Comments on: Image editing and preparation tips part 1

By: Nita

Nita — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:55:07 +0000

Very helpful Timethief. Thanks!

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By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:05:42 +0000

Roads,

Thank you. I have IrfanView loaded on one of my PC laptops, but haven’t done anything with it yet. I prefer working on my Mac and I have Photoshop on it, which for most of the things a blogger would do is like trying to adjust your watch with a sledge hammer.

I’ll have to take a closer look at IrfanView so that I’m more familiar with it.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:02:16 +0000

Shirley,
Thanks and I’m glad you found it informative.

By: Roads

Roads — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:39:35 +0000

Very helpful, Richard. Just to add that I use IrfanView for all my image work. It does nearly everything important that you need, and it is entirely free to download at IrfanView.

One good feature of IrfanView is that after each step in an experimental resize or colour enhancement, you can (and should) use the ‘undo’ option to go back to the original on your clipboard, before trying a different edit. If you work correctly, you can then limit the number of file resaves to a bare minimum of 1. As you show above, this is a critical step in retaining the optimum image quality.

Another useful feature in IrfanView which I use very often is screen capture – in IrfanView it’s Options->Capture/Screenshot->F11.

By: Shirley

Shirley — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:18:49 +0000

This is good to know. I am so not tech savvy