Hunters Run Computer Club
Where Learning is Fun  
Issue 6
February 5, 2008
Editors:  Marilyn ross,  
                     Howard essig
HRCC Newsletter



On Tuesday, February 5th, members watched in awe an amazing and informative presentation on DIGITAL
PHOTOGRAPHY.  Mr. Ed Ostrowski, from Senior Net, first took several pictures of four of the club’s board members
and then performed what seemed like magic using these photos.

Using tools from Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 (various other photo programs with the same or similar tools can
be used to perform these editing tricks), Ed proceeded to:

    1.        Remove one person from the group picture of four people and create a new picture with only three
               people in it.  The original picture still remained.
    2.        Copy the eyes of one person from the picture to another person in the picture.
    3.        Replace the dark background of the original picture with a beautiful background of the sky at sunset.
    4.        Help one person in the picture lose weight without going on a diet.
    5.        Show pictures from the 1920's that he scanned into his computer.

His presentation proved that you can no longer rely on photos to be an accurate description of an event.  What you
see in a photo is not necessarily the truth.  You can find the pictures on our website under Club Pictures.
   
He then showed us how Adobe Photoshop program can organize pictures in various ways, making it simple to locate
a picture based on a year, a specific person, a group, a place, or an event that you want to find.

Ed also mentioned that Picasa is a good program, but Adobe Photoshop has much more editing capabilities.  
Snapfish was also mentioned.  It is a site for on-line sharing of your pictures for others to view.  Hal Levin mentioned
that he purchased a slide scanner for slides for under $100.  He can scan three slides at a time. Two members won
the gift certificates to Office Depot.  Cookies, coffee, and questions followed the meeting.

Members expressed interest in SeniorNet.  The link that would take you to the SeniorNet course descriptions as well
as schedules at the JCC is:  http://jcconline.org/index.php?src=gendocs&link=Senior_Net&category=Main



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Did you make a mistake and want to return to the previous text or items. All Microsoft Office applications include
Undo features.  If you made a mistake, click the Undo Icon, or choose Edit, Undo, or press Ctrl+Z.  If you discover
you made a mistake five minutes ago, you might be able to recover by clicking the Undo button repeatedly.  If you
save or close your file, all bets are off.  The Undo icon looks like a return arrow on your tool bar.

Computer Maintenance to Improve Performance

Run check-disk by clicking in the following sequence:
  1. Left-click Start
  2. Right-click Local Disc C and choose Properties
  3. On the Properties dialog box for the disk, click the Tools tab and click Check Now under error-checking
  4. Select both boxes to perform a full disk check and click Start. You will receive a message saying that
    Windows can’t run the program until the next time your start your computer.
     5. Click Yes. The next time Windows starts, you see a message that the disk check has been scheduled.  A
       blue screen will appear.  Go to dinner or do something. It may take 45 minutes to compete the Check Disk.

After Disk Check has finished, you should run Disk Defragmenter:
  1. Choose Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter
  2. Click Defragment
  3. When it is done, a message asks whether you want to exit the program; click Yes.
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