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Some Basics on Photos. Photo Editing Software. Microsoft Photo Editor HP Photo Smart Picassa iPhoto Many, many, more. Often comes with your computer, printer or camera. Allows you to edit photos, print, them, share them via e-mail, publish them online for friends and family. File Types.
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Photo Editing Software • Microsoft Photo Editor • HP Photo Smart • Picassa • iPhoto • Many, many, more. • Often comes with your computer, printer or camera. • Allows you to edit photos, print, them, share them via e-mail, publish them online for friends and family.
File Types • Most common is JPG (called J-PEG) • Stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group • TIF, PNG, GIF, also common but JPG is pretty much standard and preferred now. • Don’t confuse with MP3 (music files) or WMV. MP4 (video files) • If you receive a photo, song or video in an attachment you will see these letters called file extensions.
An Easy Edit • Cropping – Selecting a certain section of the photo and getting rid of the rest.
File Sizes • Standard sizes for resolutions -- Pixels( dpi) • 1024 x 768, 800 x 600, 640 x 480, or 320 x 240 • The smaller the size, the less space (KB) it takes up, but also the less resolution…Clarity of picture. • You may need to reduce the size of a photo before you e-mail it. 640 x 480 works pretty well. • Reducing the size before you send it as an attachment will ensure that the person you are sending it to does not get a really big photo with Whale Eyes
Renaming a File You can do this for any file type but it comes in really handy for labeling photos. DSCN0186 Bear eating salmon Right click on the photo. Type in the new name. Pretty easy!