Re: pics

It just wouldn't make sense that these 1000s of plant pics would come with a
generic product like quick time.  It is all plants.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] pics


> Maybe they came with Quick Time.
>
> On Tuesday, August 17, 2004, at 10:45 AM, Kitty wrote:
>
> > Marge - it's not clipart, it is superb photography.  And it definitely
> > did
> > not come with my HP scanner.  The files are dated May of 2002; I
> > bought the
> > scanner almost 7 yrs ago.
> >
> > I have one photo program that claims to open pic files, but says these
> > pic
> > files are too complicated for it. The file extensions cannot be
> > changed.
> > The images are all compressed.  File # 2001 is a 141kb pic, compressed
> > from
> > a 942 kb jpeg.  Changing the extension just screws up the photo.
> >
> > The Quick Time Viewer offers no saving capabilities, however you can
> > copy to
> > your clipboard.  If I want to save the photo with a usable extension,
> > I just
> > open Photoworks, click on "New Image" and paste.  Then save it anyway I
> > want.  So, yes, they're usable - in a convoluted way.
> >
> > The biggest problem is in the identifying.  As I said, they're in no
> > particular order and no names, just numbers.
> >
> > This is going to really bug me for awhile.  Where the heck did this
> > come
> > from?  I have an inkling.......may take a while to figure out.
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> > Kitty
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 1:53 AM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] pics
> >
> >
> >> Sounds like a collection of images that must have come with your
> >> scanner software - sort of a really great collection of clipart.
> >> Quite a few programs will offer collections of images or contain them
> >> for use with the program - sort of an extra to get you to use or buy
> >> the program in the first place...or the hardware they came with.
> >>
> >> Try renaming one of the files - copy it to another folder somewhere
> >> else on your hard drive.  Name it "whatever the photo is".jpg
> >> (without the quotation marks) and see if you can open it in whatever
> >> image viewer you usually use.  If you're using a MAC, maybe you need
> >> to use .jpeg as an extension - try it both ways.  You can name a file
> >> anything you want to and change the extension to anything you want
> >> to, but to open it, the extension has to relate to the data in the
> >> file in a meaningful manner to your computer system.  If those
> >> extensions don't work, try .gif  .bmp   .tif  or .tiff...any file
> >> extension connected to images.  If you have an image editing program
> >> on your computer, see what options it gives you for saving files and
> >> try all those extensions as well...
> >>
> >>  If you can open it, that means you can change the file extension to
> >> .jpg (or whatever works) and away you go...rename the images you want
> >> to use or keep as you come across them; put them in other folders in
> >> another directory on your computer.  Once you do that, you can delete
> >> them from the original location to save space on your computer if you
> >> want to.
> >>
> >> If changing the file extension works, I am sure there is some freebie
> >> software out there for doing this as a batch file - in other words,
> >> software or instructions for creating a batch file that would change
> >> all the file extensions in a given folder or directory at one time...
> >>
> >> PS...just Googled file extensions .pic and found a site listing about
> >> every known extension with what the file actually is - amazing.  It
> >> gives the following for .pic...
> >>
> >> PC Paint bitmap
> >> Lotus picture
> >> Macintosh PICT drawing
> >>
> >> http://www.ace.net.nz/tech/TechFileFormat.html#o
> >>
> >> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 1:53 AM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] pics
> >
> >
> >> Sounds like a collection of images that must have come with your
> >> scanner software - sort of a really great collection of clipart.
> >> Quite a few programs will offer collections of images or contain them
> >> for use with the program - sort of an extra to get you to use or buy
> >> the program in the first place...or the hardware they came with.
> >>
> >> Try renaming one of the files - copy it to another folder somewhere
> >> else on your hard drive.  Name it "whatever the photo is".jpg
> >> (without the quotation marks) and see if you can open it in whatever
> >> image viewer you usually use.  If you're using a MAC, maybe you need
> >> to use .jpeg as an extension - try it both ways.  You can name a file
> >> anything you want to and change the extension to anything you want
> >> to, but to open it, the extension has to relate to the data in the
> >> file in a meaningful manner to your computer system.  If those
> >> extensions don't work, try .gif  .bmp   .tif  or .tiff...any file
> >> extension connected to images.  If you have an image editing program
> >> on your computer, see what options it gives you for saving files and
> >> try all those extensions as well...
> >>
> >>  If you can open it, that means you can change the file extension to
> >> .jpg (or whatever works) and away you go...rename the images you want
> >> to use or keep as you come across them; put them in other folders in
> >> another directory on your computer.  Once you do that, you can delete
> >> them from the original location to save space on your computer if you
> >> want to.
> >>
> >> If changing the file extension works, I am sure there is some freebie
> >> software out there for doing this as a batch file - in other words,
> >> software or instructions for creating a batch file that would change
> >> all the file extensions in a given folder or directory at one time...
> >>
> >> PS...just Googled file extensions .pic and found a site listing about
> >> every known extension with what the file actually is - amazing.  It
> >> gives the following for .pic...
> >>
> >> PC Paint bitmap
> >> Lotus picture
> >> Macintosh PICT drawing
> >>
> >> http://www.ace.net.nz/tech/TechFileFormat.html#o
> >>
> >> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> >> mtalt@hort.net
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> >> ----------
> >>> From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> >>>
> >>> I wonder if anyone can help me on this.  I have a few collections
> >> of garden
> >>> photos on cds.  I have a large collection on my hard drive that I
> >> have no
> >>> clue where it came from or how to identify the photos in it.  For
> >> some
> >>> reason the whole lot is simply titles Pics and was installed under
> >> my
> >>> scanner software.  It didn't come with the scanner.
> >>> The photos all have the extension .pic which none of my photo
> >> programs will
> >>> open.  However, Pics was also installed with its own Quick Time
> >> Viewer which
> >>> bears a red apple icon making me think it has to do with Mac. So,
> >> if I click
> >>> on one of these .pic files in Windows Explorer, the QTV opens and
> >> shows the
> >>> selected photo.
> >>> When the QTV is open, I can open more of these pics.  Each one is
> >> labeled
> >>> PHOTO - JPEG and a number like 1639.  There are 8 directories each
> >> named
> >>> 1500, 2000, 2500, etc. Each directory holds roughly 500-1000
> >> pictures.
> >>> The strangest part of the collection is that there is no connection
> >> between
> >>> the pictures within each directory.  8001 is a waterlily and 8007
> >> is some
> >>> sort of succulent.  8005 looks like Million Bells.  There are also
> >> shrubs,
> >>> palms, cacti, you name it.
> >>>
> >>> First, does any of this sound familiar to any of you?  Second, can
> >> you
> >>> suggest any way of utilizing this horribly configured collection of
> >>> absolutely stunning plant photography?  It's pretty useless as it
> >> is because
> >>> I can't find anything and nothing is named and there is no order to
> >> it.  But
> >>> it seems a shame to waste it.  Any ideas?
> >>>
> >>> Kitty
> >>>
> >>>
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