Re: BW photo help
Hi Laura, Not sure if this will help but here goes. You probably know that jpg files are compressed (to varying degrees depending on the quality chosen) the trouble with editing these files is that every time you change and save them they get re-compressed and each time you lose a bit of quality - a bit like copying the old VHS video tapes (always copy the original don't copy the copies). Because of this, the general rule of thumb is to do any editing work in an uncompressed (or at least lossless) format and only when you have finished make a compressed jpg file. In your case, I would scan the files as TIFF files (which is supported by iphoto) then do any cropping or other editing. When you are happy with your final photo, save as a jpg (I usually save a copy of the edited TIFF file as well - just in case I want to do any further changes). The point is that you don't have to (and shouldn't if you intend to edit) scan as jpg to end up with jpg. You say you can open your .pct files and work with them OK - you could then save them as jpg files from iphoto ready to upload to snapfish (you need to use the export function in iphoto and chose jpg from the options). The main reason I would use TIFF (.tiff or .tif) rather than .pct is that TIFF is a pretty universal file format whereas .pct is mainly a mac file format - but it should all work with .pct the same. With the resolution, given plenty of hard drive space, I would always start with a higher resolution scan than you need for the final print. You have to remember that the image file is just pixels - you scan the image at x pixels/inch and then print the image at a setting of y dpi (dots per inch) if x y are the same then a scanned image will be printed at the same size but you can and may well want to change the resolution between scanning and printing. Wikipedia probably explains it better than me: DPI refers to the physical dot density of an image when it is reproduced as a real physical entity, for example printed onto paper, or displayed on a monitor. A digitally stored image has no inherent physical dimensions, measured in inches or centimetres. Some digital file formats record a DPI value, or more commonly a PPI (pixels per inch) value, which is to be used when printing the image. This number lets the printer know the intended size of the image, or in the case of scanned images, the size of the original scanned object. For example, a bitmap image may measure 1000×1000 pixels, a resolution of one megapixel. If it is labeled as 250 PPI, that is an instruction to the printer to print it at a size of 4×4 inches. Changing the PPI to 100 in an image editing program would tell the printer to print it at a size of 10×10 inches. However, changing the PPI value would not change the size of the image in pixels which would still be 1000×1000. An image may also be resampled to change the number of pixels and therefore the size or resolution of the image, but this is quite different from simply setting a new PPI for the file. Quite often you might want to start with a number of photos of the same size and end up with a number of printed images the same (or similar) size but have some photos where you want to crop the image to get rid of unwanted stuff around the edges. If you leave the resolution unchanged then obviously cropping the photo would result in a smaller printed image but by changing the resolution scan you can crop the image and then re-size the cropped image back up to the desired print size. This would result in a lower resolution - so by starting with a scan of a higher resolution you can still maintain a high print resolution. Forgive me if the above seems to be stating the obvious - I guess my point is that you can always reduce a higher resolution without losing any quality other than that implied by the reduced resolution whereas trying to increase image resolution using software is never as good because the software has to invent the missing information by extrapolating the existing info. Hope that helps. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 29/5/09 1:10 PM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Please can someone help me with my problem. So far I have scanned 12 of a number of old BW photos to use in a Birthday Book project. As recommended recently by Susan, I am using Snapfish to upload my photos before creating the book. It seems ideal for my purpose but some of the editing tools e.g. cropping, are not available to Mac users. So I need to put the BW photos into iPhoto to edit them before uploading. The scanned images are in a folder on the desktop from where they can be viewed without any trouble at all. However once in iPhoto they are black, no image at all. I've tried using some of the adjustments available to no avail. Then I discovered that if saved as .pct rather than .jpg I can put them into iPhoto
Re: BW photo help
Ronni I am scanning the photos using Auto Mode in Epson Scan and was not aware of being able to choose grey scale or anything else. However I have just checked Home Mode rather than Auto Mode and grey scale shows there but it is black and white that is selected. Destination is shown as printer so perhaps that should be changed. The other options are screen/web or other. The resolution remains the same at 300 dpi Best wishes Laura On 29/05/2009, at 1:31 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 29/05/2009, at 1:10 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Please can someone help me with my problem. So far I have scanned 12 of a number of old BW photos to use in a Birthday Book project. As recommended recently by Susan, I am using Snapfish to upload my photos before creating the book. It seems ideal for my purpose but some of the editing tools e.g. cropping, are not available to Mac users. So I need to put the BW photos into iPhoto to edit them before uploading. The scanned images are in a folder on the desktop from where they can be viewed without any trouble at all. However once in iPhoto they are black, no image at all. I've tried using some of the adjustments available to no avail. Then I discovered that if saved as .pct rather than .jpg I can put them into iPhoto edit them and do whatever I wish with them. The trouble with that idea is that to upload to Snapfish photos have to be jpg. So I scanned them all again as jpg but, apart from three photos which, for some unaccountable reason are perfect, the rest are blanks when put in iPhoto. Would the resolution at which the photos are scanned have something to do with the problem? This is currently 300 dpi and why it works with some but not all photos is quite beyond me. Kind regards Laura Hi Laura, How are you scanning the original BW photos? You aren't scanning in grayscale are you? You need to us the sRGB colour profile - iPhoto does not work with grayscale colour profiles. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 3GB / 800MHz / 160GB OS X 10.5.7 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: BW photo help
Hi Laura, Open Epson Scan - Full Auto Mode - click customize tick all these settings Specify documents type for full Auto Mode Photograph/ Document Specify resolution for full Auto Mode 300dpi Dust Removal Color Restoration Auto Photo Orientation Then click File Save Settings - Image Format Type: JPEG click Options Image Quality Options move slider to highest quality - Encoding Standard and Tick Embed ICC Profile click OK Then Scan Cheers, Ronni On 29/05/2009, at 2:52 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Ronni I am scanning the photos using Auto Mode in Epson Scan and was not aware of being able to choose grey scale or anything else. However I have just checked Home Mode rather than Auto Mode and grey scale shows there but it is black and white that is selected. Destination is shown as printer so perhaps that should be changed. The other options are screen/web or other. The resolution remains the same at 300 dpi Best wishes Laura On 29/05/2009, at 1:31 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 29/05/2009, at 1:10 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Please can someone help me with my problem. So far I have scanned 12 of a number of old BW photos to use in a Birthday Book project. As recommended recently by Susan, I am using Snapfish to upload my photos before creating the book. It seems ideal for my purpose but some of the editing tools e.g. cropping, are not available to Mac users. So I need to put the BW photos into iPhoto to edit them before uploading. The scanned images are in a folder on the desktop from where they can be viewed without any trouble at all. However once in iPhoto they are black, no image at all. I've tried using some of the adjustments available to no avail. Then I discovered that if saved as .pct rather than .jpg I can put them into iPhoto edit them and do whatever I wish with them. The trouble with that idea is that to upload to Snapfish photos have to be jpg. So I scanned them all again as jpg but, apart from three photos which, for some unaccountable reason are perfect, the rest are blanks when put in iPhoto. Would the resolution at which the photos are scanned have something to do with the problem? This is currently 300 dpi and why it works with some but not all photos is quite beyond me. Kind regards Laura Hi Laura, How are you scanning the original BW photos? You aren't scanning in grayscale are you? You need to us the sRGB colour profile - iPhoto does not work with grayscale colour profiles. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 3GB / 800MHz / 160GB OS X 10.5.7 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: BW photo help
Laura, I forgot in File Save Settings - Location: Other: Choose locate your folder on the desktop (so all the scans will go into it so you can then import the folder of scanned photos into iPhoto and batch change them all at once). Ronni On 29/05/2009, at 3:04 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Laura, Open Epson Scan - Full Auto Mode - click customize tick all these settings Specify documents type for full Auto Mode Photograph/ Document Specify resolution for full Auto Mode 300dpi Dust Removal Color Restoration Auto Photo Orientation Then click File Save Settings - Image Format Type: JPEG click Options Image Quality Options move slider to highest quality - Encoding Standard and Tick Embed ICC Profile click OK Then Scan Cheers, Ronni On 29/05/2009, at 2:52 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Ronni I am scanning the photos using Auto Mode in Epson Scan and was not aware of being able to choose grey scale or anything else. However I have just checked Home Mode rather than Auto Mode and grey scale shows there but it is black and white that is selected. Destination is shown as printer so perhaps that should be changed. The other options are screen/web or other. The resolution remains the same at 300 dpi Best wishes Laura On 29/05/2009, at 1:31 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 29/05/2009, at 1:10 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Please can someone help me with my problem. So far I have scanned 12 of a number of old BW photos to use in a Birthday Book project. As recommended recently by Susan, I am using Snapfish to upload my photos before creating the book. It seems ideal for my purpose but some of the editing tools e.g. cropping, are not available to Mac users. So I need to put the BW photos into iPhoto to edit them before uploading. The scanned images are in a folder on the desktop from where they can be viewed without any trouble at all. However once in iPhoto they are black, no image at all. I've tried using some of the adjustments available to no avail. Then I discovered that if saved as .pct rather than .jpg I can put them into iPhoto edit them and do whatever I wish with them. The trouble with that idea is that to upload to Snapfish photos have to be jpg. So I scanned them all again as jpg but, apart from three photos which, for some unaccountable reason are perfect, the rest are blanks when put in iPhoto. Would the resolution at which the photos are scanned have something to do with the problem? This is currently 300 dpi and why it works with some but not all photos is quite beyond me. Kind regards Laura Hi Laura, How are you scanning the original BW photos? You aren't scanning in grayscale are you? You need to us the sRGB colour profile - iPhoto does not work with grayscale colour profiles. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 3GB / 800MHz / 160GB OS X 10.5.7 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: BW photo help
Hi Laura, Are you using iPhoto '09? I just scanned some BW photos using the settings I gave you before and they DON'T work in iPhoto '09. I'm sure I used those settings before in iPhoto '08 ... These settings do work in iPhoto '09: Home Mode: Document Type - Photograph Image Type: Color Destination: Other Resolution: 300 dpi Target Size: Original Image Adjustments: Descreening Dust Removal tick Thumbnail Then click Configuration - under 'Color' check ColorSync Source (Scanner): EPSON Standard Target: sRGB Auto Exposure Level: High Click OK Back in Home Mode window, Click Preview Then 'click drag' your cursor around the image you want to scan, then click 'Scan' and then OK. Cheers, Ronni On 29/05/2009, at 3:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Laura, I forgot in File Save Settings - Location: Other: Choose locate your folder on the desktop (so all the scans will go into it so you can then import the folder of scanned photos into iPhoto and batch change them all at once). Ronni On 29/05/2009, at 3:04 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Laura, Open Epson Scan - Full Auto Mode - click customize tick all these settings Specify documents type for full Auto Mode Photograph/ Document Specify resolution for full Auto Mode 300dpi Dust Removal Color Restoration Auto Photo Orientation Then click File Save Settings - Image Format Type: JPEG click Options Image Quality Options move slider to highest quality - Encoding Standard and Tick Embed ICC Profile click OK Then Scan Cheers, Ronni On 29/05/2009, at 2:52 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Ronni I am scanning the photos using Auto Mode in Epson Scan and was not aware of being able to choose grey scale or anything else. However I have just checked Home Mode rather than Auto Mode and grey scale shows there but it is black and white that is selected. Destination is shown as printer so perhaps that should be changed. The other options are screen/web or other. The resolution remains the same at 300 dpi Best wishes Laura On 29/05/2009, at 1:31 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 29/05/2009, at 1:10 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Please can someone help me with my problem. So far I have scanned 12 of a number of old BW photos to use in a Birthday Book project. As recommended recently by Susan, I am using Snapfish to upload my photos before creating the book. It seems ideal for my purpose but some of the editing tools e.g. cropping, are not available to Mac users. So I need to put the BW photos into iPhoto to edit them before uploading. The scanned images are in a folder on the desktop from where they can be viewed without any trouble at all. However once in iPhoto they are black, no image at all. I've tried using some of the adjustments available to no avail. Then I discovered that if saved as .pct rather than .jpg I can put them into iPhoto edit them and do whatever I wish with them. The trouble with that idea is that to upload to Snapfish photos have to be jpg. So I scanned them all again as jpg but, apart from three photos which, for some unaccountable reason are perfect, the rest are blanks when put in iPhoto. Would the resolution at which the photos are scanned have something to do with the problem? This is currently 300 dpi and why it works with some but not all photos is quite beyond me. Kind regards Laura Hi Laura, How are you scanning the original BW photos? You aren't scanning in grayscale are you? You need to us the sRGB colour profile - iPhoto does not work with grayscale colour profiles. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 3GB / 800MHz / 160GB OS X 10.5.7 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: MacUpdate Bundle - TechTool Pro 5 and Parallels 4 plus more,..
Hi Daniel last time I downloaded one of these bundles three of didnt work with the keys and when I went on the forums it turned out many people had problems with the keys...ended up with only 9 of the 12 apps working. just FYI also thanks for the info re the RAM cheers Wayne On 28/05/2009, at 8:25 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi All For those interested,.. MacUpdate have another bundle on offer at the moment. It has 11 Apps in it, including TechTool Pro 5 and Parallels Desktop 4. The retail on the bundle is around $512.71 and they selling it for USD$49.99. It runs for about 2 weeks. If you want to have a look or purchase, I have a referral link, so please feel free to use it :o) (Thanks!) http://www.mupromo.com/?ref=6615 TechTool Pro is quite a good application to have, for diagnostic and checking of your machines. So even if you just got it for that one alone, it's worth the price. TechTool Pro sells for about $80 over here. (And Parallels itself sells for about $119AUD). Worth a look,... Enjoy! Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: BW photo help
OK Laura, We can use my original Instructions in Full Auto Mode (which is much easier than Home Mode and good quality). Just MAKE SURE that in Embed ICC Profile if OFF ... don't tick it! The problem was iPhoto doesn't handle the Embed Profile. Cheers, Ronni who is Out of Here for a while, Cloe has been very patient waiting for her walk. On 29/05/2009, at 4:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Laura, Are you using iPhoto '09? I just scanned some BW photos using the settings I gave you before and they DON'T work in iPhoto '09. I'm sure I used those settings before in iPhoto '08 ... These settings do work in iPhoto '09: Home Mode: Document Type - Photograph Image Type: Color Destination: Other Resolution: 300 dpi Target Size: Original Image Adjustments: Descreening Dust Removal tick Thumbnail Then click Configuration - under 'Color' check ColorSync Source (Scanner): EPSON Standard Target: sRGB Auto Exposure Level: High Click OK Back in Home Mode window, Click Preview Then 'click drag' your cursor around the image you want to scan, then click 'Scan' and then OK. Cheers, Ronni On 29/05/2009, at 3:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Laura, I forgot in File Save Settings - Location: Other: Choose locate your folder on the desktop (so all the scans will go into it so you can then import the folder of scanned photos into iPhoto and batch change them all at once). Ronni On 29/05/2009, at 3:04 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Laura, Open Epson Scan - Full Auto Mode - click customize tick all these settings Specify documents type for full Auto Mode Photograph/ Document Specify resolution for full Auto Mode 300dpi Dust Removal Color Restoration Auto Photo Orientation Then click File Save Settings - Image Format Type: JPEG click Options Image Quality Options move slider to highest quality - Encoding Standard and Tick Embed ICC Profile click OK Then Scan Cheers, Ronni On 29/05/2009, at 2:52 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Ronni I am scanning the photos using Auto Mode in Epson Scan and was not aware of being able to choose grey scale or anything else. However I have just checked Home Mode rather than Auto Mode and grey scale shows there but it is black and white that is selected. Destination is shown as printer so perhaps that should be changed. The other options are screen/web or other. The resolution remains the same at 300 dpi Best wishes Laura On 29/05/2009, at 1:31 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 29/05/2009, at 1:10 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Please can someone help me with my problem. So far I have scanned 12 of a number of old BW photos to use in a Birthday Book project. As recommended recently by Susan, I am using Snapfish to upload my photos before creating the book. It seems ideal for my purpose but some of the editing tools e.g. cropping, are not available to Mac users. So I need to put the BW photos into iPhoto to edit them before uploading. The scanned images are in a folder on the desktop from where they can be viewed without any trouble at all. However once in iPhoto they are black, no image at all. I've tried using some of the adjustments available to no avail. Then I discovered that if saved as .pct rather than .jpg I can put them into iPhoto edit them and do whatever I wish with them. The trouble with that idea is that to upload to Snapfish photos have to be jpg. So I scanned them all again as jpg but, apart from three photos which, for some unaccountable reason are perfect, the rest are blanks when put in iPhoto. Would the resolution at which the photos are scanned have something to do with the problem? This is currently 300 dpi and why it works with some but not all photos is quite beyond me. Kind regards Laura Hi Laura, How are you scanning the original BW photos? You aren't scanning in grayscale are you? You need to us the sRGB colour profile - iPhoto does not work with grayscale colour profiles. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 3GB / 800MHz / 160GB OS X 10.5.7 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: BW photo help
HI Ronni and Neil I am using iPhoto8. The only items not checked in your list were Dust Removal, Colour Restoration and Auto Photo restoration. Everything else was as you suggested. The scanned result was the same, no image in iPhoto. Neil, I've now just scanned one photo as .tif which works as does the .pct so tomorrow I'll try and digest all your information and see what happens next. Thank you both for your suggestions. Watch this space!! Best wishes Laura On 29/05/2009, at 3:04 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Laura, Open Epson Scan - Full Auto Mode - click customize tick all these settings Specify documents type for full Auto Mode Photograph/ Document Specify resolution for full Auto Mode 300dpi Dust Removal Color Restoration Auto Photo Orientation Then click File Save Settings - Image Format Type: JPEG click Options Image Quality Options move slider to highest quality - Encoding Standard and Tick Embed ICC Profile click OK Then Scan Cheers, Ronni On 29/05/2009, at 2:52 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Ronni I am scanning the photos using Auto Mode in Epson Scan and was not aware of being able to choose grey scale or anything else. However I have just checked Home Mode rather than Auto Mode and grey scale shows there but it is black and white that is selected. Destination is shown as printer so perhaps that should be changed. The other options are screen/web or other. The resolution remains the same at 300 dpi Best wishes Laura On 29/05/2009, at 1:31 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 29/05/2009, at 1:10 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Please can someone help me with my problem. So far I have scanned 12 of a number of old BW photos to use in a Birthday Book project. As recommended recently by Susan, I am using Snapfish to upload my photos before creating the book. It seems ideal for my purpose but some of the editing tools e.g. cropping, are not available to Mac users. So I need to put the BW photos into iPhoto to edit them before uploading. The scanned images are in a folder on the desktop from where they can be viewed without any trouble at all. However once in iPhoto they are black, no image at all. I've tried using some of the adjustments available to no avail. Then I discovered that if saved as .pct rather than .jpg I can put them into iPhoto edit them and do whatever I wish with them. The trouble with that idea is that to upload to Snapfish photos have to be jpg. So I scanned them all again as jpg but, apart from three photos which, for some unaccountable reason are perfect, the rest are blanks when put in iPhoto. Would the resolution at which the photos are scanned have something to do with the problem? This is currently 300 dpi and why it works with some but not all photos is quite beyond me. Kind regards Laura Hi Laura, How are you scanning the original BW photos? You aren't scanning in grayscale are you? You need to us the sRGB colour profile - iPhoto does not work with grayscale colour profiles. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 3GB / 800MHz / 160GB OS X 10.5.7 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: BW photo help
Hi Ronni Forgot to thank you for the tip in choosing the folder on the desktop so that scanned images go direct to the folder. That had not occurred to me, so much easier. Regards Laura On 29/05/2009, at 4:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Laura, Are you using iPhoto '09? I just scanned some BW photos using the settings I gave you before and they DON'T work in iPhoto '09. I'm sure I used those settings before in iPhoto '08 ... These settings do work in iPhoto '09: Home Mode: Document Type - Photograph Image Type: Color Destination: Other Resolution: 300 dpi Target Size: Original Image Adjustments: Descreening Dust Removal tick Thumbnail Then click Configuration - under 'Color' check ColorSync Source (Scanner): EPSON Standard Target: sRGB Auto Exposure Level: High Click OK Back in Home Mode window, Click Preview Then 'click drag' your cursor around the image you want to scan, then click 'Scan' and then OK. Cheers, Ronni On 29/05/2009, at 3:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Laura, I forgot in File Save Settings - Location: Other: Choose locate your folder on the desktop (so all the scans will go into it so you can then import the folder of scanned photos into iPhoto and batch change them all at once). Ronni On 29/05/2009, at 3:04 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Laura, Open Epson Scan - Full Auto Mode - click customize tick all these settings Specify documents type for full Auto Mode Photograph/ Document Specify resolution for full Auto Mode 300dpi Dust Removal Color Restoration Auto Photo Orientation Then click File Save Settings - Image Format Type: JPEG click Options Image Quality Options move slider to highest quality - Encoding Standard and Tick Embed ICC Profile click OK Then Scan Cheers, Ronni On 29/05/2009, at 2:52 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Ronni I am scanning the photos using Auto Mode in Epson Scan and was not aware of being able to choose grey scale or anything else. However I have just checked Home Mode rather than Auto Mode and grey scale shows there but it is black and white that is selected. Destination is shown as printer so perhaps that should be changed. The other options are screen/web or other. The resolution remains the same at 300 dpi Best wishes Laura On 29/05/2009, at 1:31 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 29/05/2009, at 1:10 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Please can someone help me with my problem. So far I have scanned 12 of a number of old BW photos to use in a Birthday Book project. As recommended recently by Susan, I am using Snapfish to upload my photos before creating the book. It seems ideal for my purpose but some of the editing tools e.g. cropping, are not available to Mac users. So I need to put the BW photos into iPhoto to edit them before uploading. The scanned images are in a folder on the desktop from where they can be viewed without any trouble at all. However once in iPhoto they are black, no image at all. I've tried using some of the adjustments available to no avail. Then I discovered that if saved as .pct rather than .jpg I can put them into iPhoto edit them and do whatever I wish with them. The trouble with that idea is that to upload to Snapfish photos have to be jpg. So I scanned them all again as jpg but, apart from three photos which, for some unaccountable reason are perfect, the rest are blanks when put in iPhoto. Would the resolution at which the photos are scanned have something to do with the problem? This is currently 300 dpi and why it works with some but not all photos is quite beyond me. Kind regards Laura Hi Laura, How are you scanning the original BW photos? You aren't scanning in grayscale are you? You need to us the sRGB colour profile - iPhoto does not work with grayscale colour profiles. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 3GB / 800MHz / 160GB OS X 10.5.7 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone Help
Welcome to the West :-) Mac On 29/05/2009, at 1:21 AM, joe mastrella wrote: Greetings! I will be traveling to Perth and north Western (Pilbara) for an extended stay. I will need to purchase an iPhone. I would like to purchase a phone without a contract. Can you help with info about purchase and plans, locked or unlocked. I will join your group as soon as find a place to live. Thanks, Joe Mastrella Concord, California -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: looping DVD with Toast 9
thanks ...i've already tried that because i thought that might be what was causing the problem but no... neither auto play nor play continuously are ticked. it is happening when i burn from final cut express, eyetv and straight video tab. any other ideas please? Yvonne On 29/05/2009, at 12:07 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Yvonne In version 9, and assuming you're burning them from the Video Tab, under Options on the left hand side there is a More button. If you click that, you'll get a drop down menu. The option to untick there is Play all items continuously. Once done, it should be fine. May pay to check it for the next few DVD's you do, as I'm not sure if it saves the preference for each one.Look like it should though. Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel On 29/5/09 10:16 AM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: Help please it seems every DVD i burn loops. How can I stop this? I have tried the toast help but cannot find any reference... maybe they call it something else Yvonne -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry DOT com DOT au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
MacHeads Screening tomorrow!
Hi WAMuggers: If you are interested in seeing MacHeads, please feel free to join us at ECU Mount Lawley at 10.45am in Building 17. Parking is free on the weekends. I have about 20 seats left in the lecture theatre I think. -- - - - - - Nathalie Collins Mobile:+61 43 994 1825 Web: http://southwest.ecu.edu.au/business/staff/collins.html Skype: mrscollins -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: BW photo help
Sometimes I've had pics come to me from other places which come up black in iPhoto. The way I overcome this it to first open them in 'Preview' which is a standard application in Macs. Then I make a copy with the free and very useful image capture application 'Capture Me.' The resultant saved image from 'Capture Me' goes straight to the desktop. I then drag it to iPhoto for editing or whatever. Get 'Capture Me' at http://www.chimoosoft.com/products/captureme/ Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: looping DVD with Toast 9
On 29/05/2009, at 6:35 PM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: thanks ...i've already tried that because i thought that might be what was causing the problem but no... neither auto play nor play continuously are ticked. OK , but did you click on the more There are other check boxes there ! Bob it is happening when i burn from final cut express, eyetv and straight video tab. any other ideas please? Yvonne On 29/05/2009, at 12:07 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Yvonne In version 9, and assuming you're burning them from the Video Tab, under Options on the left hand side there is a More button. If you click that, you'll get a drop down menu. The option to untick there is Play all items continuously. Once done, it should be fine. May pay to check it for the next few DVD's you do, as I'm not sure if it saves the preference for each one.Look like it should though. Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel On 29/5/09 10:16 AM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: Help please it seems every DVD i burn loops. How can I stop this? I have tried the toast help but cannot find any reference... maybe they call it something else Yvonne -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry DOT com DOT au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Fwd: address book
Hi Ronni I have had another look at your window compared with mine and I see that The correct box is already selected at the top. Therefore I will postpone reinstallation for now since the address book is in the right order and there is little to be gained by reinstalling. I will repeat this email to WAMUG without the picture of my window which is attached for everyone's info. Thanks for your help, I will save your detailed instructions in case I need to reinstall later. Thanks also to everyone for your messages on this subject. I have learned a lot. Cheers John -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: address book
On 29/05/2009, at 8:22 PM, John Daniels wrote: Hi Ronni I have had another look at your window compared with mine and I see that The correct box is already selected at the top. Therefore I will postpone reinstallation for now since the address book is in the right order and there is little to be gained by reinstalling. I will repeat this email to WAMUG without the picture of my window which is attached for everyone's info. Thanks for your help, I will save your detailed instructions in case I need to reinstall later. Thanks also to everyone for your messages on this subject. I have learned a lot. Cheers John Hi John, Your Address Book Preferences General Window is NOT the same as mine, it is not showing the Show first name: Before last name Your Window only shows partly following last name there should be above that Show first name: Before last name I will attach both your Window Mine in an email to you so you can see the difference. I notice also that it is back before the change from .Mac to MobileMe. There is a yellow exclamation mark with a message No me card is set. Locate it and choose Card Make This My Card. Address Book automatically creates an address card for you using information you supplied when you first set up your computer. And you Choose Card Make This My Card To see your card, Choose Card Go to My Card Do you have a My Card? I also think you are using a older version of Address Book. Version 4.1.2 (700) is the current version for Leopard. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 3GB / 800MHz / 160GB OS X 10.5.7 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Thanks
Thanks Mac. I am looking forward to living working and traveling in Western Australia. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: looping DVD with Toast 9
yes Bob, neither box is ticked there either Y On 29/05/2009, at 7:56 PM, Robert Howells wrote: On 29/05/2009, at 6:35 PM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: thanks ...i've already tried that because i thought that might be what was causing the problem but no... neither auto play nor play continuously are ticked. OK , but did you click on the more There are other check boxes there ! Bob it is happening when i burn from final cut express, eyetv and straight video tab. any other ideas please? Yvonne On 29/05/2009, at 12:07 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Yvonne In version 9, and assuming you're burning them from the Video Tab, under Options on the left hand side there is a More button. If you click that, you'll get a drop down menu. The option to untick there is Play all items continuously. Once done, it should be fine. May pay to check it for the next few DVD's you do, as I'm not sure if it saves the preference for each one.Look like it should though. Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel On 29/5/09 10:16 AM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: Help please it seems every DVD i burn loops. How can I stop this? I have tried the toast help but cannot find any reference... maybe they call it something else Yvonne -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry DOT com DOT au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: looping DVD with Toast 9
Yvonne, When you burn a DVD using Toast, do you select a Menu Style? Do you have a Menu on all your burnt DVDs? If you don't have a Menu for the DVD it would default to both Autoplay and continuous play I would suspect. Cheers, Ronni On 29/05/2009, at 6:35 PM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: thanks ...i've already tried that because i thought that might be what was causing the problem but no... neither auto play nor play continuously are ticked. it is happening when i burn from final cut express, eyetv and straight video tab. any other ideas please? Yvonne On 29/05/2009, at 12:07 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Yvonne In version 9, and assuming you're burning them from the Video Tab, under Options on the left hand side there is a More button. If you click that, you'll get a drop down menu. The option to untick there is Play all items continuously. Once done, it should be fine. May pay to check it for the next few DVD's you do, as I'm not sure if it saves the preference for each one.Look like it should though. Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel On 29/5/09 10:16 AM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: Help please it seems every DVD i burn loops. How can I stop this? I have tried the toast help but cannot find any reference... maybe they call it something else Yvonne -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: looping DVD with Toast 9
Ronni no i don't use menu style at all. I will try that on my next burn and see if that fixes things or not thanks Yvonne On 30/05/2009, at 7:43 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Yvonne, When you burn a DVD using Toast, do you select a Menu Style? Do you have a Menu on all your burnt DVDs? If you don't have a Menu for the DVD it would default to both Autoplay and continuous play I would suspect. Cheers, Ronni On 29/05/2009, at 6:35 PM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: thanks ...i've already tried that because i thought that might be what was causing the problem but no... neither auto play nor play continuously are ticked. it is happening when i burn from final cut express, eyetv and straight video tab. any other ideas please? Yvonne On 29/05/2009, at 12:07 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Yvonne In version 9, and assuming you're burning them from the Video Tab, under Options on the left hand side there is a More button. If you click that, you'll get a drop down menu. The option to untick there is Play all items continuously. Once done, it should be fine. May pay to check it for the next few DVD's you do, as I'm not sure if it saves the preference for each one.Look like it should though. Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel On 29/5/09 10:16 AM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: Help please it seems every DVD i burn loops. How can I stop this? I have tried the toast help but cannot find any reference... maybe they call it something else Yvonne -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: looping DVD with Toast 9
Hi Yvonne Are they lopping on both the computer they are being played in and/or an external DVD player to a TV? Or just on the computer? It could also be a setting on the actual device itself just as another line of thought. Otherwise, it's probably what Guru Ronni suggests. :o) Was just thinking out loud for another idea just incase. Hope something works. Kind Regards Daniel On 30/5/09 11:00 AM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: Ronni no i don't use menu style at all. I will try that on my next burn and see if that fixes things or not thanks Yvonne On 30/05/2009, at 7:43 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Yvonne, When you burn a DVD using Toast, do you select a Menu Style? Do you have a Menu on all your burnt DVDs? If you don't have a Menu for the DVD it would default to both Autoplay and continuous play I would suspect. Cheers, Ronni On 29/05/2009, at 6:35 PM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: thanks ...i've already tried that because i thought that might be what was causing the problem but no... neither auto play nor play continuously are ticked. it is happening when i burn from final cut express, eyetv and straight video tab. any other ideas please? Yvonne On 29/05/2009, at 12:07 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Yvonne In version 9, and assuming you're burning them from the Video Tab, under Options on the left hand side there is a More button. If you click that, you'll get a drop down menu. The option to untick there is Play all items continuously. Once done, it should be fine. May pay to check it for the next few DVD's you do, as I'm not sure if it saves the preference for each one.Look like it should though. Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel On 29/5/09 10:16 AM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: Help please it seems every DVD i burn loops. How can I stop this? I have tried the toast help but cannot find any reference... maybe they call it something else Yvonne -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: looping DVD with Toast 9
thanks Daniel it is on three different Macs here, our tv and lots of others all around the state..~lol~ If it wasn't for the others I probably wouldn't even care but it gets a bit embarrasing when showing a highlights dvd to a group of people and have to try and zap it closed quickly at the end before it starts again. Yvonne On 30/05/2009, at 11:05 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Yvonne Are they lopping on both the computer they are being played in and/ or an external DVD player to a TV? Or just on the computer? It could also be a setting on the actual device itself just as another line of thought. Otherwise, it's probably what Guru Ronni suggests. :o) Was just thinking out loud for another idea just incase. Hope something works. Kind Regards Daniel On 30/5/09 11:00 AM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: Ronni no i don't use menu style at all. I will try that on my next burn and see if that fixes things or not thanks Yvonne On 30/05/2009, at 7:43 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Yvonne, When you burn a DVD using Toast, do you select a Menu Style? Do you have a Menu on all your burnt DVDs? If you don't have a Menu for the DVD it would default to both Autoplay and continuous play I would suspect. Cheers, Ronni On 29/05/2009, at 6:35 PM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: thanks ...i've already tried that because i thought that might be what was causing the problem but no... neither auto play nor play continuously are ticked. it is happening when i burn from final cut express, eyetv and straight video tab. any other ideas please? Yvonne On 29/05/2009, at 12:07 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Yvonne In version 9, and assuming you're burning them from the Video Tab, under Options on the left hand side there is a More button. If you click that, you'll get a drop down menu. The option to untick there is Play all items continuously. Once done, it should be fine. May pay to check it for the next few DVD's you do, as I'm not sure if it saves the preference for each one.Look like it should though. Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel On 29/5/09 10:16 AM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: Help please it seems every DVD i burn loops. How can I stop this? I have tried the toast help but cannot find any reference... maybe they call it something else Yvonne -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
VisualVoice mail coming to Vodafone
Hi All For those on the Vodafone network, looks like we're getting VisualVoice mail. Got a text from Vodafone yesterday, which said the service is to be activated soon. http://www.vodafone.com.au/vv Pretty cool. I don't think the other networks have it yet, so Vodafone are the first to bring it to Oz,..though I could be wrong. (Edit,..just a quick google search it seems like they are,.. http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/05/vodafone_launches_visual_voicemail_for_ip hone.html) So if you've got an iPhone and are with Vodafone,.keep a look out! :o) Enjoy! Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: looping DVD with Toast 9
A OK. Well that rules out it being the device then. At least it's good to rule out all the options to narrow it down. Kind Regards Daniel On 30/5/09 11:39 AM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: thanks Daniel it is on three different Macs here, our tv and lots of others all around the state..~lol~ If it wasn't for the others I probably wouldn't even care but it gets a bit embarrasing when showing a highlights dvd to a group of people and have to try and zap it closed quickly at the end before it starts again. Yvonne On 30/05/2009, at 11:05 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Yvonne Are they lopping on both the computer they are being played in and/ or an external DVD player to a TV? Or just on the computer? It could also be a setting on the actual device itself just as another line of thought. Otherwise, it's probably what Guru Ronni suggests. :o) Was just thinking out loud for another idea just incase. Hope something works. Kind Regards Daniel On 30/5/09 11:00 AM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: Ronni no i don't use menu style at all. I will try that on my next burn and see if that fixes things or not thanks Yvonne On 30/05/2009, at 7:43 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Yvonne, When you burn a DVD using Toast, do you select a Menu Style? Do you have a Menu on all your burnt DVDs? If you don't have a Menu for the DVD it would default to both Autoplay and continuous play I would suspect. Cheers, Ronni On 29/05/2009, at 6:35 PM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: thanks ...i've already tried that because i thought that might be what was causing the problem but no... neither auto play nor play continuously are ticked. it is happening when i burn from final cut express, eyetv and straight video tab. any other ideas please? Yvonne On 29/05/2009, at 12:07 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Yvonne In version 9, and assuming you're burning them from the Video Tab, under Options on the left hand side there is a More button. If you click that, you'll get a drop down menu. The option to untick there is Play all items continuously. Once done, it should be fine. May pay to check it for the next few DVD's you do, as I'm not sure if it saves the preference for each one.Look like it should though. Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel On 29/5/09 10:16 AM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: Help please it seems every DVD i burn loops. How can I stop this? I have tried the toast help but cannot find any reference... maybe they call it something else Yvonne -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: looping DVD with Toast 9
Hi Yvonne, I'm fairly sure your DVDs are looping because you don't have a Menu on the DVDs. It's the way the DVD is burnt, not the equipment that is playing them. No Menu on a DVD, the DVD will play through and then play through again etc. Try one with a Menu and see what happens. An alternative for you is to choose a menu along with auto play. That way the menu is skipped but the playback stops at the end of the first title. However, the menu will appear at the end of play. Cheers, Ronni On 30/05/2009, at 11:39 AM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: thanks Daniel it is on three different Macs here, our tv and lots of others all around the state..~lol~ If it wasn't for the others I probably wouldn't even care but it gets a bit embarrasing when showing a highlights dvd to a group of people and have to try and zap it closed quickly at the end before it starts again. Yvonne On 30/05/2009, at 11:05 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Yvonne Are they lopping on both the computer they are being played in and/ or an external DVD player to a TV? Or just on the computer? It could also be a setting on the actual device itself just as another line of thought. Otherwise, it's probably what Guru Ronni suggests. :o) Was just thinking out loud for another idea just incase. Hope something works. Kind Regards Daniel On 30/5/09 11:00 AM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: Ronni no i don't use menu style at all. I will try that on my next burn and see if that fixes things or not thanks Yvonne On 30/05/2009, at 7:43 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Yvonne, When you burn a DVD using Toast, do you select a Menu Style? Do you have a Menu on all your burnt DVDs? If you don't have a Menu for the DVD it would default to both Autoplay and continuous play I would suspect. Cheers, Ronni On 29/05/2009, at 6:35 PM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: thanks ...i've already tried that because i thought that might be what was causing the problem but no... neither auto play nor play continuously are ticked. it is happening when i burn from final cut express, eyetv and straight video tab. any other ideas please? Yvonne On 29/05/2009, at 12:07 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Yvonne In version 9, and assuming you're burning them from the Video Tab, under Options on the left hand side there is a More button. If you click that, you'll get a drop down menu. The option to untick there is Play all items continuously. Once done, it should be fine. May pay to check it for the next few DVD's you do, as I'm not sure if it saves the preference for each one.Look like it should though. Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel On 29/5/09 10:16 AM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: Help please it seems every DVD i burn loops. How can I stop this? I have tried the toast help but cannot find any reference... maybe they call it something else Yvonne -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
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I worked in Port Hedland for about 10 years as a Surgeon/GP/RFDS doctor and had a ball. Found the cyclones exciting (as long as you felt you were reasonably safe :-) ) and the scenery can be just out of this world as long as you were willing to travel hours and hours and hours :-(Temperatures can be high, we saw 57 on the inside thermometer but 42 is not uncommon. In one cyclone the anemometer recorded up to 212 MPH and then disintegrated :-). Got to know aborigines quite well and they are great people when not under the affluence of incohol. Where are you going and what is your profession? Mac , at 1:21 AM, joe mastrella wrote: Greetings! I will be traveling to Perth and north Western (Pilbara) for an extended stay. I will need to purchase an iPhone. I would like to purchase a phone without a contract. Can you help with info about purchase and plans, locked or unlocked. I will join your group as soon as find a place to live. Thanks, Joe Mastrella Concord, California -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
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Re: looping DVD with Toast 9
thanks Ronni, I was going to leave i until needed to burn something but I just couldn't wait so I found a short clip and tried that and YAY!!! I would rather not have the menu as none of the styles backgrounds really fit but better that than the painful looping and at least the auto play lets me get away without having it show at the beginning. thanks everyone for your help Yvonne On 30/05/2009, at 11:50 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Yvonne, I'm fairly sure your DVDs are looping because you don't have a Menu on the DVDs. It's the way the DVD is burnt, not the equipment that is playing them. No Menu on a DVD, the DVD will play through and then play through again etc. Try one with a Menu and see what happens. An alternative for you is to choose a menu along with auto play. That way the menu is skipped but the playback stops at the end of the first title. However, the menu will appear at the end of play. Cheers, Ronni On 30/05/2009, at 11:39 AM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: thanks Daniel it is on three different Macs here, our tv and lots of others all around the state..~lol~ If it wasn't for the others I probably wouldn't even care but it gets a bit embarrasing when showing a highlights dvd to a group of people and have to try and zap it closed quickly at the end before it starts again. Yvonne On 30/05/2009, at 11:05 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Yvonne Are they lopping on both the computer they are being played in and/or an external DVD player to a TV? Or just on the computer? It could also be a setting on the actual device itself just as another line of thought. Otherwise, it's probably what Guru Ronni suggests. :o) Was just thinking out loud for another idea just incase. Hope something works. Kind Regards Daniel On 30/5/09 11:00 AM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: Ronni no i don't use menu style at all. I will try that on my next burn and see if that fixes things or not thanks Yvonne On 30/05/2009, at 7:43 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Yvonne, When you burn a DVD using Toast, do you select a Menu Style? Do you have a Menu on all your burnt DVDs? If you don't have a Menu for the DVD it would default to both Autoplay and continuous play I would suspect. Cheers, Ronni On 29/05/2009, at 6:35 PM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: thanks ...i've already tried that because i thought that might be what was causing the problem but no... neither auto play nor play continuously are ticked. it is happening when i burn from final cut express, eyetv and straight video tab. any other ideas please? Yvonne On 29/05/2009, at 12:07 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Yvonne In version 9, and assuming you're burning them from the Video Tab, under Options on the left hand side there is a More button. If you click that, you'll get a drop down menu. The option to untick there is Play all items continuously. Once done, it should be fine. May pay to check it for the next few DVD's you do, as I'm not sure if it saves the preference for each one.Look like it should though. Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel On 29/5/09 10:16 AM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: Help please it seems every DVD i burn loops. How can I stop this? I have tried the toast help but cannot find any reference... maybe they call it something else Yvonne -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
