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![]() Digital Imaging Made Easy
By D. J. Herda
There was a time--back in the pre-Internet days, of course--when sending photographic images from one computer to another wasn't merely difficult; it was impossible. Even so short a period as ten years ago, capturing images from the Internet, saving them to a file, pulling them out of storage, and attaching them to an e-document was tedious and imprecise work.
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Creating your own images If you don't own a digital camera, relax. You can still go digital. Just use your conventional camera to take the shots you want to send out over the Internet. Then, take the exposed film to your local photo dealer for processing. Instruct him to process the film into conventional prints, as well as to convert the images to digital images, stored on either a 3.5-inch disk or a CD.
Downloading images from a disk While generic software has creative limitations, it is generally suited well enough for sending decent quality digital snapshots to loved ones or for sending digital images of cars, houses, etc., to prospective buyers.
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For additional photo manipulation or enhancement possibilities, you will need to invest in a digital imaging software package that offers greater manipulation and correction options. Adobe, Corel, and other manufacturers make very reliable, comprehensive image-enhancing products suited to either home (that is, creative) or business use. Some of this software contains creative projects and various things to do with your images, such as image-viewing enhancements (like adding a digital picture frame to your images), blanks to use to create picture postcards or calendars, and templates for creating picture stationery, banners, posters, place cards, etc.
Downloading images from a scanner Of course, if you have a flatbed scanner, you can do the work yourself and pocket the savings. Just position a conventional print on the bed of the scanner, hit the "scan" button, and wait for the message screen to pop up on your computer's monitor. Tell the computer where you would like the scanned image to be stored--a good collect-all for your images is a file folder you create and entitle "My Photos," or something to that effect. After the image has been scanned and downloaded onto your computer, simply call it up onto your monitor and utilize your image-enhancing software to resize it, correct color, add special effects, etc.
Downloading images from a digital camera
Sending digital images by e-mail Before sending the e-mail with digital image attachment, double click on the symbol in the e-mail "attachment" box to bring the digital image up for review. Make sure it's the one you want to send and the way you want to send it. (Remember, there's no "unsending" a digital image once it's on its way.) If the image is too large or too small, go back to your image-enhancing software, call up the image, and make whatever size adjustments are necessary. Don't forget to save the image in its new size. Repeat the process above to attach the newly sized image or images to your outgoing e-mail. Then just click on "send," sit back, and wait, confident in the fact that your images are flying successfully through cyberspace.
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