Advice on images please - Page 2

SBT · 07-02-2013, 08:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grannyGrumpy

arghhh. Pasting the link into the address bar gives me a "bad image stack path" error.

Just this once I think Vista will get off free from blame

Just don't get me started on IE...
I think you might have missed the complete link (easily done). You probably pasted something like

Code:

http://ia600306.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?

which is all you can actually see in the info box. You need to capture the entire link (use SHIFT+arrowDown or CTRL+A or something akin) till you get something like

Code:

http://ia600306.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?zip=/30/items/blackrobe03coll/blackrobe03coll_jp2.zip&file=blackrobe03coll_jp2/blackrobe03coll_0006.jp2&scale=2&rotate=0

GrannyGrump · 07-03-2013, 02:50 AM

Thank you, SBT, that got it. (And I was all roused up for some Vista-bashing!)

AlexBell · 07-03-2013, 03:10 AM

@grannyGrumpy: Thanks, I've looked at them and the forum, but am still feeling a bit overwhelmed - though I did spend some time on one one image this afternoon, and though it still needs some work it's a lot better than the original.

@SBT: Thanks so much - detailed explanations like that are just what I need. I'll print out your post and keep it in front of me. I think you'd make a lot of people happy if you did an ebook on fixing up images.

@AlicePattinson: Yes, I agree - I changed the image I worked on to grey-scale, but I'm not quite sure how I did it.

SBT · 07-03-2013, 04:56 AM

Thanks for the positive feedback. I've expanded the post with some screendumps, elaborated a tiny bit and corrected a couple of mistakes. Just keep the feedback coming, and we'll probably be able to whip the step-by-step guide into something that's worthy of putting into the wiki.

AlexBell · 07-03-2013, 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SBT

Thanks for the positive feedback. I've expanded the post with some screendumps, elaborated a tiny bit and corrected a couple of mistakes. Just keep the feedback coming, and we'll probably be able to whip the step-by-step guide into something that's worthy of putting into the wiki.

You're very welcome. I've done work with your first post, and worked out a couple of variations which I'll report on after I've checked the update.

Just for your information: I've tried 'right click and open in a new tab' on Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, and SeaMonkey. The only one which works as you described is Chrome. The others won't open the image in a new tab, or (Safari) won't allow me to change the scale.

Also, as a pedantic detail, in Chrome it shows as 'scale=4' in Chrome and Safari. I changed it to scale=1 as in your earlier post.

Edit: I just checked out your earlier post. Powerful stuff. I'll download it to read at my leisure.

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07-03-2013, 02:50 AM	#17
GrannyGrump Obsessively Dedicated... Posts: 3,200 Karma: 34977896 Join Date: May 2011 Location: JAPAN (US expatriate) Device: Sony PRS-T2, ADE on PC	Thank you, SBT, that got it. (And I was all roused up for some Vista-bashing!)

07-03-2013, 03:10 AM	#18
AlexBell Wizard Posts: 3,413 Karma: 13369310 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Launceston, Tasmania Device: Sony PRS T3, Kobo Glo, Kindle Touch, iPad, Samsung SB 2 tablet	@grannyGrumpy: Thanks, I've looked at them and the forum, but am still feeling a bit overwhelmed - though I did spend some time on one one image this afternoon, and though it still needs some work it's a lot better than the original. @SBT: Thanks so much - detailed explanations like that are just what I need. I'll print out your post and keep it in front of me. I think you'd make a lot of people happy if you did an ebook on fixing up images. @AlicePattinson: Yes, I agree - I changed the image I worked on to grey-scale, but I'm not quite sure how I did it.

07-03-2013, 04:56 AM	#19
SBT Fanatic Posts: 580 Karma: 810184 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Norway Device: prs-t1, tablet, Nook Simple, assorted kindles, iPad	Thanks for the positive feedback. I've expanded the post with some screendumps, elaborated a tiny bit and corrected a couple of mistakes. Just keep the feedback coming, and we'll probably be able to whip the step-by-step guide into something that's worthy of putting into the wiki.

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