PMGS Stampfix

jamesg,

WRT the first question -- (1) What OS are you on, (2) if Windows, is it 32- or 64-bit Windows, and (3) did you download the version with JRE bundled or not?

WRT understanding the interface, did you take a look at the instructions and/or videos on the download page?

Rod,

I can save you even more time on this process, if you've got the latest version.


Try this:

1. Open StampFix
2. Ensure the "Drag/Drop Directly to Save" and either "Auto-Detect" or "Multiple Stamps Per Image" are selected. These can also be saved as default settings if this is your most common setup.
3. Drag and drop the file, files, or entire folder of files over the window.
4. Grab a beverage and move on to the next batch.

Nice one Postmaster
I shall try that on the morrow,
Time to count sheep here.

Thanks a bunch.. I am excited, I usually have around 10 scans,
sometimes up to 30 scans, I can slide across, that will save Soooo much time.

(I just did all the 50c stamps from Ecuador, there was about 20 scans
of 3 and 4 stamps I did the old way.)

PS Love your video work, you are very talented.

Finally cracked that !
Worked seamlessly, Yay!
I did all my 60c Ecuador stamps (30 stamps) in 12 scans.

Problems (Initially)
I could not reduce the full screen page when clicking on "image"
The reducing arrows did not work
Not sure how I fixed that.

The drag and drop did not work with "image" (as I was used to)
I had to select "Files"

There was no indication anything was working, then suddenly deskewed images started popping up.

This is going to save Sooooo much time.

Thanks Postmaster.

Rod,

With drag and drop, you don't use any of the buttons on the top (Folder, Files, or Image). You just drag the folder or files over the app, release, and it does its thing.

Thanks, Postmaster.
How do I save stampfix window to half screen ?
I have to resize screen every time I open.

Stampfix passed the "Triangle test"
all my triangle deskews were successful.

Ecuador is heading northward of 900 stamps finished
and perhaps another 300 to complete

Rod,

It's not currently possible to change the default window size. I'll take a look and see if I can make the window size persistent so that it opens to the same size it was the last time you closed it.

Rod,

I'm still working on the window persistence. In the meantime, are you aware that with newer versions of Windows, you can snap any window to half-screen?

Sorry for the low-quality demo. I don't have good screen recording software on my Windows computer.

Hi Postmaster,
feel like a kid in a candy store.
Snap to screen works marvelously (CTRL Windows key +left or right arrow)

No need for you to adjust code, I'm flying at the moment,
so no need, I am doing 50 - 100 stamps at a go, with drag and drop
everything is smooth.

again... Thanks.

Problem found, problem fixed.

My main Computer (offline) is Win7
Win7 does not have snap screen as W10.
Stampfix would not work.

The fix, for any Win7 user here

Finished : 4 days
1,300 stamps from ECUADOR

Scanner : Epson V370 Photo
Bulk alignment (rotations) : PICASA
Bulk de-skew : Postmaster GS "Stampfix"
Scripting and general movement of files : XYPlorer
Catalogue : Scott
Searching subset on "Surcharge" I have 76 Ecuador stamps

Postmaster, if you don't mind a couple questions I had while using this recently, specifically the batch processing from image functionality.

Is there the ability to have an incrementing prefix for file naming? - e.g. using prefix set at "1234" and suffix at " canada", so the first image file is named, "1234 canada.jpg", next one is "1235 canada.jpg", etc.

Related, is there an specific pattern to how the images are sorted/named, both in the edit viewer or when extracted to file? I had a batch image with 11 stamps, but the ordering seemed somewhat random - i.e. the 1st image in the batch image was numbered as 7, etc. I have screenshots if I didn't explain that well.

Thanks! Greg

Greg,

There isn't currently a way to increment the prefix or suffix. With the Batch from Image, the core filename (the part between prefix and suffix) will increment from 1 (or higher, depending on what's already in the folder), but the prefix and suffix are static. I'll look into the possibility of adding that as a feature in the next update.

WRT the order, the order is that in which the stamps are detected by the algorithm. IIRC, that's roughly bottom to top, but it's not exact. I'll look into the possibility of making it re-order them from top-left to bottom-right when assigning a file name/number.

Thanks Postmaster for the quick response - much appreciated!

My Epson V300 professional scanner batches bottom to top.

I dump blocks of 4 stamps to folder
and move the blocks on-mass to Stampfix.

Indexing is not important to me from Stamfix.
I employ XYPlorer file manager to do the indexing.


Say I have 20 German Huess stamps
I pick them out (Highlight) in XYPlorer, (F2) type in ...

0702 1954 A150 02pf Pres Theo Huess P14

Hit enter, and they are all done, all I have to do is alter the
Cat# and the value.
(Worldwide collector hack)

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Recent experience
As I now use XYPlorer as my main digital interface
I could not get Stampfix to work,
I thought stampfix had corrupted, till it suddenly dawned on me

Cannot load stampfix from XYPlorer (all it offers is "move")

I have to do it from ACDSee

But that's OK
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