Canon My Image Garden User Manual

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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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 To Utilize Images Imported to the Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Saving Digital Camera Images to a Folder Subject to Image Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

General Notes (My Image Garden). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 What Is My Image Garden?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

What You Can Do with My Image Garden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

File Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Selecting Images, PDF Files, and Videos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Starting My Image Garden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Utilizing the Item Recommendation Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Enjoying Items Recommended by My Image Garden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Registering Various Information to Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Registering People. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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

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

Registering Favorite Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Printing Photos and Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Printing Disc Labels (CD/DVD/BD). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Using Various Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Scanning Photos and Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Easy Scanning with Auto Scan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Scanning Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Scanning Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Scanning with Favorite Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Cropping Scanned Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Editing Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Setting the Design and Main People. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Changing Background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Changing Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Arranging Photos Automatically. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Adding, Deleting, or Rearranging Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Inserting Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Adjusting, Correcting, or Enhancing Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Adding Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Adding/Adjusting Text Boxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Adding/Adjusting Image Layout Frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Correcting/Enhancing Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Using Auto Photo Fix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Using Red-Eye Correction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Using Face Brightener. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Using Face Sharpener. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Using Digital Face Smoothing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Using Blemish Remover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Adjusting Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Cropping Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Enhancing Photos Using Special Filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Enhancing with Fish-eye Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Enhancing with Miniature Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Enhancing with Toy Camera Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Enhancing with Soft Focus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Blurring the Background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Creating/Editing PDF Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Extracting Text from Images (OCR Function). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Downloading Images from Photo Sharing Sites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

My Image Garden Screens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Main Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Create or Open Items View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Item Edit Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Set Design and Paper Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Select Background Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Select Layout Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Advanced Settings Dialog (Stickers). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Advanced Settings Dialog (Photo Layout). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Advanced Settings Dialog (Calendar). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Advanced Settings Dialog (Disc Label (CD/DVD/BD)). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Calendar View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Register Event/Edit Event Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Event View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Expanded Display of Event View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

People View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Register Profile Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Expanded Display of People View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Unregistered People View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Deleted Images of People View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Folder View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Scan View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Crop View (Scan View). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Save Dialog (Scan View). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

PDF Settings Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Photo Sharing Sites View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Save Dialog (Photo Sharing Sites View). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Video Frame Capture View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Correct View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Merge Frames View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Save Dialog (Video Frame Capture View). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Download PREMIUM Contents View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Downloaded PREMIUM Contents View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Correct/Enhance Images Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Crop Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Save Dialog (Correct/Enhance Images or Special Image Filters Window). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Special Image Filters Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Create/Edit PDF File View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Save Dialog (Create/Edit PDF File View). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

File Settings Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Print Settings Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Paper Size List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Preferences Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Cannot Use PREMIUM Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

How to Check the Version - My Image Garden -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

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

You can search for target pages in this guide.

Search Tips

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

Note

The displayed screen may vary.

When searching from this page or the "Home" page without entering your product's model name or your application's name, all products supported by this guide will be considered for the search.

If you want to narrow down the search results, add your product's model name or your application's name to the keywords.

Searching for Functions

Enter 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

Enter 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

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Note

The displayed screen varies depending on your product.

Searching for Application Functions

Enter 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

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 search

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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.

1. 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.

2.Select Preferences... from the iPhoto menu.

3.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.

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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.

3.Check When you insert a picture CD.

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

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

5.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 on the left side of the screen.

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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.

1.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 doubleclick the Image Capture icon.

2.Select Image Capture for Connecting this camera opens.

3.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.

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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 v10.9.

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).

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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

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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.

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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 designs to create and print personalized items such as collages and cards.

Creating and Printing Items

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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

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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.

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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)

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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.

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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.

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Canon My Image Garden User Manual

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Identifying people appears at Unregistered People in Global Menu on the left side of the screen 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.

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