Questions about editing, managing, or creating photos.
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Tool to annotate pictures (screenshots) for documentation purposes? [closed]
Long time ago, I saw someone use a software (on Windows) that was specifically created to annotate pictures. It made it simple to add arrows, boxes, circles in "outstanding" colors to the image. ...
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7answers
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Software to clean up photos of whiteboards and documents?
I take a lot of photos of whiteboards, blackboards, and so on for teaching purposes (examples online through May 2010). I'm interested in cleaning them up for archival purposes, preferably using ...
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10answers
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Bulk convert photos to smaller size?
I have about 500 photos - each about 5MB in size. I'd like to bulk convert them to a smaller size, suitable for email and web-hosting.
Tools at my disposal -
Windows 7
Powershell 2
A free tool I ...
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7answers
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how can I “cartoonize” my pictures
I have friends that have "cartoonized" their profile picture in the social network.
How can I do that too.
I have only very elementary knowledge of graphics (ms-paint).
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4answers
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My USB says it has 15.7GB of space used but inside all the folders are empty
My USB says it has 15.7GB of space used but inside all the folders are empty!!
I was updating my computer from Vista to Windows 8, so I had to save all my files somewhere so I got this 32GB memory ...
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5answers
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Editing contact in GMail overwrites iPhone contact photo with a poor quality picture
I spend a decent amount of time setting the photos for all the contacts on my iPhone so that the photo will come up full-screen when talking to them on the phone. I use ActiveSync to sync my iPhone ...
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1answer
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Is there a simple way to print multiple images on the same page in Mac OS X?
I'm looking for a simple way to print multiple images on the same page. The default image printing function in Windows lets me select how many images I want on each page. How do I do this on the Mac?
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4answers
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How to make Windows 7 aware about iPhone photo orientation
When transferring photos from the iPhone to the PC, the photos are not showed by Windows Explorer in the correct orientation, but I know there is some EXIF info in the photo with the orientation ...
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12answers
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What is the simplest way to send a large batch of pictures to a distant friend or colleague? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do you sync photos with your family?
What is the simplest way to send a large batch of pictures to a friend, colleague or to a group?
I know about social sites ...
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3answers
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Why are camera files typically prefixed “DSCN” or something similar?
I've noticed that files from my digital camera are always saved on the SD card as DSCN####.JPG. Some other cameras also save with this naming scheme, but others yet save with the prefix DSC, and ...
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2answers
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Collaborative photo sharing and tagging
Our family has about 300 GB of JPEG photos in total, spread across various hard drives in various countries. We'd like to have a solution to share and tag photos with the following features:
Photos ...
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3answers
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Detect if a photo has been manipulated or faked
Can I use Photoshop to detect or find out with 100% certainty if an image is altered or not?
When an image is doctored or manipulated, is there metadata embedded in the altered image so that one can ...
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3answers
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Tag faces using Picasa 3
I totally love using Google Picasa 3 to manage my photos offline, and the ability to share albums with family and friends via Picasaweb. There is a feature on picasaweb that I'm missing from Picasa 3. ...
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3answers
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Automating the scanning of graphics files for corruption
Does anyone know of a good program that can scan graphics files (particularly JPG, GIF, and PNG) for corruption?
Preferably, it would be able to scan a bunch of photos automatically and have some ...
6
votes
3answers
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How to synchronize iPhoto libraries between several Macs?
Is there any "easy" way of synchronizing my iPhoto library between, say, my iMac and my MacBook ?
My basic strategy is "modify only on the iMac, make a blind copy to the MacBook" but it's not really ...
6
votes
2answers
5k views
I need a central photo management solution for my home network
I have a home network that runs on a domain controller. It's a small network with no more than 4-5 PCs. They all run Windows.
My Wife and I have photos that the other does not have, mostly because we ...
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9answers
681 views
Software for handling camera RAW-files [closed]
I use a digital SLR as most other photographers do today and have quickly realised that capturing images using camera-RAW files is the way to go.
Personally I use Adobe Lightroom to handle my photo ...
5
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3answers
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Best Way to Archive Digital Photos and Avoid Duplicate File Names
This problem pertains to archiving of digital pictures taken from multiple cameras.
Answers here covered the general topic of the-mechanics-of-backups:
How do you archive digital photos and ...
5
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3answers
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Auto image enhance for Ubuntu
F-Spot had an "enhance" button that magically turns the image on the left into the image next to it (see below). It worked brilliantly for quite a range of images. Unfortunately it has problems, and ...
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5answers
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Sync photos to iTunes without erasing everything?
My iTunes is empty, I just installed it, I've always used an iPod Manager to manage my iPod
How can I sync my photos without iTunes having to erase everything on my iPod since my iTunes is empty?
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6answers
2k views
Best way to synchronise photos to three machines. Laptop, Desktop, NAS
I'm using Picasa as my photo management software, and I have a collection of photos that gets downloaded from my cameras either onto my Desktop or onto my Laptop.
I'd like to automatically have ...
5
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3answers
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Re-saved images have noticeably lower quality in any format
It doesn't seem to matter what program I re-save an image with or in what format, it always comes out with a lower quality/contrast/brightness version. I really can't figure out why.
Original sample:
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6answers
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Looking for a good simple free/open source photo editor? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Looking for a good free image editor
I need a program that can do the following:
Open up an image either JPG or GIF. Resize the image (constraining proportions, and ...
4
votes
8answers
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Panoramic picture stitchers
I recall there being a lot of cool panoramic picture stitchers in the past, especially one that came with some old volume of Digital Photography for Dummies. But I can't find this software any more. ...
4
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7answers
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Windows tool to resize / crop images before uploading to web site
I'm supporting some non-techie users on Windows XP who are occasionally required to upload images to a web content management system. The source images come in many forms: JPEG, TIFF, EPS, etc. Before ...
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6answers
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How to open nokia photo images with .nrw extension?
I took some photos with my Nokia and they stayed with the .nrw extension. How can I open this format?
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3answers
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Best software to edit your photos (red-eye correction etc.) [closed]
My mother wants me to correct her photos (red eye, some other defects). But, actually, I don't know what tool I can use on Windows for digital photo editing. Preferably, free of course. I was going to ...
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4answers
2k views
Are color laser printers good enough to print photos?
Are color laser printers good enough to print photos? Or they too expensive and produces low quality photos?
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5answers
2k views
Download all Flickr sets/images?
We'd like to download all our Flickr photos & sets to iPhoto or just to a PC directory so we can sync our photos & sets to our iPhones (and possibly get off Flickr). Is there a way to do ...
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4answers
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What naming pattern can I use for sequential file naming (photos) when only their relative sequence is known?
I got some old scanned photos and I want to put them in correct order. Unfortunately, I have no possibility to find out the exact order, only relative one like:
"hm, this photo was surely taken after ...
4
votes
1answer
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How can I convert all my slides in Power Point into .jpg pictures?
i used to know hot to do it, but I forgot. How can I convert all my slides in Power Point into .jpg pictures?
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4answers
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Can a picture file be renamed based on a unique barcode contained within the picture?
I have a collection of about 3,000 photographs that represent my company's product line. Each picture is taken inside a special light box. A unique barcode representing the product is generated, ...
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votes
1answer
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How to show more Exif info in Windows tooltips?
Windows file browser, explorer, shows a tooltip with some info of the file when I stop mouse pointer over the filename or preview icon. For photos the tooltip shows resolution, date+time, camera ...
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votes
1answer
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Archiving Scanned Family Photos, How to Annotate?
I'm scanning old family photos for saving and distribution to family. I'd like to be able to give all known info about the photo. iPhoto would work, but most people don't have Macs. For cross ...
4
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5answers
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Read-only image viewers for photography clients with starring or rating
The Best image viewers for windows can crop, rotate, convert, sharpen, etc. the images. Here I would like suggestions for read-only viewers.
I am a photographer and would run this on a laptop for ...
4
votes
1answer
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People tagging in photos in Linux
I have recently started (once again) to fiddle around with Linux, currently running Kubuntu 12.04. I have a rather big library of Photos, a lot of which have people tags set up in Windows Live ...
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2answers
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How do I sync with my Flickr Pro?
I have a Flickr Pro account and would like to sync it with all my photos. This is hoped to be a way to backup all my photos in an online repository.
So I need a tool that will watch a folder and then ...
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4answers
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How can I back up my iPhoto library to DVDs?
I'm using iPhoto '09 and have an 80GB library. I want to back everything up to DVDs, because I figure that's the cheapest / most reliable solution. (I plan to have a couple of copies and keep them in ...
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4answers
1k views
How to transfer photos from my iPad to Mac
One of the great benefits of the iPad will be putting a ton of my photos in one, great place to show friends and family (rather than bringing them over to my computer). But I have several thousand ...
3
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1answer
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Picasa alternative that allows sharing of photo information between users
I love using Google Picasa, but I'm frustrated by its inability to share information such as albums and starred photos between different computers on a network, much less different users on the same ...
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1answer
2k views
How to form a mosaic picture by using GIMP or another app. by using other pictures?
How can I create a mosaic picture by using GIMP or another app. by using other pictures like below?
3
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1answer
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Using photos from network drive with Windows 8 photo app
I have photos on my network drive that I want to display (in live tiles preferably in the photo app).
Under c:\users\paul\pictures I have made a link to them, using mklink /d:
And this works fine ...
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1answer
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Rotated pictures on SD card can't be displayed on my camera
While viewing pictures on my computer directly from an SD card, I decided to rotate some of them. I then put the SD card back into the camera. However, now the camera does not show the rotated ...
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2answers
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Best way to rate pictures in Windows given that many seem incompatible
I take tons of pictures of my family, and sometimes it is nice to rate them so they can be sorted by rating in explorer view.
Apparently (and I probably don't have this perfect) the star rating you ...
3
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1answer
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Autohotkey Script To Open File With Picasa
I'm a completely noob when it comes to AutoHotkey scripts, the limit of my knoweldge is opening a folder with a key combination.
There's one Mac feature that I've always been envious of, the ...
3
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2answers
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Live Camera capturing and printing software [closed]
I'm running a Haunted House exhibit at my school to raise money, and I had the idea of taking pictures of the "victims"/students remotely with my Sony DSC-H5 camera and then printing and selling the ...
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1answer
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Mac webcam photo application with access to camera settings (resolution, camera selection, color balance, focus)
Does anyone know about a webcam photo application (ie an alternative to photo booth) with would allow to change the settings on the camera, such as :
Select camera (I.e I want to use an external ...
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1answer
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How can I sync photo folders in my laptop with my 4s iphone?
I have about 50 folders on my laptop with various pictures in them e.g. 2006 Germany World Cup. Upto the 4S I was able to manually copy the folders back and forth using Windows explorer, but this ...
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1answer
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Transferring photos from Mac to iPhone5
I've got a MacBook Pro on 10.7.5 and I'd like to transfer photos from my computer to my iPhone5. What's The easiest way to do so?
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0answers
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Web-facing Photo Album software that scans drive to find photos
I am looking for a web album software that will scan a folder and then add the photos to the database. Specifically I am looking for a folder monitoring no upload solution. As all the files are ...
