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PhotoJPG: Postcard Edition

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400 pictures of Oregon's North Coast on data CD.

30 Standard

6" x 8" prints for calendars & cards & ...

30 Backgrounds

Unique collection, interesting yet permits the eye find the foreground.

Some with slogans, most await your creative phrases!

Data CD

for Home Computer Projects. 400 photos of Oregon’s North Coast.for print or web. Some with slogans. Most await your unique greeting. All in jpeg format. Use your favorite program to create postcards, greeting cards, calendars, or whatever. Jpeg is a universal format.

For Windows XP,

insert CD, select “view folder,” on top menu click “View” “Thumbnails” then select desired pictures and copy to your hard drive for editing. (There are a lot of pics. Selecting “copy” rather than “view” may eat up time & hard drive space. You can also view this data CD contents on a DVD player that supports JPG format.

Photography by The Wondering Bard & Zan of Many Moons.

Produced & distributed by ebb2flo.com, Seaside Oregon.

All products protected by copyright.

See Use Agreement for acceptable usage.

Software: Graphic & Photo View, Print, Edit

No special software is included, or needed because photos are in jpeg format. To view PhotoJPG data CD pics, no special programs are needed.. In fact I have a portable DVD player that allows me to look at the pictures on this CD. Any equipment that “supports jpg” will work. Windows Media Player is a fast way to view and copy pictures. To print, use the program that came with your printer, or your favorite printing program. To edit, use your favorite progam to edit, add text, or whatever your heart desires. This page is created using Coffe Cup HTML Editor 2007 and I love it. It produces fast loading pages and it is easy to create and revise. It has both a Code Editor and a Visual Editor. I have a very basic knowledge of code and that is enough to make it work. I'm finding that my code knowledge base is growing as a result of using Coffe Cup HTML! It's very easy to preview, find the change needed and then find the code that needs changing! It's the first time I have created links without cursing and screaming at the program. I have used Microsoft Word 2007, but it produces massive files, it's difficult for my limited knowledge to edit, and it automatically fixes things I don't want fixed. I find all the bells and whistles of Microsoft Word distracting and by the time I get what I want I have created a huge file size. It does produce great word art. Prior to Coffee Cup, my favorite was a very old version of Adobe Pagemill 2.0. Newer versions became too automatic for my liking and the old verson required too many "no edit" tags to get the job done.

I edit my pictures prior to inserting them into the page. My favorite programs for photos, and all audio visual productions is Roxio Easy Media Creator. Versions 7 and above are great. I'm now using version 9. Prior to Roxio’s photo program, my favorite was Adobe Photoshop LE version 2.0 I found newer versions too automatic for my liking. Being one who likes sticking to one program that works, Adobe could have put out a great version that I don’t know about. The old 2.0 still has the best method of reducing pictures to web size as it permits changes in canvas size, picture size, and file size!

Print Tips:

Do not use “Web” copies for printing.

Postcard pictures are edited to print quality 4” x 6” copies. Recommended maximum size for Standard photos is 6” x 8” Many of the photos will print at sizes larger than recommended. Remember the smaller the size the better the quality. Pictures were selected for Backgrounds because they have some quality that permits the foreground to stand out. They are off-centered, vague, or repetitive (such as the one used for a background on this page.) Play with the Background photos for interesting effects. Change the tint, crop to a special shape, make them lighter or darker, invert the color, etc. Many photos in the Postcard and Standard collection also make great backgrounds. To get a nice blend of color on a web page, copy the picture you want to post and crop the copy to a small section of a picture & use the copy for a background.

Quality varies from printer to printer and from paper to paper. I have an HP 4150 & an Epson 200 and get good results with both. Most of the time I set my printer on general printing, “fast normal” to save ink and get good results. My favorite papers are Epson Photo Quality Inkjet paper for light weight brochures, letters, etc. and Southworth Resource Collection Photo Inkjet Paper for heavy weight projects. CompUSA “Glossy Photo Paper 4” x 6” prints a good quality postcard size print. All of the above print on both sides of the paper, and are reasonably priced . Other printers or papers may require adjustment for a good print. The first adjustment to try is to lighten the picture.

Internet Tips:

Be certain to use the “Web” copies for email or web pages. The “Web” copies are smaller file sizes. Dial-up and older computers may require further reduction. Beware! Reducing the length and width of a picture does not automatically reduce the file size. You must remove some of the dots per inch (dpi) to “compress” the picture, and make the file smaller. Web pictures are 72 to 96 dpi. Quality printing is 200+ dpi. Web pictures will show a file size of less than 200 kb (I prefer less than 100 kb.) Cropping a picture reduces the file size. Some graphic programs allow reduction of file size. Remember, when editing pictures, a large file can always be reduced, but once saved at the smaller size it cannot be enlarged back to it’s original size. For example, the pictures on this page have been reduced in size and compressed to 96 dpi. You should be able to see them clearly, but they no longer provide quality hard copy prints

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