PaperScan version 2 is released!
Hi folks, PaperScan version 2 is released! There are quite a few changes in the interface and brand new features. The software is now faster, more accurate, more ergonomic and up-to-date with the lat ...
Some funny litigations in software industry
Hi folks, One particularity of software business is that, at least from a certain level up, lawsuits seem to really come with the territory. Patent lawsuits can go way beyond imaginable sometimes tur ...
Briefly about GIF
Hi folks, Today we will try to give you a quick overview on the GIF file format. GIF format was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and soon became widely adopted because it supported colours (unlike its ...
Briefly about JPEG
Hi folks, We are going to dedicate an article to each of the most popular bitmap file formats and today we will make a quick incursion through JPEG. JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg) is a bitmap image file format ...
Bitmaps, PPI, and DPI
Hi folks, As promised in the previous article, today we will try to untangle the frequent confusions generated among many computer users by this simple word: "resolution." To do that, we are going to ...
What’s WIA?
Hi folks, After having presented previously the basic idea about scanner drivers as well as the bottom line on TWAIN, today, we will try to shed some light on WIA. The definition The Wikipedia defini ...