2017/02/15 17:21:25
henkejs
My question doesn't have anything to do with Cakewalk, which is why I'm posting it here. Maybe one of you computer whizzes can help me with this problem. My wife wants to have paper prints made of a bunch of our digital pictures. In the past I would use Picasa to view the pictures, which are organized by date in subdirectories on the computer. When I saw a picture I wanted to print, I would tell Picasa to tag it. When I was done looking through the directories, I could have Picasa move copies of all the tagged pictures to another directory. Then when it was time to upload pictures to Costco, or wherever, for printing I could simply upload that directory in one batch since all the pictures I wanted were already in there.

Google no longer supports Picasa, so I couldn't install it on the new computer. Instead they want ALL your pictures stored and organized on their servers, which I'm not willing to do. Now I can't for the life of me figure out how to do this seemingly simple thing. I've figured out how to view the pictures in the Windows 10 photo app and even how to select individual pictures to be placed in an album of my choosing (for example, "Photos to be Printed"). What I can't figure out is how to get all the pictures in that album to go where I want them.

I realize actual photo albums are going the way of buggy whips and VHS players, but we can't be the only people who still do this. I probably just haven't found the right software yet (something expensive used by professionals, no doubt).
2017/02/15 17:48:18
paulo
Maybe I'm missing the point, but can you not just set up a new Pictures folder, call it print or something and then just drag/drop copy the ones you want printed into that folder?
2017/02/15 21:45:15
henkejs
Paulo, thanks for the reply. Mostly it's a question of efficiency. When you're going through dozens of photos in different directories and you want to view them one at a time to decide which ones are worth printing, it really slows you down to switch back and forth between the file viewer and the file explorer to keep copying files to where you want them. It's much faster to tag them (one click) and then perform all the file transfers at once. I guess I was spoiled with my WinXP machine and expected Win10 to have greater functionality rather than less.
2017/02/16 00:00:20
craigb
If that's what you're doing, you might try this (if all of the directories are under one main folder).  Do a search for the file extension from the main folder (e.g., *.jpg) and you will be presented with a search window with all of your photos.  Then you can do lots of things like viewing them with large icons (select and print), or create a separate, temporary folder (pin one to each side of the window for easy copying) and, for every photo you want, copy it to the temporary folder and print all of them from there.
2017/02/16 00:01:04
craigb
BTW - Personally, I still use Picasa locally.  I don't let Google keep anything of mine online.
 
2017/02/16 01:41:44
sharke
Try IrfanView. It's an incredibly powerful photo management/editing system and totally free. I bet it will do exactly what you're asking. 
 
http://www.irfanview.com/
2017/02/16 07:01:36
paulo
henkejs
Paulo, thanks for the reply. Mostly it's a question of efficiency. When you're going through dozens of photos in different directories and you want to view them one at a time to decide which ones are worth printing, it really slows you down to switch back and forth between the file viewer and the file explorer to keep copying files to where you want them. It's much faster to tag them (one click) and then perform all the file transfers at once. I guess I was spoiled with my WinXP machine and expected Win10 to have greater functionality rather than less.




Does this not do what you want ?
 

 
2017/02/16 13:50:14
DrLumen
Assuming you are viewing from the icons in Windows explorer you could create a batch file in notepad to copy the selected file into a separate directory then call it using the Send To function in explorer.
 
If you want to try this, copy the text below and paste into notepad.
set tgtdir=c:\pictemp
if not exist %tgtdir% mkdir %tgtdir%
xcopy %1 %tgtdir%

Of course, you can change c:\pictemp to whatever directory you want to use.
 
Save it as copypic.bat in the SendTo directory at:
C:\Users\(your user id)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
--Be sure to use the Save As Type option to All Files (*.*)
 
Then when you see a pic in explorer that you want to have printed, right click the file, go the Send to flyout and select the copypic.bat option.
 
When you have transferred them to whatever printing service, you can delete the temporary directory.
 
Just one possible way...
2017/02/16 14:44:54
henkejs
Thanks to all for taking the time to offer your suggestions.
 
@paulo: Windows Live Photo Gallery was apparently discontinued in Win10. From the discussions I've read, it looks as though if you upgrade from Win7 to Win10 you'll keep Photo Gallery. My PC came with Win10 and I couldn't get Windows Essentials (with Photo Gallery) to install. Google search shows some workarounds for the installation problem, but I haven't pursued them. It seems as though a lot of people preferred Photo Gallery to the new Photos app in Win10, but apparently Microsoft thought differently.
 
@craigb: I was really disappointed when I went to install Picasa on my new PC and found out it was no longer supported. It was my favorite photo management tool on WinXP. Like you, I'm not going to let Google keep my documents online.
 
@sharke: I downloaded IrfanView this morning. The interface is a bit clunky, but the program has a lot of powerful tools. I've figured out how to make it do what I want without too many extra steps. And "free" is always good.
 
@DrLumen: Your batch file works great with Windows File Explorer. Just this morning I was wondering how the targets for the "Send to" dialog get populated, and now I know.
 
I think a combination of IrfanView and the File Explorer/batch file method will do everything I need. Thanks again everyone.
 
2017/02/16 15:12:38
paulo
henkejs
 
@paulo: Windows Live Photo Gallery was apparently discontinued in Win10. From the discussions I've read, it looks as though if you upgrade from Win7 to Win10 you'll keep Photo Gallery. My PC came with Win10 and I couldn't get Windows Essentials (with Photo Gallery) to install. Google search shows some workarounds for the installation problem, but I haven't pursued them. It seems as though a lot of people preferred Photo Gallery to the new Photos app in Win10, but apparently Microsoft thought differently.
 
 

 
 Ok, sorry. I wasn't aware of that. Mrs Paulo's w10 lappy has it and that was w10 from day 1 so I assumed it was still current.
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