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Subject: Re: irfanview is good at... extracting a page (as Jpg, Png) from a PDF file.
From: nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder)
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Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2024 21:33:01 +0200
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Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 27 Jul 2024 23:27:30 -0000 (UTC), Anonymous
> <no_email@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> 
> >Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Sat, 27 Jul 2024 13:22:59 -0400, Rich Ulrich
> >> <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 18:02:15 -0400, Tony Cooper
> >>> <tonycooper214@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>> On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 12:39:09 -0700, HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> I have thousands of images from .jpgs to .pngs on my computer.  I use
> >>>>>>>> the (free) FastStone Photo Viewer.  It's not only a great image
> >>>>>>>> viewer, but offers many other options from selecting by tagged images
> >>>>>>>> to bulk re-naming.  It's set as my default viewer.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> bulk re-naming ---- i've never wanted to do this.
> >>>> 
> >>>> That's up to your own system.  Images come out of the camera with
> >>>> descriptors determined by the camera.  In my case, my Nikon names an
> >>>> image something like _DNC4911.dng.  I re-name the image
> >>>> 2024-07-26-1.dng or whatever the date is.   The image is then adjusted
> >>>> in Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop and saved or exported as a .tif, .psd,
> >>>> .png, or .jpg depending on the intended use.
> >>>> 
> >>>> If I link to one of my images, the file name in that format tells you
> >>>> when that image was taken.  Associating the date-taken with the image
> >>>> by making it the file name has many advantages.
> >>> 
> >>> I found the date-as-name extremely useful when I set about
> >>> organizing the files I obtained when I had 10,000 slides scanned.
> >>> They had been shot by my dad, featuring celebrations, vacations
> >>> (people and viewss) and special events. This was about 30 years
> >>> after he died, after my mom moved and was sorting things out,
> >>> so discoloration was the problem that was more time-consuming
> >>> than figuring the actual, original dates. 
> >> 
> >> I have been an avid photographer since high school.  Back when I
> >> started to put all my photographs on the computer using Adobe's
> >> Lightroom, the problem was dating all those slides and prints I had.
> >> 
> >> It was like detective work.  If I could find a photograph where I
> >> could pinpoint the date, I'd look for others where the clothing or
> >> scene was the same.  By "pinpoint", I mean at least knowing the year.
> >> 
> >> I've become proficient in Adobe Photoshop, so I can pretty closely
> >> restore the original colors to faded scanned prints, refresh black and
> >> white prints,  and restore damaged prints.   Some stored prints became
> >> stuck together and damaged when pulled apart.
> >
> >Scanning negatives will give you much more detail than you ever saw in
> >prints. But it's a world unto itself and unfortunately the best negative
> >scanners (Nikon Coolscan) are no longer made, even (for many years now).
> >
> I did not scan my slides.  I bought a used Nikon Coolscan and later
> sold it for the same price I paid for it.

Indeed. Some people keep or buy antiquated computers, 
even with SCSI interfaces, just to drive a Nikon scanner.
Especially ancient ones with an automatic slide feeder
still fetch some real money, (and may be hard to find)

Jan