Arcsoft PHOTOSTUDIO 2000 User Manual

ArcSoft PhotoStudio 2000 Quick Start Guide

Introduction

PhotoStudio 2000 is a full-featured, easy-to-use image editing software program for consumers
and prosumers. Users can acquire, enhance, retouch and output full-color images for publication,
presentation and the Internet with a wide collection of editing tools, special effects and
enhancements.

System Requirements

• Pentium PC or equivalent

• Windows 95/98/NT/2000

• 16 MB RAM (32 MB RAM recommended)

• 50 MB free hard disk space

• CD-ROM drive

• Mouse

• 16 or 24-bit display card (recommended)

Starting PhotoStudio 2000

• Click Start>Programs>ArcSoft PhotoStudio 2000>PhotoStudio 2000.

The PhotoStudio 2000 User Interface Components

The following is a list of major components on the PhotoStudio 2000 User Interface:

• Title Bar: displays the tile of the program (PhotoStudio 2000)

• Minimize/Maximize/Close Box: lets to minimize, maximize, or close the PhotoStudio 2000

window

• Menu Bar: contains all menu commands organized in groups

• Quick Access Bar: contains icons for quick access to common commands

• Tools Palette: displays tools all kinds of tools

• Color Palette: shows all colors available

• Layers Palette: allows users to work on an image in layers

• Options Palette: offer options to fine-tune tools

• Client Area: where you place images and work on them

• The Image Window: shows the selected image

• The Status Bar: displays information about the current active window

(See PhotoStudio 2000 User Interface on Page 2)

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Title Bar

Menu Bar

Quick Access Bar

Album Palette

Client Area

Layers Palette

Options Palette

Navigation Palette

Status Bar

Tools Palette

Color Palette

Minimize/Maximize/

Close Box

Fig. 1 PhotoStudio 2000 User Interface

Bringing Images into PhotoStudio 2000

• With PhotoStudio 2000 launched, click File on the Menu Bar,

• Select one of the following:

- New (to start a project from the beginning)

- Open (to bring in an image from a directory)

- Open Album (to get an image from an album)

- Capture (to capture an image from your desktop)

- Acquire (to obtain an image from a TWAIN device like a digital camera, scanner, etc.)

• Follow the prompts in each individual setting to proceed.

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