Corel Snapfire Plus User Guide
USER GUIDE
Table of contents
Welcome to Corel Snapfire Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Starting and exiting Corel Snapfire Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Registering Corel products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Updating Corel products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Uninstalling Corel Snapfire Plus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Corel Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
About Corel Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Learning how to use the program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Documentation conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Using the Help system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Downloading photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using the Corel Photo Downloader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Choosing options for the Corel Photo Downloader . . . . . . . . . . 10
Working with folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Browsing and renaming folders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Adding and removing folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Working with photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Opening and closing photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Panning and zooming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Sorting photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Selecting photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Moving photos between folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Saving photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Renaming photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Deleting photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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Using photo trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Adding and removing photo trays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Adding photos to photo trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Removing photos from photo trays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Renaming photo trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Sharing your photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Sending e-mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Printing your photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Changing printer settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Ordering prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Finding your photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Searching for photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Saving your search criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Finding photos by using the Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Finding tagged photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Reviewing your photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using Quick Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Choosing Quick Review settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Saving and sharing reviews as Snapfire Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Changing photo information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Changing the recorded date that a photo was taken . . . . . . . . . 41
Applying photo ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Tagging photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Adding captions to photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Changing advanced photo information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Protecting your photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using the PhotoSafe Backup system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using Quick Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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Enhancing your photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Starting Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo to fix photos . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Using Photo Doctor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Applying basic photo corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Removing red-eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Applying cosmetic corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Cropping photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Rotating photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Straightening photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Applying effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Adding text to photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Resizing photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Working with Snapfire Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Adding photos and videos to Snapfire Shows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Playing Snapfire Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Choosing settings for Snapfire Shows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Choosing slide settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Saving Snapfire Shows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Working with videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Playing videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Choosing frames to use as video thumbnails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Extracting frames from videos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Trimming videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Creating projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Creating collages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Creating greeting cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Creating calendars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Creating album pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Creating certificates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Creating magazine covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
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Choosing program preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Resetting program warning messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Choosing file format associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Choosing thumbnail preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Choosing multimedia preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
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Welcome to Corel Snapfire Plus
Corel® Snapfire™ Pl us is the smart alternative to traditional digital
camera software. With automatic downloads, quick photo fixes,
straightforward organization and sharing options, and an array of
creative project templates, Corel Snapfi re Plus mak es it fun an d easy to
do more with your photos. With drag-and-drop simplicity, you can
quickly create impressive photo projects and slide shows that are sure
to entertain your friends and family.
Corel Snapfire Plus offers more advanced, yet easy-to-use, features for
editing your photos and videos, as well as all the basic organization and
sharing options of Corel Snapfire. In addition, Cor el Sn apfire Plus
provides more options for crea ting unique Snapfire Shows and includes
additional project templates and the PhotoSafe™ Backup system.
Corel Snapfire Plus provides the convenient Message Center, which
guides users to the outstanding features available to them. The
Message Center also automatically delivers quick tips, photo ideas, and
tutorials, as well as product news and special offers.
What is Corel Snapfire Plus SE?
Corel Snapfire Plus SE is a preview product that allows you to use all of
its features for a limited time. After the preview period, some features
will no longer be available. When you’re ready to upgrade, you can
simply click the Buy Now button on the toolbar.
In this section, you’ll learn about
• starting and exiting Corel Snapfire Plus
• registering Corel products
• updating Corel products
• uninstalling Corel Snapfire Plus
Welcome to Corel Snapfire Plus 1
• Corel® Support Services™
• Corel Corporation
Starting and exiting Corel Snapfire Plus
You can start Corel Snapfire Plus from the Windows® taskbar and exit
the program from the File menu.
To start Corel Snapfire Plus
• On the Windows taskbar , cl ick Start
Plus
! Corel Snapfire Plus.
If your operating system is Windows 2000, click Start
Corel Snapfire Plus
To exit Corel Snapfire Plus
• Choose File
! Corel Snapfire Plus.
! Exit.
! All Programs ! Corel Snapfire
! Progr a m s !
Registering Corel products
Registering Corel products is important to ensure that you receive
timely access to the latest product updates as well as valuable
information about product releases.
Registration also gives you access to free downloads, articles, tips and
tricks, and special offers. You can register the pr ogram when you install
it, or you can register at a later date.
You can register the program in one of the following ways:
• online — If you are connected to the Internet when you install the
Corel graphics application, you can launch the online registration. If
no Internet connection is detected, you are presented with a list of
options.
• by phone — You can call the Corel Customer Service Center nearest
you.
For more information about registering a Corel product, visit
www.corel.com/support/register.
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Updating Corel products
You can check online for updates to Corel and other software products.
When product updates become available, you can choose to have them
downloaded and installed automatically . You can also set how often the
Update Manager searches for product updates.
To update Corel products
1 Choose Help
2 Follow the instructions on your screen.
! Check for Updates.
Uninstalling Corel Snapfire Plus
You can use the Windows Control Panel to uninstall Cor el Snapfire Plus.
To uninstall Corel Snapfire Plus
1 On the Windows taskbar, click Start
If your operating system is Windows 2000, click Start
Control Panel.
2 Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
3 In the Add or Remove Programs dialog box, choose Corel Snapfire
Plus from the list, and click Remove.
4 Follow the InstallShield® wizard instructions.
! Control Panel.
! Settings !
Corel Support Services
Corel’s warranty support is designed to help customers with technical
issues related to installation and product defects, including crashes and
errors caused by Corel software. Corel Support Services can provide
you with prompt and accurate information about product features,
specifications, pricing, availability, services, and technical support. For
the most current information on available support and professional
services for your Corel product, please visit www.corel.com/support.
Welcome to Corel Snapfire Plus 3
Personal Telephone Support
Many customers choose to speak directly to a Corel support technician
over the telephone. Live person-to-person support on a toll-free line is
available as a paid service and is designed for individual, small business,
academic, trial version, and OEM users.
A support incident is the resolution of one technical question, problem,
or issue, regardless of the number of telephone calls required to resolve
it. Support includes assistance with understanding how features work
and how they are applied to a sample document; troubleshooting
technical issues and documents; installation, configuration, and setup
on standalone computers; and migration from one software version to
another. Please note that support does not include how to implement
features within your files.
About Corel Corporation
Corel is a leading global packaged software company with an estimated
installed base of more than 40 million users. The company provides
high-quality, affordable, and easy-to-use productivity, graphics, and
digital imaging software and enjoys a favorable market position among
value-conscious consumers and small businesses. Corel’s product
portfolio features well-established, globally recognized brands,
including CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® WordPerfect® Office,
WinZip®, Corel® Paint Shop Pro®, and Corel® Painter™.
Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, Corel Corporation is traded on The
NASDAQ Stock Market® under the symbol CREL and on the Toronto
Stock Exchange under the symbol CRE. For more information, please
visit www.corel.com.
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Learning how to use the program
You can learn how to use the program in various ways: by reading the
user guide PDF located on the CD, by accessing the Help, or by
exploring the resources on the Core l Web site (www.corel.com), which
include tutorials, movies, and training videos.
You can also receive the latest information about the software by
checking the readme.html file installed in the program directory.
In this section, you’ll learn about
• documentation conventions
• using the Help system
Documentation conventions
The following table describes important conventions used in the user
guide and Help.
Convention Description Example
Menu ! Menu
command
drop-list A list of options that
mark and unmark Terms that refer to
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A menu item followed
by a menu command
drops down when a user
clicks a down arrow
button
enabling or disabling
check boxes by clicking
them
Choose File ! Open.
Choose an option from
the Selection Type drop-
list on the property bar.
To preserve the current
print size, mark the
Maintain original print
size check box.
Convention Description Example
Enter The Enter key on your
keyboard
A note containing
information that is
important to the
preceding steps. It may
describe conditions
under which the
procedure can be
performed.
A tip containing
suggestions for
performing the
preceding steps. It may
present alternatives to
the steps, or other
benefits and uses of the
procedure.
Type a new folder name
in the box, and press
Enter.
To protect the original
version of your photo,
you can save the file
with a different filename
by using the Save As
button on the toolbar.
You can also right-click
in the photo and select
Delete.
Using the Help system
The Help is the most comprehensive sour ce of information for the
program. The Help topics dialog box provides three ways to find
information. You can choose a topic from the Contents page, use the
Index page to search for a specific topic, or use the Search page to
search for specific words and phrases. You can also print topics from the
Help.
To use the Help system
1 Click Help
! Help topics.
2 Click one of the following tabs:
• Contents — lets you browse through topics in the Help
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• Index — lets you use the keywords from the index to find a topic.
For example, if you want to add a caption to a photo, but are not
sure which feature to use, type caption.
• Search — lets you search the full text of the Help for a particular
word or phrase. For example, if you are looking for information
about a specific tool or command, you can type the name of the
tool or command to display a list of relevant topics. To search for
a phrase, type the phrase, and enclose it with quotation marks
(for example, type “Photo Fix”).
• Favorites — lets you create a list of Help topics that you can
easily access. You can remove and add Help topics at any time.
You can also
Print a specific Help topic Open a Help topic, click the frame
you want to print, and click Print.
View Help for a dialog box Click Help at the bottom of the
dialog box.
Access information and
troubleshooting tips on the Corel
Web site
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Click Support in the upper-right
corner of the Help window.
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Downloading photos
The Corel Photo Downloader offers the quickest and easiest way to
transfer photos from your digital camera to your computer. Just plug in
your camera, or insert a memory card into your card reader, and
perform a quick one-time setup. After that, the Corel Photo
Downloader will start automatically every time you plug in your
camera or insert a memory card into your card reader.
You can even set the Corel Photo Downloader to rotate photos, or to
clear memory card space by deleting photos that have already been
downloaded.
In this section, you’ll learn about
• using the Corel Photo Downloader
• choosing options for the Corel Photo Downloader
Using the Corel Photo Downloader
The Corel Photo Downloader (located in your system tray) is activated
when you insert a CD containing photos into your computer, or when
you plug your camera or media card into your computer. Your photos
are automatically downloaded and are opened with the program. The
first time you start the program, you are prompted to choose settings
for the Corel Photo Downloader.
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To use the Corel Photo Downloader with a camera or card reader
1 Connect the camera or card reader to the computer by using a USB
cable.
The Corel Photo Downloader window appears.
2 Mark the Use Corel Photo Downloader to transfer photos check
box.
3 Choose one of the following options, and click OK.
• Always start downloading automatically
• Display this prompt each time
To use the Corel Photo Downloader with a photo CD
1 Insert a CD into the CD drive.
2 Mark the Use Corel Photo Downloader to view photos check box.
3 Choose one of the following options, and click OK.
• Always start viewing automatically
• Display this prompt each time
Choosing options for the Corel Photo Downloader
Y ou can change the detection settings for your camera, card reader, and
CDs. You can set up the program to download all photos from your
camera or card reader or to download only the photos that you select.
You can also choose to open the program when you insert a CD that
contains photos.
By default, the program creates a subfolder in the year-month-day date
format in the My Pictures folder, and it automatically rotates your
photos to the proper orientation. In addition, the Corel Photo
Downloader downloads only the new photos in your camera, so you
don’t waste space on your hard drive with multiple copies of the same
photo. You can change the default options if you want.
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To choose or specify options for the Corel Photo Downloader
1 In your system tray, right-click the Corel Photo Downloader
icon, and choose Options.
2 T o activate the Corel Photo Downloader when you connect a camera
or insert a memory card into the card reader, mark the Detect
Cameras and Card Readers check box, and select one of the
following options:
• Always start downloading photos automatically — opens
Corel Snapfire and displays the Download Photos dialog box
• Prompt me each time to choose what to do — displays the Corel
Photo Downloader each time you connect your camera or insert a
memory card into the card reader
3 To activate the Corel Photo Downloader when you insert a photo
CD into a drive, mark the Detect Photo CDs check box, and select
one of the following options:
• Always start viewing photos automatically — opens the program
and displays the photos on the CD
• Prompt me each time to choose what to do — displays the Corel
Photo Downloader each time you insert a CD into the CD drive of
your computer
4 To start the Corel Photo Downloader when you turn on your
computer, mark the Load Corel Photo Downloader when my
computer starts up check box.
5 Click OK.
To choose options for downloading
1 In your system tray, right-click the Corel Photo Downloader
icon, and choose Options to open the Corel Photo Downloader
Options dialog box.
2 Click the Download Options button to open the Download Options
dialog box.
3 Perform one or more tasks from the following table, and click OK.
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To Do the following
Change the default folder to which
photos are automatically
downloaded
Specify the naming format for
folders as the download date
Enter a folder name whenever you
download photos from your camera
Automatically rotate photos when
you download them
Avoid downloading previously
downloaded photos from your
camera
Automatically erase the photos in
the camera after downloading them
Click Browse, and select a new
folder.
Mark the Create Subfolder using
check box, and choose Download
date.
Mark the Create Subfolder using
check box, and choose Custom
Folder Name from the drop-list.
Mark the Automatically rotate
photos check box.
Mark the Download only new
photos check box.
Mark the Erase photos on camera
after download check box.
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Working with folders
You can use the program to browse the folders on your computer. You
can rename, add, and remove folders from your folder list.
In this section, you’ll learn about
• browsing and renaming folders
• adding and removing folders
Browsing and renaming folders
Y ou can view the photos contai ned in folders on your computer . You can
also add and remove viewable folders so that you see only the folders
that you want to view while you are using the program. You can also
change a folder name.
To browse folders
1 In the task panel, select Home, and click Find Photos.
2 Click Folders to expand the list of folders, and click a folder to view
thumbnails of the photos it contains.
To view all photos contained in the folders in the folder list, click
All photos.
To rename a folder
1 In the task panel, select Home, and click Find Photos.
2 Right-click the folder that you want to rename, and choose Rename
Folder.
3 Type the new folder name in the box, and press Enter.
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You can view a folder in Windows Explorer by right-clicking it
and choosing Reveal in Explorer.
Adding and removing folders
By default, the program displays the folders contained in the My
Pictures and Share Pictures folders. If you want to view other folders,
you can add them to the folder list. You can also remove folders from
the list.
To add a folder to the folder list
1 In the task panel, select Home, choose Find Photos, and click the
plus sign (+) next to Folders to expand the folder tree.
2 Click View More Folders to open the Browse for Folder dialog box.
3 Choose a folder from the directory tree, and click OK to add the
folder to the folder list.
If you add a folder that contains subfolders, the subfolders are also
added to the folder list.
You can create new folders by clicking the Make New Folder
button in the Browse For Folder dialog box.
To remove a folder from the folder list
1 In the task panel, select Home, and click Find Photos.
2 Click the plus sign (+) next to a folder to expand the folder tree.
3 Right-click the folder that you want to remove from the list, and
choose Remove from List.
You can view a folder in Windows Explorer by right-clicking the
folder and choosing Reveal in Explorer.
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Working with photos
After opening photos, you can pan them and zoom in and out of them.
You can also sort and select photos, move photos between folders, and
save, rename, delete, and rotate photos.
In this section, you’ll learn about
• opening and closing photos
• panning and zooming
• sorting photos
• selecting photos
• moving photos between folders
• saving photos
• renaming photos
•deleting photos
Opening and closing photos
The program provides several ways to open and close photos. You can
open photos by double-clicking a thumbnail or by using the File menu.
You can close photos and folders by using the File menu or by clicking
the Close button in the upper-right corner of the photo or folder
window.
To open a photo in a folder
1 In the task panel, select Home, and click Find Photos.
2 Click a folder to display thumbnails of the photos in the folder.
To expand the folder tree, click the plus sign (+) next to a folder.
3 Click a folder to display thumbnails of the photos in the folder.
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4 Double-click the thumbnail of the photo that you want to open in
Enhance mode.
To open a photo from the File menu
1 Choose File
! Open to display the Open dialog box.
2 Choose the location of the folder from the Look in drop-list.
3 Click Open to open the folder.
4 Double-click the thumbnail of the photo you want to open.
You can also open projects and show by using the File menu.
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To close a photo or folder
•Click the Close button in the upper-right corner of the photo or
folder window.
Panning and zooming
You can adjust your view of a photo by panning or zooming. Panning
lets you view hidden areas of large photos. Zooming in or out increases
or decreases the viewable size of a photo.
To pan a photo
• When a photo is larger than the viewable area, drag the hand
within a photo to view hidden areas.
If the entire photo is viewable within the phot o window, then the
photo cannot be panned.
To zoom in or out
• On the toolbar, drag the Zoom slider to the left to zoom out, or to
the right to zoom in.
You can also
View the photo at full size Click the Normal Viewing
button on the toolbar.
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You can also
Fit the photo to the window Click the Fit Image to Window
button on the toolbar.
Use a mouse wheel for zooming Roll the mouse wheel forward to
zoom in, or backward to zoom out.
You can also access the zoom controls from the View menu.
Sorting photos
To find photos more easily, you can sort a folder’s thumbnails by
filename, folder and filename, date modified, date taken, file size, file
format, or rating.
To sort thumbnails of photos
1 In the task panel, choose Home, and click the Sort by button on the
toolbar.
2 Choose one of the following options:
• Filename — sorts thumbnails alphabetically by photo name
• Folder & Filename — sorts thumbnails alphabetically by folder
and filename
• Date Modified — sorts thumbnails by the date on which the
photo was last modified
• Date Taken — sorts thumbnails by the date on which the photo
was taken
• File Size — sorts thumbnails by file size (in kilobytes), from
smallest to largest
• Format — sorts thumbnails alphabetically by filename extension
(.jpg, .tif, and so on)
• Rating — sorts thumbnails by photo rating
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You can also sort photos by using the View menu.
Selecting photos
You can select one photo, all photos, multiple photos, or a sequence of
photos.
To select a photo
• From the Organizer, or from a photo tray, click the thumbnail of the
photo you want to select.
You can also
Select all photos Choose Edit ! Select All, or press
Ctrl + A.
Select multiple photos Hold down Ctrl, and click the
thumbnails of the photos you want
to select.
Select multiple photos in a sequence Hold down Shift, click the first
photo in the sequence, and then
click the last photo in the sequence.
Moving photos between folders
You can move or copy photos into other folders or programs. You can
either cut and paste, which removes photos from one folder and inserts
them into another folder , or you can copy and paste, which retains the
photos in the original folder and places copies of them in the new
folder.
You can also drag a photo directly into a document in another
application, such as a word-processing application.
To move photos to a different folder
1 In the task panel, select Home, and click Find Photos.
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2 Click the plus sign (+) next to a folder to expand the folder tree.
3 Click the folder containing the photos that you want to move.
4 While holding down the Shift key, select the photos, and drag them
to the destination folder.
The original photos are removed from the original folder and placed
in the destination folder.
To copy photos to a different folder
1 In the task panel, select Home, and click Find Photos.
2 Click the plus sign (+) next to a folder to expand the folder tree.
3 Click the folder containing the photos that you want to copy.
4 Select the photos that you want to copy, and drag the selected
photos from the first folder to the second folder.
The original photos stay in the first folder and are copied to the
second folder.
To copy a photo to another open application
1 Open the application to which you want to copy a photo.
2 Return to Corel Snapfire, and open the folder or removable media
containing the photo that you want to copy.
3 In the task panel, select Home, and click Find Photos.
4 Click the plus sign (+) next to a folder to expand the folder tree.
5 Click the folder containing the photos that you want to copy to
another application.
6 Select the thumbnail of the photo that you want to copy, and then
drag the thumbnail into the other open application.
Note: If the other application is not visible on the screen, drag the
photo to the application icon on the Windows task bar (at the
bottom of the screen), wait for the second application window to
appear, and then continue dragging to place the photo where you
want it in the second application window.
When you drag the photo into the other application, the cursor
indicates the locations where you can drop the photo.
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You can cancel the copying action by pressing Esc before
releasing the mouse button.
Saving photos
Y ou can save a photo, or save it to a differ ent filename or location. If you
modify a photo and do not save it, you are prompted to save it when
you try to close the photo or open another photo.
To save a photo to the same filename and location
• Choose File
location.
The original photo is overwritten by the modified photo.
To save a photo to a different filename or location
1 Click the Save As button to open the Save Photo dialog box.
2 From the Save in drop-list, choose the folder in which you want to
save the photo.
3 Type a name for the file in the File name box.
4 Choose a file format from the Save as type drop-list.
5 From the Quality drop-list, select one of the following options:
• Low (Highest Compression)
• Medium
• High
• Best (Lowest Compression)
Note: Photo compression settings are not available for all file types.
6 Click Save to save the photo to the new filename or folder location.
! Save to save the photo to the same filename and
By saving the photo to a different filename or location, you
preserve the original photo file.
You can also open the Save Photo dialog box by choosing File
Save As.
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Renaming photos
You can change the name of your photos and replace the cr yptic
filenames assigned by your digital camera with more meaningful ones
that clearly indicate the content of your photos.
To rename a photo
1 Open the folder containing the photo that you want to r ena me, and
select the thumbnail of that photo.
2 Choose Edit
3 Type the new photo name in the Enter the new file name box, and
click OK.
You can also rename a photo by right-clicking the thumbnail and
choosing Rename.
! Rename to open the Rename File dialog box.
Deleting photos
You can delete photos and permanently remove them from your
computer. When you delete photos, they are moved into the Windows
Recycle Bin.
To delete photos
1 Select the photo or photos that you want to delete.
Note: In the Enhance mode, you can select only one photo at a
time. Use the Home mode if you want to select and delete more
than one photo at the same time.
2 Click the Delete button in the toolbar.
3 In the Confirm File Delete dialog box, click Yes to move the photo to
the Recycle Bin.
Note: The next time that you empty the Recycle Bin, the photo is
removed from your computer’s hard disk.
You can also delete photos by choosing Edit
clicking and choosing Delete.
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! Delete, or by right-
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Using photo trays
You can use photo trays to gather photos from various folders so that
you can e-mail or print your photos, use your photos to create a
project, or upload your photos to a photo-sharing service. You can also
add, remove, and rename photo trays.
In this section, you’ll learn about
• adding and removing photo trays
• adding photos to photo trays
• removing photos from photo trays
• renaming photo trays
Adding and removing photo trays
You can add additional photo trays to help you sort your photos. You
can create a photo tray for the photos that you want to enhance, share,
or use to create a project. You can also remove photo trays.
To add a photo tray
1 Click the Add Photo Tray
open the Add Photo Tray dialog box.
2 Type a name for the new tray in the Name field, and click OK.
button on the Photo Tray toolbar to
You can also add a new tray by clicking the Photo Tray Menu
button and selecting Add Photo Tray.
To remove a photo tray
1 Select the photo tray that you want to remove.
Note: Removing a photo tray does not delete the photos in the tray.
2 Click the Remove Photo Tray
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button on the Photo Tray toolbar.
You can also remove a tray by clicking the Photo Tray Menu
button and selecting Remove Photo Tray.
Adding photos to photo trays
You can drag photos into a tray or use the File menu to add photos.
To add photos to a photo tray
1 Select the photo tray to which you want to add photos.
2 Drag the photos to the photo tray.
You can also add photos to a photo tray by choosing File
to Photo Tray.
! Add
Removing photos from photo trays
You can remove photos from photo trays. Removing photos from a
photo tray does not delete them from your computer.
To remove photos from a photo tray
1 Click the name of the photo tray from which you want to remove
photos.
2 Click the Photo Tray Menu
Photo Tray.
button, and select Remove from
Renaming photo trays
After you have created several photo trays, you can rename them and
create categories for them.
To rename a photo tray
1 Select the photo tray that you want to rename.
2 Click the Photo Tray Menu
Tray to open the Rename Photo Tray dialog box.
3 Type a new name for the photo tray in the Name field, and click OK.
button, and select Rename Photo
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