[Digitalarchivists] Using the amazing tool first time

[Davis Xie]

Hello All,

I managed to take some pics using scan_continuous_rotate.py.  There is a
printed guide on that table using GUI. (It doesn't work since the script
can't executed). I was told that someone is working on NEW scanner, which
can auto turn page.  WOW!  would love to see that alive!  Thank you all for
the help!!


Best,
DX

On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 6:43 PM, Trent Robbins <robbintt at gmail.com> wrote:

> The digitalarchivist scanner computer was changed and that part
> needs reconfigured. It must not have been tested when the person migrated
> to a new machine. New machine is a core 2 duo and handles the scan and
> refresh a lot better.
>
> It would be great if you would come in and configure that and leave
> instructions for how you set it up.
>
> Trent
>
>
> On Thursday, August 25, 2016, Hiroshi Usui <hiroshi.x.usui at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Hiroshi Usui <hiroshi.x.usui at gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 10:12 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Digitalarchivists] Using the amazing tool first time
>> To: Davis Xie <davis.gh.xie at gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> Hi DX,
>>
>> I'm not part of the official team of people (Digitalarchivists) that work
>> on the bookscanner, but I contribute(d) a little bit—edited snippets of the
>> python files to account for image rotation and continuous scanning. Last
>> year, I contributed the ./QTGPhotoinfo implementation for liveview, and
>> also wrote the instructions. I assume that the instruction packet and
>> ./QTGPhotoinfo are the same as when I left them. I haven't visited
>> Noisebridge in about 8 months due to school, so I don't know what has
>> changed since then. I'm having trouble finding my Word document for the
>> instructions, and I fear I may have (very stupidly) lost or deleted it. I
>> think I can help you by memory.
>>
>> What kind of error are you getting from running ./QTGPhotoinfo? Any time
>> I had a problem trying to start it, I would switch the two USB cords (of
>> the cameras). I'm not sure why it is this way, but I didn't have time to
>> implement it better. If you can at least see the interface pop up, I think
>> that's a good first sign. If it isn't, make sure you plug in one USB cord
>> at a time, and try both USB ports. After you're able to get a liveview feed
>> for the first camera, then you can plug in the other camera, and then run
>> ./QTGPhotoinfo on a separate terminal. You have to press a certain button
>> on the interface before the video comes up.
>>
>> You actually don't need to use ./QTGPhotoinfo for taking the actual
>> pictures, as I'm sure you already figured out by using the python files,
>> but it saves a lot of time in adjusting the zoom of the DSLRs and if you
>> have to swap out books. I'm unhappy that I wasn't able to fully optimize
>> that process, and would like to revisit it—but that being said, I'm
>> arguably the most experienced user of the entire process of getting a book
>> directly from hard copy, to a processed digital PDF with page numeration,
>> automatic crops, making all images the same page size, etc. I estimate that
>> I've spent 30 to 35 hours of continuously scanning books on the
>> bookscanner, and an extra 10 hours dedicated to finding a good way to
>> process the image files and organize them all into a usable PDF.
>>
>> I can run the whole process—even post‒bookscanning—through with you, but
>> since I'm in Berkeley, I'm not at Noisebridge regularly. Let me know if you
>> can get cameras' liveviews to work.
>>
>> Hiroshi
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 4:00 AM, Davis Xie <davis.gh.xie at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I tried the scanner following the instructions, but failed on executing
>>> the ./QTGPhotoinfo
>>> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 11:46 AM John Shutt <john.d.shutt at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey DX,
>>>>
>>>> There's a chance someone will be around to help tomorrow, but there are
>>>> also instructions by the scanner that you could use if no one is there.
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> > On Aug 24, 2016, at 12:49 AM, Davis Xie <davis.gh.xie at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > Hello guys,
>>>> >
>>>> > Just wondering how can i use this to scan some file. Please let me
>>>> know when I should stop by to receive some help on operating it. I will
>>>> tomorrow afternoon || evening and hope to see anyone can help. Thank you
>>>> all in advance!
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Best,
>>>> > DX
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