Irfanview

[papajoe]

I just bought my first digital camera last week, and I want to store my pics properly so that I will have dates and other essential info in future. I want to try to get started properly so that I don't have to redo things again later on.

 

I am storing the photos that I have taken to date in Picasa2. This is a great program; however, when I burn the images to a CD, I lose all of the captions or labels. From some reading that I have done, it seems that I need a different program that will retain the labels somewhere on the image (dates, names, etc.) for future reference.

 

I have searched around a bit for a free program, and from some of the past comments in this forum, people seem to like Irfanview.

 

Question: Would Irfanview be a good SW program for me to get started with?

 

Thanks

[CTskifreak]

I use ACDSee....I don't know if it is free, but it is great for editing and organizing photos.

 

AJ

[JDPower]

I'm a fan of IrfanView for all the basic photo stuff, even managed to get my software phobic girlfriend using it, so I'd certainly recommend it.

[papajoe]

I guess that it would have been much simpler if I had just said that I wanted to enter text right on the photo image.

 

However, I have downloaded Irfanview and played around with one of the images. It has allowed me to enter the text right onto the photo, and that is what I am interested in doing. So it looks as though Ifranview will suit my needs.

 

I'll take a look at ACDSee. I have read that a good program for this purpose (for $50) is Breezebrowser.

 

Thanks for the helpful comments.