I am new to digital
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Then you're in the right place!
We're here to help.
I even have to do research on how to burn pictures to a CD.
Do you use Windows XP? If so, you can burn images directly onto a CD by simply right-clicking on image files > Send to > select the CD drive for your computer. Then follow the instructions in the popup window.
Or you can easily burn them using a free photo organizing software such as Picasa
www.picasa.com The program help files say:
"Picasa can backup your pictures and movies to CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, and external or networked hard drives. We include a program to restore your backed up files with each backup you create. "
I love this software and can not recommend it enough. It is owned by Google.
First is there any special type of blank CD I need to buy to burn my pictures to? I have always bought CDs that said music CDs. Will these work or do I need another type.
I'd recommend a name brand CD-R disks. I'm unfamiliar with music CD's but my guess is that they would accept image files. Please verify this before wasting one of your music CDs. Even if you can use them, they may be more expensive, so it may not be worth it.
Second question is afterI burn these pictures on CDs will they keep just as the originals.
When you burn them into a CD, they are exact copies of the originals. Yes, they will look like they did before you burned them and you can work on them as before too. In fact, when I burn my images, I also burn any image editing program files I created to work on an image, such as a Photoshop .psd file.
Will the pictures come out just as good as if I just brought in my memory card?
Yes, but don't over-edit them if you bring them to a lab. But do crop them if you're having images printed on a standard size paper, such as 4x6." Then you, not the lab, have control over how an image is cropped.
btw, though I know people do so, I think a person takes a chance when using a memory cardslike mini-hard drives to store and transport edited images. There is just too much risk of corrupting an expensive card. It's better, in my opinon, to burn the images into a cd, or transport them with a flash drive, such as a Lexar Jump Drive.
