Re: [MacGroup] question

2009-11-28 Thread Neal Hammon
Sandy: I purchased a Cannon scanner 8800F about a year ago, and like Dan, have been converting all sorts of slides and old photo negatives to digital. What you need to do is decide what size negatives and photos you would like to scan, and make certain that the scanner you buy can handle

Re: [MacGroup] question

2009-11-28 Thread Sandra Schreiber
thanks for your helpI am going to wait, I think, until after Christmas. I have zillions of slides, and don't want to start on such a mammoth job until I have time to at least get into it.I read all the Amazon comments on the Canon 8800F, and it sounds pretty good, except for the

[MacGroup] Importing photos from Shutterfly

2009-11-28 Thread Suzanne Blake
How do I import albums from Shutterfly to iPhoto? They are pretty high resolution, and I don't want to lose that. Many will be printed out. I can import to iPhoto, but don't see where to export from Shutterfly. Can I just drag and drop? Suzanne Nelson Helm the Blessed has scanned our

Re: [MacGroup] question

2009-11-28 Thread Neal Hammon
Sandy: Unless you have Mac that is a lot faster than my G5, you will not have to worry about only being able of scan four 35mm slides at a time. Putting the device on and taking it off the scanner is not what takes up the time; after everythinig is all set up, and ready to go, it takes a

Re: [MacGroup] question

2009-11-28 Thread Neal Hammon
Sandy: Oh, I forgot to mention on thing. If you want to cut down on the quality of the didital picture, you can speed up the time of scanning somewhat, but most people want all the quality they can get. Neal On Nov 428, 1120092007, at 9:44 AM, Sandra Schreiber wrote: thanks for your

Re: [MacGroup] question

2009-11-28 Thread Suzanne Blake
You can ask, but mainly he works for love. Suzanne (Helm) Blake ___ MacGroup mailing list MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup