The Prentice Bulletin Number 65, September 1996

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THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND

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For enquiries and mailing
list amendments contact:
Client Service
Room 207, Ground floor
Prentice Building
Telephone (07) 3365 4400
Facsimile (07) 3365 4477
Email help@cccuq.edu.au

Mr C J Teakle
Computer Centre

NUMBER 65

New Digital Camera already an Asset
UQ departments, centres and divisions are already reaping the benefits
of the General Photography Unit's new high quality digital camera.
The technology the digital camera uses means there is no film, so traditional
processing is not required. Instead, images can be captured and loaded straight onto
computer, providing ideal uses for newsletters, web pages and archival records.
When compared to the usual method of taking photographs, processing the
film, then scanning the print, digital images are an ideal alternative. The quality is
excellent as the original image is used, and the method is faster as processing and
scanning time are eliminated. In particular, the convenience of being able to
capture an image and use it almost straight away is an advantage.
Wolfgang Roffman, Research and Development Engineer with the Centre of
Magnetic Resonance (CMR), is using digital images in CMR's publications. "I'm
very impressed with the results of the digital camera. Over the years, CMR has
scanned hundreds of photographs so digital images are a great labour saver. Also,
we collaborate with a company in Germany. For our brochures we have been
transferring the digital images using the Internet to colleagues in Germany."
Digital images could capture many of the University's valuable resources.
Helen Darch, the Library Research and Development Manager, says, "There is the
potential for high resolution digital images to be used as a preservation mechanism
for rare materials in the library such as unique manuscripts and old photographs.
Researchers could access
the images easily, and
decrease the handling of
originals."
Here in the Prentice
Centre, Hank Szeto of
the Web Development
Unit is finding benefits
for digital images in
generating Web pages
for the Internet. "In less
than an hour after
shooting pictures, we
were loading images
into the Supercomputing
Unit's Web page. It' s
fast, and the quality is
excellent."

SEPTEMBER 1996

From the Director ...
Feedback
In the last issue of The Prentice
Bulletin, we asked readers to return
a survey asking what you'd like to
read about.
Thank you to the hundreds who
responded, and we are currently
sorting through your answers and
generating a new mailing list with
alternative distribution points. Until
this is finalised, we will continue to
mail the newsletter to all staff.
If you would like to be included
on the personalised mailing list but
didn't respond to the survey, please
contact Client Service (ext 54400 or
email help) who will gladly include
you for distribution.

Software Licensing
Prentice has recently initiated a task
force for UQ software licensing and
to achieve campus-wide input, some
DLOs are included on the team.
The task force ' s intent is to
make recommendations about the
acquisition and support of licensed
software for use in the University.
Software such as electronic mail
and wordprocessing programs that
are typically used throughout
departments is being considered
initially.
If you have an interest in this
area, contact Wilber Williams (email
w.williams@cc .uq.edu .au or ext
5423 2) or your DLO for more
information.

continued overleaf .. .
The new Digital camera is ideal for newsletters, web pages and
archival records. It is pictured above with CDROMs usedfor storing
digital images. In the background, the computer monitor displays
images taken with the digital camera for the Supercomputing Unit's
new Website. Tofind out more about a Website for your Department
contact Hank Szeto on ext 54358, or visit the Web Development Unit's
home page at: http://www.uq .edu .au/pcc/services/wdu/

Information Technology Support

First UQ thesis POP email can contribute
to sluggish performance
on CD ... ROM
A student studying Creative
Writing is the first person to
submit a research thesis on
CD-ROM at UQ.
Komninos Zervos submitted his
dissertation for the degree of Master
of Arts on a CD-ROM entitled
Cyberpoetry. It presents poetry in the
of
animated
imagery,
forms
synthesised and recorded voices,
video and music.
"I chose CD-ROM as my medium
for presenting my Masters because
the poetry I developed during my
research, Cyberpoetry, actually
moves in time and in a three
dimensional space.
"The writer can combine text,
image, sound and movies to create a
journey. For the first time the writer
has the power to determine the visual
representation of their text.
"Publication in traditional form
would have meant outputting the
results to video cassette, and the
cross-referencing from text to video
would have been clumsy, disjointed
and time consuming. This is more
effectively achieved on the CD-ROM.
"I have managed to convince
some people that the CD-ROM is a
perfect tool for research and
presenting multi-stranded research
information. On the basis of my
masters I have been accepted to do a
PhD in English and to submit it in
CD-ROM format."
Komninos used a Macintosh
LC630 (20 MB RAM, 350 MB hard
disk, 270 MB external hard drive)
with various software including
Hypercard 2·2, Adobe Premiere,
Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia
Soundedit, and Adobe Illustrator.
The Prentice Centre offers a CDROM Production service, and staff
assisted Komninos in producing the
CD-ROM. "Mike McCarthy was
helpful in advising me on how to
present material for cutting the CDROM prior to me actually doing it, so
we actually got it right very quickly."
For further information on CDROM Production at the Prentice
Centre, contact Mike McCarthy
(email m.mccarthy@cc.uq.edu.au
or ext 54281).

System performance depends largely on how Eudora/POP
clients configure their software as the POP server can be a major
contributor to load problems.
There are ways of configuring and using Eudora/POP to alleviate the high
demands placed on the server. We ask Eudora clients and those using other
POP/SMTP programs (eg, Pegasus, Netscape) to check their configurations and
implement the guidelines below. We appreciate the assistance from DLOs to ensure
maximum compliance.
1. Set the SMTP server to smtp.uq.edu.au in Eudora.

(Special Menu IConfiguration /Type smtp.uq.edu.au
in the SMTP Server field).

2. Do not use the Leave Mail on Server option in Eudora.
Uncheck the box.

3. Do not autocheck for mail more often than every 10 minutes.
4. Avoid sending documents> 250Kb by email.
Never send files greater than 1Mb.
5. Set the Network Timeout value to 300 seconds if you have
Eudora-Pro or Eudora-Light for PC (Tools Menu IOptions IAdvanced
Network, or the Special Menu ISettings in earlier versions).
For help in configuring Eudora or other POP/SMTP clients, please contact your
DLO or Prentice Centre Client Service (ext 54400 or email help@cc.uq.edu.au).

How to include attachments in Eudora
Attaching a document to an electronic mail message is a simple way of
transferring a small file, and is certainly much faster and more
convenient than using a floppy disk.
To attach a document in Eudora,
1. Create a new message (Message menu, New Message).
2. Choose Attach Document... from the Message menu.
3. Select the document you wish to attach, and click OK.
4. Check the file you are attaching is displayed in the email
message's header information in the Attachments field.
5. Complete the electronic mail message and send it.
Check the recipient has software to read your document. Please avoid sending
files larger than 250 Kb as sending large files affects system performance (refer to
the above story). We recommend you compress larger files.

New Digital Ca.mera already an Asset ... continuedfromfrontpage
Images can be manipulated using software such as Photoshop, so enhancements
difficult or not possible in the dark room are relatively simple. The brightness and
contrast can be adjusted for the entire image, or just on a particular area. Creative
enhancements are possible such as the restoration of old photographs, changed
backgrounds, and numerous other effects.
Output is up to A4 in size, on a high resolution, photographic quality print.
Alternatively, the 18Mb image can be compressed onto floppy disk, or stored onto
a CD-ROM. Both PC and Macintosh platforms are supported, along with various
image formats including TIFF and IPEG.
For more information contact Chris Stacey (email c.stacey@cc.uq.edu.au) or
Don Thompson (email d.thompson@cc.uq.edu.au) in the General Photography
Unit on ext 52433.

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