THE ALLEGED JPEG PATENT

Jul 25, 2002 | law, photos

Here’s more information about Forgent’s claim that it has a patent on the .JPEG file format (see below). It’s not the first time that a company has waited until some technology has become ubiquitous and then popped up with a demand for royalties. The .GIF format went...

WATCH A COMPANY DESTROY ITSELF

Jul 18, 2002 | law, photos

This is fun. Forgent Networks, Inc., is attempting to ambush the digital imaging industry by claiming that it owns the software patent on JPEG compression technology. Forgent says it is “in contact” with computer, software, camera, and other digital imaging product...

SCANNER TUTORIAL

May 15, 2002 | photos

PC Magazine has an article about scanning that answers a lot of basic questions about digital images, scanning resolutions, and what to do with some of the scanner controls – unsharp mask, tone correction and the like. Recommended!

EARTHLIGHTS

Mar 18, 2002 | photos

Here’s a cool photo of the earth. This is the information that came along with the link by e-mail, for what it’s worth. The image is a panoramic view of the world from the new space station. It is a night photo with the lights clearly indicating the...

PHOTO SOFTWARE

Mar 6, 2002 | photos, software

Here’s an article about photo editing software that makes good suggestions. The best choice for many non-professionals is Adobe Photoshop Elements, a very powerful program without the steep price or hideous complexity of the full Adobe Photoshop program. On the...

WINDOWS XP AND DIGITAL CAMERAS

Aug 28, 2001 | photos, WinXP

I have a Sony digital camera. It was tough to get it to work with Windows 2000 – I had to hunt down beta drivers and deal with Sony’s non-standard way of accessing the photos. I hooked it up tonight to the Windows XP system. Within twenty seconds the...