How to Make a Photo Greeting Card within Windows XP using Windows Picture and Fax Viewer

How to Make a Photo Greeting Card within Windows XP using Windows Picture and Fax Viewer

1. Right click on start button at bottom left corner

2. Select Explore

3. In Window Explorer, navigate to you the My Pictures folder - and locate a picture that you wish to use for a card.

4. Double click on that image to open it within Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (assuming it is your default viewer – if not - right click on the file and select the option ‘Open With’ and then open it within Windows Picture and Fax Viewer)

5. Rotate the picture so that it is upside down on the screen

6. Click on the Printer icon

7. The Photo Printing Wizard will open follow the steps

• Place card stock in the hand feed port of your printer
• Follow the steps of the wizard selecting the Picture - the Printer - etc.
• Select the ‘13x18 cm cutout prints’ option by clicking on that option
• The picture will print ready to be folded into a card.

Creating a Slide Show with Music in Picasa

You can combine photos from multiple folders into a single album in Picasa. Photos that you include in an album remain in their original folder locations on your computer, even if you reorganize or delete photos from the album. To create an album, you can follow these instructions:

1. Select the photos you wish to include in the album and put them in the Photo Tray in the lower-left corner of the window. (drag photo down to the Photo Tray)
2. Once all your selections are in the Photo Tray, click the Add Selected Items to an Album button on the Photo Tray.
3. Select New album. You can also choose to add the photos to an existing album in the menu.
4. In the 'Album Properties' window, name the album.
5. Click the OK button.

You can edit the properties of a folder or album using the following steps:

1. Select the folder or album you'd like to edit.
2. Click the Folder menu or the Album menu in Picasa.
3. Select Edit Description.
4. Make your edits. Please note the following:

* Date: You can manually choose a date that should be associated with the folder. Alternatively, Picasa can analyze the timestamp of your photos in the folder or album and determine a date for you if you select the 'Automatic Date' checkbox.

* Background music: Select the 'Use Music for Slideshow and Movie presentation' option if you want music to accompany the display of the photos in that particular folder or album, while in slideshow or movie mode. Click the Browse button and select the MP3 music file you'd like to use.
5. Click the OK button.

Other options -

Windows Picture and Fax Viewer presentation software can create slideshows - at the same time that Windows Media Player is playing music in the background

Other options - presentation software can create slideshows with music - three example:

• Microsoft - Powerpoint
• Open Office - Impress
• Corel WordPerfect - Presentations

Web based Slide shows - with images and music
http://www.smilebox.com
http://www.slideroll.com/

Windows Movie Maker - Windows XP or earlier

Windows Live Movie Maker – Windows Vista and Windows 7

Tutorials - Graphic Software

Tutorials are available for GIMP - the free image manipulation program, or graphic software. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.

The tutorials are a good introduction to this powerful software.

Basic image manipulation is also possible with image storage and indexing software like Picasa. - which calls itself free photo editing software. There are also videos and tutorials on the use of Picasa.