Alice, I use Corel PSP XI (abt. $100) as well as older JASC PSP 9 (like this one best), however, Google's Picasa 2.7 has a crop and other adjustment tools that appear to work really well. The application is located at the Google site. It's free so may contain spyware. You can setup your scanner to open the image into Picasa or open it from the Picasa application. Picasa constantly updates your image files. I like it best when it is not doing that in the background while I'm working. I just cleared it from my start-up applications and manually run it when I'm not using a lot of RAM. If you still have an install disk for your old familiar image editing software, but it doesn't work with XP, try downloading new drivers from the application company website or use their help page to solve your problem. Shari [email protected] wrote: > Today's Topics: > > 1. Big Thanks! (Bixby Historical Society) > 2. Re: ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 2, Issue 60 (Alice Gayley) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:55:05 -0500 > From: Bixby Historical Society <[email protected]> > Subject: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] Big Thanks! > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > A big thanks to all of you for helping me decide what to do with photos > and the clues about spyware. This mailing list is great and information > is outstanding. I really appreciate you. > > > I recently used Broderbund to make a scrapbook for a reception. > Perhaps, that's were I picked up the spyware. Guess you get what you > pay for in software. There just, "ain't no free lunch!" > > > Thanks, again, for your valuable help. > > > Shari > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:10:02 -0400 > From: "Alice Gayley" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 2, Issue 60 > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; > reply-type=original > > 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. 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