RE: [LegacyUG] Caption/Text for images (.jpg)

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:29:47 -0800 

Agree that the price of Photoshop is probably too steep for most families and 
the alternatives suggested are all good ones. I might add that I have scanned 
many of my family's photo collections to make part of my genealogy records. The 
digital copies reside as part of the Photo Gallery in Legacy. In nearly all 
cases, I used Photoshop to add a border on one side or another upon which I 
entered a text description of who was in the picture as well as a date and 
location. The images were then resized to a now standard 6" x 4" print size. 
Whenever Costco has one of their 9 cent print sales, I run over there with a CD 
of over 500 images. The reason: your hard drive and/or disc media will all fail 
at some point in time...guaranteed. With a hard copy image, they can last as 
long as the pictures taken during the Civil War. Besides, the hard copy image 
also serves as an "analog backup" to the "digital copy".

Brian in CA


-----Original Message-----
From: Dianne Arnold [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 2:43 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Caption/Text for images (.jpg)

Unless you already have Photoshop, it is too expensive and complicated to
learn for this use. If you want to purchase an application, consider
Photoshop Elements 8, their "consumer" version. It is very powerful. I
happen to have both of them for photography.

I also use Irfanview (free) and FastStone (free); both will allow you to
resize the canvas and add a caption in the new area and save it.

************
Dianne Arnold
[email protected]
651-994-0305 (St. Paul, MN)
760-479-0632 (Encinitas, CA)


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 2:02 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Caption/Text for images (.jpg)



Mike, I use photoshop.

Sally Miller Hindley

In a message dated 1/15/2010 2:55:16 PM Eastern  Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
I'm creating images (.JPGs) from  old photos.  I'd like to add a
caption/text to the bottom or top of the  image (.JPG) without
overlapping any of the original photo.  I've found  software that adds
text, bubbles, watermarks. etc., 'within' the actual image  covering
some of the original photo, but not software that 'adds to' the  .JPG
at the top or bottom of the image.

I know I can add text on web  pages, but I want to have the text as a
permenant part if the  image.


Any thoughts?


Best regards,

mike






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