Contents

Announcements
Important Links
Weekly Lunch Talks
Miscellaneous

Announcements

• 1/16/97 We have voicemail set up for the 643-1587 phone number in cubicle 7. To access the messages, call 643-5530 with the password "video" (84336). If you encounter messages for other people in the lab, be sure to save the messages!
• 3/19/96 There is now a shell script to automatically create a set of html/gif slides from a single postscript file. You can download and run it; please report any bugs.
• 2/15/96 I've created a script to search through the most recent access log file. Please check it out and send me any suggestions.
• 1/10/96 I've added a new section called IMPORTANT LINKS containing links to important resources for the lab. Please check it out and let me know if I've omitted anything.
• Also, please send me email with your latest ERL summary so that I can link it to our home page.
• Cubicle 307-7 has a phone. The phone number is (510) 643-1587.
• If you plan to print on the color printer cl321, please make sure to use coated paper or transparencies. Normal paper may damage the printer! Talk to Nelson or Dianna Bolt for the supplies.

Important Links

Script to convert Postscript slides/paper into HTML pages (3/19/96)

I've created a shell script to take any Postscript file, generate GIF images of every page, and create the appropriate HTML files necessary to make a slide show. Once you obtain a copy of ps2html, you will need to first customize the script for your files. The syntax is simply:
ps2html num "title of slides"
To see some examples, check out Nelson's IMDSP96 talk, Nick's SPIE96 talk, and Ed's SPIE96 talk. Please let me know if there are any bugs or problems. Note that this program requires over 20 MB of /tmp/ space so you may want to run it on ferdowsi.

LaTeX slides with lab logo: LANDSCAPE (2/28/96)

For those of you interested in a landscape version of the VIP slides format, I've set up links to the appropriate files. These slides have "UC Berkeley Video and Image Processing Lab" at the top and are displayed in color. The files you'll need are

• border_landscape.i....... The original idraw for the background border
• border.i.mod.... Same as above except with a different bounding box
• slides_landscape.tex... The basic slides file; use latex not slitex
• vip.ps....... The VIP lab logo

Note that with the landscape format, you'll need to add flags for both xdvi and dvips.

• To preview your slides with xdvi, type xdvi -paper usr slides.
• To print out your slides on the color printer cl321, type dvips -O 0.5cm,0cm -t landscape slides. For some reason the color printer prints everything 0.5cm higher than normal.

Let me know if there are any problems with these files.

Search engine for accesses (2/15/96)

A rudimentary cgi script has been created to search through the most recent access log file. Now you can find out who's been checking out your homepage!

Search engine for publication list (11/12/95)

A rudimentary cgi script has been created to search though our publication list. It allows the user to look for certain keywords and authors using the unix grep command.

Scripts to update publication list (11/10/95)

We have created a forms-based entry program to update the lab's publications list. Please help to keep the list current by adding links to papers and revise entries if they are incorrect. Also report any bugs!

LaTeX slides with lab logo: PORTRAIT (10/3/95)

Some people have expressed interest in the slides format from last year's ILP talks. These slides have "UC Berkeley Video and Image Processing Lab" at the top and are displayed in color. The files you'll need are

• border_portrait.i....... The original idraw for the background border
• border_portrait.i.mod.... Same as above except with a different bounding box
• slides_portrait.tex... The basic slides file; use latex not slitex
• vip.ps....... The VIP lab logo

Let me know if there are any problems with these files.

Weekly Lunch Talks

Miscellaneous

• Click here for more information about SunExpress service.