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Ian Pace
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« on: 12:20:14, 23-03-2007 »
Because of my new Vista machine, I don't seem to be able to get Ulead Photo Express 4.0 to work (it won't save or close down properly). Haven't been able to find an update yet. A few questions I wondered if anyone could help me with:

1. With Paint, which I have, I know how to enclose a section of a picture with a rectangle or something, but what do I do to simply create a new image from just this part of it?
2. Can a similar thing be done with any other Windows/Office 2003 software?
3. Is there any other freeware I should investigate?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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« Reply #1 on: 14:05:39, 23-03-2007 »
Quote from: Ian Pace on 12:20:14, 23-03-2007
1. With Paint, which I have, I know how to enclose a section of a picture with a rectangle or something, but what do I do to simply create a new image from just this part of it?

I think with Paint you have to use Image>Attributes and alter the numbers to change width (from the right) and height (from the bottom). To trim the top or left you have to rotate/flip the image. Well that's what I do anyway, it's a bit fiddly.


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3. Is there any other freeware I should investigate?

Yes, well if you have a digital camera you might have some very useful software with it.

I have a Kodak camera and the Kodak software is useful. You can import a jpeg and do the trim action as above but in one go by drawing a rectangle and adjusting it (like you want to do).

It also allows quicker adjustments of contrast and brightness.

The Kodak software also provides additional printing options e.g. you can create a business card from any image: just select to print eight small-size images on an A4 sheet (250g card) and then use a guillotine to cut them up.

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« Reply #2 on: 14:22:21, 23-03-2007 »
Quote from: Ian Pace on 12:20:14, 23-03-2007
3. Is there any other freeware I should investigate?

IrfanView is free and excellent.
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« Reply #3 on: 15:28:15, 23-03-2007 »
Quote from: John W on 14:05:39, 23-03-2007
Quote from: Ian Pace on 12:20:14, 23-03-2007
1. With Paint, which I have, I know how to enclose a section of a picture with a rectangle or something, but what do I do to simply create a new image from just this part of it?

I think with Paint you have to use Image>Attributes and alter the numbers to change width (from the right) and height (from the bottom). To trim the top or left you have to rotate/flip the image. Well that's what I do anyway, it's a bit fiddly.

Thanks, I think I've got it to work now.


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3. Is there any other freeware I should investigate?

Yes, well if you have a digital camera you might have some very useful software with it.

I have a Kodak camera and the Kodak software is useful. You can import a jpeg and do the trim action as above but in one go by drawing a rectangle and adjusting it (like you want to do).

It also allows quicker adjustments of contrast and brightness.

The Kodak software also provides additional printing options e.g. you can create a business card from any image: just select to print eight small-size images on an A4 sheet (250g card) and then use a guillotine to cut them up.

Err - I don't have a digital camera. What was good on Ulead was an easy ability to alter contrast and then lighting, so as to give a pure white background to scanned-in musical examples. I've downloaded GIMP - is there an easy way to do it on that?
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Andy D
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« Reply #4 on: 15:59:25, 23-03-2007 »
Picasa is free and excellent for doing all the basic adjustments to pictures/photos. It's intended for downloaded digital photos but works for any jpg. You can crop/straighten and do simple adjustments to brightness/contrast/colour.

If I need to do something more complicated, I use Paint Shop Pro (I got an old version free on a magazine DVD) or Adobe Photoshop Elements (which came free with my scanner).

From my experience of software which comes with cameras (Olympus in my case), it's rubbish. They have to provide something but I doubt that it's ever going to be very good.
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« Reply #5 on: 22:56:30, 23-03-2007 »
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Err - I don't have a digital camera. What was good on Ulead was an easy ability to alter contrast and then lighting, so as to give a pure white background to scanned-in musical examples. I've downloaded GIMP - is there an easy way to do it on that?
To alter contrast and brightness in GIMP:
With your image file open, in the image window, Tools menu, select Color tools > Brightness / Contrast
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