Fold3 HQ

More Upates to the Site

Last week we made some updates to the site. In addition to fixing bugs and cleaning things up, we added a few new features that we hope will make the site easier to use. Here are some of our favorites:

Image Adjustment
We do all we can to get the best quality images on the site, but sometimes the condition of the source images we have (microfilm, microfiche, paper) leaves us with digital images that are hard to read. In some cases, there isn’t much that can be done, but with most of these images, inverting the image or adjusting the brightness or contrast can bring out details that make all the difference.

Here’s an extreme example of an image that is difficult to read:
Footnote Image - Natural

Here’s the same image with some adjustment to the brightness and contrast:Footnote Image - Brightness and Contrast

Here it is again with the colors inverted and the brightness and contrast adjusted:Footnote Image - Invert with Brightness and Contrast

These image adjustments aren’t magic and can’t make every image readable, but they can make a big difference if you are having trouble making out a word or some other detail from a document. Invert is particularly handy when the original image is a negative, like this example from the Marine Corps Vietnam photos.

In addition to the image adjustment tools, we’ve improved the “Find” tools for searching text within an image and updated the filmstrip to make it clearer where one document ends and the next begins.

Improved Navigation
One other change worth noting is the update we made to the headers across the site. The new design should make it easier to get around the site, use search and browse, access your account and profile items and remember the last 4 images you viewed (“Your Recent Activity”).New Header

As always, we hope you’ll try these new features and let us know what you think.

5 Comments

  1. George Eckman says:

    did george eckman serve on front in Vietnam war?

  2. George Eckman says:

    List of Viet Nam veterans

  3. George Eckman says:

    List of Viet Nam Veterans from overseas?

  4. Bonnie F Gary says:

    Earlier, twice in fact, I have engaged in the free trial extended by Footnote, but each time was unable to actually access successfully a document in which I was interested. Really never knew if it was me, or the site. Tonight I have accessed several documents without problem. Thank you, Footnote, for making the process much simpler. Bonnie Farley Gary

  5. I’m just starting to review the Footnote opportunity, but am confused by all the aspects on line.

    Can someone send me a basic synopsis of what Footnote is all about and how I can make use of the offerings relating to Genealogy? Sorry to be so uninformed, but how do I find out what Footnote is all about and how to kae use of it.

    Thanks, Phil McDonnell .