Nero PhotoShow Deluxe - 4 User's Manual
USER'S MANUAL
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This User’s Manual is designed to help you through each step as you
Manage, Make and Share your photos, albums and slideshows. For more
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
1 Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 5
1.1 General Information 5
1.2 General System Requirements 5
2 Installation of Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 5
2.1 Installation Instructions 5
3 THE MAIN MENU SCREEN 6
3.1 The Manage, Make and Share Buttons 6
3.2 The Preferences Link 7
3.3 Home Photos Folder 7
3.4 Folders to Watch 7
3.5 Camera Connection/Photo CD Auto Launch 7
3.6 Title Bar Buttons 7
3.7 About Saving Your Work 8
4 THE MAKE SCREEN 9
5 THE MANAGE SCREEN 10
5.1 The Photo Finder 10
5.2 Quick Views 10
5.3 Photo Finder Buttons 11
5.4 The Viewer 11
5.5 Viewer Buttons 11
6 MANAGING YOUR PHOTOS & VIDEO CLIPS 13
6.1 Creating a New Folder, PhotoShow, Quick View, or Favorite 14
6.2 Importing Photos and Video Clips 14
6.3 Searching for Photos and Video Clips 14
6.4 Printing Photos 15
7 THE EDIT SCREEN 16
7.1 The Edit Tab 17
7.2 The Photo Info Dialog Box 18
7.3 Video Clips 18
7.4 The Edit Clip Window 19
7.5 The Touch Up Tab 19
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7.6 The Text Tab 22
7.7 The Clip Art Tab 23
7.8 The Playback Tab 23
8 EDITING YOUR PHOTOSHOWS 25
8.1 Creating a PhotoShow 26
8.2 One Click Styles 27
8.3 Watching a PhotoShow 27
8.4 Adding Photos to a PhotoShow 27
8.5 Adding Music to a PhotoShow 28
8.6 Adding Introductory & Ending Credits to a PhotoShow 28
8.7 Applying PhotoShow Playback Settings 29
8.8 Saving a Copy of a PhotoShow 29
8.9 PhotoShow Authoring Suggestions 29
9 THE SHARE SCREEN 30
9.1 About PhotoShow Circle 30
9.2 Share PhotoShows 31
9.3 Email Photos 32
9.4 Upload 32
9.5 Export 33
9.6 Video 33
9.7 HTML 33
9.8 Executable 34
9.9 CD-ROM 34
10 Support Contact 35
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1 Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4
1.1 General Information
Welcome to Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4, the easy and complete photo suite. With Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 you can manage your digital photos and video clips, create musical slideshows,
and share your photos and shows in a variety of ways.
A slideshow made with Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 software is called a PhotoShow. PhotoShows are different from ordinary slideshows: they feature digital photos and video clips, custom transitions and effects, animated clip art and text, and musical soundtracks.
1.2 General System Requirements
Windows® 98 SE/ME/2000/XP
Pentium Class 700MHz Processor or Better
256 MB of RAM (512 MB recommended)
Minimum 500 MB hard drive space
CD/DVD-R/RW drive to burn Photos or PhotoShows
800x600 video display, High Color 16-bit
33.6Kbps modem or faster and Internet Service Provider
(Account required for sharing online)
Web browser that supports Flash Player
Macromedia Flash Player V.6
2 Installation of Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4
2.1 Installation Instructions
Prior to installing Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 we recommend that you exit all open applications.
1. Insert the Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 CD-ROM into your computer. The Nero
PhotoShow Deluxe 4 Installation screen is displayed if CD-ROM AutoPlay is enabled.
If CD-ROM AutoPlay is turned off, click the Start button and choose Run. In the Run dialog,
enter the CD-ROM drive’s letter and add :\setup.exe after it. Click on OK in the Run dialog to
begin installation.
2. Follow the on-screen directions within the installer to install Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4.
At the final installer screen, click Finish to quit the installer and run Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4.
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THE MAIN MENU SCREEN
3 THE MAIN MENU SCREEN
This is the Main Menu screen of Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4, which you use to navigate through
the application. You can return to it at any time by clicking on the Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4
logo in the top left corner of the screen.
The Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 application is divided into three primary sections: Manage,
Make, and Share. You can switch from one section to another by clicking the Manage, Make,
or Share buttons on the Main Menu screen, or by pressing the similarly labeled tabs at the top
of the screen at any other time.
3.1 The Manage, Make and Share Buttons
Click the Manage button to organize and edit your photos and video clips, print your pho-
tos, or watch and edit PhotoShows. The Manage button drop-down menu provides quick
access to commonly used Manage functions: Organize My Photos, Watch a PhotoShow,
Received PhotoShows, and Import Photos and Videos.
Click the Make button to create things from your photos like PhotoShows, DVDs, and
screen savers.
Click the Share button to email photos and PhotoShows, upload them to the web, and ex-
port them in various formats.
Click the About PhotoShow link on the Main Menu screen to discover useful information
about your version of Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4.
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3.2 The Preferences Link
Click the Preferences link on the Main Menu screen to access the Preferences Screen. Here
you can set your Home Photos Folder, choose your Folders to Watch, and adjust your camera
connection and photo CD auto launch settings.
3.3 Home Photos Folder
When you first install Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4, it asks you to specify the folder where you
keep your digital photos. This will be designated as your Home Photos Folder. Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 will automatically inventory all the photos and video clips in your Home Photos
Folder. You can click the Change Folder button on the Preferences screen to designate a
different folder as your Home Photos Folder.
3.4 Folders to Watch
Folders to Watch are folders outside of your Home Photos Folder which you would also like
Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 to display (in other words, any photo folder which is not contained
in your My Pictures folder). On the Preferences screen, you can click the Add Folder button to
designate a folder on your computer as a Folder to Watch.
If you add or remove photos from the Home Photos Folder or a Folder to Watch, the corresponding photos will be added or removed from Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4.
3.5 Camera Connection/Photo CD Auto Launch
When you plug your digital camera into your computer and turn it on, Nero PhotoShow Deluxe
4 will automatically launch and offer to import the photos and video clips on your camera into
your Home Photos Folder. The same thing will happen when you insert a photo CD into your
CD-ROM drive.
1. To prevent Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 from automatically launching when a digital cam-
era or media card is connected to your computer, uncheck the box to Automatically
launch Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 when a camera or media card is connected on the
preferences screen.
2. To prevent Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 from automatically launching when a photo CD is
inserted into your computer, uncheck the box to Automatically launch Nero PhotoShow
Deluxe 4 when a Photo CD is inserted on the preferences screen.
3.6 Title Bar Buttons
1. Click the Question Mark button to access the application's Help Section. The Help Sec-
tion will open to the topic most pertinent to the screen you are currently viewing. Because
of this, the best way to find helpful information about any given topic is first to view the
screen most relevant to that topic, and then click the Question Mark.
2. Click the Minimize button to minimize Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 and display your desk-
top.
3. Click the Magnify button to view Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 in full screen mode. This will
reset your monitor's display resolution to 800 x 600, so that images on the screen will appear larger. Click the Magnify button again to return to your original display setting.
4. Click the Close button to close Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4.
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THE MAIN MENU SCREEN
3.7 About Saving Your Work
Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 automatically saves any changes you make to a photo, video clip,
photo folder, or PhotoShow. Changes made to photos or video clips using the edit tools can be
reversed using the Undo or Revert to Original buttons (see the Edit Screen section of the
Help Section for more information).
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THE MAKE SCREEN
4 THE MAKE SCREEN
The Make Screen is where you can make fun things with your digital photos.
Click PhotoShow to quickly and easily make a musical show.
Click Screen Saver to make your photos into a screen saver for your computer.
Click Archive to create a back-up copy of a folder or PhotoShow which contains precious
photos and video clips.
Click Burn DVD/VCD to burn a DVD, SVCD, or VCD for playback on your home DVD
player.
Click Dynamic Desktop to set one or more photos as your computer’s desktop back-
ground.
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THE MANAGE SCREEN
5 THE MANAGE SCREEN
This is the Manage Screen, where you can organize, edit or print your digital photos and video
clips, and watch and edit your PhotoShows.
The left side of the screen is the Photo Finder. The right side of the screen is the Viewer. The
Photo Finder lets you browse through the folders and PhotoShows that you have stored on
your computer. The Viewer displays a thumbnail view of the contents of the folder or PhotoShow you have currently selected in the Photo Finder.
5.1 The Photo Finder
The Photo Finder contains two navigational elements: the Quick Views menu and the Photos
on My PC menu. It also contains the Trash Bin, where deleted photos, folders, and Photo-
Shows are temporarily stored.
5.2 Quick Views
The Quick Views menu makes it easy to find and manage your digital photos, video clips, and
PhotoShows. Quick Views are collections of photos and video clips or folders and PhotoShows
based on certain criteria. Clicking on a Quick View folder causes its contents to display in the
Viewer to the right.
These are the default Quick Views in Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4:
Entire Collection is a view of all your Folders to Watch and PhotoShows, sorted chrono-
logically or alphabetically.
My PhotoShows is a view of all of the PhotoShows that you have created or edited.
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Received PhotoShows is a view of all the PhotoShows that you have received from other
people.
Recent view shows a history of the last three folders or PhotoShows that you have ac-
cessed.
The Calendar view organizes all of your folders and PhotoShows by year and month so
you can quickly access photos and video clips from a specific period of time.
The People & Places view allows you to see folders that contain photos of certain people
or locations, based on your own keyword tags.
The Favorites view provides access to all of your five-star rated photos, photos that you
have emailed or printed, and also any other Favorite photo Views that you choose to create.
The Photos on My PC menu is a nested navigational hierarchy which displays all the
Watch Folders on your computer, including your Home Photos Folder. You can edit which
folders are displayed in this menu on the Preferences screen; the default setting is to display the contents of your computer's My Pictures folder. When you click a folder in the
Photos on My PC menu, the contents of that folder are displayed as thumbnails in the
Viewer to the right.
The Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 Trash Bin appears at the bottom of the Photo Finder.
When you delete photos, video clips, folders, or PhotoShows from within Nero PhotoShow
Deluxe 4, they are moved to the Trash Bin. Emptying t he Trash Bin will permanently remove its contents from your computer. Items emptied from the Trash Bin cannot be restored.
5.3 Photo Finder Buttons
The Photo Finder features three buttons: New, Import, and Search.
Click the New button to create a new folder, PhotoShow, Quick View, or Favorite.
Click the Import button to add photos from a disk drive or media device (such as a digital
camera or scanner) to a new or existing folder.
Click Search to search Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 for photos, video clips, folders, or Pho-
toShows.
5.4 The Viewer
The Viewer displays a thumbnail view of the contents of the folder or PhotoShow you have
selected in the Photo Finder. Thumbnail types are distinguished by an icon in the lower left
corner of the thumbnail. Folder thumbnails contain a folder icon; PhotoShow thumbnails contain a filmstrip with musical note; video clips contain a movie camera; still photos contain no
icon.
5.5 Viewer Buttons
Viewer buttons and their functions vary depending upon the contents of the Viewer.
Click the Size button to change the display size of the thumbnails in the Viewer.
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