On Mar 9, 2011, at 20:06, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Christiaan, > >> Quite frankly, I really don't see why you would even want to bother. What you >> crop will typically not be any contents, so the amount of data you will save >> will be small, if not negative. > > Just an example: > I saved one page of a scanned book page (typical copy of conference > proceedings with a large black margin): > -> PNG of 950 kB in Size > I cropped the black margins and saved the png -> 480 kB in Size! > > that's 49% saved! > So just by removing the borders I could reduce file size to 50% and then > even more with compression and reduction of the image resolution. > However, as compression might be a potential loss of data and information, > this "real crop" would be no loss at all... > This is really a big exceptions, most pages are white, i.e. empty, in the background. I make programs for many people taking into account general usage, not special case apps for very special individuals in very specific and non-generic situations. >>> (http://briss.sourceforge.net/) which can crop similar to Skim, but it also >>> provides a merged view of all even and uneven pages to select a region where >>> all pages fit in). >> >> That's what Skim also does / can do, see the Wiki. > > I know that there is an auto crop feature, but I did not find a way to > graphically show a merge of all pages in Skim, so that the user could adjust > the area to crop "visually" (e. g. decide, if he does not want to leave the > page numbers at the bottom). > > Kind regards > > Martin That's right. Though you can use the Select Content feature and then adjust the box, then crop. Christiaan >> Von: Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]> >> Antworten an: For general discussion about using Skim >> <[email protected]> >> Datum: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 18:47:09 +0100 > >> ... >> > >>> (http://briss.sourceforge.net/) which can crop similar to Skim, but it also >>> provides a merged view of all even and uneven pages to select a region where >>> all pages fit in). >> >> That's what Skim also does / can do, see the Wiki. >> >> Christiaan >> >>> >>> kind regards >>> >>> Martin > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Colocation vs. Managed Hosting > A question and answer guide to determining the best fit > for your organization - today and in the future. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
