Working with digital pictures Photo editing and printing once
required a darkroom or a professional photo lab—not to mention
advanced training. But in the last decade, digital cameras and
computers have revolutionized the field of photography, making
it possible for anyone to edit and print photos at home. In this
article, you'll learn how the tools in Windows can help you
view, organize, edit, share, and print your digital pictures.
Getting pictures from your camera into your computer Most
digital cameras store pictures on a flash memory card, such as a
CompactFlash or Secure Digital (SD) card. When you've filled a
memory card to capacity with pictures, you'll need to import the
pictures to your computer. Then you can erase the memory card
and use it to take a new batch of pictures. There are two main
ways to import pictures: Connect the camera directly. You can
import pictures by connecting the camera directly to your
computer using a universal serial bus (USB) cable. With this
method, your camera must be t