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I frequently copy stamp images from websites and save them to folders
in My Documents. I have the option of saving as GIF, JPEG or Windows Bitmap. Which of the three is the preferrred way to go. What about saving in My Documents? Is there a better way? Thanks, Ralphael, the OLD one |
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On Aug 19, 9:47 pm, Ralphael1 wrote:
I frequently copy stamp images from websites and save them to folders in My Documents. I have the option of saving as GIF, JPEG or Windows Bitmap. Which of the three is the preferrred way to go. What about saving in My Documents? Is there a better way? Thanks, Ralphael, the OLD one I do the same. I save BMPs and convert to JPGs to save space. I save JPGs as JPGs and GIFs as GIFs. Other formats I convert to JPG. (I use Irfanview - freeware). Blair Blair |
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On Aug 20, 9:47 am, Ralphael1 wrote:
What about saving in My Documents? Is there a better way? As the others, my preference is *.jpg Irfanview is the free viewer of choice for squillions of people. http://www.irfanview.com/ I use ACDSee which gives me the option of having a low/high density *.jpg image. Let all your images save to "My Documents" Then rename as country. eg: "S34a king george shellfish" is downloaded. You hit the rename key under irfanview (in ACDSee I use F2) and place "bermuda" in front of the S34a You can then save them all under their respective countries (a folder for each country) for ease of location. I then go a step further and rename the bermuda as the appropriate catalogue number. All your images will fall into catalogue sequence. If you write a paper on a certain joint issue for example in MSWord, name the file as the catalogue number, save it to the appropriate country folder then you can have the image and the paper sit alongside each other. You have the beginning of an e-album HTH |
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On Aug 20, 9:47 am, Ralphael1 wrote:
What about saving in My Documents? Is there a better way? Bear in mind Ralph, some pc users have encountered slow navigation with a bulging "My Documents" folder, Some claim there is a limit, others not. Anyhow, if required, open a new folder on your Hard disk call it "Stamps" perhaps, then move all your folders/images from my documents to Stamps. std caveat. Always back up data before trying new ideas. |
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Ralphael1 wrote :
I frequently copy stamp images from websites and save them to folders in My Documents. I have the option of saving as GIF, JPEG or Windows Bitmap. Which of the three is the preferrred way to go. What about saving in My Documents? Is there a better way? Thanks, Ralphael, the OLD one Hello Ralph, Like those who already answered, I have a preference for JPEG. I do not like using My Documents (I put there only documents that I need quite rarely). When saving any scan, picture, document, ... I save them directly on the "desk" of my computer. And frequently, I put those items at their right place : Anything concerning stamps is in a folder named "STAMPS" placed directly (thus immediately accessible) on the Desk. Of course, my STAMPS folder has different sub-folders : one for each country I am intersested in. Also some thematic folders : for instance, a stamp from France on an astronomer will be in the France folder and a copy in my "Astronomy" folder. -- All the best, Pierre Courtiade courtiade at free dot fr |
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Ralphael1 wrote:
I frequently copy stamp images from websites and save them to folders in My Documents. I have the option of saving as GIF, JPEG or Windows Bitmap. Which of the three is the preferrred way to go. What about saving in My Documents? Is there a better way? Thanks, Ralphael, the OLD one JPG's, smaller file size and look just as nice. BMP's are only good (IMO) if you want to use the file as wallpaper, plus they are usually vary large files in comparison to JPG's. GIF's are in betweeners and look good too but usually larger than JPG's. John D. |
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On Aug 21, 12:43 am, Sir F. A. Rien wrote:
"low/high density" ... is this their verbage for compression level? If so, Irfan will also allow various levels on a SaveAs. I am not sure what it is, I have mentioned it on this NG before, I can scan an image, say A4 and it may result in an image of 900Kb. I use "adjust image" in my "plug ins" and it will compress without apparent loss, to say 185Kb. If I do a further "adjust image" it goes back to its high volume orig scan of 900Kb. I am awaiting software that provides a "deskew" option before I spend money on another image program, it's a must for digital stamp collecting. |
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On Aug 21, 9:30 am, Sir F. A. Rien wrote:
'deskew' ??? That would imply that your scanner is shifting laterally as scans, when the stamp itself is perfectly upright. No, deskew is a program that re-orientates a scanned image based on an images particulars, (usually lines or text) one that comes to mind is the orientation of a scanned page when using OCR. The deskew is carried out prior to the OCR reading. In my case I "batch scan" say 40 stamps with 1 click this results in all stamps having a varying degree of accuracy of about 0-3 degrees. A deskew option would correct all these to 90 degrees perpendicular. (currently I have to "hand rotate" each image) I note only one image viewer program offers this according to wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari..._image_viewers |
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On Aug 21, 9:30 am, Sir F. A. Rien wrote:
Doesn't happen - it's just that you're not seeing the loss. Jpg is lossy by nature and with enough open/save or even high original compression there will be artifacts that can not be 'removed'. ACDSee has "lossless" jpg Lossless JPEG was developed as a late addition to JPEG in 1993, using a completely different technique from the lossy JPEG standard. It uses a predictive scheme based on the three nearest (causal) neighbors (upper, left, and upper-left), and entropy coding is used on the prediction error. It is not supported by the standard Independent JPEG Group libraries, and was never widely adopted |
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On Aug 22, 9:17 am, Sir F. A. Rien wrote:
Using a misnomer for a name is their privelege ... still it's "rotation" not "skewing"!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Well I'm afraid I sit with them. I place the stamp on the scanner bed in a position that is very slightly (twisted, slanted, biased or distorted) take your pick, to the alignment register of the machine. I think that can be considered "skewed" To then re-align the program "de-skews" also see "skewwhiff" askew, awry. Apart from that, it appears to be the accepted nomeclature in image programming. |
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