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>"wojo2" wrote:
>> I would like to be able to append a set of image files together into a single file. The file format is *.NEF(Nikon raw image format). Is there an "easy" way to do this without writing a program ?
>> For example I have 5 files of images of a wolf. I would like to combine these 5 files into a single file.
>> TIA >> Wojo2
"Byte" <Byte@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Didn't your Nikon camera come with an graphics editor application? Install it, and
>look for a feature called "Stitch" or something similar to that where you can put all the files into one single file and rename it. If you have a scanner or printer installed it may also have an accompanying graphics editor. Good luck
Good luck finding such a program, wojo2. When I wanted to combine
just two JPG picture files one on top of the other, I searched &
searched the Internet & could not find a freeware version of anything
that would do that. (*.JPG is by far the most commonly used picture
file format).
But you can do it with a free version of a photoshop editor type of
program. (The program "Paint" that came with XP is a very basic
limited program of this type).
However, I am not sure about your picture file format being able to
load. If you can convert your pictures to the *..JPG format you are
OK for sure.
You are talking to a beginner here. There were two I looked at. With
either, I was able to insert one picture into another. So hopefully
it should be easy enough, though I never tried it, to put one on top
of the other.
But for sure it can be done in a round-about way.
*What I'd do is load up a picture - a plain any-color all solid
picture would be perfect.
*Now just resize it large.
*And then load up one of your pictures.
*copy/paste in it in to the bigger picture
(you can resize any picture at any time, and of course load more than
one picture into the program - basically you have to make the
background picture large enough to take inside your 5 pictures you
load, or resize the pictures you load smaller - you could even have
one picture in the group larger than the others for a nice effect, if
you wanted to).
*Now close the picture you pasted into the larger picture.
*Now load up another picture, and copy/paste into the bigger picture
and move it over to another corner. And so on..
*They'd all be together in one picture.
*Now you can "crop" away any excess of the original background
picture.
*Now you can even resize the final product to whatever size you want.
*Then save the final product (use "export" to save it as a JPG, or
else it will save in it's own weird picture format).
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Look on the Internet for: "Photoshop Plus version 5". Just
"Photoshop Plus" will do. The company name is "Serif".
You have to register it within a month's time, even if you want to
keep the freeware version. They give you a toll free number to call
to do so. I didn't have to wait much when I called. You get a
company in England or somewhere on the island. They will try a bit to
get you to buy the full-blown version for half price ($49 instead of
$99). -----> But you don't have to.
However, I figured I am going to need a good photoshop type program
with added features over the basic free version eventually, so I
figured "what the heck, get me early in the month, because I am going
to blow the $$ anyway", so I went ahead and OKed a credit card
withdrawal for the 5th of July. They'll send me a CD.
The program was very easy to figure out how to use. Instinctual.
The other free photoshop type program I tried at the same time was
"VCW Vicman's Photo Editor". I could also insert one picture into
another. But it (free version) limited the size of a picture to 1000
(no good if you want 1024 x 768 - it would be 1000 x 750 at the
biggest I think). It also nagged me to buy the full version with a
popup window every time I loaded something.
Another one I tried a few months ago: "GIMP" - a huge freeware open
source photo editor program. But I could never figure out how to do
what I wanted to do - the ability is there I am sure, but the program
is not instinctual. All kinds of menus/commands, but I didn't know
how to use it. I don't want to go to school. Maybe someone already
familiar with Photoshop, the $600 program, would be able to use it
easier. There are is a website with all kinds of help files for GIMP,
plus maybe a newsgroup.
....D.
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