ADS Technologies PHOTO EXPLORER 6.0 User Manual

USER GUIDE

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What's Inside

Welcome to Ulead

What’s new in this version_______________________________ 4 System requirements ___________________________________ 6 Installing and running the program________________________ 6 Signing up for a free account ____________________________ 6

Photo Explorer ______________________ 4

Photo Explorer at a glance _____________________________ 7

The Browser __________________________________________ 7 The Viewer ___________________________________________ 7

Customizing Photo Explorer ____________________________ 8

Setting up your work environment ________________________ 8 Customizing toolbars ___________________________________ 9

Browsing and managing files ___________________________ 10

Displaying files in thumbnail or list view ___________________ 1 0 Speeding up thumbnail display ___________________________ 10 Managing multimedia files _______________________________ 1 1 Previewing files _______________________________________ 12 Creating a list of favorite folders _________________________ 13 Accessing right-click pop-up menus_______________________ 13

Getting images _______________________________________ 14

Digital Camera Wizard __________________________________ 14 Getting images from a TWAIN device ______________________ 15 Renaming and renumbering files _________________________ 16

Editing and retouching images __________________________ 17

Enhancing images _____________________________________ 17 Adjusting the white background __________________________ 18 Printing images and thumbnails __________________________ 18

Slide show and other cool stuff _________________________ 19

Creating a slide show___________________________________ 19 Viewing a slide show ___________________________________ 20 Other fun projects you can create ________________________ 21 Plug-in software _______________________________________ 21

Working on the Internet________________________________ 22

Sharing images on the Web______________________________ 22 Creating thumbnails for the Web _________________________ 2 3 Creating slide shows for the Web _________________________ 23 Scanning the Web for images ____________________________ 24

Welcome to

Ulead® Photo Explorer

Photo Explorer makes it fun and easy to view images and manage multimedia files in your computer. Get images from a digital camera, memory card reader or scanner directly in Photo Explorer and transfer them to your computer. Create your own color prints with a color printer, or make fun projects for your Windows desktop like wallpapers and screen savers. Present your images in the form of a slide show , or share them on the Web.

What’s new in this version

Photo Explorer offers many enhanced features for your image acquisition and file management needs. With its new and powerful Internet tools, making simple Web pages, downloading media files, and sharing images on the Web can all be done in few easy steps.

Get instant preview of files.

Preview Pane -- Get instant preview of a selected image file. Directly play videos, sounds, as well as animated GIFs without having to open another program.

Browse for files and folders with ease.

Browse Pane -- Images, sounds, videos, and GIF animation files can be displayed either as visual thumbnails or in a detailed list much like Windows Explorer .

Address Bar -- Keep track of all the folder names you have entered and quickly return to a previously visited folder.

Favorites List -- Create a collection of folders you frequently visit.

Get a full-size view of images.

Viewer -- Display selected images in the V iewer window or in full screen. Advance through images manually or show them automatically on-screen.

Personalize Photo Explorer.

Customizable toolbars -- Add toolbar buttons for quicker access to your most desired imaging, file management and Internet tools.

Create slide shows with simple drag-and-drop.

Slide Show Storyboard --

Bring together images from different folders into a slide show . Easily shuffle their order with drag-and-drop, and even add sounds.

Get images in a

snap.

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Digital Camera Wizard -- Use this intuitive tool to transfer images

from a digital camera or memory card reader into the PC more easily . Push-model aware function -- Automatically run Photo Explorer and

transfer images with the push of a button on your digital camera or scanner. Photo Explorer now of fers WDM “push model aware” support.

Share images and download files through the Internet.

Ulead’s new iMira.com Web site allows users all over the world to

upload and share images on the Internet. You can also instantly download images, sounds and videos from your favorite Web site.

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System requirements

Before installing Photo Explorer, make sure your computer meets the following requirements:

m Intel m Microsoft W indows m 32 MB RAM (at least) m 12 MB available hard drive space for program files m W indows compatible pointing device m True Color or HiColor display adapter and monitor (recommended) m Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher m Internet connection (recommended)

Pentium® processors (or 100% compatible processors)

95/98, NT 4.0, 2000 or higher

Installing and running the program

Installing Photo Explorer is quite easy. Simply follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

T o start the program, click the Photo Explorer icon from the Ulead Photo Explorer program group on the Windows Start menu.

You can get further information about Photo Explorer using the online help from the Help menu.

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Signing up for a free account

The first time Photo Explorer starts, the Set-up Internet Connection dialog box opens allowing you to sign up for a free account at iMira.com. iMira.com is Ulead’s image sharing Web site where you can upload your favorite images to share with your friends, relatives, and co-workers. Refer to the section, Sharing images on the Web, for more details (see page 22).

Photo Explorer

at a glance

Photo Explorer provides two switchable windows. The Browser lets you jump from one folder to another with ease, move files between folders, and organize files effectively. The Viewer gives you full-size view of images.

The Browser

The Browser operates much like Windows Explorer. In the Browser window, you will see a Folder Tree at the left hand side and your files at the right. What’s special about Photo Explorer is that multimedia files can be shown as visual thumbnails for easier identification. Simply click a desired file to immediately get an idea of the file’s contents. You can preview images and actually play sound, video or even GIF animation files without actually opening them. In addition, you can bring together images and sounds to create a slide show.

The Viewer

The Viewer opens when you double-click an image file or select multiple images and click View: Open Viewer in the Browser. You can use it to:

m Get a full-screen view of images. m Enhance and retouch images, and then save the changes. m Manually or automatically advance through images.

Customizing

Photo Explorer

When using any application, it is important for you to set up a work environment that’s comfortable and convenient for you. Photo Explorer provides many options that can change the look and feel of what’s onscreen to suit your needs. You can also make Photo Explorer as your image viewer and editor.

Setting up your work environment

File: Preferences

The Preferences command in the File menu allows you to define settings specific to Photo Explorer. The Preferences dialog box lists different categories which determine the behavior of Photo Explorer, its overall appearance, and the way thumbnails and images are presented. Click a category to view and change its settings in the Preferences dialog box.

Categories in the Preferences dialog box

If you usually do only simple edits with your images, Photo Explorer can be an

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ideal image editor. To make Photo Explorer your default image viewer and editor, select the Associate category in the Preferences dialog box and select the image file formats that you want to automatically open in Photo Explorer.

View menu

The View menu offers commands that determine the layout of Photo Explorer, as well as thumbnail display settings. Use the available commands to change the way files are displayed and organized so that you can quickly identify your files.

Note: See the section “Browsing and managing files” on page 10 for more

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