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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: GillyWI on February 01, 2015, 01:25:21 AM
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I want to post a pic of a glass bowl I have but the site says the file is too large, anyone know how to fix this?
Gilly
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Welcome to the board. We have image help here: http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,6522.0.html but shout if get stuck. :)
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Hi Anne, I downloaded Infranview, I assume that's what I need to do, I am up in the 800-900kb range on pic sizes, and this is just overwhelming me, no idea what I am supposed to do with it. I can get as far as getting the image I want to share in Infranview, after that I sort of glaze over on resizing and saving it so I can share it with you.
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this might help... what I do.
1) Change camera settings to lower resolution. Lowest on mine is termed "VGA".
2) Transfer file to computer and do initial crop and rotate using simple Windows Photo Gallery application. Tab there that says 'fix'.
Crop it down to remove all non relevant portions of image. It will reduce file size.
Please rotate image so it isn't on side or upside down!
Why do people fail to fix this obvious error that does my head in?
3) Cropped image may now be small enough. I find often is. If not..
4) Open Infranview >
Top left of page has 'File' >
Open.. >
Top left of page has 'Image' >
Resize/Resample.. >
Set new size selected >
depending on portrait or landscape image set the larger length of image to 700 pixel the other side will follow in proportion so only enter one side value >
set DPI at 72 >
hit the OK button >
it goes back to modified image being displayed [looks the same] >
hit 'File' >
Save as.. [give it a new name so that original doesn't get changed in case it's messed up]
Now, find modified image on computer and check file size.
Is it under 120kB and over 30kB?
Small file size will be a problematic if fine detail in image is needed to ID or highlight a manufacturing feature.
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Lets see if this works
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Thanks Anne.
My mom passed on late last year and this Saturday us kids were to go through and pick out stuff we wanted. She had been in the house for 70 (!) years and this I found in an attic. It is really cool looking so I grabbed it. No name that I can see, it is quite heavy. Just wondering what style it is or if anyone knows who might have made it, any info would be great.
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I'm sorry to hear of your loss, not an easy time for you.
I'm afraid I'm clueless about your piece, but it does indeed look very interesting. :)
Would it be possible to see what the base (and underside) looks like, please?
Even if it looks as if there's nothing there, we can often tell a lot by the sort of "nothing" it is.
Whether is has been blown into a mould, whether there is a pontil scar or not, and if it has been modified to make it neater.
Thanks for persevering with posting images, it's much appreciated, and welcome to the gmb. :)
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Yep I was all prepared for that when I took the pictures, took 3 (TAKING I have no problem with, and most sites I have no problem posting either, unless the files are too large, so hopefully this little epiphany will help in the future).
It seems like it is or at least was pretty uneven on the bottom, there is a sort of dense/cushiony sort of clear tape on the bottom, I think to make it easier on a wood finich for example, is the impression I get. I am tempted to remove it to look for any sort of mark on it.
Do you think it would help to just start a new thread about it, not that I have it figured out?
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New topic not needed, we can edit out the bits we don't need afterwards, don't worry. I'll change the topic title for you to make it a bit more helpful and maybe catch someone's eyes. :)
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;D I think we need to find out about the cushionny clear tape for protecting bases and furniture - it appears to be good stuff. It doesn't show, but does the securing business.
From what I can see, I reckon this is probably a studio piece, hand made by a glass artist. But I don't know very much about American Studio glass, I'm afraid. We might need some of our American members' input.
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Just thought I would do the "to the top" thing. I looked it over really well with a magnifying glass and there is no signature on it, so just a really nice unsigned piece I guess with no way to ID it, so looks like I will just be enjoying it.
I can't remember the name now, but there was a guy who taught at UW Madison in the 50s or 60s that sort of got the ball rolling for US studio art glass (name escapes me right now) and this was in my mom's house in Middleton WI, which is a west side suburb of Madison, don't know if there is any possible connection there or not, but thought it was worth mentioning.
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I think you may be on the right track. At the Ohio State University there is a fine arts glassblowing department where students blow glass virtually all the time. My daughter blew some pieces when she was in the fine arts field 20 years ago. I think more than a few universities in the U.S. have these ongoing & the students works are hardly ever signed. The even have a Facebook page: OSU.Glass
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Thanks. Harvey Littleton is who I was trying to think of:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Littleton#Glass_at_the_University_of_Wisconsin
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Mistake so delete