How To Scan Photos in Bulk from Albums

Tim Cinel — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:01:06 +0000

Most of us save the photos we take on our computer which makes sharing photos, viewing photos and backing up photos much easier – so how do we get all of those photos we took before we had a digital camera into the computer? We scan them, and this guide will tell you how.Open “Paint” ( Can be found under Start > Programs > Accessories” )

In Paint, click “From Scanner or Camera”

Load your photo or photosheet (whole sheet of photos) into the scanner – photo facing down.

Select whether you want Colour or Grayscale. If you want, you can shrink the scan area if the photo is smaller than A4.

Click Scan to scan the photograph.

Once the photo shows up in Paint, click “File > Save As”

If this is the first photo or photosheet (page of photos), make a new folder by right-clicking in a blank space, then clicking “New > Folder”

Double-click on the folder that you want to save all of the scanned photos. (You should save them in the same folder)

Enter a unique name. You can use a base-name and a number if you like, eg. Photo1, photo2, etc

Make sure “Save as Type” is “JPEG”

Click “Save”. The photo or photosheet is saved.

If you want to scan more, click “File > From Scanner or Camera” then and repeat steps from here.

Resizing Photos When Picasa Wont Print or Edit

Tim Cinel — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:07:12 +0000

Sometimes photos are too big for Picasa to manage. When this is the case, we can resize or resample an image using another external program.

This tutorial assumes that IrfanView is installed on your computer.

Find the image that’s too big for Picasa to print or crop, then right-click it and press “Locate on disk”

A windows explorer window will appear with the photo selected. Right-click on the photo and click “Open With > IrfanView”.

If IrfanView isn’t available, click “Choose Program” and then find “IrfanView” in the list and click “Ok”

In IrfanView, click “Image > Resize / Resample”

Of “Width” and “Height”, set the higher one to a value not higher than 6000. Click “Ok”

IrfanView may take a while to resample.

When it’s finished, click “File Save”, “Save” and “Yes” to replace the old version.

Close IrfanView, and return to Picasa where you can now print and crop the photo.

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How To Scan Photos in Bulk from Albums

Resizing Photos When Picasa Wont Print or Edit