[PRCo] Re: Distortion of Photo

[Herb Brannon]

I will check that out. I also have seen it in the last 60 days.
On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>wrote:

> I have seen that circular distortion about three times within the last 60
> days and that suggested to me that it was deliberate to prevent someone
> copying and circulating the slide someone was trying to sell on line.  I
> have searched the internet under terms like random image distortion and I
> have to admit that what I find is somewhat beyond my comprehension … need a
> professor to explain it to me.
>
> fws
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> On Oct 15, 2012, at 1:21 PM, Dwight Long wrote:
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> > Herb
> >
> > It may be accidental.  I had the same issue when I was first learning
> how to scan images.  If the parameters are not correctly set, the scanner
> will compress one dimension of the image to fit the prescribed space.
>  Unfortunately there are even fots that have made it into books with this
> distortion.
> >
> > Or it could be intentional, as opined elsewhere.  Certainly harder to
> remove this distortion than to remove a watermark, but presumably not
> impossible, as setting the parameters in reverse should eliminate the
> distortion, albeit requiring a bit of tinkering.
> >
> > Dwight
> >
> > From: Herb Brannon
> > Sent: Friday, 12 October, 2012 17:56
> > To: Pittsburgh Railways Group
> > Subject: [PRCo] Distortion of Photo
> > Derrick wrote:
> > Northbound rush hour Charleroi interurban at Smithfield and Carson Sts.,
> > Pittsburgh … I suspect this is a newly designed program to distort
> images
> > being advertised on-line for sale.   The Charleroi sign signified express
> > to Frederick St. in the rush hour.   Of peak cars were signed
> > Shannon-Charleroi.
> > If you look at the recently posted photo of the "Cordic" car on Second
> > Avenue, posted by Phillip a few days ago, you will also notice similar
> > distortion. These two photos (the Cordic car pic and the Charleroi PCC
> > 1723) are the only two which have come through with the distortion. Does
> > anyone know the reason for this?
> >
> > --
> > Herb Brannon
> > In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
> >
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Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park