Nero PhotoSnap User Manual

Nero PhotoSnap Manual

Nero AG

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Contents

1 General Information 5

1.1 About the Manual 5

1.2 About Nero PhotoSnap and Nero PhotoSnap Viewer 5

1.3 Versions of Nero PhotoSnap 6

2 Technical Information 7

2.1 System Requirements 7

2.2 Supported Formats 7

3 Launching the Program 8

3.1 Starting Nero PhotoSnap via Nero StartSmart 8

3.2 Starting Nero PhotoSnap On-the-Fly 8

4 Program Interface 9 5 Image Effects 11

5.1 Effect Area 17

5.2 Exposure Area 17

5.2.1 Correct Brightness Range 18

5.2.2 Correct Gradation Curve 19

5.3 Color Balance 20

5.3.1 Color Balance 21

5.4 Resolution Area 22

5.5 Noise Area 23

5.6 Sharpen Area 24

5.7 Red Eye Removal 25

5.8 Rotate Area 26

5.8.1 Rotate Image 27

5.9 Aging Area 28

6 Edit Image 29 7 Save Image 30

7.1 Image Format Settings Window 31

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Contents

8 File Information Window 33 9 Configuration 34 10 Nero PhotoSnap Viewer 35

10.1 Program Interface 35

10.2 Full Screen View 36

10.3 View Image 36

10.4 Configuration 37

10.5 Key Combinations 37

11 List of Figures 39 12 Glossary 40 13 Index 42 14 Contact 45

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General Information

1 General Information

1.1 About the Manual

This manual is intended for all users who want to find out how to use Nero PhotoSnap. It is process-based and explains how to reach a particular objective on a step-by-step basis.

In order to make best use of this manual, please note the following conventions:

Symbol Meaning

Indicates warnings, preconditions or instructions that have to be

1. Start…

Æ Î

Chapter

[…] Indicates keyboard shortcuts for entering commands.

followed strictly.

Indicates additional information or notice messages.

A number at the beginning of a line indicates a request for action. Carry out these actions in the order specified.

Indicates an intermediate result. Indicates a result. Indicates text passages or buttons that appear in the program

interface. They are shown in bold print. Indicates references to other chapters. They are executed as

links and are shown in red and underlined.

1.2 About Nero PhotoSnap and Nero PhotoSnap Viewer

Nero PhotoSnap lets you edit your digital photographs. You can choose from a large

selection of tools to improve the image quality or to create special picture effects. Nero PhotoSnap also includes image viewing software Nero PhotoSnap Viewer. Nero

PhotoSnap Viewer lets you view your digital photos and image files. Nero Scout is integrated in both applications in the window Select an image file to open.

You have various search options with Nero Search.

Nero Scout and the search wizard Nero Search are applications in the Nero 7 Suite and are automatically installed when Nero 7 is installed. You will find more information in the Nero Scout manual.

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General Information

1.3 Versions of Nero PhotoSnap

Nero PhotoSnap is available in three different versions:

Nero PhotoSnap

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Nero PhotoSnap Essentials

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Nero PhotoSnap Essentials SE

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Nero PhotoSnap and Nero PhotoSnap Essentials offer the full range of functions. Nero PhotoSnap Essentials SE does not offer the following filters and tools:

Autofix Image

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Auto-remove color cast

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Noise

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Red Eye Removal

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Aging

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Glow

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JPEG artefact remover

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Kaleidoscope

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Canvas

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Posterize

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Solarize

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Water

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Duotone

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Technical Information

2 Technical Information

2.1 System Requirements

Nero PhotoSnap is installed together with the full version of Nero; the same system requirements apply. You can find more detailed information about the system requirements in the Nero QuickStart Guide.

2.2 Supported Formats

Nero PhotoSnap supports all common image formats.

Formats that can be read

 BMP  GIF  IFF  JPG  PCD  PCX  PNG  RAS  TGA  TIF  XBM

Formats supported when writing

 BMP  GIF  JP2  JPG  PCX  PNG  TGA  TIF

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Launching the Program

3 Launching the Program

3.1 Starting Nero PhotoSnap via Nero StartSmart

To start Nero PhotoSnap via Nero StartSmart, proceed as follows:

1. Click on the "Nero StartSmart" icon.

Æ The Nero StartSmart window is opened.

2. Click the arrow button on the left in the window.

Æ The extended dialog box opens.

3. Select the Nero PhotoSnap entry from the Applications selection list.

Æ The Nero PhotoSnap window is opened.

Î You have started Nero PhotoSnap via Nero StartSmart.

3.2 Starting Nero PhotoSnap On-the-Fly

To start Nero PhotoSnap on-the-fly, proceed as follows:

1. Select Start (the start icon) > (All) Programs > Nero 7 (Premium) > Photo and Video >

Nero PhotoSnap.

Æ The Nero PhotoSnap window is opened.

Î You have started Nero PhotoSnap.

You launch Nero PhotoSnap Viewer the same way as you do Nero PhotoSnap. You can also start Nero PhotoSnap Viewer by double-clicking an image.

You can also start Nero PhotoSnap via Nero PhotoSnap Viewer by clicking the Edit button.

Fig. 1: Nero StartSmart

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Program Interface

4 Program Interface

The program interface of Nero PhotoSnap is where you begin to edit photos and images.

Fig. 2: Nero PhotoSnap program interface, with opened image

In one task bar Nero PhotoSnap offers file, display and configuration options, and in the Tools area it offers filters and effects for image editing. The opened image is displayed in the editing area.

The following buttons are available in the toolbar:

Opens the Select an image file to open window where you can select an image to open. In the combo box you can select one of the most recently opened image files.

Saves the image. In the combo box you can save the image under a different name and set the options for compression if needed (see

Undoes the last editing step. Redo the editing step.

Fits the image to the editing area.

Save Image).

Increases the view of the image.

Displays the image in its original size (100% zoom).

Decreases the view of the image. Opens the Options window where you can configure the program (see

Configuration). In the combo box you can display the file information (see File Information Window

) or register plug-ins (no plug-ins are currently available).

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Program Interface

The following options are available in the editing area:

In the Tools area, effects are available that you can apply to images (see The following buttons are also available:

Saved

tab

Current

tab

Preview

tab

Split view

tab

button

Prints the image. You can configure the printer settings in the combo box.

Closes Nero PhotoSnap. Opens the About Nero PhotoSnap window to display information such as the

version number. Opens the Help window to display Online Help (provided you installed the

corresponding manual during installation).

Displays the original image as it is saved.

Displays the current editing state of the image (not saved). Shows what the image would look like with the current filter.

This tab is available only if a filter is selected. Shows the current image in the left pane and in the right pane how the

image would look if the current filter were applied. This tab is available only if a filter is selected. Synchronizes the view of the left and right images, i.e. if the left image is

enlarged, the right image is also enlarged and vice versa. If the button is deactivated, the views are not synchronized. This button is available when the Split preview tab is displayed.

Image Effects).

Other effects Back to main

effects

Shows additional effects. Shows the main effects.

The main effects are particularly useful for correcting imperfections in the digital image caused by, for example, a faulty shot or a faulty scan. The other effects are used for artistic editing and creative image manipulation.

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Image Effects

5 Image Effects

When an image is open, you can switch between main effects and other effects in the Tools area with the Other effects and Return to main effects buttons. The main effects are particularly useful for correcting imperfections in the digital image caused by, for example, a faulty shot or a faulty scan. The other effects are used for artistic editing and creative image manipulation.

The following main effects are available:

Original image

Shows the Automatic correction area where you can automatically perform

Automatic correction

corrections. Depending on what you want to do, you can remove color cast, poor exposure, tilting and/or image noise.

Exposure

Color

balance

Resolution

Crop

Shows the Color/Exposure area where you can correct the exposure automatically or manually (see

Exposure Area).

Shows Color/Color balance area where you can increase or decrease the individual color values and in this way correct color cast or create special effects (see Color Balance

Example: in the sample image the amount of red is reduced.

Shows the Resolution area where you can change the pixel size, resolution and/or print size of the image (see

Area

Resolution

Shows the Crop area where you can extract (crop) part of the image.

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Image Effects

Lens

distortion

Brightness

and

contrast

Noise

Shows the Lens distortion area where you can offset pincushion or barrel lens distortion.

Example: the sample image has barrel distortion.

Shows the Brightness and contrast area where you can adjust the brightness and contrast.

Example: the sample image has been made brighter.

Shows the Noise area where you can reduce or add image noise

Noise Area).

(see Example: in the sample image

the image noise has been reduced.

Sharpen

Remove

red eye

Rotate

Hot pixel

fixer

Shows the Sharpen area where you can sharpen or unsharpen the image (see

Sharpen Area).

Example: the sample image has been sharpened.

Shows the Red eye removal area where you can correct red eyes (see

Red Eye Removal).

Shows the Rotate area where you rotate the image (see

Area

Example: The sample image has been rotated 330 degrees.

Shows the Hot pixel fixer area where you can remove so-called hot pixels. Hot pixels are single bright pixels in white, green, red and blue that can occur in digital cameras due to excess charge in the CCD chip.

Rotate

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Image Effects

The following additional effects are available:

Original image

Shows the Median area where you can use a water color effect. This effect reduces image noise, diffuses the image and makes it somewhat blurred. The filter is useful

Median

for removing outlier and artifact pixels.

The filter calculates the median brightness value within a defined environment and replaces the central pixels with the calculated value.

Inverting

Convert to

gray scale

Shows the Color/Inverting area where you can invert the colors of an image and create a negative of the image. When you do this, you can choose to exclude the red, green or blue channel from the color inversion.

Converts a color image to a black & white image.

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Image Effects

Edge

detection

Vignetting

Reduce the image to its edges, i.e. to the transitions between color areas.

Applies the vignetting filter. The image is elliptically shadowed toward the corners.

Mirror

horizontally

Mirror

vertically

Embossing

Mirrors the image horizontally.

Mirrors the image vertically.

Applies the embossing effect.

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