Your Digital Camera—Tips To Focus On (NAPSA)—It’s finally easy and inexpensive for families to display great prints made from digitally captured pictures of the kids. Here are some easy tips for getting the most out of your digital pictures, from the experts at Sony. First, the best prints start with the best images. When takingpictures of people, zoom in on your subjects and get down on the kids’ level, focusing in on the most important thing and keeping background clutter minimal. When capturing travel shots, zoom out so you see the whole vista. Use yourflash any time you want brighter or more even light—evenif it’s outdoors. Second, get the prints made as soon as possible after the event you want to remember. If you thought that there was no easy way to get top quality prints out of your digital camera to share with Grandma, think again. Now there’s help as close as the corner store. Do it yourself professionalquality digital printing can be found in photofinishing shops, drugstores, and other retailers, andit’s easy, fast and inexpensive. For example, a recent trip to a local shop to make prints from a CD proved that even the most untechnological user can use the new touch screen of Sony’s PictureStation digital photofinishing systems to get bright, colorful prints in minutes. The system lets you pick your format—floppy dises, CDs, compact flash, PC cards, or memory stick media. You choose the PHOTO NEWS FLASH—Use your flash any time you want brighter or more even light—even if it’s outdoors. pictures you want by just touching them as they’re displayed thumbnail size in an array on the color screen, and you select what size, from wallets to 8x10s, you want for each image. Then, you take the images one by one, touching the screen to tell the system if you want the photo cropped, zoomed, rotated or brightened up. Print as many pictures of each image as you like. Digital printing has never been easier. The last tip is to find a way to file your digital images so you can easily access them. One helper is to get an index print of the thumbnails to store with your digital media for future reference. Some of the kiosks will provide these. Just like setting up a shoebox in the attic, taking a few moments to organize a digital photo filing system is something you'll be glad you did. To locate a Sony PictureStation system near you, please visit www.sony.com/digitalphotography and enter yourzip code.
