Here’s my answer, James:
Photoshop Elements – I’m only vaguely familiar with this. But, it does have web photo gallery creation capabilities. One of my favorite photographers on Flickr, Peter Bowers, uses PE and if he gets the incredible results he does with it, it must be good! Photoshop lite. $99 CD, $89 download.
http://www.adobe.com/elements
Picasa? I’ve heard a few people mention this. Google owns it now. I don’t have windows so I’ve never tried it. FREE!
http://picasa.google.com/
Flickr – upload one original photo and it spits out quite a few different sizes from a 75×75 pixel thumbnail to the original size. FREE!
http://www.flickr.com/
pixoh.com – not sure if there’s any batch editing capabilities, but this is a cool site. Definitely check it out. FREE!
http://pixoh.com/
Gallery – website based – you install it on your site. I think you can do this on just about any web space, I’m guessing it would be no problem on Troy’s space. I used it years ago on my site for a while. Gallery 1.x doesn’t need a database, just the ability to set permissions and run cgi scripts. Very customizable as far as the quality of the image compression, size of the thumbnails and other various photo sizes. FREE!
http://gallery.menalto.com/
I guess it just depends on if you want to spend money or not and how much direct control you want. There’s lots of free options. And, it also depends on how much time you want to devote to it. You could by Photoshop Elements, install it and be crunching photos in all sorts of ways in no time. Picasa may be similar, not sure. If you went the gallery on a web site route, you can sign up with flickr and be posting photos quickly or take the time to install Gallery on your web site and go from there. You’re somewhat limited with flickr and have quite a bit more flexibility and options with Gallery.
Let me know if ya got any questions!
This is good to see, it totally relates to the minor rant in a previous post:
Slow Down and Green Up
Everything in your life is connected, I’m learning that. I’m happier slowing down, spending less money, having more time to do more satisfying things – woodworking, gardening, reading, cooking. Sure, in the past I had a motorcycle, went snowboarding, skiing, wakeboarding, etc. etc. Quite a bit of adrenaline-fueled activities. I think I enjoyed the adrenaline, for a while. But I wasn’t deriving much more than momentary pleasure. I don’t have much desire anymore to do any of my old “extreme” activities.
The challenge I have right now is knowing many others have slowed down, or who’re ready to change their life for the better and are living on this other, better wavelength.
Put on the brakes, download the guide and take a look … good stuff.
My good friend Peter (who also runs the site HotGlobe.org) sent an inspiring email today with some fine words and a link to the trailer for “An Inconvenient Truth.”
Check it out …
Then do yourself, and all of us, a favor – do something! Anything is a start. Start small and work up to bigger changes. It isn’t hard and our lives depend on it! If you don’t think so, I want to hear about it – do your research and give me proof we’re not screwing things up.
If you aren’t doing something, it means there are dozens or hundreds of others who aren’t. Be proud of making a difference and don’t be afraid to tell people. Transfer your positive energy on to others.
It’s much easier to sit back and be apathetic. And that’s the problem. Unfortunately so much of our American culture is reliant on the majority not giving a shit. But it doesn’t make it right.
Don’t just think of yourself when you decide to be lazy and not take action. Think a bit further in the future. Even if you don’t have or want kids. What are you doing to ensure a better tomorrow? Nothing? Then act. Now. Not in the future. Not tomorrow (as it will never come if you keep saying that).
The simplest thing I think everyone can do – be more conscious of your driving. Can you walk there? Do you really need to rush? Can you plan your day better to reduce trips? You probably can, and it will most likely increase your enjoyment of your life.
Oh, and check out the whole Climate Crisis site. There’s a lot there to learn.