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Hack 98 Show Who's Who in Group Shots

Here's an easy way to let
others know who's who in your group
shots.

Most group shots are documented by listing the people in the photo from left
to right. It's frustrating to count the names, then
the people, to try to determine who's who. And, of
course, people don't always stand in neat rows, as
shown in Figure 8-33.

Figure 8-33. A family portrait without neat rows

Why not use your digital-editing abilities to make a handy photo key
instead? Make a copy of the image and open it in Photoshop.
Desaturate the image to simple black-and-white tones
(ImageAdjustmentsDesaturate), and then adjust the
brightness and contrast
(ImageAdjustmentsBrightness/Contrast) until you
have a ghost image of your photo.

Use the Text tool on the floating Tools palette to add labels to the
image. Use a nice, bold font in a pleasing color to help separate the
text from a busy image, as shown in Figure 8-34.

Figure 8-34. Digital labels to help identify who's who

Now, output your photo label and attach it to the back of the printed
original, or place it online next to the original. Anyone looking at
the photo will be able to scan the key quickly to match names to
faces.

You can also use this method to point out landmarks on a landscape
photo, or to indicate areas of interest.

Terrie Miller