Re: [Ql-Users] A3 scanner
On 13/09/12 23:15, Lee Privett wrote: Interestingly the new iPhone 5 has an app called Panorama designed to continuously take very wide pictures while you move the camera/phone and automatically stitches the slices together using sophisticated software to remove artefacts etc. Hmmm. Apple stealing something that's been on Sony camera's at least for a good while now. Wonder if Sony will sue them? I'm sure Panorama is the Sony name for the feature as well, so two birds for Sony there! checks the internet Looks like it's called Sweep Panorama and has been Sony's since at least 2009 from what I can find. Cheers, Norm. PS. Yes, I'm not an Apple fan, not since the Apple ][e - which I used in college and coveted, but couldn't afford. It had two 5.5 floppy drives built in. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] A3 scanner
Op Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:26:04 +0200 schreef Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk: Lee Privett wrote: Interestingly the new iPhone 5 has an app called Panorama designed to continuously take very wide pictures while you move the camera/phone and automatically stitches the slices together using sophisticated software to remove artefacts etc. Both my Android phone and digital camera have that facility but on both it only seems to work well in good strong light (i.e. outdoors). Even my (A4) scanner's software has a join function which tries to make one big scan of two smaller ones, but it always looks bad. Never seems to scan with the same brightness and contrast twice, so the join looks awful even when aligned. Anyway, I took Bryan's suggestion and found that there are indeed a couple of Freecycle groups around here, and I tried Froogle for the first time which compares best prices plus I found one or two second user equipment sites which I'll look into when I get time. Would be nice if QPC2 could link to these TWAIN devices like scanners in some way - if the hooks were there it might be possible to write QL software to do these tasks. Obviously, I have no idea of what TWAIN is like to work with, people like Marcel might well give me a piece of their mind for even daring to suggest it! Dilwyn I have successfully stitched together two A4 scans of record sleeves (LP's remember those?) with Photoshop Elements. A scanner should give more evenly lit images for stitching than a camera would, but I think Photoshop can also even this out. Mind you, this was all done with a HP scanner and under W$98. This scanner plus software is far better than my current All-In-One under Vista, but HP didn't bother to port the old driver to Vista. Bob -- The BSJR QL software site at: http://members.upc.nl/b.spelten/ql/ ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] A3 scanner
On 12/09/2012 04:40, Dilwyn Jones wrote: I don’t suppose anyone on this list has a second-hand A3 scanner they’d like to sell? I need to scan some documents (with photos) of roughly A3 size and stitching 2xA4 scans together doesn’t really work – the ‘stitching’ looks awful when the two halves are joined after scanning. I know A3 scanners can be bought for about £200 on the internet, but the job isn’t really big enough to justify buying a brand new scanner, so I thought I might as well offer to buy second hand off a QLer first. It will be used with a Windows 7 PC (the scanner, not the QLer). Dilwyn Have you Freegle/Freecyce round there, Dilwyn? It is surprising what un-usual things can be found from a Wanted posting. Bryan H ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] A3 scanner
Have you Freegle/Freecyce round there, Dilwyn? It is surprising what un-usual things can be found from a Wanted posting. Bryan H Ah, great idea, thanks Bryan. I'm not aware of one of those around here but I'll see what I can find. Unfortunately, some of the items to be scanned are historical and fragile, so I'd rather not entrust them to scanning services or risk postal damage, hence why I'd prefer to get a scanner for this job if I can, and after that keep it for any future such work. There's no great rush or urgent deadlines, though and I'll try Lee's suggestion of photographing with a good resolution camera when I get time to set up a suitable stand. A3 scanners seem surprisingly rare and expensive. Dilwyn ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] A3 scanner
Interestingly the new iPhone 5 has an app called Panorama designed to continuously take very wide pictures while you move the camera/phone and automatically stitches the slices together using sophisticated software to remove artefacts etc. Editor QUANTA The QL Users And Tinkerers Association http://www.QUANTA.org.uk On 13 Sep 2012, at 16:08, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Have you Freegle/Freecyce round there, Dilwyn? It is surprising what un-usual things can be found from a Wanted posting. Bryan H Ah, great idea, thanks Bryan. I'm not aware of one of those around here but I'll see what I can find. Unfortunately, some of the items to be scanned are historical and fragile, so I'd rather not entrust them to scanning services or risk postal damage, hence why I'd prefer to get a scanner for this job if I can, and after that keep it for any future such work. There's no great rush or urgent deadlines, though and I'll try Lee's suggestion of photographing with a good resolution camera when I get time to set up a suitable stand. A3 scanners seem surprisingly rare and expensive. Dilwyn ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] A3 scanner
Lee Privett wrote: Interestingly the new iPhone 5 has an app called Panorama designed to continuously take very wide pictures while you move the camera/phone and automatically stitches the slices together using sophisticated software to remove artefacts etc. Both my Android phone and digital camera have that facility but on both it only seems to work well in good strong light (i.e. outdoors). Even my (A4) scanner's software has a join function which tries to make one big scan of two smaller ones, but it always looks bad. Never seems to scan with the same brightness and contrast twice, so the join looks awful even when aligned. Anyway, I took Bryan's suggestion and found that there are indeed a couple of Freecycle groups around here, and I tried Froogle for the first time which compares best prices plus I found one or two second user equipment sites which I'll look into when I get time. Would be nice if QPC2 could link to these TWAIN devices like scanners in some way - if the hooks were there it might be possible to write QL software to do these tasks. Obviously, I have no idea of what TWAIN is like to work with, people like Marcel might well give me a piece of their mind for even daring to suggest it! Dilwyn ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] A3 scanner
I don’t suppose anyone on this list has a second-hand A3 scanner they’d like to sell? I need to scan some documents (with photos) of roughly A3 size and stitching 2xA4 scans together doesn’t really work – the ‘stitching’ looks awful when the two halves are joined after scanning. I know A3 scanners can be bought for about £200 on the internet, but the job isn’t really big enough to justify buying a brand new scanner, so I thought I might as well offer to buy second hand off a QLer first. It will be used with a Windows 7 PC (the scanner, not the QLer). Dilwyn ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] A3 scanner
Dilwyn said - I need to scan some documents (with photos) of roughly A3 size and stitching 2xA4 scans together doesn’t really work – the ‘stitching’ looks awful when the two halves are joined after scanning. My local 'STAPLES' offers a discrete scanning service. Greetings to all, John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] A3 scanner
have you thought of photographing the documents with a high resolution camera? My local coop allow A3/A4 scanning and copying, Boots may also offer something Lee Privett lee.priv...@gmail.com On 12 Sep 2012, at 16:40, Dilwyn Jones wrote: I don’t suppose anyone on this list has a second-hand A3 scanner they’d like to sell? I need to scan some documents (with photos) of roughly A3 size and stitching 2xA4 scans together doesn’t really work – the ‘stitching’ looks awful when the two halves are joined after scanning. I know A3 scanners can be bought for about £200 on the internet, but the job isn’t really big enough to justify buying a brand new scanner, so I thought I might as well offer to buy second hand off a QLer first. It will be used with a Windows 7 PC (the scanner, not the QLer). Dilwyn ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] A3 scanner
Lee Privett wrote: have you thought of photographing the documents with a high resolution camera? My local coop allow A3/A4 scanning and copying, Boots may also offer something Lee Privett lee.priv...@gmail.com I might try the photography, if I can rig up a tripod, stand and suitable wider backing (and find time to set it all up - time's been quite scarce lately!). Thanks for the suggestion. Dilwyn ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
