Scanning your life together, February, Tips for the Amateur.B'ville,Ok:Cheryl's Digital Keepsakes
Vertical Helical Scan,March, Tips for the Amateur, B'ville,Ok:Cheryl's Digital Keepsakes
To disk or not to disk, April, Tips for the Amateur, B'ville, Ok: Cheryls Digital Keepsakes
What is the solution to organizing scanned or uploaded photos saved on the computer?
First, when saving a photo on the computer make the file name as descriptive as needed for later reference.
Most computers have a "my documents" or even a "my pictures" folders in the start menu. From the "my pictures" folder, sub folders can be created. Create each folder with description like, babies first year, Trip to Spain, 10th Anniversary party.
When the "my pictures" folder is opened the new sub-folders will display at the top of the page followed by the saved photos. Like sitting on the floor with several shoe boxes and a stack of photos; the photos saved on the computer can be dragged into the folder of choice by clicking left on the mouse then dropping it to the desired folder.
The last step will be to go into each folder, using the same left click of the mouse and dragged method, and arrange the photos.
With these steps copying the photos on a disk will be simple. When selecting a folder to copy to disk the pictures will automatically copy in the order of the folder.
Any questions or problems send an email to Cheryl@cherylsdigitalkeespakes.com
Watching movies is my favorite pass time. Combing the computer with VHS
technology for me is like a library to a bookworm. Endless times I’ve taking
electronic device apart to check out all the components. When I purchased my
first 4 head VCR, after taking it out of the box I took a screwdriver to it just
to look inside. This fascination is nerdy. After all Best Buy calls them the
"Geek Squad."
Special care is necessary when storing VHS tapes. The magnetic tape which holds those precious memories has Dust Mites. As quoted at www.dustmites.net, "One square yard of your rug can contain as many as 100,000 dust mites." If you take them out at least yearly to watch at family gatherings everything is fine. If they are stored in the back of the closet, its time to get them out. At the least put them in the VCR hit ff and rew, twice. Leaving them unattended leads to audio loss, as well as picture distortion.
Magic can happen when transferring from analog to digital. I can’t give a more in-depth explanation than that. Video transfers are relatively inexpensive. The equipment needed for DIY projects can be costly. I would seriously add up the cost of the transfers per tape to the cost of the equipment needed only to be used a limited time. Once transferred, doing projects on the computer are a breezy and a longevity life span as long as proper care for the disk is exercised.
Any questions or problems send an email to Cheryl@Cherylsdigitalkeepsakes.com
Top Disk or not to Disk
If you are like me....I hate wasting anything, especially TIME! We do not have enough time in our day, month, life! Another bad habit of mine is to work ahead of myself without reading the instructions. After working hours on a video, excited about its content, and thinking about who all I am going to mail a copy to, the end result is....disk not made error 3322211. In most cases, at least 85% of the time the problem is the size of the disk. Even though the disk is a 4.7 GB with the label explaining that it holds 120 minutes of video, what exactly does that mean? If you are using a program that inserts transactions, audio, special effects, they all have a place on the disk. It will not read into the length of the video. Music is a different story. A 4.7 GB will hold 80 minutes of music.
Another factor is the type of disk being used. CD-R can be used for photo slide shows, audio, and computer files; back up disk. DVD-R can be used for all the above, plus video. DVD-RW means that information can be recorded over. Like a cassette tape. Make sure that the correct disk type is being used on all projects. Now here is another kicker. Not all DVD-R will play in every DVD player. If you own a DVD recorder it is fun and convenient to make copies. Once they reach there destination the recipient can not play them in their DVD player. All though more expensive, the solution is to only use DVD-RW disk. With my experience I always check the several DVD players in my home to make sure the disk will play before wasting (there's the pet peeve again) the cost of postage mailing it to a friend or family member. The Grandfather of solutions is to only make said types of disk using the computer.
As far as how many photos a 4.7 GB will hold....I'll have to answer that question in about a month. I am working on my own project of scanning all my family photos. That includes my parents photo's as well. Once I have completed the project I will be sure to give you the end results.
Any questions or problems send an email to: Cheryl@cherylsdigitalkeepsakes.com