So you took some great pictures, now what?

So you took some great pictures. Now what? Editing and Displaying Your Digital Photos A Presentation by Joel May

Step 1: Transferring the Pictures from your Camera

Most cameras feature USB connectivity with transfer rates of up to 10Mb/s
Most camera manufacturers provide all necessary cables and driver software for USB connections on both Mac and PC platforms
Transferring the Pictures from your Camera

With the memory card in the camera:
- Plug one end of the cable into a port on
your camera
- Plug the other end of the cable into a
USB connector of your computer
- Turn on the camera
Your computer will recognize the camera as an additional peripheral drive

You can move or copy picture files from the camera to your hard drive in exactly the same way you move or copy files within your computer
Alternatively, many newer computers and printers have built-in slots into which you can directly insert the memory card from your camera
The memory card itself is then treated by the computer or printer as any other storage device

Step 2: Editing / Enhancing Your Pictures

Photo Editing Software
Consumer Level
Designed for beginners, easy to use with lots of help from “wizards”
Ulead Photo Impact ($90)
Adobe Photoshop Elements ($80)
ACDSee ($40)
Corel PaintShop Pro ($30)
Picasa 3 (free)
And the one that came with your camera

Photo Editing Software
Professional Level
Provide a wide variety of powerful photo editing tools. They have a fairly steep learning curve and are good for advanced hobbyists and professional photographers
Adobe PhotoShop ($700)
GIMP - Gnu Image Manipulation Program (Free)
Paint.Net (Free)

Editing You Can Do With Consumer Level Software Rotate the Picture

What’s wrong with this picture? Editing You Can Do With Consumer Level Software

Flip the Picture Editing You Can Do With Consumer Level Software

Crop the Picture Editing You Can Do With Consumer Level Software

Remove Red Eye
Editing You Can Do With Consumer Level Software

Adjust Quality: Color, Brightness Contrast, Sharpness, Hue, Saturation Editing You Can Do With Consumer Level Software

Create a Panorama + + + + + + + + + = Editing You Can Do With Consumer Level Software

Create Special Effects
Editing You Can Do With Consumer Level Software

Add Text

Glowing Edges

Simulate Motion

Background Effects and many more!

Add or Delete Features
Editing That Requires Professional Level Software

Remove Unwanted Elements

Editing That Requires Professional Level Software Add Elements

Retouch Elements

Create Trick Scale Pictures
+ = Editing That Requires Professional Level Software

Step 3: Viewing and Displaying Your Pictures

There are lots of ways to view and display your pictures
Print Your Pictures
Email pictures to friends and relatives
Share your pictures on the Web
Create a Slide Show
Create a Digital Photo Album
Other fun things

Print Your Pictures
There were, as of July, 2011, 277 different printer models on the market
Types of Printers
Ink Jet (under $100 to $300)
Dye Sublimation ($250 to $600)
Laser ($400 to $3000)

Print Your Pictures
Number of Ink Cartridges Required
Resolution in DPI (Dots Per Inch)
Speed
Ink Cost
Factors to Consider when Buying a Printer:

Print Your Pictures
At least one for color and one for B&W
Better to have three separate color cartridges
The best photo printers have 6 to 8 cartridges (black, cyan, magenta, and yellow as well as light black, light cyan, light magenta and light yellow)

Print Your Pictures
Speed
Ink Cost

Print Your Pictures
Most printers produce 200 to 300 dpi
Rule of thumb for printing:
Print Size 200 dpi 300 dpi
4x6 1 megpixel 2 megapixels
5x7 1.5 megapixels 3 megapixels
8x10 3 megapixels 7 megapixels
11x14 6 megapixels 14 megapixels

Print Your Pictures
Speed
Ink Cost

Print Your Pictures
B&W – range from 2 ppm to 20 ppm
Color – range from .5 ppm to 8 ppm
Speed in Pages per Minute (PPM)

Print Your Pictures
Speed
Ink Cost

Print Your Pictures
This is where they really burn you
A black ink cartridge that is rated to print 833 pages costs about $30 (3.6¢/page)
Color cartridges that will print roughly 450 photos cost about $35 (11.4¢/page)
PC Magazine estimates that for the typical output of a home-based printer (mixed text and images), the ink cost is about 9.5¢ per page
Ink Cost

Print Your Pictures
It is possible to save substantial money by buying off-brand ink cartridges or refilled cartridges, or by refilling them yourself
However, this typically voids the manufacturer’s warranty on the printer
Ink Cost

Print Your Pictures
Glossy or matte photo paper can cost $1.00 or more per sheet
It is always best to buy the brand of paper recommended by the manufacturer of your printer
You Must Also Consider the Paper Cost

A Printing Tip
Take your storage device to Wal-Mart, CVS, Ritz Camera and many other locations to use their printing machine to make prints
It is cheaper that way (about 17 cents for a 4x6 print)
And the quality is at least as good as you could produce with a $300 dye sublimation printer

Email Your Pictures
Attach them to ordinary messages
This may slow down the transmission process
It’s usually a good idea to re-size the pictures first. 600 x 480 pixels is an optimal size for photos you plan to email (Consider using www.resizr.com )
There are some incompatibility issues with AOL

Share Your Pictures on the Web
Using Picasa
Using commercial sites
KodakGallery, PhotoIsland, Snapfish, etc.
On your own website
Use Tripod or Homestead
Use your ISP

Create a Slide Show
Using Picasa
Using another photo editing program
Using PowerPoint or another presentation manager
Show the pictures on your computer screen or on your TV

Create a Photo Album
Using Picasa
Using other commercial software: Flip Album, Virtual Album, Digital Photo Librarian, etc.

Stores pictures along with information on
Date and time the picture was taken
People in the picture
The event
The location
Other notes

You can “filter” your photos using any of this information.
For example:
Pictures from our 1973 vacation
Pictures of my daughter from 1958 to 1963
Pictures of all the pets I’ve ever had
All the pictures I’ve ever taken in Philadelphia
Etc.

You can create shows of selected pictures
You can print albums of selected pictures
You can include images of your important documents

Other Fun Things
Make a gift CD
Make a screen saver
Make computer wallpaper
Create calendars, note paper and greeting cards
Make (in alphabetical order) aprons, banners, bumper stickers, coffee mugs, cutting boards, mouse pads, playing cards, quilts, throw pillows, T-shirts and more.

Editing and Displaying Digital Photos
Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man.
- Edward Steichen

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So you took some great pictures, now what?

by Joel May on Jul 29, 2011

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