Retroreveal Website Status?

Anyone know what happened to RetroReveal http://retroreveal.org

Seems to be out of commission today, but I use it often and it always works. Probably back on line tomorrow. (I hope)

Just tried and not working for me either.

And 8 hours later, webpage is still unavailable...

Online status: Offline. Invalid SSL certificate. wenrate.org. As of May 29.

Just checked; still down.

Don't apricate a (free) tool until it's not available.

Anyone know how to contact administrator? Maybe express how appreciative the community is with the free service.

Maybe next time I'll pay more attention to the how and why the service is provided.
Pat

Still down!

Found the Retroreveal developer at the university of Utah. She still works there.

Left a voicemail inquiry, hopefully will hear back.
Pat

(Looks pretty interesting)

From resume:
.....April 2017-present Digital Initiatives Librarian:
...Manage descriptive metadata work for the J. Willard Marriott Library's digital collections. Supervise metadata staff and librarian. Identify and support innovative solutions for ongoing metadata work. Coordinate legacy metadata remediation and enhancement in the digital library. Consult on new digital initiatives and projects across library departments......

.......June 2011-July 2012 RetroReveal Project Manager
University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library, Salt Lake City, UT
Assisted in the development of web-based services for a unique digital imaging site, which resulted in better ease of use for users wishing to uncover hidden elements in digital images containing palimpsest materials. Coordinated staff work, developed online content, and provided general administrative support.............

For those looking for an alternative, several years ago when RetroReveal was down I wrote a small app called PMGS Reveal that does many of the same things, though on a much smaller scale due to limitations in the image manipulation software I use. You can download it for free here.

Many graphics applications also support 'split channels' function (which is what RetroReveal basically does). Simply split out the RGB (Red, Green, Blue) channels and then try some different Contrast filters on the new channel images.
Don

(One more step)

Received this reply from the university.


"As of August 1, 2018, the Marriott Library transferred ownership of the retroreveal.org domain and licenses for the software to Hal Erickson.
***email address removed by Mod as per rules***"

Guess we'll have to see what Hal is up to.

Pat

Four years ago back in 2018 the new owner -re-registered the 'retroreveal.org' domain name through 8/31/2027.

So we know that the site is not down due to a domain name issue. And we know that the site is not down due to a DNS issue since it cannot be reached using the IP address rather then the domain name.

This means that the site is probably down due to a hosting issue. I do not know who was hosting it (private or commercial) but either way the amount of hard drive space for the 'retroreveal.org' site is HUGE. They were storing the images on the site and they never removed any of them for as long as I have been using it (11 years). The number of images they were storing was just growing and growing. And like most donation funded website, they would have been lucky to have at least 1% of the users actually helping by sending them any donations.

So my opinion is that the lack of hard drive space has probably caused a website hosting issue and the owners are trying to figure out a workable (financially feasible) solution.
Don

free only lasts so long :)

Thanks Don, missed the email rule.
Pat

Thanks Postmastergs - I was able to download your tool and was able to pull out the hidden target cancel on this stamp :

Show us the end result!