Canon S330 Guide for Windows
Photo
Application
Guide
V2
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction to Photo Applications ........................................................................... 4
Printing with ZoomBrowser EX ................................................................................ 6
Basic Operation Procedure ...................................................................................... 9
Using Canon Utilities ............................................................................................. 13
Starting ZoomBrowser EX ...................................................................................... 14
Creating Panoramic Photo Using PhotoStitch ........................................................ 18
What is Easy-PhotoPrint? ...................................................................................... 19
Using ZoomBrowser EX ........................................................................................ 20
Basic Operations in the Browser Display Area ....................................................... 21
Changing View Mode in the Browser Display Area ................................................ 24
Image Database ..................................................................................................... 27
Processing Image Using Image Viewer ................................................................. 43
Slide Show ............................................................................................................. 47
Time Tunnel ........................................................................................................... 51
Adding Sound to Image .......................................................................................... 52
Processing Image for Sending by E-mail ............................................................... 55
Editing Image Using Other Image Processing Programs ....................................... 58
Importing Images ................................................................................................... 60
Importing Images with the Automation Wizard ....................................................... 61
Setting the Automation Wizard to Download Images ............................................. 65
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Table of Contents
Importing Images Using the Camera Window ........................................................ 69
Importing Images from a TWAIN Device ................................................................ 84
Importing Images by Drag-and-Drop Operation ..................................................... 86
Printing from PhotoRecord .................................................................................... 88
Printing a Photo Index (Index Printing) ................................................................... 89
Custom Layout Printing (Artwork/Layout Album) ................................................... 97
Printing in a Specified Photo Size
(Fixed Photo Size Printing) ................................................................................... 102
Printing in the Borderless Printing Mode (Tiled Photo) ........................................ 107
Printing on Canon Perforated Paper .................................................................... 112
About Canon Perforated Paper ............................................................................ 116
Starting Printing .................................................................................................... 117
Artwork ................................................................................................................ 118
Page Art ............................................................................................................... 121
Changing Layout .................................................................................................. 128
Adding Text .......................................................................................................... 136
Clipping a Photo ................................................................................................... 150
Printing with Easy-PhotoPrint .............................................................................. 152
Starting Easy-PhotoPrint ...................................................................................... 153
Selecting Images .................................................................................................. 154
Selecting Paper .................................................................................................... 156
Layout Printing ..................................................................................................... 158
How to Use Online Help ...................................................................................... 160
Index .................................................................................................................... 165
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Introduction to Photo Applications
Easy-PhotoPrint
Easy-PhotoPrint is a handy application program that allows you to make borderless (full page) prints
from the images you recorded with your digital camera. You can make prints easily, just by selecting
image data and paper size and type.
Easy-PhotoPrint also has simple editing functions such as trimming and rotation of images.
Easy-PhotoPrint supports Exif Print (Exif 2.2). The image captured with an Exif Print-compliant
digital camera can be optimized using data, such as camera settings (white balance, exposure time)
etc, stored at the same time of shooting, yielding extremely high-quality prints.
ZoomBrowser EX
ZoomBrowser EX is an application program that displays the images (stored in the memory card)
you recorded with your digital camera as thumbnails, allowing you to import the selected images
into your computer and view, manage, and edit them. ZoomBrowser EX also allows you to process
the image files already stored in the computer in the same manner.
The image data selected with ZoomBrowser EX can be edited using another application program in
a coordinated fashion.
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PhotoRecord
PhotoRecord allows you to make photo-quality prints from the image data you selected with
ZoomBrowser EX. PhotoRecord can make an index print, print multiple images on a sheet of paper
with them laid out automatically, or print images on Canon perforated paper. With PhotoRecord, you
can add a frame, background, and/or letters to your photo. PhotoRecord also supports basic editing
functions such as trimming, rotation, color adjustment.
PhotoStitch
PhotoStitch allows you to make a panoramic photo from the images you recorded with your digital
camera. PhotoStitch can merge separate images into a panoramic image. With PhotoStitch, you
can make a panoramic photo of a grand view spreading out 360-degrees around you. A desired
number of images can be easily stitched vertically or horizontally, allowing you to take full advantage
of digital photo printing (for example, you can make unique posters with ease). The Wide mode is
useful when you want to create a wide panoramic photo of buildings and other straight-lined objects
with straight lines as natural as the original.
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Printing with ZoomBrowser EX
ZoomBrowser EX enables you to import image data captured with digital cameras or scanners into
a computer and produce photo-quality printouts in a quick and easy fashion. Using ZoomBrowser
EX with a Canon BJ printer and a scanner or digital camera, you can enjoy superb-quality photo
prints.
Custom Layout Printing
(Artwork/Layout Album)
You can arrange images in a desired layout and
apply artwork including clipping, resizing, rotation,
text insertion, and ornamentation with photo
frames and background.
Printing a Photo Index
(Index Printing)
You can print a photo index that contains
thumbnails automatically arranged in a suitable
layout for the selected thumbnail size (large,
medium, or small).
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Printing in a Specified Photo Size
(Fixed Photo Size Printing)
Printing in the Borderless Printing Mode
(Tiled Photo)
You can print images in the specified photo
size.
You can print images with no margins around each
image, so that a single image is printed borderless
along the paper edges and multiple images are
arranged like tiles with no space between them
(available with BJ printers that support the
borderless printing feature).
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Printing on Canon Perforated Paper
You can easily make your images fit on a
sheet of Canon perforated paper such as
<FM-101> or <PC-101S>.
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Basic Operation Procedure
The basic operation steps to capture, import, edit, and print photo images are summarized below.
STEP 1
Shooting / scanning
Acquire images with a digital camera or a scanner.
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STEP 2
Importing images
Start ZoomBrowser EX.
ZoomBrowser EX supports
some simple image editing
features.
Using the Camera Window, import
images from a memory card or a
digital camera.
The Automation wizard provides easy
means of importing images.
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STEP 3
Selecting a layout
Specify the print mode. Just follow the wizard to select a print mode option
from Artwork/Layout album, Index printing, Fixed photo size printing,
Borderless printing (Tiled photo), and Canon perforated paper printing.
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STEP 4
Applying artwork
You can apply artwork
including clipping, resizing,
adding text, and
ornamentation such as adding
photo frames or background
to the imported images.
STEP 5
Printing
The images can be printed on Canon
perforated paper (such as Photo Paper
Pro <PC-101S> or Glossy Photo Card
<FM-101>). Borderless printing is also
supported.
*Some features and paper sizes may not
be supported depending on the models of
printers.
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Using Canon Utilities
Canon Utilities are the application software included in the BJ Solution Disk or Setup Software &
User’s Guide in the CD-ROM that comes with your BJ series printer. These utilities enable you to
display, save (import) to the computer’s hard disk, edit, print the images captured using a digital
camera or scanner.
For the summary of each function, refer to Introduction to Photo Applications.
• Starting ZoomBrowser EX
• Creating Panoramic Photo Using PhotoStitch
• What is Easy-PhotoPrint?
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Starting ZoomBrowser EX
This section describes how to start ZoomBrowser EX.
ZoomBrowser EX supports the following image file types:
bmp Windows bitmap
crw RAW
fpx Flachpix
jpg Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG)
tif Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)
pcd KODAK Photo CD
wmf Windows Metafile
Starting ZoomBrowser EX
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Steps
Click Start and select Programs - Canon Utilities - ZoomBrowser EX -
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ZoomBrowser EX.
ZoomBrowser EX starts and ZoomBrowser EX application window opens.
Starting ZoomBrowser EX
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Note
To learn more about the main window, refer to Basic Operations in the Browser
➤
Display Area.
Starting ZoomBrowser EX
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When starting ZoomBrowser EX for the First Time...
When starting ZoomBrowser EX for the first time, you will see a message window as shown below.
Click the Yes button to register the Windows folder named My Picture as an Image Folder of
ZoomBrowser EX. This folder will become an image data storage folder and images imported from
a digital camera or scanner can be stored in this folder. ZoomBrowser displays the thumbnails of the
images stored in this folder in the Browser Display Area.
Click the No button, if you do not want to register the My Picture folder to the ZoomBrowser EX.
This message appears only when the ZoomBrowser EX is started for the first time.
For more detailed information on registering Image Folders, refer to Image Database.
Starting ZoomBrowser EX
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Creating Panoramic Photo Using PhotoStitch
PhotoStitch is an easy-to-use image merger utility which enables you to create a panoramic photo
by merging multiple photos taken with a digital camera.
Steps
In the Browser Display Area of the ZoomBrowser EX, select multiple photo images
1
(thumbnails) to merge.
Open the Edit menu and select the PhotoStitch command.
2
PhotoStitch starts and loads the selected photo images.
Merge as many images as you like either vertically or horizontally by a simple operation, and create
posters and other photo-prints. Also try the wide-mode merging which shows buildings and other
straight-lined objects with straight lines as natural as the original.
For more details on the merging procedure, refer to the Help of PhotoStitch.
Creating Panoramic Photo Using PhotoStitch
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What is Easy-PhotoPrint?
Easy-PhotoPrint allows you to make borderless prints simply by selecting your digital camera
images and the paper size and type. Easy-PhotoPrint is useful when you want to make prints
quickly. Easy-PhotoPrint also has simple editing functions such as trimming and rotation of images.
Easy-PhotoPrint supports Exif Print.
Note
For details on the operation procedure, refer to Printing with Easy-PhotoPrint.
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What is Easy-PhotoPrint?
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Using ZoomBrowser EX
This chapter describes the basic operations and the functions of the ZoomBrowser EX.
• Basic Operations in the Browser Display Area
• Changing View Mode in the Browser Display Area
• Image Database
• Processing Image Using Image Viewer
• Slide Show
• Time Tunnel
• Adding Sound to Image
• Processing Image for Sending by E-mail
• Editing Image Using Other Image Processing Programs
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Basic Operations in the Browser Display Area
Part names and basic operations in the Browser Display Area are described in this section.
For more detailed information on working with ZoomBrowser EX, refer to the Help of ZoomBrowser
EX.
Tree View
Displays all the Image Folders and their subfolders that are
registered to ZoomBrowser EX.
When a Canon digital camera is connected to your computer, double-click the Canon Camera icon, and you can
view all the photos stored in the memory card of camera in
the Camera Window.
Control Panel
Control buttons are provided
here. Manage and process
images shown in the
Browser Display Area by
clicking these buttons.
Thumbnails
The information screen shows the number
of subfolders and image files contained in
the current folder.
Reduced images of the files contained in the folder that is currently
selected in the Tree View. You can select images for processing by
clicking the thumbnails.To select two or more images, click the thumbnails one by one while pressing the Ctrl key.
Browser Display Area
Displays the contents of the Image Folder that is
currently selected in the Tree View. Individual
images are shown as thumbnails. You can change
the thumbnail size, the way the information is displayed, the viewing modes, and other settings.
Basic Operations in the Browser Display Area
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MINIMIZE
Click this button to reduce the Control Panel into a miniature window (see the figure on the right). You can mousedrag it anywhere on the computer screen.
buttons
View Mode buttons
ZOOM MODE
Click the
images contained in the folder currently selected in the Tree View, in the reduced form of thumbnails. If the folder
contains subfolders, the contents of the subfolders are also displayed, as thumbnails grouped under subfolder
names.
SCROLL MODE
Click the SCROLL MODE button on the Control Panel to enter the Scroll mode. The Scroll mode displays the
images and subfolders contained in the folder currently selected in the Tree View. The images are shown as
thumbnails, while the subfolders are shown as folder icons.
When in the Scroll Mode, you can zoom in on a desired folder and view its contents, by double-clicking the folder.
ZOOM MODE
button on the Control Panel to enter the Zoom mode. The Zoom mode displays the
SHOW PROPERTIES
Click this to view the information about the image
currently selected in the Browser Display Area.
REFRESH button
Click this to refresh the display of selected images
(thumbnails) or the contents of the selected folder.
IMPORT IMAGES button
Click this to import images from an input device
(digital camera, memory card, etc.), currently connected to the computer.
DELETE button
Click this to delete the images or folders currently selected in the Browser Display Area.
PRINT button
Click this to open the Print submenu in which you can
select Layout or Index printing option. When Layout is
selected, the PhotoRecord Print Modes window opens and
the Print Modes wizard becomes ready to start.
VIEW IMAGE button
Click this to open the Image Viewer and view the selected image.
button
Basic Operations in the Browser Display Area
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Tool switching buttons
Click these buttons to select a tool (mouse pointer) used in the Browser Display Area.
Button Name Function
SELECT
button
Turns the mouse pointer into a selection tool.Select this tool for the usual
operations in ZoomBrowser EX, for example, selecting images and folders.
ZOOM IN
button
ZOOM OUT
button
Turns the mouse pointer into a zoom-in tool.Select this tool for zooming in
or (enlarging) the images (thumbnails) in the Browser Display Area.
Turns the mouse pointer into a zoom-out tool.Select this tool for zooming
out or (reducing) the images (thumbnails) in the Browser Display Area.
Basic Operations in the Browser Display Area
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Changing View Mode in the Browser Display Area
There are two View Mode buttons in the Control Panel, the SCROLL MODE button and the ZOOM
MODE button.
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Zoom Mode
Click the ZOOM MODE button on the Control Panel to enter the Zoom mode. The images contained
in the folder selected in the Tree View are displayed in the reduced form of thumbnails. If the folder
contains subfolders, the contents of the subfolders are also displayed, as thumbnails grouped under
subfolder names.
Folder Subfolder
Double-click the
subfolder background
to zoom in images.
To zoom out the magnified images, click the button on the top-right corner of the Browser
Display Area.
Changing View Mode in the Browser Display Area
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■
Scroll Mode
Click the SCROLL MODE button on the Control Panel to enter the Scroll mode. The images in the
selected folder or subfolders contained in the selected folder are displayed. The images are shown
as thumbnails, while the subfolders are shown as folder icons.When in the Scroll Mode, you can
zoom in the images contained a subfolder by double-clicking the folder icon. This enlarges the view
of the folder contents until it fills the Browser Display Area.
Double-click the
folder icon to zoom
in the images contained in the subfolder.
Changing View Mode in the Browser Display Area
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Using Magnifier glass
Some thumbnails are displayed smaller than others, depending on the folder structure. The
Magnifier is a convenient tool for viewing small thumbnails.
To use the Magnifier, select the Magnifier from the View menu.
You can move the Magnifier glass over the Browser Display Area by dragging it with the mouse.
When you want to have a closer look, point the glass to a thumbnail, and view the enlarged image in
the Magnifier window.
To return to the normal view, close the Magnifier window, by clicking the Close button on the top
right corner of the MAGNIFIER window.
MAGNIFIER
window
Magnifier glass
Use the slide control to increase or decrease the magnification.
Changing View Mode in the Browser Display Area
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Image Database
Registering Image Folders is a necessary procedure, if you have image data stored in your hard
disk folders or on removable volumes, and if you want to process, print or manage them from
ZoomBrowser EX. First register the folder/volume which you want to store the image data.
When a folder on the hard disk is registered as an Image Folder, you can save folders and images
in that Folder from the ZoomBrowser EX window. Image data imported from a memory card of
digital camera or other input devices will be saved as image files in those registered Image Folders.
Image Database
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Image Library One
When ZoomBrowser EX is installed in your computer, it automatically creates a default folder
named Image Library One, where it copies its sample image files.
Under this default Folder, you can create a new folder and save the imported images. You can also
create a new Image Folder besides the default one.
Folders that comprises the default Image Folder
Image Database
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Registering the My Pictures folder as an Image Folder
On starting ZoomBrowser EX for the first time, a message box appears and asks you if you want to
register the My Pictures folder to the ZoomBrowser EX. If you click Yes here, the Windows folder
named My Pictures will be registered as an Image Folder and displayed in the Tree View.
The registered Image Folder
Image Database
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Registering Folders on the Hard Disk as Image Folders
You can select folders on your hard disks and register them as new Image Folders.
To learn how to register removable volumes such as CDs, MOs and FDs, refer to Registering
Removable Volumes as Image Folders.
Steps
Start ZoomBrowser EX.
1
To learn how to start ZoomBrowser EX, refer to Starting ZoomBrowser EX.
Click the REGISTER IMAGE FOLDER button.
2
The Register Image Folder dialog box appears.
Image Database
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