RE: Storage wars

2017-02-03 Thread John Coyle
This might be the answer to a few of my old photo DVD's where the system says "Insert a disk into drive X" when I have just loaded one! I've tried a number of other programs, which are mostly Ok with HDD's, but useless if the media cannot be read. John in Brisbane -Original

Re: Storage wars

2017-02-03 Thread P. J. Alling
Unfortunately CDs and DVDs aren't nearly the permanent storage medium they've been made out to be. The dyes that are used can degrade over time depending on temperature, chemicals in the atmosphere moisture and heat among other factors. The commercially made optical disks are better than

RE: GESO - Boston

2017-02-03 Thread John Coyle
Thank Larry, Bipin, Ken and Ann for your comments. John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry Colen Sent: Friday, 3 February 2017 5:37 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GESO - Boston John Coyle wrote:

Re: Boston

2017-02-03 Thread Otis C. Wright, Jr.
I remember Jimmy's Harborside along with Steuben's/The Cave, Durgin-Park ... a long time ago. On 2/3/2017 10:38, Gonz wrote: I miss the "old Boston" seafood restaurants around the foodie pier. Anthony's Pier 4 and Johnny's Harborside Inn were fantastic. Johnny's Harborside Inn in

Re: PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo)

2017-02-03 Thread ann sanfedele
Ooh goodie... thats great - although now I have other fish frying... :-) ann On 2/3/2017 7:35 PM, Paul in MKE wrote: Ann & Igor - See this page for one method of making coloring book pages... http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/jennifer/photo-to-sketch.html -p On 2/3/2017 8:47 AM,

Re: PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo)

2017-02-03 Thread ann sanfedele
thanks for the path to Find Edges.!.. when I bring up the filters drop down there is a tediously long laundry list of choices - seems to me in version 5.o FInd edges was closer to the surface... sadly, find edges doesn't work the way I remember it working in earlier ELements version...

Re: PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo)

2017-02-03 Thread Paul in MKE
Ann & Igor - See this page for one method of making coloring book pages... http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/jennifer/photo-to-sketch.html -p On 2/3/2017 8:47 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: I used the feature you used in photoshop to try to make some coloring book pages -- actually sold

Re: OT: What Next?

2017-02-03 Thread Larry Colen
John wrote: I bought the hub because this computer has a limited number of USB ports in the back on the mother-board (and only one port free) & I don't want to be digging around back there every time I need to attach a device. Not sure how I'm going to replace it. A quick online search of

Re: PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo)

2017-02-03 Thread John
I was thinking watercolors myself. The treatment room I visited yesterday at the VA had a poster from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (IIRC the correct museum name) for Winslow Homer's "The Blue Boat" & I noticed what appeared to be a pencil outline to define the shapes before applying the

OT: What Next?

2017-02-03 Thread John
I'm back on-line for the second time in two days. My old boot drive was a 320GB disk that got filled all the way up. Had to run disk cleanup several times just to get enough space for my disk cloning program to run. Cloned it onto a 1.5TB disk I had left over from when one of my NAS boxes

Re: PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo)

2017-02-03 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Ann, In PS, it's under Filters / Stylize / Find Edges. Re: texture It depends on the photo. If the objects of interest are reasonably uniformly exposed, and if there is a reasonable contrast (I've working with B renditions) between the object(S) and the surrounding, you can use Layer ->

Re: PESO - a grape snack

2017-02-03 Thread Bruce Walker
Go on. You know you want to ... On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 1:56 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > No, I mustn't say it, no, nope, no. Just not... (Bites tongue). > > > > On 2/2/2017 9:14 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vrXKlO2Jbw >> >> Ah, Larry.

Re: PESO - a grape snack

2017-02-03 Thread P. J. Alling
No, I mustn't say it, no, nope, no. Just not... (Bites tongue). On 2/2/2017 9:14 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vrXKlO2Jbw Ah, Larry. You never fail to make me go, "wh?" :) On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 3:58 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Bruce Walker

Re: Storage wars

2017-02-03 Thread David J Brooks
seems it is now intermittent sometime they work sometime they don't. Sessions should all be closed and they were burned on the iBook G4 using Roxio Toast. The CD's seem fine. Dave On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 2:38 AM, Anthony Farr wrote: > Your discs could be unfinalized. This

Re: Boston

2017-02-03 Thread Gonz
I miss the "old Boston" seafood restaurants around the foodie pier. Anthony's Pier 4 and Johnny's Harborside Inn were fantastic. Johnny's Harborside Inn in particular was great, and a favorite hangout of John F Kennedy and his mafia buddies to boot. They apparently closed down during the Great

Re: Boston

2017-02-03 Thread Gonz
Legals has very good "chowdah". It seems to vary by location. The one near MIT in Kendall square seems to be very good consistently (when I have been there). But I think that Union is a notch above the rest, must be some secret ingredient! The historic atmosphere is definitely better, but it

Re: Tips for photographing Australia/New Zealand?

2017-02-03 Thread Gonz
Thanks Rob! I know I should be in Sydney at the end of the year, I'm estimating Dec 27 right now, staying through at least Jan 1, probably later, as return flights are going to be scarce. On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 8:14 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: > Gonz, > > Let me know when

Re: PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo)

2017-02-03 Thread ann sanfedele
I used the feature you used in photoshop to try to make some coloring book pages -- actually sold one little set.. but it isn't a money maker.. The thing is it really needs to be clear lines for coloring books... I couldn't figure out a way to combine the feature you used with anything else to

Re: Tips for photographing Australia/New Zealand?

2017-02-03 Thread Rob Studdert
Gonz, Let me know when your trip firms, glad to give you a tour and some tips in Sydney and surrounds when you're down-under. Cheers, On 21 January 2017 at 08:17, David Mann wrote: > Regarding the Sydney sights you can buy a multi-pass which will get you a > very good

Re: PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo)

2017-02-03 Thread Alan C
Overcome by blending. Some of the "kits" explain how to do it. Alan C -Original Message- From: Igor PDML-StR Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 3:28 PM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo) "Painting by numbers" would not have the texture, only the

Re: GESO - Boston

2017-02-03 Thread ann sanfedele
A nice walkabout... I particularly liked the Gardner photos ... The last time I was in the area and could have gone, it was closed... :-( and the funny shot of the not so happy touristas... ann On 2/1/2017 8:05 PM, John Coyle wrote: Here's the next tranche from our trip to the USA, later

Re: PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo)

2017-02-03 Thread Igor PDML-StR
"Painting by numbers" would not have the texture, only the contours. That's at least the case with those that my child has used so far. Igor Alan C Wed, 01 Feb 2017 23:22:58 -0800 wrote: Pencil. If you numbered the "blocks" it could become a "painting by numbers" template. Alan C

Re: Peso-Hawk Exit

2017-02-03 Thread Jack Davis
Appreciated, Paul. Thanks! J Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 3, 2017, at 4:18 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > Great shot! > > Paul via phone > >> On Feb 3, 2017, at 6:48 AM, Jack Davis wrote: >> >> All due to a lucky moment. >> Thanks, Dan! >> >> J

Re: Peso-Hawk Exit

2017-02-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
Great shot! Paul via phone > On Feb 3, 2017, at 6:48 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > > All due to a lucky moment. > Thanks, Dan! > > J > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 3, 2017, at 12:18 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >> Nice action capture! >> >>

Re: Peso-Hawk Exit

2017-02-03 Thread Jack Davis
All due to a lucky moment. Thanks, Dan! J Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 3, 2017, at 12:18 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Nice action capture! > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > >> On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 11:47 AM, Jack Davis

Boston

2017-02-03 Thread Bipin Gupta
Hello Gonz Sir, I am glad the photos brought out some happy memories. We are glad we dined at the Oyster House. Oh my God! That Clam Chowder & Lobster were simply out of this world, a foodies delight yummy yum. You are spot on Gonz Sir. And John Sir, I am a little confused when you say "Legal

Re: PESO: Rainbow Eucalyptus

2017-02-03 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Ann! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 8:00 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > ah Dan , you should have made a puzzle out of it.. crop so that all that > is in the frame is the bark and see how many came up with the correct >

Re: Peso-Hawk Exit

2017-02-03 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Nice action capture! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 11:47 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > > > Hawk Exiting Home Tree. > > C? > Thanks! > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=1163 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss