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3511  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: Announcing Qimage Ultimate! on: July 25, 2010, 02:58:51 PM
Thanks everyone for the feedback and questions.  I've replied to the questions in a mini-FAQ in another thread:

http://ddisoftware.com/tech/qimage-ultimate/qimage-ultimate-mini-faq/

Feel free to post further questions in that mini FAQ thread.

Regards,
Mike
3512  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Qimage Ultimate: mini FAQ on: July 25, 2010, 02:57:18 PM
Some Qimage users have been asking some good questions about the new Qimage Ultimate so let me try to address them in this thread:

Q: What is the cost to upgrade after the first year?

A: We are keeping the cost as low as possible.  When you purchase Qimage Ultimate, you will receive all updates free of charge for one year from the date of purchase.  After the first year, you only pay $19.99 for another full year of free upgrades, making the cost of keeping up with all the latest changes $19.99/yr after the first year.  We've updated our web pages to reflect this information.

Q: Why no free lifetime upgrades on Qimage Ultimate?

A: Qimage Ultimate is a new product that is taking a new direction.  Rather than follow the same path as the old Qimage (Lite, Pro, Studio), Qimage Ultimate is developed and supported in a manner that allows us to better serve our customers.  This requires more staff and resources on our part.  Qimage Ultimate is a new product that caters to a new economy and a more competitive marketplace than the market that existed in 1998 when we introduced the original Qimage with free lifetime upgrades.  To be able to support Qimage Ultimate and be competitive in today's marketplace, we must be able to cover our development costs.  That said, unlike most companies that charge 30% to 50% of the cost of the full product for major upgrades, we have chosen to offer free upgrades for the first year and a full year of upgrades for only $19.99/yr after the first year.  We believe this will have minimal impact on customers while allowing us to move forward on a product that we are passionate about and wish to support more effectively: Qimage Ultimate.

Q: Any price incentives or discounts for existing customers?

A: As above, Qimage Ultimate is a new product that requires new staffing, new support methods, and a higher level of innovation than we could provide for existing Qimage customers.  To support this effort we cannot mix and match Qimage Ultimate with Qimage and give existing customers, some of whom have been getting free upgrades for 10 years, additional discounts into a new product.  We find that we need to be able to support our research and development efforts to be able to survive and offer new innovations in the 2010 marketplace.  As such, we are not able to offer discounts for Qimage Ultimate, however, we do offer a 20% discount to anyone who purchased Qimage Studio in the last 30 days (between June 24 and July 24).  The discount link is on the Qimage Ultimate purchasing page.

Q: Are the "old" Qimage Lite, Pro, and Studio editions dead?

A: No!  We want to continue to reward existing Lite/Pro/Studio users with essential updates to keep those products working smoothly with all the latest technology.  As we work on a fast track to bring all the latest innovations to Qimage Ultimate however, the older Lite, Pro, and Studio editions will not be updated as frequently nor will they see new features like Qimage Ultimate.  That said, we will continue to update Lite, Pro, and Studio several times a year to add new cameras for raw support, fix bugs, and update existing features to ensure they are compatible with current technology.  This means providing updates to things like file formats that might change or become incompatible with some other brand of software, problems that might be caused by changed to anti-virus software, video drivers, additional requirements of new printer models/drivers, and so on.

Q: Can Qimage Ultimate be installed alongside Lite, Pro, and Studio or must I uninstall my Lite/Pro/Studio first?

A: You can install Qimage Ultimate (the demo or full version) without worrying about it interfering with Lite/Pro/Studio.  In fact, Qimage Ultimate was designed to work seamlessly with all the settings and data from your existing Qimage Lite/Pro/Studio without the need for data migration, however, Qimage Ultimate is installed (and uninstalled if need be) as a separate product with a separate icon.  There is no need to uninstall Lite/Pro/Studio first since Qimage Ultimate installs as a separate program and can even be uninstalled without affecting Lite/Pro/Studio.

Q: What if I like the Qimage Ultimate interface but I don't need all the features and just want to print?

A: Like Qimage, Qimage Ultimate is designed to fit a very wide variety of workflows and therefore a wide audience.  You may "only want to print" but you may not realize how much of Qimage Ultimate is actually needed to print efficiently.  Many of the new features in Qimage Ultimate make printing easier such as more accurate previews on the preview page, Lightning Raw which will greatly speed up printing, display, and editing of raw photos, and even the EXIF transfers that will ensure that EXIF info (which you may decide to print on contact sheets) works properly.

I will update this FAQ if more questions arise.  A big thank you to forum  members for your feeback!

Mike
3513  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Announcing Qimage Ultimate! on: July 25, 2010, 12:22:37 AM
For now, this is an open discussion board: you do not need to request membership...

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
3514  Mike's Software / Qimage / Re: Qimage Ultimate just released! on: July 25, 2010, 12:02:12 AM
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
3515  Mike's Software / Qimage / Qimage Ultimate just released! on: July 25, 2010, 12:00:49 AM
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
3516  Mike's Software / Qimage / Re: Problems printing images original size on: July 08, 2010, 01:46:20 PM
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
3517  Mike's Software / Qimage / Re: Qimage Updates: Subscribe to Receive Qimage Update Emails on: July 08, 2010, 01:43:57 PM
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
3518  Mike's Software / Qimage / v2010.209 issues/comments on: July 08, 2010, 01:43:33 PM
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
3519  Mike's Software / Qimage / Re: Problems printing images original size on: July 08, 2010, 12:58:53 PM
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.  Wink

Mike
3520  Forum Rules, Status, and Info / Forum Feedback, Status, Issues, etc. / Re: Studio Forum access request on: July 01, 2010, 12:28:41 PM
Your userid was already in the Studio Group member list.  I deleted it and re-added it.  Hopefully that'll solve it.

Regards,
Mike
3521  Mike's Software / TT Dyno / Re: howdy mike on: June 29, 2010, 10:52:14 AM
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
3522  Mike's Software / TT Dyno / Re: howdy mike on: June 16, 2010, 01:06:44 PM
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
3523  Technical Discussions / Articles / Re: May 2010: Sour Apples on: June 13, 2010, 02:34:28 PM
There may be more than you think. And, if there was specific support it may help. Really, I never in a million years would have thought I would ever pose such a question. Just give it a little more thought and maybe some others will chime in the use of it.

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
3524  Technical Discussions / Articles / Re: May 2010: Sour Apples on: June 13, 2010, 01:49:09 PM
I am a Mac user and have experienced the frustrations with CM in Leopard and Snow Leopard that Ernst has mentioned and continues to plague the Mac OS. I have looked at Qimage in hopes that there would be a Mac version but I can see now that there will not. Thanks for at least taking a look and I understand the frustrations from a programming perspective. So, here is my question. Do you think there could be a forum topic specifically dedeicated to using Qimage on a Mac thru VM Fusion or Parallels? This would at least give Mac users an alternative to the OS along with specific support from this forum.

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
3525  Mike's Software / TT Dyno / Re: howdy mike on: June 13, 2010, 02:09:47 AM
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
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