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by xorpt
10 Nov 2014, 01:39
Forum: R&D and New Technologies
Topic: Binarization
Replies: 14
Views: 29622

Re: Binarization

I made a thread on this forum a while back about binarization in photoshop, Gimp and IM:

http://www.diybookscanner.org/forum/vie ... =19&t=2554

but this is not theoretical at all...
by xorpt
08 Jul 2014, 20:24
Forum: Chat
Topic: Library cataloging software for personal collections?
Replies: 6
Views: 18520

Re: Library cataloging software for personal collections?

You could use Calibre. It's an ebook management system but you can add metadata without any file linked to it http://calibre-ebook.com/ It's a very powerful tool, you can do batch updates, import metadata from external sources (for example you input the ISBN and it imports the metadata automatically...
by xorpt
22 Jun 2013, 03:53
Forum: HELP
Topic: Noob Questions on Scanning Process and E-Reader Formats
Replies: 14
Views: 16367

Re: Noob Questions on Scanning Process and E-Reader Formats

Thanks, so you're saying it's possible to have a mix of graphics (i.e. photos, illustrations, charts) alongside text in an EPUB format, but it's just more work? Yes Thanks, I assume the biggest problem for .pdf and DJVU would be keeping the file size down? I wonder how big of a file a 350 page book...
by xorpt
21 Jun 2013, 22:40
Forum: HELP
Topic: Noob Questions on Scanning Process and E-Reader Formats
Replies: 14
Views: 16367

Re: Noob Questions on Scanning Process and E-Reader Formats

1. My main purpose for scanning books is to read my own book collection on a portable e-reader. I don't actually have an e-reader yet but it's mostly down to a choice between an iPad and a Kobo. It will depend on what to expect from the scanning process. My books are mostly academic books with a lo...
by xorpt
13 Jun 2013, 06:52
Forum: Tutorials/How-To's
Topic: Bitonal conversion using Photoshop (Gimp & Imagemagic...)
Replies: 41
Views: 78254

Re: Bitonal conversion using Photoshop (Gimp & Imagemagic...

You are probably right about the display, but I guess it's worth testing. Also, did you try activating the multi-core feature of Gimp? I think it's deactivated by default. You should activate it in the gimprc file and in the Preferences Regarding the DoG in IM, I'm sorry but I don't remember precise...
by xorpt
11 Jun 2013, 10:40
Forum: Tutorials/How-To's
Topic: Bitonal conversion using Photoshop (Gimp & Imagemagic...)
Replies: 41
Views: 78254

Re: Bitonal conversion using Photoshop (Gimp & Imagemagic...

See here on how to use the gimp command line to execute a script:

http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Basic_Batch/
by xorpt
11 Jun 2013, 10:37
Forum: Tutorials/How-To's
Topic: Bitonal conversion using Photoshop (Gimp & Imagemagic...)
Replies: 41
Views: 78254

Re: Bitonal conversion using Photoshop (Gimp & Imagemagic...

Yes this unique command replicates as much as possible the steps of the Gimp script convert %%1 -colorspace Gray -level 20%%,80%%,.67 ^( +clone -bias 50%% -morphology convolve DoG:1,0,1 -level 0%%,50%%,.45 ^) -compose dissolve -define compose:args=70 -composite -threshold 80%% "%%~ndp1_dog.png&...
by xorpt
11 Jun 2013, 06:35
Forum: Tutorials/How-To's
Topic: Bitonal conversion using Photoshop (Gimp & Imagemagic...)
Replies: 41
Views: 78254

Re: Bitonal conversion using Photoshop (Gimp & Imagemagic...

Hi Benedictus, I agree that the Gimp script is not so fast, but since it's a batch, I personally don't mind the slowness... I just let it run in the background, it's just using one CPU thread anyway As for Imagemagick I proposed some (Windows-based) scripts in the first page of this thread, that do ...
by xorpt
25 Jan 2013, 11:12
Forum: HELP
Topic: how about handwritten notes?
Replies: 2
Views: 4917

Re: how about handwritten notes?

Can you upload some sample pages?
by xorpt
17 Jan 2013, 23:37
Forum: Tutorials/How-To's
Topic: Bitonal conversion using Photoshop (Gimp & Imagemagic...)
Replies: 41
Views: 78254

Re: Bitonal conversion using Photoshop (Gimp & Imagemagic...

Unfortunately a Preview function cannot be implemented with script-fu. I would have to write a real plugin for that, not a simple script

Maybe in the future...