Comments for Carl Antaki's blog http://blog.antaki.ca Java Desktop rocks! Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:45:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on Bloom 2.5 released: 200 photos, video upload and improved user experience by Robert http://blog.antaki.ca/2009/07/04/bloom-25-released-200-photos-video-upload-and-improved-user-experience/#comment-1027 Robert Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:16:18 +0000 http://blog.antaki.ca/2009/07/04/bloom-25-released-200-photos-video-upload-and-improved-user-experience/#comment-1027 Hello Carl, I love Bloom, it makes Facebook and Photos tolerable. Thank you. I have one request/suggestion. I use Adobe to tag all my photos with Author, Description, and Copyright info. None of this info shows up in Bloom when I add the photos. All the standard photo info is there no problem. Is there any way you could give more options for selection of the EXIF data in your next release? Thanks! Rob Hello Carl,
I love Bloom, it makes Facebook and Photos tolerable. Thank you.

I have one request/suggestion. I use Adobe to tag all my photos with Author, Description, and Copyright info. None of this info shows up in Bloom when I add the photos. All the standard photo info is there no problem.

Is there any way you could give more options for selection of the EXIF data in your next release?

Thanks! Rob

]]> Comment on Bloom 2.0 released by Fran Sanchez http://blog.antaki.ca/2009/02/28/bloom-20-released/#comment-917 Fran Sanchez Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:58:59 +0000 http://blog.antaki.ca/2009/02/28/bloom-20-released/#comment-917 Hi Carl! I just installed Bloom and I love it! However, I noticed that in the app only 44 out of 250 friends shows there, why cant I see the others? I would apreciate any help solving the problem. I'm using the linux version by the way. Thanks very much! Hi Carl!

I just installed Bloom and I love it! However, I noticed that in the app only 44 out of 250 friends shows there, why cant I see the others? I would apreciate any help solving the problem.

I’m using the linux version by the way.

Thanks very much!

]]> Comment on Bloom 1.7 released by carl http://blog.antaki.ca/2008/12/14/bloom-17-released/#comment-865 carl Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:13:42 +0000 http://blog.antaki.ca/2008/12/14/bloom-17-released/#comment-865 Speedplane, Thanks for letting me know about the maxlength I've fixed it. I'm not using getScaledInstance(), getScaledInstance() would probably produce a better thumbnail at the expense of the slower speed. I'm using drawImage() with a quality of 100% and I'm using the Bicubic Interpolation. I could improve the quality by using the multi-pass algorithm I will look into that for the 1.8 release. Speedplane,

Thanks for letting me know about the maxlength I’ve fixed it. I’m not using getScaledInstance(), getScaledInstance() would probably produce a better thumbnail at the expense of the slower speed. I’m using drawImage() with a quality of 100% and I’m using the Bicubic Interpolation. I could improve the quality by using the multi-pass algorithm I will look into that for the 1.8 release.

]]> Comment on Bloom 1.7 released by speedplane http://blog.antaki.ca/2008/12/14/bloom-17-released/#comment-859 speedplane Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:26:41 +0000 http://blog.antaki.ca/2008/12/14/bloom-17-released/#comment-859 Hi there, First off... there's a problem with the contact page on antaki.ca/contact.php. The verification box has a maxlength of 2 even though you need to enter three characters to answer it. So instead of sending you a message, I'm just writing it here. I really like Bloom and I've been using it a lot. But I'm having trouble with the image resizing algorithm that you're using. The images look grainy and ugly. Here's an example: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=37895541&l=18962&id=409622 Notice the skin and hair looks grainy. The original image was smooth and clear. How are you resizing the images? You shouldn't be using Image.getScaledInstance(). Take a look at this article: http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2007/04/03/perils-of-image-getscaledinstance.html Thanks and keep up the good work!! Hi there,

First off… there’s a problem with the contact page on antaki.ca/contact.php. The verification box has a maxlength of 2 even though you need to enter three characters to answer it. So instead of sending you a message, I’m just writing it here.

I really like Bloom and I’ve been using it a lot. But I’m having trouble with the image resizing algorithm that you’re using. The images look grainy and ugly. Here’s an example:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=37895541&l=18962&id=409622
Notice the skin and hair looks grainy. The original image was smooth and clear.

How are you resizing the images? You shouldn’t be using Image.getScaledInstance(). Take a look at this article:
http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2007/04/03/perils-of-image-getscaledinstance.html

Thanks and keep up the good work!!

]]> Comment on Bloom 1.7 released by Mark http://blog.antaki.ca/2008/12/14/bloom-17-released/#comment-854 Mark Sun, 28 Dec 2008 07:23:32 +0000 http://blog.antaki.ca/2008/12/14/bloom-17-released/#comment-854 Have been using the 1.6 version of Bloom for a while on the mac, saved me many a headache uploading a lot of photos, however since 1.7 has been released I have not been able to use it, it loads the splash screen, then asks to trust the certificate and then simply shows that bloom is running, but never actually loads the interface, I can quit the program happily through the menu, just never loads the actual window to start using it. Am using a Mac. Have been using the 1.6 version of Bloom for a while on the mac, saved me many a headache uploading a lot of photos, however since 1.7 has been released I have not been able to use it, it loads the splash screen, then asks to trust the certificate and then simply shows that bloom is running, but never actually loads the interface, I can quit the program happily through the menu, just never loads the actual window to start using it. Am using a Mac.

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