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Mike Ruddock
May 8, 2017, 6:42:39 AM5/8/17
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Can anyone point me at some software to enable me to catalogue, edit and
print out my digital photographs.
I don't need any of those very complex things which tell me the range of
wavelengths present in the picture. I just want to be able to print the
pictures out in a range of sizes.
Mike Ruddock
print out my digital photographs.
I don't need any of those very complex things which tell me the range of
wavelengths present in the picture. I just want to be able to print the
pictures out in a range of sizes.
Mike Ruddock
Penny
May 8, 2017, 7:16:17 AM5/8/17
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On Mon, 8 May 2017 11:42:36 +0100, Mike Ruddock <ruddo...@btinternet.com>
scrawled in the dust...
>Can anyone point me at some software to enable me to catalogue, edit and
>print out my digital photographs.
Cataloguing? No
I use Irfanview for most things http://www.irfanview.com/ it's small but
pretty comprehensive, the only limitations are a lack of 'layers' and fancy
selection tools.
>I just want to be able to print the
>pictures out in a range of sizes.
That would be down to the selections made in the printer dialogue and the
capabilities of your printer.
Simplest solution, put the files on a stick and take it to Boots :)
--
Penny
Annoyed by The Archers since 1959
scrawled in the dust...
>Can anyone point me at some software to enable me to catalogue, edit and
>print out my digital photographs.
I use Irfanview for most things http://www.irfanview.com/ it's small but
pretty comprehensive, the only limitations are a lack of 'layers' and fancy
selection tools.
>I just want to be able to print the
>pictures out in a range of sizes.
capabilities of your printer.
Simplest solution, put the files on a stick and take it to Boots :)
--
Penny
Annoyed by The Archers since 1959
J. P. Gilliver (John)
May 8, 2017, 2:34:55 PM5/8/17
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In message <2jk0hcds92no7l81h...@4ax.com>, Penny
them into folders and subfolders).
I also like using it to edit embedded text: I then C when viewing one.
That has the advantage over other methods that the text actually becomes
part of the file, so doesn't get separated from it, however often you
move it (it even survives emailing).
I think the main thing to decide is, do you want to create "albums"
where the same picture may appear in more than one album? Things like
"dog pictures" and "family pictures", where there might be an image of a
family with their dog that you'd want to be in both "albums". If you
_do_ want to do this, there's no alternative but to use one of the fancy
cataloguing utilities. I don't like those because they basically compile
lists of the files in question - which lists then break if you move a
file. But if you want this ("tagging", or the same thing by another
name), then you have no option. (Well, you could I suppose put multiple
copies of the images in the relevant folders; disc space is cheap these
days - but I have a strong dislike of duplicates of any sort (not least
because they tend to diverge: I would never remember where all the
others are, so if say editing the comments, I'd not do them all the
same).)
also print the comments, and/or the filename, with or without path. And
other parameters if you want [e. g. size, date of taking]).
you do when printing.
>Simplest solution, put the files on a stick and take it to Boots :)
(-: IV will also print out all the pictures in a folder, several to a
page (and you can play with the sizes/number of rows and columns), via
its thumbnail and contact sheet facilities.
(It _does_ also have the histogram feature you said you don't need, but
of course you don't have to use it; I forget where it is, though I think
it is one of the toolbar buttons. Though the toolbar is configurable
anyway.)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
Religion often uses faith as a blindfold, saying anyone who doesn't believe
the same as us must be wiped out. It's not God saying that. It's people, which
is so dangerous. - Jenny Agutter, RT 2015/1/17-23
<sp...@labyrinth.freeuk.com> writes:
>On Mon, 8 May 2017 11:42:36 +0100, Mike Ruddock <ruddo...@btinternet.com>
>scrawled in the dust...
>
>>Can anyone point me at some software to enable me to catalogue, edit and
>>print out my digital photographs.
>
>Cataloguing? No
>I use Irfanview for most things http://www.irfanview.com/ it's small but
>pretty comprehensive, the only limitations are a lack of 'layers' and fancy
>selection tools.
I was going to say the same: IrfanView plus Windows Explorer (to put
>On Mon, 8 May 2017 11:42:36 +0100, Mike Ruddock <ruddo...@btinternet.com>
>scrawled in the dust...
>
>>Can anyone point me at some software to enable me to catalogue, edit and
>>print out my digital photographs.
>
>Cataloguing? No
>I use Irfanview for most things http://www.irfanview.com/ it's small but
>pretty comprehensive, the only limitations are a lack of 'layers' and fancy
>selection tools.
them into folders and subfolders).
I also like using it to edit embedded text: I then C when viewing one.
That has the advantage over other methods that the text actually becomes
part of the file, so doesn't get separated from it, however often you
move it (it even survives emailing).
I think the main thing to decide is, do you want to create "albums"
where the same picture may appear in more than one album? Things like
"dog pictures" and "family pictures", where there might be an image of a
family with their dog that you'd want to be in both "albums". If you
_do_ want to do this, there's no alternative but to use one of the fancy
cataloguing utilities. I don't like those because they basically compile
lists of the files in question - which lists then break if you move a
file. But if you want this ("tagging", or the same thing by another
name), then you have no option. (Well, you could I suppose put multiple
copies of the images in the relevant folders; disc space is cheap these
days - but I have a strong dislike of duplicates of any sort (not least
because they tend to diverge: I would never remember where all the
others are, so if say editing the comments, I'd not do them all the
same).)
>
>>I just want to be able to print the
>>pictures out in a range of sizes.
IV will let you pick size and position on the page (and optionally will
>>I just want to be able to print the
>>pictures out in a range of sizes.
also print the comments, and/or the filename, with or without path. And
other parameters if you want [e. g. size, date of taking]).
>
>That would be down to the selections made in the printer dialogue and the
>capabilities of your printer.
Well, IV will do size and position; quality is indeed a function of what
>That would be down to the selections made in the printer dialogue and the
>capabilities of your printer.
you do when printing.
>Simplest solution, put the files on a stick and take it to Boots :)
page (and you can play with the sizes/number of rows and columns), via
its thumbnail and contact sheet facilities.
(It _does_ also have the histogram feature you said you don't need, but
of course you don't have to use it; I forget where it is, though I think
it is one of the toolbar buttons. Though the toolbar is configurable
anyway.)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
Religion often uses faith as a blindfold, saying anyone who doesn't believe
the same as us must be wiped out. It's not God saying that. It's people, which
is so dangerous. - Jenny Agutter, RT 2015/1/17-23
Serena Blanchflower
May 8, 2017, 2:43:28 PM5/8/17
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for printing but I think it allows you to print in a range of sizes.
I use it a lot for cataloguing pictures and doing some basic editing
(things like cropping, straightening, or adjusting the colour balance).
It wouldn't be right for you if you want a full picture editor though.
--
Best wishes, Serena
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the
continent, a part of the main. (John Donne)
Penny
May 8, 2017, 5:09:49 PM5/8/17
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On Mon, 8 May 2017 19:34:24 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
<G6JP...@255soft.uk> scrawled in the dust...
>(-: IV will also print out all the pictures in a folder, several to a
>page (and you can play with the sizes/number of rows and columns), via
>its thumbnail and contact sheet facilities.
I'd forgotten, I've used it in the past to produce simple web pages of
photos - a sort of thumbnail 'contact sheet' which clicks through to a
larger image http://www.labyrinths.plus.com/fish/
It's a very clever little program if you take the time to explore.
<G6JP...@255soft.uk> scrawled in the dust...
>(-: IV will also print out all the pictures in a folder, several to a
>page (and you can play with the sizes/number of rows and columns), via
>its thumbnail and contact sheet facilities.
photos - a sort of thumbnail 'contact sheet' which clicks through to a
larger image http://www.labyrinths.plus.com/fish/
It's a very clever little program if you take the time to explore.
Chris McMillan
May 9, 2017, 6:40:58 AM5/9/17
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mega fast.
Sincerely Chris
Marjorie
May 15, 2017, 6:36:47 AM5/15/17
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installed it. This is because the Photos app in Win 10 has once again
stopped working. It did this once before, and was out of action for some
months, and then suddenly appeared again after a Windows update. I can
see on the internet that lots of other people are having the same
problem, and suggesting very complicated fixes, but bypasing Photos and
using Irfanview sounds like the best solution.
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Marjorie
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BrritSki
May 15, 2017, 6:54:39 AM5/15/17
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On 15/05/2017 12:36, Marjorie wrote:
>
> I am pleased to see these recommendations for Irfanview, as I have just
> installed it. This is because the Photos app in Win 10 has once again
> stopped working. It did this once before, and was out of action for some
> months, and then suddenly appeared again after a Windows update. I can
> see on the internet that lots of other people are having the same
> problem, and suggesting very complicated fixes, but bypasing Photos and
> using Irfanview sounds like the best solution.
>
I am not a user of Photos app or Irfan View. On Win10 I was using the
>
> I am pleased to see these recommendations for Irfanview, as I have just
> installed it. This is because the Photos app in Win 10 has once again
> stopped working. It did this once before, and was out of action for some
> months, and then suddenly appeared again after a Windows update. I can
> see on the internet that lots of other people are having the same
> problem, and suggesting very complicated fixes, but bypasing Photos and
> using Irfanview sounds like the best solution.
>
built-in app for the small amount of editing I do (mainly cropping and
rotating, very rarely do I adjust brightness or other settings), but now
that my Win10 laptop is away for repair I am using Picturetrail for the
the basic editing functions.
<https://www.picturetrail.com/webpages/editor/product.shtml>
I must put in a word for Jim Easterbrook's Photini software though which
I use when creating albums in either Facebook or Flickr. No image
editing capability, but lets you change names and add descriptions very
weasily (TWATBILI) as well as add other tags before uploading.
Very smooth and professional as you'd expect from Jim :)
Mike
May 15, 2017, 6:56:35 AM5/15/17
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Derek Turner
Jul 4, 2017, 12:14:02 PM7/4/17
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Brilliant cataloguing, cropping, straightening, exposure /contrast
adjustment and all without altering the original image.
Mike Ruddock
Jul 4, 2017, 2:27:56 PM7/4/17
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BTW: where have you been lately?
Mike Ruddock
BrritSki
Jul 4, 2017, 3:34:57 PM7/4/17
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J. P. Gilliver (John)
Jul 4, 2017, 5:26:13 PM7/4/17
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In message <es1t69...@mid.individual.net>, Derek Turner
I was going to say "didn't we have this discussion a while ago", then I
realised that it can't have been August - Derek, are you in USA? - so it
_was_ back in May.
IrfanView is small, free, and will do cropping, straightening,
brightness/colour/contrast adjustment, and lots else - though _not_
cataloguing. It's small and fast though, even on low-power machines.
children should not reduce all adults browsing to the level of suitability for a
five-year-old." Yaman Akdeniz, quoted in Inter//face (The Times, 1999-2-10): p12
I was going to say "didn't we have this discussion a while ago", then I
realised that it can't have been August - Derek, are you in USA? - so it
_was_ back in May.
brightness/colour/contrast adjustment, and lots else - though _not_
cataloguing. It's small and fast though, even on low-power machines.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
"The wish of the lazy to allow unsupervised access [to the internet] to their
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
children should not reduce all adults browsing to the level of suitability for a
five-year-old." Yaman Akdeniz, quoted in Inter//face (The Times, 1999-2-10): p12
the Omrud
Jul 5, 2017, 8:45:56 AM7/5/17
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particuarly cheap, but it's worth the cost IMO.
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David
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J. P. Gilliver (John)
Jul 21, 2017, 2:23:38 PM7/21/17
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In message <ete12t...@mid.individual.net>, BrritSki
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SWEAR.)
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>> Sorry old man, I've been tied up El Swear.
>>
>I didn't know you were into that sort of thing.
>
Is that any connection to the sign you see in M&S and similar shops: MEN
>>
>I didn't know you were into that sort of thing.
>
SWEAR UPSTAIRS? (Sadly, apparently in some of these places even CHILDREN
SWEAR.)
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
Just seen a Dyslexic Yorkshireman wearing a cat flap!
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