Empty Nest: Playing Around with Pictures

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Playing Around with Pictures

I'm trying out a new (to me) image converter for playing around with photos.

I've never used an image converter before so I'm really treading in deep water---without a lifesaver. But then, I do tend to make things more difficult than they really are. Especially when technology is involved.

The main benefit of the Pearl Mountain Image Converter is that you can re-format your photos to Jpeg, Bmp, Png, Pdf, Tga, Tiff, Gif, Psd, Pcx and Ico. Whatever those are.

Remember, I am very technology challenged. Very being the key word.

But I do know that there are photo contest websites that require your photos to be a certain size if they are chosen. Before Pearl Mountain- I couldn't change the size of my photos.

One of my photos was chosen to be featured in Mother Earth News (remember this magazine? STILL around!) and I couldn't re-size it. So- no photo in Mother Earth News. Dang it.

Also with Pearl Mountain--

You can re-format you photos
You can make corrections but only in color and brightness; sharpness; contrast
You can change you color photo to grayscale
You can crop
You can add a border

The thing I like BEST (besides re-sizing) is that you can put a watermark on your photo.

It probably does even more and I just don't realize it--being all technology challenged and all it takes me a bit more time to play around with these things than most people.

Here's the thing. Pearl Mountain has given me 20 FREE CODES to GIVEAWAY!

It's really easy- the first 20 people who email me--momaloft4(at)gmail(dot)com--that they would like to try out the Pearl Mountain Image Converter will get a code! Simple as that!

Have a great weekend everyone!

5 comments:

Jessica L. CelayaMay 12, 2012 at 7:51 AM
Congrats on getting the new technology. It sounds like an awesome thing for your photography. Thanks for sharing.
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Empty NesterMay 12, 2012 at 10:41 AM
Thanks! I'm hoping to get more out of it as soon as I figure out what the heck I'm doing. LOL
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Stephanie VMay 12, 2012 at 12:52 PM
That sounds like a worthwhile techno-toy to have. Looking forward to the results. You take some awesome photos!
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AnonymousMay 12, 2012 at 2:46 PM
I have photoshop, photoshop for dummies and all my instructions on iPhoto ..I still haven't learned how to do a darn thing!
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Cranberry MorningMay 12, 2012 at 8:41 PM
Sounds good, but as long as my truly vintage PaintShopPro7 keeps working, I'm good. BUT, how about doing a post on Google+. I've been avoiding it. Can you tell me why I should join? And will it make my Blogger dashboard go away? Remember, I'm rigid and inflexible and I want to stay that way! ;-)
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Welcome!

Being a transplant to the low-country of SC for 31 years is still not long enough to be called a ‘benyeh.’ If I stay until I’m dead I’ll probably go a ‘comeyeh’ since I am, originally, ‘from off’ (which is the upstate but, rules you know). By day I take care of my sweet little granddaughter, Baby M and do all those things I did when I was a SAHM raising four daughters which has translated to, ‘by day, I am exhausted.’ By night I blog, blog, blog, and blog some more or I sleep, depending on my level of exhaustion (do they still make Geritol?). I have a very unhealthy addiction to sweets (nearly any kind will do) and all comfort foods not covered under the ‘sweets’ category. I’m known for speaking my mind so, if you don’t want to know, don’t ask me. I love to find the humor in my empty nest life. I live life hard and smack into that brick wall almost daily because I’ve always had to learn the hard way. Why change now? I’m so glad you’ve come to laugh with me as I do this middle age, empty nest thing like a BOSS!