using digital photos and how to put them on our intranet or to email. k. o’regan

Using Digital Photos and Using Digital Photos and how to put them on our how to put them on our

intranetintranet oror toto email. email.

K. O’Regan

A. Connecting your camera A. Connecting your camera and and transferring photos to transferring photos to computer.computer.

A. Connecting camera and A. Connecting camera and transferring photos to transferring photos to computer.computer.

Connect your camera to your computer,

from a USB port on your computer to

the serial port on your camera.


A CD comes with your camera

It will have a) a Recognition program(so your camera can ‘talk’ to you computer)



It will have a) a Recognition program(so your camera can ‘talk’ to you computer)

b) a photo editing program

(e.g. ACD See or Kodak Easy Share)

A.A. Connecting camera and Connecting camera and transferring photos to transferring photos to computer.computer.


It will have: a) a Recognition program(so your camera can ‘talk’ to you computer)

b) a photo editing program

(e.g. ACD See or Kodak Easy Share

Editing program lets you: - crop off unwanted background - lighten or darken photos - fix red eyes - make an album collection

B. Where to store your photos B. Where to store your photos on on the computer. the computer. When you plug in your camera, your When you plug in your camera, your

editing program may automatically open editing program may automatically open up.up.

- Click ‘acquire’ or ‘get photos’.- Click ‘acquire’ or ‘get photos’.

B. Where to store your photos B. Where to store your photos on on the computer. the computer. When you plug in your camera, if your editing When you plug in your camera, if your editing

program automatically open up.program automatically open up. - Click ‘acquire’ or ‘get photos’.- Click ‘acquire’ or ‘get photos’.

Your program may automatically store your Your program may automatically store your photos at a photos at a presetpreset location on your computer! location on your computer!

e.g. c:drive/documents and settings/my picturese.g. c:drive/documents and settings/my pictures

Your options!Your options!a) Leave the photos in this location a) Leave the photos in this location and create a ‘short-cut’ (icon link and create a ‘short-cut’ (icon link button to it) on the desktop (basic button to it) on the desktop (basic computer screen.)computer screen.)

OROR

B. Where to store your photos B. Where to store your photos on on the computer. the computer.

B. Where to store your photos B. Where to store your photos on on the computer. the computer. Your options!Your options!

a) Leave the photos in this location and a) Leave the photos in this location and create a ‘short-cut’ (icon link button to it) create a ‘short-cut’ (icon link button to it) on the desktop (basic computer screen.)on the desktop (basic computer screen.)

OROR b) Create a new folder where b) Create a new folder where you you want to want to

keep the photos, e.g. on the desktop.keep the photos, e.g. on the desktop.Then click and drag your photos into that.Then click and drag your photos into that.

C. Quick revision: C. Quick revision: Computer storage locations Computer storage locations

storage space in your desk computer is the called the C:drive


When you save something on a floppy disk, you save it to your A:drive




The E:drive is for one of the new USB ‘Flash’ pins.




If you save something on a CD disk, you save it to your D:drive

The E:drive is for one of the new USB ‘Flash’ pins.


- The T: drive or storage compartment on the school server computer, might be for Teachers to store files in. Server

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T: drive

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S: drive

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V: drive-------------------------------------------------------


Server -------------------------------------------------------

T: drive

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S: drive

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V: drive-------------------------------------------------------

- The T: drive or storage compartment on the school server computer, might be for Teachers to store files in.

- The S: drive in most schools is for students to store their files.


Quick revision: Quick revision: Computer storage locationsComputer storage locations

Server -------------------------------------------------------

T: drive

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S: drive

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V: drive-------------------------------------------------------

- The T: drive or storage compartment on the school server computer, might be for Teachers to store files in.

- The S: drive in most schools is for students to store their files.

The V: drive might be the storage compartment on the school server computer, that holds the live school intranet web sites that the students can see.

Avoid this! Avoid this! (unable to find picture.)(unable to find picture.)

To view your photos over the intranet, you To view your photos over the intranet, you mustmust put your photos in the folder on the drive, that put your photos in the folder on the drive, that holds your live web site files. holds your live web site files.

Quick revision: Quick revision: Computer storage locationsComputer storage locations

Avoid this! Avoid this! (unable to find picture.) (unable to find picture.)

To view your photos over the intranet, you must put your To view your photos over the intranet, you must put your photos in the folder on the drive that holds your live web photos in the folder on the drive that holds your live web site files. site files. ie V:drive/Students/(your faculty folder)ie V:drive/Students/(your faculty folder)

(You can keep each group of photo in its own little folder (You can keep each group of photo in its own little folder if you want, to keep things tidy. if you want, to keep things tidy.

But it must be put in the larger web site folder on the But it must be put in the larger web site folder on the drive that holds the live web site.) drive that holds the live web site.)


It is a good idea to right mouse click It is a good idea to right mouse click and ‘rename’ your photos.and ‘rename’ your photos.



The computer names photos with meaningless The computer names photos with meaningless numbers! numbers! Like Like LV139764LV139764

LV139765LV139765 LV139766 for e.g.LV139766 for e.g.

change change LV139764LV139764 to ‘Michael’ ! to ‘Michael’ !



The computer names photos with meaningless The computer names photos with meaningless numbers! numbers! like like LV139764LV139764

LV139765LV139765 LV139766 for e.g.LV139766 for e.g.

change change LV139764LV139764 to ‘Michael’! to ‘Michael’!

and click and drag your photos into a folder called and click and drag your photos into a folder called ‘‘Excursion to…’Excursion to…’

It will be easier to find it again in 6 months time!It will be easier to find it again in 6 months time!


How to reduce the size of your How to reduce the size of your photosphotos

• Cameras make photos very large in case Cameras make photos very large in case you want to put one on a bill-board!you want to put one on a bill-board!

• A good program to reduce their size (less A good program to reduce their size (less memory) for the intranet is Microsoft memory) for the intranet is Microsoft Picture ManagerPicture Manager

How to reduce the size of a lot of photos at How to reduce the size of a lot of photos at onceonce

• Open one photo with Microsoft Picture Manager, Open one photo with Microsoft Picture Manager, click the icon made bold below, and then select click the icon made bold below, and then select all the pictures.all the pictures.

• When they are all selected, click Edit Pictures.When they are all selected, click Edit Pictures.

• Then click ‘compress pictures’, Then click ‘compress pictures’,

• select compress for ‘Documents’select compress for ‘Documents’(because compress for ‘Web’ makes them too small) (because compress for ‘Web’ makes them too small)

• then click O.K.then click O.K.

(You can reduce photos like this, if you need to send (You can reduce photos like this, if you need to send them by email. them by email. Click ‘attach’ -paper clip icon- then select your Click ‘attach’ -paper clip icon- then select your photos.)photos.)

So people can see your So people can see your photos…photos…• In the V:drive/Students folder, open up your web In the V:drive/Students folder, open up your web

site using Microsoft FrontPage or Microsoft site using Microsoft FrontPage or Microsoft Expression Web.Expression Web.

• Hold down ctrl key and scroll to the page where Hold down ctrl key and scroll to the page where you want to paste your photos.you want to paste your photos.

• You can use ‘Insert’ (see top task bar) ‘picture’, You can use ‘Insert’ (see top task bar) ‘picture’, ‘from file’‘from file’

• Scroll to the photo you want to show and click it.Scroll to the photo you want to show and click it.

• Click save.Click save.

To make a slide show of your photos…To make a slide show of your photos…

• You can use Microsoft Movie makerYou can use Microsoft Movie maker

• Or use Photo Story 3 (on V:drive/Development Or use Photo Story 3 (on V:drive/Development Tools)Tools)

• Or Web Album Generator (on Or Web Album Generator (on V:drive/Development Tools)V:drive/Development Tools)

• These are very easy to use, just scroll down and These are very easy to use, just scroll down and select or drag and drop the files (photos) you select or drag and drop the files (photos) you want in the slide show.want in the slide show.


To make a link that opens your slide show…To make a link that opens your slide show…

• In the V:drive/Students folder, open up your web In the V:drive/Students folder, open up your web site using Microsoft FrontPage or Microsoft site using Microsoft FrontPage or Microsoft Expression Web.Expression Web.

• Hold down ctrl key and scroll to the page where Hold down ctrl key and scroll to the page where you want to make the link.you want to make the link.

• Type the name of your slide/photo collection, Type the name of your slide/photo collection, highlight it, right mouse click and select highlight it, right mouse click and select hyperlink.hyperlink.

• Scroll down and pick your slide show.Scroll down and pick your slide show.


using digital photos and how to put them on our intranet or to email. k. o’regan

Documents

desk computer

computer b

school server computer

digital photos

desktop basic computer

quick revision

recognition program

storage compartment