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With digital cameras it's easier than ever before to take lots

and lots of pictures. Working with all those photos might

seem intimidating at first, but not with Paint Shop Photo

Album. Using Photo Album's Batch tools you can quickly

rename, Quick Fix, and resize multiple photos at once.

With Photo Album tasks that were once a tedious chore

are simple.

Multi-Task in a Flash by Working With Batches of Photos

What you’ll need:� Digital photos

� Jasc® Paint Shop™ Photo Album™

When you complete this tutorial you’ll be able to:� Quick Fix multiple photos at once

� Resize multiple photos at once

� Rename multiple photos at once

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Open Your Album

1. Choose Start > Programs > Jasc Software > Jasc Paint Shop Photo Album

or double click the Photo Album Icon on your desktop to open Photo Album.

2. In this tutorial we're going to use an album full of the family photos. You can follow along using the

photos in your albums.

3. Use the Browse tab on the left to locate the album you want to use.

4. Select the album to display the thumbnails in the Album View on the right.

Correct a Batch of Photos

5. In the Album View window, select

the photos you want to correct.

� To select all of the photos in an

album, press <Ctrl> + A

� To select multiple photos, press

and hold the <Ctrl> key and click

the photos you want to fix

� To select multiple photos in a

sequence, press and hold the

<Shift> key, click the first photo

in the sequence, and then click

the last photo in the sequence

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6. Click the down-arrow on the Batch button and choose Quick Fix to automatically fix the

selected photos.

7. You'll get a warning saying you cannot undo the

batch Quick Fix, click Yes to apply the Quick Fix.

Tip: Use the Batch Quick Fix tool when you have multiple photos that need to be corrected. For

example, if you find the photos taken with your digital camera are always improved using Quick Fix,

you can use Batch Quick Fix to automatically fix all of the photos from the camera at once.

Resize a Batch of Photos

8. In the Album View window, select the photos you want to resize. You can use the same selection

methods used in Step 5.

9. Click the down-arrow on the Batch button and choose Resize.

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10. On the Batch Resize dialog, you can change

the location where the photos are saved by

clicking the Browse button and selecting a new

album in the Save To Album field. For this

example we're saving the photos in an album

called Resized Images.

11. Now, enter in a new Max Width and Max Height

(in pixels) for the photo. We want our photos to

be the size of a 4 X 6, so we entered the dimensions

496 (width) X 348 (height).

12. When you are done entering the new sizes, click OK and Paint Shop Photo Album calculates the

new photo dimensions and saves the photos in the selected album.

Tip: Use the Batch Resize tool to reduce the size of multiple photos. This makes e-mailing and

uploading photos faster because the file size is smaller.

Rename a Batch of Photos

13. In the Album View window, select the photos you want to rename. You can use the same selection

methods used in Step 5.

14. Click the down-arrow on the Batch button and choose Rename.

15. Enter the new name for the photos in the New title field.

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16. Enter the beginning number that you want to append to the file name in the Append title

with count from field.

17. When you've entered your information click OK, Photo Album

will automatically rename your files.

Tip: Use the Batch Rename tool when you want to give batches of

photos a meaningful name. For example, you can rename photos

named IMG001 - IMG020 to Family Picnic001 – Family Picnic020.

Next Steps:With the basics of batch processing, you can fix, resize, and rename your photos

in minutes. Using Photo Album's batch mode you can quickly get photos ready

to share with your friends and family. Plus, when you want to have some fun with

photos you can use Batch mode to convert multiple photos to black and white

or sepia.