Section 13.1. Photo Gallery: The Application: All Versions

13.1. Photo Gallery: The Application: All Versions

Photo Gallery approaches digital photo management as a four-step process: importing the photos to your Pictures folder; organizing, tagging, and rating them; editing them; and sharing them (via prints, onscreen slideshows, design DVD slideshows, email, screen saver, and so on).

To open Photo Gallery, choose its name from the Start Programs menu, or double-click a photo in your Pictures folder. You arrive at the programs main window, the basic elements of which are shown in Figure 13-1.

Figure 13-1. Here's what Photo Gallery looks like when you first open it. The large photo-viewing area is where thumbnails of your imported photos appear. The icons at the top of the window represent all the stuff you can do with your photos. To adjust the size of the photo thumbnails (miniatures), click the magnifying-glass icon. Don't release the mouse button yet. Instead, drag the vertical slider up or down. All the thumbnails expand or contract simultaneously . Cool!