Hamilton Buhl Hamilton HDV5200 Curriculum - Manual (Page 13)

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Back in the days of film cameras, we all knew that the negatives that came with
our prints should be preserved and stored if we ever wanted to make more prints.
When your pictures are digital, you don’t have a negative, but you do have the
original picture file. You and your students should treat the original picture file as
the negative and save your original image files that you download from your
camera in folders in an organized way that best suits you and your students’
needs. You may also choose to have folders with the names of the events or places
you have photographed. Whatever you decide be sure to save and backup, make
copies of, your picture files. Remember, your picture files are more important than
your prints because you can make many more prints from one picture file.
The best way to preserve your digital images is to burn them on a CD. CDs are
inexpensive and may store up to 700 MBs of data. That means that you can store
hundreds of pictures on one CD. Burning picture files on CDs is also a great way to
share pictures with others. You can burn extra CDs to give to colleagues, students
and/or friends.
Presenting Digital Images
Making prints and CDs are not the only ways to share your digital images. Digital
photographs may be included in presentations using programs like PowerPoint or
Keynote. Digital images may also be included in multimedia projects created by a
variety of programs like MovieWorks, eZedia, and HyperStudio. Digital
photographs may be presented as slide shows on computers or TVs.