NERO PHOTOSHOW ELITE User Manual
User's Manual
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Nero PhotoShow Elite
WELCOME!
Thank you for your Nero PhotoShow Elite Purchase!
We are confident you will enjoy using this software to create lasting memories for
generations to come.
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 information, please refer to
the help files (?) within the software, or visit us online at
http://www.nerophotoshow.com
.
Enjoy!
Your Ahead Software Team
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Contents
1
General Information: Nero PhotoShow Elite 5
2 Installation of Nero PhotoShow Elite 6
3 Getting Started 8
4 Manage 9
Nero PhotoShow Elite
1.1 General System Requirements 5
2.1 Installation Instructions 6
2.2 The Initial Scan 7
4.1 Importing Photos 9
4.2 Organizing Your Photos 10
4.3 Printing At Home 11
4.4 Emailing Your Photos 11
4.5 Making A New Album 12
4.6 Watching Albums 13
4.7 Album Info 14
4.8 Managing Your Shows 15
5 Editing Your Photos 16
5.1 General Editing 17
5.2 Applying Effects 18
5.3 Touching Up Your Photos 19
5.4 Adding Clip Art 23
5.5 Adding Captions 24
5.6 Adding Frames 25
5.7 Photo Info 26
6 Making Lasting Memories 27
6.1 Making Photo Gifts 28
6.2 Ordering Prints 29
6.3 Making a Musical Slideshow 30
6.4 Making a Screen Saver 30
6.5 Making a Calendar 31
6.6 Ordering a DVD 32
6.7 Making a Video CD 32
6.8 Personalize Your Desktop 33
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7 Making A Musical Slideshow 34
7.1 Making a Musical Slideshow 34
7.2 Arranging Your Show 34
7.3 Editing Your Show 35
7.4 Adding Animated Clip Art To Your Show 36
7.5 Adding Captions and Speech Bubbles 37
7.6 Modifying Photos In A Show 37
7.7 Show Options 39
7.8 Choosing a Soundtrack 41
7.9 Watching a Show and Using the Navigation Screen 42
7.10 Show Tips and Tricks 43
8 Sharing Your Photos 44
8.1 Sharing Your Photos 44
8.2 Email a Link To Your Show 44
8.3 Upload An Album To A Photo Community 45
8.4 Make A CD-ROM 45
8.5 Make a Video CD 46
8.6 Screen Saver 46
8.7 HTML 46
8.8 Make an Executable 47
9 Helpful Hints 48
9.1 Searching For Photos 48
9.2 Options 49
9.3 Tips and Tricks 50
9.4 Technical Support Contact 51
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General Information: Nero PhotoShow Elite
1 General Information: Nero PhotoShow Elite
Nero PhotoShow Elite allows you to capture, edit and manage your photos, create albums
and slideshows, burn to CD or order a DVD, and share your special moments with friends
and family.
1.1 General System Requirements
Windows® 98SE/ME/2000/XP
450 MHz Pentium® III processor or faster
128 MB of RAM (256 MB recommended)
Hard Drive: Minimum 80 MB free hard-disk space
CD-ROM drive to install Nero PhotoShow Elite
CD-R/RW drive to burn Photo Albums or Shows
800x600 video display, High Color 16-bit
Windows® compatible sound device
33.6Kbps modem or faster and Internet Service Provider (account required to share
online)
Web browser that supports Flash Player
Macromedia Flash Player V.6
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Installation of Nero PhotoShow Elite
2 Installation of Nero PhotoShow Elite
2.1 Installation Instructions
Prior to installing Nero PhotoShow Elite we recommend that you exit all open applications.
1. Insert the Nero PhotoShow Elite CD-ROM into your computer. The Nero PhotoShow
Elite 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 Elite.
3. At the final installer screen, click Finish to quit the installer and run Nero PhotoShow
Elite.
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2.2 The Initial Scan
Before the installation process begins, you will be asked to find the folder where you keep
your digital photos. This is called your Home Photos Folder. Nero PhotoShow Elite will
automatically scan all folders under your Home Photos Folder for digital photos and
automatically import them into albums.
This quick process enables you to use Nero PhotoShow Elite immediately and saves you
the trouble of importing each photo from your collection at a later time.
Any new photos that you import to Nero PhotoShow Elite from your digital camera will be
placed in your Home Photos Folder, so you can easily locate them.
Your Home Photos Folder is also set as a Watch Folder. If you remove photos or folders
from your Watch Folder, the corresponding photos or albums will be removed from Nero
PhotoShow Elite.
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3 Getting Started
Getting Started
Welcome to Nero PhotoShow Elite, your easy and complete photo experience.
This is the main menu of Nero PhotoShow Elite which you will use to navigate through the
application.
Click Manage to organize, edit, and print your photos.
Click Make to create things from your photos like musical slideshows, DVDs, photo gifts,
screen savers, wall paper, and more.
Click Share to share your photos online with friends and family, or burn your photos to a CDROM or Video CD.
If you are experiencing any difficulties, click the help button (?) to guide you with the screen
you are working on.
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Manage
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4.1 Importing Photos
1. On the Manage screen, click Import Photos to add new photos to Nero PhotoShow
Elite. On the left you will see a list of folders and devices (like digital cameras) that are
connected to your computer. The photos that you select to import will be copied to your Nero
PhotoShow Elite Home Photos Folder.
When you connect your digital camera to your computer, Nero PhotoShow Elite will run and
offer to copy your photos to your Home Photos Folder and display them as an album in
Nero PhotoShow Elite.
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4.2 Organizing Your Photos
Manage
The Albums tab located on the Manage screen allows you to organize your photos into
albums. Albums allow you to sort your photos into groups that have a common theme, just
like an actual photo album.
On the left hand side of the Manage screen is a list of your Albums.
1. You can sort your albums by selecting an option from the Sort menu, make a new album
by clicking New Album, import photos into Nero PhotoShow Elite by clicking Import
Photos, or search for albums by clicking Search.
2. Once you’ve opened your album, you can change its name by clicking Info, or watch a
full-screen slide show of the photos by clicking Watch.
3. To print or email the photos, select Print or Email beneath the displayed photo. The size
of the album icons and photo thumbnails can be changed by clicking on the Size menu and
selecting either large or small.
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4.3 Printing At Home
With Nero PhotoShow Elite, you can easily print your photos with your home printer or order
professional quality prints online by clicking Print, and making your selection from the drop
down menu.
To use your home printer, select the photos you would like to print by checking their
thumbnails on the left. You will see a larger preview of what is to be printed on the right.
Click Printer Settings to set the printer you would like to use and adjust its settings.
The Layout menu allows you to select many layout options including formatting support for
Avery® digital photo paper. Once you are happy with your settings and the print preview,
click Print to start printing.
4.4 Emailing Your Photos
Nero PhotoShow Elite allows you to easily email photos and albums to your friends and
family.
1. Select the photos you want to send and then press the Envelope Icon, which will take you
to the Email screen.
2. The Email Photos tab lets you send photos as attachments through Nero PhotoShow
Elite’s mail server or Email with Outlook which lets you create a new message in Microsoft
Outlook with your photos automatically attached.
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Manage
3. The Sending Options lets you change the attached photo's dimensions with the Photo
Size menu. You can also control how big the attached photo is and how it will look with the
Quality menu. Higher quality settings will produce a larger file size. If you're sending photos
to people with slow internet connections, then you should use smaller photo sizes and a
lower quality setting.
4.5 Making A New Album
You can easily make a new album by clicking New Album.
1. You can choose to add any photo from an existing album in Nero PhotoShow Elite, or
add new photos. If the photos you want to use aren’t already in an album, click Import
Photos.
2. If you can’t find the photos you want to use, click Search to search through your photos in
Nero PhotoShow Elite.
3. After you select your photos, click Make Album to create a new album containing these
photos.
For example, if you would like to make a new album containing only pictures of your Mom,
you would click New Album on the Manage screen, then select the photos of your Mom, and
finally click Make Album to create the new album.
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4.6 Watching Albums
Clicking Watch displays the photos in your album as a full-screen slideshow. You can
always advance to the next photo by clicking the Right Arrow, or view the previous photo by
clicking the Left Arrow.
1. To rotate your photo, click the Rotate Arrows. Click the red "X” to remove your photo
from its album and place it into Nero PhotoShow Elite’s trash.
2. The Edit button enables you to edit the photo you are currently viewing.
3. If at any time you would like to stop the slideshow, click Stop. When the slideshow has
stopped, you can start it again by clicking Start.
4. You can change the time duration that the photo is displayed by selecting duration from
the Speed menu.
5. You can always return to the previous screen by clicking the Back button.
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4.7 Album Info
Manage
The Album Info screen is where you can change the Album Name, Album Date, or Album
Icon (photo that represents the album).
You can also assign the album to a different group from the Group menu. The Group menu
allows you to organize your photo albums. For example, one group of albums could be used
for vacation photos and another for pet photos.
The Starring field allows you to enter the names of the people who appear in the photos.
You can also add comments or keywords that describe the photos into the Comment &
Keywords field so you can easily search for them at a later time.
You have the option to rename the photos in your album by checking the button next to
Rename photos in album. When you click OK, each photo will be assigned a new file name
that consists of the current album name (or whatever you type into the text box), a hyphen,
and a number that represents its position in the thumbnail browser.
For example, if your album is named "Favorite Photos", and you chose to rename the photos
in that album, the resulting photo names would be "Favorite Photos-01.jpg", "Favorite
Photos-02.jpg", "Favorite Photos-03.jpg", and so on.
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4.8 Managing Your Shows
The Manage screen’s Shows tab is where you can edit and view musical slideshows. Nero
PhotoShow Elite’s musical slideshows offer a unique and entertaining way for you to enjoy
and share your favorite photos.
On the left hand side of the Manage screen is a list of your musical slideshows.
1. You can sort your shows by selecting an option from the Sort menu, or you can make a
new show by clicking New Show.
2. The size of the show icons can be changed by clicking on the Size menu and selecting
either large or small.
3. Place your mouse over a show icon and click Watch to watch your show, Edit to edit your
show, Share to share your show, or the r ed 'X' to delete your show. You can also delete a
show by dragging its icon to the orange trash can.
For more information on musical slideshows, please visit Section 7 of this manual.
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5 Editing Your Photos
Editing Your Photos
With Nero PhotoShow Elite, you can touch up and edit your photos to perfection with a
variety of easy to use tools.
Feel free to experiment with photo editing since you can always undo your last edit by
clicking Undo or restore your original photo by clicking Revert to Original. You can save a
copy of your edited photos at any time by clicking Save a Copy.
To change the photos file name or it’s dimensions, click Info located below the displayed
photo to open the Photo Info screen. You can also email this photo by clicking Email or
print it by selecting an option from the Print menu. The Print menu lets you order prints
online or print the photo on a printer connected to your computer.
At the bottom of the screen is a thumbnail browser which lets you open other photos in your
album and edit them. All photo editing tools can be easily accessed using the tabs on the left
side of the screen.
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