Other than to quibble with you over how many years the pictures processed at Costco will last, I strongly agree with the statement that your hard drive(s) and disc media will all fail at some point in time!!
The concept of having "analog" backup of everything that is in your Legacy files -- reports, FGS, charts (whatever your preferred formats for the printed data) and pictures -- in addition to digital backup is a good one. ************ Dianne Arnold [email protected] 651-994-0305 (St. Paul, MN) 760-479-0632 (Encinitas, CA) -----Original Message----- From: Brian L. Lightfoot [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 5:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Caption/Text for images (.jpg) 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 Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
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