Use Picasa to Create a Quick Slide Show for your DVD Player Using a CD of JPG Images
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Create a Quick Slide Show for Your DVD Player Using Picasa and a CD of JPG Images
Overview
Modern and affordable DVD players (as low as $29.95) can play a slide show from a CD containing your JPG digital images without any additional software. The images will display in the order of their JPG filename. If you're using Picasa, here’s how to ensure your JPG file names are correctly organized.
Keywords
Picasa, slide show, JPG CD, photography tip, simple slide show, digital image CD
Introduction
As a photographer, I value simplicity in storing, editing, and producing digital pictures. Although I occasionally use Adobe Photoshop, I've discovered Picasa?"free software from Google?"excellent for cataloging, storing, and enhancing digital images.
Handling Multiple Versions
Photographers often create multiple versions of images for various enhancements like cropping, black and white, or softening. With Picasa, file renaming is essential to keep your pictures organized: original, copy1, copy2, and so on. Picasa’s current system doesn’t maintain the desired alphabetical order: "Original, OriginalCopy, OriginalCopy (2), etc."
The Simple Fix
Don't worry, there's a straightforward solution. You can ensure your 'CD of JPG images' plays back correctly on any affordable DVD player (found for $29.95 at Walmart) that plays stored JPG images as a slide show.
Understanding Picasa’s File Naming
When you copy a file in Picasa, it adds a "Copy of" prefix, which results in those files being sorted before your originals. This happens because, alphabetically, "C" comes before "I." You want your files to start with "IMG" or "IMAGE," just as your camera created them.
Renaming Your Files
To achieve the desired playback order, simply rename the "Copy of" files by preserving the original prefix and adding a numeric suffix. For instance, if you have:
- Original: IMG_2787
- Copies: Copy of IMG_2787, Copy (2) of IMG_2787
Rename them to:
- IMG_2787
- IMG_2787-2
- IMG_2787-3
This ensures the correct sequence for your slide show.
Requesting a Fix from Picasa
Feel free to submit a request to Picasa to improve the way they name copied files. Adobe handles this better, and your feedback can drive change at Picasa. Submit your request via the Picasa Help Ticket Submission form.
In summary, with a bit of renaming, you can enjoy a seamless slide show experience on your DVD player.
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