rod222
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on Nov 14, 2023 2:03:24 GMT
Adding Text Overlays to Postage Stamp Images.
Hi all,
Any recommendations ? advice ? Links? please.
Win 10 and or Win 7
Technically challenged, so the easier to learn / use the better.
Creating a "Contact sheet" with sub text, services 99% of my images,
however occasionally need to place text aboard the image (eg : Flyspecking etc)
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Nov 14, 2023 3:40:04 GMT
Thanks for your post, Rod ( rod222) I use MS PowerPoint for doing text overlays and all sorts of other image manipulation or for creating composite images. You will find many examples of my work in the Cape Triangles thread. Hope this helps. |
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Post by PostmasterGS on Nov 14, 2023 3:44:38 GMT
Rod,
If you don’t have PowerPoint, the LibreOffice suite of applications, which I seem to remember someone recommending to you on another thread somewhere, has an equivalent program included.
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cjd
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Post by cjd on Nov 14, 2023 4:20:34 GMT
Irfanview allows you to add text, circles, arrows and the like.
It's all I've used for such work over the last 15 years, so if you recall some of my manipulations and think they're what you need, it's very easy, and "lightweight" as they say.
Also free.
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Nov 14, 2023 5:36:44 GMT
Thank you all, shall try them, for suitability.  For the record, I had Paint.net already aboard but loading images was clunky and the final txt, looked fuzzy. |
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rednaxela
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What I collect: Germany in all its facets since 1871 (especially German Reich used including postal statinoneries, used), USSR, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Denmark, France. I design all album pages for my collection myself and partly make them available to the general public for use.
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Post by rednaxela on Nov 14, 2023 7:16:15 GMT
Adding Text Overlays to Postage Stamp Images. Hi all, Any recommendations ? advice ? Links? please. Win 10 and or Win 7 Technically challenged, so the easier to learn / use the better. Creating a "Contact sheet" with sub text, services 99% of my images, however occasionally need to place text aboard the image (eg : Flyspecking etc) I use XN Views and Paint Shop Pro for all my image editing needs, including text insertion, watermarking, etc. (Paint Shop Pro in the very old version 4, but it does everything I need). Both also for Windows and shareware or freeware... |
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gstamps
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Post by gstamps on Nov 14, 2023 8:23:57 GMT
I use PhotoScape - intuitive, free and works with old Windows.  |
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philatelia
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Post by philatelia on Nov 14, 2023 10:10:55 GMT
Do you have an IOS phone or tablet? On my iPad the standard photo edit comes with many options- no need to store another app - arrows, magnify, add text, all sorts of goodies.  |
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angore
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Post by angore on Nov 14, 2023 11:07:05 GMT
My current preferred program is PaintShop Pro. You should choose something that adds text on a layer so underlying image is not permanently modified. Many of the simple photo edit programs do not support layers.
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