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Which program can I use to crop the pictures before uploading? rikdegraaff, I wrote an app that will crop and straighten scans. You might give it a try. |
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Which program can I use to crop the pictures before uploading? https://www.gimp.org/ - Open source, available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, BSD, etc. Feature filled with a big learning curve. But the crop and straighten tools are very simple to use. |
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I am going to try it with the software from PostmasterGS.
If that doesn't work, my second choice is GIMP. |
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PostmasterGS's cropping and straightening tool is fabulous. I use it all the time, especially for straightening. I use IrfanView if I want to crop a portion of a stamp -- for example, to show a plate flaw. For simply reducing the size of an image, as opposed to cropping, IrfanView's "Resize/Resample" feature (found under "Options") is great. |
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I suggest GIMP. easy controls and to navigate and gets the job good done. |
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I've scanned my stamp now twice. First image went great, also straightened with PostmasterGS' program. But with my second scan, I get the following Stampfix error:  What am I supposed to do? I looked into the settings, but don't know how it all works. Thanks for helping me out! |
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rikdegraaff,
Can you post a copy of the photo you're trying to crop/straighten, as well as your threshold settings? The threshold settings can be found under "Settings", "Threshold Settings". |
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Hereby my threshold settings:  But with the photo of my stamp, I get an error. File is too big... What can I do to upload my photo? Resize in IrfanView, or upload it to an other host? I am now uploading at UltraIMG.com... Thanks for all the help! |
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I resize with IrfanView to get it under the 200 KB limit. You can also use the "Free Image Optimizer" by clicking the link below. (By "below," I mean below the box where you type your post.) |
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rikdegraaff,
Try emailing the file to me.
postmaster //--at--// germanstamps.net |
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Thank you for your email address, PostmasterGS.
I've sent you an email.
I hope that you/we can fix this, because it is a wonderful piece of software!
Greetings, Rik |
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Ah, finally some time to scan a stamp. Here my first "good" result of a scanned stamp. Please let me know if you have some tips/additions. My scan settings were the normal epson settings, only changed to 1200 dpi. Greetings, Rik  |
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Rik,
Try dialing back the white level/brightness just a bit. You're blowing out the highlights and losing all surface detail. |
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