For those of use who dont have the funds for programs like Photoshop, OR really dont want to have to learn a fairly complex program,
I suggest two alternatives. For tagging and straightening and adding text to images, Picasa works very well for these tasks. If you have any version of Microsoft office, then you can use the ultra simple Microsoft Office Picture manager for cropping (Right click any image and open with>Office Picture Manager) And it is fantastic for resizing as it has two 'standard" settings which work very well to automatically downsize AND compress the images. I use the standard 'document' re-size for larger family photos and document records, census, etc. Then the standard 'web' re-size is great for indiv photos and tombstone images. And I also recently started using the free Irfanview, I have lots of documents that are two or three images, where Irfanview has a 'create panorama' photo which is excellent for these multiple images that combines them into one single image. Either vertically or horizontally. (Image>Create Panorama Image) Just my own way of doing things..... Jay On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 7:10 PM, JLB <[email protected]> wrote: > People often ask on this list about photo organization and linking files > to Legacy. > > Since my file organization is heavily dependent on tagging I consider > this subject relevant. Others' mileage may vary. > > Yes, it's possible to keyword tag in bulk with APSE Organizer. However, > keywords are only one of many tagging options. Even Adobe knows that. > But they make all those other fields only accessible through the Editor > one photo at a time. (Unless they've FINALLY changed that in versions 10 > or 11. The last one I looked at was version 9.) I also use the following > fields quite regularly: caption writer, object name, city, location, > state, country, photographer, credit, source, copyright, copyright URL > and Contact Address and GPS. > > I stand by my assessment. I think APSE Organizer a terrible option for > tagging genealogy files. > > I know Geoff Rasmussen has recommended it in his webinars and even wrote > a book about it. But I don't consider Geoff my go-to person for photo > information. I simply think he's wrong in some respects. And this is one > of them. > ----- > JL Beeken > JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists > http://jlog.jgen.ws/ > > On 3/17/2013 6:54 PM, Paul Gray wrote: > > JLB, > > > > Although we all have our own opinions of various software programs, I > > must disagree with your assessment of Photoshop, at least version 10 > > and 11, the latest ones. > > > > The main thrust of this thread was around file structures for ease of > > finding various files from the masses of files we tend to accumulate. > > Tagging is another way of accomplishing the same thing. > > > > Photoshop allows tagging, including batch tagging, of photos. It also > > has great facial recognition and facial tagging, which does a pretty > > good job (yes, there is some manual work required) of tagging the > > people in photos. Then, one can find photos by any combination of > > keyword tags, and/or 'people tags'. In my view, it's an excellent > > organizer. > > > > Before rejecting it, I urge anyone considering Photoshop to download > > the free trial and see for yourself. Also, be patient, it is fairly > > complex to learn, the trick is to use just those small parts that you > > need for organization at the beginning and gradually get into more > > complex functions. > > > > I hope I'm not going to be ruled off topic, as Photoshop has been > > discussed in Webinars and Geoff's digital imaging book (I think), but > > it isn't really a Legacy add on. So, this thread may be stopped > > soon. > > > > > > Paul Gray > > > > 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 > > > 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
