DCK said:
Hello !
I'm looking for freeware sft, that will create CD Photo Album for me. I need to make
album from c.a. 8000 pictures.
My advice:
You don't want to lock up your original images inside the proprietary format
of some program that could disappear tomorrow -- and I'm referring even to
big, commercial programs like Acrobat. Even if they create standalone
executables, it still isn't a good idea. I would suggest simply burning them
to CD in their original jpg (or whatever) format then bundle a simple
standalone viewer like Irfanview with the CD. It'll be faster and you'll
have less to worry about future OS changes, changing graphic standards
(remember pcx? -- it was the standard ten years ago), vanishing DLLs,
increasing computer speeds and a host of other inevitable software /
hardware changes that may render your e-foto album obsolete and the images
within unusable. Keep your data in a raw a form as possible. As a format,
who knows if even jpg will last? Ten years from now it could be obsolete,
but in their raw state it should be easier to convert them to whatever comes
along.
Also, keep your images as uncompressed as possible. I know it goes against
current advice but compression = data loss and if you ever have to convert
your images you want as much of the original information as possible. It
also allows you more flexibility in the future if you ever want to print
your images or blow up part of the original.
I use graphics programs to create photo album like pages, but the pages
themselves are still graphics. I can plug my CD into my computer or my DVD
player connected to the TV (most current DVD players will display jpg). Thus
the raw format also allows maximum flexibility in terms of where you can
show it.
You could try something with HTML to add narrative and perhaps some
"special" effects but even that is expected to disappear eventually. With
Irfanview and a little imagination you can still achieve some special
effects.
My pair o' pennies. . .
M
FotoAlbum