Re: filmscanners: Paintshop Pro
Thanks Rob, and DailGail, for the lists of fixes in the PSP7.02 patch. I use PSP7.0 almost every day on 2700ppi filmscans, and luckily I haven't hit any of these problems. I've had it since the UK launch (about a year ago?). This is on a 400MHz Pentium II with 192MB RAM. I use the clipboard a lot, with no problems, and I've used the salt pepper filter a few times. It's extremely slow, but works as advertised. I've had very few crashes, in fact, and don't associate them with the issues mentioned. With only 192MB, I'm quite careful not to be spendthrift with memory, to avoid disk thrashing. I'll see if I can extract a patch on disk from the UK distributors, because a 10MB download 'patch' is ridiculous - obviously it's a whole new program. I've successfully upgraded PSP several times in the past using very quick easy patches. Regards, Alan T - Original Message - From: Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 12:04 AM Subject: Re: filmscanners: Paintshop Pro Alan wrote: Do you know what's in the 'patch'? I don't know *everything* that is in the patch, but I do know a number of critical bug fixes in it. These are mostly related to the use of the clipboard. If you try to copy and paste a large amount of data, it may crash PSP. I found that PSP would also crash if you use the salt and pepper filter on a large image, and some of the other photo editing tools.
filmscanners: Paintshop Pro
Someone recently gave PSP a plug on the list, and I was trying to remember the neatest features which PSP 7 has over Photoshop. Two which are extremely useful are: 1) The ability to rotate an image a fraction of a degree 2) The redeye tool. It allows you to replace the red eye reflection with a fake coloured iris and pupil, complete with reflection spot. There's lots of other great features - my favourite aspect of PSP is the visual layout of printing. I was astonished when I found out that Photoshop 5.5 didn't have an equivalent. On the down side - everything is forced into sRGB, and PSP doesn't support embedded profiles. Windows CMS is supported however. Rob PS If you get PSP 7 make sure you download the appropriate 7.02 patch.
Re: filmscanners: Paintshop Pro
I use both Ps and PSP. I think each have their advantages and, when working with converted CAD images, the ability to precisely define a rotation is a great feature in PSP. Neither applications, however, do well at rotating images at other than 90 degree increments - I think Photoshop may do it a little better but not much. Jim Sims shAf wrote: Rob writes ... ... I was trying to remember the neatest features which PSP 7 has over Photoshop. Two which are extremely useful are: 1) The ability to rotate an image a fraction of a degree ... Not true ... I just pulled up an old image with a non-level horizon, and with the ruler tool drew a line across the horizon. Now Image=rotate_canvas=arbitrary indicates the exact rotation necessary to make the horizon horizontal ... to a hundredth of a degree! shAf :o)
Re: filmscanners: Paintshop Pro
Hi Jim, Then you need to read a little more about Photoshop. It can do tenths of a degree manually and auto straighten by using the ruler tool. Larry I use both Ps and PSP. I think each have their advantages and, when working with converted CAD images, the ability to precisely define a rotation is a great feature in PSP. Neither applications, however, do well at rotating images at other than 90 degree increments - I think Photoshop may do it a little better but not much. *** Larry Berman http://BermanGraphics.com http://IRDreams.com http://ImageCompress.com ***
RE: filmscanners: Paintshop Pro
shAf: Thanks one learns something new every day! BTW it also works for vertical lines too. I my case, I take a lot of skiing photos. Oftentimes the only reference to either horizontal or vertical are the trees. (The person shooting quick action, sideslope, very rarely holds the camera level I have found, especially when I am that person.) Draw a ruler tool line to bring the trees to approx. vertical and you have leveled the picture. John Not true ... I just pulled up an old image with a non-level horizon, and with the ruler tool drew a line across the horizon. Now Image=rotate_canvas=arbitrary indicates the exact rotation necessary to make the horizon horizontal ... to a hundredth of a degree! shAf :o)
Re: filmscanners: Paintshop Pro
From: Alan Tyson [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS If you get PSP 7 make sure you download the appropriate 7.02 patch. Rob, Do you know what's in the 'patch'? You inspired me to take a look, and it's a 10MB download for the International English version, so I don't want it unless I really need it. I haven't yet found anything myself that doesn't work in v7.0. Regards, Alan T The following are a list of fixes to 7.0. Fixes ? A display issue causing the Effects menu to remain on screen after use has been resolved. ? When cropping an irregular selection area, the area outside of the selection is now either filled with the current background solid color (when performed on a background layer) or rendered transparent (when performed on a raster layer). ? An issue that could cause an application error when using the Proof and Auto Proof options in the Text Entry dialog on a background layer has been resolved. ? The Rotate command operates correctly after moving a layer containing a mask while in Mask Edit mode. ? The Histogram and Overview windows are properly updated after performing a crop. ? When creating or resizing a crop marquee using the mouse, the ruler operates in the same manner as the Selection tool by displaying the affected area as a dashed line. ? Plug-in filters that have been properly removed from paths used by the program will no longer be listed as available plug-in filters or file import/export options. ? DPI information is correctly passed to file export plug-in filters ? The Sculpture and Texture effects correctly preview and apply rectangular patterns. ? The ColorsAdjustHue/Saturation/Lightness command processes Lightness value changes properly. ? The Page Curl effect will no longer leave white spots at the edge of the curl. ? When using the Save, Save As, and Preview commands, the Image Mapper properly processes vertical map boundaries when they do not extend across the entire map grid. ? The Image Slicer will no longer generate an error when using the Grid tool and clicking on an area outside of the document in the preview window. ? Information in the Target field is now retained when saving Image Slicer settings. ? Vector objects are properly redrawn when they are on different layers and their properties are collectively modified after being selected with the Object Selector tool. ? Attempting to group existing vector object groups will no longer cause an application error. ? Gradient fill colors are retained when changing vector object properties when the current foreground or background solid colors differ from the active colors at the time the object was created. ? Nested vector group names are properly retained. ? When pasting a new layer, a display problem that would cause a second instance of the pasted data to temporarily appear has been corrected. ? Layer group values are retained when layer positions are modified using the Layer Palette. ? The JPEG and GIF Wizards output properly when run with their default options. ? When using the Save As command to save in JPEG format, designating a new path and filename, then launching the JPEG optimizer, the new path and filename are retained when the optimizer returns to the Save As dialog box. ? A problem that could prevent the browser from displaying thumbnails of supported file types when the browser's cache file was read-only has been corrected. ? Image size and memory information is no longer clipped off the right edge of the Status Bar when running the program in a normal window at a screen resolution of 800 x 600. ? When the position of the previewed area is changed using the four-arrowhead button in affected program dialog boxes, the change is now retained when using the Zoom In/Out controls. ? Rulers are now properly synchronized when images are viewed at negative zoom levels. ? The brush and Scratch Remover tools now function properly after closing some instances of the Page Setup or Multiple Image Printing views. ? 1- and 4-bit images are properly processed and previewed when used as a pattern by program tools and effects. ? Several minor issues with using Undo to discard changes to vector content and masks have been corrected.
RE: filmscanners: Paintshop Pro
Laurie wrote: Image=rotate_canvas=arbitrary indicates the exact rotation necessary to make the horizon horizontal ... to a hundredth of a degree! In which version? Is it true for PS4, PS5, LE? I don't know. I am assuming that you are using PS6. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com
RE: filmscanners: Paintshop Pro
Sorry, that was Michael's message I was referring to. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com
RE: filmscanners: Paintshop Pro
Rob writes ... ... I was trying to remember the neatest features which PSP 7 has over Photoshop. Two which are extremely useful are: 1) The ability to rotate an image a fraction of a degree ... Not true ... I just pulled up an old image with a non-level horizon, and with the ruler tool drew a line across the horizon. Now Image=rotate_canvas=arbitrary indicates the exact rotation necessary to make the horizon horizontal ... to a hundredth of a degree! shAf :o)
