Without making everybody go buy hundreds of dollars of
software the internet has some free solution for photo imaging.
One of my favorites is Picasa2 free from Google
click on this to down load
Picasa or to take a tour
This program will go through your hard drives and find all
images stored on them in any form. Then they can be easily found and seen. The
program will also allow you to print, send emails, make slide shows, make
adjustment to individual pictures and more the best part it's "FREE".
Other programs on the internet allow picture sharing. That
is you up load them and invite friends and family to view them. I have used
them just a little as I use my web sites. One such site is
Welcome to Flickr - Photo Sharing
| In March of 2006 I bought a "All in one" Printer, Copier
and Scanner. This model also will allow you to scan prints, negatives and
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| When scanning either film or pictures one of the first
things to do is think of the output. Will it be a print if so what size most
prints need 300dpi (dots per inch) to look good. If the scan is to be
only viewed on a computer screen 72dpi is good. |
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This is the scan settings
Resolution: 96 dpi
Document Size: W .90 H 1.39 inches
Target Size: same as negative
File Size 2.89 KB
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This is the scan settings
Resolution: 300 dpi
Document Size: W .90 H 1.39 inches
Target Size: 4x6
File Size 157 KB
This image has been thumb nailed so it can be viewed on
this screen.
This setting would give a good 4x6 inch print but would
make it very hard to see on a computer screen as it would make it.
4 x300=1200 dpi 6x300=1800dpi
If you divide those numbers by 72 (that is the dpi of
your screen) you get a 16.6x25 inch image that is why it looks so large
(click on the image to show full size)
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| This is the scan settings
Resolution: 72 dpi
Document Size: W .90 H 1.39 inches
Target Size: 4x6
File Size 18.9KB
Dimensions 287x431 pixels Divide these numbers by 72 and
you get 3.986 inches x 5.986 inches
This is also a good email size if only viewed on the
monitor screen.
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| When ever working on an image do not work on the original
especially if it was taken digital with your camera save it and give it a
different name. |
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| I'll start by using Pasa2 to do some editing.
First I cropped out the bright area of the sky |
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Just a little fill light to remove some of the shadows. |
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The last step is to do a little sharpening |
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