If this is all too complicated, just mark the album pages with numbers in pencil and then create a list of descriptions in a text document. Trust me, anything is better than nothing. Scanning for long-term preservation would also be good if you can get it done. --- JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/
On 10/15/2012 2:10 PM, JLB wrote: > I would use a Flip-Pal as a last resort/emergency measure only. It's > good for traveling when you need a mobile scanner and it's better than > nothing in that case. I believe it only saves images as JPG's which is a > compressed format and not suitable for editing. > > If the photos are in your album at home, as you say they are, you have > total control. I would scan them on a flatbed scanner using at least > 300dpi, *at least* twice the size of the originals (in case you ever > want to reprint them) and save them as uncompressed TIFF's. > > All photo information can be added using good IPTC software. I add the > names as keywords, and the order of the people in the photo, L-R, in the > caption. My recommendations for that are GeoSetter or XnView (both free) > or Photo Mechanic. > --- > JL Beeken > JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists > http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ > > On 10/15/2012 11:26 AM, Paula Ryburn wrote: >> In a recent Legacy webinar about the FlipPal mobile scanner they showed >> how you could write on a transparent sheet of glass (?) and lay that >> over the photo you are scanning, then scan it once with the writing and >> once without. That allows you to "write on" the photo with circles & >> arrows, etc., without damaging the photo. I thought that was pretty >> cool. I think they sell you the glass/plexiglass on their website...? >> --Paula >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From:* Paulette <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Sat, October 13, 2012 11:28:29 AM >> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] What to do with genealogical files after death >> of compi ler >> >> I am interested also. I have several albums of old photos of ancestors >> and others. I am the only one left who can identify the people on the >> photographs and it is becoming urgent for me to do so. I am reticent >> marking the original photos. What is your recommendation? Thank you. >> >> Paulette, >> Camarillo, Ca 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
