classiccaprice
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Congrats!
Oy My 1000th!
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Congrats Robert! I can only imagine the hard work that you've put into this project - from setting up the site itself, testing it, and providing digital content after all the scanning and doctoring. That is a huge undertaking. Thank you!
Ben
Ben
ovrphil
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400+ appliances and 1000 scans
Will ever the twain shall meet? (no pun intended) I have scanned alot manually, so you have my sympathy and respect.
Though I haven't yet downloaded anything, I'm appreciative of the library you've built.
Phil
Will ever the twain shall meet? (no pun intended) I have scanned alot manually, so you have my sympathy and respect.
Though I haven't yet downloaded anything, I'm appreciative of the library you've built.
Phil
1000, that is an impressive number of scanned documents. Now, I wonder what is the number of pages you've scanned. I'd guess its 10 to 20 times that!
I'm impressed with the quality of your scans, truly archival. When I scan after the 4th or 5th page I get into the "good enough" mode, if it's not quite straight I go "good enough"...
Any scanning tips you can pass along?
I'm impressed with the quality of your scans, truly archival. When I scan after the 4th or 5th page I get into the "good enough" mode, if it's not quite straight I go "good enough"...
Any scanning tips you can pass along?
Compact , condensed and wonderful
Thank you Robert, I'll send some hand creme out too!
XOXOXOXX
Thank you Robert, I'll send some hand creme out too!
XOXOXOXX
Any scanning tips you can pass along?
Hi Matt, the best advice I can give is practice, practice, practice. It took me scanning well over 100 documents before I felt like my work was worthy of being archive quality. It is extremely important to get the printed document straight on the scanner. This doesn't mean the page straight it means the printed text straight as very few documents I have seen are printed 100% straight on the page. This means analyzing the angle of every single page compared to the top and bottom angle of the page. Then every single page goes into Photoshop for a manual cleanup including removing punch holes, rips, stains and other imperfections to the best of my ability. I have written Photoshop macros that do some of this work automatically but much of it is manual. Also you need to make sure before assembling a pdf that every single page is the exact same size. If you do any rotation in Photoshop the page size will change slightly and throw off the page size which will make reading the pdf more difficult in facing page mode. Photoshop rotation should be the exception rather than the rule as it will reduce the sharpness of the text and images slightly.
Hi Matt, the best advice I can give is practice, practice, practice. It took me scanning well over 100 documents before I felt like my work was worthy of being archive quality. It is extremely important to get the printed document straight on the scanner. This doesn't mean the page straight it means the printed text straight as very few documents I have seen are printed 100% straight on the page. This means analyzing the angle of every single page compared to the top and bottom angle of the page. Then every single page goes into Photoshop for a manual cleanup including removing punch holes, rips, stains and other imperfections to the best of my ability. I have written Photoshop macros that do some of this work automatically but much of it is manual. Also you need to make sure before assembling a pdf that every single page is the exact same size. If you do any rotation in Photoshop the page size will change slightly and throw off the page size which will make reading the pdf more difficult in facing page mode. Photoshop rotation should be the exception rather than the rule as it will reduce the sharpness of the text and images slightly.
electron1100
Well-known member
oh the Strain
first well done what an achievement...........how about repetitive strain injury...............I had to BPM about 200 records once and that pushed me sooooo close to the edge.
Copying and touching up scans would easily do the same for me.
So thanks for your steadfast approach
Gary
first well done what an achievement...........how about repetitive strain injury
...............I had to BPM about 200 records once and that pushed me sooooo close to the edge.Copying and touching up scans would easily do the same for me.
So thanks for your steadfast approach
Gary
beekeyknee
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Gary,
You used to count BPM and label records? Did you used to spin somewhere?
Brian
p.s. Sorry about the drift.
You used to count BPM and label records? Did you used to spin somewhere?
Brian
p.s. Sorry about the drift.
HOLY MOLY Robert!
WOW Robert, what an IMPRESSIVE feat and an even larger amount of work!
THANKS YOU! I really appreciate all of the time and effort you've put into this project to date! The archive you've created is a tremendous resource to have available to all of us. I have downloaded a number of documents through it!
THANK YOU again!
Kevin
P.S.... just a little request when you ever have time. The service manual for the Maytag 160 / 900 push button model washers.
WOW Robert, what an IMPRESSIVE feat and an even larger amount of work!
THANKS YOU! I really appreciate all of the time and effort you've put into this project to date! The archive you've created is a tremendous resource to have available to all of us. I have downloaded a number of documents through it!
THANK YOU again!
Kevin
P.S.... just a little request when you ever have time. The service manual for the Maytag 160 / 900 push button model washers.
Robert
Congrats and Thank you for all your work. They are a great reference.
rapidry1000 (Jim)
Congrats and Thank you for all your work. They are a great reference.
rapidry1000 (Jim)
Congratulations- and
a BIG, GIANT, King-Size Thank You, Robert!
Years from now, I have no doubt that this archive will equal Bettman/Corbis.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
a BIG, GIANT, King-Size Thank You, Robert!
Years from now, I have no doubt that this archive will equal Bettman/Corbis.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
An Addendum:
A Flight Dishwasher size WOW to you Robert. You are THE HOBART FT-900 of webmasters. None better!
WK78.
A Flight Dishwasher size WOW to you Robert. You are THE HOBART FT-900 of webmasters. None better!
WK78.
Fantastic Work
You make it look so easy! (no washer pun intended). And that's the hallmark of a well honed skill set and dedication to detail.
You must have tremendous focus. If you were unable to control that "Hey look! Something shiny!" distractibility thing, you'd be in big trouble from what I can see. Oh, so many wonderful shiny things you have there!
You make it look so easy! (no washer pun intended). And that's the hallmark of a well honed skill set and dedication to detail.
You must have tremendous focus. If you were unable to control that "Hey look! Something shiny!" distractibility thing, you'd be in big trouble from what I can see. Oh, so many wonderful shiny things you have there!
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