1. Gold Country Computer Learning Center www.gcclc.org Sharing Your Photos (digital) Roger Thornburn

2. www.gcclc.org Gold Country Computer Learning Center March 2005 2 Sharing 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

3. www.gcclc.org Gold Country Computer Learning Center March 2005 3 Today Ill 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

4. www.gcclc.org Gold Country Computer Learning Center March 2005 4 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

5. www.gcclc.org Gold Country Computer Learning Center March 2005 5 On With the Show!!

6. www.gcclc.org Gold Country Computer Learning Center March 2005 6 Create 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 were ready to go!!

7. www.gcclc.org Gold Country Computer Learning Center March 2005 7 Links to Freeware and Online Albums Picasa http://picasa.google.com Irfanview http://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.com ClubPhoto: www.clubphoto.com HP (snapfish): www.hpphoto.com / www.snapfish.com