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SFW Thread
- From: P3D Bob Shotsberger <bshots1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: SFW Thread
- Date: Sat, 28 Dec 1996 18:35:35 -0600 (CST)
May You All have had a Happy Holiday.
To add more to the SFW thread:
gjw wrote:
>
>> gjw@xxxxxxxxxx said...:
>> I've tried it some weeks ago. The pictures come on a regular 3.5"
>> disk. They use a proprietary file format which cannot be converted to
>> any other format other than by a screen shot. Resolution is 640x480,
>> which would be suitable for the web, but it cannot be compared to
>> photo disk resolution and quality. It's a nice gimmick if you want to
>> see your images on a computer screen rather than on paper prints. And
>> it's a lot cheaper...
And Ronald Beck replied{
>
>I'm sorry but I believe you are incorrect and need to check the SFW
>software that came with your "pictures-on-disk". If I remember correctly
>(and I'll check this evening with mine), you can display a photo and then
>do a "save as" under the file option and save the photo in a number of
>different formats.
>
>Again, I'll verify that with my copy of the program as I haven't used it
>in a while.
I couldn't wait, I knew I have converted several images
foramts from within SFW's program so I ....
I just converted four pictures from SFW format to
"TIF" format and read them into a graphics program
to be sure I had done it and they worked just fine.
While I was at it, I checked SFW's software for what conversions
can be made, I have Photoworks 2.2 and Photoworks Plus 2.2,
both for Windows.
With those two you can convert SFW POD to about 15 graphics formats.
I have only used "TIF" so far, but there is ".JPG", ".BMP",
".GIF", ".IFF", ".PCT", ".TGA", ".WMF", ".ICO", ".WPG" and
a few others that I have not mentioned. Other than the "TIF"
I've used I can't say how they work or what dialect they are in.
You will find these conversions under "FILE" then "Save As".
And from Allen Woods wrote:
>Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 14:05:50 -0800
....
>
>I was ruminating about the comments regarding Pictures on Disk from SFW,
>and it seems to me the general drift is:
>
>1.) The pictures aren't as good as better ones.
>2.) They don't cost enough.
>
>I thought this time of year was time for Christmas Goose, not
>Christmas grouse. ;-)
>
>allanwx@xxxxxxxxxx
>
I kinda grazed over the thread the same way you do. ;-)
I was wondering if I was alone. ;-)
I'll agree that:
SFW POD isn't as good as a PhotoCD Disk, nor as good as scanning a print
with a HP Color Jet 3(?) or whatever the latest scanner model is. And I
have used both of them as well as Kodak DCS 40. But at home I can't
afford any of those three options, yet.
So SFW is a relatively quick, effective and cheap way to get my
pairs into digital form where I can do something with them.
The four photos I just converted, in few evenings, will end up as two
stereographic views ready to be used in a viewer.
I don't have to cut up any prints, I can preview in full size and
color on my monitor and know what I will be getting off my Ink Jet printer.
If I ever get a view card that I really like, then, to make a high
quality card, I will get prints made and I'll know how to cut
and mount them without the trial and error cutting of original prints.
Happy New Year to all.
Bob Shotsberger
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