Arcsoft PHOTO IMPRESSION 4.1 Quick Start Guide

Quick Start Guide

Windows
Macintosh

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An all-in-one photo enhancer and project maker.

ArcSoft PhotoStudio

®

The complete photo editing program for the home and office. Tons of ways to
improve your photos, such as brightness, contrast, hue, and saturation. Fix
problems like red-eye, tone and sharpness. Or, apply special effects like
sketch, ripple, oil painting and much more. Work with multiple layers to create
stunning and dynamic images.

Windows 98/Me/2000/XP. Macintosh OS 8.6/9/X.

ArcSoft PhotoImpression

™

A powerful, full-featured image-manipulation program for everyone!
Edit, retouch, and enhance images or apply effects with point-'n-click
simplicity. Numerous templates for cards and calendars are included.
Digital photography has never been so easy and fun!

Windows 98/Me/2000/XP. Macintosh OS 8.6/9/X.

ArcSoft PhotoPrinter

®

An advanced printing program that lets you lay out multiple images in many
sizes, quickly and effortlessly, on a single sheet of paper. Enhance, crop, apply
special effects, or add text. Create calendars, or add frames, edges and back­grounds. You can even customize your templates.

Windows 98/Me/2000/XP. Macintosh OS 8.6/9/X.

ArcSoft Panorama Maker

™

Instantly stitch multiple photos together and create dynamic panoramic pic­tures. Stitch together images using four style options: vertical, horizontal, 360∫
and tiled panoramics. Panorama Maker is the fastest, most effective way to
make panoramic photos from regular photos.

Windows 98/Me/2000/XP. Macintosh OS 8.6/9/X.

ArcSoft PhotoMontage

®

Create your own montage masterpieces! PhotoMontage creates a single
image made up of thousands of micro images. Personalize the main picture by
including photos of your pets, friends or family.

Windows 98/Me/2000/XP. Macintosh OS 8.6/9/X.

ArcSoft ShowBiz

®

A complete movie-making and editing system. ShowBiz is easy to use,
designed around a user-friendly interface, full of exciting features, and has a
huge library of effects and sample content. Make home or business movies for
email, the Internet, or CD-ROM, supporting DV camcorders and a wide range
of file formats. Instant full-screen previews of movies makes it fast and fun!

Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP.

ArcSoft VideoImpression

™

Create multimedia desktop presentations for home, business, and even the
Internet like a pro! Edit and enhance video clips and still images, or add cap­tions, sounds, and special effects with a click of the button. Powerful and fea­ture-rich, yet extremely easy to use.

Windows 98/Me/2000/XP. Macintosh OS 8.6/9/X.

ArcSoft PhotoBase

™

Manage image, audio, video, HTML, and document files, and create stunning
photo presentations. Tree View works with albums or folders. Produce a slide
show complete with sound and slide transitions, or design your own video
postcard greetings.

Windows 98/Me/2000/XP. Macintosh OS 8.6/9/X.

ArcSoft PhotoBase™ - Mobile Edition

Take your photos on-the-go, with ArcSoft PhotoBase for Pocket PC, and
ArcSoft PhotoBase for Palm

®

OS. Manage photos, play slide shows, share
with other handhelds, and do simple editing. Works with standard system
features such as folders and categories. Write notes on your photos with
the stylus.

Installs from Windows 98/Me/2000/XP.

ArcSoft Multimedia Email

™

Create emailable electronic greeting cards with your own content, for all
occasions. Produce stand-alone Windows EXE (program) files to send from
your email applications, including AOL. Your recipient can easily view your
card, with stills, video, and animation. Easy-to-use, intuitive step-by-step
process lets you make great cards right away.

Windows 98/Me/2000/XP.

ArcSoft Funhouse

™

Create fun digital scenes - put yourself on a magazine or launch yourself
into space. Be a rock star or a star quarterback. Print your Funhouse images,
or send them to friends and family directly from the program using AOL or
another MAPI-compliant mail program.

Windows 98/Me/2000/XP. Macintosh OS 8.6/9/X.

ArcSoft Greeting Card Creator

™

Greeting cards for all occasions can be made with this application.
Personalize them with your own designs, photos, and clip art. Email them
directly or print them out for display. Built-in layouts and greetings do half
the work for you.

Windows 98/Me/2000/XP.

For more details, please visit www.arcsoft.com

About ArcSoft

ArcSoft Inc. is a leading global provider or digital

imaging technologies and services for business and

consumer use. The company develops world-class

scalable imaging software and infrastructure solutions

for internet and network environments, delivering

fully integrated, comprehensive visual capabilities

to corporate Web sites in all major markets. Its

award-winning desktop software is licensed to

leading global manufacturers of still and video

cameras,wireless and mobile devices, printers,

scanners and headquartered in Fremont, California,

ArcSoft has research and development centers in

California’s Silicon valley and Hangzhou, China, as

well as sales and support offices throughout Asia,

Europe and the Americas.

ArcSoft Inc.

46601 Fremont Blvd., Fremont, CA 94538 USA

www.arcsoft.com

Tel: [phone] • Fax: [phone]

Software Licensing Agreement

The following is a legal software license agreement between you,
the software end user, and ArcSoft, Inc. Carefully read this license
agreement before using the product. Using the product indicates that
you have read this license agreement and agree to its terms. If you do
not agree to the terms, promptly return the package to the place it was
purchased within 10 days of the date you acquired it for a full refund.

Grant of License. This license permits you to use one copy of the
software included in this package on any single computer. For each
software licensee, the program can be in use on only one computer
at any given time. The software is in use when it is either loaded into
RAM or installed into the hard disk or other permanent memory.

A multi-seat license permit from ArcSoft is required if the program
is going to be installed on a network server for the sole purpose of
distribution by other computers, or if the program is going to be
installed on and used by more than one computer.

Copyright. The software contained in this package is owned by ArcSoft
and is protected by United States copyright laws, international treaty
provisions, and all other applicable national laws. The software must
be treated like all other copyrighted materials (e.g. books and musical
recordings). This license does not allow the software to be rented or
leased, and the written materials accompanying the software (if any)
may not be copied.

Limited Warranty. ArcSoft, Inc., warrants that the software contained
herein will perform substantially in accordance with the accompanying

Software Licensing Agreement

documentation. No Other Warranties. ArcSoft disclaims all other
warranties, either express or implied, including but not limited to implied
warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, with
respect to the software, the accompanying written materials, and any
accompanying hardware (if any).

No Liability for Consequential Damages. In no event shall ArcSoft or
its suppliers be liable for any damages whatsoever (including but not li
ited to damages for loss of business profits, business interruption,
loss of business information, or any other pecuniary loss) which result
from an inability to use this software, even if ArcSoft, Inc. has been
advised of the possibility of such damages. Because some states and
jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of consequential or
incidental damages, the above limitations may not apply to you.

U.S. Government Restricted Rights. The software and documentation
are provided with Restricted Rights. Use, duplication, or disclosure by
the U.S. Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subpara­graph (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software
clause at DFARS 252.227-7013 or subparagraphs (c)(1),(2), and (3)
of the Commercial Computer Software - Restricted Rights at 48 CFR

52.227-19, as applicable, and any amendments thereto. The manufac­turer is ArcSoft, Inc., 46601 Fremont Blvd., Fremont, CA 94538.

If this product was purchased in the United States, this Agreement is
governed by the laws of the State of California; otherwise, local laws
may apply.

Table of Content

Welcome to ArcSoft PhotoImpression . . . . . . . . . .2

Highlights of ArcSoft PhotoImpression . . . . . . . .3

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Installing ArcSoft PhotoImpression . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Working with ArcSoft PhotoImpression . . . . . . . .6

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Options on the Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Opening an Image from a Disk Drive . . . . . .9

Acquiring Images from a TWAIN Device . .10

Working with Albums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Editing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Creative Project Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Saving Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Printing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21