Recent Posts

2176

General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for a "virtual scanner' software in one pass, outputting in PDF.

« Last post by Curt on July 16, 2012, 05:10 PM »

- what PDF Image Printer, (not free and not cheap), does.

-4wd (February 21, 2012, 07:36 PM)

-perfect for the job MerleOne described, but as you said, certainly "not free".
I am almost in a coma: $130 without support ($175 with support) ? !!!! 

-Curt (February 22, 2012, 02:46 AM)

The price has been lowered to $89.95 without- and $121.44 with- support (1-year only)
-but still way too expensive, I think, for a mere screenshot saved as pdf. Is it more?

2177

Living Room / Re: Cute jokes' thread

« Last post by Curt on July 16, 2012, 09:27 AM »

why super hero's are not seen online:

2178

General Software Discussion / Re: How can a b/w photo's thumbnail be in colours?

« Last post by Curt on July 16, 2012, 01:55 AM »

-thank you, Renegade.

so Stamps, Meta data and EXIF are two/three different things?
The coloured thumbnail did not go away when I deleted all EXIF data, and renamed the photo.
How do I "find" the stamp?
 

2179

General Software Discussion / Re: How can a b/w photo's thumbnail be in colours?

« Last post by Curt on July 15, 2012, 07:02 PM »

-that can happen if you save it with the same filename.
In this case I have done nothing to the original which was downloaded in b&w.

(On a side-note, English is not my second language, but a foreign language.)

2180

General Software Discussion / How can a b/w photo's thumbnail be in colours?

« Last post by Curt on July 15, 2012, 06:45 PM »

Obviously this photo began life as a colour picture, and only then was converted into black & white. But it is a mystery to me how Explorer and several photo editors can display the thumbnail in colours. Of course the photo is b&w when I open it, but even when copied, the new thumbnail is still in colours. I wonder if a photo somehow is carrying a thumbnail photo of itself? I have never seen this before - but of course I very seldom have any black & white pictures. Actually, in this case as in most cases, I think I would prefer the colourful "orange" version ;-)
 
Edited:
I have not edited this photo; it was downloaded in black & white.

-------------

EXIF

---- Image Information ---------------------------------------------------------
Filename:                       001_Citroën DS.jpg
File size:                      665 KB (681 437 bytes)
Dimensions:                     2376 x 1800
Bit depth:                      24
Created:                        8. oktober 2005 18:57:46
Changed:                        16. juli 2012 00:22:33

---- Description ---------------------------------------------------------------
Title                           OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA        

---- Picture Taking Conditions -------------------------------------------------
Audio note                      No
Camera data                     Yes
Text information                Yes
Created                         8. oktober 2005 18:57:46
Digitized                       8. oktober 2005 18:57:46
Modified                        8. oktober 2005 18:57:46
Flash                           No
Exposure time                   1/250 s
Aperture                        3.2
Max. aperture                   3.25
Focal length                    38.10 mm
Focal length (EQ35mm)           250 mm
ISO                             200
Digital zoom ratio              0.00
Exposure bias                   0
Metering mode                   Pattern
Exposure mode                   Auto exposure
White balance                   Automatic
Exposure program                Creative program (biased toward depth of field)
Orientation                     Normal
Sharpness                       Normal
Contrast                        Normal
Saturation                      Normal
Gain control                    Low gain up
Scene capture type              Standard
Camera Make                     OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Model                           C750UZ
Software                        v753u2-86
Compression                     JFIF Compression
Color representation            YCbCR
DPI                             72.00
Exif version                    2.20
Flashpix version                1.00
Colorspace                      sRGB
Flash - detailed                Flash did not fire, Compulsory flash suppression
File source                     Digital camera
Scene type                      A directly photographed image
Custom image processing         Normal process
Subject distance range          Distant view
Compression quality             SQ
Firmware                        SX753
Keywords                        No
Digital signature               No

-------------

The thumbnails in "Large icons"-view In Explorer (big b/w pop-up thumbnail created by QTTabbar):



-------------
As seen in Zoner 14 PRO photo editor (the "orange" photos are the thumbnails of 3 b&w photos):



-------------
The actual photo (click to enlarge):

2181

General Software Discussion / Re: Program "Text Images", and sttmedia.com

« Last post by Curt on July 15, 2012, 01:54 PM »

-interesting site, Stefan Trost Media.  

I didn't care much for his Text Images, though. In fact I will get (mildly) annoyed at least once a week because I subscribe to a newsletter using such text images. But as you said, "it is just one of several potentially useful/interesting donationware proggies listed on the sttmedia.com website":





He has done a lot of work to give his portable Easy MP3 Player a powerful search engine with an almost extreme number of RegEx features. But to my sad surprise the only playlist file extension it seems to handle, is .emp. However, I think I might test it all the same; the list of functions is impressive.

There are a couple of other "Easy MP3 Player"s on the market, from other companies,
it really should be easy to pick a better name...

2182

General Software Discussion / Re: SoftMaker Office 2012 BETA testing

« Last post by Curt on July 14, 2012, 03:06 PM »

14+15+½16 July 2012

Until Monday at noon (CET), we give a whopping discount of 30% on all our
products:

http://www.softmaker.com

2183

General Software Discussion / Re: how to catch streaming video?

« Last post by Curt on July 14, 2012, 07:04 AM »

-no, their pants says FRONT and BEHIND, and their shoes LEFT and RIGHT
one of the girls is a blonde ;-)

2184

General Software Discussion / Re: how to catch streaming video?

« Last post by Curt on July 14, 2012, 07:00 AM »

Brazil's number 3 is not some kind of midget or otherwise mini-sized,
this is just how it often looks when normal sized people are standing between athletes...:



-here singing their national hymn.

Brazil showed Denmark that there still is quite a distance between number 1 and 2, so we took silver...

The city of Randers in Denmark is to host the 2013 edition of the Men’s, Women’s and Younger Age Category European Beach Handball Championships.

-European Handball Federation

-the Brazilian team will of course not be part of this event, but still I wonder how the south European teams will cope with the Danish lack of summer heat...: we may stand a chance to become the next European Champions!

2185

General Software Discussion / Re: A Vista printer utility that saves ink like InkSaver?

« Last post by Curt on July 14, 2012, 04:16 AM »

I hadn't heard about this one before: Print Saver Eco, maybe that is why it is being offered by Avanquest...
£30, now £20
http://www.avanquest...int-saver-eco-141892

Re-edited:
oh, I realize the discount isn't on, when using the normal link.
Here is a very long link that probably is connected to my email  address:
http://software.avan...OG5mpqVsje_HhdAHDFKk
please tell if private informations is appearing!

Print Saver Eco: Saving the World, One Printer at a time

Print Saver Eco Ink and Toner Saver can reduce up to 75% of your ink usage and it can be used with any printer, as well as printers shared over any Local Area Network (LAN). When activated, Print Saver Eco Ink and Toner Saver resides in the system tray and functions in the background, so there is no need to make adjustments every time you print. It's easy - new ink saving settings can be activated via one click.

    No Ink Reduction ..... - ..... 20% Ink Reduction    



   The Ink/Toner Saving Option window allows you to Customise your saving ratio. Simply drag the marker on the scale to the desired percentage indicating how much ink you'd like to save when you print. For example, moving the marker to 25% means you will print using 75% of the amount of ink you would normally

2186

General Software Discussion / Re: how to catch streaming video?

« Last post by Curt on July 13, 2012, 12:59 PM »

I grabbed 4:19 minutes, before the connection was gone ("‎Over license connection limit"), and this little was 1GB!

2187

Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Shell extension to show total play time of media clips

« Last post by Curt on July 13, 2012, 12:14 PM »

I always move such stand-alone program's folder from Downloads to PF(x86), and it will automatically be marked with the "ownership"-symbol. Anyway, I don't have UAC related problems.

2188

General Software Discussion / Re: how to catch streaming video?

« Last post by Curt on July 13, 2012, 12:06 PM »

-oh yes, but I surely did:

... just one minute of using Camtasia 5 => 275MB,

-Curt (July 13, 2012, 07:43 AM)

-Stephen66515 (July 13, 2012, 07:59 AM)

 

2189

General Software Discussion / Re: how to catch streaming video?

« Last post by Curt on July 13, 2012, 11:14 AM »

FRAPS is tempting, but I have a FREE key for the old Camtasia 5 (from 2008), so even it now is at version 8, it will do for now; a video is merely a video... or something.

2190

General Software Discussion / Re: how to catch streaming video?

« Last post by Curt on July 13, 2012, 07:43 AM »

-thanks
The idea was simple and easy to test, but... just one minute of using Camtasia 5 => 275MB,
so screen capturing for 1½ hour surely must produce a gigantic² filesize!
or not ?

edited:
oh, wait
- I realize I can settle with one file per period. Okay, this will be manageable.

Thanks!

2191

General Software Discussion / how to catch streaming video?

« Last post by Curt on July 13, 2012, 07:04 AM »

Tonight (in 6 hours from now) Denmark is playing the final match for the World Championship in Beach Handball for women (against Brazil). The match is being streamed and I would like to keep the video. However, to my surprise Firefox VideoHelper will merely catch small blocks (from 16kb to 237kb) from the stream, not the entire video. I have no experience in catching video streams, so I have come to ask for 'your' advice, please.

We can test your ideas via http://www.dhf.dk/Pr...e_4_x_landskamp_live
>> scroll to the red lines; there are also links to other (normal handball) matches being played,
or via http://spengerevent....se.at/hem2012stream/ (click "LIVESTREAM HARD" in the right margen)(playing right now as I type).

2192

Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Shell extension to show total play time of media clips

« Last post by Curt on July 13, 2012, 03:33 AM »

should it make any difference on a 64-bits Win 7 if PlayTime is placed in Program Files or in Program Files (x86) ?

2193

Living Room / Re: What will be your next computer?

« Last post by Curt on July 12, 2012, 08:51 AM »

youtube com/watch?v=NUrNu8lItu0 <= removed

[ Invalid Attachment ]

-Renegade (May 19, 2012, 10:06 AM)

------------

I don't like to work with a laptop, so my next two computers will probably be first a ("unlimited power") desktop, to create the audio-visual effects I need to accompany my lecture, and then a laptop to actually run them (in various auditoriums). What I really want (instead of the laptop) is a very powerful and huge iPad, but they are not yet anyway near what I need.

2194

DonationCoder.com Newsletters / Re: --> Newsletter for July 9, 2012 - 100 Days of Summer Slumber

« Last post by Curt on July 12, 2012, 03:55 AM »

the spam thing is because of the wording of the extra sentence: "100 days of summer slumber" -may sound like an invitation to something else..., you know. My trusted contacts will also be spam-classified if they use ambiguous words of such kind. I read my emails online on my ISP ("Internet service provider") account, and I actually have two emails in my spam folder, send from my ISP and blocked by my ISP!!  

2195

Living Room / Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?

« Last post by Curt on July 12, 2012, 03:26 AM »

-really interesting read, Joe, jadinolf. Thank you, and Welcome! 

---------
Your post made me of course go search for Fred:

Fred: >Re: Show us a photo of your mutt or other creatures..<

2196

Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Giveaway: Wondershare Fantashow (movie/slideshow maker)

« Last post by Curt on July 11, 2012, 02:31 PM »

I never tested this one, because I only saw ">for mac<", not the small "download Windows version".
Is it the same as "Wondershare DVD Slideshow Builder Deluxe"? http://www.wondersha...-builder-deluxe.html

Anyway, Thank you!

2197

Found Deals and Discounts / Re: InfoRecall - $5.99?!?!

« Last post by Curt on July 11, 2012, 10:32 AM »

I have already stopped using InfoRecall; it launches unacceptable  s l o w .

Maybe today's bit is better (http://www.bitsdujou...ware/ultra-recall-2/)

2198

Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Bits - Ultra Recall

« Last post by Curt on July 11, 2012, 03:20 AM »

at Bits du Jour again today, 11 July 2012: http://www.bitsdujou...ware/ultra-recall-2/

2199

Living Room / Re: Cute jokes' thread

« Last post by Curt on July 10, 2012, 03:58 PM »

I am certain that I have met this particular chicken:
.
.
.

2200

Found Deals and Discounts / Re: $249 Debenu PDF Maximus FREE today only

« Last post by Curt on July 10, 2012, 01:47 AM »

-yes, I saw that too, and have disabled Debenu from automatic Start - I will never be using the FolderWatch anyway.