How I created the photopages pages (for the interested)

1. First, I used a  Scanner  to scan the original photos and save them to Bmp format at (300pix) resolution. (Keep saved photos in a folder called "Photos").

2. Next, I used Paint Shop Pro to modify, crop, and clean up each image. I left them to whatever size they were scanned at. Then, I resaved them as Bmp files overwriting the old ones.

3. I imported each picture to Microsoft Image Composer  re-sizing and arranging them to suit the particular page. I added photo names, shadowing, and special effects. Then in another folder called "Photopages", I saved each page in Composers MIC format for future modification, and then saved again as a Bmp. (This folder will eventually contain the photo pages in MIC, BMP, and JPEG formats).

5. Import each Composer BMP page back to Paint Shop Pro, and resize the compiled pages by 40%. Save them twice, with two different filenames. once, as a JPEG. (Keeping the standard 10% JPEG compression) named PHOTO1-A and again as PHOTO1-B using 50% JPEG compression. Put these in the same "Photopages" folder. (The A is for future use in case I want to allow users to download a higher res pic, and the B is for the low res pic that comes up when the page is first loaded.)

6. The history page was partly made from "Family Tree Maker". The tree was printed out on a laserJet, taped together, and then scanned at 300 dpi color. This scanned image (full size) was then imported into Paint Shop Pro, rotated, cropped, resized by 40% and resaved as a jpeg in that order. The file size came down to 137kb from 11meg. I wish there was a better way, but I haven't been able to figure that out yet.

7. Lastly, I imported each page into it's own HTML web page, added a 5 width border, reduced the page image size slightly so it looks good on 800X600 res, and linked each to the home page.

8. The fonts used included Times New Roman, Brush Script MT, and Arial

I created the wedding pages a little differently......

1. Again, I used a  Scanner  to scan the original photos and save them to Bmp format at (300pix) resolution. 

2. Next, I used PhotoShop 5.5 to modify, crop, and clean up each image. I left them to whatever size they were scanned at. Then, I resaved them as Bmp files overwriting the old ones.

3. I adjusted each image as follows:
 For horizontal images, I adjusted each image to Width 519 pixels, and let the Height float. (Keep 
 constrain on).
 For the vertical images, I adjusted each image to Width 375, letting the height float.

4. Save each photo as a JPEG with compression of  8.

5. I opened each JPEG into a program called  Web Thumnailer which made a thumbnail of each.

6. The wedding "Flip" photos and the "Snowy" one were done with a program from "Anfy Team".
There is a link to them on my links page.
 
 

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