Peter, Hope you don't mind me writing direct off the USGW Discuss list...I recently upgraded to XP and now none of my graphics editing programs work. What I need is s/w that will allow me to crop primarily scanned images of older documents (newspapers, etc.) and old photos. All of the s/w I've tried is geared to scanning/importing digital photos and they don't allow me to either crop or set the maximum size of an image. >From your experience with Photoshop Elements, will that s/w allow me to do what I want? If not, do you have any suggestions for a s/w package that will accomplish my goals? Thanks for your time. Look forward to your response. Alice J. Gayley Co-Coordinator, Jefferson & Armstrong Counties USGenWeb Projects ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter and Connie Bradish" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 11:39 AM Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 2, Issue 60 > Hi folks, > Just a quick note. Paintshop Pro was bought by Corel. I used to use it > but just before the change in ownership I changed to Photoshop Elements. > It's a different user interface (namely you have relearn where things > are, the names and the different keystrokes to do things) but I'm slowly > getting comfortable with it. Elements is about the same price as > Paintshop Pro used to be, under $100 and sometimes a sale will get it > for $50 or less. I would not pay the $500+ price for the full Photoshop > either. I'm not a professional and don't pretend that I will be that > good in my lifetime. I'm retired and image editing is occasional. > Take care... Peter Bradish > > Ron Wall wrote: >> Marcia, I haven't figured out a way to change the opacity of a layer in >> Paintshop Pro. I like the effect you have on your web site. I >> understand >> that Paintship Pro is now owned by Adobe. I know that the price has gone >> up >> dramatically. I am using the last version that was created by JASC. My >> budget won't allow me to obtain Adobe Photoshop. >> >> Ron >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

If that is all you want to do, look for something inexpensive. Miscrosoft PictureIt does that and a host of other photo retouching jobs. I'm sure that there is other inexpensive software out there that allows you to crop and retouch photos. Ron Wall

I've seen GIMP, which is free and it's almost as powerful as Elements. Having spent only a few minutes with this powerful software (I use Elements) I'm impressed with its features including batch processing. John John Wylie Consulting [email protected] 972-206-2723 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron Wall Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 8:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 2, Issue 60 If that is all you want to do, look for something inexpensive. Miscrosoft PictureIt does that and a host of other photo retouching jobs. I'm sure that there is other inexpensive software out there that allows you to crop and retouch photos. Ron Wall ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Photoshop and PS Elements have a supreme "save for the web" dialogue box which gives you control over the final size of the file Hugh W On 28/06/07, Ron Wall <[email protected]> wrote: > > If that is all you want to do, look for something inexpensive. Miscrosoft > PictureIt does that and a host of other photo retouching jobs. I'm sure > that there is other inexpensive software out there that allows you to crop > and retouch photos. > Ron Wall > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- a wonderful artist in Denmark http://www.ingerlisekristoffersen.dk/ Beta blogger http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks old blogger GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG

Hi Alice, Adobe Photoshop Elements will certainly do what you describe, but you don't need to spend the money. Picasa <picasa.google.com> and Irfanview <irfanview.tuwien.ac.at> are both free, popular and basic organizer/editor programs. I don't see where Picasa will change the pixel dimensions of your images but Irfanview will. Both have capable image enhancement features you might want. And both are simple to use but take your time learning to do what you want, with these or any other editor. More to the point, can anyone on this list suggest a good mailing list or web site for advice for choosing an image editor? Hope this helps... Peter Bradish Alice Gayley wrote: > Peter, > > Hope you don't mind me writing direct off the USGW Discuss list...I recently > upgraded to XP and now none of my graphics editing programs work. What I > need is s/w that will allow me to crop primarily scanned images of older > documents (newspapers, etc.) and old photos. All of the s/w I've tried is > geared to scanning/importing digital photos and they don't allow me to > either crop or set the maximum size of an image. > > >From your experience with Photoshop Elements, will that s/w allow me to do > what I want? If not, do you have any suggestions for a s/w package that > will accomplish my goals? > > Thanks for your time. Look forward to your response. > > Alice J. Gayley > Co-Coordinator, Jefferson & Armstrong Counties USGenWeb Projects > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter and Connie Bradish" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 11:39 AM > Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 2, Issue 60 > > > >> Hi folks, >> Just a quick note. Paintshop Pro was bought by Corel. I used to use it >> but just before the change in ownership I changed to Photoshop Elements. >> It's a different user interface (namely you have relearn where things >> are, the names and the different keystrokes to do things) but I'm slowly >> getting comfortable with it. Elements is about the same price as >> Paintshop Pro used to be, under $100 and sometimes a sale will get it >> for $50 or less. I would not pay the $500+ price for the full Photoshop >> either. I'm not a professional and don't pretend that I will be that >> good in my lifetime. I'm retired and image editing is occasional. >> Take care... Peter Bradish >> >> Ron Wall wrote: >> >>> Marcia, I haven't figured out a way to change the opacity of a layer in >>> Paintshop Pro. I like the effect you have on your web site. I >>> understand >>> that Paintship Pro is now owned by Adobe. I know that the price has gone >>> up >>> dramatically. I am using the last version that was created by JASC. My >>> budget won't allow me to obtain Adobe Photoshop. >>> >>> Ron >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >

Thanks to Peter, Ron, John and all the others who answered. You've given me a lot of options to explore. Alice Gayley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter and Connie Bradish" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 8:23 AM Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 2, Issue 60 > Hi Alice, > Adobe Photoshop Elements will certainly do what you describe, but you > don't need to spend the money. Picasa <picasa.google.com> and Irfanview > <irfanview.tuwien.ac.at> are both free, popular and basic > organizer/editor programs. I don't see where Picasa will change the > pixel dimensions of your images but Irfanview will. Both have capable > image enhancement features you might want. And both are simple to use > but take your time learning to do what you want, with these or any other > editor. > More to the point, can anyone on this list suggest a good mailing list > or web site for advice for choosing an image editor? > Hope this helps... Peter Bradish > > Alice Gayley wrote: >> Peter, >> >> Hope you don't mind me writing direct off the USGW Discuss list...I >> recently >> upgraded to XP and now none of my graphics editing programs work. What I >> need is s/w that will allow me to crop primarily scanned images of older >> documents (newspapers, etc.) and old photos. All of the s/w I've tried >> is >> geared to scanning/importing digital photos and they don't allow me to >> either crop or set the maximum size of an image. >> >> >From your experience with Photoshop Elements, will that s/w allow me to >> >do >> what I want? If not, do you have any suggestions for a s/w package that >> will accomplish my goals? >> >> Thanks for your time. Look forward to your response. >> >> Alice J. Gayley >> Co-Coordinator, Jefferson & Armstrong Counties USGenWeb Projects >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Peter and Connie Bradish" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 11:39 AM >> Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 2, Issue 60 >> >> >> >>> Hi folks, >>> Just a quick note. Paintshop Pro was bought by Corel. I used to use it >>> but just before the change in ownership I changed to Photoshop Elements. >>> It's a different user interface (namely you have relearn where things >>> are, the names and the different keystrokes to do things) but I'm slowly >>> getting comfortable with it. Elements is about the same price as >>> Paintshop Pro used to be, under $100 and sometimes a sale will get it >>> for $50 or less. I would not pay the $500+ price for the full Photoshop >>> either. I'm not a professional and don't pretend that I will be that >>> good in my lifetime. I'm retired and image editing is occasional. >>> Take care... Peter Bradish >>> >>> Ron Wall wrote: >>> >>>> Marcia, I haven't figured out a way to change the opacity of a layer in >>>> Paintshop Pro. I like the effect you have on your web site. I >>>> understand >>>> that Paintship Pro is now owned by Adobe. I know that the price has >>>> gone >>>> up >>>> dramatically. I am using the last version that was created by JASC. >>>> My >>>> budget won't allow me to obtain Adobe Photoshop. >>>> >>>> Ron >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>>> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >