Hello, I am Jackie and am new to the list. I have not had a chance to review the archives yet, so am coming into this mid stream so to speak and find it verrrry interesting.. This is the type of information I did not know I was looking for but once I read the post, I knew I needed to have this information. I will go back to the archives to read the original posts, so I know where everyone is coming from on this, but if possible, please do not go off list with this discussion. Thank you in advance for all the knowledge I will pick up here! Jackie Wilson -- Of all the things that I have lost, what I miss the most is my mind. -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Kristina Kuhn Krumm" <kkuhn@columbus.rr.com> > > > > From: Bcinders686@aol.com > [snip] > >From what you are saying, this software of a "free" download seems to be > exactly what we need to get posting to the other lists - to share and spread > our wealth of searches and travels! My wife is going to take over this area, > but she is baffled about all the options offered at the irfanview site. > Which > way to go and which 'option' should we click on to 'download'? Do they all > have the 'copyright' feature to overlay on the photos? How do we find that, > to > use it? > ******************************** > Reply: Just download the program and the plug-ins. > from any of the sites they offer to do the download. > They have many servers that are doing the sending of the files, I just go > with the one > who's location is nearest to me. > ********************************************** > From: Bcinders686@aol.com > Also, just to be sure we are understanding, or perhaps a question, is that > we looked at the copyright symbol on your excellent examples, from your own > experience, and are we correctly understanding that this infranview is used > and > what puts it (the symbol and then we type our name, somehow?) directly onto > the photos? > [snip] > *************************************************** > Reply: using Irfanview to open a photo you want to work on. > now use your curser to click on the photo, and hold down on left click to > drag and create a box where > you want to inject your text. > Let go of left mouse button and you will see where the box is > (if you do not like it.. then do it over, practice makes perfect!) > > Now go up to "edit" and down to "insert text into selection" > This will open a window with many options. > first: click on the "append copyright" button, and it will put the "C" > thingy in the text box for you. > second: just after the copyright symbol, left click in the text box, to get > your cursor working there and type in your name and a date. > third: click on "choose font" button to open a window of choices for that. > As a rule I click on the color and choose "white" as that shows up the best > on photos, and then the size font depends on resolution of the photo.. but I > usually use a 14 or 20 point font. > now click on OK and look at the results. > If you do not like how it is, just click on Edit and "undo" and start over. > You will notice it saves whatever text you entered the first time, when the > text window opens again, so you don't have to retype all that > all settings are saved! > so for the next billion photos... you just make your box (remember to try to > choose a dark place in the photo, so your text shows up nice) > and then hit "CTRL -T" as a short cut... (this inserts your text) > and "CTRL -S" to save it (another short cut) name the file and you are ready > for the next pic. > Just hit your spacebar at this point, to open the next photo in that same > folder. > > Email me privately if you have anymore questions... > I do not know if I should take up anymore space here on the mailing list. > > Good Luck! > -Kristina Kuhn Krumm > > > > > ==== COPYRIGHT Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb's mailing lists are filtered and attachments are removed. A virus that > is distributed as an attachment will not reach you through a RootsWeb mailing > list. For further information about Viruses, Trojans, Worms etc., go please to: > http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/virus.html. Think to keep your Anti-Virus > up-to-date! > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >