Hello all. In my efforts to get more of my isosurface tutorial finished,
I was forced to find a program that would convert my tga files into
gifs. My version of Povray did not come with tgatogif. So, in my mad
search, I found an excellent little program (400k zipped) that converts
files, lets you resize images, crop; you can do lots of things. The
program, Irfanview, can be found at
http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e9227474/english.htm Make sure to check for
viruses, but I don't think it has any; I found the program at
softseek.com

For those interested I hope to finish more of the tutorial soon. I will
probably get into noise3d and maybe some of the pigment+isosurface
functions. Have a nice Sunday evening, everyone!

--
Samuel Benge

E-Mail: STB### [at] aolcom

Visit the still unfinished isosurface tutorial:
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InfranView is great. I've been using it for about a year and send it to
friends and customers whenever they can't see one of my images.

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"Bill DeWitt" <the### [at] earthlinknet> wrote in message
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> InfranView is great. I've been using it for about a year and send it to
> friends and customers whenever they can't see one of my images.

    I wondered while my spellchecker burped on this... Irfanview

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I've been using Irfanview for a long time now and I occassionally
check for updates(which happen fairly often). It's a cool little
program.
-- 
Phil
...coffee?...yes please! extra sugar,extra cream...Thank you.

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"SamuelT." wrote:

> The program, Irfanview, can be found at

I tried Irfanview maybe three years ago - a demo from a shareware CD I
had purchased. It infuriated me that when I installed it the setup
program over wrote all of my image file associations in the windows
registry. It took me forever to get my system straightened out after
that.

Does the current version of the program still do this ?

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http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/

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"Ken" <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote :
>
> Does the current version of the program still do this ?
>

    I wish it did. Corel did this to me and if Irfan would do it I could
reinstall it and fix most of my problems. I hate waiting for Corel to load
everytime I click on a .tga just to see part of an animation.

    Uh... in other words... No, I don't think so. At least it didn't for me.

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Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
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> I tried Irfanview maybe three years ago - a demo from a shareware CD I
> had purchased. It infuriated me that when I installed it the setup
> program over wrote all of my image file associations in the windows
> registry. It took me forever to get my system straightened out after
> that.

>
> Does the current version of the program still do this ?

Corel and IrfanView do that.  In Win98, in Windows Explorer, right-click the
name of the file and in Open-With, you can change that behaviour. I also had
the same problem with IrfanView, and with Corel. The Media Indexer in Corel
should be banned from earth.  But what I wanted to say about Irfanview is
that everybody has to be pretty aware of their designing site. This is, I
was very impressed with the new design -which uses a fancy DHTML,  and
clicked on the link- after that, a language change, and then you cannot go
out, especially because the scripts detects a windows user and starts to
write strange words in another language, from which it is only visible the
word micro$oft. It messed with my files in some way. It is not that
important, but very upsetting.

Regards,
Marjorie
>
> --
> Ken Tyler -  1300+ Povray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
> http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/

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Nothing bad has happened that I can see...

Ken wrote:

> "SamuelT." wrote:
>
> > The program, Irfanview, can be found at
>
> I tried Irfanview maybe three years ago - a demo from a shareware CD I
> had purchased. It infuriated me that when I installed it the setup
> program over wrote all of my image file associations in the windows
> registry. It took me forever to get my system straightened out after
> that.
>
> Does the current version of the program still do this ?
>
> --
> Ken Tyler -  1300+ Povray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
> http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/

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E-Mail: STB### [at] aolcom

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Ken wrote in message <38839967.A75C0E14@pacbell.net>...
>I tried Irfanview maybe three years ago - a demo from a shareware CD I
>had purchased. It infuriated me that when I installed it the setup
>program over wrote all of my image file associations in the windows
>registry. It took me forever to get my system straightened out after
>that.
>
>Does the current version of the program still do this ?


The version I've got won't do this unless you ask it to.

Mark

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I already don't recall what it allows at setup time, I have version 3.07 and it
does allow for checkboxing on/off any of the file formats and this newer version
3.10 has been improved further still.  It's a great program, especially for
freeware!  I just hate the bug-like icon and always change it to one of the
others.
There's the File/Open in External Editor menu item too so you can move an opened
image elsewhere for major changes.
The URL to get it is:
http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e9227474/
and lists features about it there too.

Bob

"Ken" <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
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>
>
> "SamuelT." wrote:
>
> > The program, Irfanview, can be found at
>
> I tried Irfanview maybe three years ago - a demo from a shareware CD I
> had purchased. It infuriated me that when I installed it the setup
> program over wrote all of my image file associations in the windows
> registry. It took me forever to get my system straightened out after
> that.
>
> Does the current version of the program still do this ?
>
> --
> Ken Tyler -  1300+ Povray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
> http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/

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Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
: I tried Irfanview maybe three years ago - a demo from a shareware CD I
: had purchased. It infuriated me that when I installed it the setup
: program over wrote all of my image file associations in the windows
: registry. It took me forever to get my system straightened out after
: that.

  This is a very common and extremely annoying problem with windows programs.
They steal all the associations they want without asking, thus causing
lots of problems to the user.
  There are few exceptions. I remember a program that didn't only ask if I
wanted to reassociate the file type it knew, but it also allowed me to choose
which file types to reassociate and which don't. All programs should be like
this.
  If Microsoft wanted to develop windows, they could add an option like
"Ask before allowing new software to reassociate file types".

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Bill DeWitt wrote in message <3883a75d@news.povray.org>...

>. I hate waiting for Corel to load
>everytime I click on a .tga just to see part of an animation.


I use a little program, IOpener, that came with the GUM modeler.
Just associate my targa's with it.

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ACDSee does just that. I used it until it recently started to behave badly:
takes about 99.99% of the cpu time for ever....

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Regards,
Sander


Nieminen Juha <war### [at] punarastascstutfi> schreef in berichtnieuws
388429ac@news.povray.org...
> Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
> : I tried Irfanview maybe three years ago - a demo from a shareware CD I
> : had purchased. It infuriated me that when I installed it the setup
> : program over wrote all of my image file associations in the windows
> : registry. It took me forever to get my system straightened out after
> : that.
>
>   This is a very common and extremely annoying problem with windows
programs.
> They steal all the associations they want without asking, thus causing
> lots of problems to the user.
>   There are few exceptions. I remember a program that didn't only ask if I
> wanted to reassociate the file type it knew, but it also allowed me to
choose
> which file types to reassociate and which don't. All programs should be
like
> this.
>   If Microsoft wanted to develop windows, they could add an option like
> "Ask before allowing new software to reassociate file types".
>
> --
> main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
> ):5;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/

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>
>
> "SamuelT." wrote:
>
> > The program, Irfanview, can be found at
>
> I tried Irfanview maybe three years ago - a demo from a shareware CD I
> had purchased. It infuriated me that when I installed it the setup
> program over wrote all of my image file associations in the windows
> registry. It took me forever to get my system straightened out after
> that.
>
> Does the current version of the program still do this ?

I installed gimp (for windows) and it asked me if I wanted to change them or
not, it is also a fine program.

Ambis

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On Tue, 18 Jan 2000 14:29:26 +0100, "Sander" <san### [at] stolscom> wrote:

>ACDSee does just that. I used it until it recently started to behave badly:
>takes about 99.99% of the cpu time for ever....

I was just going to mention ACDSee in this thread somewhere. It works
great for me. I open the POV output directory with previews and
auto-updating turned on and just watch the animation grow. Wintop
reports 1.8% CPU for that and I think it's fairly low for what it's
doing. I also like the small shell-extension that shows a preview in
the pop-up menu when you right-click on an image (anywhere, even in
Open File dialogs! :) )


Peter Popov
pet### [at] usanet
ICQ: 15002700

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AC wrote:

> >
> >
> > "SamuelT." wrote:
> >
> > > The program, Irfanview, can be found at
> >
> > I tried Irfanview maybe three years ago - a demo from a shareware CD I
> > had purchased. It infuriated me that when I installed it the setup
> > program over wrote all of my image file associations in the windows
> > registry. It took me forever to get my system straightened out after
> > that.
> >
> > Does the current version of the program still do this ?
>
> I installed gimp (for windows) and it asked me if I wanted to change them or
> not, it is also a fine program.
>
> Ambis

Yes. I'd second the Gimp recomendation. It's in the process of getting ported,
but is very solid compared to Windows programs.

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But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.

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I use Irfanview all the time.
Brendan Ryan

"SamuelT." wrote:

> Hello all. In my efforts to get more of my isosurface tutorial finished,
> I was forced to find a program that would convert my tga files into
> gifs. My version of Povray did not come with tgatogif. So, in my mad
> search, I found an excellent little program (400k zipped) that converts
> files, lets you resize images, crop; you can do lots of things. The
> program, Irfanview, can be found at
> http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e9227474/english.htm Make sure to check for
> viruses, but I don't think it has any; I found the program at
> softseek.com
>
> For those interested I hope to finish more of the tutorial soon. I will
> probably get into noise3d and maybe some of the pigment+isosurface
> functions. Have a nice Sunday evening, everyone!
>
> --
> Samuel Benge
>
> E-Mail: STB### [at] aolcom
>
> Visit the still unfinished isosurface tutorial:
> http://members.aol.com/stbenge

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Are the paint tools in Gimp better than the ones in PSP?

"Jon A. Cruz" wrote:

> AC wrote:
>
> > >
> > >
> > > "SamuelT." wrote:
> > >
> > > > The program, Irfanview, can be found at
> > >
> > > I tried Irfanview maybe three years ago - a demo from a shareware CD I
> > > had purchased. It infuriated me that when I installed it the setup
> > > program over wrote all of my image file associations in the windows
> > > registry. It took me forever to get my system straightened out after
> > > that.
> > >
> > > Does the current version of the program still do this ?
> >
> > I installed gimp (for windows) and it asked me if I wanted to change them or
> > not, it is also a fine program.
> >
> > Ambis
>
> Yes. I'd second the Gimp recomendation. It's in the process of getting ported,
> but is very solid compared to Windows programs.
>
> --
> "My new computer's got the clocks, it rocks
> But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.

--
Samuel Benge

E-Mail: STB### [at] aolcom

Visit the still unfinished isosurface tutorial: http://members.aol.com/stbenge

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"SamuelT." wrote:

> Are the paint tools in Gimp better than the ones in PSP?
>
> "Jon A. Cruz" wrote:
>

Not sure. Since I'm a bit cheap, I never got PSP. I do know Gimps conversions are
very nice, and that it's extremely scriptable. Also, some of the latest stuff in
Gimp 1.1.15 is fairly impressive.

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SamuelT. <STB### [at] aolcom> wrote:
: Are the paint tools in Gimp better than the ones in PSP?

  Isn't PSP a commercial program that co$t$ lot$ of money?

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Nieminen Juha wrote:
> 
> SamuelT. <STB### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> : Are the paint tools in Gimp better than the ones in PSP?
> 
>   Isn't PSP a commercial program that co$t$ lot$ of money?

When it first came out it was definately a shareware only product.
I think you can still get shareware versions but the last version
I got (PSP 4.0  - $49.95 US) was purshased at a retail outlet so
I suppose that qualifies it as a commercial program. Regardless
PSP is many times lower in cost than programs like PhotoShop,
Corel, and Adobe which cost in the hundreds of dollars but still
offers many of the same features. You could call it the top of
the line hobbyist graphics program (hmm... kind of like POV-Ray)
where the programs I mentioned before are considered suitable
for production work.

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Ken wrote:

> Nieminen Juha wrote:
> >
> > SamuelT. <STB### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> > : Are the paint tools in Gimp better than the ones in PSP?
> >
> >   Isn't PSP a commercial program that co$t$ lot$ of money?
>
> When it first came out it was definately a shareware only product.
> I think you can still get shareware versions but the last version
> I got (PSP 4.0  - $49.95 US) was purshased at a retail outlet so
> I suppose that qualifies it as a commercial program. Regardless
> PSP is many times lower in cost than programs like PhotoShop,
> Corel, and Adobe which cost in the hundreds of dollars but still
> offers many of the same features. You could call it the top of
> the line hobbyist graphics program (hmm... kind of like POV-Ray)
> where the programs I mentioned before are considered suitable
> for production work.

I'm not sure, but one comparison might be PSP is to Gimp as Blender is to
POV-Ray.

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But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.

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The Gimp definitely can do plenty, and perhaps more so than PSP.  The various
effect tools alone make it beyond the out-of-the-box PSP 5 or 6 versions (less
Animation Shop, the Agif creator/editor).  But they compare on equal ground
fairly well since there are plug-ins available for either one.  Just isn't easy
to use Gimp (the Win32 port I've used anyway) because of the layout, PSP is
simple enough for anyone.  The latest versions of PSP can do vector graphics
which I don't recall Gimp being able to do.  I got PSP v5 for about $50.
There's my input about it anyhow.

Bob

"Jon A. Cruz" <jon### [at] geocitiescom> wrote in message
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| Ken wrote:
|
| > Nieminen Juha wrote:
| > >
| > > SamuelT. <STB### [at] aolcom> wrote:
| > > : Are the paint tools in Gimp better than the ones in PSP?
| > >
| > >   Isn't PSP a commercial program that co$t$ lot$ of money?
| >
| > When it first came out it was definately a shareware only product.
| > I think you can still get shareware versions but the last version
| > I got (PSP 4.0  - $49.95 US) was purshased at a retail outlet so
| > I suppose that qualifies it as a commercial program. Regardless
| > PSP is many times lower in cost than programs like PhotoShop,
| > Corel, and Adobe which cost in the hundreds of dollars but still
| > offers many of the same features. You could call it the top of
| > the line hobbyist graphics program (hmm... kind of like POV-Ray)
| > where the programs I mentioned before are considered suitable
| > for production work.
|
| I'm not sure, but one comparison might be PSP is to Gimp as Blender is to
| POV-Ray.
|
| --
| "My new computer's got the clocks, it rocks
| But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.
|
|
|

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"Marjorie Graterol" <eme### [at] emediezcom> wrote :
>
> Corel and IrfanView do that.
>

    My version of Irfan didn't do it without asking, but I happily found
that under Options>Properties>Extensions I could easily clear or add
extensions as I liked. In one minute I fixed what Corel messed up...

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