But even if I dolled out the cash (which I have thanks to Graduation money), I don't have the computer (yet) which can do it...
Oh, and then comes the making of webgalleries for these photos. Before I'd just do the html by hand. But I have no desire to sit there and do that for these many photos...so I tried the option in Nikon Viewer. Ewwww... Ugly fonts and I hate the layouts... I would download "Gallery" but it doesn't work on Win 98...
*sighs*
I have 45 edited and up (here and here) but it's taken me forever...and I still don't have my own website gallery ready!
My "Advertisement" entry: and my "The Color Purple" reject/missed deadline: photos were taken at that event and I WANT to give each photo the individual attention it deserves to be at its best (who knows, maybe it was the only picture that person had taken of them and they want to use it for something, well, I want to give them the best one that I can)...but it's so hard...
Why don't you download the free trial version of Paint Shop Pro 8? It has what Jasc calls "Automated Productivity Scripts". This will propabply do what you are asking about in your post and maybe you can process your 300 pics without buying it. And if you decide you like it, it's a lot less expensive than the industry standard. Paint Shop Pro 8
Ok, I can't really help with the computer, or buying photoshop (or finding a good friend that has...).
But I do know a bit about automated galleries. I currently use a thing GallerooGalleroo. Does resizing and comprehensive layouts (include stylesheets). Only thing it doesn't do is add text (which I do through Photoshop, so I guess that would be a problem for you :( )