7.0296 S/W Qs and Rs (2/51)

Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Thu, 25 Nov 1993 16:15:15 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 7, No. 0296. Thursday, 25 Nov 1993.


(1) Date: Tue, 2 Nov 93 13:44:24 PST (13 lines)
From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber)
Subject: Re: 7.0279 Evaluating Humanities Software (1/121)

(2) Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1993 20:22:22 -0500 (EST) (38 lines)
From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty)
Subject: visual grabbing & fixing software?

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Date: Tue, 2 Nov 93 13:44:24 PST
From: cbf@athena.berkeley.edu (Charles Faulhaber)
Subject: Re: 7.0279 Evaluating Humanities Software (1/121)

The term "humanities sofware" seems to me to be so broad as
to be virtually useless. What distinguishes these products
from software tout court?

Perhaps some examples of what the author has in mind might be
useful.

Charles Faulhaber
UC Berkeley.
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Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1993 20:22:22 -0500 (EST)
From: mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca (W. McCarty)
Subject: visual grabbing & fixing software?

I need some recommendations for software. The tasks at hand are first
to grab screen images, then to manipulate them. What I need are
highest quality images for later reproduction in a book; I may want to
sharpen the contrast on these images, change brightness, expand or
contract them, perhaps overlay them with comments and simple graphics,
such as arrows. I need to produce image files in a variety of standard
formats, e.g. .BMP, .EPS. The system I am using is an MS-DOS machine,
486/66MHz, with a Diamond Stealth video card & drivers, running 1024 x
768 on a 17-inch colour monitor -- and, of course, Windows 3.1. I'm
sufficiently uneducated in the technical aspects of the equipment,
however, not to know what the setup has to do with the quality of
images obtained, so I would appreciate detailed advice here as well.

I have looked at and briefly used GrabPro, and I own a copy of
PhotoFinish.

I'm not looking for the cheapest solution necessarily, rather the one
that will give me the best results. The images are intended for a
professionally produced book. I do not have large sums of money
at my disposal, however.

While on the subject allow me to add that screen-capture is an
excellent technique for producing class handouts, overheads, and even
quick manuals. So I suspect that some good recommendations would do
many of us a considerable favour.

Thanks.

WM
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Willard McCarty / Centre for Computing in the Humanities
University of Toronto / mccarty@epas.utoronto.ca
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