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1. Comments on Strong Passwords Article The following comments on August s Strong Passwords article were posted on forumer com on July 29 andre writes Kudos to the new newsletter people The content is useful and timely the layout is easy to read And the electronic format is handy and saves money and paper Thank you so much I would add to the strong passwords article there is a way to make the Password Assistant create useful passwords that are very strong There are 5 or so settings in a drop down menu one of which is memorable To create a strong password crank the length up above 20 and you ve got yourself an industrial strength password that is easy to remember but very very hard to brute force crack The only drawback is that they take longer to type I d highly recommend using these types of passwords With the increase in computing power distributed computing and storage capacity it behooves everyone to use a password Length beats randomness too gregbuchner replies I agree Andr but unfortunately there are too many sites that limit your password to 8 to 12 characters What I did for a password one that I use far too often was to type a bunch of random stuff by mashing the keyboard pick out a 12 character string out of that and memorize it But if a site lets you type in a long phrase that s a much better option I think Page 6 of 16 iWork AppleWorks SIG of August 2008 by Harry Lienk2. Multi page documents are also no problem for VueScan The User s Guide has a nice description of scanning a multi page document into a pdf file for example I found this very handy for some of the financial documents I still get in the mail After previewing the first page set the crop to Manual and the Output to PDF with multi page checked and hit scan Repeat this for each page When you are done Select Last Page from the file menu It definitely helped using the User s Manual for this task a00 VueSi Input Crop Filter Color Output Prefs m For more options press More button Default folder 1 Users bob Pictures Printed size Scan size E TIFF file L JPEG file L PDF file M PDF file name Users bob Docum PDF multi page a OCR text file _ Raw file L Preview Scan Guideme More Creating Multi page PDF Documents mini app les Newsletter for September 2008 Summary Hamrick Software s VueScan is for flatbed and film scanners providing high quality images from negatives slides old photos and anything else that you need to scan It serves both as replacement software that may have more features than your scanner s software and also as a solution for older scanners that have no OS X drivers or scanners bought without software such as on eBay The software has a simple interface where scanner novices can perform the basic functions without the intimidating det
3. off e Bay and only got the hardware The software has a simple interface where scanner novices can perform the basic functions without the intimidating detailed list of options but it also has an advanced look where even the most detail conscious scanner expert can find a setting to toggle Hamrick Software produces VueScan a commercial product There is a free trial version available on the Hamrick website The Standard Edition is 39 95 while the Professional Edition costs 79 95 the price has come down by 20 since our last review The Professional Edition provides unlimited upgrades for as long as you own the software while the Standard Edition provides free upgrades for one year The Professional Edition also handles raw scan files and some other options usually associated with a professional photographer Version 8 4 66 of the Professional Edition was used for this review Setup I downloaded the software from www hamrick com It came as a dmg image file surprisingly small at only about 6 9 Mb The image opened and I was presented with a simple icon There was no alias to the Applications folder in the install window so it is left to the user s discretion to drag the program to their Applications folder or any other folder of your choosing For a newbie user just learning the Mac mini app les Newsletter for September 2008 this could be improved or at least covered in the user s guide which it isn t In Use
4. 3 Mac OS X Microsoft Excel 2 5 8 Microsoft Word 2 8 IYO oa a ocdh ad patentee retun tans 5 NetW rkS edea E 7 INGW U SETS haaa E l PhotoShop OuarleX Press hii Gas sea eee 8 QUICKEN a Wie cess tcc E 5 QuickBooks and QuickBooks Pro 5 VectorWorks x ase ssies asi deandeacacdarteadhauteroadaees 6 1 Les Anderson 651 735 3953 anderslc usfamily net DEW 2 Tom Ostertag 651 488 9979 tostertag usfamily net EW 3 Bruce Thompson 763 546 1088 bthompson Macconnect com EW 4 Pam Lienke 651 457 6026 plienke aol com DEW 5 Ardie Predweshny 612 978 9774 DEW 6 Charles Radloff 952 941 1667 D 7 Chuck Hauge 612 963 5064 Chaz CPHSolutions com D 8 Ron Heck 651 774 9151 DEW D Days generally 9 am to 5 pm E Evenings generally 5 pm to 9 pm W Weekends generally 1 pm to 9 pm Please call at reasonable hours and ask if it is a convenient time for helping you By the way many of these volunteers can also be contacted on our forums We appreciate your cooperation mini app les needs more volunteers for Members Helping Members If you are willing to be a Members Helping Member volunteer please send an email message to Membership Director Chuck Hauge or contact him on our forums with your name telephone number contact hours and the software or hardware areas you are willing to support mini app les Newsletter for September 2008 Page 4 of 16 Multi SIG Meeting Join other mini app les members on Saturday Oc
5. 71113 R tr Figure 2 the way the text looked she simply closed the Font Window and continued with her word processing One of the meeting attendees reported having difficulties incorporating an animated GIF graphic interchange format into Keynote He reported that animated GIFs moved in Tiger Safari but not in mini app les Newsletter for September 2008 Leopard Mail he also indicated those GIFs were animated in Leopard Gmail It appeared that browsers like Safari recognize animated GIFs but Mail does not After downloading an animated GIF to our display machine we began to experiment with it in Pages At first we were only able to get the GIF to animate a single time when we double clicked on it After some investigation someone discovered the QuickTime button on the Inspector When the GIF was selected the QuickTime controls became active by setting the Repeat to Loop we got the GIF to animate continuously The middle control at the bottom of the QuickTime window was used to start and stop the animation Pam demonstrated how a Shape selected from the Pages Toolbar can be used to mask a graphic so that only part of the graphic is visible First she inserted a graphic into document and used the Format menu to Mask with Shape Then she showed how the graphic and mask can be adjusted and how a frame can be put around the visible portion of the graphic Someone asked if a graphic can be used to create a tiled background
6. is more than adequate for many users needs And the 20 GB of storage space plus the 200 GB of monthly bandwidth make it perfect for photo album sites that you might want to share with your friends or with the world Conclusion Is MobileMe worth the money If all you want is a syncing program or an email service or a web hosting service MobileMe is probably not worth the expense But if you want or need two or more of the services provided MobileMe is a good value For 99 a year you get the ability to sync data on all of your computers and your iPhone or iPod Touch a good email service with excellent spam filtering an easy to use hosting service and enough offsite storage for your email websites and important data Note Since MobileMe is a new service it still has some bugs in it that Apple is working hard to resolve For example while working on this article my email account on MobileMe became inaccessible for a short period of time Hopefully Apple will work out the bugs soon and MobileMe will be the smooth working service Apple has promised users Claire J Rottenberg is the author of Easy Guides to Mac OS X software Safari Mail System Preferences TextEdit and Course Books on Mac OS X 10 5 iPhoto 08 iTunes and Mac OS X 10 4 More information on her books is available on the CJRTOOLS ebooks website www cijrtools com ebooks Page 15 of 16 Membership Application and Renewal Form Name Company
7. 3 Macintosh Good Day Caf 5410 Wayzata Blvd Golden Valley Bob Demeules 763 559 1124 Consultants SIG Microsoft Word SIG Edina Executive Plaza 5200 Willson Rd Edina Tom Ostertag 651 488 9979 Multi SIG Meeting TC Photoshop SIG St Charles School 2727 Stinson Blvd Minneapolis Minneapolis College of Art amp Design Auditorium 150 2501 Stevens Ave S Minneapolis Tom Gates 612 789 1713 Jeff Tranberry phone number not available VectorWorks SIG CJR Office 4441 Claremore Dr Edina Charles Radloff 952 941 1667 October Calendar This SIG is NOT sponsored by mini app les the listing is provided as a service to members Wednesday October 01 6 30 pm iWork AppleWorks SIG Tuesday October 07 7 00 pm Mac OS X SIG Wednesday October 08 7 00 pm TC Photoshop SIG Wednesday October 08 7 00 pm Microsoft Word SIG Wednesday October 08 7 00 pm VectorWorks SIG Thursday October 16 7 00 am Macintosh Consultants SIG Monday October 20 7 00 pm Board of Directors Meeting Thursday October 23 7 00 pm FileMaker Pro SIG Saturday October 25 9 00 am Multi SIG Meeting Monday October 27 7 00 pm Mac Q amp A SIG The mini app les Newsletter is an independent publication not affiliated sponsored or sanctioned by Apple Inc or any other computer manufacturer The opinions statements positions and views are those of the aut
8. EP SB IS z u x amp p amp g E 18th Ave i ay lt n 2 Minneapolis eomelery Nee P Siy Athletic Field M 14th Ave NE eh Asth Ave NE Wi te To get to St Charles School from I 35W take the Stinson Boulevard exit and follow Stinson Boulevard north to the school at 27th Avenue From I 694 you should take the Silver Lake Road exit south to 37th Ave County Road D and turn right Go west to Stinson Boulevard and turn left Go south ten blocks on Stinson Boulevard to the school at 27th Avenue Page 5 of 16 Benefits of mini app les Membership Access to the mini app les online forums Post questions and or answers about issues trouble shooting products buying and selling special events discounts and news about Apple and the mini app les club Access to our Members Helping Members network of professional and advanced users of Apple technologies These members volunteer their time to help other members with software hardware and other Apple related issues A variety of Mac Special Interest Groups SIGs that meet each month Workshops to help members with computer problems You can bring your equipment to these events and receive support from knowledgeable Mac users to help diagnose your problem s Participation in drawings for computer hardware software and other computer related materials Discounts from vendors and manufacturers mini app les Newsletter for September 2008
9. The pictures on our display machine had too high a resolution and were too big to tile so once again an appropriate graphic was downloaded From the Shapes menu on the Toolbar Pam selected a rectangle that she expanded to fill the entire page From the Graphic Inspector she selected Image Fill from the Fill pull down menu clicking on the Choose button permitted her to select a graphic which appeared within the Shape To create the tiled effect she changed the second Fill pull down menu to Tile the rectangular Shape was magically filled with many copies of the graphic The Opacity control at the bottom of the Graphic Inspector was used to lighten the background so the text in front of it was legible Someone asked if it is possible to animate a GIF and to tile a background in Mail Bob Demeules ventured a guess that it could be done but we did not pursue this matter The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday September 3 at 6 30 pm at the Penn Lake Library note the change in location Hope to see you there Page 7 of 16 Lesa s Graphic Secrets for MUGs How to Resize Images from Digital Cameras May 20 2008 p 9 Learn more about mage Size image Size Pixel Dimensions 14 5M was 14 4M Width 2599 Width 36 097 inches Height 27 073 inches olution 72 pinels inch 5 Scale Styles F Constrain Proportions I bought my husband a Nikon D50 for Christmas a few years back and needles
10. When I opened the software for the first time it detected that I did not have my scanner connected to my MacBook Pro and it presented me a nice little dialog box telling me to close VueScan connect my scanner and then restart the software 9 Did you know uaar Tip of the Day 7 al No scanner was found attached to your computer If you have one close this tip window exit VueScan turn on the scanner and run VueScan again See the VueScan Release Notes for more information vi Show tips at startup Next Tip Close No Scanner Installed Dialog This little detection routine is a nice touch for someone like me who uses a laptop and has to plug in the cord each time I need to use the scanner Desktop users of course may never encounter the situation VueScan assumes you are a novice and opens with simplified options preset for you They guide you through the steps in this mode The opening screen starts with the task selection That is it asks you what you want to do Scan to a file is the default condition ANOO VueScan 8 4 66 Finput Crop Filter Color Output Prefs For more options T press Advanced button Task Scan to file E What do you want to do For example use Scan to file for scanning and saving a file to your hard drive and use Copy to printer to use your scanner as a copier Then press the Next gt button below Press Advanced button to see a
11. ailed list of options but it also has an advanced look where even the most detail conscious scanner expert can find a setting to toggle Whether you are scanning color prints black and white negatives multi page documents into PDF or other options VueScan is easy to use and provides a detailed User s Guide for those who want to dig into its more detailed options VueScan is great for hobbyists looking for easy to use scanning software to get high quality images from old photographs as well as for advanced users in need of color matching and other advanced settings not often found in OEM scanner software Pros e Works with many older scanners e Provides simple user interface as well as varying degrees of more complex screens e Lots of useful features including multi page PDF creation e Warns you if it detects that no scanner is installed e Has an excellent User s Guide e Lacks instructions about installation e May not be worth the cost for those already happy with their scanner software Overall Rating 4 1 2 out of 5 Mice Reprinted from the site of The Macintosh Guild home page http macguild org Page 14 of 16 Is MobileMe Worth the Money by Claire J Rottenberg CJRTOOLS ebooks If you re not a subscriber to Apple s online service MobileMe you might be wondering if the service is right for you Maybe you are a subscriber and you re not sure if you should renew your subscription In this article I briefly descr
12. anced button to see all option Input PSC 2400 Output 1275x1615 pixels 150 dpi 8 5x10 8 in Choosing Your Media mini app les Newsletter for September 2008 Pretty simple so far Next you have to choose your quality Options are E mail Web Print Edit and Archive The first three made sense to me but I had to go to the User s Guide to see what Edit and Archive were all about Each item increases the quality and consequently the size of the resulting file The Archive selection produces a resolution at your scanner s maximum resolution The others are listed in the following graphic Option Dimensions Dpi Type Pixels Email 600 x 400 75 JPEG 24M Web 800 x 600 150 JPEG 48M Print 1600 x 1200 200 JPEG 1 9M Edit 2048 x 1536 300 TIFF 3 1M Archive device max 300 TIFF Image Quality Table Once you have selected the quality of your output and clicked on the next button one more time your scanner kicks in and creates a preview image for you At this point you have the opportunity to select the crop size I use manual so I can adjust the amount of the scanned image I want saved VueScan also lets you choose from a long list of fixed sized for common items Clicking next again scans your item and presents you with a standard file dialog box where you name your image and save it to a location on your computer There are many options available in the preferences including one where you can have your scans automatica
13. d if in the opinion of the Newsletter Editor or Publications Director it constitutes material suitable for publication Newsletter Staff this month Harry and Pam Lienke The layout of this newsletter was done using Apple s Pages word processor mini app les forums mini app les web site mini app les email http miniapples 7 forumer com http www miniapples org miniapples mac com Page 2 of 16 TABLE OF CONTENTS From the Editor s Desk September 2008 cccccccccccsssseeeeecceesseeceeseaeeeeeceesseaeaeseeeeesaaeeess 3 Members Helping M Mbe S 2 ccccccccccccceeceseeeteesesteeceesesdsccccceccesecenedeasheneeeesereeetsenansendenenonesce 4 M lti SIG Meetinger car acasdraigte ke cat bee ceca a a secre a eeea ideas 5 Benefits of mini app les MeMberSi ps x yiccecslisessacsaauscucxxuhd ozs6ne onde savieaus sans inansenanzenectaascanaigivanwocxdards 6 Comments on Strong Passwords Article vocccccscaivccesssccasineveneen esd seenetin coneecnteeereceheetneincbanebeeeio uaa 6 iWork AppleWorks SIG of August 2008 cccccsceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeaaaeeaaaceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaes 7 How to Resize Images from Digital Cameras ccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eee e teeter eet teeteteeeeenenaaaaas 8 V eScan 84 66 REVISW vss csascicdaeveeanncelaaseatetadaeiorusicenigenas Eaa aai e Rice EEA EE A abana TERNAN Ee 12 Is MobileMe Worth the Money 2 cccccceceeececes sees eee
14. e At a previous iWork AppleWorks SIG meeting someone asked if there was an easy way to pick a new font the Font Menu on the Format Bar lists all fonts alphabetically so a change from Arial to Times requires one to scroll through virtually the entire Font list Our genial facilitator Pam Lienke showed us O O Font J IE IEE T Collections Family Size All Fonts Times Roman 12 0 pt 12 Favorites Times New Roman 12 0 pt 9 Recently Used Helvetica 12 0 pt 10 fl Classic Helvetica 37 0 pt 11 Fun Helvetica 25 0 pt 12 Modern Helvetica Neue 10 0 pt 13 PDF Geneva 24 0 pt 14 Web 18 s 2a L T a Figure 1 how to use the Font Window to facilitate a font change After selecting the text to change she activated the Font Window from the far right side of the Toolbar see Figure 1 The Font Window allows you to select from several font collections including Favorites and Recently Used It has a What You See Is What You Get WYSIWYG feature accessed by clicking and dragging on the little circle located just under Font at the top center of the window see Figure 2 When Pam clicked on a font in the window the selected text changed to that font When she liked 000 Font Times New Roman Tete T 0 R Collections Family Size All Fonts Times Roman 12 0 pt 12 Favorites Times New Roman 12 0 pt 9 Recently Used Helvetica 12 0 pt 10 0 Classic Helvetica 37 0 pt ll Fun T Helvetica 25 0 pt A ye Modern y Helvetica Neue 10 0 pt
15. eneseseveesecuuuen ce eeeeneneneeenenemeeeeeesenavedeseneneseuees 15 Membership Application and Renewal Form ccccccceeccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaeaneeeeeeees 16 From the Editor s Desk September 2008 Volunteers Needed Publications Director Main Mac Special Interest Group Leader iLife Special Interest Group Leader Please contact a member of the Board of Directors to make known your interest in helping the mini app les mini app les Newsletter for September 2008 SIG Reports If you don t see a report from your favorite Special Interest Group SIG in this issue of the newsletter please speak to the SIG Leader and encourage him or her to provide a write up for the next newsletter Thanks for your help Harry Lienke Page 3 of 16 Members Helping Members Need Help Have a question the manual doesn t answer Members Helping Members is a group of volunteers who have generously agreed to help They are just a phone call or an email away Please call only during the appropriate times and only if you are a current mini app les member and own the software in question Apple II IIGS Software amp Hardware 1 2 AppleWorks ClarisWorksS 0006 3 4 Classic Macs Cross Platform File Transfer 000 2 3 FileMaker Pro Intel Based Macs iMacs IPNO1Os tas ranh arans aaa aara aa 3 iTunes iMovie Mac OS CIassic c z c ccnsestanided bcos easnaanteeas
16. ess should be sent to the club s mailing address mini app les Attn Membership Director Box 796 Hopkins MN 55343 or to the club s email address miniapples mac com Introduction This is the newsletter of mini app les the Minnesota Apple Computer Users Group Inc a Minnesota non profit club The whole newsletter is copyrighted by mini app les Articles may be reproduced in other non profit User Groups publications except where specifically copyrighted by the author permission to reproduce these articles must be given by the author Please include the source when reprinting Questions Members with technical questions should refer to the Members Helping Members section or bring their questions to an appropriate SIG meeting Please direct other questions to an appropriate board member Dealers mini app les does not endorse specific dealers The club promotes distribution of information that may help members identify best buys and service The club itself does not participate in bulk purchases of media software hardware and publications Members may organize such activities on behalf of other members Newsletter Contributions Please send contributions directly to our post office box mini app les PO Box 796 Hopkins MN 55343 or email them to miniapples mac com Deadline for material for the next newsletter is the fifteenth of the month An article will be printed when space permits an
17. excellent spam filtering the MobileMe email service provides you with an enormous amount of storage space so you can keep all of your email messages in one account Also since the account is an IMAP account you can keep your online and offline mailboxes always in sync Online Storage Another benefit of MobileMe is the 20 GB of online storage space that comes with the service Because mini app les Newsletter for September 2008 your MobileMe iDisk can be mounted on the desktop you can add photos music files videos and other files to the iDisk just as you would to any hard drive In addition the new online interface has an upload option that lets you add files to your iDisk from any computer Now with MobileMe you can have a safe offsite location for storing your important data Web Hosting A MobileMe account has one more useful feature a web hosting service with huge bandwidth limits 200 GB per month Although Apple only advertises its hosting service in combination with Web Galleries and iWeb you can in fact use any web design or development application with MobileMe Publishing a website to your MobileMe account can be done from within some applications such as RapidWeaver or you can simply drag a website folder to either the Sites or Web folder on your iDisk to create an instant live website MobileMe s web hosting service doesn t provide all of the special features of most dedicated web hosting services but it
18. hor s or newsletter staff and are not intended to represent the opinions statements positions or views of Apple Inc or any other computer manufacturer Instead of placing a trademark symbol at every occurrence of a trade marked name we state we are using the names only in an editorial manner to the benefit of the trademark owner with no intention of infringement of the trademark Page of 16 miniapples Newsletter the minnesota apple computer users group inc September 2008 Board of Directors President Bruce Thompson 763 546 1088 bthompson macconnect com David Peck 612 423 5711 beornsthunder gmail com Vice President Secretary Harry Lienke 651 457 6026 plienke aol com Treasurer Don Walz 651 426 5602 Membership Director Chuck Hauge 612 963 5064 Chaz CPHSolutions com Publications Director HELP NEEDED Please let a Board member know if you are interested SIG Director Kevin Strysik 651 489 4691 strysik mac com Director at Large Tom Gates 612 789 1713 tgates isd net Membership Erik Knopp Coordinator CHANGE OF ADDRESS Moving Going to be away from home and leaving a forwarding address with the Post Office Changing to a better email provider Please send us a Change of Address when you are informing others By using a moment of your time you ensure you receive a notice when your club membership is expiring and you get your newsletter email notification delivered promptly Change of Addr
19. ibe the main MobileMe services so you can decide if the service is worth the cost Syncing Feature Apple has emphasized the syncing capabilities of MobileMe as the central element of the service The syncing feature of MobileMe is easy to use and can be set to sync your computers and iPhone or iPod Touch to the online MobileMe application You can sync your email accounts and messages Address Book contacts Safari bookmarks and iCal calendars Some third party applications may also let you sync data from them Syncing can be automatic so that every time you make a change on your computer the change is automatically synced with the online MobileMe service or if you prefer you can manually sync your data by accessing an option from the Mac OS X menu bar Although syncing does not work quite as quickly or smoothly as Apple first stated it would it does work well for most setups Email Service The MobileMe package includes an excellent IMAP email service Although the new email account name yourname me com is not pleasing to all users the service has advantages over other email services I have several email accounts including a Gmail account and the MobileMe email service uses spam filtering that is far superior to that of other accounts Unlike some other accounts that place all spam in a junk mailbox MobileMe filters out the spam before it ever reaches your mailbox so very little junk mail actually gets to you In addition to
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21. ll options Input scan 0001 tif Output Guided Opening Page 12 of 16 You can also scan directly to your printer making your scanner into a copy machine The other options offered are much more complex They allow you to profile scanner profile printer profile film or make IT8 target I don t understand what these are but the User s Guide does describe them C008 Filter Color Output Prefs Input Crop For more options press Advanced button uv Scantofile ER Copy to printer Profile scanner Profile printer Profile film Make IT8 target What do you want For example use scanning and saving a file to your hard drive and use Copy to printer to use your scanner as a copier Then press the Next gt button below Task Options Clicking on the Next button brings up the next guided page where you are asked to choose the media you are scanning You have context sensitive help displayed to guide your decision Your options are Color Photo B W Photo Line Art Text Magazine and Newspaper ae ano input Crop Filter Color Output _ Prefs zZ For more options press Advanced button Media B W photo i Choose the media you are scanning For example use Color photo for snapshots B W photo for black and white photos and Text for black and white text Then press the Next gt button below lt Back Neta Advanced gt aQ C e e p Press Adv
22. lly named in sequence a handy option for sure While the guided screens are nice for newbies once you become familiar with VueScan you will likely want to use the advanced screens by clicking on the Advanced button You can always return to the Guide by clicking on the Guide Me button The advantage of using the advanced mode is that you can set up your parameters just once and each time you scan you just click on Preview rather than go through the Guide screens There are also two levels of advanced screens The standard screens provide just enough control settings for the average user For power users you can select More and get access to more detailed settings such as Bits per Pixel Border Black Point White Point and much more Page 13 of 16 VueScan has a nice little feature if you are scanning a stack of photos that are all the same size You can select auto repeat and scan without having to click on the scan button each time You put your first picture down on the scanner click on scan with the auto repeat gt 5 set and away you go Once the first picture is scanned replace it on the scanner with next Five seconds after the first scan the second one will start and so on I found this to be a nice touch I haven t had this kind of convenience on any of my scanners since way back to my first OneTouch scanner with the OneTouch you pressed a button on the scanner and the software knew what to do
23. miniapples Newsletter the minnesota apple computer users group inc September 2008 Upcoming Meetings Here is a list of mini app les meetings for the next two months The information was compiled as this news letter was being assembled and is subject to change As always confirm the Special Interest Group SIG date time and location with the cognizant SIG Leader or the mini app les web site http www miniapples org Tuesday September 02 7 00 pm Mac OS X SIG Wednesday September 03 6 30 pm iWork AppleWorks SIG September Calendar Wednesday September 10 7 00 pm Microsoft Word SIG This SIG is NOT sponsored by Wednesday September 10 7 00 pm VectorWorks SIG mini app les the listing is provided as a Thursday September 18 7 00 am Macintosh Consultants SIG service to members Monday September 22 7 00 pm Mac Q amp A SIG Thursday September 25 7 00 pm FileMaker Pro SIG MEETING LOCATION LEADER Board of Directors Merriam Park Library 1831 Marshall Ave St Paul Bruce Thompson 763 546 1088 FileMaker Pro SIG Partners 2250 Terminal Rd Roseville Steve Wilmes 651 458 1513 iWork AppleWorks Penn Lake Library 8800 Penn Ave S Bloomington John Hunkins Sr 651 457 8949 SIG Mac OS X SIG The Foundation 311 7th Ave N Minneapolis Bob Demeules 763 559 1124 Mac Q amp A SIG Merriam Park Library 1831 Marshall Ave St Paul Les Anderson 651 735 395
24. n amount of information that our eyeballs brains can process resolution changes cannot be seen onscreen Resolution only matters to printing devices and technically scanners but that s fodder for another column That s right resolution doesn t mean a hill of beans until that image is headed for a printer because only a printer can do anything with the resolution measurement Your monitor just doesn t care A 72 ppi image will look exactly the same as a Page 8 of 16 3000 ppi image That s why the whole resolution issue is so confusing How much do you need Now that you understand how resolution works how much resolution do you need to make a gorgeous print It depends on the printer While the current crop of consumer level inkjet printers do a fine job at 225 250 ppi a professional service bureau may require 300 If it s your own printer run a few tests If someone else is printing it ask them what resolution they need and if they don t know find another printer fast Resizing a photo for print Let s take a photo from a high quality digital camera I popped open the photo in Elements and took a peek at its Image Size dialog to see what the resolution currently is and how many pixels we have to work with You can open this dialog by choosing File gt Resize gt Image Size As you can see below my photo is 2599 x 1949 pixels but only 72 ppi Does this mean my photo is low quality and unsuitable for prin
25. nts to download Would you like Photoshop Elements to Auto Convert it to a smaller size or send the file as is Auto Convert Cancel Send As Is eect gt nnn Next it ll pop open your email client create a new message attach the photo and allow you to specify just how big the photo should be via a handy pop up menu at the bottom right Subject y From Lesa King lt lesa graphicreporter com gt 2 Message Size 186 K8 a mini app les Newsletter for September 2008 That s all there is to it So get out there and start printing and emailing those images And if you haven t upgraded your copy of Elements yet get with it In this column series we re going to be covering all kinds of wonderful new features that you are sure to enjoy At the very least download the 30 day trial and give it a spin Until next month happy shooting Reprinted from www graphicreporter com tutorials Page 11 of 16 VueScan 8 4 66 Review 4 1 2 out of 5 Mice 39 95 Download Posted 23 Jun 2008 Vendor Hamrick Type SHAREWARE Class PRODUCTIVITY Reviewer Bob French Overview VueScan is software for flatbed and film scanners Since most if not all scanners come with bundled software this product seems intended as replacement software It also serves as software for older scanners where the owner may not have any scanner software as might be the case if the owner picked up a scanner
26. pixels In other words you re trying to print it larger than it can really go at the resolution you ve entered If that happens press Command Z to undo and then enter smaller dimensions or lower resolution It s okay if the image appears to get smaller on your screen P Photoshop Elements File Edit Image Enhance Layer Select Filter View Windc 128 8 Fives cveston tortetp Ay EY Aspect Ratio 5x7 in DE D e Resolution S DSC02524 psd 25 Layer 1 RGB 8 the a amp a A Step 3 Choose File gt Print to print it now or save the photo to print later If it s being sent to someone else to print choose File gt Save As and pick TIF from the file format pop up menu TIFs can be opened in most image editors and are a lossless graphic format high quality You can also print directly from a native Photoshop or Elements document Page 10 of 16 Resizing for an email With the new Elements 6 resizing an image for email has never been easier Just click the green Share tab at the top right of the interface and press the Email Attachments button circled below in red If the image is too big Elements will alert you with a dialog and offer to resize it for you CREATE SHARE How would you like to share ia Web Photo Gallery E mail Attachments ME Order Prints Q CD DVD More Options gt gt Warning The image you are sending may be too large for some recipie
27. pixels contained in the image thereby locking quality Enter 300 into the resolution box and watch how the document size changes Image Size Width 8 64 Height 6 48 Resolution 300 The image now has a resolution of 300 ppi and the physical size has decreased to about 8 5 x 6 inches See how the physical dimensions of the image changed but the pixel information didn t I have exactly the same number of pixels I started out with 2599 x 1949 they re just packed more tightly Page 9 of 16 together The file size didn t change at all it s still 14 4 MB as evidenced in the document window and in the Image Size dialog another clue that the pixel data didn t change I haven t changed the quality pixels I ve just changed the measurement ppi which only affects the printed image Again this is confusing because the onscreen image won t change a bit see earlier paragraph on monitors eyeballs and brains The truth is only revealed by the Image Size dialog The thing to remember is that as long as you uncheck the Resample Image box you can tweak the resolution til the cows come home and you won t alter the image quality at all Ever If you leave the Resample Image box checked though you re messing with photo quality which you don t want to do when printing If you re resizing an image for email or posting on a Web site then leave the Resample Image box check because in those cases you
28. really do want to lower pixel dimensions thus lowering file size Making Elements do it for you That being said if you want to print a photo at a common size like 8 x 10 or 5 x 7 you can have Elements change the resolution for you Just choose File gt Print and pick a size from the Print Size pop up menu towards the top of the dialog Actual Size 20 83 x 29 17 2 1 x 2 8 Fit On Page Custom Size Copies 1 vy Crop to Fit Print Proportions Position v Center image Top 0 11 Unit inches Scaled Print Size Scale to Fit Media Scale 38 46 Height 10 012 Width 8 013 Unit inches Print Resolution 187 PPI v Show Bounding Box i Heip Print Multiple Photos mini app les Newsletter for September 2008 Resizing and changing resolution at the same time You can also resize the image and change the resolution at the same time by using the Crop tool Step 1 Press C to select the Crop tool in either Photoshop or Elements Step 2 In the Options bar at the top of your screen enter the dimensions of the desired image and the resulting resolution TIP Be sure to include the unit of measurement in the width and height boxes as shown below Draw a box around the important bits of your image and when you get it just right press Return to accept the crop TIP Press the Escape key to exit a crop WARNING If the image appears to enlarge on your screen then you ve surpassed the number of available
29. s to say he s totally obsessed with it He s snapping pictures constantly and has outfitted it a couple of new lenses a speed flash and several multi gig memory cards He s all set that is until he transfers the images onto his Mac He doesn t know squat about resizing an image for print or an email He s heard of resolution but doesn t have a clue what it means or when it matters Bless his heart Therefore today I m going to show you how to resize images with ease using Photoshop Elements It s an amazingly powerful piece of software that s under 80 click here to read the Macworld review I ll start by covering basic graphic terminology and exploring the relationship between resolution and pixels Read on What is resolution Image resolution is the number of pixels displayed per unit of printed length in an image It s a measurement used for printing hence the phrase of printed length and it s usually stated in pixels per inch ppi used when referencing stuff onscreen or dots per inch dpi used when referencing something that s about to be printed because printers print dots mini app les Newsletter for September 2008 What s a pixel The smallest picture element of any digital image is called a pixel Images are displayed in tiny blocks also referred to as dots of color that together form an entire image If you zoom into an image around 300 or so you ll start to see them TIP In Elemen
30. t Not at all It merely means that the resolution needs to be changed before I try to print it Pixel Dimensions 14 5M was 14 4M pixels EP Width 2599 Width 36 097 Height 27 073 Important things to note in the screenshot above 1 At the bottom of the document window you can see that the file is big it s 14 4 MB circled in red above 2 Note the pixel dimensions shown in the upper portion of the Image Size dialog 2599 x 1949 also circled in red Remember these numbers mini app les Newsletter for September 2008 3 Note the honking big physical dimensions of this image If I were to try printing at its current resolution it d be over 36 inches by 27 inches INCHES I don t know about you but I don t have a large format printer Now watch carefully as I increase the resolution of the image without altering the number of pixels Step 1 In Photoshop Elements choose Image gt Resize gt Image Size In Photoshop choose Image gt Image Size TIP Keyboard shortcut for either software Command Option I LEY Enhance Layer Select Filter View Window Rotate gt Transform S crop posure 10 g Divide Scanned Photos Resize gt Image Size Sl Canvas Size X C Mode Reveal All Convert Color Profile gt Scale P Magic Extractor Step 2 At the bottom of the dialog uncheck Resample Image This all powerful magic option locks the number of
31. tober 25 for a Multi SIG meeting Members will be available to help with hardware problems software problems and any questions you may have High speed internet access will be available for those large system updates you have been putting off Diagnostic software and tools will also be available Bring the equipment that is giving you problems for help in resolving those problems A ramp and two wheeled carts will be available to help transport equipment between vehicles and the meeting room Several of our Special Interest Groups SIGs will be having sessions at this meeting If you have suggestions for a speaker or presentation your Board of Directors would like to hear from you The time is October 25 2008 from 9 00 am to 1 00 pm The place is St Charles School located at 2727 Stinson Boulevard NE mini app les Newsletter for September 2008 How to Get to St Charles School we Armour Terrace H 29th Ave NE Ta NE 23th Ave 65 wW ww Ww ny Pp 7 gt HP iW kwy thony amp mI th Ave NE ee Loaner NC as Li bh amp be ET Pahl Avs 5 Z a p ve a el bs 2 rEg FLL LR Fre F Hn em amp b E E XY St Charles School Wi ho 2727 Stinson Blvd NE TEET a A fi S pa i e H153 NE Lown Ave Tj fl E E Windom Park n z ni 5 a Sun 23rd Ave NE t Memori 65 a 5 Ja q y w 22nd Ave NE g w ai ee Zz a g w g WU a g Pal II SH zt ZH H amp S 2 N y B le 2 fail 19th Ave NE e i s GEES i Ww aR eRe
32. ts just press Command several times to zoom in then Command to zoom back out How do resolution and pixels work together The way resolution affects an image is thus For a given number of pixels in the width or height of an image any image can be measured at any resolution The higher the resolution the closer the printer packs those pixels together in order to make a beautifully smooth and sharp print The closer the pixels are packed together the smaller the image will be physically when it s printed Conversely the lower the resolution the more loosely those pixels are packed and the larger the image can be physically though it will print terribly It ll look pixelated and chunky and people will giggle behind your back Seriously It s like brown sugar really Think of all this as the pixels in an image were granules of brown sugar stay with me it ll make sense in a minute If you pour brown sugar into a measuring cup without packing it down it might take up about a cup in space If you were to pack it down with your fist the same number of granules now takes up a 1 2 cup of space The same amount of granules are in both a cup and 1 2 cup it s just the density that s changed thereby changing how much physical space the granules comprise Loosely packed granules are the equivalent of low resolution while densely packed granules are the equivalent of high resolution Because our monitors can only display a certai
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