Re: pics

I checked and was wrong.  Now I have no idea.
Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Melody" <mhobertm@excite.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 12:12 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] pics


> So, Kitty...you said in an earlier post you had a slight idea where they
might have come from...why not try the theory out on us?
>
>
> Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
>
> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
> --Albert Einstein
>
>  --- On Tue 08/17, Kitty < kmrsy@comcast.net > wrote:
> From: Kitty [mailto: kmrsy@comcast.net]
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 17:06:50 -0500
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] pics
>
> It just wouldn't make sense that these 1000s of plant pics would come
> with a<br>generic product like quick time. It is all
> plants.<br><br>----- Original Message ----- <br>From: "james singer"
> <jsinger@igc.org><br>To: <gardenchat@hort.net><br>Sent: Tuesday, August
> 17, 2004 4:26 PM<br>Subject: Re: [CHAT] pics<br><br><br>> Maybe they
> came with Quick Time.<br>><br>> On Tuesday, August 17, 2004, at 10:45
> AM, Kitty wrote:<br>><br>> > Marge - it's not clipart, it is superb
> photography. And it definitely<br>> > did<br>> > not come with my HP
> scanner. The files are dated May of 2002; I<br>> > bought the<br>> >
> scanner almost 7 yrs ago.<br>> ><br>> > I have one photo program that
> claims to open pic files, but says these<br>> > pic<br>> > files are too
> complicated for it. The file extensions cannot be<br>> > changed.<br>> >
> The images are all compressed. File # 2001 is a 141kb pic,
> compressed<br>> > from<br>> > a 942 kb jpeg. Changing the extension just
> screws up the photo.<br>> ><br>> > The Quick Time Viewer offers no
> saving capabilities, however you can<br>> > copy to<br>> > your
> clipboard. If I want to save the photo with a usable extension,<br>> > I
> just<br>> > open Photoworks, click on "New Image" and paste. Then save
> it anyway I<br>> > want. So, yes, they're usable - in a convoluted
> way.<br>> ><br>> > The biggest problem is in the identifying. As I said,
> they're in no<br>> > particular order and no names, just numbers.<br>>
> ><br>> > This is going to really bug me for awhile. Where the heck did
> this<br>> > come<br>> > from? I have an inkling.......may take a while
> to figure out.<br>> ><br>> > Thanks for your help.<br>> ><br>> >
> Kitty<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > ----- Original Message -----<br>> >
> From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net><br>> > To:
> <gardenchat@hort.net><br>> > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 1:53 AM<br>>
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] pics<br>> ><br>> ><br>> >> Sounds like a
> collection of images that must have come with your<br>> >> scanner
> software - sort of a really great collection of clipart.<br>> >> Q
>
> uite a few programs will offer collections of images or contain
> them<br>> >> for use with the program - sort of an extra to get you to
> use or buy<br>> >> the program in the first place...or the hardware they
> came with.<br>> >><br>> >> Try renaming one of the files - copy it to
> another folder somewhere<br>> >> else on your hard drive. Name it
> "whatever the photo is".jpg<br>> >> (without the quotation marks) and
> see if you can open it in whatever<br>> >> image viewer you usually use.
> If you're using a MAC, maybe you need<br>> >> to use .jpeg as an
> extension - try it both ways. You can name a file<br>> >> anything you
> want to and change the extension to anything you want<br>> >> to, but to
> open it, the extension has to relate to the data in the<br>> >> file in
> a meaningful manner to your computer system. If those<br>> >> extensions
> don't work, try .gif .bmp .tif or .tiff...any file<br>> >> extension
> connected to images. If you have an image editing program<br>> >> on
> your computer, see what options it gives you for saving files and<br>>
> >> try all those extensions as well...<br>> >><br>> >> If you can open
> it, that means you can change the file extension to<br>> >> .jpg (or
> whatever works) and away you go...rename the images you want<br>> >> to
> use or keep as you come across them; put them in other folders in<br>>
> >> another directory on your computer. Once you do that, you can
> delete<br>> >> them from the original location to save space on your
> computer if you<br>> >> want to.<br>> >><br>> >> If changing the file
> extension works, I am sure there is some freebie<br>> >> software out
> there for doing this as a batch file - in other words,<br>> >> software
> or instructions for creating a batch file that would change<br>> >> all
> the file extensions in a given folder or directory at one time...<br>>
> >><br>> >> PS...just Googled file extensions .pic and found a site
> listing about<br>> >> every known extension with what the file actually
> is - amazing. It<br>> >> gives the following for .pic...<br>> >><br>> >>
> P
>
> C
> Paint bitmap<br>> >> Lotus picture<br>> >> Macintosh PICT drawing<br>>
> >><br>> >>
>
>     http://www.ace.net.nz/tech/TechFileFormat.html#o<br>>
>
> >><br>> >> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland<br>> ><br>> > ----- Original
> Message -----<br>> > From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net><br>> > To:
> <gardenchat@hort.net><br>> > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 1:53 AM<br>>
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] pics<br>> ><br>> ><br>> >> Sounds like a
> collection of images that must have come with your<br>> >> scanner
> software - sort of a really great collection of clipart.<br>> >> Quite a
> few programs will offer collections of images or contain them<br>> >>
> for use with the program - sort of an extra to get you to use or
> buy<br>> >> the program in the first place...or the hardware they came
> with.<br>> >><br>> >> Try renaming one of the files - copy it to another
> folder somewhere<br>> >> else on your hard drive. Name it "whatever the
> photo is".jpg<br>> >> (without the quotation marks) and see if you can
> open it in whatever<br>> >> image viewer you usually use. If you're
> using a MAC, maybe you need<br>> >> to use .jpeg as an extension - try
> it both ways. You can name a file<br>> >> anything you want to and
> change the extension to anything you want<br>> >> to, but to open it,
> the extension has to relate to the data in the<br>> >> file in a
> meaningful manner to your computer system. If those<br>> >> extensions
> don't work, try .gif .bmp .tif or .tiff...any file<br>> >> extension
> connected to images. If you have an image editing program<br>> >> on
> your computer, see what options it gives you for saving files and<br>>
> >> try all those extensions as well...<br>> >><br>> >> If you can open
> it, that means you can change the file extension to<br>> >> .jpg (or
> whatever works) and away you go...rename the images you want<br>> >> to
> use or keep as you come across them; put them in other folders in<br>>
> >> another directory on your computer. Once you do that, you can
> delete<br>> >> them from the original location to save space on your
> computer if you<br>> >> wan
>
> t to.<br>> >><br>> >> If changing the file extension works, I am sure
> there is some freebie<br>> >> software out there for doing this as a
> batch file - in other words,<br>> >> software or instructions for
> creating a batch file that would change<br>> >> all the file extensions
> in a given folder or directory at one time...<br>> >><br>> >> PS...just
> Googled file extensions .pic and found a site listing about<br>> >>
> every known extension with what the file actually is - amazing. It<br>>
> >> gives the following for .pic...<br>> >><br>> >> PC Paint bitmap<br>>
> >> Lotus picture<br>> >> Macintosh PICT drawing<br>> >><br>> >>
> http://www.ace.net.nz/tech/TechFileFormat.html#o<br>> >><br>> >> Marge
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> >><br>> >><br>> >> ----------<br>> >>> From: Kitty
> <kmrsy@comcast.net><br>> >>><br>> >>> I wonder if anyone can help me on
> this. I have a few collections<br>> >> of garden<br>> >>> photos on cds.
> I have a large collection on my hard drive that I<br>> >> have no<br>>
> >>> clue where it came from or how to identify the photos in it.
> For<br>> >> some<br>> >>> reason the whole lot is simply titles Pics and
> was installed under<br>> >> my<br>> >>> scanner software. It didn't come
> with the scanner.<br>> >>> The photos all have the extension .pic which
> none of my photo<br>> >> programs will<br>> >>> open. However, Pics was
> also installed with its own Quick Time<br>> >> Viewer which<br>> >>>
> bears a red apple icon making me think it has to do with Mac. So,<br>>
> >> if I click<br>> >>> on one of these
>
> .p
> ic files in Windows Explorer, the QTV opens and<br>> >> shows the<br>>
> >>> selected photo.<br>> >>> When the QTV is open, I can open more of
> these pics. Each one is<br>> >> labeled<br>> >>> PHOTO - JPEG and a
> number like 1639. There are 8 directories each<br>> >> named<br>> >>>
> 1500, 2000, 2500, etc. Each directory holds roughly 500-1000<br>> >>
> pictures.<br>> >>> The strangest part of the collection is that there is
> no connection<br>> >> between<br>> >>> the pictures within each
> directory. 8001 is a waterlily and 8007<br>> >> is some<br>> >>> sort of
> succulent. 8005 looks like Million Bells. There are also<br>> >>
> shrubs,<br>> >>> palms, cacti, you name it.<br>> >>><br>> >>> First,
> does any of this sound familiar to any of you? Second, can<br>> >>
> you<br>> >>> suggest any way of utilizing this horribly configured
> collection of<br>> >>> absolutely stunning plant photography? It's
> pretty useless as it<br>> >> is because<br>> >>> I can't find anything
> and nothing is named and there is no order to<br>> >> it. But<br>> >>>
> it seems a shame to waste it. Any ideas?<br>> >>><br>> >>> Kitty<br>>
> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>
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