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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