

The ideal software would atomatically recognise the grid & correct any distortion in the image.
But of course manually marking points on the grid wouldn't kill me 

There is stuff like this for correcting lens distortion in digital cameras but this requires more then "just" that correction.
I know photogrammetry uses software to align points in an image in order to correct an image of, say, the face of a building, but beyond that .. (also prob. very expensive as geared to 3D as well)

thanks for any suggestions, tom

I've also posted that in http://www.imaging-resource.com/ forums. It's a good site for camera info but not so busy on the software front.
I would also appreciate any ideas of where I might get ideas for this.

11084

Living Room / Re: Poll : What is the most useless key on the keyboard

« Last post by tomos on February 13, 2007, 03:03 AM »

The other two that are right up there are right-ctrl and right-alt, in that order.

-kfitting (February 10, 2007, 08:51 AM)

again,
because as a lefthander I'm often using the mouse with left hand (drawing),
I use right Ctrl shortcuts a lot -
I just counted I have well over 20 shortcuts I use regularly using right Ctrl.

I'm sure loads of people use right Ctrl+P for print as well ..

11085

General Software Discussion / Re: Living without AutoHotkey - possible?

« Last post by tomos on February 13, 2007, 02:34 AM »

Can AHK create custom toolbars that are active only when certain programs are running?

-edbro

I haven't used it [yet] but I think this thread is relevant:
DONE: Barnacle - Add toolbars to your favorite programs

[Edit] think I misunderstood your request, but:
1) "Can AHK create custom toolbars ..." don't know myself
2)  I think the link above will still be of interest 

11086

Living Room / Re: Poll : What is the most useless key on the keyboard

« Last post by tomos on February 12, 2007, 12:44 PM »

I voted caps lock,
but:
just got the idea here lately to "swap" Ctrl & Caps Lock keys (in some thread where they were talking about Wordstar amongst others ..)

I personally have disabled Apps (context menu) key, (well now it's Ctrl as well, courtesy AHK) -
cause I keep hitting it by mistake when using Ctrl+__ combinations. (Bad [lefthanded] keyboard user!)

This poll is to find out what keys might be good to use for shortcuts in small/quick scripts.

-Brett

I think right windows key would be a good choice - I never use it - not even accidentally 

Scoll Key - didn't even know it - anyone know what its called on a german keyboard .. ahh, "Rollen" I guess, I've never used it.
just checked:
"English" Laptop (Old IBM thinkpad) has only one key Num Lck/Scrl Lck (works with shift i guess)

Dug out an english speaking keyboard - has "Turbo" but dont think theres an equivalent on the deutsch one

EDIT: changed vote to "other windows key"

11087

General Software Discussion / Re: Top 150 Popular Firefox Extensions and Opera: a comparsion table

« Last post by tomos on February 09, 2007, 06:01 PM »

It's a zip file, not a real Java JAR executable. You have to rename the .jar to .zip first and then you can open it with WinZip or whatever you use.

-Ruffnekk (February 09, 2007, 10:22 AM)

thanks Ruffneck,
I was actually able to open it  -
just didnt know what to do then 
see the 2 attatched files* which I presume you've got to edit in somewhere or maybe place in some extensions folder somewhere ... along with all the other bits n pieces ..
*Had to rename files from .rdf


dk70,
you're always a mine of info when it comes to FF
THANKS
will try out all your suggestions

PS I'm sticking with the kid's skin for the while (sounds a bit dodgy ??!) - all that grey needed an antidote !

11088

General Software Discussion / Re: Top 150 Popular Firefox Extensions and Opera: a comparsion table

« Last post by tomos on February 09, 2007, 10:00 AM »

does anyone know if you can change shortcuts in FF?
dont think can be done in options, maybe an extension?

other thing I miss a little is being able to save in .mht format (archive in Opera)
I used save a lot of web pages as .html but discovered backing them up or burning to disc takes forever (all those little files)
Have Surfulator now anyways so it's not so important

Even managed to find a cheerful skin - it's so dreary out of the box ...



okay, it's for kids, 
but the only "adult" one (& I'm not talking risque here) I found that I liked, I couldnt figure out how to install
http://www.customize.org/details/47363

11089

General Software Discussion / Re: My favorite software! What's yours?

« Last post by tomos on February 09, 2007, 09:05 AM »

... tell how to make the UI toolbar smaller? 

I do like my toolbars to be as small as possible, but I've not been able to understand how this can be done in Opera. But maybe this question should be asked somewhere else.

-Curt

Am I correct in thinking you're showing the tab bar in Opera but not in the others ?? 

11090

Living Room / Re: Geek squad / Best buy Busted!

« Last post by tomos on February 08, 2007, 03:20 AM »

its something that happens very easily, innit ?!

I mean threads evolving, or being "hijacked" - dont like that hijacking term, prob cause I do it often enough myself, but, like most people I also do it unintentionally ..

I think in this case its more of an "evolution", Gothi[c] didnt seem to mind either   

Ooops, I'm off-subject again - aren't I 

11091

Living Room / Re: Geek squad / Best buy Busted!

« Last post by tomos on February 07, 2007, 11:09 AM »

that some pc problems take quite a while to figure out - charging an hourly rate wouldn't be realistic. maybe having a cap on the total to charge is a compromise, but then that of course means you could have spent one or two days on something and the payment your receive isn't going to match the time you've spent. i see the solution to that is to multitask repair jobs just as a shop would do.

-nudone

which probably means often next to impossible to estimate the cost in advance.

I've had the experience of
1) a profi not charging cause he wasn't able to fix my laptop.
2) a profi charging for his time in spite of not able to fix the my laptop.

case 1)   I reckon he learned not to mess around with laptops he didnt know (or maybe laptops in general  )
case 2)   I learned that if someone is unsure whether they can fix it (same laptop), maybe you're better off sending it to an official service centre - then again might have been still the same result ..

Most people fixing computers around here seem to build & sell them as well - I guess the two complement each other.
(Then you can always say - it's not worth fixing, but I can sell you a ...)

11092

General Software Discussion / Re: My favorite software! What's yours?

« Last post by tomos on February 07, 2007, 03:47 AM »

it'd be nice to see a screenshot if you could?

Of course.

Here is what my screen looks like:

-cthorpe

You're giving me ideas !! 

11093

Best E-mail Client / Re: DreamMail

« Last post by tomos on February 06, 2007, 05:10 AM »

I tried this lately - looks great out of the box, but I had trouble using keyboard to navigate.
I posted in the english section of the (french) forum but got no response (most threads had no response)

A post since then sums up other problems
http://dreammail.wor...=896.msg3251#msg3251

1. There is no way to disable the loading of remote images in HTML view. Remote images are one of the ways spammes can verify if an email address is valid or not.

2. The ability to turn preview pane on/off should be able to be set on a "by folder" basis. (And, by default the preview pane should be disabled for the Junk Mail folder.)

3. When I right-click a folder in the folder list it opens that folder in the message list rather than just displaying the context menu. For example, I want to right-click the Trash folder to empty it. I don't necessarily need to to see the messages in the folder's message list. I just need to empty the Trash, not see it. Every other email client I have used only displays the context menu on a right-click.

4. If I select a message in the message list to view in the preview pane and then need to scroll the message to read all of the contents, I can't simply just hit the delete button on my keyboard to delete the message. The focus has to be placed back in the message list before the delete key works. The message is still selected, but as long as the focus is on the preview pane the message does not get deleted with the delete key.

5. Ability to "sanitize" HTML messages, as in Thunderbird and several other email clients.

6. The menu system is very "non-standard". Items are not where they are expected to be. It is common convention (in almost every Windows program) to place "Print" in the file menu. However, DreamMail places it in the Mail menu. But, on the contrary, one would think "Compose" would be in the Mail menu, but it is under tools. Why? It doesn't make sense. The menus need to be completely redone.

7. The spam filter seems to have no rhyme or reason to what it considers spam. There is no explanation that I can find as to whether this is a Bayesian filter or what criteria it uses. It has had a horrible detection rate for me with many missed spam messages making it into my inbox and A LOT of false positives.

8. The program, by default, does not adhere to the standard of placing the mail database, user account data, etc. in the %APPDATA% directory, which is typically c:\Documents and Settings\User\Application Data. Trying to move the data there using MultiUser Management but it did not work.

9. Tabbing in the compose window take the user from the "To:" field, to the "CC:" field, to the "Subject" field, etc. and the loops back through those fields. Tabbing does not take you into the message text area as it should.

10. Pasting from another prorgam (I pasted most of this message from notepad) seems to cause strange things to happen with line breaks. Some lines break in the middle of the window, others scroll out of view. I also noticed that pasting with special characters seems to force a line break at that special character. (- % etc.)

11. From what I can tell, DreamMail uses IE to render HTML mail. This is the reason I moved away from Outlook Express many years ago. Is there any chance that the option to use Gecko or a proprietary HTML rendering engine will be developed in the future?

12. No spell checker.

i say how bout an email client with proper tagging (ditto for a note taker, a PIM, ...) 

11094

General Software Discussion / Re: General brainstorming for Note-taking software

« Last post by tomos on February 06, 2007, 02:04 AM »

Papel sounds interesting though:

  Publisher's Description
A new software tool designed for authors of fictional stories. It allows you to write creatively and intuitively without logical tasks interfering with the flow of your ideas.

Rather than using lists and tables to keep track of the various parts of your writing project, it works visually, just as Windows does.

You simply create new papels in the main project window, name them and set their type (described below). Papels are easily identifiable, as each type has it´s own icon, and the descriptive name you gave it is displayed with it.

Papel allows you to keep track of all the scraps of writing you create along the way, and instantly reminds you of what goes where by the way you group them in your project. Papels can be moved around with your mouse, renamed, and the type changed if you wish. Once everything is ready for publishing, you simply import the text files into your word processor for final formatting to the desired publishing standard.

Features:

    * Visual on-screen representation of your writing project sections.
    * Drag & Drop interface for easy grouping of related pieces of work, notes, etc.
    * Individual icons for each piece of work, including Chapter, Scene, Male Character, Female Character, Plot Outline, Dialogue, and Note.
    * Simple papel naming system, with automatic file saving under the given name.
    * Find, Replace, Word Count,Spell Checking & Thesaurus in editor.
    * Multi-sizeable project window with up to 8 times your screen size.
    * Configurable and saveable Editor font and size.
    * Saveable default Application and Editor window positions.

11095

Coding Snack Guidelines / Re: Can we make a single key show hot keys?

« Last post by tomos on February 02, 2007, 06:28 AM »

pyr8, I presume it's that you find the keyboard easier to use than the mouse?

For a couple of programmes & general windows shortcuts (with win-key) I made myself an excel sheet listing the shortcuts.

It was a lot of work - I wish programmes would allow you to export your shortcut list in (whatsit..) .cvs(?) format -  readable as a spreadsheet anyways.

But once done, you could leave that open on say one third of the screen & work on the rest??
I use printouts of same myself - maybe that could be an option ..

Thread linked to by jpgaiva looks interesting but sounds like it'll take a long time to get off the ground.

11096

General Software Discussion / Re: Ripoff Britain strikes again ... this time with Vista Pricing

« Last post by tomos on February 02, 2007, 06:21 AM »

I love the fourth one "No operating system" .... 

-Carol

missed that one

11097

General Software Discussion / Re: Ripoff Britain strikes again ... this time with Vista Pricing

« Last post by tomos on February 02, 2007, 05:58 AM »

@Carol, I have bought English versions of Windows here (Germany) - dont think there's any difference to UK/IRE versions.

I find the range of options here very confusing, never mind the range of pricing.
Some prices:

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11098

General Software Discussion / Re: General brainstorming for Note-taking software

« Last post by tomos on February 01, 2007, 04:58 AM »

PS: Is it me, or is the options panel in Dopus just crazy convoluted?

theres too much going on there -
you can approach things from many different directions - they could do with a tagging system for their options panel as well !

11099

Living Room / Re: backup question - how much of a risk is fire?

« Last post by tomos on February 01, 2007, 04:44 AM »

shed but i'm still concerned about the freezing temperatures outside.

-nudone

there was some thread here (I think) lately about getting stuff off failing HDDs & a few people were talking about putting drive in the freezer or even between 2 blocks of ice ...

dont know was that just for a last blast or would it be harmful over time.

But I have a much cheaper Idea  :

Buy a big rain-collector-bin, dig a hole in your garden, pack the copies in ....

-Crush (January 31, 2007, 12:56 PM)

 
 unfortunately the only yard here is covered in concrete 

11100

General Software Discussion / Re: General brainstorming for Note-taking software

« Last post by tomos on February 01, 2007, 04:11 AM »

I didnt know you could change the context menu there! (I knew you could do it somewhere  )

from this point you can edit it how you like. just make sure you put the command in the "function" field bit.

or you can make a toolbar/menu button with the advantage of being able to create a keyboard shortcut - or better again do both 

from the above thread:

[Select]

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<button display="both" effect="gray">
   <guid>{8AA48DFB-7BA1-48DA-A412-3ACFFC2BEFA1}</guid>
   <label>Create text file (no rename mode)</label>
   <icon1>162</icon1>
   <function type="batch">
      <instruction>runmode hide</instruction>
      <instruction>echo.>"Notes {DATE|yyyy.MM.dd}.txt"</instruction>
      <instruction>dopusrt /cmd Select MAKEVISIBLE "Notes {DATE|yyyy.MM.dd}.txt"</instruction>
   </function>
</button>

again: right click a menu/toolbar> customise.
then right click toolbar where you want the button & select paste (paste the above)

That will give you a button which creates text file with title:
Notes_yyyy.MM.dd.txt    (i.e. with todays date)

 - you can change this to whatever you want on this line

[Select]

<instruction>echo.>"Notes {DATE|yyyy.MM.dd}.txt"</instruction>

there's tutorials at that forum as well for creating menus, toolbars, etc