Yes... I know... so many reasons to hate Walmart...
(*SIGH*)
But here's the latest:
For years Mary and I have been going to Walmart to get our photos developed. We wait till we have over 100 (so it only costs 15-cents per photo) and then we head over and use their photo machine to edit (mostly crop) our photos and order the prints that we want along with a digital archive disc.
A bit time consuming... but it has worked for us for years!
So... today... off to Walmart we go - prepared to "do our photo thing."
First thing I notice... new machines.
Well, folks...
(*BLOOD PRESSURE SHOOTING THROUGH THE ROOF*)
...guess what?
(*GNASHING MY TEETH*)
The shiny new machines Walmart now has...
(*PAUSING; SLOWING COUNTING TO TEN*)
...do not allow uses to crop.
I... am... not... a... happy... camper...!!!
I do not like change! I do not like having to change the way I do something when the way I did it was perfectly adequate to the task at hand!
Now I guess I have no choice but to do my cropping via my home P.C.
(*SIGH*)
Any suggestions on which (free) program to use? Basically the only thing I do is crop and at times adjust the lighting/coloring if the actual shot came out too dark.
3 comments:
William, I just use the edit option with my Windows photo viewer. It does the basics
Try Irfanview - stable, easy.
Click, drag crop window. .
saves under new (or old as default) filename.
allows gamma, brightness, contrast, color adjustment.
Is it obvious I use this a lot (for ten years)?
Avoid the photo-editor bundled with Vista and Win-8 (not sure about Win-7) - which *overwrites* the source file.
And what about Costco to print?
Thanks!
I'll check into it!
The printing... once I have the editing done it's simply a matter of the least expensive reputable printing option.
BILL
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