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Sharing Photos via the
Internet
When you have a lot of photos that you would
like to share with a lot of people, there are several great sites out there
that let you share several photos at once with a simple link.
Sharing photos this way prevents you from
having to send a large email to a lot of people. It also prevents people from
having to download a large email to view your pictures.
RESIZE YOUR PHOTOS:
Before you send your pictures to one of these
websites it is important to resize them. Photoshop Elements or another program
that allows you to alter the dpi and viewing size of the photo.
In Photoshop Elements go to Image -> Resize -
Image size.
Set your resolution to 72dpi and your
document size to a reasonable measurement for the screen. See example below.
Note the above settings. The width is set at 9, the height is
set at 7.333 and the resolution is set at 72. ALSO NOTICE: The constrain
proportions box is checked. If it is not checked then you may skew or distort
your image.
Once the file is resized - save it under a DIFFERENT NAME.
PHOTO SHARING SITES
There are two types of photo sharing sites, public
and private.
Public sites are designed for people to showcase their
work online. They can be password protected so that only those with a password
can view the photos, but by default they are meant to be public galleries.
Private sites are designed so that no one can get into
your photos unless you send them an email link. This is how most sites work.
COMMON PRIVATE SITE LINKS:
Ofoto
Club
Photo
the one Rick uses
Shutterfly
the site my wife uses
Picturetrail
Snapfish
COMMON PUBLIC SITE LINKS:
pBase
$26/year for 100 megabytes
Fotki
$30 for "unlimited" or Free for 10MB
VISIT THIS
SITE TO READ REVIEWS OF THESE SITES AND MORE!
Each of these sharing sites requires that you set up a basic account - with
the exception of pBase, none of these sites cost anything for a basic account.
pBase has an introductory offer, but you must eventually join to keep your
pictures online.
Private sites make their money by selling prints and other goodies,
Public sites make their money from membership fees.
Links from this month's meeting
THE NEW USER GROUP ALBUM
Fotki's Help Section
Please visit Gene
Taylor's Sporting Goods.
They provide a great door
prize each month at our monthly user group meetings.
Also, thanks to Journy at
Sam's Club for donating a coupon for free film developing as a door prize.
IMPORTANT LINKS
EyeCandy for free!!
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