http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ John's Adventures Forum: Recent Posts en Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:27:02 +0000 http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=486#post-1844 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:30:26 +0000 John Conners 1844@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>Well seeing as it's you, check your email! :) </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=486#post-1843 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:09:29 +0000 sethcohn 1843@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>Hey, how do the rest of us get into the beta testing too? </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=486#post-1842 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:58:30 +0000 Propellerhead 1842@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>Thanks! I rarely check that email address... it's my "register for stuff" addy ;-) In hindsight, I should have checked there before posting. On a positive note, this post will likely get you many more volunteer testers :-)</p> <p>Thanks again for your efforts. </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=486#post-1841 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:38:14 +0000 John Conners 1841@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>I sent you an email about a beta version a couple of days ago! Have a look in your spam folder in case it ended up in there and if you don't have it let me know and I'll re-send it! </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=486#post-1840 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:36:32 +0000 Propellerhead 1840@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>It's sounding like 3.6 will have some pretty exciting features. Are you able to share a roadmap of when you think you might hold a public beta and/or release the version? </p> <p>Just curious ;-)<br /> Keep up the good work!<br /> -Prop </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=485#post-1839 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:09:47 +0000 John Conners 1839@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>Heh heh, glad to be of service correcting the problem and making your work more tolerable! You're most welcome! :) </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=485#post-1838 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:05:56 +0000 kevlaria 1838@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>That was quick! Awesome! John, I can't tell you how incredible this program is. Thanks to you work is more tolerable. I tell everyone I know about this program and a lot of people ask me about my desktop. Thanks again!</p> <p>Update: Completely did the trick, thanks! </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=485#post-1837 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:47:50 +0000 John Conners 1837@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>Ah yes, sorry about that! By fixing one bug I caused another. I've fixed this one completely in 3.6 (due out in a couple of weeks) but you can correct it yourself by doing this...</p> <p>Open the 'More Settings' dialog then click the 'Import/Export' button and then the 'Open Folder' button. You'll find yourself in the settings folder. Open Settings.xml in notepad and find the following line:</p> <blockquote><p>&lt;recount_monitors_every_time&gt;true&lt;/recount_monitors_every_time&gt; </p></blockquote> <p>Change that true to a false, save the file, exit JBS and re-start. The problem is that when the machine is locked Windows decides there's only one monitor for some reason. And the reason it defaults to recounting the number of monitors all the time is for the case when you start JBS in a locked position - then when you unlock it it'll keep thinking there's only one monitor until you restart it, annoyingly!</p> <p>Anyway, I've changed the default in the next version! </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=485#post-1836 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:39:06 +0000 kevlaria 1836@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>Is any one else having this issue? I have dual monitors, JBS is set to use different pictures on each monitor. When I lock my computer to get away for a bit, it only shows one group of images and centers that between the screens (half and half). This started after I did the upgrade to 3.5. The screens use to stay but now I only get one centered with colored bars filling the rest. Help? </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=484#post-1835 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:03:42 +0000 John Conners 1835@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>You'll be pleased to know that the next version of JBS will support RSS feeds and I see that Ipernity exposes proper MediaRSS feeds which means JBS 3.6 will automatically support Ipernity!</p> <p>So if for example you look at the following page (which is a list of photos with the keyword '2008'):</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.ipernity.com/explore/keyword/98710" rel="nofollow">http://www.ipernity.com/explore/keyword/98710</a></p></blockquote> <p>You'll notice there's an rss link to this:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.ipernity.com/feed/doc?keywords=2008&#38;only=doc&#38;format=rss" rel="nofollow">http://www.ipernity.com/feed/doc?keywords=2008&#38;only=doc&#38;format=rss</a></p></blockquote> <p>You'd add that second URL to the appropriate section of the JBS settings in 'RSS Feeds' mode and magically it'll choose photos from that feed. Likewise you could do the same from your own feeds and you can see whatever photos you like!</p> <p>Since loads of sites - including the highly popular DeviantArt - support MediaRSS that means the number of photo sources JBS supports will go up dramatically. </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=484#post-1834 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:35:42 +0000 vor0nwe 1834@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>Ipernity has finally <a href="http://www.ipernity.com/blog/team/94205">released</a> their API. Could you please add support for it? </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=482#post-1833 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:05:01 +0000 nogud 1833@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>Yep, that solves it!<br /> Thanks a lot!<br /> Looking forward to 4.0! </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=482#post-1832 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:56:03 +0000 John Conners 1832@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>What's happening is that JBS is caching the pictures and scaling them down to a smaller size since the snapshots themselves don't need to be full size. The problem is it's then using that scaled down image for the background. If you're using 'Folders' mode you can change a setting to make sure that larger images are stored by default.</p> <p>If you go to the 'Import/Export' section of the 'More Settings' dialog and click 'Open Folder' then you'll find yourself in the main settings folder. Edit 'Settings.xml' and look for the following line:</p> <blockquote><p>&lt;watch_max_montage_photo_size&gt;700&lt;/watch_max_montage_photo_size&gt;</p> </blockquote> <p>Change that '700' to something hight, say 2000. Save the file and exit JBS. You'll need to clear the cache folder so delete the following folder if you're on Vista:</p> <blockquote><p>%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\johnsadventures.com\Background Switcher\FolderQuarterScreenCache</p> </blockquote> <p>or this if you're on XP (replacing &lt;Your Name&gt; with your user name):</p> <blockquote><p>C:\Documents and Settings\&lt;Your Name&gt;\Local Settings\Application Data\johnsadventures.com\Background Switcher\FolderQuarterScreenCache</p> </blockquote> <p>Now re-start JBS and you should be up and running without the image quality for the background of a snapshot scrapbook being of a lower standard. </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=474#post-1831 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:05:05 +0000 John Conners 1831@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>I will do! </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=483#post-1830 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:16:54 +0000 John Conners 1830@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>Hmmmm, not that I'm aware of. It may be that the underlying imaging code I'm using (the Microsoft.NET Image class) can't handle the particular image you're sending it.</p> <p>I'd be interested to know if the open source image editing application <a href="http://www.getpaint.net/">Paint.NET</a> can open the image since I believe it uses the same code I do... </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=483#post-1829 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:47:53 +0000 Sachertorte 1829@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>Hello John</p> <p>I can open the tif files now, however when I want to open files larger than 25M I get the message incorrect parameter. Is there a size limit?</p> <p>Regards. </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=483#post-1828 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:21:09 +0000 John Conners 1828@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>I will do - although I've never come across a file with a .giff with 2 f's extension before! </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=483#post-1827 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:19:07 +0000 Sachertorte 1827@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>Hello John,</p> <p>You are right I have only jpg's and tif's (with one f) in my directory, therefore only the jpg's were shown. The tif file names (with one f) were generated by the camera. So I would think it is wise to change (maybe also for giff)</p> <p>Thanks </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=474#post-1826 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:00:19 +0000 Devilman 1826@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>I'm in the process of installing the software right now. I was looking for a program that would feed from DeviantArt also and I came across this forum. Can you please email me when you a working version available or if you need a beta tester I'd be more than happy to help. Thanks again. </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=482#post-1825 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:16:16 +0000 John Conners 1825@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>You're most welcome! :)</p> <p>In what way does it seem stretched? Is the aspect ratio different (meaning it looks distorted) or are you seeing a loss in quality? If you can post a screenshot (or <a href="http://www.johnsadventures.com/contact/">email me one</a>) then that would help me figure out what's going on. </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=483#post-1824 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:12:54 +0000 John Conners 1824@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>When you browse using the 'Convert One Picture' section you'll be able to see any of the following file types:</p> <blockquote><p>*.jpg<br /> *.gif<br /> *.bmp<br /> *.png<br /> *.tiff<br /> *.wmf</p></blockquote> <p>It could be that your photos are .tif (with one 'f') which is why they're not appearing. I'll change that in the next version but in the meantime if you type '*.*' into the 'File name' text box and hit 'Enter' then all files will show up. You can then select your .tif file and it should successfully convert it to a .jpg! </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=483#post-1823 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:02:08 +0000 Sachertorte 1823@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>Hello</p> <p>I have a couple of photo's in tiff format which I would like to convert to jpg. In the "covert one picture" screen I only can browse and select jpg's as original pictures and no tiff's.</p> <p>Is this right? Or do I something wrong or is there another posibility to convert from tiff to jpg?</p> <p>Thanks for helping me out. </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=482#post-1822 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:49:13 +0000 nogud 1822@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>Hi. First of all, thanks for the great piece of software!</p> <p>When using the snapshot scrapbook, the image that is selected as background always seems stretched, even though the originals are 1920x1200, my native resolution.<br /> Is this normal or am I missing something in the settings?<br /> Thanks! </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=481#post-1820 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:16:48 +0000 John Conners 1820@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>That's the one! :) </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=481#post-1819 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:44:17 +0000 hesher 1819@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>Just figured out how to do this (choose random mode in settings) </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=481#post-1818 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:36:27 +0000 hesher 1818@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>Instead of just choosing photos from facebook or photos from flickr (etc...), it would be great if I could choose to combine from both (or more).</p> <p>Thanks! </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=480#post-1817 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:07:26 +0000 John Conners 1817@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>Thanks for the info - this is something I've already corrected in the next version. However curiously this problem doesn't happen on any of the systems I've tested it on - including XP SP2 - which is a bit inconsistent... </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=480#post-1816 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:57:52 +0000 dattguy 1816@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>Environment<br /> Windows XP SP2<br /> John's Background Switcher version 3.5</p> <p>Issue:</p> <blockquote><p>After installing John's Background Switcher and rebooting your computer, you may receive this error:</p> <p>C:\Program<br /> __________<br /> (X) Windows cannot find 'C:\Program'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then click Search. </p></blockquote> <p>Cause:</p> <blockquote><p>The BackgroundSwitcher registry entry found in the Run key:</p> <p>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run</p> <p>BackgroundSwitcher</p> <p>C:\Program Files\johnsadventures.com\John's Background Switcher\BackgroundSwitcher.exe</p> <p>The path contains a space and therefore Windows XP will stop at the end of the contiguous string if there is a space. </p></blockquote> <p>Resolution:</p> <blockquote><p>Contain the path in double quotation marks if there is a space in the path. Example:</p> <p>"C:\Program Files\johnsadventures.com\John's Background Switcher\BackgroundSwitcher.exe" </p></blockquote> <p>Workaround:</p> <blockquote><p>Add the double quotation marks at the beginning and end of the path. </p></blockquote> <p>More information</p> <blockquote><p>For more information on the resolution, please refer to this article in Microsoft's Knowledge Base:</p> <p>Microsoft KB: 220956: Err Msg: Cannot Find 'C:\Program' or One of Its Components <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/220956/en-us" rel="nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/220956/en-us</a> </p></blockquote> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=479#post-1815 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:29:29 +0000 John Conners 1815@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>Ah yes, I've come across this one before and it's most peculiar. For reasons unknown Windows is telling JBS one thing (the smaller screen size you're seeing reported) and yet the truth is another.</p> <p>So long as you're only using one monitor you can follow the instructions I wrote up on this post to change the default desktop mode from 'tile' to 'stretch' in Settings.xml:</p> <p><a href="http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=396#post-1582" rel="nofollow">http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=396#post-1582</a></p> <p>Can you try that and let me know what happens? </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=479#post-1814 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:22:29 +0000 archangel201086 1814@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>Hello,</p> <p>My background is split when using JBS, but when I set a background manually it works fine. </p> <p>I used your monitor information program:</p> <p>Screen[Bounds={X=0,Y=0,Width=1120,Height=700} WorkingArea={X=0,Y=0,Width=1120,Height=647} Primary=True DeviceName=\\.\DISPLAY1</p> <p>I can tell that this is wrong, because my native resolution (and what it is set to is 1680 x 1050. I use a laptop as the processor and a 22" monitor for the screen. How do I fix this?</p> <p>Steve </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=478#post-1813 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:05:48 +0000 John Conners 1813@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>Since that site exposes an RSS feed of photos then it'll work in the next version. I'm not explicitly adding DeviantArt support, I'll be adding mediaRSS / RSS feed support which means that any site - including DeviantArt - that has these feeds will work with JBS. </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=478#post-1812 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:22:29 +0000 Switch 1812@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>I see you are adding deviant can you also add in this website</p> <p><a href="http://www.socwall.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.socwall.com/</a></p> <p>Also I know this had been mentioned before but please please offer linux support. I give my left nut. I have no programming experience but I will help. I can cheer you on!!! </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=475#post-1811 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:13:52 +0000 MaxHedrm 1811@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>Sounds great. Thanks! </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=476#post-1810 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:59:09 +0000 barisko 1810@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>Great! Can't wait! </p> http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/topic.php?id=477#post-1809 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:28:57 +0000 John Conners 1809@http://www.johnsadventures.com/forum/ <p>It's a good idea, but the problem with snapshot scrapbooks as they stand just now is that they're based on the fact that they use random images. This means it's easy to implement them for pretty much all modes but makes implement your suggestion a bit tricky as it wouldn't manifest itself across all modes. I'll certainly add it to the list though and see what I can come up with! </p>