I must have missed the beginning of this thread. Have you heard of IPTC? All information can be embedded in the photos and read by a variety of softwares. -- JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/jlog.html Donna (History Buff) M. St. Felix wrote: > More: > I should have also mentioned that I also add into the added white lower area > who supplied the photo or where it came from. > Much is from my parents or grandparents old albums so that is noted as 'From > the photo albums of xxxxxxxxxxxxx'. > If it came from a cousin, then their name is added along with the > son/daughter of xxxxx and the month and year I received it. > > The program my scanner scans to is 'Adobe Photo Delux' that allows me to add > the enlarged areas for info after a scan. And I think it must be about > eight years old. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Donna (History Buff) M. St. Felix [mailto:dstfelix@erinet.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:01 AM > To: 'gen-comp-tips@rootsweb.com' > Subject: RE: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Labelling photos > > > Thayne: > > Your process sounds like the results are like mine with a white area below > the main photo for which information is added. > > I don't add the photo source to labeling as I actually add that also into > the added white area where I add text. An example of the LAST wording, under > people info and possibly a story to match the view, that I have under each > photo (JPEG) or document follows. > I also have this centered in the middle (between sides) and often do all the > info centered, which takes some maneuvering at times for pleasant visuals. > > Photo taken 1941, Sept 10, afternoon, Detroit, Mich at 'A Blessing' > restaurant on xxxxx Street by Mary Anna Jones, daughter of John Benjamin > Jones. Scanned 2007, Jan 9 by [my name] x 100% with 350 Resolution in color. > > I also do a lot of crop scans, especially with groups of people, along with > a full size view and usually an enlarged view too. If it is a crop view, the > last line may read: CROP view scanned 2007, Jan 9 by [my name] x 400% with > 600 Resolution in color. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: gen-comp-tips-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:gen-comp-tips-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of tcurtisGen > Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 10:22 AM > To: gen-comp-tips@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Labelling photos > > > Donna (History Buff) M. St. Felix wrote: > >> I believe you are referring to a post I made. >> I add the space when I scan the photos doing that as an over crop of >> what I want to save beyond just the photo. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: gen-comp-tips-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:gen-comp-tips-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of ray risely >> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 9:11 AM >> To: Gen-Comp-Tips@Rootsweb. Com >> Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Labelling photos >> >> Hi all, >> >> I believe there was talk recently about adding space under photos to >> add descriptive text into. Sounds like a very good way to keep info to >> me without writing on the photo itself. Well I have tried on several >> programs, Photoshop 5, Gimp etc but the only program I have that does >> it simply is good old PhotoImpact 10. How do you add space under the >> photo in other programs? Increasing canvas size only seems to alter >> the size of the photo itself. I must be missing something. Any help >> appreciated. >> >> Ray >> >> > <snip> > > Ray; > Let me list my steps that I use. I must first explain that I use > Paint.Net to scan, crop, resize, and label my photos. You can get it > from http://www.getpaint.net/index.html and best of all, it's free. > > Using Donna's technique, here's what I do (other software steps may vary > but I believe will be similar): > 1) Using the File menu option I acquire an image. > 2) When it asks me what I want to scan, I choose the color picture radio > button and press the preview button. > 3) When the preview is complete, I use the mouse to select only the > portion of the image I want to scan (yes, sometimes it's the entire image). > 4) This step is key: I use my mouse to increase the bottom of the image > to scan (i.e., I drag the bottom border down). I believe this is what > Donna means when she says she adds space to the scan. > 5) I press the scan button > 6) Once the image is scanned, I use the text editing tool to add text to > the bottom of the image in the space provided. > 7) I use the menu option, image, canvas size to change the size of the > bottom of the scanned image (this reduces the area of the space below > the text I have added in case there is too much white space). > 8) Save the image and done. > > As a side note: As part of the labeling I use the [source] designation > to indicate where I obtained the image. This has proved very valuable in > several areas. I have a cousin who visited with me and shared some > photos which we scanned. I then sent him the scanned images. When he saw > that I had given him credit for the source, he was really touched. And > since then he has been willing to share many more images. Just thought I > would share that in our rush to document everything, a little kindness > along the way helps everyone. > >

No I had not heard of it. My goal was to NOT rely on a software program that someone else now or down the road in time could not open, or figure out. I have a sister that gets confused just opening a jpeg, which has taught me not to be high tech. I figure if she hits 'print', she'll get it all and then I'll explain how to crop to print to her when she complains. Actually I have that on all CD's I send to her too but she never reads instructions. I've got it explained how to print just the JPEG and how to print just the information below the JPEG, this allowing the info to be placed behind the photo when printed. -----Original Message----- From: gen-comp-tips-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gen-comp-tips-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of JLB Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:19 AM To: gen-comp-tips@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Labelling photos I must have missed the beginning of this thread. Have you heard of IPTC? All information can be embedded in the photos and read by a variety of softwares. -- JL JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/jlog.html Donna (History Buff) M. St. Felix wrote: > More: > I should have also mentioned that I also add into the added white > lower area who supplied the photo or where it came from. Much is from > my parents or grandparents old albums so that is noted as 'From the > photo albums of xxxxxxxxxxxxx'. If it came from a cousin, then their > name is added along with the son/daughter of xxxxx and the month and > year I received it. > > The program my scanner scans to is 'Adobe Photo Delux' that allows me > to add the enlarged areas for info after a scan. And I think it must > be about eight years old. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Donna (History Buff) M. St. Felix [mailto:dstfelix@erinet.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:01 AM > To: 'gen-comp-tips@rootsweb.com' > Subject: RE: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Labelling photos > > > Thayne: > > Your process sounds like the results are like mine with a white area > below the main photo for which information is added. > > I don't add the photo source to labeling as I actually add that also > into the added white area where I add text. An example of the LAST > wording, under people info and possibly a story to match the view, > that I have under each photo (JPEG) or document follows. > I also have this centered in the middle (between sides) and often do all the > info centered, which takes some maneuvering at times for pleasant visuals. > > Photo taken 1941, Sept 10, afternoon, Detroit, Mich at 'A Blessing' > restaurant on xxxxx Street by Mary Anna Jones, daughter of John > Benjamin Jones. Scanned 2007, Jan 9 by [my name] x 100% with 350 > Resolution in color. > > I also do a lot of crop scans, especially with groups of people, along > with a full size view and usually an enlarged view too. If it is a > crop view, the last line may read: CROP view scanned 2007, Jan 9 by > [my name] x 400% with 600 Resolution in color. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: gen-comp-tips-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:gen-comp-tips-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of tcurtisGen > Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 10:22 AM > To: gen-comp-tips@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Labelling photos > > > Donna (History Buff) M. St. Felix wrote: > >> I believe you are referring to a post I made. >> I add the space when I scan the photos doing that as an over crop of >> what I want to save beyond just the photo. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: gen-comp-tips-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:gen-comp-tips-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of ray risely >> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 9:11 AM >> To: Gen-Comp-Tips@Rootsweb. Com >> Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Labelling photos >> >> Hi all, >> >> I believe there was talk recently about adding space under photos to >> add descriptive text into. Sounds like a very good way to keep info >> to me without writing on the photo itself. Well I have tried on >> several programs, Photoshop 5, Gimp etc but the only program I have >> that does it simply is good old PhotoImpact 10. How do you add space >> under the photo in other programs? Increasing canvas size only seems >> to alter the size of the photo itself. I must be missing something. >> Any help appreciated. >> >> Ray >> >> > <snip> > > Ray; > Let me list my steps that I use. I must first explain that I use > Paint.Net to scan, crop, resize, and label my photos. You can get it > from http://www.getpaint.net/index.html and best of all, it's free. > > Using Donna's technique, here's what I do (other software steps may > vary > but I believe will be similar): > 1) Using the File menu option I acquire an image. > 2) When it asks me what I want to scan, I choose the color picture radio > button and press the preview button. > 3) When the preview is complete, I use the mouse to select only the > portion of the image I want to scan (yes, sometimes it's the entire image). > 4) This step is key: I use my mouse to increase the bottom of the image > to scan (i.e., I drag the bottom border down). I believe this is what > Donna means when she says she adds space to the scan. > 5) I press the scan button > 6) Once the image is scanned, I use the text editing tool to add text to > the bottom of the image in the space provided. > 7) I use the menu option, image, canvas size to change the size of the > bottom of the scanned image (this reduces the area of the space below > the text I have added in case there is too much white space). > 8) Save the image and done. > > As a side note: As part of the labeling I use the [source] designation > to indicate where I obtained the image. This has proved very valuable in > several areas. I have a cousin who visited with me and shared some > photos which we scanned. I then sent him the scanned images. When he saw > that I had given him credit for the source, he was really touched. And > since then he has been willing to share many more images. Just thought I > would share that in our rush to document everything, a little kindness > along the way helps everyone. > > -------------------------------------- Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at gen-comp-tips-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-COMP-TIPS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.6/1402 - Release Date: 4/28/2008 1:29 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.6/1402 - Release Date: 4/28/2008 1:29 PM