[WWI] Photo Transfer

[Dennis Ugulano]

On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 20:58 -0700, J.R. Boye wrote:
>  Hi John and Erik;
>        Thanks for the tips. I will definitely look into getting set up
> with a card reader.
>       Allan found my last batch, downloaded without the Kodak
> software, to be savable. I think if I can downsize them to 150 KB they
> will upload now. I'm working on that. My computer-savvy son in law
> comes back from Germany this week and he can probably guide me through
> that.....
> 
>                                           J.R.

J.R.,
	Look into a compression program for you photos.  All of the photos on
my web site are compressed to 30 - 32 k from about 150k.  A company
named ULEAD sells a program that I have been using for years.  It is not
the same as cropping.  I seldom crop a photo.  The compression program
makes it possible for people with dial up to load a photo before noon.
Look into it.  And I will be looking forward to seeing some of your
models.

Dennis
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "knuterha at eunet.no" <knuterha at eunet.no>
> To: World War I Modeling Mailing List <wwi at wwi-models.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 1, 2008 12:32:34 PM
> Subject: [WWI] Photo Transfer
> 
> Hei,
> 
> I would strongly recommend buying a card reader, they are pretty cheap
> and:
> 
> 1. Plug card reader into USB connection.
> 2. Insert card into reader.
> 3. Browse pictures on card the same way as on any disc.
> 4. Copy images over to your computer.
> 5. Open images in a suitable program by highlighting the file name,
> right
> click on the mouse and select one of the options in "Open with"
> 
> Sometimes it helps to just make a copy of the image file NXXX.jpeg to
> NXXX.jpg - for some reason do not all programs recognize files with
> the
> extension .jpeg - but will do it for .jpg
> 
> 
> Card can be removed from reader when you have finished copying over
> the
> files you want - thre will usually be a flashing light when it is
> active.
> 
> 
>   BRgds
> Knut Erik
> 
> 
> 
> > Thanks, John;
> >    Actually, I can get the photo files onto the "My Pictures" area
> in JPEG
> > format. My camera has a supplementary memory card, but I don't know
> > where the photos are stored. The camera manual is too basic to help,
> > and the Kodak support site doesn't seem to address my problems.
> >    I attached 5 of my photos today and sent them to my brother by
> e-mail
> > and his computer said the 5 photos would take 53 minutes to
> download,
> > but it could download them so maybe my files are too big for e-mail
> or
> > web transfer now. Before, I thought this was a Kodak problem but
> maybe
> > not now.
> >    I can select "email photos" from the "My Photos" tool area and it
> will
> > resize them, but then the window disappears after that and I don't
> > know where the resized photos are- no more prompts or windows
> appear.
> > When I go to "My Pictures", the files are still original size and I
> > can't find the reduction tool.
> >    So my photos don't seem to upload to my WWI page.
> >    Before this, when I was using the "Easyshare" (what a misnomer!)
> > software to e-mail photos, Allan wrote:
> >    "I tried to look at the 'EZ Share' photos you sent me. While
> they're
> > viewable in my mail program, nothing I do lets me save them. The
> Kodak
> > software is doing something 'hinky' with the mime encoding in the
> > mailer. What you sent me is unusable. This might be the same problem
> the
> > upload is having. Can you get the photos off your camera right to
> your
> > disk without using Kodak's web stuff?"
> >        My son suggested that the Kodak software doesn't allow
> copying so
> > professionals can show photos without them being ripped off.
> >        Allan was able to copy the portrait I sent to the Rogue's
> gallery
> > somehow, though, and that was from a Kodak album.
> >      So now I have deleted the Kodak software ( I couldn't find any
> other
> > way around it) and downloaded the photos using "photo and scan
> > wizard" I sent them to "My Pictures", then tried to e-mail them to
> > Allan, but I did not reduce the file size (2.95 MB each). If I can
> > figure out how to reduce the file size, I'll try e-mailing them
> > again. None of my attempts to upload any photo from any source to my
> > WWI web page has worked. I get the file in the browse window, click
> > upload, it submits the request and then...nothing.
> >      We'll see what happens now. Suggestions are welcome. I'm not a
> > techie, but this all seems a lot harder that it should be. Hopefully
> > I'll get this figured out and put my stuff up on the website one of
> > these years.....:-)
> >
> >
> J.R. Boye
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: John Huggins <huggins1 at swbell.net>
> > To: J.R. Boye <hopeandmercy at sbcglobal.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 2:02:35 PM
> > Subject: Re: [WWI] Fw: Willie Coppens Hanriot
> >
> > JR,
> > Are the photos on a memory card or stored in the camera's internal
> memory.
> >  If they are on a card, use some sort of photo program (I use the
> Apple I
> > Photo) and import them to your hard drive.  From there the photo
> program
> > should be able to size and also optimize them for sending as email
> > attachments.  The MAC Mail server also has the ability to size photo
> > (TIFF) images within the message.
> >
> > I think that all the current photo archive apps and mail servers
> have this
> > ability.  I may be wrong, as I haven't tried it on a PC.
> >
> > JP
> 
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