photo editing and printing

[Baz]

what do you use for this.something what gives options,even just basic ones, to print photos in different layouts, like say passport photos on one sheet or multi photos on the same sheet.

Ive just realised I dont have anything decent-ish.I have a very basic program that was with my printer but its rubbish really, Irfanview which is just good for editing really unless ive missed some thing in it, last time I needed one I used a program that was with a camera I had years ago,it was an olympus camera and I think the software was Camedia but I cant find the disc at the moment.

It was good enough for what I needed but wondered if there are any decent ones to look at

Thanks

[Ray]

Have you got any photo printing software with your printer? Baz, the software that came with my Canon printer will print Passport/ID sized photos.

[sobranie]

Passport photo from onthegosoft works very well.
http://www.onthegosoft.com/download.htm

[Baz]

Have you got any photo printing software with your printer? Baz, the software that came with my Canon printer will print Passport/ID sized photos.

Epson printer Ray and it came with Easy Photo Print,but its very basic, havent had a proper look at it  but couldnt find that option.


will check out that link Rick, thanks

[.Griff.]

something what gives options,even just basic ones, to print photos in different layouts, like say passport photos on one sheet or multi photos on the same sheet.

Windows will do this as standard. (Certainly Vista and 7, not sure about XP)

Use explorer to browse to the folder containing the photos and select print at the top. It then allows you to select layouts and multiple photos per page etc..

[Baz]

No XP doesnt  do that.

I'm on XP   

[.Griff.]

According to this Baz, http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/learnmore/waystoprint.mspx, XP does have support for printing multiple images/sizes on a sheet.

See if that's any help.

[armadillo]

Yes, XP does indeed do what Griff's links says. To get the left pane options, you have to browse to the folder from My Computer, not Windows Explorer.

You can also browse to the folder via Windows Explorer (which does not give the left pane), select one or more images within the folder and then right click to get a context menu. One of the menu options is Print.

Free software that gives the option to print multiple images (as a "contact sheet" with full flexibility over the image size but images must be the same size as each other) includes FastStone.

Of all the paid software I have, the most powerful, flexible and easy to use is Paint Shop Pro 7. With that, you can set ppi (dpi) on each image independently and then drag one or more images onto a page layout. That way, you can print multiple images per page whether or not you want them the same size.

Photoshop can also print multiple images per page but, as is often the case with Photoshop, the interface to do it is hard to find, clumsy and difficult to use.

ACDSee can also make "contact sheets".

[Baz]

Well  you can indeed learn something every day. 

Many apologies Griff I just did not know you could do that with XP,Thanks 

Thanks again to Armadillo I will check out your suggestions 

[Baz]

That Faststone seems a decent program,its very ' busy ' in the main page layout though but it seems a long way round to do a simple thing like change the print layout you want.

Make a contact sheet,save it,open it up again,alter to how you want(I didnt get this far)  then print???  is that right.

I just want to have some different layout options to choose from,select the pictures to include then print

[armadillo]

I agree, Baz, Faststone is a busy looking interface. You need to get the contact layout as you want before you save and print.

I think the thing that comes closest to what you describe, predefined layouts, is the functionality built into Windows, as in Griff's link. But only if you want one of those particular layouts!

If you think the FastStone method is a long way round, you would love Photoshop (not). There are two methods I know of in Photoshop and both of them are complicated.

By far the easiest and most flexible is Paint Shop Pro 7. It is the only thing I use for printing multiple images on a page because it is so easy to use. Just size the required images by dpi and then drag whatever you want onto a blank page and arrange them by dragging. Trouble is, you can no longer buy PSP 7.

[Baz]

dont you just hate it when you realise that  software you used to have years ago might now be useful......but you cant find the disc you had 


I used to have paint shop pro 7,didnt use it much so uninstalled it 

[armadillo]

I think I must have spent several years of my life searching for things I know I have but have put somewhere daft.

[Rik]

Sue put her phone in my jeans one day - now that did cause some confusion...

[sobranie]

I have an original PSP7 here Baz. Do you want it for the price of P&P?  If so pm me your details.

Re faststone software, I have only ever used it for passport prints etc so can't really comment on its other uses.

[Baz]

PM on the way Rick

[sobranie]

You have pm Baz.

[vbed]

Hi all,

This is my first post on this site - I officially join IDNet next week when I get FTTC installed  but saw this thread and thought I'd reply.

For zero outlay have a look at these two bits of software - I use them both (a lot) and can highly recommend them.

Picasa from Google
http://picasa.google.com/

If you've got a digital camera and havent got Picasa youre missing out. This free app helps you organize all your pics, do simple touch up (crop/red eye/anti-tilt etc), will print contact sheets and will even group pictures together using face recognition!

Paint.Net
http://paint.net

If you need more editing than Picasa can provide then paint.net is also fab. Many of the features of the bigger much more expensive photoshop can be found here like layers etc. Great app

Ok advert over :-D  just didnt anyone to miss out

Ed

[Simon]

Hi Ed, 

[Steve]

  Ed

[Rik]

Welcome to 'Nutters, Ed.

[Ray]

  Ed, and

[vbed]

Wow thanks for Karma man! Heavy!

Just got an automated call from BT confirming install next Wednesday. Very excited, more excited than a 37yr old should be about a fast internet connection!

[Rik]

You're never to old to get excited about a new toy.

[Glenn]

Boys don't grow-up, their toys just get more expensive.