Digital Scrapbooking is a wonderful way show off photos of family, and friends! One of the best ways to get photos for Digital Scrapbooking is from your very own digital camera. Save your digital photos to your computer so that you have special, personal images to use for Digital Scrapbooking. Remember: All digital cameras are different, so make sure to read your digital camera’s User Manual and Instructions before using this tutorial.
I get asked all the time how to get digital photos out of a digital camera and on to computer so here are the basic steps.
Six Steps to Transferring Digital Photos from your Camera to your Computer:
Step 1: First you will need some digital photos on your camera. Take some pictures of family, friends, pets or whatever you like
Then to transfer photos to your computer from your camera, you need to have a digital camera first – and a computer!
My camera happens to be a Sony digital camera, but there are many great brands to choose from
Once you have taken some photos with your digital camera, you are ready to begin!
Step 2: Plug your Digital Camera into your Computer.
Most digital cameras come with a USB cord that plugs your digital camera to your computer.
Also, most digital cameras come with software to help you transfer the images. (Please check your software and manual for complete instructions) Doing this transfers the photos to your computer where you can save them, and then digitally scrap them!
Step 3: Copy Pictures to your Computer
Note: While all camera software or card readers might be different than our example, this step with our transferring photos will show some of the basic steps you might encounter when transferring photos to a computer
Wait a few seconds after plugging your digital camera into your computer, or after inserting the memory card into the reader and a pop-up dialog should appear
In our example we are using the Card Reader and this type of pop-up dialog appears
So in this case — Choose “Copy pictures to a folder on my computer”
Click OK
Step 4: Cancel out of any other Graphic Loading Pop-ups
Note: Other pop-ups may appear if you have other photo/graphic programs installed
In this case, a pop-up for Photoshop® Elements 6 has appeared asking if I would like to open my photos from my digital camera to PSE 6 Organizer
In this case, I am going to click Cancel because I want to save my new photos to another folder on my computer first
Note: depending on your other programs, you might get several such pop-ups. You can use them or cancel out of them.
Step 5: Continue with the Camera Wizard
In this example we used the Camera Wizard Pop-up that first came up before we canceled other graphic programs pop-ups.
Your program may look different and have different settings, but the main point is to follow though on one of the graphic programs that helps you load your photos to your computer.
Click Next on the original pop-up to save photos to your computer
Step 6: Choose which photos to Save and press Next button
The photos that you have taken with your digital camera will appear
All of the photos with the green check marks (see arrow #1 in red) are photos that will be saved to your computer
If there are any photos that you would not like to save to your computer, simply click on the green check mark once. The check mark will disappear and the photo will not be saved to your computer
Then click Next (see arrow #2 in red)
Step 7: Name your Photos Folder and Save to a Location on your Computer
A pop-up screen asks you to name your photos
I had taken several photos of my husband, and my puppies, and myself – so I named the photos “Tom and Jenn with the Puppies” because of the general theme of photos (see arrow #1 in red)
It also asks you where you would like to save the photos (see arrow #2 in red). It’s important to save the photos in a place where you will remember when it’s time to go back and use them. Use the Browse button if you need to (see arrow #3 in red) and navigate to a folder that you would like to save the photos in
Then click Next (see arrow #4 in red)
Step 8: Let your Photos transfer to your computer
Be patient as your photos download and save to the folder you specified
Another pop-up comes up when the photos are done downloading, choose the option “Nothing. I’m finished working with these pictures”
Click Next and then another window appears – Click Finish
Again – your program might be different from mine, but the concept generally is the same, whatever program you use — basically that you must connect your camera, select a program (or way) to transfer your photos and then follow the screens and make choices for those photos –like what photos to transfer and where to put them on your computer.
Step 9: Your photos are on your computer!
Your photos have now been saved to a folder on your computer
Now that your digital photos have been saved, you may delete them from your digital camera if you would like and begin taking new photos
Also, now that you have saved digital photos on your computer, you can begin using these images for Digital Scrapbooking!
Ps. Check back tomorrow when we explain another way to transfer photos to a computer – using a Memory Card Reader!
Till then – happy scrapping,
Jennifer
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