[AT] Sideways pictures

Gene Dotson gdotsly at watchtv.net
Sun Nov 7 17:59:32 PST 2010


    Larry;

    I know there are many useful programs and techniques, but they are far 
beyond my talents. I just learned last week how to transfer my photos from 
my camera SD chip and from my hard drive to a flash drive. I thought that 
was cause to celebrate.

                Gene



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Goss" <rlgoss at insightbb.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2010 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Sideways pictures


Gene, I do a lot of document scanning in Adobe Professional 8 with all the 
bells and whistles turned on. With that program, the software and the 
hardware doesn't really care how you have the original artwork oriented. It 
is going to scan it in whatever way you throw it on the scanner, find the 
"right side up" on it, straighten the digital image so it is absolutely 
square, and size it to fit all the other pages in the document AFTER THE 
FACT -- after the image is scanned and after the optical character 
recognition is completed. Digital conversion of tractor documents is a 
"no-brainer" activity. I do make sure that I keep the scanning resolution at 
the optimum (between 200 and 400 dpi), and I do prescan everything so I can 
check the scanned document for borders, and then I optimize the data file so 
it compresses as much as the software will let it before saving the file.

My new HDTV has both computer ports and USB ports on it so I can hook up a 
laptop and/or large external hard drive to my TV with all the tractor files 
on it and view them at whatever zoom ratio I wish. Supposedly, the TV will 
only handle JPEG and MP2 files, but I tested it last night and found that it 
takes all the infinitely searchable PDF files also.

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: Gene Dotson <gdotsly at watchtv.net>
Date: Sunday, November 7, 2010 18:44
Subject: Re: [AT] Sideways pictures
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> Charlie;
> Yes I was referring to the combine pictures.
> Charlie V said they came
> through to him in vertical and to mine they were horizontal. I
> am sure that
> you sent them in the proper orientation and my system oriented
> them for best
> display on my monitor. I am still new to this monitor and will
> have to check
> out the portrait versus landscape settings.
>
> I do thank you for taking the effort to find
> this information. I have
> tried at times before to identify it and now we know what it was.
>
> I always take anything on here very
> lighthearted and unless I am flamed
> personally I take no offense. Sometimes you have to read a
> message 1 or 2
> times to realize it was sent tongue-in-cheek. Sometimes have to
> agree to
> disagree good naturedly. Many times just let it go without a comment.
>
> Gene
>
> P.S. I did try to stand my monitor on its
> side to try to read them, but
> couldn't control the mouse to align the articles.
>
> G.D.
>
>
> > Charlie Hill
 pictures
> >
> >> After sending that reply, Gene, I was wondering if you were
> referring>> to the forum pictures or some the other Charlie may
> have sent to you.
> >> Other thoughts that passed through my mind were:
> >>


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