two problems

[thedarkman]

I need to find a free program which can rotate jpgs slightly. I tried
Photoeditor but this will only rotate by 90% increments. Can anyone
point me in the direction of one?

Also, I posted this below sometime ago.


I have a serious problem regarding jpgs. I noticed some time ago that
a lot of mine, which are mostly of people and buildings, etc, have
become corrupted. I am using a fairly old computer with Windows
2000;
last year I was using an older one but upgraded of sorts.

A lot of the files don't read at all, but some have become mixed up,
ie a jpg that is meant to be of a tree will be of something entirely
different.


I've had file corruption before, years ago, but that was with
WordStar
files, and the problem was floppy disks. A lot of these files have
been burned to CD; I'm not sure about the others.

I thought one cause could be that I have a lot of files in the
directories, some I have five thousand or more, but this really
shouldn't be a problem,

Can anyone identify the problem, and more to the point tell me how to
stop it in future, and how if possible to recover the lost files?


Thanks

 

[olfart]

I need to find a free program which can rotate jpgs slightly. I tried
Photoeditor but this will only rotate by 90% increments. Can anyone
point me in the direction of one?

Also, I posted this below sometime ago.


I have a serious problem regarding jpgs. I noticed some time ago that
a lot of mine, which are mostly of people and buildings, etc, have
become corrupted. I am using a fairly old computer with Windows
2000;
last year I was using an older one but upgraded of sorts.

A lot of the files don't read at all, but some have become mixed up,
ie a jpg that is meant to be of a tree will be of something entirely
different.


I've had file corruption before, years ago, but that was with
WordStar
files, and the problem was floppy disks. A lot of these files have
been burned to CD; I'm not sure about the others.

I thought one cause could be that I have a lot of files in the
directories, some I have five thousand or more, but this really
shouldn't be a problem,

Can anyone identify the problem, and more to the point tell me how to
stop it in future, and how if possible to recover the lost files?


Thanks

Google for Irfanview...it's free and will rotate your phots as well as 1000
other things.
Don't forget to send him a few $$ if you like it

 

[Beefhooked]

I need to find a free program which can rotate jpgs slightly. I tried
Photoeditor but this will only rotate by 90% increments. Can anyone
point me in the direction of one?

The Gimp

 

[Nico Koolsbergen]

thedarkman wrote on 1-2-2009 21:38:

I need to find a free program which can rotate jpgs slightly. I tried
Photoeditor but this will only rotate by 90% increments. Can anyone
point me in the direction of one?

Also, I posted this below sometime ago.


I have a serious problem regarding jpgs. I noticed some time ago that
a lot of mine, which are mostly of people and buildings, etc, have
become corrupted. I am using a fairly old computer with Windows
2000;
last year I was using an older one but upgraded of sorts.

Try http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm
It's free for home users.

Nico

 

[mianileng]

I need to find a free program which can rotate jpgs slightly. I
tried
Photoeditor but this will only rotate by 90% increments. Can
anyone
point me in the direction of one?

Irfanview at http://www.irfanview.com will rotate jpegs and
other formats in almost any step size you choose, down to 0.01
degree. There are separate menu items for rotating in steps of 90
degrees (often very useful).

Also, I posted this below sometime ago.


I have a serious problem regarding jpgs. I noticed some time
ago that
a lot of mine, which are mostly of people and buildings, etc,
have
become corrupted. I am using a fairly old computer with
Windows
2000;
last year I was using an older one but upgraded of sorts.

A lot of the files don't read at all, but some have become
mixed up,
ie a jpg that is meant to be of a tree will be of something
entirely
different.


I've had file corruption before, years ago, but that was with
WordStar
files, and the problem was floppy disks. A lot of these files
have
been burned to CD; I'm not sure about the others.

I thought one cause could be that I have a lot of files in the
directories, some I have five thousand or more, but this really
shouldn't be a problem,

Can anyone identify the problem, and more to the point tell me
how to
stop it in future, and how if possible to recover the lost
files?

Could be a virus or a problem with the hard disk. I suggest you
run a surface scan of your hard disk.

PC Inspector at http://www.pcinspector.de is a good free data
recovery program.

 

[Mike Easter]

thedarkman wrote:
User-Agent: G2/1.0

I need to find a free program which can rotate jpgs slightly.

The GIMP, which is popular for linux, also comes in a windows version
which presumably does the same things as the linux gimp. Gimp can rotate
any increment, and will do so dynamically -- you can see/ watch/ the image
rotate.

IrfanView just rotates images in 90 degree increments.


You are accessing a usenet group with GG googlegroups. That isn't a good
way to read and post to usenet. There are plenty of free newsagents and
newsservers. OE and Tbird are popular agents for windows.

 

[mianileng]

thedarkman wrote:
User-Agent: G2/1.0


The GIMP, which is popular for linux, also comes in a windows
version
which presumably does the same things as the linux gimp. Gimp
can
rotate any increment, and will do so dynamically -- you can
see/
watch/ the image rotate.

IrfanView just rotates images in 90 degree increments.

Mike, Irfanview can rotate images in any increment from 0.01 to
360 degrees. I don't remember about the early versions, but it's
had this function for quite some time.

 

[Mike Easter]

IrfanView just rotates images in 90 degree increments.

Oops. I overlooked the adjustable fine rotation function in Image
Effects. It will rotate by any amount.

 

[Paul Furman]

A lot of the files don't read at all, but some have become mixed up,
ie a jpg that is meant to be of a tree will be of something entirely
different.

That could be windows choking on too many pics in a folder, messing up
the thumbnails.

I thought one cause could be that I have a lot of files in the
directories, some I have five thousand or more, but this really
shouldn't be a problem,

--
Paul Furman
www.edgehill.net
www.baynatives.com

all google groups messages filtered due to spam

 

[chuckcar]

I need to find a free program which can rotate jpgs slightly. I tried
Photoeditor but this will only rotate by 90% increments. Can anyone
point me in the direction of one?

Also, I posted this below sometime ago.


I have a serious problem regarding jpgs. I noticed some time ago that
a lot of mine, which are mostly of people and buildings, etc, have
become corrupted. I am using a fairly old computer with Windows
2000;
last year I was using an older one but upgraded of sorts.

A lot of the files don't read at all, but some have become mixed up,
ie a jpg that is meant to be of a tree will be of something entirely
different.

Entirely possible. Jpegs use "lossy" compression which means each time you
expand it to view it and then save it, you loose information. The Best
option for compression without loss is to use GIF89a files instead of
jpegs. The difference in storage size is marginal considering the data
loss circumvented.

I've had file corruption before, years ago, but that was with
WordStar
files, and the problem was floppy disks. A lot of these files have
been burned to CD; I'm not sure about the others.

I thought one cause could be that I have a lot of files in the
directories, some I have five thousand or more, but this really
shouldn't be a problem,

Can anyone identify the problem, and more to the point tell me how to
stop it in future, and how if possible to recover the lost files?

Unless you have to *original* files that haven't been overwritten, they're
gone forever I'm afraid. The modify date would help you there.

 

[Paul Furman]

Why the weird followup?
I'll never visit that group.

 

[Fred Kasner]

Try the Gimp - they do a version for windows and I believe it is the same
as the linux version.

Although the GIMP is a good editor it is less than intuitive in its
commands. Those who use Windows as an OS are more likely to find
Photoshop easier to use. However it is not free (moderately expensive.)
But many books on how to use are freely available. There is a rewrite of
GIMP that uses a command set and screen scheme that is much closer to
Photoshop and as such might be more attractive to Windows users. It is
called GIMPshop.
FK

 

[Dave Cohen]

Although the GIMP is a good editor it is less than intuitive in its
commands. Those who use Windows as an OS are more likely to find
Photoshop easier to use. However it is not free (moderately expensive.)
But many books on how to use are freely available. There is a rewrite of
GIMP that uses a command set and screen scheme that is much closer to
Photoshop and as such might be more attractive to Windows users. It is
called GIMPshop.
FK

Moderately expensive, at $600 I'd like to know what you would consider
an expensive editor.
Dave Cohen

 

[thedarkman]

Thanks for the info; I believe I downloaded Irfan a while ago but
couldn't make anything of it, but I tried it again today and it works
a treat.

 

[Fred Kasner]

Moderately expensive, at $600 I'd like to know what you would consider
an expensive editor.
Dave Cohen

Enterprise editions of software that typically sell for thousands of
dollars. Besided which you can get Photoshop for less than $600.
FK