Walgreen Book Project Reminder

Reminder for students at Union Tower I and II:

July 20th and 27th.. 10am-11am and 11am-12N

This Wednesday morning and next, July 20th & 27th, 10am-11am and 11am-12N I will be at Union Tower I - 11th floor - Computer Classroom to help anyone who would like to finish their Walgreen’s project - whether you are creating a book, a mug or another type of gift... just send me an email and we'll be sure to save you a seat - we want to be sure everyone has finished their projects...

As we discussed, you should have all the photos you want to use already uploaded to Walgreens and if not, just make sure that you have created a specific folder for them in your "My Picture master folder", so that it will be easy for us to find them and upload them when we begin to finish your project...

• All editing - cropping & other changes should be made in Picasa prior to your uploading your photos to Walgreens



• To find & see all your photos on the computer and/or flash drive quickly and easily - open Windows Explorer by using the Windows Flag Key and the letter E...



• Then on the left column - you will see the My Documents - open this and look for the My Pictures - once this is open you will see everyone's folders that are in the My Picture section



• Find your picutre folder and when you open your folder - you will see all the folder & subfolders you have in the My Picture drawer...

If you have any text that you want to add to your book, you can always type it in advance in WORD and then we can simply copy and paste it onto the various pages of the book...

Refer to your Walgreen Project Handouts often - the directions are very specific and walk you through almost every aspect of creating your book & other gift projects in Walgreen’s...

What to do with the digital photos you are taking?

Here we go again – taking lots of photos and then stashing them in our computers – like we’ve done over the years with photos that weren’t properly identified with whose in the photo, when it was taken or where – we meant to do that, but life got in the way.. Now it's the digital age and we're doing the same thing when we put them in our computer instead of in a box, bureau drawer or closet… We hope these ideas will help you as you build your photo library on your computer

When you copy photo's from your camera's memory card to your computer to the "My Picture or Picture" folder it is beneficial to immediately create a folder indicating what the event is - better yet, consider having master folders for each year, and then sub-folders for the 12 months during the year and within the months, sub-folders for specific events... When you want a particular photo (s) in one of these sub-folders, simply create a new folder with the project name on it, or to email, or to print, and copy the photos you want from the various folders, to the project folder; done with your project-empty/delete the folder - and you will know that the original photo is safe in the correct folder...

Editing photos using Google's "Picasa" a "free photo editing software program" that allows you to easily and quickly edit your photos, crop them - improve color, change to sepia or black & white, add soft focus lighting or enhance them in a variety of other ways; upload them to web albums to share with friends & families or to add to your blog, create collages, movies, print them and many other wonderful features... and it's all free...
to download this free software, go to http://www.picasa.com/ and follow the download wizard

Windows Movie Maker: another free software, that will allow you to create movies with your photos and enhance those movies with with animation and music that you've downloaded from your favorite CD's. Again, this software is free and easy to work with - finished movies can be saved to CD's or DVD's for gifts or personal use..
This free software is included on all computers with Windows XP & Vista and can be downloaded to those pc's with Windows 7 - for more info on this go to the following hyperlink:
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/02/11/windows-movie-maker-2-6-available-for-vista-windows-7/

Create and Publish your own book: another free software from either http://www.blurb.com/ or http://www.lulu.com/ that allows you to create and publish your own book - either all photo's, all text, or a combination of both... Sizes, styles, paper choices all vary depending on what you want and your budget... when you go to these websites - you can download their free book creation software - blub.com uses "booksmart" and you can then create your book in your own time; personally I know of people who've taken over a year - so no rush.. once the software is on your computer you can work at your own pace...

Hopefully we've given you some food for thought - we will share more ideas with you in the weeks ahead, including digital scrapbooking and more. If you have a suggestion, send it to us so that we can share it with your fellow students... In the meantime - enjoy...