Canon MX395 User Manual

Online Manual

My Image Garden Guide

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Contents

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

Symbols Used in This Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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

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

To Utilize Images Imported to the Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Saving Digital Camera Images to a Folder Subject to Image Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

General Notes (My Image Garden). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

What Is My Image Garden?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

What You Can Do with My Image Garden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

File Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Selecting Images, PDF Files, and Videos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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

Utilizing the Item Recommendation Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Enjoying Items Recommended by My Image Garden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Registering Various Information to Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Registering People. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Registering People's Profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Registering Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Registering Favorite Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Printing Photos and Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Printing Disc Labels (CD/DVD/BD). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Printing Recommended Items and Images Displayed in Slide Shows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Creating and Printing Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Printing Photos in a Variety of Layouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Printing Collages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Printing Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Printing Calendars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Printing Stickers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Printing in a Cinematic Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Printing Paper Crafts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Downloading and Printing PREMIUM Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Capturing and Printing Still Images from Videos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Creating Images of Merged Video Frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Correcting Still Images Captured from Videos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Using Various Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Scanning Photos and Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Easy Scanning with Auto Scan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Scanning Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Scanning Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Scanning with Favorite Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Cropping Scanned Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Editing Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Setting the Theme and Main People. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Changing Background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Changing Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Arranging Photos Automatically. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Adding, Deleting, or Rearranging Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Inserting Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Adjusting, Correcting, or Enhancing Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Adding Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Adding/Adjusting Text Boxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Correcting/Enhancing Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Using Auto Photo Fix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Using Red-Eye Correction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Using Face Brightener. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Using Face Sharpener. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Using Digital Face Smoothing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Using Blemish Remover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Adjusting Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Cropping Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Enhancing Photos Using Special Filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Enhancing with Fish-eye Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Enhancing with Miniature Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Enhancing with Toy Camera Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Enhancing with Soft Focus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Blurring the Background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Creating/Editing PDF Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Extracting Text from Images (OCR Function). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Downloading Images from Photo Sharing Sites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

My Image Garden Screens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Main Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Create or Open Items View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Create or Open Items Edit Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Select Theme and Main People Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Select Theme Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Select Background Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Select Layout Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Advanced Settings Dialog (Stickers). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Advanced Settings Dialog (Photo Layout). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Advanced Settings Dialog (Calendar). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Advanced Settings Dialog (Disc Label (CD/DVD/BD)). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Calendar View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Register Event/Edit Event Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Event View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Expanded Display of Event View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

People View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Register Profile Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Expanded Display of People View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Unregistered People View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Deleted Images of People View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Folder View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Scan View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Crop View (Scan View). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Save Dialog (Scan View). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

PDF Settings Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Photo Sharing Sites View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Save Dialog (Photo Sharing Sites View). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Video Frame Capture View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Correct View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Merge Frames View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Save Dialog (Video Frame Capture View). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Download PREMIUM Contents View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Downloaded PREMIUM Contents View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Correct/Enhance Images Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Crop Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Save Dialog (Correct/Enhance Images or Special Image Filters Window). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Special Image Filters Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Create/Edit PDF File View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Save Dialog (Create/Edit PDF File View). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

File Settings Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Print Settings Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Paper Size List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Preferences Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Cannot Use PREMIUM Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

How to Check the Version - My Image Garden -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

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Enter your model name and a reference 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

To Utilize Images Imported to the Computer

Depending on the application to be started upon connecting a digital camera or inserting a picture CD,

images may be saved in a special format and thus may not be utilized in other applications. In that case, see

this page and change to an application that saves images to a standard folder.

Checking/Changing the Application to Start upon Digital Camera Connection

Checking/Changing the Application to Start upon Picture CD Insertion

Important

• My Image Garden cannot utilize images in the iPhoto library.

Checking/Changing the Application to Start upon Digital Camera

Connection

You can check/change the application to be started upon connecting a digital camera or inserting an SD

card by following the steps below. To utilize images imported to the computer in My Image Garden, it is

recommended that you start Image Capture and save the images.

From the Go menu of Finder, select Applications, then double-click the iPhoto icon.

iPhoto starts.

Note

• If the message "Do you want to use iPhoto when you connect your digital camera?" appears,

click No.

Select Preferences... from the iPhoto menu.

Check Connecting camera opens on the General tab.

When an application other than Image Capture is specified:

Specify Image Capture. Thereafter, Image Capture will start upon connecting a digital camera to or

inserting an SD card into your computer. You can utilize various functions by setting My Image Garden

to analyze the folder in which images imported with Image Capture are saved. Refer to the following

for details on the setting procedure.

Saving Digital Camera Images to a Folder Subject to Image Analysis

When Image Capture is specified:

The images on the digital camera or SD card are saved to the folder specified for Import To in the

Image Capture screen. You can utilize various functions by adding the folder in which images imported

with Image Capture are saved to Perform Image Analysis in the Following Folder(s) in the

Preferences dialog of My Image Garden.

Image Analysis Settings Tab

Checking/Changing the Application to Start upon Picture CD Insertion

You can check/change the application to be started upon inserting a picture CD by following the steps

below.

1. From the Go menu of Finder, select Applications, then double-click the System

Preferences icon.

The System Preferences window appears.

2. Click CDs & DVDs.

Check When you insert a picture CD.

Follow the steps below if an application other than My Image Garden is specified.

Select Open other application... for When you insert a picture CD.

Select the My Image Garden icon, then click Choose.

Thereafter, My Image Garden will start upon inserting a picture CD in the disc drive.

Note

• The picture CD will appear below the computer name in Global Menu.

Saving Digital Camera Images to a Folder Subject to Image

Analysis

You can utilize the following functions when the folder in which to save images imported from digital

cameras and SD cards are registered as a folder subject to image analysis for My Image Garden.

Leave Item Creation to My Image Garden

Organize Photos Easily

In My Image Garden, the Pictures folder is the default folder subject to image analysis; therefore, it is

recommended that you specify the Pictures folder as the folder in which to save images.

Note

• Saving digital camera images with Image Capture is used as an example in the following descriptions.

• Refer to "Checking/Changing the Application to Start upon Digital Camera Connection" for how to set

Image Capture to be started upon connecting a digital camera.

Connect a digital camera or SD card to your computer.

Image Capture starts.

Note

• If Image Capture does not start, from the Go menu of Finder, select Applications, then double-

click the Image Capture icon.

Select Image Capture for Connecting this camera opens.

Specify the Pictures folder for Import To.

When specifying a folder other than Pictures, change the folder subject to image analysis for My Image

Garden according to Import To. Refer to the following for details on the setting procedure.

Image Analysis Settings Tab

Note

• Perform Steps 2 and 3 for each digital camera and SD card to be used.

4. Select images and click Import, or click Import All.

The images are saved to the specified folder.

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 Mac OS X v10.8.

• 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. 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.

• Borderless printing is available with supported models only.

• In bordered printing, the margins may be uneven as shown below, depending on your model.

Restrictions on Scanning

• You cannot scan items if a scanner driver 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,

ImageBrowser 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 ImageBrowser 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 command 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 two methods.

• Click (Start My Image Garden) on Quick Menu

• From the Go menu of Finder, select Applications, then double-click the Canon Utilities folder, My

Image Garden folder, and then My Image Garden icon.

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. 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

Enjoying Items Recommended by My Image Garden

When you register people's profiles and event information, items such as collages and calendars with

automatically selected/placed photos will appear as slide shows in Image Display of Quick Menu. You can

easily print items such as calendars full of family memories with simple mouse clicks.

Note

• Refer to "Registering Various Information to Photos" for how to utilize the item recommendation

function.

• Refer to "Printing Recommended Items and Images Displayed in Slide Shows" for how to print items

displayed in slide shows.

Record Your Children's Growth Process (Growth Record)

When you register your child's birthday and relationship with you to the child's profile...

After the First Birthday:

Collage in which photos shot every month up to the first birthday are automatically laid out

The layout focuses on face areas.

After the Third Birthday:

Collage in which photos shot every three months up to the third birthday are automatically laid out

The layout focuses on face areas.

You can enjoy the growth record collages for up to the sixth birthday.

Various Themes Corresponding to Your Children's Growth

My Image Garden recommends delightful items corresponding to various scenes.

Celebrate the Birthday

When you register a birthday event in the Calendar view...

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