Eleven Fun Things To Do With Your Photos

Seniorgiri
Counter the Loneliness Yourself.
Hobbies and Interests
Eleven Fun Things To Do With Your Photos
By Shobha Mathur Shobham@yahoo.com
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Hello
Do not be lonely and bored with life.
• This is the age to enjoy whatever you wanted to do before but had no time to
do till now.
• You are your own best friend.
• You do not need any one’s permission to learn new crafts or pursue new
hobbies.
• When was the last time you did something for the first time? Do it now.
Remember
• You are not competing with anyone.
• You do not have to prove anything to anyone.
• You have to suit only your pace of doing thing,
Last but not least
• Be proud of yourself for all and any achievement.
• Enjoy and Enhance your life and abilities.
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THIS IS HOBBY HELP SERIES FOR
SENIORS.
I am compiling a series of things to do - what to do to counter loneliness, and how to

go about it. Keeping busy with interesting things is sure antidote to Boredom.
This is about managing your photos. Info and links for doing 11 Fun things with
them.
I have given the links that I have tried. As on JUNE 2009, all links are correct and
working.
You should look for more as you surf. You may find many that will suit to your
needs. This is just a first step.
Please feel free to share this with anyone you like.
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Foreword
Photographs are for fun and for preserving memories for all times.
Photography has become easier, enjoyable and popular with digital cameras, web
cams and camera phones.
Gone are the days when you had to buy a film roll and wait
until it was developed to see the results. Today the digital
cameras and phones have a LCD screen where you can see the
result instantly and take another photo to correct any closed
eyes or moved hands!
All the cameras come with built in memory for many pictures
and you can always buy another memory card to supplement it.
This is not about cameras and taking pictures. This article is about how to have fun
with the photos you already have taken.
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What You Can Do With Your Photos
Once you take a photo, you like to share it with family and friends - this has become
very easy now. Uploading them on the web or sending by emails is just normal.
Today you have many exciting choices to make and send personalized items with
photos.
Calendars, Greeting cards, photo books- like baby or marriage books, Posters,
Banners, Flyers, Brochures, all can be printed at home.
If the printer has the capability , with transfer papers and hot irons, you can print on
fabrics to make Tshirts, Bags, Aprons, Pillow cases or anything that catches your
fancy.
Then there are professional services which can do all this for you and more. Printing
on ceramic and china – mugs, plates, tiles, making Jewellery Items, key chains,
Playing cards, Compact mirrors, magnets and many more things can be produced
using your pictures. I have given some addresses at the end. You may also Google
and find more.
Photo Key Chains Photo boxes
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What You Need: 1.Equipment
The initial cost is for capital investment in hardware.

THE CAMERA – Any digital Camera, but try to get with more memory and
better zoom.
COMPUTER- All the new ones have built in graphic card and multimedia
capabilities which are needed for any graphic activity.
SAVING DEVICES – Some other than your hard disk. CDs, DVDs, External
Hard Drives, Pen drives, Online sites are all useful. This is for backup in case your
computer crashes, you will lose everything .
A PRINTER is not essential, but necessary to have full advantage of photos. Most
of your projects you can send and share online. But to get a hard copy, it is better to
have a printer.
Though laser printers are getting popular, an inkjet printer is cheaper and quite good.
The prices of printers have come down. Many printers are multi purpose. They also
work as scanner, Photo copier, and Fax machine.
With scanner and photo copier, you can digitize your old photographs and use online.
With a printer the recurring cost will be of paper and cartridges. The life span of the
cartridge depends on your usage. Usually it is indicated how many papers it can print.
A black/ white cartridge can be Rs.800 onwards, and a color cartridge will be from
Rs. 1200 onward depending on your make. Do not go for cheaper spurious makes as
they can damage your printer which will prove more costly.
PAPERS - Different types are needed for different projects. There are hundreds of
papers for different jobs.
I find that for home the following are sufficient.
Plain A4 –The staple is fine for documents and routine work.

Photo paper - Both gloss and matt paper print good photos.
Card paper- Needed for greeting cards, calendars, and assorted projects.
A4 size card paper for printers is available in different colors.
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If your printer allows
Iron on transfer paper for many fabric based projects. This paper is different for
white and colored fabrics, and for inkjet and laser machines.
If the printer has this capability, you don’t need anything more. Print the photo on the
paper and transfer it on the fabric by ironing. The colors are generally fast.
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What You Need:2 Software
SOFTWARE – All kinds are needed: Operating Systems, Browsers, Downlaoders,
Photo editors and manipulators.
Internet Connection - All these projects are software based – meaning you will
need to download and install a program before you can use it. So you need an Internet
Connection.
Browser - To be able to see the content on the Internet, you need a good Browser.
Internet Explorer is the most used, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and Google Chrome are
other choices.
Download Manager - Some of the programs are quite big files and may require
many hours on a slow connection. Therefore, you need a good Download Manager.
Download Accelerator Plus (DAP) is very good. This is free, fast and powerful. It is
fully integrated with the Internet Explorer and Firefox. Meaning, when you want to
download from either of these browsers, the download will be done automatically by
this. You can pause a download and start again later. Download it from here:
http://download.cnet.com/Download-Accelerator-Plus/3000-2071_4-
10037157.html?tag=mncol
Uninstaller - Always Uninstall any unwanted program, Control Panel’s Add or

Remove program is fine.
However, I find C Cleaner better. You can uninstall a program, clean registry entries
and generally clean the drive. Get it from here :
http://download.cnet.com/ccleaner/?tag=mncol
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How To Use The Programs
1.Download - Please download the program from the URL given. I have tried to
find as many free programs as I could. However, some are shareware that you can try
free before buying. They usually have limitations. I have indicated where it is so.
2.Save - Save all downloads in one folder for easier search.
3.Install -All the programs have some installation or set up file. Once you click on
it, the installation is pretty automatic. However, keep an eye as to where the program
is installing, and any other information it asks. This program will typically ask to
install it on your C: Drive, and give you an option to choose another place . You
choose as you go along.
4.Get familiar - Once the program is installed , take time to look around. Try all
the buttons and get familiar with the commands. Remember that help is always
available if you are stuck.
5.Help and add-ons - All programs have good help files , both on and off line,
and many have text and video tutorials. Many help files can be downloaded from the
site. Many programs have additional templates that can be downloaded from their
site. This you can access from within the program.
Note:
New programs and new versions get introduced every day. These programs and
versions are the latest as on July 2009.
Almost all the URLs given are from Cnet.com . I find it is one of the best sites for
library of programs and security.
None of the compiled programs have tested positive for any virus as on May 2009.
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Get The Photo Right
Find all your pictures on the computer. Just a little more work and then you can have
all the fun playing with the photos.
1. Sort - Find and sort your images. Sort them by categories so they are easy to find,
and delete the bad ones.
2. Copy - Always make a copy of your photo before you start any alteration. Then, if
something goes wrong, you still have your original. It is better to have a separate
folder with copies to play around with effects.
Many excellent packages are available to help you for every and any bit of work with
photos.
First get an organizer to help you import, export, transfer, find, sort, view, edit, date,
copy, label, print, and share images. You can edit photos to change size, format –
Jpeg, Png, Bmp etc. Make albums, slide shows, collages with all your photo
collection. Send by emails, or to photo phones, or on web albums.
3. Edit - Fun begins Here.

Play with the copy of your image. Remove blemishes like redeye, correct light and
color, contrast, blur, and sharpen. Experiment with all the options. Save with different
options – Save As with different names ( Me sepia, Me black and white), and
compare the result. If you just Save, the previous photo will be overwritten.
Original Cropped and Blue tinted

Light fill
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Black and White Soft Focus Sepia
These effects on the original were done in Picasa. The original was cropped and then
applied the effects.
4. Have Fun - Once you have good photos, have fun with them. Download and
install the appropriate software to play.
Mix two or more photos to make a third, mix many to make a collage or mosaic. All
these make wonderful personal gifts.
Make personalized greeting cards, calendars, banners, posters, flyers, arrange them in
a sequence for your own slide show. Share on the net. Burn a CD or DVD to
commemorate special occasions.
Make unique digital albums by Scrapbooking- where you add different settings, text
balloons, other clipart or cartoon to describe your photo.
Many free templates are available to help you with these, where all you have to do is
to put your photo in the designated place.
Print labels for Gift wine bottles! Personal tags for luggage. A jigsaw puzzle out of a
collage . Present to invalids to entertain and identify the people. I am sure you will
come out with many novel ideas !
Flip the Strawberry !
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Software Listed Here
I have listed the programs and given little info about them. Please look at the full
info at the specified page. I have added some photos either from the product page
or, from my photos to show what can be done.
Many programs do the same thing. You will have to try them and find which is
suitable to you.
Many programs have multiple capabilities and pan across several headings.
There are two kinds of Image editing and manipulating programs. You will need
at least one organizer for all the basic editing.
I have tried Picasa , Irfan view and Adobe and they are all good. For just basic
editing they are enough.
To edit in detail and work extensively with your images, a dedicated Image editor
like Photoshop , Corel Photo Paint, Gimp or Paint.net is required, (last two are
free), and you will also need some training to operate them. They can really
enhance a picture and are needed for serious photographers.
There is a lot of help and support available on the net for beginner, hobbyist and
professional levels. All these software have online free tutorials, so it is not very
hard for an enthusiast.
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1. Organizers and Viewers
These will do basic editing as well as organize your photos in albums or folders.
Most of them have capability of organizing photos in slide shows and to make
screen savers. You can also have multimedia capability by adding sounds and
music. These can also be made to run automatically.
With all these you can crop, rotate, adjust exposure, change brightness and hue,
straighten, organize, email and print. Individual programs may have different
capabilities.
Picasa 3.1 build 71.43

Free, No Limitations
Transfer, find, organize, edit, print, and share images, all with this easy-to-use
product. Watch Picasa automatically organize all your pictures into elegant albums
by date.
http://download.cnet.com/Picasa/3000-2193_4-10160334.html?tag=mncol
Photozig Albums Express 1.0.306

Free , No Limitations
Using Photozig Albums, you can easily transfer pictures from your camera, create
photo albums, organize them in any way you want, search with tags/keywords, and
share with your family and friends all in one program.
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http://download.cnet.com/Photozig-Albums-Express/3000-12511_4-
IrfanView 4.23
IrfanView is a fast and compact image viewer/converter
http://download.cnet.com/IrfanView/3000-2192_4-10021962.html
Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.2

The free software that makes it easier than ever to view, find, fix, and share your
photo memories.
http://download.cnet.com/Adobe-Photoshop-Album-Starter-Edition/3000-
12511_4-10216193.html?tag=mncol
Shutterfly Studio 1.5

Organize and browse pictures your way: by folder, date, using a five-star rating
system, or by assigning keywords and captions. Choose picture size to browse
thumbnails, view pictures at full-screen, or enjoy a slideshow with built-in pan &
zoom effects.
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http://download.cnet.com/Shutterfly-Studio/3000-12511_4-
FastStone Image Viewer 3.8

Free , No Limitaions
FastStone Image Viewer is a fast, stable, user-friendly image browser, converter
and editor.
http://download.cnet.com/FastStone-Image-Viewer/3000-2192_4-
Imagina - Virtual Lightbox 1.2
Free , No Limitaions
We wanted Imagina to be a totally desirable image viewer, without being overly

fussy or contrived. We also wanted it to be able to fix your pictures in all the most
common ways you would want, as easily as possible, without ever having to leave
the software. But the editing had to be good, really good, as only the very best
results will do when it comes to your treasured photographs, so we're using some
of the most advanced image editing algorithms available.
http://download.cnet.com/Imagina-Virtual-Lightbox/3000-2192_4-10915820.html
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2. Image editors
These are specifically for enhanced image manipulation and editing.
You can merge images, make them fade into each other, frame them, retouch,
apply several effects as distortion mirror, change colors, use gradient, make multi-
layer texts, add drawings and change properties like contrast and brightness
straighten, resample and crop images.
Photoshop is one of the leading brands, though it is not free.
SOME GOOD FREE IMAGE EDITORS
PhotoScape 3.3
PhotoScape is an all-in-one style photo editor with fun and ease of use.
http://download.cnet.com/PhotoScape/3000-2192_4-10703122.html?tag=mncol
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GIMP 2.6.6
It is a powerful piece of software with capabilities not found in any other free
software product. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert-quality
photo-retouching program
http://download.cnet.com/GIMP/3000-2192_4-
Photo! Editor 1.1
With Photo! Editor, you can remove red eye instantly, enhance the color of the
image, make funny caricatures, add astonishing lighting effects, straighten,
resample and crop images.
http://download.cnet.com/Photo-Editor/3000-2192_4-192463.html
Paint.NET 3.36
Free, No limitations
It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers,
unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools.
http://download.cnet.com/Paint-NET/3000-2192_4-
10338146.html?tag=mncol;pop
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PC Image Editor 3.80
Along with the usual assortment of file operations such as Copy, Move, Delete,
and Rename; adjust colors in photos; apply filters such as Hue, Negative, Colorize,
Posterize, Mosaic, Twirl, Emboss; rotations and transformations; Perspective and
Skew; blur images; sharpen images; image resizing; setting an image as the
desktop wallpaper. Additionally, it contains enhanced brushes and painting options
http://download.cnet.com/PC-Image-Editor/3000-2192_4-10532704.html
FxFoto 6.0.071
FxFoto has just about every image-editing tool most folks will need. You can
automatically or manually improve shots, remove red-eye and blemishes, apply a
number of effects, add frames and borders, correct colors, and alter white balance.
FxFoto supplies a standard set of drawing tools and lets you add captions to any of
your shots. The handy zoom tool provides a great deal of control over
magnification. Once you've tweaked pictures to your liking, you can create a slide
show with transitions, though you can't add your own music or narration unless
you upgrade to the pay version.
You also can design a photo collage and share it via e-mail, burn it to CD, or
upload it to one of several sharing sites. Best of all, FxFoto is free, making it a fine
tool for lightweight image-editing tasks.
http://download.cnet.com/FxFoto/3000-12511_4-10304500.html
Paint.com 2009.1
Paint.COM is an easy to use image editor supporting image masks and layers with
effects. It can modify pictures using drawing tools like Rectangle, Ellipse, Line,
Curve, Polygon, Text, Retouch, Magic wand, Transformation. Drawn shapes can
be filled with solid colors, patterns or custom gradients. Images can be processed
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with built-in filters (Drop shadow, Bevel, Blur, Displace, Color adjustments,
Perspective projection),
http://download.cnet.com/Paint-com/3000-2192_4-10908107.html
Pictomio 1.2.29
Pictomio is a software application for managing, categorizing, geo
mapping/geotagging, searching, and archiving photos and videos. With Pictomio
you can also geotag your digital photos with latitude, longitude, and altitude
information and generate animated 2D and 3D slideshows. The Pictomio software
is composed of different parts: a photo browser, slideshow editor and a map view
based on Virtual Earth or Google Maps. Features: image manager, photo mapper,
geo locator, 3D trip manager with waypoints, tracklogs and routes, import wizard
for GPS-trips, .nmea import/export, direct support for the GPS-trackstick
pictoGEO , 3D image carousel, EXIF editor, liquid zoom, library, image rating,
album and categories, tools, slideshow, video viewer, upload/download to Flickr,
Locr, Facebook, ImageShack, Picasa, Photobucket.
http://download.cnet.com/Pictomio/3000-2193_4-10847328.html
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11 Things You Can Do With Your
Photos
Now that you have organized and edited your photos, it is time to have FUN.
Here I will show you how to make or do following :
1.Albums and Slide shows
2.Scrap booking - Kind of decorative albums with a theme and extra cliparts.
3.Collages – a collection of photos in various ways.
4. Mosaics- One main picture made up of many smaller pictures.
5. Desktop Publishing- this includes all of these
Advertisements Certificates Invitations

Banners Chocolate Cards
Brochures Wrappers Labels

Envelops Letterheads
Business cards
Flyers Newsletters
Calendars
Get-well cards Postcards
Catalogs
Greeting cards Posters
6.Making Jigsaw Puzzles
7. Framing the picture – Putting all kinds of frames around your photos.
8. Making Computer Icons- Personalizing your folders.
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9.Morphing or joining two or more pictures- you can make funny ,
weird or panoramic pictures.
Original Distort Twirl
These Effects are done in Paint.net
10. Making art work from photos- make all kind of artwork from the
photo.
11. Printing photos on Fabric items – If your printer is capable, print T-

shirts, Aprons, Bags etc. at home.
This Polar Inversion Effect on the same photo above is from paint.net
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1. ALBUMS AND SLIDE SHOWS
Here are some new ideas of viewing photos. You can look at them like a book
while flipping pages, make a cube, add sound effects to presentation, make a CD,
automatic slide shows and convert them to screen savers. New ideas are coming
everyday.
Sample these:
FlipAlbum Standard 7.0.3

FlipAlbum Standard can automatically create realistic, book-like albums with a
natural, intuitive interface.
http://download.cnet.com/FlipAlbum-Standard/3000-12511_4-10026444.html
Magix Slideshow Maker 1.0

This free program easily transforms pictures and recordings into multimedia
slideshows with effects, transitions, camera pans, and much more. Select the right
music and present in cinema-quality on your PC, in your free Online Album, or
directly on YouTubeTM!
http://download.cnet.com/Magix-Slideshow-Maker/3000-13455_4-10907281.html
PDF-PhotoAlbum 1
Now you can create you digital photo albums as professional PDF files! You can
then print and distribute them, burn them on a CD, send them with email or
publish them on Internet. You can type text for every picture which will display
under the picture. http://download.cnet.com/PDF-PhotoAlbum/3000-2192_4-
10762173.html
Picture Cube 3D 1.1

Show off your favorite photographs on a spinning 3D picture cube. You can even
add music to play along while showing your photos. Use your digital camera
images to create a custom photo album. There are many user options available
including a spinning, zooming, or bouncing cube. An installer and uninstaller is
included.
http://download.cnet.com/Picture-Cube-3D/3000-2257_4-50525.html
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Flash Album Creator 2.15.1597
Free to try; $39.95 to buy
Limitations: 30-use trial
Flash Album Creator is a powerful slide show builder. It enables you to transfer a
group of pictures into your own slide show in a breeze. You can also add narration,
background music, text, transition animation effects and pan/zoom animation
effects as you wish. The output slide shows are in the format of Adobe Flash or
EXE.
http://download.cnet.com/Flash-Album-Creator/3000-12511_4-10211211.html
Screensaver Factory Pro 5.1

Make screensavers from images, video and flash animation, add background music
and smooth picture display and transition effects. You can even create clock,
calendar and RSS screensavers.
http://download.cnet.com/Screensaver-Factory-Pro/3000-2409_4-10064251.html
Baby Album - Basic Edition 2.14 build 6

This software lets you create a multimedia baby album by adding pictures,
drawings, video clips, and even audio clips directly into your pages. In a few clicks
of your mouse, you can create your child's Web site and publish it to the Internet.
You also can export your baby album to an executable file to make CD-ROMs.
you can give to your loved ones, or also print it on paper. Discover more than 40
pages organized in chapters to fill in as your child grows, with information such as
health record, family tree, and first Christmas. Customize your pages as you want:
borders, backgrounds, page titles, and fonts.
http://download.cnet.com/Baby-Album-Basic-Edition/3000-2132_4-
10327652.html
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2. SCRAPBOOKING
Digital Scrapbooking, is also known as digi-scrapping or computer scrapbooking.

This the art of making interesting photo albums with different layouts . The
software program has many templates, which are used to insert the photos.
Many free templates are also available to be downloaded and used.
Here are some programs
Scrapbook Flair 2
Free , No limitations
Free full functioning digital scrapbook software complete with templates,
backgrounds, and embellishments. Easily import photos from your digital camera
or scanner and design, print and share beautiful scrapbooks.
http://download.cnet.com/Scrapbook-Flair/3000-12511_4-
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Funtimes Scrapbooking Lite 2009
This scrapbooking software lets you create scalable shapes, banners, pop-up
cards/greeting cards, scrapbook titles/overlays, in no time at all. Find online
training videos on funtimescrapbooking.com to unleash you scrapbooking
creativity
http://download.cnet.com/Funtimes-Scrapbooking-Lite/3000-2191_4-
10905958.html
Easy Digital Scrapbooking with Quick Pages

This is a tutorial for scrapbooking.
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/digitalscrapbooking/ss/howtoquickpage.htm
From this site you can also download many free templates .
This page is created in Scrapbook Flair.
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3. COLLAGES
Collages are many pictures arranged artistically . Most of the Photo organizer
programs also have a Collage making utility. There are some standalone ones also
available.
These are made from Picasa 3 from the same set of photos .
Shape Collage 2.1

Free , No limitations.
Shape Collage is an automatic photo collage maker that lets you create picture
collages in less than a minute with just a few mouse clicks.
http://download.cnet.com/Shape-Collage/3000-2192_4-10909348.html?tag=mncol
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Collage Maker 3.0
Collage Maker includes over 300 Ornate Picture Frames, over 200 Textures,
Theme Backgrounds, Rubber Stamps, and Masks. Gradient Color Effects, Custom
Rotation, and Text Editing are also included. Print your collages on your printer or
have them professionally processed at a digital photo center.
http://download.cnet.com/Collage-Maker/3000-12511_4-10073063.html
Photo Collage Creator 3.15

The program combines three amazing functions: dozens of pre-designed fabulous
collage templates, more than 50 photo frames, special mask effects, and flexible
publishing formats.
http://download.cnet.com/Photo-Collage-Creator/3000-2192_4-10802594.html
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4. MOSAICS
The main photo is made up of many smaller photo tiles. You collect many photos
of all kind of shades and colors in a source folder, and the program matches the
output photo from that database.
This photo mosaic is made from Andrea mosaic.
Original Mosaic
AndreaMosaic 3.32.1
AndreaMosaic allows you to create you own photographic mosaics, also known as
Photomosaic. Choose the photo you want to reproduce, then choose any collection
of photos to be used as the tiles of the mosaic, including film and videos.
http://download.cnet.com/AndreaMosaic/3000-2192_4-10889016.html
Foto-Mosaik 5.4.1
Free , no limitations
http://download.cnet.com/Foto-Mosaik/3000-2192_4-75201.html
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5. DESK TOP PUBLISHING
This is a general category for really printing any thing.
Posters, Banners, Flyers, Labels, Business cards, Greeting, Invitation, Get-well, or

any other kind of Card, Calendars, Letter heads, Envelops, Brochures,
Newsletters, Postcards, advertisements, Certificates, catalogs all come under this
category.
Microsoft Publisher that comes with Microsoft Office, is good for many
of these .
Microsoft Word can also be used for a lot of these things. Many templates
are available on Microsoft site.
For Office 2003 this is the link.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-
us/templates/CT101527321033.aspx?Origin=EC010227111033&CTT=
6&av=ZWD
For your Office Version, Look in help.
Here are assorted softwares for Different jobs
Publish-it 3.6b
Limitations: 21-day trial
Publish-It lets you create newsletters, brochures, advertisements, and many other
publications. Publish-It combines the best features of word-processing, graphics,
and desktop publishing with features especially tuned for publishing. You can
organize and format your material easily, illustrate with your own images or clip
art, and add text and graphics to each page. It includes examples and online help.
http://download.cnet.com/Publish-it/3000-6675_4-10046724.html
ProPoster 2.02.13.02
Limitations: Watermark on output
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ProPoster is a software for big banner printing, sign printing, or poster printing.
Any picture, digital photo, Microsoft Word or Excel document can be used to
create a poster. It enables you to print posters of standard format (A0, A1, A2) or
custom large posters. Just select an image, specify the size and send to the printer.
Use glue to put separate parts together and your poster is ready.
Label Design Studio 3.1

Print Address label, Bar Code, File Folder, Media Label, CD, Passes, Post cards,
Shipping labels, Signs, Posters, Placards and even Brochures, Letterheads,
Envelopes. Choose from hundreds of professionally designed templates,
backgrounds and graphics. Print or Save the label in various sizes and shapes,
rectangle, rounded rectangle, circle or ellipse. You have the ability to use your
own logo, images and clip art to create your labels
http://download.cnet.com/Label-Design-Studio/3000-6675_4-10833377.html
MaxMedia Light Edition 2 light rev.011

Create sophisticated interactive applications such as presentations, product
catalogs, kiosks, CD-cards, photo albums, games, greeting cards (e-cards), e-
books, computer-based training applications (CBT), screen savers and wallpapers
of the Windows, educational materials, and interactive CDs.
http://download.cnet.com/MaxMedia-Light-Edition/3000-2075_4-
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Digital Camera Poster Creator 2.52
Digital Camera Poster Creator lets you make photo quality posters of any
size/shape from your digital images. Our exclusive Edge Calibration technology
ensures quality results, customized for your individual printer. Features such as
zooming, cropping, rotation, and full screen preview make the software easy to use
and flexible. It can be used with all home, office and photo lab printers. Version
2.52 added default support for making posters on photo lab 4"x6" printers.
http://download.cnet.com/Digital-Camera-Poster-Creator/3000-12511_4-
10260827.html
Posteriza 1.1.1 build 345

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Posteriza is a software application for designing all kind of posters, signs, banners
and murals. So easy to use, in a few minutes you can create your own large poster.
No size limit, as big as you want (imagine your favorite photo resize to 10m2,
covering the entire wall) even you could add text to make it more spectacular
http://download.cnet.com/Posteriza/3000-2130_4-10408742.html
Imagistik Calendar Builder 2
The free Imagistik Calendar Builder creates your personal 13-months Photo
Calendar. Each month features a favorite family picture; and ideal year-end
present for your friends. The program comes with an easy photo resizing and
cropping tool.
The calendars are created in the computers default language (more than 30
languages) and culture. Each date can be customized with a short text and/or a
picture sticker. The program includes simple printing and assembling instructions.
http://download.cnet.com/Imagistik-Calendar-Builder/3000-2192_4-
10565665.html
Free Calendars
Create your own calendars on this craft site. Whether you want to create a unique
calendar or simply print out a page you can use, you are sure to find what you
want here. These make great gifts.
http://familycrafts.about.com/od/calendars/Making_Calendars.htm
Free Printable Calendar

Find Free Calendar Templates.
http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/calendars/a/122900a.htm
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Jingle Christmas Card Creator 1.0
With this FREE Software, you can create your own custom greeting cards from the
comfort of your own home.
http://download.cnet.com/Jingle-Christmas-Card-Creator/3000-6675_4-
Greeting Card Designer 5.3.1

Create cool greeting cards with your photo using this greeting card maker
software. Belltech Greeting Card Designer helps you easily create cool greeting
cards with your own photos, clip art, callouts, and backgrounds, and e-mail or print
them right away on your printer
http://download.cnet.com/Greeting-Card-Designer/3000-6675_4-10250659.html
FREECARD 2.0
FREECARD lets you create multimedia greeting cards with customized animation
graphics, text, music and sound. Greeting cards are made into Windows executable
files. (Each card is a single .EXE file.) They expand, play, and clean up
automatically on target PCs. A recorder is provided for recording sound for use in
the cards.
http://download.cnet.com/FREECARD/3000-2076_4-9752.html?tag=mncol
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6. MAKING JIGSAW PUZZLES
You can load any photograph and the program will convert into a jig saw puzzle to
be played on the computer. Most of them can be customizes from 4 pieces to 2400
pieces, and music can be added . You can also email them .
This puzzle is made in under 1 minute from Alive Jigsaw.
Alive Jigsaw 6.7

http://download.cnet.com/Alive-Jigsaw/3000-18536_4-10257243.html
Jigsaw Puzzle Promo Creator 2.10

Jigsaw Puzzle Promo Creator is a wizard that will help you simply and quickly
create your own custom jigsaw puzzles. These small jigsaw puzzle games can
contain your logo, banner, picture, corporate colors, and a link to your web site, all
in one short executable file. All texts are localizable or changeable. Promote your
Web site, services, or products with your jigsaw puzzles.
http://download.cnet.com/Jigsaw-Puzzle-Promo-Creator/3000-18536_4-
10060952.html
Jigsaw Puzzle Lite 1.7.8

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Fun freeware jigsaw puzzle game with nice interface, categorized puzzle
collections and ability to customize puzzles. A lot of free puzzles included in this
game, and you can create your own puzzles from your favourite pictures with a
few clicks of a mouse.
http://download.cnet.com/Jigsaw-Puzzle-Lite/3000-18536_4-41487.html
1888 Jigsaw Picture Puzzle Game 1

Jigsaw Game is a fun picture puzzle game with the facility to customize
puzzles. Create your puzzle game from your own preferred pictures with a few
clicks. Load the picture you want to play, set the level and square size to play easy
or hard, and start the game.
http://download.cnet.com/1888-Jigsaw-Picture-Puzzle-Game/3000-18536_4-
10691157.html
Free League Puzzle 2

This divertive puzzle game includes both jigsaw puzzle and logic puzzle. Create
and play two absolutely different kinds of puzzles on your computer with realistic
pictures in whole game. You can create new puzzle from different level with our
10 high quality pictures or with any images in various shapes.
http://download.cnet.com/Free-League-Puzzle/3000-18536_4-
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7. FRAMING YOUR PICTURES
Most Image editors have some sort of Frames available for photos. Nevertheless,
there are several dedicated Frame programs . The majority of them are not free,
but very easy and impressive to use. You simply have to select a frame , shape
and colour and it is done for you. There are also additional frames available for
download at the sites.
In Photoshop or other Graphic programs you can make your own frame if you are
knowledgeable.
Virtual Studio 1.0.37

Free
Virtual Studio comes with a selection of picture frames and the ability to add a title
and copyright information.
http://download.cnet.com/virtualStudio/3000-2192_4-10912004.html
Frame Photo Editor 4.0.2

Limitations: Watermark on image
You can add cool frames to your photos very quickly and easily. Resize, rotate,
adjust color and add text to your pictures.
http://download.cnet.com/Frame-Photo-Editor/3000-12511_4-10746604.html
Framing Studio 2.75

Allows you to add stunning photo frames and various border effects to digital
images.
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http://download.cnet.com/Framing-Studio/3000-2192_4-10473580.html
Photo Frame Show 1.4.156

Apart from the frames found in the program, you will find hundreds of original
and creative frames that you can download from the Online Frame Gallery. You
will find frame categories such as: Classical, Shapes, Emotions, Occasions,
Seasons, Sports, Locations, Music, Family and much more!
http://download.cnet.com/Photo-Frame-Show/3000-12511_4-10296643.html
Easy Photo Frame 6.52

Limitations- 30 day Trial.
With Easy Photo Frame you can add over 400 stylish frames & 500 funny stamps
to your digital photos,
http://download.cnet.com/Easy-Photo-Frame/3000-2192_4-10448103.html
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8. MAKING COMPUTER ICONS
You can make Folder Icons from your photos to really customize your Desktop.
Easy Picture2Icon 2.5

Free
Make icons from photos
http://download.cnet.com/Easy-Picture2Icon/3000-2192_4-10407633.html
IconDIY 3.0
Creating icons and cursors, converting picture to icons, extracting, and replacing
Exe/Dll icons..
http://download.cnet.com/IconDIY/3000-2318_4-10246836.html
Image Icon Converter 1.3

Image Icon Converter converts BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, TGA, TIFF, and PCX
formats into Windows icons.
http://download.cnet.com/Image-Icon-Converter/3000-2195_4-
10262097.html?tag=mncol;pop
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Two Icons from my Desktop made from Easy Picture2Icon
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9. MORPHING OR MIXING TWO OR MORE
PHOTOS TO MAKE A THIRD ONE
This is one of the most fun effects of digital photography. You can merge two or
more images into one by various degrees or effects. The sequence can also be
captured to make a movie or video.
Merge 2
Free
You can merge the two
images in different ways as
well as smooth blending of
just part of an image
http://download.cnet.com/Merge/3000-2192_4-10398179.html
2 Pic 12.3
Free
Merge images, make them fade into
each other, frame them, apply several
cool effects use a distortion mirror,
change colors, use gradient, make
multi-layer texts, and change
properties like contrast and brightness.
http://download.cnet.com/2-Pic/3000-
2192_4-10453585.html?tag=mncol
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FotoMix 2.4
Free
Allows you to mix and manipulate different backgrounds and foregrounds, to

create a wide variety of images.
http://download.cnet.com/FotoMix/3000-2192_4-10912864.html
FaceMorpher Lite 2.5

Free
Putting it simply, all you have to do is to load two images and point to the faces
you want to morph. And you've got it! Save the resulting animation as an AVI file
to integrate it into your home video with your favorite video editing tool, create an
animated GIF or a Flash movie to publish it on your site.
http://download.cnet.com/FaceMorpher-Lite/3000-6677_4-189358.html
PhotoScenery 1.7
PhotoScenery easily blends your digital photo onto a scenery picture to create a
special effect. You can also add pretty flowers, cartoons and frames with it just by
mouse clicking.
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http://download.cnet.com/PhotoScenery/3000-2192_4-10725385.html
AVTJet Impression Workshop 1.7.8

AVTJet Impression Workshop is a home photo creativity software that can create
artistic photos or combine photos into an artistic photo collage complete with
resources such as photo frames, mask effects, rich cliparts and decorations, texts
and various cool brushes.
http://download.cnet.com/AVTJet-Impression-Workshop/3000-2192_4-
10684702.html
FunPhotor 5.0
ZeallSoft FunPhotor is fun and easy to use photo blending software. Put
yourself,friends and family members on $100 bills. Swap faces and bodies.
Change yourself into an astronaut or a personality on a poster. Change photos for
practical jokes. FunPhotor is professional fun-photo-blending maker, Combine
your photos to funny or surprise scenes. And it's also a valuable and sophisticated
program for entertainment.
http://download.cnet.com/FunPhotor/3000-2192_4-10320338.html
Pos Free Photo Editor 1.21

Free
It was especially designed for
novices as for the short learning
curve. The software also
includes great photo frames tool
and advanced but very easy to
use multiple image printing tool,
that allows you to easily print
multiple images on a single page
or paper in various ways and
effects
http://download.cnet.com/Pos-
Free-Photo-Editor/3000-2192_4-
10850499.html
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10. MAKING SKETCHES AND PAINTINGS OUT
OF YOUR PICTURES
You can turn your photos in art forms – sketches, paintings , embossed pictures –
in fact many kinds of manipulations of a photo are available.
Adobe’s Photo shop, Corel’s Photo Paint , Paint.net, indeed many Image editors
provide some such utility – almost all provide the facility to turn your photos in
Black and white or Sepia.
There are some special programs too. Some are free most are not. .
These photo effects are made by Paint.net
Oil Paint Embossed Pen Sketch
Paint.NET 3.36
Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software. It features an intuitive and
innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects,
and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online
community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plug-ins.
Microsoft .Net (Free) is needed to run it. If you don’t have it the program will
offer to get it .
http://download.cnet.com/Paint-NET/3000-2192_4-10338146.html?tag=mncol
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Virtual Painter 5.0
Limitations: 32-use trial, (Demo) on output.
Turn your favorite digital photos into realistic looking paintings such as
watercolor, oil painting, with a few simple mouse clicks. No difficult setup is
required. Your photos are turned into paintings in front of your eyes in a few
seconds. Virtual Painter 5 could not be any easier to use.
All you need to do is to open a digital photo, select one of the 16 painting styles,
then click OK to let the application do the work for you.
http://download.cnet.com/Virtual-Painter/3000-2192_4-10259209.html
These water color and oil paint pictures are from Virtual painter Demo Version.
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11. Printing Photos on Fabric Items
If your Printer is capable, which today most Inkjets are, you can print
T-shirts and other fabric items at home.
You do not actually put the fabric in the printer. The actual printing is
done on special Iron on transfer papers. Once the printing is done,
let the paper dry, and then Iron on the fabric. The pattern will be
transferred to the fabric. The colors are reasonably fast.
There are kits available in the west, and there also services which will
do it for you for a fee. But it is as easy to get your own supplies and
Do It Yourself.
What you need:
1. Photos or any other artwork you like.
2. Some software to process the image.

Any image editing software will do. Edit your image and resize to fit
the area on the paper and fabric. Size to fit A4 paper is fine.
Obviously you cannot have a bigger design than your paper.
3. Transfer Paper
These are special papers. They are different for printing on white or
dark color fabrics. They are also different for Inkjets and Laser
printers.
4. Printer –
Any good inkjet or Laser printer
5. Scissors-
For cutting the paper around the pattern after printing
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6. Hard surface to iron
7. Iron- dry iron.
8. Some kind of buffer stuffing for ironing-

In case of a T-shirt, it is better to keep a layer of cardboard between
the two sheets. It will stop the colors bleeding to the other side.
9. T shirt or any fabric article

Prepare the article by washing and drying it first so that it can absorb
the colors better. Cottons are the best. Some cotton blends are also
good. It is better to check a sample first.
How to do it
1. Prepare
Keep your article ready by washing, drying and ironing.
2. Edit your picture.

Add any text if desired. Experiment with the fonts.
3. Resize to fit the paper
4. FLIP the picture

When you are happy flip the picture horizontally. This print is like a
negative. After printing on the fabric it will be righted again.
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5.Load the paper
Read the instructions. It has a non-printing side. Load it so it gets
printed on the right side. If you are not sure how to load correctly, first
load a plain paper to see which side is printed.
6. Do a test run
First, print a small design and test in on a scrap of similar fabric.
7. Final printing
When you are satisfied, load another paper, set the print quality
settings to Best. Print. When the printing is done, leave the paper in
the tray until completely dried to avoid smears.
8. Trimming
When it is completely dry, trim the image by cutting excess blank
areas around. But leave a small margin around, to be able to grip the
paper for peeling off.
9. Getting ready for iron

Keep the T-shirt on a hard surface, and insert a cardboard and some
old cloth between the two sides. So the color may not bleed to the
other side. Keep the printed paper face down on the shirt. Adjust the
position.
10. Iron
Only use very hot dry iron. It takes a lot of heat to transfer the image
uniformly and finally to the fabric. Be careful that the paper doesn’t
move from the position. Or the print will be blurred.
11. Peel off the paper

While it is still hot, peel the paper off the image. Unless you have
cool-peel paper. Read the manufacturer's guidelines.
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Beware
The transfer paper of different brands behave differently. Read the
accompanying guide for complete instructions.
Heed their advice about washing the article. Some ask the article to be
washed to set the color; others allow you to use it straight away.
There! You have done it! Enjoy wearing your creation.

Sure beats looking at your photos in an album!
Notes
Some ideas about other fabric articles suitable for printing – Bags,
Aprons, Cushion Covers, Pillowcases.
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T-Shirt Design Software for Windows
There are dedicated software programs for this kind of printing. Have
a look at the list and info about them here:
http://desktoppub.about.com/od/transfers/tp/transferwin.htm
Personalized gifts made professionally

Many more things can be made with photos. When a large number is
required for some celebration, it is better to get professional help.
Crockery – both ceramic and china – mugs and plates.

Jewellery items – lockets, key chains.
Boxes, compact mirrors
Coasters , mouse pads, playing cards,
Clocks and watch faces,
Recently have seen chocolate wrappers
There are many sites that provide this service . you can upload your
photo and order merchandise which will be delivered to your place.
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Here are the two most trusted.
Snapfish
http://www.snapfish.com/store
Shutterfly
http://www.shutterfly.com/shop/Holiday_Photo_Gifts/product_c1002
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Your Printer will also have a site and store for creative projects.
Explore that.
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In India
I have only been able to locate one company in India, which seems to
specialize in such gifts. I have not used them myself, but they have a
good selection online, and the prices also seem reasonable.
Picsquare
Online Digital Photo Printing and Personalized Gifting Made Easy

Picsquare is an online destination to upload photos and share them
with loved ones. Also order digital photo prints or create custom or
personalized photo gifts like Greeting Cards, Calendars, Mugs, T-
shirts, Key Chains & more. Make it for yourself or send as gift
anywhere in India.
http://www.picsquare.com/
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Epilogue
I do hope you have as good time playing with your photos as I always
have.
If you want to learn serious editing there are many online tutorials and
lessons.
Here are two excellent ones that I have taken, both from About.com.
For graphic Design

http://graphicssoft.about.com/
For Desktop Publishing

http://desktoppub.about.com/od/desktoppublishing/u/Basics_an
d_Beyond.htm
This is a big site and all sort of help and info is available. They have
weekly newsletters also with many tips and helpful articles.
I am NOT an employee of About .com, or Cnet.com. Nor do I get

any kind of consideration from them. Only I have benefited, and
want you to share too.
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Acknowledgement
The odd filler Flower graphics used here are from Hellas Multimedia
http://www.hellasmultimedia.com/webimages/default.htm. These
beautiful graphics are free.
Some computer and related photos, and other clipart are from
Microsoft WP Clipart Free Collection.
The rest of the photos are from my camera and my family.
Enjoy!
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Eleven Fun Things To Do With Your Photos

By Shobha Mathur Shobham@yahoo.com

Last but not least

• Be proud of yourself for all and any achievement.

• Enjoy and Enhance your life and abilities.

I am compiling a series of things to do - what to do to counter loneliness, and how to

Please feel free to share this with anyone you like.

Photo Key Chains Photo boxes

The initial cost is for capital investment in hardware.

I find that for home the following are sufficient.

Plain A4 –The staple is fine for documents and routine work.

Uninstaller - Always Uninstall any unwanted program, Control Panel’s Add or

2.Save - Save all downloads in one folder for easier search.

3. Edit - Fun begins Here.

Original Cropped and Blue tinted

Flip the Strawberry !

Picasa 3.1 build 71.43

Photozig Albums Express 1.0.306

Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.2

Shutterfly Studio 1.5

FastStone Image Viewer 3.8

We wanted Imagina to be a totally desirable image viewer, without being overly

Photoshop is one of the leading brands, though it is not free.

SOME GOOD FREE IMAGE EDITORS

Here I will show you how to make or do following :

1.Albums and Slide shows

3.Collages – a collection of photos in various ways.

4. Mosaics- One main picture made up of many smaller pictures.

5. Desktop Publishing- this includes all of these

Advertisements Certificates Invitations

Brochures Wrappers Labels

6.Making Jigsaw Puzzles

8. Making Computer Icons- Personalizing your folders.

Original Distort Twirl

These Effects are done in Paint.net

11. Printing photos on Fabric items – If your printer is capable, print T-

FlipAlbum Standard 7.0.3

Magix Slideshow Maker 1.0

Picture Cube 3D 1.1

Screensaver Factory Pro 5.1

Baby Album - Basic Edition 2.14 build 6

Digital Scrapbooking, is also known as digi-scrapping or computer scrapbooking.

Here are some programs

Easy Digital Scrapbooking with Quick Pages

This page is created in Scrapbook Flair.

Shape Collage 2.1

Photo Collage Creator 3.15

This photo mosaic is made from Andrea mosaic.

This is a general category for really printing any thing.

Posters, Banners, Flyers, Labels, Business cards, Greeting, Invitation, Get-well, or

Here are assorted softwares for Different jobs

Label Design Studio 3.1

MaxMedia Light Edition 2 light rev.011

Posteriza 1.1.1 build 345

Imagistik Calendar Builder 2

Free Printable Calendar

Greeting Card Designer 5.3.1

This puzzle is made in under 1 minute from Alive Jigsaw.

Alive Jigsaw 6.7

Jigsaw Puzzle Promo Creator 2.10