The photos that we keep bring back sweet memories in our lives. They help us to remember our history. The digital Photo Album is the best way to keep your photos safe. In this article we can see how to use free photo album software to create digital photo albums.
As a first step, if you still have printed photos then scan it and save it as image files. If you use digital cameras then the photos are already in digital format. Now you can copy these photos into CDs or DVDs. This will keep your photos safe for many years to come.
Instead of just copying the files, you can order them properly before copying. You can list photos based on the dates. Or you can order them based on categories such as Friends, Relatives etc.
The Photo Album software does all these easily. Some of them are available for free and some need to be bought.
Jalbum, Picasa, Adobe Photo Shop, Album and Flphoto are some Photo Album software.
Picasa is a free photo organizer software from google that makes your
job very easy. Just
Adobe Photoshop album is also quite popular. If you are not prepared to buy this software then you can try the free edition of Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter edition. You can download from
www.adobe.com/products/photoshopalbum/starter.html
Listed below are some of the features of Photoshop Album software
- Photoshop album can scan and search for images in your hard disk from every directory very effectively. Not only hard disks even from your CDs and thumb drives. You can also search images from your hand phone or digital camera.
- Photoshop album also orders and lists them based on the dates in which the photos were taken. If required you can edit each of these photos. You can do things link adjusting Brightness, Contrast, Color Correction etc.
- You can create very attractive albums using these photos. You can also create slide shows. Or you can create beautiful
calendars using the photos. You can even add audio and create video cd disks and send to your friends and relatives
- You can create greeting cards with your photos in it and print them. Or you can just create ecards and email it. Or you can insert into PDF files.
- You can increase the size of your photos or decrease it. You can give borders for your photos. Or you can extract a part of the image and create another image.
- You can use templates to create photo albums. There are many templates available. You can give title and caption for each photo.
- You can give 'Transition Effect' when one photo is shown after another photo.
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