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Bipe Flyer -> RE: Printing Tiled Plans (2/14/2006 6:58:51 AM)
OK, how's this? I printed one up for myself and put it in my bookcase with some of my other prized posessions.[;)] You can download it from http://www.blackflight.com/tileprint/Tile_Print_CD_Cover.jpg Open it in Tile Print and set the width of the top image to 4.75".

Bipe Flyer -> RE: Printing Tiled Plans (3/5/2006 1:49:41 AM)
I'm looking into adding scanning, so you can scan or capture directly into Tile Print from a scanner or webcam. Worthwhile?

ptulmer -> RE: Printing Tiled Plans (3/5/2006 2:22:26 AM)
It would make dealing with magazine plans a very easy process. No more importing. Sounds worthwhile!

Raymond LeFlyr -> RE: Printing Tiled Plans (3/5/2006 2:24:26 AM)
I guess it would eliminate a step. Would you price it as an add-on, separately?

build light -> RE: Printing Tiled Plans (3/5/2006 2:26:29 AM)
I would answer a big yes! Robert

flybug -> RE: Printing Tiled Plans (3/5/2006 2:59:06 AM)
Can't wait to download that update[sm=thumbup.gif]

Bipe Flyer -> RE: Printing Tiled Plans (3/5/2006 3:26:50 AM)
No extra money. I'll add it then.

Bipe Flyer -> RE: Printing Tiled Plans (3/8/2006 12:16:18 AM)
I got the scanning figured out. Of course that means that I had to add arbitrary rotating and brightness/contrast. The rotating was the hardest part. You know how back in high school you never thought you'd need trigonometry? Now I have to figure out how to make it all work on Windows 98. !@#$% different operating systems. [:@]

build light -> RE: Printing Tiled Plans (3/8/2006 12:47:02 AM)
I have ended up using all manner of junk education! Turns out it wasn't really junk after all! Little did we know... Robert

Bipe Flyer -> RE: Printing Tiled Plans (3/12/2006 9:18:25 AM)
Well, It's all working in XP.[:D] I just finished it, so I need to do some more testing, especially on other operating systems. 1. Click on the scan button to scan the image. I scanned at 300 dpi in grayscale. 2. Select "Rotate Arbitrary..." to fix the crooked scan. It took a couple of guesses, but I added an undo so you can take more than one crack at it. This one ended up being 2.6 degrees clockwise. 3. Draw a box with the crop tool and select crop from the menu. 4. Adjust the brightness and contrast. For old mags somewhere around 50% for each works well. 5. Rotate 90 degrees clockwise and save. Whew! Lots of work, but I no longer need any other programs to scan and clean up plans before printing. YAY!

DICKEYBIRD -> RE: Printing Tiled Plans (3/12/2006 11:13:09 AM)
Wow that's awesome Andrew! Reckon it'll work in Win 2000?

Bipe Flyer -> RE: Printing Tiled Plans (3/12/2006 11:40:06 AM)
To do some of the image manipulation functions it uses GDI+, which comes with Windows XP. For other versions of Windows, you just need gdiplus.dll installed. Here's the info from Microsoft: Redistributable files for GDI+. System Requirements Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows 98; Windows ME; Windows NT; Windows XP So the short answer is yes, it should.

g-rock -> RE: Printing Tiled Plans (3/12/2006 1:00:22 PM)
Bipe Flyer I do most of my scans in black and white (monochrome). I am wondering why you chose grayscale as an example. Gene

build light -> RE: Printing Tiled Plans (3/12/2006 2:54:09 PM)
I too do most of my scans in the black and white. Previews are much faster and oft times the yellowing of old paperor sometimes the lighter colored backgrounds found in some plans just plain does not show up thus making clean up not at all or at the least much easier. Robert

Bipe Flyer -> RE: Printing Tiled Plans (3/12/2006 6:09:20 PM)
I find that the scan looks cleaner if it is high contrast grayscale. Black and white tends to be more pixelated and you need to find the right threshold to keep the black specks to a minimum. It doesn't really matter because they're just going to be cut up. Black and white definitely makes a smaller file and uses less system resources. I chose grayscale as an example to show off the brightness/contrast setting.[:D] It wouldn't be a big job to add pixel depth conversion.

flybug -> RE: Printing Tiled Plans (3/12/2006 11:16:41 PM)
Thanks again Bipe[sm=thumbup.gif]

Raymond LeFlyr -> RE: Printing Tiled Plans (3/13/2006 2:43:54 PM)
It seems as though I am always asking dumb questions because the answers I get are followed by a slap on the forehead and a loud, "duh". So I'll try again and see if I can maintain my 1000 (head) batting average. I have a licensed version of Tile print. I just downloaded 3.0 v. 426. I run Windows XP. Now here's my question (drum roll please) . . . Where is the scan button? Thanks (slap) in advance.

Bipe Flyer -> RE: Printing Tiled Plans (3/13/2006 3:16:05 PM)
The scan button isn't in build 426. I haven't released the version with the scan button yet.:( I'm still adding a few things, like resolution adjustment. It'll be in the next update though. Here are the released updates for version 3.0 so far. Version 3.0.425 Tile Print now supports Adobe PDF files and has a new airfoil viewing/generation screen. Version 3.0.426 Added support for older Acrobat Reader 5.

Raymond LeFlyr -> RE: Printing Tiled Plans (3/13/2006 3:52:16 PM)
Sigh of relief. I "assumed" from the previous posts that other people had engaged the scan button and were thrilled with the results. I guess that rates a head slap afterall. Well, in any case I really have used the PDF capability and can therefore say, "thank you" once again for a very useful product.

26ray -> RE: Printing Tiled Plans (3/13/2006 7:47:57 PM)
I have a question. I downloaded the software, looks good. Now, where do I find a plan to test it with ? I havnt seens any posted plans to save and try to print? If sombody has one I can try, please email it or post it. Thanks -ray

mclintock -> RE: Printing Tiled Plans (3/13/2006 9:57:28 PM)
There are a few here- http://www.theplanpage.com/Months/2603/2603.htm

Bipe Flyer -> RE: Printing Tiled Plans (3/13/2006 11:52:09 PM)
Dave Fritzke's site has a bunch of plans. Mostly in PDF. http://my.pclink.com/~dfritzke/ Here are the plans for my .25 size Pitts. http://www.blackflight.com/pitts25/pitts-s2s-25.zip My Bulldog Pitts .40. http://www.blackflight.com/BulldogPitts/Bulldog-Pitts-S2S-40.zip My 1/2A Ultimate. http://www.blackflight.com/12aUltimate/Half-A-Ultimate.zip My Firefly. http://www.blackflight.com/Firefly/firefly.zip More plans sites. http://plans.rcmodell.hu/ http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/3692/plans.html http://www.geocities.com/pitviper1977/ http://electrofly.free.fr/plans/ http://www.shoppingmodel.com.br/plantas/ http://hem.passagen.se/rasmus-modellflyg/Ritningar_index.html That should be enough to get you started.[:D]

Bipe Flyer -> RE: Printing Tiled Plans (3/16/2006 6:47:47 AM)
OK, the latest version is ready to go. It has these new features: Scanning Arbitrary image rotation Resolution adjustment - up or down, with several interpolation filters. Brightness/contrast adjustment If you already have Tile Print, click on the "Tools" menu, then click "Check for Updates"; or you can also upgrade to the latest version by going to http://www.blackflight.com/tileprint .

Bipe Flyer -> RE: Printing Tiled Plans (3/24/2006 7:18:53 AM)
It seems that the brightness/contrast was a little difficult to use, so I added a real time preview and gamma adjustment. I use it for adjusting and printing photos. Scan, adjust brightness/contrast, select 4"X6" photo paper from print setup, hit CTRL-F to tell Tile Print to fit to page and hit print.

Bipe Flyer -> RE: Printing Tiled Plans (6/25/2006 3:34:49 AM)
I just released a new update. You can now measure vertically as well as horizontally. Added Rulers and Crosshairs under the Tools Menu. You can convert to a plan to Monochrome or Greyscale, under the Edit > Mode menu. You can invert an image's colurs by selecting Invert under the Edit menu.

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