User manual ARCSOFT PHOTO IMPRESSION 3

[. . . ] It offers many project templates for greeting cards and calenders, along with the ability to print your creations on specialized photo paper. Highlights of PhotoImpression · · · · · · · A robust, easy-to-understand graphic user interface ensures that you can learn the program in the shortest possible time. Powerful, comprehensive editing and retouching tools provide a total digital image-editing solution. A wide variety of special effect and enhancement options give you the incredible power to manipulate images like a pro. [. . . ] Close Image - closes the currently selected image. Album - Photo albums allow easy identification and access to images for viewing, editing, print, etc. Albums do not store the image, they provide thumbnails that reference the original file. For example, if a thumbnail is added into an album from a floppy disk, that floppy must be in the drive in order to view the file. From File - You can open an image that is stored on your hard drive or any removable media. One you select it, you'll see the images within the folder appear as thumbnails on the screen. Camera / Scanner - PhotoImpression accepts images acquired via standard TWAIN devices. Online Service 9 PhotoImpression Quick Start Guide PhotoImpression Quick Start Guide 10 Soft Edge Slider - gives cropped edges a warm fade based on the position of the slider. Apply To All Layers - crops all layers to the selected area when checked. Crop - crops the image to only show areas that have been selected. Edit Screen Crop: Rectangle - allows you to select a rectangular area on an image. Circle - works the same as the Rectangle tool except a circle is drawn instead of a rectangle. Polygon - allows you to make a "freehand" selection by clicking and dragging over the image in a desired path or shape. You can select a polygonal area by clicking on the points of the desired shape in a connect-the-dots fashion. For example, if you've created a rectangular selection and then used the Inverse tool, the area selected would be outside of the box instead of inside. Copy Selection As New Layer - creates a new layer out of the selected area. 11 PhotoImpression Quick Start Guide PhotoImpression Quick Start Guide 12 Eraser - removes color on a layer, making it a transparent background (white). Right-click (Windows) or Shift-click (Macintosh) to select the clone source, which will be indicated by a plus (+) sign. Then click and drag over the area of the image to be painted with the clone source. Retouch: Brush Palette - offers various sizes for certain editing tools. The larger the brush size, the larger the affected area when a tool is used. Color Palette - offers various colors for use when painting or doing other color editing. The two color squares on the left of the Color Palette show you the active (top) and alternative (bottom) colors. You can change the alternative color to the active color simply by clicking on it. Paintbrush - turns the mouse pointer into a paintbrush tip and applies an opaque layer of the active color to the current layer. [. . . ] There are several templates for you to choose from, one set which consists of greeting card layouts. Your albums will be displayed so if you can easily drag and drop images to specific areas on the selected template. Click the Add All button to add all of the images in the current album to the current template. PhotoImpression supports the printing of multiple pages at one time, so if you have more images than cells on your template, Email: By clicking the Wallpaper button, you can set the current image as your desktop background. [. . . ]