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From: "Neil Bowers" <>
Subject: Re: [Ess] Origins.Net - Free Access on Monday (Corrected)
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 01:23:19 +0100
In-Reply-To: <001b01c6d07b$68010550$0201a8c0@mareeposthuma>


All,

it is not necessary to use the viewer named on the web page.

The files are completely standard TIFF format.
It is not a case of manipulating/converting the images.
What you need is a correctly configured/suitable browser plug-in.
Look for an application which includes a browser plug in for TIFF (and
other) image formats.
I use Paint Shop Pro but there are many others.

Neil


-----Original Message-----
From: [mailto:]On
Behalf Of Maree Posthuma
Sent: 05 September 2006 00:40
To: Chris;
Subject: Re: [Ess] Origins.Net - Free Access on Monday (Corrected)


Hi folks, I hope everyone is enjoying Origins - I'm in Australia and I'm not
having any difficulty at all.

I see Chris is having problems with the images, I have much the same
problems the last time I used Origin but I downloaded their viewer that they
recommend and all the census pages, etc come out perfect. Maybe it is the
only way to get the images.

Regards
Maree




----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 8:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Ess] Origins.Net - Free Access on Monday (Corrected)


> Well it worked for me.
>
> I logged on when I got home from work at 6:00pm
>
> Signed up.
>
> Was wary of the charges thing, but continued.
>
> I did NOT have to enter any bank details.
>
> I got the free day. I have done some searches and downloaded some image
> files.
>
> BUT..... (I don't believe it)
>
>
> The image files are useless.
>
> I tried a couple of programs, which I have sucsessfully manipulated tiff
> files before. (I've been converting graphics files for 20 years now and
> I'm
> very successful at it.)
> Both my scanner software and my favorite graphics package (Graphics
> WorkShop
> Professional) show the files as plain black pages.
>
> The file has a different header to other tiff files that can be opened.
>
> A bit of a loss really, well here is another customer they won't get.
>
> (rant mode on)
>
> I suspect they have made a lousy decision based on a total ignorance of
> the
> strengths and weaknesses if the various image formats.
> But
> perhaps it was based on a half remembered conversation in a pub at
> lunch-time....
> or maybe they were conned into buying the wrong software....
> perhaps they don't understanding anything about computers.....
> but most likely........
>
> If anyone gets a chance give origins a rocket... Denounce them in
> public....
>
> They seem to have jumped on the bandwagon to make a quick buck.
>
> (rant mode off)
>
>
> I have converted tiff to gifs, bmps and jpegs ..........
> On Macs, PCs and SUN workstations.
> In the late 80's
>
> We shouldn't be having these kind of problems 15 years on.
>
>
> Chris.
> I've been doing this for over 20 years, I may be old, but I'm tried and
> tested.
>
>
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