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| Working with ImagesThe advent of digital photogaphy has liberated the taking, storage, sharing and usage of images. Photographs can be edited or even distorted to create special effects. The final image can simply be viewed on screen, emailed to others, used in documents and publications, printed off or sent to a specialist to have professional prints produced. Similarly, the final image can be used as surface decoration to a wide range of everyday products. Windows Photo Gallery HelpSheet (377k bytes)
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Jessops PhotoIn common with some other photography specialists, Jessops have responded positively to the advent of digital photography by offering services enabling photos to be used to create a wide range of products either online or using downloaded software. Jessops Photo HelpSheet (492k bytes)
Jessops are not alone in providing these service and others you might wish to look at include:
GIMPFor those who wish to do some PhotoShop type work, GIMP is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc. - creating images with transparent backgrounds for example. Take care to download GIMP and associated software from its official website at http://www.gimp.org/ To learn to use GIMP try:
Working with Images The advent of digital photogaphy has liberated the taking, storage, sharing and usage of images. Photographs can be edited or even distorted to create special effects. The final image can simply be viewed on screen, emailed to others, used in documents and publications, printed off or sent to a specialist to have professional prints produced. Similarly, the final image can be used as surface decoration to a wide range of everyday products. |