Canon IP2700 User Manual

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My Image Garden Guide

English

Contents

Read Me First. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

How to Use the Online Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Trademarks and Licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Search Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

General Notes (My Image Garden). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

What Is My Image Garden?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

What You Can Do with My Image Garden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

File Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Selecting Images, PDF Files, and Videos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Starting My Image Garden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Utilizing the Item Recommendation Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Enjoying Items Recommended by My Image Garden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Registering Various Information to Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Registering People. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Registering People's Profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Registering Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Registering Favorite Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Printing Photos and Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Printing Disc Labels (CD/DVD/BD). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Printing Recommended Items and Images Displayed in Slide Shows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Creating and Printing Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Printing Photos in a Variety of Layouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Printing Collages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Printing Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Printing Calendars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Printing Stickers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Printing in a Cinematic Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Printing Paper Crafts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Downloading and Printing PREMIUM Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Capturing and Printing Still Images from Videos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Creating Images of Merged Video Frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Correcting Still Images Captured from Videos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Using Various Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Scanning Photos and Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Easy Scanning with Auto Scan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Scanning Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Scanning Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Scanning with Favorite Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Cropping Scanned Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Editing Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Setting the Theme and Main People. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Changing Background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Changing Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Arranging Photos Automatically. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Adding, Deleting, or Rearranging Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Inserting Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Adjusting, Correcting, or Enhancing Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Adding Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Adding/Adjusting Text Boxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Correcting/Enhancing Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Using Auto Photo Fix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Using Red-Eye Correction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Using Face Brightener. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Using Face Sharpener. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Using Digital Face Smoothing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Using Blemish Remover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Adjusting Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Cropping Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Enhancing Photos Using Special Filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Enhancing with Fish-eye Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Enhancing with Miniature Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Enhancing with Toy Camera Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Enhancing with Soft Focus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Blurring the Background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Creating/Editing PDF Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Setting Passwords for PDF Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Opening/Editing Password-protected PDF Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Extracting Text from Images (OCR Function). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Downloading Images from Photo Sharing Sites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

My Image Garden Screens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Main Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

My Art View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

My Art Edit Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Select Theme and Main People Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Select Theme Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Select Background Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Select Layout Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Advanced Settings Dialog Box (Stickers). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Advanced Settings Dialog Box (Photo Layout). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Advanced Settings Dialog Box (Calendar). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Advanced Settings Dialog Box (Disc Label (CD/DVD/BD)). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Calendar View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Register Event/Edit Event Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Event View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Expanded Display of Event View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

People View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Register Profile Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Expanded Display of People View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Unregistered People View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Deleted Images of People View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Folder View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Scan View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Crop View (Scan View). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Save Dialog Box (Scan View). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

PDF Settings Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Photo Sharing Sites View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Save Dialog Box (Photo Sharing Sites View). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Video Frame Capture View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Correct View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Merge Frames View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Save Dialog Box (Video Frame Capture View). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Download PREMIUM Contents View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Downloaded PREMIUM Contents View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Correct/Enhance Images Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Crop Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Save Dialog Box (Correct/Enhance Images or Special Image Filters Window). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Special Image Filters Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Create/Edit PDF File View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Save Dialog Box (Create/Edit PDF File View). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Password Security Settings Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

File Settings Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

Print Settings Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Paper Size List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Preferences Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

Cannot Use PREMIUM Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

How to Check the Version - My Image Garden -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

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of their respective companies.

Note

• The formal name of Windows Vista is Microsoft Windows Vista operating system.

Enter keywords in the search window and click (Search).

You can search for target pages in this guide.

Entry example: "(your product's model name) load paper", "(your product's model name) 1000"

Search Tips

You can search for target pages by entering keywords in the search window.

Note

• The displayed screen may vary.

• Searching for Functions

You can find target pages easily by entering your product's model name and a keyword for the function

you want to learn about.

Example: When you want to learn how to load paper

Enter "(your product's model name) load paper" in the search window and perform a search

• Troubleshooting Errors

You can obtain more accurate search results by entering your product's model name and a support

code.

Example: When the following error screen appears

Enter "(your product's model name) 1000" in the search window and perform a search

Note

• The displayed screen varies depending on your product.

• Searching for Application Functions

You can find target pages easily by entering your application's name and a keyword for the function you

want to learn about.

Example: When you want to learn how to print collages with My Image Garden

Enter "My Image Garden collage" in the search window and perform a search

• Searching for Reference Pages

You can search for reference pages described in this guide by entering your model name and a page

title.

You can find reference pages more easily by entering the function name as well.

Example: When you want to browse the page referred to by the following sentence on a scanning

procedure page

Refer to "Color Settings Tab" for your model from Home of the Online Manual for details.

Enter "(your product's model name) scan Color Settings Tab" in the search window and perform a

General Notes (My Image Garden)

My Image Garden is subject to the following restrictions. Keep these points in mind.

• Refer to the Canon website for products supporting My Image Garden.

• Available functions and settings vary depending on your scanner or printer.

• In this guide, descriptions are mainly based on the screens displayed when using

Windows 8 operating system (hereinafter "Windows 8").

• The designs of PREMIUM Contents provided in this guide are subject to change without

prior notice.

Item Recommendation Function Restriction

• To use the item recommendation function, you need to install Quick Menu. You can

download Quick Menu from the Canon website.

Restrictions on Displaying Images

• To display images in the Calendar view, Unregistered People view or People view, or

to use the item recommendation function, the folders in which the images are saved

need to be subject to image analysis.

• Folders subject to image analysis can be set in the screen that appears when starting

My Image Garden for the first time or in the Preferences dialog box. The Pictures folder

is selected by default. Refer to "Image Analysis Settings Tab" to change the folders

that are subject to image analysis.

Restrictions on Printing

• Printing on disc labels (CD/DVD/BD), paper larger than A4, business card size paper, or

sticker sheets is available with supported models only.

• You cannot print your items if a printer driver that supports My Image Garden is not

installed on your computer.

Restrictions on Scanning

• You cannot scan items if a scanner driver or MP Drivers supporting My Image Garden is

not installed on your computer.

• You cannot scan items whose image size will be larger than 10208 pixels x 14032

pixels (equivalent to a platen-size item scanned at 1200 dpi resolution) when scanned.

Refer to "General Notes (Scanner Driver)" for your model from Home of the Online Manual

for restrictions on scanning using ScanGear (scanner driver).

What Is My Image Garden?

What You Can Do with My Image Garden

File Formats

Selecting Images, PDF Files, and Videos

Starting My Image Garden

What You Can Do with My Image Garden

My Image Garden is an application that allows you to utilize photos taken with digital

cameras and other images saved on your computer, in many ways for various purposes.

You Can Do the Following

Leave Item Creation to My Image Garden

Organize Photos Easily

Print Photos and Documents Easily

Print Personalized Items

Print Disc Labels (CD/DVD/BD)

Capture and Print Still Images from Videos

Scan Photos and Documents Easily

Correct/Enhance Photos

Note

File formats available in My Image Garden vary by function.

Refer to "File Formats" for details.

Leave Item Creation to My Image Garden

My Image Garden employs a technology called "Image Assorting Technology" that provides

the following functions.

• The image analysis function that groups images by person by detecting face areas in

photos, and also registers images and videos to a calendar automatically by detecting

information such as the shooting date and time

• The item recommendation function that automatically recommends items in which

analyzed images are suitably laid out

You can easily print various items such as collages and cards by utilizing this technology.

Utilizing the Item Recommendation Function

Organize Photos Easily

Images analyzed in My Image Garden appear in the Unregistered People view or People

view by person, and also appear in the Calendar view based on the shooting date and

time. By registering people's profiles and event information, you can easily organize a vast

number of images, or quickly search for images you want to see.

Registering People

Registering Events

Print Photos and Documents Easily

You can print your favorite photos easily after checking them in preview.

You can also print documents saved as PDF files.

Printing Photos and Documents

Print Personalized Items

You can combine your favorite photos with preset themes to create and print personalized

items such as collages and cards.

Creating and Printing Items

Print Disc Labels (CD/DVD/BD)

You can create personalized disc labels (CD/DVD/BD) using your favorite photos and print

them.

Printing Disc Labels (CD/DVD/BD)

Capture and Print Still Images from Videos

You can capture your favorite scenes from videos and print them as still images.

Capturing and Printing Still Images from Videos

Scan Photos and Documents Easily

You can scan photos and documents easily by automatically detecting the item type.

Easy Scanning with Auto Scan

Correct/Enhance Photos

You can correct red eyes or adjust the brightness and contrast of images.

Correcting/Enhancing Photos

Note

In My Image Garden, there are many screens for selecting images, PDF files, and

videos.

Refer to "Selecting Images, PDF Files, and Videos" for details.

File Formats

File formats available for use or saving in each function of My Image Garden are as follows.

File Formats Available for Printing

File Formats Available for Use as Materials in Items

File Formats Available for Use in Video Frame Capture

File Formats Available for Saving Scans

About Exif Print

File Formats Available for Printing

• JPEG (.jpg, .jpeg)

• TIFF (.tif, .tiff)

• PNG (.png)

• PDF (.pdf)

Important

For PDF files, only those created in My Image Garden or IJ Scan Utility are supported.

PDF files created or edited in other applications are not supported.

File Formats Available for Use as Materials in Items

• JPEG (.jpg, .jpeg)

• TIFF (.tif, .tiff)

• PNG (.png)

File Formats Available for Use in Video Frame Capture

• MOV (.mov)

• MP4 (.mp4)

Important

Only video files recorded with Canon digital cameras or digital camcorders are

supported. In addition, ZoomBrowser EX Ver.6.5 or later or ImageBrowser EX Ver.1.0 or

later supplied with the digital camera or digital camcorder needs to be installed.

Only MOV format video files are available when ZoomBrowser EX is used.

MOV and MP4 format video files are available when ImageBrowser EX is used.

File Formats Available for Saving Scans

• JPEG/Exif (.jpg, .jpeg)

• TIFF (.tif, .tiff)

• PNG (.png)

• PDF (.pdf)

Note

The following TIFF file formats are supported.

Uncompressed, black and white binary

Uncompressed, RGB (8 bits per channel)

Uncompressed, YCC (8 bits per component)

Uncompressed, RGB (16 bits per channel)

Uncompressed, YCC (16 bits per component)

Uncompressed, Grayscale

About Exif Print

My Image Garden supports "Exif Print."

Exif Print is a standard for enhancing the communication between digital cameras and

printers. By connecting to an Exif Print-compliant digital camera, print results suitable for the

shooting conditions, shooting scenes, etc. can be obtained based on the camera

information at the time of shooting.

Selecting Images, PDF Files, and Videos

In My Image Garden, there are many screens for selecting images, PDF files, and videos.

You can select images, PDF files, or videos by clicking the thumbnails displayed in the

screens. White frames appear around the selected files.

Searching by date of shooting or creation (Calendar view)

Selecting files of registered events (Event view)

Selecting files of registered people (People view)

Searching for photos containing people (Unregistered People view)

Selecting files saved in specific folders (folder view)

Important

For PDF files, only those created in My Image Garden or IJ Scan Utility are supported.

PDF files created or edited in other applications are not supported.

You cannot print images and PDF files at the same time. Print images and PDF files

separately.

To select multiple files in the same folder at the same time, click the thumbnails of

images, PDF files, or videos while pressing the Ctrl key or Shift key. You cannot select

images in different folders or views at the same time.

Note

You can also select still images by capturing them from videos.

Capturing and Printing Still Images from Videos

You can also select images downloaded from photo sharing sites on the Internet.

Downloading Images from Photo Sharing Sites

For videos, only MOV or MP4 format videos recorded with Canon digital cameras or

digital camcorders appear.

Calendar View (Images, PDF Files, and Videos)

In Month View

When you click Calendar, the view switches to Calendar set to Month View and a

thumbnail of one of the images or PDF files registered to the date appears for each

date. When you click a thumbnail, all images, PDF files, and videos contained in the

date will be selected.

Note

Click a date and select Select All from the Edit menu to select all dates of the

month.

In Day View

When you click Day View in the Calendar view set to Month View, the view switches to

Calendar set to Day View, and images, PDF files, and videos appear as thumbnails by

date.

Note

Click a thumbnail of an image or PDF file and select Select All from the Edit menu

to select all images, PDF files, and videos of the date.

Event View (Images, PDF Files, and Videos)

When you click Event, the view switches to Event and the registered events with their

representative images appear as thumbnails. When you click a thumbnail, all images

contained in the event will be selected.

Note

Select Select All from the Edit menu to select all events.

In Expanded display

When you click an event name displayed below Event, or double-click an event in the

Event view, images, PDF files, and videos contained in the event appear as

thumbnails.

Note

Double-clicking an event label in the Month View calendar also displays images,

PDF files, and videos contained in the event as thumbnails.

Select Select All from the Edit menu to select all images, PDF files, and videos.

People View (Images)

When you click People, the view switches to People and the images of registered

people appear as thumbnails. When you click a thumbnail, all images contained in the

person will be selected.

Note

Select Select All from the Edit menu to select all people.

In Expanded display

When you click a name displayed below People, or double-click a person in the People

view, the view switches to the expanded display of People and the images registered to

the person appear as thumbnails.

Note

Select Select All from the Edit menu to select all images.

Unregistered People View (Images)

When you click Unregistered People, the view switches to Unregistered People and

images detected as a result of image analysis appear as thumbnails.

Note

Click a smaller thumbnail to select all images that are automatically organized as

those of the same person.

Click a thumbnail of an image and select Select All from the Edit menu to select all

images that are automatically organized as those of the same person.

Identifying people appears at Unregistered People in Global Menu during image

analysis.

Folder View (Images, PDF Files, and Videos)

When you select a folder in the folder tree, images, PDF files, and videos in the folder

appear as thumbnails.

Starting My Image Garden

My Image Garden can be started with the following three methods.

• Click (Start My Image Garden) on Quick Menu

• Double-click Canon My Image Garden on the desktop

• Start from Programs folder

Windows 8:

Select My Image Garden on the Start screen to start My Image Garden.

If My Image Garden is not displayed on the Start screen, select the Search charm,

then search for "My Image Garden".

Windows 7/Windows Vista/Windows XP:

From the Start menu, select All Programs > Canon Utilities > My Image Garden > My

Image Garden

Note

My Image Garden analyzes the images in the folders subject to image analysis and

displays them in the Calendar view, Unregistered People view or People view, or uses

them in recommended items displayed in Image Display.

Folders subject to image analysis can be set in the screen that appears when starting

My Image Garden for the first time or in the Preferences dialog box. The Pictures folder

is selected by default.

Refer to "Image Analysis Settings Tab" for how to change the folders that are subject

to image analysis.

If you are using ImageBrowser EX Ver.1.2.1 or later, you can start My Image Garden

from ImageBrowser EX.

Utilizing the Item Recommendation Function

Enjoying Items Recommended by My Image Garden

Registering Various Information to Photos

Registering People

Registering People's Profiles

Registering Events

Registering Favorite Levels

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