Monday, November 6, 2006
Managing your Photos with Windows Vista
Posted by Damion Chaplin in "SOFTWARE" @ 05:00 PM
"I have over 2 years' worth of digital camera photos taken from events and travels -- managing that with Windows XP is next to impossible outside organizing them in folders by date. Windows Vista right out of the box offers incredible ways to manage your digital photos using Windows Photo Gallery -- so I can now organize my photos exactly the way I want. Windows Photo Gallery gives you full control over your photos. Import your photos from your camera or scanner and "fix" them directly within Windows Photo Gallery. Crop your photos or fix "red-eye" or adjust the coloring."
Like the author of the article, I have years of digital photos that are completely unorganized. Now, don't get me wrong: When I go to an event or on vacation, those photos are nicely organized in their own folders, with culled 'final' pics in their own nested folder. However, for all those other shots, I have been throwing them into a folder marked 'Snapshots'. They're all in chronological order, but that's the extent of their organization. So let's just say I'm really looking forward to better photo handling in Vista. I really dig the 'tagging' feature. You can tag any photo with anything, with no limits as to how many tags you can put in each photo. For example, a pic of the wife in front of a sunset in Hawaii might be tagged with 'Lorri', 'Sunset' and 'Hawaii'. Yes, it's time-consuming, but when you're done everything should be nice and organized. I can't wait. :D
Like the author of the article, I have years of digital photos that are completely unorganized. Now, don't get me wrong: When I go to an event or on vacation, those photos are nicely organized in their own folders, with culled 'final' pics in their own nested folder. However, for all those other shots, I have been throwing them into a folder marked 'Snapshots'. They're all in chronological order, but that's the extent of their organization. So let's just say I'm really looking forward to better photo handling in Vista. I really dig the 'tagging' feature. You can tag any photo with anything, with no limits as to how many tags you can put in each photo. For example, a pic of the wife in front of a sunset in Hawaii might be tagged with 'Lorri', 'Sunset' and 'Hawaii'. Yes, it's time-consuming, but when you're done everything should be nice and organized. I can't wait. :D
