On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:09:54 -0500, Bob Simon <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:02:02 -0400, tony cooper
><tony_cooper213@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:43:23 -0500, Bob Simon <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>wrote:
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>>>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.
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>>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)
>
>Tony,
>Thanks for the pointer to faststone. I downloaded it and it seems to
>meet my needs quite well.
>
>One question about this program: after I create a slide show by
>im****ting all the files in a folder, how do I rearrange the display
>order?
The way I do it is to set up a new file that will be used just for the
photos in the slide show. I then drag and drop the images into the
order that I want. Once they are in the right order, I use
Tools>Rename Selected Image to number the images 0001, 0002, etc.
Then you sort by "Filename" (look up at the top right of the tool bar)
and they will be in the order you've set up. FastStone has an
annoying habit of opening the file in "Custom Sort" which seems to be
some random order. If you click the red symbol to the right of the
sort box, that will permanently close the "Custom Sort" for that
folder (and only that folder). The default will then be "Filename".
If you don't want to set up a separate folder, then numbering all the
files in your image file by date works well. If you use the
Tools>Rename function, enter 2008-06-18-#### (using the correct day's
date the photo was taken) and all of the images in the file will be in
date order. The "-" marks are im****tant. The "####" will renumber as
"0001" and up for that day's date. You can drag and drop images
within a day's group before doing this to put them in the order you
want.
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Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
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