Subject: Re: Graphic/Scanning etc..

From: Mike Linn <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 96 18:24 EDT

At 10:29 PM 4/25/96 -0500, you wrote:
>Mike - 
>
>Were those pictures on your web page done with the Snappy?  I've been
>curious about this device since reading about it in some of the computer
>magazines.  The write up's made it sound almost too good to be true.  Maybe
>it's my alternative to getting a scanner?
>
>Dave
>
        Yes the images on the AFC webpage were done with Snappy. The key to
good images with Snappy and a video camera is GOOD lighting. (I guess as it
is with most photography). The super Hi-quality  1024x1024 images take about
5 to 7 minuites per photo but the quality is outstanding. The quicker your
scan time in Snappy the lower the scan quality. But even grabbing a frame
from the camera/vcr at full speed is still quite passible. 

        Right now this ol '386 cant handle the upper quality stuff very
well. I take a hi-res photo and save it as a jpeg. My computer automatically
adjusts the image from 16 million colors to 256 colors. Everything on the
webpage is 256. As soon as I get my new computer that will change.

        The write ups do make this thing sound pretty outrageous, but for
$200 this thing is IMHO the greatest thing since sliced bread. The guys at
Industrial Light and Magic (Star Wars, ET, Terminator etc...) developed the
original and used the technology to bring it to the layman. It does live up
to the billing.

thats all for now,

mike
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From: "[email-masked] 415.855.5707" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 15:39:03 -0800 (PST)

I have a scanjet attached to my pc here at work and would be happy to help out.
 Give me a shout on the side at [email-masked] if I can contribute...