Hello, especially digital camera buffs. Ipad users, don't know about those! Just a few words continuing on this topic. On many occasions I sort to look closely at IGI films available publicly. The details too involved to take in during the restricted time allowed on the viewer. So I simply used my digital camera to acquire pictures on the screen. Had to hold the camera steady and without need for flash, took image after image. Each one could be examined critically for any blurring by using the enlargement toggle on the digital. If not clear - retake. Once session completed return home and down-load on the PC. Exactly the same technique would apply for documents brought up from genealogy data sources on the PC. Most folks now will have flat screens and photos taken off such come out extremely well and then all that's necessary is to download and then if required, use the editing software (which came along with the camera or an alternative - I have PhotoImpact) to crop away background, perhaps adjust contrast. Whatever, one can magnify the tiniest of print and maybe make out what was say handwritten and seemed virtually indecipherable Hope this is of some use anyway one can play! Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: "roy stockdill" <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> To: ESSEX-UK-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 18 May, 2013 5:23:22 AM Subject: Re: [Ess] Enlarging images on ancestry From: "Carol Brown" <carolstree@btinternet.com> > How can I enlarge saved images on Ancestry please. > > Thanks, Carol < You need two things 1) a graphics program and there are lots of them around; 2) to acquire some knowledge and skill in manipulating images. You don't say what sort of images you are talking about. Are they census images, BMD certificates, newspaper reports, photos, or what? I use Adobe Photoshop Elements, which is the cut-down version of Photoshop but quite adequate for my needs and much cheaper. The full version is for professional graphics artists and expensive. I do a bit of desktop publishing in a modest way and find Photoshop Elements perfectly adequate If you check out the internet you should find there are a number of graphics programs around that are free to download. I am sure other listers will have a few suggestions. If there is a manual that comes with it, then I suggest you acquaint yourself with the basics and experiment - it's the only way! You need to learn something about file sizes in relation to resolution and how to achieve a balance between the two. If you enlarge an image too much, then it may become fuzzy and unreadable or the file will be too large and take up more space on your computer than you want. It's a question of experimenting, as I say, with hands-on experience. With a half-decent program you can enhance images until you get them as you want them, i.e. lightening, darkening, sharpening, colour correction, red eye fix, etc. Photoshop Elements comes with a facility for auto-fixing, so you don't have to be too expert because the program does it for you automatically and if you don't like the result you can simply undo it. You can play about with all kinds of effects too. Photoshop Elements costs �56.49 for version 11 from Amazon, which I think is the latest, but you can put it on more than one computer, so maybe you can find someone to share it with. It's available for PCs and Macs. However, shop around. As I said earlier, if you don't want to splash out on a program like Photoshop Elements there are downloadable free programs around that may be quite adequate for what you need. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Famous family trees blog: http://blog.findmypast.co.uk/tag/roy-stockdill/ "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On 2013/05/19 10:06, MICHAEL DANIELS wrote: > On many occasions I sort to look closely at IGI films available publicly. > The details too involved to take in during the restricted time allowed on the > viewer. So I simply used my digital camera to acquire pictures on the screen. > Had to hold the camera steady and without need for flash, took image after > image. Each one could be examined critically for any blurring by using the > enlargement toggle on the digital. If not clear - retake. Once session > completed return home and down-load on the PC. Exactly the same technique > would apply for documents brought up from genealogy data sources on the PC. > Most folks now will have flat screens and photos taken off such come out > extremely well and then all that's necessary is to download and then if > required, use the editing software (which came along with the camera or an > alternative - I have PhotoImpact) to crop away background, perhaps adjust > contrast. Whatever, one can magnify the tiniest of print and maybe make out > what was say handwritten and seemed virtually indecipherable There is absolutely no need to use a camera to copy images from the PC screen! Position the mouse over the image in the browser and then right-click on it. A context menu should appear on which there should be an option to copy the image. Do so - it's now in your clipboard. Open up your favourite image manipulation software (I use IrfanView for this) and paste the clipboard into a new blank picture. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg

On 2013/05/19 10:37, Mike Fry wrote: > There is absolutely no need to use a camera to copy images from the PC screen! Not strictly true. If the PC you're using is not at-home, then a camera could be used. So could a memory stick *if it's allowed*. Same principle as before. Right-click on the image, copy the image to the stick and take home. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg