Indiana County PC Users Group
http://www.icpcug.com
Meetings
3rd Tuesday of each month
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
at the
Indiana County
Technology Center
Hamill Rd., Indiana, PA
Everyone
Welcome
Meeting Notes September 19, 2006
The monthly meeting of the Indiana County PC Users Group was opened by Vice
President, Donna McConnell, at 7:07
p.m. at the Indiana County Technology Center, Hamill Road, Indiana, Pa. Ten
members and one guest were in attendance.
Minutes & Treasurer’s Report
The treasury report was presented by Bob
Dalecki and approved. The July Minutes were approved.
Program
Steve Higgins presented program on printing, saving & organizing digital
photographs.
There are 3 typical types of formats. They are JPEG, TIFF and RAW. A JPEG
is good for compression where a smaller size photo is needed. This is
preferred for websites where download speed is important. Each time this
type of file is altered and saved the quality degrades. A TIFF creates a
larger file but is best for quality.
It is best to take a picture as a high quality JPEG with your camera then
alter in your computer.
Change the ISO (film speed) setting in your camera for different light
conditions. If there is low light, use a higher ISO to capture the image
but be aware that the image may be grainy. A lower ISO is not good for
action shots.
A well thought out naming scheme for your digital photos can save time when
trying to locate a specific photo. You should use the date, subject &
client in each name. Also think about how computers can sort images. Use
numbers rather than date name. Be consistent in naming scheme otherwise
photos will be ordered up randomly. Create folders and use a separate hard
drive. Each folder should have 4 sub-folders; "original", "master edit",
"output to print" and "web".
Photo editors that are useful may have come with the camera or purchased
after. Each program as its own pros and cons.
Your “Photo-Workflow” should consist of these steps;
1 Move images off of camera and onto hard drive.
2 Rename images.
3 Delete obviously bad images.
4 Copy good images to backup drive.
5 Add additional data about each image "metadata". Metadata can be
either EXIF which stores information such as; ISO, shutter
speed, aperture, etc or IPTC which enables you to store notes about the
photo like writing on the back of the image. You can then right click on
image to see or edit the information.
There are many online photo sites such as "webshots" or "picasa".
Photo editing programs include; Photoshop Elements, PaintShop Pro, Irfan
View or HP Photosmart Essential. After editing your image save it as a TIFF
so there is no degradation in quality. Crop image to match size of printing
material then save as JPEG in another folder.
If using for website reduce the image size. Zoom image to the size that you
want on the screen. Look at the property of this image and write that
down. Use your photo editing software to change the image to that property.
A 1 mega pixel image is good for a 3x5
print
A 2 mega pixel image is good for a 4x6
print.
A 3 mega pixel image is good for a 8x10
print.
A 6 mega pixel image is good for a 13x19
print.
Notes: Some cameras are better with color saturation and quality. Printing
at home is inexpensive and long lasting. Do editing at home rather than
online or at shop. Can share photos online at Flicker, Webshots,
Photobucket, Buzznet, Shutterfly, Snapfish or Kodak EasyShare Gallery
Old & New Business
Discussion about the club name change continued. Pat came up with several
names, one of which was Indiana Computer Resource Club. It was mentioned
that advertising is the key to getting people to the meetings and that an
article could be inserted in sections of Gazette if it's beneficial to the
community. Voting on the name change was tabled. We have the website
registered for another year so the name change can wait.
Open Forum
Someone asked about the difference between
CDR vs CDRW - CDRW will not work on many other drives where the CDR will
work on 95% of other drives. A discussion ensued about HDTV. Blueray is
then next system for HD.
Close
The next meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 when
Steve will present a program on making 3-D photographs using a single lens
camera. With no other business to conduct, the meeting was adjourned at
8:55 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Robert Dalecki, Secretary