How to avoid photo cropping by adding a border
DaleSo in Notes on ImageMagick’s –border option, I mentioned that I had photos that don’t fit on 6x4 photo paper.Here’s an example which I uploaded to the photo printing website:The…
Notes on ImageMagick’s –border option
I have photos whose aspect ration are not 1.5, which means they will be cropped when I use 6:4 photography paper.The important thing to remember is that ImageMagick will keep…
A quick way to get the dimensions for a bunch of digital photo images.
This SourceFile ImageSize adipiscing.jpg 2400x2400 dolor.jpg 1920x2400 sit.jpg 1602x2400 ipsum.jpg 1731x2400 consectetuer.jpg 1602x2400 Lorem.jpg 1602x2400 Maecenas.jpg 2400x720 elit.jpg 2400x613 in other words. ExifTool will do that for you: exiftool -csv…
Email file extension blocking
Wow, it was over 11 years ago when I wrote Email file extensions I recommend blocking in email. We migrated off Lotus Notes years ago and I never revisited the…
Stamping a photo with a watermark
So I wanted to stamp a large number of photos with a watermark, so I could share printed copies with people.ie.I did it by using FastStone Image Viewer “Tools\Batch Convert…
Australian ZL1 Camaro dashboard
Was made by Socobell in Melbourne.(image courtesy Carsales)Socobell provides the highest quality plastic injection moulding services to industry. We deliver a complete solution to our clients, from initial product design…
New-SMBMapping vs. New-PSDrive
This’ll be an expanding topic I suspect … New-SMBMapping (link) Seems to be the Microsoft’s preferred method. Mapped network drive may fail to reconnect in Windows 10, version 1809 -UseWriteThrough…
Booting a UEFI enabled laptop
and it didn’t work with the NTFS formatted USB stick. Which is the clue to the issue there. Trying to install Windows 10 from a NTFS formatting USB stick will…
Working from home challenges–Poor mobile phone reception
Which made Skype, Zoom and Teams conference calls impossible, due to the latency suffered. Latency is what really kills these audio conferencing options. Video conferencing was impossible.So we looked at…
Working from home challenges–Adding a printer
So we’re using Windows 10. And we’ve previously implemented Applocker, which prevents security threats such as Ransomware.Today’s challenge though? Adding a local Canon Inkjet printer.And I’ll need Administrator Rights for…