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Title: Photos
Post by: wombatie on November 09, 2012, 12:13:15 am

What photo programs do you use to store your family photos on, only I need a new one and I'm not sure what to do. A friend suggested Photobucket to put them on but I don't know. Any suggestions will be helpful, unless it comes from Gabby and then I'm not so sure.  LOL

Marg

Title: Re: Photos
Post by: rob roy on November 09, 2012, 05:15:27 am

Hi Marge. Oh YE OF LITTLE FAITH. Poor old Gabby LOL. Have a look at Picasa 3.
Rob Roy.

Title: Re: Photos
Post by: Billy in Va on November 09, 2012, 08:09:24 am

Hey Marg,  I you need a bucket for those pictures, I have nice one.  Plastic, I even cleaned it out after garden season.

I store all of my photos on my computer with a dual back up -  on to a DVD and one to a thumb drive. I back up my computer about every two weeks. I add to the thumb drive whenever I think it needs it and I put all the pictures on a new DVD about once a year or so.  (usually in the winter when it to cold to be in the shop). Many other ways to keep picts but this works for me.

Title: Re: Photos
Post by: Rapid Roger on November 09, 2012, 10:29:49 am

I use Photobucket and have had good luck with it for 5 years. It takes some getting used to when you want to post a picture on a forum but, it's not hard after a short while.

Rog

Title: Re: Photos
Post by: Vonsarge on November 09, 2012, 01:09:55 pm

Can't beat picasa 3 but make sure to back them up, on an external drive if possible, to save losing them all.
I am talking from experience.

Title: Re: Photos
Post by: Gabby on November 09, 2012, 04:49:21 pm

Now what did I do to you?
I'd give you the best advice I could think of. It just
so happens I don't have any to give you. So There!!!!
LOL
Sorry Gal no help today.
Gabby

Title: Re: Photos
Post by: Crabbyboater on November 09, 2012, 11:47:52 pm

Marg, I've used Picasa for a long time and do like the program.  It's great for storage and for editing the pictures as well.  Not as powerful as some other programs but it's free, reliable and  fairly easy to learn.  But I agree with others about doing a back up as well.  Always a good idea!

John

Title: Re: Photos
Post by: wombatie on November 12, 2012, 05:07:50 am

Thanks guys for your help, I will take a look at Picasa.

Marg

Title: Re: Photos
Post by: paul44224 on November 12, 2012, 06:20:06 am

You can also try flickr.com It's a site I have used for a few years. It's owned by yahoo.com. All you need is a free yahoo e-mail account. You have a choice of sharing/not sharing your photos. I have all of my patterns on there instead of my hard drive.

Paul

Title: Re: Photos
Post by: wombatie on November 13, 2012, 06:10:24 am

Thanks Paul I will check it out, I have a Yahoo email account.  By the way I had a look at your work its fantastic I love the reindeer on the rockers. 

Marg

Title: Re: Photos
Post by: Russ C on November 13, 2012, 07:14:39 am

I don't like Picasa, it takes to much control of your pics/computer. I use Photobucket.  8)

Title: Re: Photos
Post by: BilltheDiver on November 13, 2012, 04:23:26 pm

I prefer to just store them in folders on the hard drive.  I have an external drive which backs up all data weekly just in case.  I never liked the software that wanted to categorize pics for me.