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Title: I got a scanner but... Post by: Kevincal on July 19, 2006, 09:04:22 PM ...I don't have the setup software cd it came with, so therefore I can't scan anything...Is there a way to get this thing working without the cd? The person I'm borrowing it from has the cd but can't find it atm, cus they are a terrible house keeper!!! :slick:
Title: Re: I got a scanner but... Post by: TraderJake on July 19, 2006, 09:15:22 PM If you know the make and model you should be able to go to the Manufacturer's website to download the drivers / software. HP is especially good with this.
Title: Re: I got a scanner but... Post by: Kevincal on July 19, 2006, 10:38:14 PM Ok I did that and got some scans BUTTTTTTTT the scans are in ".tif" format and not "jpeg." Why is this!?
Title: Re: I got a scanner but... Post by: Kevincal on July 19, 2006, 11:11:09 PM Ok so I found a program on the net that converts picture files, so I converted the .tif to jpeg all by myself! Awesome! :razz:
Title: Re: I got a scanner but... Post by: sinning.dragon on July 20, 2006, 12:54:58 AM Gold star! : D
Title: Re: I got a scanner but... Post by: Kevincal on July 20, 2006, 02:16:07 AM :slick:
Title: Re: I got a scanner but... Post by: Hydrobond on July 20, 2006, 08:23:04 AM Ok I did that and got some scans BUTTTTTTTT the scans are in ".tif" format and not "jpeg." Why is this!? You should be able to change what type of image file the scans are saved as. That being said, .TIFF images are actually higher quality that .JPEG. TIFF is a "lossless" format, meaning the image is compressed, but none of the image's information is lost. A JPEG image will lose quality every time it is saved. Most browsers support TIFF, and the microsoft image viewer can also support it through an upgrade. Title: Re: I got a scanner but... Post by: Tynstar on July 22, 2006, 12:20:24 AM Nice work Kevincal. Nice to see you got a scanner just for the site. That is the same reason I got one.
Title: Re: I got a scanner but... Post by: Mike Leon on July 25, 2006, 02:36:28 PM Here's what you *could* do. You *could* download a copy of Photoshop from one of those horrible internet fileshare programs. Photoshop has pretty much all the software you'll need to use your scanner in whatever way you please. Of course, that would be stealing a perfectly affordable $700 software package. You could also be persecuted or ostracized, as no one downloads copyrighted material in this righteous and God-loving country.
Also, remember that while TIFF files are lossless, they are exponentially larger in size. Title: Re: I got a scanner but... Post by: Kevincal on July 25, 2006, 05:50:15 PM Nice work Kevincal. Nice to see you got a scanner just for the site. That is the same reason I got one. Thanks, but actually I got the all-in-one scanner/printer for Xmas a year and a half ago, but at that time my sister was in college, so I loaned it to her for a long time. Then I came to this site and wanted to start helping submit information and scans, so I realized I had a use for the scanner and snagged it back from her. :) Title: Re: I got a scanner but... Post by: Kevincal on July 25, 2006, 05:53:33 PM @ Evil Lion. I actually figured out how to change it from TIFF to JPEG with the help of people from this site. It was really easy. It's just that I had never had a scanner before so all of this is new to me.
Title: Re: I got a scanner but... Post by: shaggy on July 26, 2006, 05:13:56 AM Good Job! Now start scanning!
Title: Re: I got a scanner but... Post by: Kevincal on July 26, 2006, 10:35:37 AM Ha! Thanks and ya I have scanned about 7 or 8 complete games. It is a bit tedious but kinda fun at the same time. ;)
Title: Re: I got a scanner but... Post by: ganonbanned on July 26, 2006, 01:17:13 PM hey! i have a scanner!!
Title: Re: I got a scanner but... Post by: Kevincal on July 26, 2006, 05:28:33 PM Cool, scan some games for the database. ;)
Title: Re: I got a scanner but... Post by: Sauza12 on August 01, 2006, 10:27:22 AM Now, maybe I'm doing something wrong, but my scanner also saves everything to a .tif file. What I did was after I edited the image, I just saved the file name as .jpg from .tif in the image editor. Couldn't you just re-save all of your files with .jpg to change the format?
Title: Re: I got a scanner but... Post by: Kevincal on August 01, 2006, 05:37:43 PM Yep that's what I started doing after some help from one of the moderators here. :)
Title: Re: I got a scanner but... Post by: Necrosaro420 on August 05, 2006, 10:39:57 AM What type of scanner is it? Try going to the manufacturers website, they might have all of the stuff you need for download there.
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