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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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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