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Copyright
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Contents
Chapter 1 1
Introduction ..................................................................................1
Features..............................................................................................................................1
System Requirement s......................................................................................................3
Incorporating MMX Technology .................................................................................4
Chapter 2 5
Screen Layout............................................................................... 5
Chapter 3 6
Tools............................................................................................. 6
Chapter 4 8
Menu Commands......................................................................... 8
File Menu...........................................................................................................................8
Edit Menu .........................................................................................................................9
Select Menu.....................................................................................................................10
View Menu......................................................................................................................10
Process Menu..................................................................................................................11
Transform Menu............................................................................................................12
Window Menu................................................................................................................13
Chapter 5 14
Palette Control Options...............................................................14
Chapter 6 16
Layer Manager ............................................................................16
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Chapter 7 18
Shortcuts......................................................................................18
Keyboard Shortcuts for Menu Commands ..............................................................18
Mouse and Keyboard Shortcuts for Tools ...............................................................20
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Introduction
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ImageFolio is a complete multimedia image-processing program with a
sophisticated set of editing tools. It enables you to process photographs,
graphics, and drawings captured from scanners, VCRs, a laser discs, digital
cameras, video capture boxes, etc. Whether you choose to create new
images or enhance old ones with ImageFolio's powerful tools, your
imagination is your only limit!!
Features
Image Input
! Capture images with flatbed/hand-held scanners, digital cameras,
capture boxes, etc.
! WIA/TWAIN interface support for automatic fine-tuning during scanning.
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! Auto & Semi-auto image stitching for large images
! Load/save images in popular file formats such as TIF, PCX, BMP,
TGA, JPG, PCD, WMF, and PNG.
! Flash Pix format support.
! Black & White, 16-bit gray, 16/256 grayscale, index 16/256 color, and
24-bit/48-bit true color image format selectivity.
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Image Output
! Progressive JPEG compression/decompression to save disk space.
! Printer Gamma adjustment to improve output quality.
! Print color-adjustment variations allows previewing before printing.
! Monitor Gamma adjustment to calibrate display.
! OLE 2.0 support for stand-alone editing.
! Easy artwork design for home page production and HTML applications.
Image Editing and Processing
! Image Manager functions as an image database and uses folders to
manage and preview files.
! Windows compliant user interface with drag-and-drop feature.
! Image format conversion functions such as color to gray and 256-color
to 24-bit true color.
! Simultaneous document processing.
! Document layers for complicated object organization.
! Drag-and-drop images between documents.
! Precise color control by setting channels or using a palette.
! Complete set of drawing and painting tools such as Line, Paintbrush,
Airbrush, Color Gradation, Eraser, Zoom, Text, Eyedropper, Rotate,
Hue/Saturation brush, Brightness/Darkness brush, and Blur/Sharp en
brush.
! Definable Image Hose tool for quick insertion of image set.
! Anti-alias feature works with all graphic tools to improve drawing
quality.
! Full selection of tools for easily masking image irregularities.
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! One-touch Magic 3D effects with definable light source.
! One-touch shado w generation with variable light dire ction.
! Elegant templates for easy and practical use.
! Fine-tuning functions to adjust brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, tone
distribution, and so on.
! Filters to produce special effects such as smooth, sharpen, edge
detection, emboss, and mosaic.
! Effect browser provides actual-sized previews, for all the fine-tuning
functions and filters.
! 16- and 32- bit AdobeTM plug-in filter interface.
! Image editing and photo retouching functions such as rotating, flipping,
inverting, and rescaling.
! User-friendly zoom-in bit editing function for detailed image
modification.
System Requirements
The following hardware devices and software are required to run the
software:
! Personal computer with 200 MHz Pentium processor or higher.
! One CD-ROM drive.
! One hard disk drive with at least 60 MB space available.
! At least 32 MB of RAM (preferably 64 MB).
! Microsoft Windows 95/98/2000/Me or Windows NT 4.0.
To make full, efficient use of the program, the following additional elements
are highly recommended:
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! A scanner or digital camera that supports TWAIN, WIA, or Mass Storage.
! A color printer supported by Microsoft Windows.
Incorporating MMX Technology
MMX™ media enhancement technology is recent processor enhancement
that has changed the multimedia and communications world. Combining a
PC and software both designed for MMX technology will effectively
enhance the performance of multimedia processing.
Introduction
Presto! ImageFolio was designed to incorporate MMX technology. Working
on a processor with MMX
TM
technology, the performance of Presto!
ImageFolio will be boosted by more than 20%. Therefore, a processor with
MMX technology is highly recommended for running with Presto!
ImageFolio.
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Screen Layout
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Tool Control
Tools
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The Rectangle Selector allows you to select a portion of the image.
The Ellipse Selector allows you to select a portion of the image.
The Freehand Selector allows you to select an irregularly shaped portion
of the image.
The Selector Brush selects pre-defined areas.
The Magic Wand automatically selects an area according to a specified
color range.
The Move tool allows you to move a selected area to other parts of the
image or to another canvas. In a multi-layer image, it can be used to
rapidly activate the layer containing the object clicked.
The Pan tool enables you to move an image within its own canvas.
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The Paintbrush allows you to draw lines freehand.
The Rectangle tool creates blocks filled with the pattern and color of your
choice.
The Ellipse tool creates oval blocks filled with the pattern and color of
your choice.
The Curve tool creates curving lines as you click and drag the cursor.
The Line tool draws straight lines.
The Paint Bucket fills the selected portion of the image with color.
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The Gradient tool creates a gradual transition from the foreground color
to the background color, or a gradient of multiple colors with a linear,
radial, or square shape.
The Airbrush sprays color onto the image.
The Text tool lets you enter text anywhere on the image.
The Image Hose sprays a series of pre-defined images along your cursor
path.
The Eyedropper picks up the color from the image and makes it the
foreground color.
The Eraser replaces all selected areas it passes over with the background
color.
The Zoom tool enables you to magnify or reduce an image.
The Hue/Saturation Brush paints on your image using translucent shades
of a color you choose.
The Blur/Sharpen Brush enables you to create a blurred or sharpened
image along the cursor path.
The Brightness/Darkness Brush enables you to brighten or darken the
image along the cursor path.
The Smudge tool mixes the pixels along the cursor path.
The Rescale tool enables you to magnify or reduce the dimensions of any
selected area of the image.
The Rotate tool allows you to rotate a selected portion of image by any
angle.
The Slant tool distorts the image of a selected portion by extending it to a
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. Adjust the image by clicking and dragging the
corners.
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Menu Commands
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File Menu
New: Create a new canvas.
Open: Load an already existing image file.
Save: Store an image and any changes made.
Save As: Save a new file or copy and rename and old one.
Revert: Restore an image to its saved condition.
Image Manager: Opens Presto! Image Explorer. View full screen, aligned left,
or aligned bottom.
Select Source: Select the source for inputting an image.
Acquire: Acquire images from a WIA or TWAIN source; choose Acquire for direct
input, or Acquire with Auto Process to automatically correct color,
orientation, etc.
I-Compress: Preview the image and specify compression settings before
saving it as a JPEG file.
Stitch: Merge two or more images into one. This is especially helpful when
you need to scan a picture of that exceeds the size of your scanner.
Print Setup : Change the setting options for your printer.
Print: Output your images (includes additional formatting options).
Set as Wallpaper (Tiled): Set the image as tiled Windows desktop wallpaper.
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Set as Wallpaper (Centered): Set the image as centered Windows desktop
wallpaper.
Preferences: Set the monitor gamma value, display palette, third party plugin path, etc.
Exit: Quit Presto! ImageFolio.
Edit Menu
Undo: Cancel the last action.
Redo: Reapply the last Undone action.
Cut: Move a selected portion of the image to the clipboard.
Copy: Duplicate a selected portion of the image to the clipboard.
Paste: Place the contents of the clipboard onto your image.
Paste as New: Place the contents of the clipboard onto a new canvas.
Menu Commands
Stroke: Add an outline in foreground color around the selected portion of
the image.
Clear: Delete the selected portion of the image.
Crop: Cut away unwanted portions of the image.
Duplicate Document: Copy the image editing screen onto a new canvas.
Fill: Paint the area inside the selection frame with the foreground color.
Magic Touch: Add 3D effects and shadows to selected image portions.
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Select Menu
All: Select an entire image.
Invert: Make the selected area unselected and the unselected area selected.
None: Abandon the selection before any changes are made or fix the
floating image on the canvas after changes are made.
Make Floating: Make your selection into a floating image.
Discard Floating: Deletes the floating image.
Copy Floating: Fix a copy of the floating image to the canvas.
View Menu
Zoom In: Magnify the image.
Zoom Out: Reduce the image.
Menu Commands
Actual Size: Restore the image to its original size.
Fit in Window: Display the entire image in the window.
Full Screen: Display the image without the ImageFolio interface; click
anywhere to restore.
Add a View: Produce a copy of the image in order to view different sizes
simultaneously.
Layout: Hide or display any palette window listed on the pop-up list,
including Toolbox, Tool Bar, Palette Control, and Tool Control. The
Default Layout command changes the screen to the layout defined by the
program.
Information: Get information about the current active image and the system
status.
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Process Menu
Brightness/Contrast: Change the light level of the image.
Hue/Saturation: Change the colors in the image.
Tone Map: Alter the brightness of each pixel in the image by directly
changing the mapping curve of gray/color values.
Density Control: Sharpen dull images or tone down overly sharp ones by
redistributing the gray shades in them.
Variations: Adjust dark, midtone, and light areas of an image in hue,
saturation, or brightness/cont rast.
Effect Browser: Process images with many conveniently arranged effects.
Photo Fun: Add your favorite image into one of many templates and make
framed photos, calendars, greeting cards, etc.
Plug-in Filters: Connect to third-party plug-in programs.
Smooth: Soften an image.
Menu Commands
Choose Smooth to slightly soften the image, Smooth More to
make the image look even softer, Smooth Edge to only soften the
edges of objects, or Gaussian Blur to soften the image like the
gradual fading out of color in the distance.
Sharpen: Sharpen has fo ur options:
Sharpen makes the image a little clearer, Sharpen More goes
even further, Sharpen Edge wo rks on the edges of objects in the
image, and Unsharp Mask sharpens the area where the colors
among neighboring pixels in the image have sound differences.
Emboss: Make the image seem to stand out from the paper.
Average: Averages the values of each surrounding pixels to generate new
values of image colors.
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Fragment: Generate overlapping, transparent images to produce a very
special effect.
Mosaic: Display an image as a series of mosaic tiles.
Others: More image processing effects.
Add Noise: Randomly change the brightness of pixels in the image to look
like TV static.
Despeckle: Clears any small speckles on the image.
Diffuse: Blur an image by diffusing its colors.
Find Edge: Find and highlight the edges of objects in the image.
Tiles: Cut an image into small squares and rearrange them.
Trace Contour: Convert images into bi-level format with clearly marked
image outlines.
Solarize: Make an image look like an overexposed photograph.
Transform Menu
Invert: Make a color negative of an image.
Mirror: Flip the image vertically, horizontally, or diagonally.
Rotate: Left rotates the image by 90 degree counter-clockwise; Right rotates
the image by 90 degree clockwise, and Any Degree allows you to rotate the
image to any angle.
Rescale Image: Change the size, resolution, and scaling factors for the
selected part of the image.
Change Image: Change the image format.
Expand Canvas: Increase the size of the canvas without influencing the
image size.
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Window Menu
Cascade: Arrange the open image windows in a diagonal overlapping
pattern.
Tile: Arrange the open image windows so that all of the windows can be
seen.
Arrange Icons: Arrange the minimized image windows evenly across the
bottom of the image editing area.
Close All: Close all documents.
Quick Close: Closes all documents without prompting to save any of the
images.
Menu Commands
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Palette Control Options
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and Appendix. The Native view provides only setting of color channels, and
the Appendix view also displays the primary palette of currently selected
image.
Background
Foreground
Black & White
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Palette Control Window i n A ppendi x View
Select the foreground and background colors from the color palette or by
setting the color channel sliders.
In the color palette, use the left mouse button to select a foreground color
and the right button to select a background color.
When you click on the Menu button, a list of commands for palette control
pops up for your selection.
RGB/HLS: Toggles between RGB and HLS color modes.
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Palette Control Options
Native and Appendix: These commands respectively hide or display the
Primary Palette.
Hide: Removes the palette control window from the screen.
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The Layer Manager lets you manage your images like a stack of
transparencies.
Layer Menu
New
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The following commands will pop up when you click the Layer Menu icon.
New: Add a blank layer to an image.
Paste as New Layer: Place an image from the clipboard onto a new layer.
Duplicate: Duplicate the contents of a layer onto a new upper layer.
Make Object to Layer: Move the selected images to a new layer above the
current layer.
Delete: Remove a layer that is no longer needed.
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Make Layer to Mask: Generate a mask.
Copy Mask: Copy a mask to other layers.
Option: Change the name and transparency level.
Interleave: Produce a stereo image. Yo u can see the effect t hrough a
stereoscope.
Merge: Combine the displayed layers and keep the hidden ones.
Merge All: Combine the displayed layers and remove the hidden ones.
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Keyboard Shortcuts for Menu Commands
Key Operation
[Alt] Combined with the underlined letter of an item on the
[Ctrl]+[N] New
[Ctrl]+[O] Open
[Ctrl]+[S] Save
[Ctrl]+[R] Revert
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[Ctrl]+[Z] Undo
[Ctrl]+[A] Redo
[Ctrl]+[X] Cut
[Ctrl]+[C] Copy
[Ctrl]+[V] Paste
[Del] Clear
[F1] Help Index
[F2] Toggle display of all panels
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Shortcuts
[F3] Toggle Toolbox display
[F4] Toggle Tool Control display
[F5] Toggle Palette Control display
[F6] Toggle Rulers display
[F7] Toggle Tool Bar display
[F8] Toggle Status Bar display
[F9] Toggle Title Bar display
[F10] Toggle Layer M anager displ ay
[Ctrl]+[1] Change the screen layout to the default setting
[Ctrl]+[F] Apply the most recently used Filter
[Shift]+[F5] Cascade
[Shift]+[F4] Tile
[Enter] Execute the current command
[Esc] Cancels the current command
[+] Zoom in
[–] Zoom out
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Mouse and Keyboard Shortcuts for Tools
Tool Operation Function
[Shift]+drag the left button Increase the selected area Selectors as
Rectangle Selector,
Ellipse Selector,
Magic Wand, etc.
[Ctrl]+drag the left button Exclude the selected area
[Shift]+drag the left button Select a square area Rectangle Selector
[Alt]+drag the left button Start from the center of the
[Shift]+drag the left button Select a circular area Ellipse Selector
Shortcuts
rectangle
[Alt]+drag the left button Start from the center of the
Freehand Selector Double click the mouse left
button
Drag the left button Add Selection Selector Brush
[Ctrl]+drag the right button Exclude Selection
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ellipse
Completing the selection
Shortcuts
Move Tool
When a tool
capable of creating
selections is active
Drag the left button Move the selected object
[Ctrl]+drag the left button Change the active layer
[Alt]+drag the left button Move the selection frame
Click the right button Invoke the mask opti ons
[Shift]+drag the left button Draw a square Rectangle
[Alt]+drag the left button Draw a rectangle starting
from its center
[Shift]+drag the left button Draw a circle Ellipse
[Alt]+drag the left button Draw an ellipse starting
from the its center
Line [Shift]+drag the left button Draw a line in an angle of
45 degree increments
Gradation Click the right button Select multiple colors for
generating gradation
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Paintbrush,
Airbrush
Click or drag the left button Paint with foreground
color
Click or drag the right button Pa int with background
color
Text Click the right button Complete the process
Image Hose
[Shift]+click the left button Avoid overlapping sprayed
images
Click the right button Define Image Hose Pattern
Zoom
[Shift]+drag the left button Fit a part of the image in
image window (magnified)
[Ctrl]+click the left button Zoom out
Click the right button Actual size display
Click the left button Pick foreground color Eyedropper
Click the right but ton Pick backgr ound color
Click or drag the left button Blur the image Blur/Sharpen Brush
Click or drag the right button Sharpen the image
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Click or drag the left button Brighten the image Brightness/
Contrast Brush
Click or drag the right button Darken the image
Rescale [Shift]+drag the left button Rescale proportionally
Rotate [Shift]+drag the left button Rotate in 45 degree
increments
The following keybo ard/mouse controls works no matter what tool you have
selected.
Operation Function
[1]+click the left button Zoom in
[2]+click the left button Zoom out
[3]+drag the left button Panning the image
[4]+click the left button Pick foreground color in a true-color
image
[5]+click the left button Pick background color in a true-color
image
[Esc] Return to the editing area from Full
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