Canon Pro9000 Mark II User Manual

Online Manual

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?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

What You Can Do with My Image Garden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

File Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Selecting Images, PDF Files, and Videos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Starting My Image Garden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Utilizing the Item Recommendation Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Enjoying Items Recommended by My Image Garden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Registering Various Information to Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Registering People. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Registering People's Profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Registering Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Registering Favorite Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Printing Photos and Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Printing Disc Labels (CD/DVD/BD). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Printing Recommended Items and Images Displayed in Slide Shows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Creating and Printing Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Printing Photos in a Variety of Layouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Printing Collages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Printing Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Printing Calendars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Printing Stickers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Printing in a Cinematic Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Printing Paper Crafts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Downloading and Printing PREMIUM Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Capturing and Printing Still Images from Videos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Creating Images of Merged Video Frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Correcting Still Images Captured from Videos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Using Various Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Scanning Photos and Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Easy Scanning with Auto Scan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Scanning Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Scanning Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Scanning with Favorite Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Cropping Scanned Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Editing Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Setting the Theme and Main People. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Changing Background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Changing Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Arranging Photos Automatically. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Adding, Deleting, or Rearranging Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Inserting Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Adjusting, Correcting, or Enhancing Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Adding Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Adding/Adjusting Text Boxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Correcting/Enhancing Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Using Auto Photo Fix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Using Red-Eye Correction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Using Face Brightener. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Using Face Sharpener. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Using Digital Face Smoothing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Using Blemish Remover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Adjusting Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Cropping Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Enhancing Photos Using Special Filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Enhancing with Fish-eye Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Enhancing with Miniature Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Enhancing with Toy Camera Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Enhancing with Soft Focus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Blurring the Background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Creating/Editing PDF Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Setting Passwords for PDF Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Opening/Editing Password-protected PDF Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

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 Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Register Profile Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 Box (Scan View). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Crop Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Save Dialog Box (Correct/Enhance Images or Special Image Filters Window). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Special Image Filters Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Create/Edit PDF File View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

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

Password Security Settings Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

File Settings Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Print Settings Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Paper Size List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Preferences Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Cannot Use PREMIUM Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

How to Check the Version - My Image Garden -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

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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

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

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

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.

• 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 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

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...

Collage/card in which photos shot on the birthday are automatically laid out

Preserve the Proud Moments

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

Collage/card/calendar in which photos shot on the day of the recital are automatically laid out

Record the Memories of Family Travel

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

Collage/card/calendar in which photos shot during the travel period are automatically laid out

Photos of people and landscape photos are laid out in a good balance.

The layout will be like a series of snapshots portraying the places visited.

Celebrate the Start of a New Chapter in Life

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

Collage/card/calendar in which photos shot on the wedding day are automatically laid out

In addition to these, numerous items such as the following are provided. Enjoy the item recommendation

function of My Image Garden by registering memorable events, ceremonies, and various other occasions.

• Calendars with seasonal photos displayed once every month, every six months, and every year

• Items with photos of your hobbies

• Items with photos of the family's memories of one month, three months, six months, or one year

And more!

Registering Various Information to Photos

The more people's profiles and event information you register, the more items suitable for the people and

events will appear as slide shows in Image Display.

In addition, registering information will make it easier to find the target photos when you search for them, or

to create and print the items you like.

Registering People and Profiles

Registering Event Information

Registering Favorite Levels

Registering People and Profiles

This will make it easier to organize or browse photos by person. You can register images that are

automatically identified as those of the same person, at once, or register by specifying the face area in

images one by one.

Registering People

In addition, after registering a person in the Unregistered People view, you can register the person's

profile (birthday, relationship with you, etc.) to the person.

When the birthday is registered, the person's growth record of the previous age (from the day after the

birthday to the next birthday) will appear automatically.

In addition, when the relationship with you is registered, the person will be placed with priority in items.

For example, when Daughter is set for the relationship, items with layouts focusing on Daughter will

appear.

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