Ken Cox

JP your MIRE 16-235.BMP shows proper separation of the white to black as described on the eye4u http://www.eye4u.com/home/ monitor test ken

well first off if your club is really interested bring in some guest speakers that are knowledgeable -- post your address in this forum migjht be a start and one of our experts may be able to steer somebody your way ken

JP i am going by what i was taught when printing colour in the darkroom -- if shadow areas are not a neutral gray colour then you have the wrong colour balance for the picture/print -- colour correction in the darkroom should be the same as digital pictures. I believe a colour analyzer takes all the colours in a picture and converts them to a shade of grey -- thus the neutral grey card's 18% reflectance -- in some myy old Kodak books they used to say put a grey card in the first picture of a roll as a known value. Then one has to compensate for flesh tones the cameras today have the smarts built in to correct the operator errors:) ken

quote NEW CONTENT: New Windows Explorer/Windows Shell Problems From Patch 908531 2006 AumHa V.S.O.P. Awards _________________________ NEW WINDOWS EXPLORER/WINDOWS SHELL PROBLEMS FROM PATCH 908531 (The following article is from longtime MS-MVP -- and new AumHa VSOP -- Maurice Naggar. It concerns serious Windows problems that some users are experiencing from one of the Microsoft Update patches released last week. - Mr. E) On April 11, Microsoft released a security update via Automatic Updates and the Microsoft Update site to fix some security issues. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/908531/. This update applies to Windows 2000, SBS systems, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. Subsequent to this fix, many users have reported various problems in Windows Explorer and also with Internet Explorer, as well as other programs and functions. Many examples can be seen in the MS public newsgroups (and likely elsewhere). Examples are cited in the new Microsoft Knowledge Base article (15 April 2006) "Problems in Windows Explorer or the Windows shell after you install security update MS06-015" (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918165) and in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-015 (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-015.mspx) as revised on 15 April. * Unable to access special folders like "My Documents" or "My Pictures." * Microsoft Office applications may stop responding when you attempt to save or open Office files in the "My Documents" folder. * Office files in the "My Documents" folder are not able to open in Microsoft Office. * Opening a file through an application's File / Open menu causes the program to stop responding. * Typing an address into Internet Explorer's address bar has no effect. * Right-clicking on a file and selecting Send To has no effect. * Clicking on the plus (+) sign beside a folder in Windows Explorer has no effect. * Some third-party applications stop responding when opening or saving data in the "My Documents" folder. Here are some suggestions if your Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer is having severe issues: 1. Be sure to review the articles noted above. 2. If you have HP external devices or HP photo software as per 918615, AND you still have the update 908531 on the system: do not try to do the registry edit by yourself. a. Follow the article's tips. b. If you have Hewlett-Packard's Share-to-Web software, then I'd suggest you apply **Freudi's registry patch** (http://patch-info.de/WinXP/Downloads/KB908531_Share-To-Web.zip). (Thanks to Ottmar Freudenberger!) Download, extract from the .ZIP file, and afterwards double-click the contained .REG file. Let it import into the registry. Then logoff and restart Windows. See if it is working better. 3. If still stuck with a non-functional Internet Explorer or a serious issue with normal Windows functions, (and you have reviewed the MS articles previously noted) , then consider using Control Panel's Add or Remove programs, and remove update for 908351. To remove windows update KB908531, do the following: Go to Control Panel, then select "Add or Remove Programs." Be sure the "Change or Remove Programs" is active / highlighted (at top left of window). Then look at "Show updates" checkbox (at top). Make sure it is selected (ticked). Once the display is populated, scroll down to "Security Update for Windows XP (KB908531)." It should be near the bottom of the list. Click on that item. You'll see a Remove button. Click on it if you wish to have it removed. Before you use Add-Remove Programs, be very sure you close all your open user programs (after saving any unsaved work). After this change takes effect, and IF this does not ask for a restart, then you should do a logoff and restart of Windows. ALSO: Tweak your settings for Automatic Updates. I'd advise, if you are using automatic updates, you configure it to "Notify me but don't automatically download or install them." Do not have it on "full auto." To get to your settings, right-click the My Computer icon on your desktop, select Properties, then click on the Automatic Updates tab. See also: "How to Configure Automatic Updating in Windows XP" (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525). ________________________ ken

Bob the black screen problem is another can of worms - there is a codec missing on the system at school example My #1 son in law is a teacher -- he made a movie for the robotics class >4gb i downloaded it from the school's server -- sound but no pict on my latest system but would run proper on my old system -- when Jeff Evans started his thread about codecs, i did not have the ms codecs that he used and what JP used [Microsoft mpeg4 v2 Codec,] on my NEW system so i installed a massive codec pak and got the missing ms codecs -- these codecs are old and have been upgraded - thus they were not on my new system but were on the old. When installed on new system, the son in law's show ran perfect I have also had the reverse happen when i am missing a sound codec -- pict but no sound You are old enough to remember a cartoon whose punch line was "IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE" ken

JP "and the whites were dead on " by this i mean there is no colour tint in the shadows of white sections -- o -- proper rendered white, the shadows will be grey. I used the 2 threads only for reference and only to show the procedures we were using to achieve the the format for tv - we were not faced with your problem. ken

JP I dont know what you mean by"overlay" i put your hubble show on my tv's via the svhs output of my ati 9000 all in wonder graphics card and can see a very slight change in the letters floating across the screen -- yellow/gold on the tv -- less gold on my 19" samsung lcd monitor -- more yellow but nothing to get excited about except for the testing we have run here http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3943 and here http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3992 I always use the pte default settings and import the avi into nero to make the dvd. On Al Robinson's recent trip he dropped off a test dvd of his and one of Hawks and the whites were dead on when viewed on the tv at my place and at other hd ws tv's where i can test. Lin Evans riva, exe, and flv shows are dead on for colours on the tv and monitor I checked my new monitor for colour accuracy with a scanned image of a macbeth colour checker and i verified the brightness levels with the monitor check here http://www.eye4u.com/home/ Maybe if you could make a test show using known values -- whites [white house white truck/car]and not clouds you may be able to sort out what is going on ken

Dave I made exe's with some of word's handwrinting font's one time and when displayed on a system without WORD the fonts were all windows default -- times or whatever the system was set for:) ken

no no no you have to make the video and i have to go so i do not have time right now to explain further -- my DR awaits me hawk has been up all night experimenting so you will have to wait ken

YES Mr West -- lots of hits:) http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=SAMPLE...le+Search&meta= he should get something there ken

Dave would the same thing be true in regards to "fonts" -- in the past we have had members say that they made an exe with fancy fonts and when played on somebody else's system they did not show as they were not installed -- does power point act the same way re fonts? ken

it was possible to do it to a cd -- we were still in the vcd/svcd era:) see http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...ile+on+same+dvd ken

Robert please show url for SUPER for others to have a look ken

Robert can you not convert the mov to what you can use? or can your daughter not get it converted by someone at school if you had found the excuse to use MSN and xferred it to me i could do it or put it on your site and email me the url and i will send it back via YouSendIT or see http://www.videohelp.com/tools?convert=MOV%20to%20MPG or L:ast October I set Harry Fitzner up with http://www.radgametools.com/ The RAD Video Tools [1.2 MB] Maybe if Harry see's thread he will jump in and help you out ken

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well the menu's can be customized but it is not user friendly that is why i bought nero i was brought up on adaptec/easycd and i bought roxio ver 7 because i thought the gui would be similar bad mistake since then roxio has changed hands again to another company too bad Corel -- the original cd burner - had not kept their act together ken

Gilbert each show with all it 's parts [music - picts pte exe etc] should be in a separate appropriately named folder - if not start to compile each show by making a separate folder - then when you have all the parts assembled -- make sure the show runs from that folder -- then burn the complete folders to cd ken

just a FYI http://dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html ken

Andrew well when Bill gets the Cottage up again maybe post it there ken

Gilbert save to a CD copies of all my original PTE files what exactly did you save did you save everything - picts music pte - exe etc the pte by itself is just the "roadmap" ken

You likely got the Roxio pkg as part of a bundle and this is quite common when you buy at piece of hardware. for example you might buy a new burner for $50 and included is a piece of burner software - these are generally Lite versions the Nero ultra suite that i and others on the forum use regularily was +- $100 incl tax it allows use to change menu backgrounds, buttons, how the show proceeds etc via a very easy to use GUI not much help but many others have been in your situation including "yours truly" ken

NB= IMPORTANT / TAKE NOTE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NB NB, n.b., please note – the Latin phrase Nota Bene (See List of Latin phrases#N) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_abbreviations N.B. (nota bene) means "note well". It's being replaced by "Note" Example: "N.B.: All the measurements have an accuracy of 5% as they were calibrated according to the procedure described by Jackson (1989)." KEN

ANDREW you are an old smoothee:) did you not make another time lapse show before showing the seasons? If it was you, maybe post it again to show the new members? ken

http://www.fookes.com/ezthumbs/ you can make the settings as you wish or http://irfanview.tuwien.ac.at/ will resize you will have to experiment with both ezthumbs makes backups -- renames the pict example 1999 PLYMOUTH PROWLER.jpg becomes tn_1999 PLYMOUTH PROWLER.jpg btw Ruth welcome to the forum ken