1. Pictures from Camera into Computer
2. Getting Acquainted with Irfanview
3. Basic Terms: View Size vs Print Size, etc.
4. Virtually Free Photography - Naming Pics, Albums
5. When Digital Camera Photos Can't Be Found
6. Digital Photography for Not So Digital Seniors

1. How to Crop and/or Resize a Photo
2. Problem Enlarging Digital Pictures
3. Understanding CYMK & RGB Colors
4. How to Straighten (Rotate, Align) a Photo
5. Darkrooms Replaced by Computers
6. Be Your Own Photo Processing Studio

1. Adding Text to a Photo
2. Text & Picture In a Word Text Box

1. Printing Multiple Photos on a Single Page
2. Displaying Your Photos as a Slideshow
3. Printing Photo Thumbnail Sheets
4. When Multiple Photos Don't All Fit on a Print-Out
5. Print Yourself or Have Pics Processed Elsewhere?

1. Reducing a Digital Photo's File Size
2. Red X Instead of a Picture
3. Reducing the File Size of a Video
4. Print Yourself or Have Pics Processed Elsewhere?
5. Copying Images from a Web Site or an Email

1. Digital Picture Formats (JPG, BMP, GIF, TIF, etc)
2. Difference Between "Drawing" & "Painting" Programs
3. Digital Cameras & Megapixelss
4. Choosing File Associations for Picture Files
5. Understanding "Animated GIFs"
6. Comparison of JPG and GIF Photographs

Free - Picasa2 !
• A very handy free program for editing and organizing photos is Picasa2 from Google. Get it at picasa.google.com/download

Free - Irfanview !
• Another handy free program for editing and organizing photos is Irfanview. Get it at Irfanview.

Help with Email

Moving Outlook Express DBX Files to a New PC Moving Email Address Book Names from one PC to Another Using BCCs (Blind Carbon Copies) to Protect Privacy Pictures, Attachments, Senders Blocked in Outlook Express More PC Help & Other Free Programs Can Be Found Here. Some Favorite Links

Print Pictures Yourself or Have Them Processed Elsewhere?

Digital camera users are quick to learn that taking hundreds — or even thousands — of snapshots can be done at practically no cost. The real cost is in turning them into prints. Even with discount ink cartridges, having pictures printed by services such as FedEx Kinko or Costco can be cheaper than doing your own. It pays to compare.

However, using an outside service can add driving expenses to the total price. Well, you can save transportation costs by emailing your digital files to the various photo processors, who can then send the prints to you via US mail or a parcel service.

Another option is the do-it-yourself kiosks popping up in places like Target and your local drug store. You simply insert your camera's memory card into a slot and then choose the photos you want printed from an on-screen display. Many also have a scanner for digitizing conventional prints and a CD drawer for copying files from a disc. It can all be done while you wait.

As for emailing photos as attachments, all email programs have a paper-clip icon and/or an Attach button, which let you browse to the target photo(s). However, it's easier to find your pictures first (usually in your My Pictures folder) and right-click them, followed by choosing Send To>Email Recipient. If you're sending multiple photos, hold down Ctrl while left-clicking each. Then right-click the selection and follow the "Send To" drill. Limiting attachments to about six per email should work just fine.

Displaying Your Photos Online

I've been asked what's the best way to display one's photos online so they can be seen by friends and family around the world. To me, the ideal way is to have your own Web site. Although most ISPs offer subscribers free sites, along with help and templates for setting them up, many users are intimidated by the thought of dealing with HTML and other aspects of maintaining a personal home page.

Well, companies like Kodak have long been promoting "family photo" sites that allow you to simply upload the pictures and let them handle all the high-tech details. Their hope in offering such free services is that you will end up buying glossy prints, leather-bound albums, and other goodies from them.

Nowadays, however, the Internet is awash in sites that invite you to upload photos, videos, artwork, and text messages of all kinds. Any teenager can tell you how this is done with MySpace.com. The dozens of other "social networking" sites are too numerous to be listed here, but can be easily found by typing phrases like "free photo sites" or "how to upload my videos" into Google's Find box Google.com.

I believe the best I've found so far is Flickr.com, where the main thrust appears to be displaying personal photos in a more or less traditional "postage stamp" view, whereupon a clicked thumbnail will display the full-sized picture. If someone knows of a better site, let me know and I'll be glad to tell about it here.