Usually manage photos. Generally, you can use ACDSEE and other viewing software. If you want to burn into an electronic photo album, you have to use professional software such as NERO. Now that Windows Vista (Vista) has integrated photo management and photo album burning, we don't need any third-party software, we can let Vista manage and burn photos ourselves.
Photo import, one step in place
Since there are a lot of photos in normal times, it is not an easy task to find them afterwards. Fortunately, Vista comes with a photo import wizard, which makes it easy to manage photos by category. First connect to the camera or card reader, click "Start → Windows Photo Gallery", start the photo library, click "File → Import from Camera or Scanner". Select Select a digital camera or card reader in the pop-up import wizard and click Import. In the "Mark these pictures (optional)" step of the wizard, enter a description of the theme of the photo, such as a tourist photo, enter the "West Lake Park trip" mark (Figure 1).
This imported photo, Windows Photo Gallery will automatically be classified according to the "West Lake Park Trip" mark. Similarly, the photo of the class reunion is marked by the “Alumni Association”. After the photo is marked, it is very convenient to search by topic category in the photo library. For example, after viewing the photos of the park, just select the “West Lake Park Tour” mark in the photo library.
Figure 1 Adding a tag to a photo
If you want to import a photo that has been saved on your local hard drive, click on "File → Add Folder to Photo Gallery" in the photo library, then select the folder in which to save the photo. Import, in order to facilitate management, after importing, you can select all the photos and then select “Add Tags” on the right side of the window to add category tags to the photos.
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You can add multiple markers to a single (or group) photo. For example, after adding the “Alumni Association” tag to the class reunion photo, you can also add more detailed tags to specific photos. For example, a photo of a classmate in Beijing can add a “Beijing classmate” tag. In this case, you should look for a group photo of the Beijing Alumni Association. You can find it in the “Alumni Association” or in the “Beijing Classmates”.
Photo is good and bad, grading is determined
When you take some wonderful photos, you can choose these wonderful photos to improve the shooting level. Windows photo libraries can now be graded based on how good the photo is. For example, find a well-formed photo for grading, select the photo in the photo gallery, right-click and select "Properties" to open the Properties window, switch to the "Details" tab, and then drag with the mouse on the grading marker to select 4 stars, then write "reasonable composition" in the description below (Figure 2).
Take the same steps and mark all the photos that you think are excellent. In the future, you should study your own photos, as long as you browse 4 star and 5 star photos in the photo library, and then combine Exif to provide information, which can effectively improve your shooting level.
Figure 2 Photo Rating
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Since digital photos come with Exif information, Windows Photo Gallery can automatically sort imported photos by date according to the date information provided by Exif. In this way, in addition to searching for photos according to markers and ratings, you can also search by shooting date (Figure 3). After
3 Photo Gallery multiple classification
flaws photo, simple processing
because each person's level of shooting, the exposure did not grasp some of the pictures, some with red-eye, into the computer These photos need to be post processed. The Windows Photo Gallery provides useful editing features that can be handled. To eliminate red-eye, find the photo you want to process in the photo library, click “Repair” at the top of the window, in the open editing window, click “Red-eye reduction” on the right side, then drag the mouse to draw a rectangle in the red-eye area. (Figure 4). Of course, it is also possible to perform automatic adjustment, exposure, and the like.
Figure 4 Practical Fixing Features
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In addition to the management functions of the Windows Photo Gallery, we can also manage photos using Vista batch renaming. For example, importing photos from the camera is based on IMG_001 and IMG_002. We can open the Save Photos folder, then select all the photos, right click on IMG_001 and select "Rename", then press the photo theme to enter a new name. For example, in the class reunion, enter “class reunion (1)”, so that all photo names become “class reunion (1)” and “class reunion (2)”, which is more convenient to find and browse.
DVD photo album, all in one go
After the management of the Windows photo library, the photos have been archived as needed. Now it's time to burn your photos into a DVD photo album. This problem can be easily solved by handing it to Windows DVD Maker. In this way, in the parents' home without a computer, it can also be played on a DVD player, which is convenient for the elderly to enjoy at any time.
1. Import photos.
Open the album in the photo gallery according to the "West Lake Park Trip" mark, then hold down Shift to select all photos, click "Burn → Video DVD" above, and the selected photos will be automatically imported into Windows DVD Maker. After importing photos, you can also click the down and up arrows to adjust according to the family's appearance order, or click Add Item to add other photos. There is a time stamp in the lower left corner of the program window (about 4.7GB disc for about 150 minutes), you can add a corresponding number of photos according to this prompt, and then click "Next" (Figure 5).
Figure 5 Adjusting the photo order
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The default format of Windows DVD Maker is to play on PAL TV. If you need to send the photo tray to friends and relatives abroad, you should click on the bottom right corner. The "options" in the pop-up window video format select NTSC (European and American national TV system).
2. Set menu text
Windows DVD Maker can also set the DVD menu text, that is, after the DVD discs in the text displayed on the TV, which allows users to better enjoy the photos. Click the "Menu Text" button above to open the editing window. Here you can set it according to the actual theme of the photo. For example, the trip to West Lake Park sets the disc title to “2007 5.1 Travel Notes”, and the play button changes to “Start Aftertaste”. After completing the design, click “Change Text” (Figure 6).
Figure 6 Creating DVD menu text
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There is a "Preview" button at the top of the program window, you can click it to preview the final running effect of the electronic album at any time, if the effect is not found Good, you can rework at any time.
3. Customize the disc menu
Friends who watch DVD movies often know that we will pop up the menu after inserting the DVD disc, so that we can quickly browse the disc content. The disc menu here is the DVD disc content. menu. Click “Customize Disc Menu” to open the editing window, where you can set the foreground video, background video, scene audio (that is, the video screen and background music when the menu is displayed) and scene button style.
Choosing the right material based on the theme of the photo can make the photo album shine a lot. For example, this time is the West Lake travel photo album. The foreground video is selected to capture the "beauty" WMV video (representing the scenery), the audio selection is "all the way scenery.mp3", and finally click "change style". In this way, when the parents put the disc into the DVD player, the scene of the beautiful video will appear on the screen, and the song of “all the way” will sound at the same time (see Figure 7).
7 Customizing Disc Menu
4. Change the slide show
slide show album is the process of formal play, where we can set the background music during playback, before and after photos Transition effects and switching time. Click Slide Show and select one or more suitable songs as the background music for the photo.
Since DVD photo albums play for a long time, we can choose multiple MP3s as background music. There may be inconsistencies between the music playback time and the album playback time. Just click "Change slideshow length and music length match" to make the background music and photo playback more harmonious. In order to make the photos before and after the photos are too much better, you can select various effects in the transition effect options. For example, Xiao Wang selects the “volume page” effect, and click “Change Slide Show” when finished.
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The music on the slideshow is different from the audio on the above scene. The audio of the scene is the music played when the DVD menu text appears. It will stop automatically after the start of playback. The music played by the slideshow is the background music played throughout the entire photo show.
5. Select menu style
After completing the above settings, finally select a suitable menu style to prepare for burning. Windows DVD Maker has a variety of styles built into the right pane for you to choose from, and you can preview the selected style with a click of the mouse. After comparison, the reflection menu style is better. OK, select the appropriate style and click "Preview" to see the final rendering. If you are satisfied, insert the DVD burning disc and click "Burn". After you finish, you can put this beautiful electronic photo album to your friends (Figure 8) ).
Figure 8
OK, after burning a good DVD album, send it to a friend and share it. After the friend receives the burning disc and inserts it into the DVD player, he can enjoy the album on the TV.
Figure 9