I find documents on Ancestry.com that folks have added to their trees; when I try to print them they are either about the size of a business card or the font must be 50 points or bigger and there is no way they will fit on a piece of paper. Is this some sort of anti-copy feature or is there an easier way than screen grabs?
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I find the best way is to obtain a screenshot is by holding; cmd+shift+4 keys which bring up cross hairs. By moving your crosshairs to the top left of the image and holding down the mouse and drag the cross hairs to the bottom right of the image, let go and you will get the view you are interested in. I have it set up so my screenshots go to the desk top where I can edit them.Originally posted by jrshannahan View Post
In my case, because I was using Anc...y and d/loading census returns, often in .jpg format, I was getting a large black surround, which meant I was using up a lot of ink when printing them out.
To overcome this I changed my setting to d/l in .png format and could then edit and remove the black surround. I could then also annotate in colour which wouldn't always work in .jpg images because when saved the annotations went grey.
To change the d/l process involves using the terminal command which not every one is happy to use, but can give instructions if you wish to follow this route.
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For what it's worth -- I've found GraphicConverter to be a wonderful (shareware) program. Not only will it convert any image file type to any other, but you can edit the image, tweak color/brightness/contrast, resize it, etc. and then save as the file type of choice. When I upload any images from ancestry or other databases, I open the image in GraphicConverter, view at a convenient size, crop the image to remove any black margins or other unwanted info, print copies for my hard copy files and save the edited image in the proper folder with the assigned accession number.Originally posted by alan View PostKate McCain
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While I am a long time fan and user of Graphic Converter, I must point out that all of us already have a tool that does everything you listed but one. The one item that is limited compared to GC is file conversions.
The tool that we all have because it comes with every Mac is Preview.
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I'm glad you brought up Preview… it's an underrated application, and one that I use a lot. One capability it has that hasn't been brought up is its ability to annotate an image with circles, arrows, and text (although I would only do this on a copy, not the original image).Originally posted by Bob White View PostThe tool that we all have because it comes with every Mac is Preview.
A wee bit off topic, but since we're talking about editing images, here's a little tutorial on one way to really enhance your photographs (Preview is used, but the principles apply to iPhoto, Aperture, Lightroom, Photoshop, Graphic Converter, and any other app with levels histogram adjustment):
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Excellent youtube piece on photo enhancement. Thank you for posting it!Comment
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I have to agree that Preview is an app I use most frequently. In fact I have all my genealogical data folders set to open in Preview. I use it for annotation, deleting/removing unwanted text and adding colours when & where required.Originally posted by Bob White View PostThe tool that we all have because it comes with every Mac is Preview.
That said, I do have a problem with one set of data folders that will not open in Preview V.8 (came with Yosemite) under any circumstances. Even the Apple techs couldn't overcome it and we eventually had to reinstall V7. and rename it as Previews - works perfectly now (169mb insize).iMac 27" (late 2015) 2TB, 24GB Ram, (Monterey 12.3.1) iPad Pro 12.9" 256GB (Ios 14.4), iPhone 6S+ 128GB (Ios 14.4), Reunion 13,Comment
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Hey, Tim, good tutorial video! I never really had histogram adjustments explained. This is very helpful! Is that you narrating?Originally posted by ttl View PostKaye Mushalik
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Glad the video is helpful! And yes, that's me with my Carlton the Doorman voice.
If I ever did the video again, I'd slide the gray point a little further to the left than I did.Last edited by ttl; 19 March 2015, 11:44 AM.Comment
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maybe its just time for more coffee, but I can't figure out how to launch Preview......Comment
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If it's not in the dock, go to the main Finder menu and select Go>Applications, and you should be able to find Preview there.
Also, Preview is generally the default application if you were to double click on a graphic file to open it.Comment
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