How to transfer photos to your computer

Today, almost no users of personal computers that do not have a digital camera or a mobile phone with the function of creating photographs. In this article, how to transfer photos to your computer, in fact such necessity necessarily sooner or later will appear.
Let's begin with modern cameras all the captured images are stored on memory cards. Therefore, card reader, supporting a certain type of cards. It is enough just to get a USB flash drive from the camera and insert it into the corresponding slot of the card reader, which can be both built-in and external (connected to the USB-connector of the computer). Typically, the Windows operating system will automatically recognize the external storage device and display it as another disk that can easily be found in the folder "My computer".
Also, to transfer photos to your computer, you can use a special data cable, which, as a rule, is included in the kitthe delivery of the camera. Next, you'll need to find the USB connector on the device itself. Usually it is located on the side of the camera and is covered with a protective rubber cover. Connect the cable to the device and the computer. As a rule, you will first need to install drivers for this device, which go on a separate disk along with the camera itself. Then turn on the device.
Then there are two possible scenarios: The operating system will automatically detect the flash card of the camera and opens a folder with photos or will happen automatic start of the standard program, designed to transfer data from cameras. Also, instead of this application, special software installed with the camera drivers can open by default.
Now, to transfer photos to the computer, enough select the necessary files and copy them to the desired folder, located on the hard drive.
For mobile phones, the same procedure is used. They can also be directly connected to a computer or get a memory card and connect it with a card reader.
Separately it is necessary to talk about, How to transfer to your computer photos taken in RAW format. The fact is that the usual program for viewingimages it can not open, because it is not a picture, but to record information about each pixel, as well as how much light it got during shooting. This format is often called the digital negative.
It will be necessary to install special applications on the computer to "develop" such images. Among the free programs to perform such a task, one can single out RawTherapee. It can work directly with a flash drive, soit is not necessary to first transfer fairly large images to a computer. The principle of the application is quite simple. You import data from the memory card into the program, select the pictures you need, then edit them (increase the contrast, brightness, saturation) using the built-in tools and export the image in a more convenient format, for example, JPG.
There is also a paid program in the form of a supplement to Adobe Photoshop, which is called Lightroom. This application is preferred by professional photographers, therefore, if you use the camera solely for shooting relatives and friends, a free program will suffice.
As you could see, moving photos to a computer is not so difficult. It will take only some software, and card reader or special cord.














