[HM] Re: MY Digital camera

[Jane Sprando]

Duane, ACDSee is the software that came with the camera. I tried finding a
way to scale the photo, like in the program I use for my scanner
(PhotoShop), but I didn't see it.

What pixels (is that resolution?) do you have your camera set at? I was
using the highest setting (Good, better, best).

jane

> From: "Duane Murphy" <duanemurphy at mac.com>
> Reply-To: "Home Macintosh Users List"<HomeMac at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 11:42:33 -0800
> To: "Home Macintosh Users List" <HomeMac at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: [HM] Re: MY Digital camera
> 
> --- At Wed, 25 Dec 2002 20:49:47 -0800, Jane Sprando wrote:
> 
>> Happy Holidays!
>> 
>> My husband gave me the Pentax Optio 330GS digital camera. It has been fun to
>> use ------ once we've read the manual for the 17th time! Lots of stuff I
>> still don't understand because I don't know the photography language!
>> 
>> I did have a USB card installed on my beige G3. I got a Compact Flash
>> Reader, too.
>> 
>> Now the questions:
>> 
>> 1. The pictures are VERY large when I upload them to my Mac. How do I make
>> them smaller, both size wise and megabytes?
> 
> What software are you using to view the pictures? If you are using
> PictureViewer or most other programs the picture will be scaled. You can
> usually choose scale to fit. If you're using a browser (IE or Netscape)
> don't. They just show the pixels.
> 
> As far as reducing the file size, first you need to understand what
> affect this will have. If you are using the 3M setting (the highest) on
> the camera you have enough resolution to print a nice 8 X 10 photo. I
> dont usually print 8 X 10 so I usually use the 2M setting (next one down).
> 
> By reducing the number of pixels you are using you are affectively
> reducing the quality of the picture and the ability to print a good
> picture. For viewing on you monitor or over the web, this usually isnt a
> problem. For printing or photo developing, it is an big problem.
> 
> You'll need a program like GraphicConverter for changing the resolution
> of the picture. GraphicConverters menus are not well organized so I just
> poke around until I find what I need. Until you're familiar you might
> want to work on a copy of the photo just in case you accidentally save
> something you didnt want to.
> 
>> 2. I took several pictures  vertically (turned the camera sideways.).
>> However, they are horizontal when I upload them. Then when I choose rotate
>> 90 degrees CW, the picture doesn't look good? How do I take a good picture
>> vertically?
> 
> To get good rotations from JPEG (that's the format of the pictures) you
> need to use a program that will do lossless JPEG rotation. I believe that
> GraphicConverter does this as well as iViewMedia Pro. Both are shareware
> and both are well worth the money. I highly recommend iViewMediaPro for
> managing your pictures. Its really very nice. I like it much better than
> iPhoto and lots of people agree.
> 
> Enjoy,
> ...Duane