1. Printing Your 8x10s, Online Sam’s - $1.46 – best option…but requires membership. Use “Basic Uploader”. Don’t be a DRAGER…don’t DRAG AND DROP! If you Drag and Drop, it might send a low res image. Walgreen's – $3-4. Easy access. More personal service. Glossy in 1hr…Matte is mail order. Wal-Mart - $2.84 per 8x10. Longer time to get in and out of store. Matte in 1 hr…Glossy is mail order. Online mail order places. If you have plenty of time, you can order the prints and have them mailed to your house. Adoramapix.com…$1.95, lots of paper types, options, etc. Snapfish.com – all kind of photo products, from mugs to mousepads. Shutterfly.com - CVS – $3.99. Tricky upload…be sure to use 1x1. Expensive surcharge if order is less than $5.00

2. Protect Your Print on Pickup! No matter where you go, protect your prints from damage Take a cardboard insert, bag, box, or something to put your prints into. Look for damage on your prints when you pick them up. If the lab mishandled them before they even give them to you, ask for them to be reprinted. If the prints are too dark, or otherwise NOT acceptable, DON’T accept them. You don’t have to pay if you don’t like them. If you bring them to me, and they are unacceptable, it will be harder to get your money back.

3. Wal-Mart

5. Create a new account. Log in to Photo Center

6. If you are creating a new account…be sure to check of things like “Email me the newsletter, etc.” so you don’t start getting a bunch of junk mail. Register for a New Account

7. Click on “Upload Photos”

8. Create an Album, name it 3 rd 6 PDP

11. Larger is better… Don’t believe their statement that the larger file is only needed for poster prints.

14. You may be prompted to agree…

16. You may be asked to sign a release when you get to the store.

18. Basic Uploader If your computer has trouble, use the Basic Uploader Just like MySpace or similar sites.

19. Basic Uploader If your computer has trouble, use the Basic Uploader Just like MySpace or similar sites.

20. Locate where you put your pictures… hopefully in the picture folder.

26. Your photo may look good as a B&W

27. You may need to “Correct” the brightness or contrast of the image. But watch out, until you know how your monitor compares to what you will get from a print, you should avoid making to many “Corrections”. After you have printed a couple of prints, you will know how things look on your monitor compared to what you will get from the store. This is called manually calibrating for color

35. Order Overview

36. Pickup vs. Home Delivery Options

37. Estimated Order Total

38. Confirm Sign In info to Submit

39. Choose 1 Hour

40. Shipping Options

41. Payment Options

42. Select 1 Hour and the Correct Store

43. Enter Contact Info Sure they won’t! But in this case…you don’t have any choice.

44. Payment Option for In-Store

45. Confirm & Place the Order

46. Confirmation

47. If you choose in store delivery, they will email you when your order is on the way to the store.

50. Walgreens.com

51. Same as Walmart’s

55. Looks like they hired the same web designer

56. Walgreen's Walgreen’s photo center must have been designed by the same person… as it is nearly identical. One difference is the glossy vs. matte. Do NOT get a CD. Be sure to check the Photo Preview.

57. Adding a CD Generally, you don’t want to “Add a CD” because it will only burn the images to the disk that are being ordered. IOW, only the ones you are getting printed. However, I have seen a Kiosk (at Sams) that will make an “Archive Disk” of all of the images read into the machine at the time the card was inserted into the machine. The same goes for a an Index Print. Ask if in doubt before adding this option while in the store. But for online orders, they can’t burn what you don’t upload.

58. Snapfish

60. Cvs.com

65. Unacceptable Downsizing CVS cut my files size from 4mb to 1/8 th the size of the original. You WILL be able to see the difference as an 8x10.

66. CVS

69. Sams