[CoLoCo] Pictures on CDs

[mitch at kci.net]

Catch me in IRC sometime and I can reset it for you.

Cheers,
- Mitch

Original Message:
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From: David L. Willson DLWillson at TheGeek.NU
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 08:09:06 -0600
To: ubuntu-us-co at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: [CoLoCo] Pictures on CDs


Ken,

I was going to recommend Photo CD, but it seems to have fallen out of
vogue.  Then, I
was going to recommend "authoring" a regular Video DVD or Video CD, but
they invariably
change the images to fit the format of the presentation, and they're labor
intense,
especially the first few times through...  So, what do I recommend, then? 
In a
nutshell, I recommend with only slight bias, that you "do it the easy way".

0. DON'T modify the pictures that originally came off the camera.  Create
copies for
processing, instead.  Processing software will always get better, and
you'll be glad you
can go back to the originals.

1. Save copies of your pictures to a portable format like JPEG, if needed.
2. Rename your pictures so that they appear in the order you want, if
needed.
3. Burn the pictures straight to the root folder of the CD or DVD using
whichever app
you like best.  Anything will do it; it's a simple job.

That disc will work nicely in Windows, Linux, and most DVD players.

If you're into production, you won't be satisfied with that, though. 
You'll want to
make a nice slideshow, set it to music, and publish that to a Video DVD or
Video CD.  If
that's your bent, try Varsha, DeVeDe, or whatever's on the UbuntuStudio
disc.

--David

On Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:18:54 -0600, Kenneth D Weinert wrote
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> I've gone brain dead, and maybe I'm just not searching for the right
> stuff.
> 
> I have some images (my daughter's Homecoming) that'd I'd like to burn
> to a CD in a way that would make it easy for my parents to just pop in
> the computer and have them display. Some sort of a gallery thing,
> preferably.
> 
> They're running XP and are really pretty basic users, so simpler is
> better.
> 
> However, I'd also like it to work if you pop it into a Linux box.
> 
> I suspect that I need a short bit of basic education and a couple of
> links to get me sorted out, but I'm just not finding things that
> appear to be helpful.
> 
> Pointers and discussion will be *greatly* appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Ken
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