Tutorials for digital cameras

**Nikki** · 6th June 2004

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shows you a few tutorials, some may not be of any use, but all in the same menu.

nik

**flipper321** · 6th June 2004

More guides, also has photoshop workflow ideas of how to improve your photos in your "digital darkroom"

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/

**Nikki** · 6th June 2004

Another one here showing how to fine tune exposure, capturing light and colour to its best and understanding lenses.

nik

**Freaky** · 6th June 2004

keep em comin guys, just the sort of thing needed to show us how to get the best from our cameras

**Nikki** · 6th June 2004

Try this online camera to get a few ideas of techniques on how to take the best picture.

nik

**Nikki** · 6th June 2004

Few tips here from the kodak site.
Some may appeal to you and soem may not depends which level your on of photography.

**Nikki** · 7th June 2004

Emailing photos

Typically, there are two problems. First, if you e-mail an image taken at normal resolution settings, the file size often exceeds the maximum that your e-mail service allows you to send. Second, if you do manage to send the file, the picture is too large to see on the recipient's computer monitor.

For example, a 4-megapixel camera that is set to the highest resolution creates an image that measures 2272 x 1704 pixels. Since an average computer monitor displays 800 x 600 pixels or 1024 x 768 pixels, it's easy to see that the 4-megapixel image is larger than the screen can display. Even at higher screen resolutions of 1280 x 1024, for example, the picture, viewed at full size is still larger than the screen can display.

In addition to screen size, an e-mail image should be a lower resolution than an image you print on a photo printer. An e-mail image can be compressed as a JPEG to reduce file size, while images you print should not be saved using lossy compression formats.

For example, monitors display either 72 or 96 pixels per inch (ppi). By contrast, a picture that you print should be set to 200 to 300 pixels per inch (ppi). Note that PPI and Dot Per Inch (DPI) are different measurements. PPI measures image resolution, and DPI measures printer resolution. While a monitor can display many colors, photo printers can print far fewer colors.

As a result, printers must print many more dots per inch than pixels per inch to achieve color accuracy. While the differences between the two measurements can be confusing, remember that lower resolution settings and medium JPEG compression settings are preferable for photos you e-mail because they reduce the file size of the image without noticeably affecting the onscreen quality of the photo.

o see the entire picture on a computer monitor, the image must be resized so that it fits within or is smaller than the dimensions of the monitor. In addition, the image file size cannot exceed the maximum that the e-mail service allows. To get a properly sized, lower resolution (smaller file size) image, you have several choices. You can use your camera's "small" picture option, use an online service such as the MSN 8 Photos in E-mail or Photos Plus, an image-editing program such as Microsoft Digital Image Pro. Regardless of the option you choose, you'll create a picture that's both a viewable display size and small enough file size for e-mail messages, and you'll avoid filling up the recipient's inbox with 1MB or 2MB image attachments.

So which option should you choose? The answer depends in part on the options your camera offers, and in part on whether you prefer to edit images before you share them with family and friends. Here is a brief rundown of each option.

Have the camera create an e-mail-ready picture

Many digital cameras offer the option of creating a small version of a picture that is sized specifically for sending in e-mail or for posting to a Web site. On most cameras, you can choose from among several different "small picture" sizes ranging from 640 x 480 pixels to 96 x 72 pixels. Small pictures are saved with a high rate of compression, typically at a 1:16 ratio to reduce the file size for use in e-mail messages or on a Web site. It's a good idea to read the manual that came with your camera to learn more about using this option.

To help you find the "small" pictures when images are downloaded to your computer, most cameras use a designation in the file name. For example, the Nikon Coolpix 4300 designates small picture files by adding a "SS" prefix on the file name. To send the small picture in e-mail, you create an e-mail message and insert one or more small picture files as attachments.

If you're using Microsoft Outlook:
Create a new e-mail message.
Click Insert, click File, and then click Browse.
Navigate to the folder that contains the small picture you want to attach and click the file name you want.
Click Insert.
The file is attached to the e-mail message.
Type the recipient's e-mail address, the subject, the text of the message.
Click Send.

The advantages of the small picture option include convenience and time savings. If your camera takes pictures that don't need image editing on the computer, then using your camera's small-picture option is a convenient and quick way to create images for e-mail messages.

The disadvantage of having the camera create a small picture is that small pictures consume space on the memory card, and, if the card is near capacity, the camera will not be able to create the small picture. You can edit the small picture on the computer just as you would any image file. However, if you edit both the small picture and the original large picture, then the time-saving advantage vanishes. In this case, it makes more sense to save space on the memory card and create a smaller e-mail version after you edit the large picture using your image-editing program.

Use an online service to create an e-mail picture

Subscribers to MSN 8 can include one or more pictures in the body of an e-mail message and can choose from a variety of background styles and colors, add photo captions, emoticons, and WordArt shapes to create colorful and entertaining e-mail photo messages. Because photos are displayed in the body of the message, recipients do not have to open attached image files individually.

Upcoming versions of MSN will allow subscribers to send high-quality, compressed, digital photos or slideshows within an e-mail message or using MSN Messenger. For more information about coming enhancements, visit the MSN Sneak Preview Web site.

The advantage of online photo services include quick and easy-to-use photo editing tools, and automatic sizing for photos you send in e-mail. Because the e-mail version of the image is created "on the fly," you don't have to store the smaller version pictures on your computer's hard drive. What you get for the subscription fee includes a variety of services such as MSN Money Plus, MSN Learning and Research Plus, in addition to MSN Photos Plus and Photos in E-mail. For more information, visit the MSN 8 Internet Service Web site.

Use an image-editing program to create an e-mail-ready picture

Many image-editing programs offer the option of creating an e-mail-ready or Web-ready version of pictures as well. Programs such as Microsoft Digital Image Pro automatically start your e-mail program and open an e-mail message window with the image file attached.

You can also choose the size you want for the e-mail copy of the picture. In Microsoft Digital Image Pro, you can choose from eight sizes ranging from a large view (640 pixels on the longest dimension) to a thumbnail Web size (96 pixels on the longest dimension), or you can specify a custom size. For each option, the Digital Image Pro displays the final file size as well as the upload and download times.

How to create an e-mail picture in Digital Image Pro The steps given here apply to Microsoft Digital Image Pro version 9. If you use an earlier version of Digital Image Pro or PictureIt!, you can get specific instructions in the Help topics. Just press F1. If you use another image-editing program, look on the File menu for a command to attach pictures to e-mail or to save for the Web.

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