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Title: 2011 Christmas "Stilton"
Post by: T-Bird on February 02, 2012, 01:21:50 PM
Trrying again to post my latest blue.
Title: Re: 2011 Christmas "Stilton"
Post by: Boofer on February 02, 2012, 04:03:42 PM
The size of this file shows that no real resizing was accomplished. The file you attempted to post is not a format that can be viewed.

Your camera should have settings where you can select the default size of the pictures it records and also the format that it saves those pictures in. That default size and the amount of memory in your camera sets the number of pictures (discounting videos) you can take. The picture format might be selectable as TIFF, JPG or JPEG, GIF, etc. Verify what those settings are in your camera.

I don't know how you saved this file with a .xcf extension (GIMP format?), but the first step is to have the correct format. I may have wrongfully assumed that you were running Windows. There is an image converter (http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php) to make the .xcf a .jpg, but I've never used it. You should be able to just download the pictures off your camera in JPG/JPEG format. That's where you want to start.

-Boofer-
Title: Re: 2011 Christmas "Stilton"
Post by: T-Bird on February 02, 2012, 09:14:35 PM
I am running windows vista. The name of the pic that was saved from my camera was  img 0394 jpg. I assume that it was injpg format? The message that I would receive was that I had timed out, but the posting process was not lengthy. Did you see the cheese?
Title: Re: 2011 Christmas "Stilton"
Post by: T-Bird on February 02, 2012, 09:17:44 PM
The original size was 4320x3240.
Title: Re: 2011 Christmas "Stilton"
Post by: T-Bird on February 02, 2012, 11:18:11 PM
the name of the program I downloaded off the website you gave me was Gimp I think. The xcf was added after I did whatever I did to the pic with the software . I tried to follow your instructions to the letter, but some of the prompts that I saw weren't exactly as you stated.
Title: Re: 2011 Christmas "Stilton"
Post by: margaretsmall on February 02, 2012, 11:59:03 PM
I use Windows Picture Manager to downsize photos - open your JPEG image with it, choose the editing tab and you'll see one for compressing pictures. There are a couple of options, the one for publications compresses it enough for this purpose.
Title: Re: 2011 Christmas "Stilton"
Post by: iamgouda on February 03, 2012, 10:17:19 PM
Beautiful cheese!
Title: Re: 2011 Christmas "Stilton"
Post by: T-Bird on February 03, 2012, 11:57:01 PM
Thanks, at least someone could see it. I am still battling my idiocy, but hopefully will be able to post if I can get the correct software downloaded. I went back to the website and immediately recognized my mistake.
Title: Re: 2011 Christmas "Stilton"
Post by: T-Bird on February 04, 2012, 12:24:49 AM
Let's try 1 mo time
Title: Re: 2011 Christmas "Stilton"
Post by: T-Bird on February 04, 2012, 12:26:17 AM
yipeeeeeee! I'm in the 21 st century! Thanks Boofer! when I went back to that site, it is VERY hard not to download the GIMP.
Title: Re: 2011 Christmas "Stilton"
Post by: T-Bird on February 04, 2012, 12:36:34 AM
Here is my other pic, same cheese. Robbed the PR from a real Stilton. Made from 2 gal store bought PH milk / 1pint cream added (ultra past), aged 9wks at 50 deg. covered with plastic container on reed mat in small hotel style "cool box" -the kind you had in your room at the hotel that never kept your beer cold. My daughter is an event planner at a large hotel in Mobile they replaced these because of complaints from guests and I bought 2. They are actually meant for wine they refrigerate at 45ish to 55ish. but they don't have that fan that the "wine coolers"ahve. Perfect for the small  cheese maker, just use water bowl in bottom, spray the sides daily and wait. I think I've got my method down now, this is the 3rd cheese in a row that has looked just like this.
Title: Re: 2011 Christmas "Stilton"
Post by: Boofer on February 04, 2012, 01:22:03 AM
Hallelujah! Huzzah!!  ::)

You know, I went back to the Paint.Net site and looked for where you could have taken the wrong turn. There it was...at the bottom of the page!

Finally...the cheese looks great. Unfortunately the software won't correct out-of-focus, but it will allow you to do a whole lot more in the future. Good going, T-Bird.

As I think I said earlier, if you decide you want to label something or circle it to highlight it, Paint.Net will let you do that very easily.

-Boofer-
Title: Re: 2011 Christmas "Stilton"
Post by: JeffHamm on February 04, 2012, 06:55:26 AM
What a great looking cheese!  Well done.  A cheese to you!

- Jeff
Title: Re: 2011 Christmas "Stilton"
Post by: Cloversmilker on February 05, 2012, 12:07:08 AM
Nice cheese! 
Title: Re: 2011 Christmas "Stilton"
Post by: ellenspn on February 05, 2012, 03:00:12 AM
Purdy!!!!

8)  Nicely done  8)
Title: Re: 2011 Christmas "Stilton"
Post by: T-Bird on February 06, 2012, 10:51:56 PM
yea Boofer, my daughter took the pics, she had the wall in great focus tho!
Title: Re: 2011 Christmas "Stilton"
Post by: Boofer on February 07, 2012, 02:32:47 PM
Alright! You have a technical staff!  ;)

-Boofer-
Title: Re: 2011 Christmas "Stilton"
Post by: T-Bird on February 08, 2012, 01:05:00 AM
 She is the one with the camera and the know how to put the pics on the 'pooter. You know these college kids, they can't live w/o their cell phones and if it's not on a computer screen, they can't find it.   ::)