Session Start: Sat Feb 27 15:09:35 1999
* Logging #sosstudy to '#sos2_27.log'
<Granny-Wicked> and I just found out that geocities, is now hosting psp5 classes for free
<Bo-Peep-N> saves having to type the nickname all the time
<Vikki> How does it do that?
<Bo-Peep-N> fabric hit tab after you type bo
<eagle> Has that always been here or is it 5.5 version only?
<Bo-Peep-N> bo then tab
<Bo-Peep-N> or fa plus tab
<z-katz> hey Bo-Peep-N, what lesson do we cover masks in?
<Vikki> will only work for nicks in channel perkins
<Granny-Wicked> masks lesson 6
<eagle> oh yes if there is only one person with that first letter you only need to typ that one letter
<Bo-Peep-N> Granny-Wicked yes well since version 5.1 anyway
<fabric> it works for more than one name at a time
<Bo-Peep-N> it does not work in 5.11
<z-katz> it will work in the middle of a sentence too
<Bo-Peep-N> vikki I never realized until now that some people did not know about it
<Bo-Peep-N> Granny-Wicked 5.5 is easier to use
<eagle> I havent found any except that when I upgraded it didnt save my stuff I already had
<z-BlackSheep> When you have SEVERAL people with the same FIRST 2 letters, it goes 
to the one ABOVE where you have clicked on the nicknames.  If you are on the top, then it
 goes to the bottom.
<z-katz> I just renamed my ini files to oldini, installed the new mirc then renamed them 
back.... overwrote the new ones with my old ones :)
<eagle> the smart way would have been to rename the whole original mirc folder and then 
upgrade
<perkins> i am looking for info on how to make the red disappear from the fishbowl picture in 
week 2, part one
<Bo-Peep-N> to get rid of the red
<Bo-Peep-N> in the fish tank
<perkins> yes bo i am looking for info in all the digests on how to make the red disappear
<Bo-Peep-N> take your eyedropper tool
<Bo-Peep-N> click once (left) on the red
<Bo-Peep-N> that will set the foreground colour
<Bo-Peep-N> now pick your flood fill tool
<Bo-Peep-N> set the tolerance to about 50
<Bo-Peep-N> you might have to play around
<Bo-Peep-N> make sure it is also set to solid
<Bo-Peep-N> and normal blend mode under options
<Bo-Peep-N> now click once on each red corner
<Bo-Peep-N> save the image again
<Bo-Peep-N> as .gif
<Bo-Peep-N> now change the background colour to the red foreground
<Bo-Peep-N> do that by clicking the arrow between the foreground/background boxes in psp
<Bo-Peep-N> then set the transparent colour as the lesson says
<Bo-Peep-N> somehow the images are getting compressed 
<Bo-Peep-N> between her and the vu
<Bo-Peep-N> it was solid red when I sent them
<Bo-Peep-N> but when the vu posted they were no longer solid red
<Bo-Peep-N> since psp can only set one colour as transparent
<Bo-Peep-N> the background has to be completely that one colour
<Bo-Peep-N> not shades of, which count as different colours
<Bo-Peep-N> if that made sense
<perkins> i kept thinking i was doing something wrong
<Bo-Peep-N> no perkins, a lot of people had trouble with that one
<Bo-Peep-N> but the good thing is, they will always know now when a similar situation occurs
<Bo-Peep-N> I have good news for everyone maybe
<Bo-Peep-N> today I went to a dealer to find out more about viewsonic monitors
<Bo-Peep-N> he had a book that he had saved for me some time ago that was going to be 
disgarded
<Bo-Peep-N> that book has some techniques in it for design
<Bo-Peep-N> mostly for print
<Bo-Peep-N> printed text
<Bo-Peep-N> like mags
<eagle> Great I can use those, especially for the printing part
<Bo-Peep-N> but I think I can convert a couple of them to work with psp
<Bo-Peep-N> now if I can only find the time to play!
<Bo-Peep-N> eagle oops, what I meant is I would take the printed instruction, convert to web
 design..that means dpi lowered in instructions
<Bo-Peep-N> plus changing lpi to dpi
<Bo-Peep-N> plus changing inches to pixels
<Bo-Peep-N> and then figuring out what tools will do the same as the tools used in the book
<Bo-Peep-N> the books speaks in general terms, not software specific
<Bo-Peep-N> I would have to make it software specific
<eagle> It would be nice to have that as a tutorial. I am wanting to somehow reproduse an 
old book I have to a web page and have been playing alot without good results
<Bo-Peep-N> but I think some of the techniques would really be neat on a web page
<Bo-Peep-N> eagle it is very hard to do, sometimes impossible
<Bo-Peep-N> some techniques only work in print not web graphic
<Bo-Peep-N> eagle keep plugging, it will be worth it in the end I am sure
<Bo-Peep-N> what book are you doing?
<Bo-Peep-N> eagle do you have a scanner?
<Bo-Peep-N> with OCR?
<Bo-Peep-N> just scan the old book
<Bo-Peep-N> using OCR into your html editor
<Bo-Peep-N> poof done :)
<eagle> it is 1500 plus pages and was printed @1860's and is falling apart in my hands
<Vikki> my ocr does not work correctly...  
<Bo-Peep-N> yikes eagle!
<Bo-Peep-N> textbridge or pagis?
<Vikki> textbridge classic
<Bo-Peep-N> I think that is what I have vikki
<Vikki> maybe I don't understand it but I've tried everything I can think of...
<Kinkell> you need to copy with an archival copier and then scan the copies eagle
<Bo-Peep-N> mine works good, it misses a few letters, but I think that is normal
<Bo-Peep-N> vikki does your scanner software allow you to change to "scan magizine" 
or "scan text"
<Bo-Peep-N> the best place to get info on scanning is....
* z-katz just has a handscanner
<Bo-Peep-N> http://www.scantips.com
<Bo-Peep-N> halftone is for graphics for printing to a printer
<perkins> but what about support like the email study group and the vu bb?
<Vikki> chitchat group will be around perkins
<eagle> there are many support email and bb and such places to go for help 
<perkins> what other email study groups do they have for psp5 or 6?
* z-katz 's ICQ is 12915649 anyone call feel free to add me
<eagle> pspstudy@onelist.com
<eagle> is for serious study
<eagle> and
<eagle> PSPchitchat@onelist is for fun
<Granny-Wicked> yes but how does one post to it?
<z-katz> anyone who wants to join.... please give me your email and I will send you an invite
<Granny-Wicked> and or reply?
<Vikki> Granny-Wicked  go to www.onelist.com and join
<Granny-Wicked> mwkwicked@tri-lakes.net katz
<perkins> katz id like to join too after winter semester is over...mcashio2@startelco.net
<Granny-Wicked> thanks katz, now tell me how to post?
<Granny-Wicked> and reply please?
<eagle> send email to post 
<Granny-Wicked> I don't have to go to onelist to post?
<Vikki> no Granny-Wicked 
<z-katz> just like you would reply to any email ....just it the reply button and it will send it to the list
<Granny-Wicked> won't it send the whole list back again?
<eagle> you can also relpy to individuals
<Vikki> it will send a message that everybody in the list can read unless you reply to the individual 
person
<z-katz> nope, it will come as a normal email Granny-Wicked, then when you hit reply, you edit it 
the same way other emails.....delete what yu don't want to send back etc.... and then type in your 
message hehehe
<z-katz> besides, chitchat is a  good list to start with, we don't mind anything lol
<eagle> PSP Classmates page can be found at.
<eagle> http://members.tripod.com/mominator_2/psp.html
<Vikki> katz email mominator with your new url
Session Close: Sat Feb 27 16:56:59 1999