Scanning Vacation Photos
 

I'm in the process of scanning in my favorite Italy photos from last fall...and there are many. Anyone have a suggestion on software that make makes viewing more interesting (other than opening and closing .jpg files). I know there are applications out there that can fade one image into another and you can add captions or music. Anyone use anything like that?

Unless you're a MAC user, you probably have MS Powerpoint. It does everything that you just described, and more.

I use Sony's Imagestation web site (we have a Sony digital camera) for uploading photos into albums that other people can view. You can add captions and background design, and others can view your photos in a slideshow. I haven't checked to see whether you could add music. The web site is www.imagestation.com.

Imagestation is good. You can also upload & organize photo album slide shows at Yahoo.com.

For sharing with others, the Yahoo photo sites are good. You upload up to 30 meg of photos and people can view them in slideshow mode. You can choose public or private internet access. <BR>The photo editor and displayer I use is quite compact and functional, and it displays nicely in slideshow. It's a shareware program called IrfanView.

Thanks for the info. I'm on the right track because right now I have it in a powerpoint presentation and it's already up to 20 slides..and I've only just begun. Do you all have the same problem? Too many really good images? I have started saving them in yahoo, but they are private at the moment. Once I get everything in there I'd love for you all to view it! Any other suggestions would be great.

Sandi - Re your comment about too many good pictures... You need to step back from your personal feelings about the pics (they're your "babies" after all) and pare them down unmercifully. Otherwise you run the risk of boring your viewers. When I get my photos back after a vacation, I sift through them immediately and throw out (literally) the losers, the mediocre ones, and the second-best near-duplications. Then I go through several more times picking out the best of the rest. These are the ones I show people; the others are just for me or for the rare viewer who really, truly wants to see all the pictures. When you can show people 30 great pictures, it makes a much better impression than a stack of 100 that includes a bunch of "medium" ones. <BR> <BR>Of course, if you have 100 *super* pictures, I guess you have no choice!

Hi Sandi, for the future, why don't you have your film developed on to CD's or delivered over the internet. Save your self a lot of work as you can post them or e-mail them to friends, create your own photo albium, etc. <BR>Regards, <BR>Art <BR>

Bill, you are so correct. It's very hard to scale it down. I guess I'll have to learn. <BR> <BR>Art, I actually didn't think about doing that until after I had the film processed and printed. I inquired about it afterward and the cost was ridiculous to put it on a CD after processing. I have access to a CD burner now and think I'll put them on there myself. Thanks for your thoughts.