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Find And Run Robot / Happy B-Day FARR

« Last post by kunkel321 on March 19, 2012, 09:39 AM »

Happy late birthday! (For some reason I have in my calendar that FARR turned 10 yesterday.  In terms of software, that's pretty old!)  

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Feature idea: Smart preselect...

« Last post by kunkel321 on March 17, 2012, 10:18 AM »

Excellent!  Another that I've recently found (via nonags.com) is TextMorph  http://www.ssesetup.com/textmorph.html Has some cool customizability.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Redacting PDF Scans

« Last post by kunkel321 on March 09, 2012, 11:07 AM »

If they started as paper docs and got converted to a PDF, I'll bet you can use a PDF tool to black out the parts, then REprint as a new PDF file and the blacked out info would be permanently gone.  I saw a PDF tool at dottech recently
http://dottech.org/f...-limited-time-offer/
that probably can do the blocking.
I'm not sure if it does virtual printing, but you probably already can do that.  If not, check out the free http://www.cutepdf.c...s/CutePDF/writer.asp

EDIT:  I'm not positive, but I think that even a Word file saved as pdf, then redacted as above and sent through a virtual printer would be secure.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: DrawPlusX5 50% on BDJ

« Last post by kunkel321 on March 08, 2012, 02:33 PM »

DrawPlus usually requires a reboot during instillation.  I'm not sure why.

It does do pretty well with flow charts.  The areas that it doesn't cover so much are "photoshopping" pictures.  For example complex masking is not a strength.  Also it doesn't really do much in terms of filters.  These things are done via the sister product, PhotoPlus, which costs about the same.

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General Software Discussion / Re: SnagIt 11

« Last post by kunkel321 on March 08, 2012, 10:56 AM »

RE Curt
http://www.techsmith...load/oldversions.asp

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Found Deals and Discounts / DrawPlusX5 50% on BDJ

« Last post by kunkel321 on March 08, 2012, 08:54 AM »

http://www.bitsdujou...oftware/draw-plus-x5
Just saw this.  I've never seen it on sale for 50% before.  Good app.

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General Software Discussion / Re: SnagIt 11

« Last post by kunkel321 on March 07, 2012, 11:22 AM »

Big difference in resource usage with Screenshot Capture idling at around 300k.
The others are usually much more.

-cmpm (March 07, 2012, 06:13 AM)

This is true.  Snagit 11 sitting idle is never below 50MB.  You'll probably want the Editor running in the background.  That's another 50MB.   It does have some nice features that are not present in ScreenShot Captor, but SSC also has some nice features that are not available in SnagIt.   SSC is definitely more customizable, and plays nicer with other apps.  SnagIt is very proprietary--for example a fellow wrote a plug-in to do Imgur uploads https://github.com/hmemcpy/SnagitImgur but it can't be installed directly because the SnagIt security is so high....   Pretty frustrating, and not geek-friendly.  

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Screenshot Captor / SSC reviewed by dottech

« Last post by kunkel321 on March 07, 2012, 09:24 AM »

fyi http://dottech.org/f...h-screenshot-captor/

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Living Room / Re: Notable Spam...

« Last post by kunkel321 on March 03, 2012, 09:35 PM »

Well you know they're gonna screw you... 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Text Accelerator, brand new, $12.45

« Last post by kunkel321 on March 03, 2012, 11:28 AM »

Indeed, it does look like a keeper.
Sitting in the systray in Win Vista, it bounces from 212 to 338 KB.  When it's activated, it jumps to about 3 MB.  When the settings dialog is open, it's still no more than 5 MB.
It looks like the developer has set up a support forum.

I've always been happy with True Launch Bar.  Stable program and responsive forum.  Guess I'll probably purchase this new gizmo too.  Seems to be running alongside MacroExpress well enough.  Hopfully there won't be conflicts down the road. 

Thanks for the tip Curt!

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General Software Discussion / Re: filter display in outlook

« Last post by kunkel321 on March 01, 2012, 03:23 PM »

Hmm...  Not sure what the version was.  Google points here https://support.xobn...utlook-release-notes..  Also be sure to scour the above-linked forum discussion...

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Living Room / Re: Shapeways: Customize and create 3D printed products

« Last post by kunkel321 on March 01, 2012, 11:18 AM »

Sooner or later there will be a printer that can print more printers...  "Replicators" if you will.  This will mark the beginning of the end....   

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Application memory limiter

« Last post by kunkel321 on March 01, 2012, 11:15 AM »

I think ProcessTamer https://www.donation...index.php?board=16.0
might be designed for that(?)

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General Software Discussion / Re: filter display in outlook

« Last post by kunkel321 on March 01, 2012, 10:21 AM »

Only plausible suggestion I can think of is Xobni...

-Ath (March 01, 2012, 09:13 AM)

I used to really like Xobni when it first came out years ago.  (Used it with Outlook 2003 on Wind XP 32bit.)
Now it is bloated with social networking junk that I don't need, and the feature I do need (i.e. search archives) is only available on the pro version--which is an expensive "subscription" that you have to keep buying over and over...   

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General Software Discussion / Re: filter display in outlook

« Last post by kunkel321 on March 01, 2012, 08:58 AM »

I use Outlook 2010 and the built-in Find feature is absolute crap.  If anyone knows of a good alternative I'd like to hear from them.
If you don't need to search archived pst files, then you might checkout Xobni.  It's more for contact management, but does a good job finding emails, todos, calendar, and memos too.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Illumination Software Creator - Name your own price offer

« Last post by kunkel321 on February 28, 2012, 04:57 PM »

Looks pretty cool.  Can you compile normal "stand-alone" Windows EXEs though?
I tried to check out the sample apps, but they are ISC files--which presumably requires that Illumination Software Creator be installed to run the apps.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Feature idea: Smart preselect...

« Last post by kunkel321 on February 26, 2012, 02:39 PM »

Actually I guess the two Boxes wouldn't be different colors because SSC wouldn't know if I was going to pre-select, or grab, the object. 
Anyhoo...  If I activate a "grab object" capture, then hover my cursor over a window (eg the above ex), different items get outlined with the Red Box (menu items, status bar, etc), as SSC is offering to grab them.  When I move the cursor to the edge of the window, the Red Box "lets go" of the inner object and Boxes the entire window.
It occurred to me that when I need to capture an Object, I likely will emphasis part of it with some SpecialFX tool AND that the thing I'll want to emphasize will likely be one of those objects that SSC was JUST A SECOND AGO offering to grab!

So my proposed idea could work like this...
Options are set to:
   Ctrl+Click in Red Box = capture object.
   Alt+Click in Red Box = remember that area of the image and have it automatically selected when the SSC main window opens.
User order of operations:
  1. Activate Object grab.
  2. When hovering over the area I will be emphasizing (or de-emphasizing), Alt+Click. 
  3. (SSC is still in Red Box object capture mode) Alt-Click other areas if there are to be multiply-selected areas.
  4. Then Ctrl+Click the larger object.
  5. When the image is initially opened in the SSC main window, the "alt+clicked" items are accurately selected.  (Note that any pre-selected area outside of the final capture would be discarded.)

I supposed this could also be achieved by adding a 5th button to the post-object-capture dialog.   Currently there is a [Save selected object and choose another] button.  You could add a [Save selected object and highlight/pre-select an area of it].

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Note that I would not call this a critical feature...  Obviously it's not difficult to accurately select part of an image POST-capture.  It would be clever though.  And I don't think that there are any other screen capture utilities that do this...  (I'm familiar with most of them)   

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Screenshot Captor / Feature idea: Smart preselect...

« Last post by kunkel321 on February 26, 2012, 01:28 PM »

While using Object capture mode, it occurred to be that one or more of the smaller sub-items that SSC was "offering" to select (the stuff inside the window) are also things that I will probably end up needing to Select so that I can apply image effects...
Why not just let SSC "remember" what these things are. Then, after the object is captured and flattened into an image, SSC can have the corresponding part of the image Pre-Selected for me...

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DC Website Help and Extras / Hi-rez images of the Cody Bird Mascot?

« Last post by kunkel321 on February 24, 2012, 02:37 PM »

I know I remember seeing some, but can't find them now...
Thought it would be fun to Incorporated them into a custom Screenshot Captor mask/frames. 
Especially if Cody was doing the "Vanna White" routine, where he's standing beside the screenshot, "presenting" it
http://ahmnodtheare....om/2008/02/vanna.jpg

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General Software Discussion / Re: convert digital text to hardwritten text (sic)

« Last post by kunkel321 on February 23, 2012, 09:28 AM »

First you'd have to invent a hand!  lol
I guess a person could try to make some kind of adaptive/dynamic font (that looked like cursive).  Different versions of a letter would be used--depending on what letters preceded or followed it--to ensure the appearance of a continuous line...   
I'm not aware of any software that does this. 

If a programmer REALLY wanted to be super-geeky, he could study http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphology then make options for the font to utilize different human characteristics (check here to make left-handed writing, etc).

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Living Room / Re: Cannot Unsee!

« Last post by kunkel321 on February 21, 2012, 11:19 AM »

I think there's a cream for that!

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Feature request: Sizable canvas.

« Last post by kunkel321 on February 20, 2012, 01:16 PM »

Yea, it occurred to me (after posting) that the image's dimensions are at the bottom of the main SSC window.  Would be easy enough to enter 
The idea I had though, was to have each click add space in increments of the original image's dimensions (rather than simply doubling).

So if your image is 115 pixels wide, and you wanted four versions of the same image

You'd click in 3 times and the width would be 115, then 230, then 345, then 460.
Rather than a simple doubling which would yield 115, then 230, then 460, then 920.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Feature request: Sizable canvas.

« Last post by kunkel321 on February 20, 2012, 11:51 AM »

Okay I've got it now...  For some reason the extended canvas area wasn't being remembered as part of the picture...  Reinstalled SSC though, and it seems to be working as expected.

For my own purposes, it would be nice if I could easily increase the canvas size by 100%.   Perhaps buttons like this:

Seems like I often am comparing to version of the same image side-by-side, hence I need it to be doubled.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Any "hand model volunteers" out there?

« Last post by kunkel321 on February 20, 2012, 10:15 AM »

They're perfect!!! (digitally speaking.)

Needs to be in a position that can be made into a mask/frame combo though.
Here check out the ones I was tinkering with...

The middle one, is the one that got made in to the above mask/frame.
Ideally, a couple fingertips will overlap the transparent area (i.e. the transparent area in the above, is the circular area), to give it a cool 3D look.  But also, the borders around the outside of the transparent part shouldn't be too wide.  The one with me holding the CD cuts off nearly half of the bottom of the screenshot that is getting framed/masked.    In this regard, the image on the left would have been the best choice (I would've cropped out my body and just had my hands in there).  Lastly, make sure you have the flash turned on in your camera so you get plenty of light and color.  My photo on the right has a good amount of color and light, but again, ugly hands

PS did you catch the finger-joke?

Post a few if you want.  Folks can vote on the best one, then I'll have you send a hi-rez of it.  
This is fun  hee hee    

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Any "hand model volunteers" out there?

« Last post by kunkel321 on February 19, 2012, 05:38 PM »

lol.   That's exactly what I was thinking -- on both accounts!