Getting Photos from Adobe PhotoDeluxe or Adobe ActiVeShare Albums
If you are a current, or most likely a former, PhotoDeluxe or Adobe ActiveShare user, Album can import images from those catalogs. I recommend consolidating your entire inventory of images into one program. Trying to remember which image resides where is just too tedious for even the most fastidious among us. Follow these steps to import photos from Adobe PhotoDeluxe or ActiveShare 1. Choose FileOGet PhotosOPhotoDeluxe Album or ActiveShare Album. Either the Finding PhotoDeluxe Albums dialog box...
Using a neutral background
If you've become attached to the dancing dinosaur wallpaper on your desktop, it's time to cut the ties. It might be painful, and it may seem oh so boring, but let go of the disco T. Rex and keep your desktop a neutral gray, which is better for image viewing. Any colors and patterns behind your images will affect how you view those images, as shown in Figure 10-1. Think about it When you display artwork, whether photographic or illustrative, it is usually framed against a neutral black, white,...
Using Captions with Your Images
There are utilitarian reasons for adding captions to your photos. Captions provide descriptions of the image, such as who is in the image, who took the image, where and when the image was taken, and so on. Captions also are great if you want to add a personal touch to your images and to preserve a memorable occasion. Add a caption with some humor or sentimentality. You are limited to 63 characters, so short and sweet is the ticket. You can add a caption when you first import your images or at...
Renaming a group of files
Your files will be batch-renamed. This means that after you assign something called a common base name, each file gets that base name along with a numeric suffix. For example, if you assign the common base name Europe, the first photo is named Europe-1, the next one Europe-2, and so on. Note that Album renames the files according to the order in which they appear in the Photo Well. If you batch rename an edited or duplicated photo, it loses its _edited or _copy suffix. The name of the original...
Working with the Tags pane
Tags offer you an excellent way to identify, organize, and quickly find your photos. You can create, edit, attach, and remove tags by using the Tags pane. To display the Tags pane see Figure 2-11 , choose ViewOTags or click the Organize button in the Shortcuts bar. For everything you need to know about tags, see Chapter 5. The Properties pane is information central for all of your photos. CilDatai.Pics-Movies anta Barbara Zoo f Size 1018,4KB Photo 1920x2560 gj 4 4 03 2 48 PM Audio Caption...