The General Photo Workflow
Get Photos Off Of The Camera
- Plug the camera into the USB port of the PC
This will automatically copy all new photos to the
/media/optio directory.
Check All Usable Optio Photos Into The Repository
You can use the 'Little House' icon, or simply click on the link above.
- Delete any (and only) obviously erroneous photos.
This means: unintentional pictures of the ground, pictures that are way out of focus, etc. Warning: any photos deleted at this stage will not be recoverable! So when in doubt, do not delete photos at this stage.
Click on the
Check_Photos_In Icon. This will give you a preview list, you must hit ENTER to actually do anything.
- Close the window When SUCCESS appears.
The photos are now checked into the repository and have been moved to the
/media/publish directory awaiting potential further actions such as publishing and rotating.
- It is now safe to delete or modify photos, the original can always be recovered from the repository here:http://svn/svn/media/original (This is password protected)
Check All Usable External Photos Into The Repository
You can use the 'Little House' icon, or simply click on the link above.
- Delete any (and only) obviously erroneous photos.
This means: unintentional pictures of the ground, pictures that are way out of focus, etc. Warning: any photos deleted at this stage will not be recoverable! So when in doubt, do not delete photos at this stage.
Click on the
Check_Photos_In Icon. This will give you a preview list, you must hit ENTER to actually do anything.
- Close the window When SUCCESS appears.
The photos are now checked into the repository and have been moved to the
/media/publish directory awaiting potential further actions such as publishing and rotating.
- It is now safe to delete or modify photos, the original can always be recovered from the repository here:http://svn/svn/media/original (This is password protected)
Rotate Any Photos That Need Rotating
This will give you a preview list, you must hit ENTER to actually do anything.
- Close the window When SUCCESS appears.
The rotate photos have been rotated and moved back to the
/media/publish directory. This also flags the photos as needing to be rotated if they are later to be published.
- The photos in http://svn/svn/media/original will never actually get rotated, only any published version will be rotated, but they will appear elsewhere as described next.
Publish Desired Photos To The WebSite
This will give you a preview list, you must hit ENTER to actually do anything.
- Close the window When SUCCESS appears.
The published photos are now accessible on our website.
Accessing Photos On Our Website
Emailing Photos
- To email a photo to a friend you can either navigate to (in the browser) the specific size photo you want to edit and save it to you home directory (by right clicking on it) and then mail it, or you can copy the link (by right clicking on it) directly into your email and mail it. The latter allows you to annotate the webpage with comments instead of the email so that your comments can be usefull to others in the future.
Printing Photos
- Change the printer cartridge from black to photo color.
- Enter the 4x6 Glossy Photo paper face down in the printer
- Find your photo here http://www.theficks.name/uploads/Photos/
- Right Click and open with:
- Select Print form Menu or Toolbar
- Select the x Preview box
- Click on the Properties button to get a new dialog
- Here select the Page Size to be Photo/4x6 inch Index Card
- Select the x Landscape box
- Click on the Margins Tab
- Enter 0 for all 4 margins
- hit 'OK'
- Select Image Settings Tab in the middle of the panel
| Copies | Image Settings | Advanced Options | Additional Tag |
- Select Fit Image to page size
- Press the Print button
- Check preview to see if it looks right
- Press the Print button
Things Planned
- Editing photos for the website, cropping, white-balance fix...
- Thumbnails for videos on the website.
- A HowTo for Trails (SlideShows)
- A way to check in external photos, i.e. photos from others, not taken with our camera.