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ddisoftware, Inc. is proud to announce Qimage Ultimate, a brand new product bringing new innovations to the world of digital photography!  While Qimage Ultimate will feel familiar to those who used Qimage (Lite, Pro, or Studio), it is more than than just an evolution of our award winning photo printing software!  It will redefine the way you work with photos!  With features like Lightning Raw that allows you to work with raw photos like never before and our image downloading software (FlashPipe) built into Qimage Ultimate, your entire photographic workflow just got easier!  From downloading your photos from flash cards all the way to the final print, Qimage Ultimate is truly the ultimate in batch photo processing and printing tools!

We've been working on Qimage Ultimate for a long time and we've done more than just move buttons and controls around!  The user interface has been redesigned to be more user friendly and we've included bold new features.  Lightning Raw allows you to work with raw photos just as easily (and just as fast) as JPEG's, taking the hassle out of shooting raw.  An industry first, Lightning Raw actually develops and caches your raw photos so they open as fast and as easily as a format like JPEG or TIFF once the initial thumbnail build is complete!  Now you can have the full control of raw when you need it without complicating your workflow!  You'll be amazed at how well Qimage renders your raw photos the first time (without any tweaking) and you may never need to touch the majority of of your raw photos other than to add them to the page and print!

In making Qimage Utimate, we also fully integrated our award winning FlashPipe image downloading software to make moving images from flash cards even easier.  Also included are all new features like EXIF transfers when converting raw (or any photo type) to JPEG or TIFF, and an all new software registration system that requires no serial numbers or unlock codes to make it even easier for our registered users to update their software!  Please try the online 14 day demo which now includes the ability to fully evaluate raw photo and other capabilities before you buy.  We hope you'll give Qimage Ultimate a try!

Regards,
Mike
http://www.ddisoftware.com/qimage

Please note that if you bought Qimage Studio in the last 30 days (June 24 through July 24), you can get an online 20% discount on Qimage Ultimate!  Just click the "Purchase" link on the new Qimage Ultimate page and you can access the coupon at the bottom of that purchase page.

Regards,
Mike

http://www.ddisoftware.com/qimage

ddisoftware, Inc. is proud to announce Qimage Ultimate, a brand new product bringing new innovations to the world of digital photography!  While Qimage Ultimate will feel familiar to those who used Qimage (Lite, Pro, or Studio), it is more than than just an evolution of our award winning photo printing software!  It will redefine the way you work with photos!  With features like Lightning Raw that allows you to work with raw photos like never before and our image downloading software (FlashPipe) built into Qimage Ultimate, your entire photographic workflow just got easier!  From downloading your photos from flash cards all the way to the final print, Qimage Ultimate is truly the ultimate in batch photo processing and printing tools!

We've been working on Qimage Ultimate for a long time and we've done more than just move buttons and controls around!  The user interface has been redesigned to be more user friendly and we've included bold new features.  Lightning Raw allows you to work with raw photos just as easily (and just as fast) as JPEG's, taking the hassle out of shooting raw.  An industry first, Lightning Raw actually develops and caches your raw photos so they open as fast and as easily as a format like JPEG or TIFF once the initial thumbnail build is complete!  Now you can have the full control of raw when you need it without complicating your workflow!  You'll be amazed at how well Qimage renders your raw photos the first time (without any tweaking) and you may never need to touch the majority of of your raw photos other than to add them to the page and print!

In making Qimage Utimate, we also fully integrated our award winning FlashPipe image downloading software to make moving images from flash cards even easier.  Also included are all new features like EXIF transfers when converting raw (or any photo type) to JPEG or TIFF, and an all new software registration system that requires no serial numbers or unlock codes to make it even easier for our registered users to update their software!  Please try the online 14 day demo which now includes the ability to fully evaluate raw photo and other capabilities before you buy.  We hope you'll give Qimage Ultimate a try!

Regards,
Mike
http://www.ddisoftware.com/qimage

v2010.209 can now read embedded size/resolution "hidden" in the EXIF header from CS5 saved JPEG's:

http://ddisoftware.com/tech/qimage/v2010-209-issuescomments/

Mike

http://www.ddisoftware.com/qimage

v2010.209     07/08/10     

Priority: Low     

v2010.209 enables reading of embedded size/resolution from JPEG images with omitted JFIF file headers.

Mike

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v2010.209     07/08/10     

Priority: Low     

v2010.209 enables reading of embedded size/resolution from JPEG images with omitted JFIF file headers.

Mike

For whatever reason, Adobe has decided to omit the JPEG (JFIF) file header in CS5 so there is no embedded resolution/size any more in the JPEG file.  As noted, there is a resolution embedded via the EXIF header inside the JPEG but IMO, that's not where it belongs since: (a) EXIF data is optional and (b) cameras are the only devices that add EXIF info and they have no business deciding resolution.  Logically, removing the resolution from the JPEG header doesn't make much sense but by the specs, there's not anything technically wrong with that so I can fix it in a future version by dropping back to the EXIF resolution tag when the JFIF header in the JPEG is missing.  For now, I'd just use TIFF if you can.  Leave it to Adobe to find non-standard ways of using a standard. 

Mike

Your userid was already in the Studio Group member list.  I deleted it and re-added it.  Hopefully that'll solve it.

Regards,
Mike

You're right, it does help to have an understanding of what the software is doing (internally) sometimes.

On the KR, keep in mind that data is plotted at every 100 RPM, yet in your actual data log, you likely have not a single sample that matched RPM at even 100 RPM segments.  For example, your actual data may have captured a sample at 4089 RPM and another at 4126 RPM but we need a reading at 4100 RPM.  This means the data must be interpolated.  In addition, not all parameters are captured at the same time stamp so each parameter is interpolated and smoothed in its own time axis.  So long story short, you are seeing data that has been "corrected" for 100 RPM increments and that's why you may see a small difference here and there between TT Dyno and your data log.  FWIW, TT Dyno is actually giving more accurate data because it can accurately calculate an accurate picture of all parameters at a given time stamp.  Contrast this to your data log where all the parameters are being captured at a slightly different time.

On the second question, the aux data only plots changes. So if your IAT was 84 degrees for the entire run, no line will be plotted because there is no range (y direction).  In a future version I plan to add a message that shows the static value on the graph.

Mike

Average torque is only calculated for the last 2000 RPM of the run just for that reason: to eliminate any start/throttle issues.  So if you stopped at 6200 RPM, average torque will be computed for 4200 RPM through 6200 RPM.  Also, that dip in the curve was not caused by the rev limiter.  TT Dyno will end the run as soon as it sees the first decrease in RPM so bouncing off the rev limiter should have no effect whatsoever.  Have you turned off ESP (traction control) completely?  I'm not sure if you can do that on the 300 or not but I know if I don't turn off ESP completely, I get some strange dips in the curve sometimes.

Mike

I suppose I could start a sticky post called "Qimage on Macs running Fusion/Parallels" and see if it's popular enough to warrant a new forum.

Mike

I like that idea, but my feeling is that it might just go (mostly) unused.  I get the impression I have very few users running Qimage  on Macs.

Mike

Your graphs certainly seem reasonable.  I did two 3rd gear runs and they were both right around 350 RWHP and 350 RWTQ.  As long as you do your runs in the same spot on the same road and in the same gear, your graphs should be very consistent.  For me, I just do all my runs in second on the same stretch of road.  I know the frictional losses are close to 25% for that gear so that'll get you close to comparisons for any other dyno.  The best thing is the consistency though which is great for modding.

Mike

HP drivers have always had problems handling large amounts of data.  The Z3100, Z3200, B9180, and B8850 are the biggest culprits as their drivers are prone to data bottlenecks.  This article and the articles linked within will give you all available tips so you can finesse the HP drivers into working their best:

http://ddisoftware.com/tech/articles/april-2010-understanding-your-photo-printer/

Please read the articles, but the first things to try with HP printers are:

(1) In "Edit", "Preferences", "Printing Options" in Qimage, try both "raw" and "EMF" spooling options at the bottom to see if your HP driver is happier with one or the other.

(2) HP drivers tend not to be backward compatible.  Try "Help", "Reset Printer Settings" in Qimage and then set your driver settings manually the next time into Qimage: do not recall previously saved settings or jobs as they may be incompatible.

(3) In the HP driver, make sure no "effects" are selected such as those found on the "HP Digital Photography" tab in some drivers.  HP printers simply cannot handle the amount of data associated with anything more than very small prints in conjunction with certain types of auto-contrast type features in the driver.

Unfortunately, after that, you're into Windows spooler and network queue issues: both of which (and more) are covered in the troubleshooting articles linked inside the URL above.

Mike

The lock button is on the middle/bottom of the window just under the text output.  It becomes active (enabled) as soon as you graph a dyno run.  Just click it to lock the current graph and then load a new one to compare.

My SRT8 is also a 5 speed auto and I do all my runs in second gear because that tops out close to the speed limit here.  What kind of numbers are you getting?  Most chassis dynos are run in 4th or 5th gear to give close to a 1:1 transmission ratio.  When you test in lower gears like second, parasitic losses increase, giving lower numbers particularly on automatics.  I've found the parasitic losses of second gear on the SRT8 auto to be close to 25% rather than the typical 18% you'd get for an automatic running in a higher gear on a chassis dyno, so you have to factor that in.  I typically get around 330 lb/ft of torque and around the same (330) HP.  My only mods are a Predator tune and K&N drop in filter.

Mike