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Sharing Your Photos (digital)Sharing Your Photos (digital)
Roger Thornburn
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Sharing PhotosSharing Photos
Why share your photos? Everyone enjoys seeing photos of friends and family Great way to keep in contact
Many ways to do this From the simple to the exotic E.g. from email to MS Photo Story to DVD
Assume that you know how to edit and organize Previous UG and Seminars
Picasa MS Photo Story
GCCLC graphics classes
Only using Windows XP or Freeware
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Today I’ll Show Four Basic WaysToday I’ll Show Four Basic Ways
Email Easy Requires recipient to have email Can require multiple sends No control on viewing or presentation
Burn a CD Easy Can be sent in mail Can contain a lot of hi-res files Viewed on computer or TV Possible to add music
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Today (cont.)Today (cont.)
HTML Slideshow Viewed using web browser – no need for a graphics
program Can control presentation, titling, comments and
sequencing Can be more complicated – user choice!
On-line Album Only one upload to the website – but then anyone can
view Easy to maintain Recipients can order prints
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On With the Show!!On With the Show!!
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Create AlbumsCreate Albums
Creating albums Can be done in one of your Photo Editing Programs
Picasa Adobe Photo Elements Microsoft Picture It One that came with your digital camera – Canon, Camedia, Nikon
However, we will use the simple method Windows Explorer
First create new folders Name them for our Albums
E.g. Grandkids, Wedding, Hawaii trip, etc
Then copy pictures to these folders
Then we’re ready to go!!
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Links to Freeware and Online AlbumsLinks to Freeware and Online Albums
Picasa http://picasa.google.com
Irfanviewhttp://www.irfanview.com
Microsoft HTML Slide Show (Windows XP PowerToys):http://www.microsoft.com/ and search for power toys
YoPoW (Your Pictures on the Web) Do a google search for YoPow
OnLine Photo Album:Kodak (Ofoto): www.kodakgallery.comClubPhoto: www.clubphoto.comHP (snapfish): www.hpphoto.com / www.snapfish.com