CompuServe Thread

Ben, I've been playing around with Imagemaster R/t v1.50 and have run into a few porblems. I'm hoping you can help. First, my configuration: A3000/25, 10 Mb RAM, 220 Mb drives, Retina, Epson ES-300c scanner w/ASDG cable. Now my problems: 1) I still can't get IM to scale an image. Here is *exactly* what I do. a) First I load a picture. All images load fine. No problems there. My example image is 280 x 197 x 24 bit. It is the only image loaded and is being properly displayed hires 16-color as well as a 24-bit image on my Retina via the 2nd Monitor display script. b) I select the "entire image" button in the area panel. c) I go into File I/O and set the save type to 24-bit IFF/ILBM. d) I click the "Set Save Size" button and set the image size at 241 View Width, 240 View Height using the slider gadgets. I click the "Scale to New Size" button (so it is active). e) I click "done" and "Save Image File". The resulting image is the *exact* same byte count as the original and if I load it, it is the exact same size. When I load it, the "size" slider gadgets are set where I put them. It just didn't scale the image down. I have had equal defeat when using "resample to new size" as well as saving in formats other than IFF-24. Please note that if I "Clip .5x" and save, it is 1/2 the size of the original. That works fine. 2) MetaScan ES-300c is refusing to work for me. a) MetaScan *requires* the Ruby 15 font and just dumps if it can't find it. I deleted it long ago. I've got it back now but it would be nice to include with IM R/t's installation or let MetaScan use Topaz from ROM. b) Pressing the F4 key and selecting the Epson 300c capture module does absolutely nothing. c) If I launch MetaScanIM from a shell it will work fine in PREVIEW mode but won't SCAN. d) The MetaScanIM.rexx ARexx file dumps out on line 89 call openport('MetaScanRexxing'); I do have IM R/t running and MetaScanIM as well. The METASCAN and IM ARexx ports are listed as available. I don't have an ARexx manual at home so I couldn't play much with it. The error it gives me is 'Host Environment Not Found'. It can't open the port. I do have the rexxsupport.library in place. Just so you know I'm not all complaints…..congratulations on the FLIC reader. I had a client (county gov't) who was trying to convert FLC files to ANIMs. Main Actor (shareware) and ADPro 2.5 both choked on some of their files (chunk too large errors). IM R/t handled *all* of the FLCs with ease. All were converted to ANIM7 smoothly. The Sharpen III function in Filters is fantastic! It has given me images that look better that the original! Thanks for a wonderful program. Our store can't keep them in stock! -Chas