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How to view giant e-mailed photos without scrolling

February 13th, 2010, 1:00 am by

Stump the PC Club is a free tech-advice column written by members of the North Orange County Computer Club, which has been in existence since 1976. Visit the club’s site at noccc.org. And don’t forget to stop by the Gadgetress’ home for the PC Club, at ocregister.com/link/pcclub, to find out how to ask a question and read past answers.

QUESTION: When e-mailing a photo, everything seems to work OK, except that the picture comes out so enormously big that no one can reduce it to a reasonable size, so basically no one can look at it. This also happens when a friend sends me a picture. But it doesn’t happen with every friend. Some of them are received and printed in normal size.Camera

PC CLUB: I get this question a lot. Let’s start off with some theory first and then we’ll discuss the solution.

Let’s assume that the pictures we’re discussing were taken with a 10 megapixel camera. The first thing you should do when you purchase a new camera is set it up the way that suits your needs which may change from time to time.

For example, if you plan to print the pictures taken with your camera, you could set it up to take the largest size and highest quality pictures. However, if you plan to only e-mail your pictures you should use a smaller size picture. Read the rest of this entry »

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How to print multiple photos on a single page

December 23rd, 2009, 2:35 pm by

Stump the PC Club is a free tech-advice column written by members of the North Orange County Computer Club, which has been in existence since 1976. Visit the club’s site at noccc.org. And don’t forget to stop by the Gadgetress’ home for the PC Club, at ocregister.com/link/pcclub, to find out how to ask a question and read past answers.

QUESTION: I have a Dell Inspiron 530, with Windows XP Pro, Service Pack 3, 4GB of RAM, and 160 GB HD. I have Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 installed and have been using it. My problem is I cannot make multi-photo printing work, but just single photos are being printed ok. After the setup of multi-photo printing was done, even though the “Print” button is clicked nothing happens: the computer and printer do not go any further.

It has been printing multi photos well, but I found out it is not working when I tried to make prints a couple of weeks ago. I should have mentioned that I already had reinstalled the Photoshop Elements Program and 3 printer drivers, but that did not solve the problem.

Multiple photos on one pagePC CLUB: First of all, I assume that your printer is functioning correctly and is able to print documents other than multiple photos correctly. If not, please see a previous article titled How to Reinstall a Deleted Printer in Windows (link: bit.ly/printerinstall).

Printing multiple photos on the same sheet of paper is one of the tasks at which Photoshop Elements excels. The process has not changed significantly between earlier versions and the most recent version, Photoshop Elements 8. Elements is really two programs in one. The first one is the Editor where you can enhance or correct your photos and the second one is the Organizer. In the Organizer program you can print multiple photos on a page.

Here are the steps to print multiple photos: Read the rest of this entry »

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Creating Slideshows with XP or Vista

July 7th, 2009, 4:37 pm by

Stump the PC Club is a free tech-advice column written by members of the North Orange County Computer Club, which has been in existence since 1976. Visit the club’s site at noccc.org. And don’t forget to stop by the Gadgetress’ home for the PC Club, at ocregister.com/link/pcclub, to find out how to ask a question and read past answers.

QUESTION: I recently bought a unit which enables me to transfer my slides to my PC. I have Windows Vista. In burning the transferred slides to a DVD, what time lapse do you use between slides for future viewing on TV? If you know of a book or literature that will help me to create discs somewhat professionally, I would sure like to get at them. I hope you can help me out.

PC CLUB: Slideshows have two main time components: the duration of the slide and the transition between slides. A typical slideshow includes slide durations of 5 to 7 seconds with a 3-second transition between them. If a slide includes captions, allow sufficient time for your audience to read them. There are several free, or at least inexpensive, alternatives for creating DVDs for playback on a TV.ProShow Gold slide show software

My all-time favorite for creating DVD slideshows for playback on TV is Photodex’s ProShow Gold which can do almost anything. It’s $69.95 at www.photodex.com and also is available as a trial version. If you order the boxed version, it includes a manual to get you started. There are free tutorials for the program at www.proshowenthusiasts.com and several books available from $20 to $25. You can search the Amazon.com site for “Proshow” to review these. Read the rest of this entry »

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Have your pictures really been hijacked by photo software?

June 23rd, 2009, 5:35 pm by

Stump the PC Club is a free tech-advice column written by members of the North Orange County Computer Club, which has been in existence since 1976. Visit the club’s site at noccc.org. And don’t forget to stop by the Gadgetress’ home for the PC Club, at ocregister.com/link/pcclub, to find out how to ask a question and read past answers.

QUESTION: On my other computer I have Jasc After Shot that I use to organize my older photos. Sometime ago, like a year or so ago, I downloaded Picasa to see what it was all about. It was OK and I left it in place. However, Picasa hijacked many of my albums from Jasc and I’d like to return them to the original setup. I can do it manually but it is a tedious process. Is there any way to move a bunch of photos from Picasa to Jasc?

PC CLUB: One of the most frequent questions I get asked is, “If all of my pictures are in Picasa (for example), how do I move them into Photoshop Elements?” I always fire back, “Pictures do not reside in an application, they simply reside on your hard drive.” Then I follow up with an explanation.

Picasa manages photos on a PC without moving them around.Current software programs that manage or catalog pictures, including Picasa, do not move, copy or relocate pictures without your explicit permission. Therefore, they cannot be “Moved back.”  

When you install a program, such as Google’s Picasa, it asks whether it should scan your entire hard drive for photos or only select folders, like My Documents, My Pictures and the Desktop folders. This process finds and catalogs your pictures by adding thumbnails to Picasa. But it leaves the photos in their original locations. Read the rest of this entry »

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PC Club: Creating slideshows on CD

January 6th, 2009, 3:07 pm by

North Orange County Computer Club Q&AThe North Orange County Computer Club helps The Gadgetress tackle the multitude of readers’ cries for help. NOCCC group has experts in Windows, Word and all sorts of computer topics. The club, which meets monthly on various topics, has been in existence since 1976. Visit the club’s site at noccc.org. To get this answer delivered to your computer automatically, sign up for the e-mail update HERE.

QUESTION: I have Windows XP and I have photos on my computer that came from a digital camera. These photos are in a folder. What is the best way to put them on a CD? When I put them on a CD, they come out as icons and not the actual photo. Also when you put them on a CD, can you make the CD do a slideshow? Thanks for your help.

PC CLUB: It sounds like you already have been successful at placing photos on a CD since you are able to view the icons. Double-clicking an icon should open the photo in the software program that is currently your default for viewing photos on your PC. This varies with each PC depending on the software currently installed (to set the default program, right click the photo, select “Open With,” and then “Choose Program” and when the options window opens, check the box that says “Always use the selected program to open this kind of file.”).

If you have not installed any software for viewing or editing photos, then the default application, Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, should open and display your photo. The program has ‘Forward’ and ‘Backward’ buttons at the bottom for navigating through your photos. You will have to open each folder individually when viewing photos in this manner. Read the rest of this entry »

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PC Club: How to put captions on photos

December 9th, 2008, 12:01 am by

North Orange County Computer Club Q&AThe North Orange County Computer Club helps The Gadgetress tackle the multitude of readers’ cries for help. NOCCC group has experts in Windows, Word and all sorts of computer topics. The club, which meets monthly on various topics, has been in existence since 1976. Visit the club’s site at noccc.org. To get this answer delivered to your computer automatically, sign up for the e-mail update HERE.

Today, this column welcomes a new PC Club member, Ed Schwartz, who also teaches people about computers in his real job. For more tips from Ed, visit his Web site.

Question: Are there any free download programs that will allow me to put captions on photos off my SD memory card, that will have the caption printed on each photo when I have them printed out. I have tried Picassa II and HP Photo Gallery. But neither allows the caption on the photo when printed out on the printer. Any help greatly appreciated. Thank You. ~ Al Gattanella

PC CLUB:  Typically Al, captions are defined as text appearing under or outside of a picture as you discovered with Picasa. What you want to do is to add text to your actual pictures and there are a number of free programs that allow you to do this.

Starting with the easiest to use first, PhotoFiltre, a French program, is available in English at photofiltre.free.fr/download_en.htm. Using PhotoFiltre, you can reposition the text with your mouse or with the arrow keys on the keyboard. When you’re finished adjusting the text, hit the Enter key on the keyboard to “cement” the text in place. Read the rest of this entry »

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A picture frame with its own phone number

November 17th, 2008, 2:01 am by


Coming this week from T-Mobile: A digital picture frame with its own phone number.

This could be the solution to bumbling grandmothers and grandfathers everywhere who got a digital picture frame from well-meaning family members but have yet to upload new photos.

The T-Mobile cameo comes with its own phone number so you can send photos from your camera phone straight to the picture frame.

This means anyone can send a camera-phone photo to the frame just like they would send a text message. No mussing and no fussing with memory cards, cables or Wi-Fi. 

However, the convenience comes with a price: $9.99 per month. That will make it one expensive picture frame. The monthly fee is to provide the frame with its own text-messaging plan so it can receive those images from cell phones all over the world. The extra fee will eliminate the cameo from most people’s wish lists but I know some people will think $9.99 is a good deal to keep grandma current.

The 7-inch  T-Mobile cameo frame will be available for $99 at T-Mobile stores beginning this week. Plus to buy it, you’ll need to have a T-Mobile voice plan with a minimum one-year agreement.

I haven’t tested this frame, but keep in mind that if you have a cheap camera phone that takes tiny photos, the resulting images may not look too sharp in the frame.

Here’s the T-Mobile cameo fact sheet.

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Make your Facebook profile scream with free tool

August 14th, 2008, 4:29 pm by

SRS Labs’ PhotogramFor those trying to clutter up their MySpace or Facebook page, Santa Ana’s SRS Labs just released a free widget that adds sound to any photo.

The SRS Photogram is pure decoration, but I got a kick out of the dozens of noises available, which include 1 scream, 4 different yells and 8 types of laughter.

Photogram software also will send your widget straight to your Facebook or MySpace account. Unfortunately, it doesn’t provide the embed code to easily add it to a blog or Web site. (Hence, you can’t hear the morse code beeps I added to my widget.)

But this being an SRS Labs’ product, the sound effects are “enriched with SRS audio processing,” so they’re supposed to sound better than a flat file. With my good headphones on, they did sound pretty good (but everything sounds good with the Sennheiser HD 433 headphones I use).

Check it out yourself HERE.

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