Types of media
- Photographs
- Negatives
- Slides
- Documents
- Artwork (paintings, drawings, etc.)
- Digital pictures
Making digital photographs
- Why digital?: Storage, preservation, transmissibility, duplication, etc.
- One CD can hold 100-200 8x10 8x10 pictures
- One DVD can hold 1500-2000 8x10 pictures - Flatbed scanners: Some scanners allow you to scan transparencies like negatives and slides. There are many price ranges and qualities out there. ($100-$300)
- Digital Cameras:
- Macro setting: used to take pictures 1-3 feet away
- Megapixels: The number of pixel on each pictures. Just because it is a higher megapixel rating, doesn’t mean it is better quality. - Print Size
Megapixel Rating
3 x 5 1 to 1.9
5 x 7 2 to 2.9
8 x 10 3 to 3.9
11 x 14 4 to 5
18 x 24 6 to 8 - Commercial Services
- Kinkos
- Walgreens
- www.photomax.com
Enhancing photographs using Picasa
- Download (www.picasa.com)
- Organizing: use Picasa to help you organize your pictures by person and time period.
- Online user manual: http://picasa.google.com/help/userguide_organize.html
- Fixing photographs
- Rotate, crop, color, effects - Save to CD
- Personal Photo Printers: ($100-300)
- Commerical services (local and online)
1. Walmart
2. Walgreens
3. Smiths
4. Allen’s Camera - Commercial services (online) (12-15¢ per print)
1. Kodak (http://www.kodakgallery.com/)
2. Photomax (http://www.photomax.com/)
3. Snapfish (http://www.snapfish.com/)
