On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:43:23 -0500, Bob Simon <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>I have little experience with graphics apps and Photoshop seems like
>one of the most popular programs so I figured I might get a variety of
>good opinions here. If there's a more appropriate newsgroup for my
>questions, please let me know.
>
>My wife and I just got back from two weeks in Europe and we want to
>make a slide show from our jpg files. Our editing requirements are
>simple: Rotate, crop, enlarge, and save the resulting file. We also
>want to rearrange the display order for the slide show. I have to
>wonder if Photoshop isn't way more program that we need for this.
>
>I can connect my computer to my big plasma screen for the slide show.
>I have ACDC, which does a pretty good job but I don't know how to
>reorder the slides without going through the hassle of rerumbering the
>files. Another possibility I am aware of is to use Powerpoint to make
>the slideshow and burn it onto a DVD with a runtime engine.
>
>Should I buy Photoshop (Elements?) for my editing or is there
>something free that has a pretty good user interface? Please advise a
>newbie on some good options.
For what you want to do there are free programs. You can download the
FastStone Image Viewer 3.5 at http://www.faststone.org/
to view,
rotate, crop, edit, and place your images in a different order.
Renumbering them so they will always appear that order is very simple.
You just drag the images to the right order and use Tools>Rename to
assign new names/numbers to the images. You can view them as a
slideshow in FastStone. It's a very simple program to get to know.
Some will recommend Irfanview (also free), but FastStone does more in
my opinion.
If you want to put the images up on the web for other family members
to view, look into JAlbum. (free)
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Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
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