Handwriting help, please

[Ewan]

Original Title: How to add a sample of handwriting?

Can anyone advise me on how to crop and cut  a copy of a certificate that I have in a file.  I would like to put it on rootschat to see if anyone can decipher some handwriting for me.

Also, can it be on any of the boards?

Many thanks
Ewan

[Berlin-Bob]

Hi Ewan,

I think most of the answers are here

Topic: Adding images to Posting & Profiles
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,130922.0.html

read it through and try it out, and if you still have questions, then ask again

You can post images on most boards, but NOT on the County Look-up requests boards.
(for handwriting, the "Common Room" is probably best)
Again, try it out and see, and if doesn't work, ask again.

good luck,
Bob

[Ewan]

Hello Bob

I am absolutely useless at this, do I need to download IrfranView to do this type of thing?

At the moment the certificate I have is copied into a Paintshop file from PhotoImpact when I click on image, it shows different options but it it won't allow me to choose 'crop to selection'.

I am really lost here.

Ewan

[Berlin-Bob]

Hi Ewan,

There is most likely an option in Paintshop for this, but as I don't use it, you'll have to wait for an 'expert' to come along with the answer.

I personally find IrfanView ideal for the cropping, re-sizing, format changing (BMP to JPG, etc),
which is about 95% of all I ever do with graphics.

Bob

[Ewan]

Hello Bob

Thank you for your time in trying to help me, I will keep plodding away.  Got to get it right in the end.

Ewan

[carol8353]

Hi all

Ewan has emailed me the cert and I have cropped the witnesses names which I hope I've attached here 

Can we have some suggestions as to what they say please.

It's one of those certs where they are both of full age and both living in Hammersmith...in fact no help at all 

Bob please move this elsewhere if you think it'll get more suggestions.

ATB

Carol

[carol8353]

I think the first one is a Harriet something- I have the advantage of having seen the original cert  and the first letter is very much like the H in Hammersmith......and I see a dot above the name too.

At first I thought it might be Samuel.

Checking the 1841 with Harriet and Roth* or Rath* has got me nowhere though ........yet.

Carol

[Ewan]

Thank you very very much Carol for helping me out there

Most of the afternoon I have been struggling with just trying to crop and cut part of the image, my brother in law has just left the house after looking at it for about 10 minutes and said you have no facility on the toolbar to 'select' any thing (paintshop pro).  So he went in to the main toolbar across the top and clicked on 'toggle tool palette' and lo and behold a whole blimming lot of tools appeared on the lefthand side.  'There' he said 'easy'.

So for future use I now know what to do, might go for a practice run later

Let's hope someone can make out the handwriting now.

Thanks again
Ewan

[carol8353]

Without the right tool for the job Ewan you're stuffed 

Glad to hear you have found it now.

Am still trying to make out the 1851 and 1871 place of birth as well as the witnesses names- blimey your family haven't made it at all easy have they?

ATB

Carol