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Too Many Image-Editing Programs - Which Is Best?

     John Marshall wrote that every time he buys a digital camera - or an accessory - it comes with a different image-editing program, which installs itself as the default graphics software on his PC. Well, most of these image-editing programs tend to be so complex that the average computerist usually gives up in despair after giving them a brief try.

     The most successful image-editor is Adobe PhotoShop, and it has an instruction manual the size of a big city phone book. A slimmed-down version called PhotoShop Elements is cheaper and easier to learn, as is Corel PaintShopPro. But even these are frustrating to anyone new to digital imaging in general. If you are serious about learning to, say, delete someone from a group photo or insert someone into one, you’ll need to take an ROP class at a local college.

     If your needs are simpler, such as darkening or lightening a photo, or changing its contrast, or cropping or resizing it, Irfanview (free from www.irfanview.com) is the easiest program to use. I use it constantly and couldn’t be without it.

     My advice to John is make Irfanview his default image-editor, and then choose another for doing more complex work.



Questions about Scanning Photos

     Another frequent question is how to scan a regular photo for digital editing. Well, each scanner has a different protocol for copying an image and displaying it on your monitor. But here are some basics you should be familiar with:

     A scanned picture can be saved on your computer in several different formats, such as BMP, GIF, or TIFF. However, the world standard has become the JPG format, which is what most digital cameras put on their memory cards.

     When you see your scanned picture on your monitor, you will have an option to File>Save As, whereupon you will be asked to name the image, choose a location on your hard drive for it, and choose its output format from a list. Choose JPG. The default location will be your My Pictures folder (which is inside your My Documents folder). However, you can drag the pictures into a folder you create or onto another drive or a disc.

Drag Pictures from One Location to Another

     Speaking of dragging files onto another drive, Stan Gershgol asked for detailed instructions.

     Well, first you have to be able to see the target file(s) and the destination disk side-by-side. As an example of copying or moving images to another disk, open your My Pictures folder so you can see the target items. Adjust the edges of the folder with your mouse so that about half your Desktop is visible to one side. If the folder fills the entire screen, click the "overlapping squares" button in the upper right corner and move the folder by grabbing its blue bar along the top.

     Then go to Start>My Computer and double-click the destination drive. Now you can drag images from My Pictures onto the drive.

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