Sunday 1 November 2009

Photos


I wanted a negative scanner. But on finding out how expensive they were, how slow they were and how often I would use it, I decided I would just scan my photos and be done with it. So far, so good.

I don't want to go scanning for hours and hours and hours on end, so I put up to four photos on my scanner at a time. And it works beautifully. So far, so good.

But then, I have to seperate those photos again. Straighten them out, crop and give them seperate titles. And that's where the problems begin.

Several months ago I bought myself a state-of-the-art photo program. And ever since I got it, I have been annoyed by it. It's big and makes my computer slower. And when I want to use it, I can't because some component or other is missing. Very very very annoying!

I had a nice and easy photo program. I couldn't really do much with it, but it was great for cropping and straightening my photos. Once I installed my nice and new program, I deleted this program. And now I can't find it anymore. The new one isn't working the way I want it to work (like, at all!) and I am getting more and more frustrated.

I'll have a look around the net to see if there is an easy to use program out there for me!

4 comments:

  1. So sorry to hear that. I got a new printer, scanner, photo maker and copier for my birthday. I love it and it's wireless. I hope to get photoshop for Christmas. I hope you find something soon. It's not fun being frustrated!

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  2. It is a problem to know how to deal with all the photos taken before the digital age. The favourites that we definitely want to keep take up so much room. Good luck with your task Mara. A x

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  3. I WISH I COULD HELP YOU SWEETIE
    I CANT
    HAVE NO IDEA
    I DOWNLOADED THE NEW WINDOWS 7 AND LOST EVERYTHING OF MINE
    CANT EVEN GET MY CAMERA TO WORK ON MY COMPUTER ANYMORE

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  4. My flatbed scanner won't scan dark negatives (or slides) very well, so I may try a dedicated scanner. I have seen some at Walmart for ~$75, which isn't too bad. Mind you, I don't know if they're any good.

    I used to use a little freebie program called Irfanview, which will probably do what you want. If the new program is slowing your system right down, it's most likely an indication that your system needs upgrading. I'm entering that stage. I've been waiting for Windows 7 and it's here, but I still find myself holding back.

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