User manual COREL PHOTO ALBUM 6

[. . . ] Corel® Photo AlbumTM 6 User Guide The contents of this user guide and the associated Corel Photo Album software are the property of Corel Corporation and its respective licensors, and are protected by copyright. For more complete copyright information about Corel Painter, please refer to the About Corel Photo Album section in the Help menu of the software. Corel, the Corel logo, Corel Painter, Corel Support Services, CorelDRAW , Natural-Media, PhotoSafe, Photo Album, Paint Shop, Paint Shop Pro, QuickCD, Thinify, and WordPerfect are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries in Canada, the U. S. InstallShield is a registered trademark of InstallShield Software Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. [. . . ] In the Collection window, select the photo or photos to be removed, rightclick, and choose Remove. On the Find panel, right-click the collection that you want to rename, and choose Rename Collection. In the Rename Collection dialog box, enter a new name, and click OK. Remove photos from a collection Rename a collection Photos that you add to collections act as shortcuts to the original photos. Any changes you save to photos in collections are applied to the original photos. 50 Corel Photo Album 6 User Guide You can also add photos to a collection by dragging them from the open folder onto the collection name in the Find panel. To view a collection 1 On the Organize toolbar, click the Collections button, and choose View Collections. The Collections group on the Find panel expands and displays a list of your collections. 2 Click individual collections in the Collections group to view thumbnails of photos. Using photo trays You can use photo trays to gather photos from various folders and then e-mail, print, or upload the gathered photos. To add photos to a photo tray 1 Open the folder that contains the photos that you want to put in a tray. Note: To stop choosing photos, click the Stop choosing photos for [tray name] tray button. When you access the e-mail, print, or upload tools, the photos in the related tray are automatically added to the E-mail, Print, or Upload windows. Choosing your favorite photos Corel Photo Album allows you to easily identify your favorite photos by using the Favorite Photo Chooser to mark them with a yellow star. To choose your Favorite Photos 1 Open the folder window that contains the photo you want to mark as a favorite. Organizing your photos 51 2 Click the Favorites Chooser on the thumbnail. For more information about customizing thumbnails, see "Customizing thumbnails" in the Help. To deselect a favorite photo, click the Favorites Chooser on the thumbnail. You can also choose your favorite photos by dragging them to the Favorite Photos list in the Find panel. To view only your favorite photos · Click the Find tab, and choose Favorite Photos from the Find using drop-list. Your favorite photos appear in the Favorite Photos window. Cataloging folders and photos When you open a photo folder or view photos on removable media, Corel Photo Album automatically catalogs the photos by recording the name, type, and size of each file. This information is then stored in a database file. To catalog folders and photos · Choose Tools Catalog, and select one of the following options: · CD-ROM -- catalogs all contents of the CD inserted in the drive · Folder -- opens the Select Folder dialog, where you can select a folder to catalog · Hard Drive -- catalogs all photos on the computer's hard drive · Advanced -- lets you select multiple drives to catalog at one time, view the date on which the drives were previously cataloged, and edit media titles If you choose the Advanced option, select the drives for cataloging in the Catalog dialog box, and click Start Cataloging. Note: You can continue to work in Corel Photo Album while the drive is being cataloged. 52 Corel Photo Album 6 User Guide Protecting your photos If you own a digital camera, you probably take a lot of photos. One of the most important benefits of using Corel Photo Album is that it lets you organize and protect your valuable photos. Corel Photo Album saves all the information you've added about your photos to a database. You can back up this database of photo information and restore it if necessary. To protect your photos from computer mishaps, you can use the PhotoSafe Backup System, which lets you back up your photos on a CD. In this section, you'll learn about · making photos read-only · removing photos from the database · using the PhotoSafe Backup system Making photos read-only You can set a photo file as read-only, which prevents the photo from being altered. If you have set Corel Photo Album to show thumbnail symbols, once you have set a photo as read-only, a lock icon appears on it. For information about showing thumbnail symbols, see "Customizing thumbnails" in the Help. To make a photo read-only · Click the Organize tab, right-click a photo, and choose Set as Read Only. To unlock the photo, right-click it, and select Set as Read Only. Protecting your photos 53 Removing photos from the database By removing the information about certain photos from the Corel Photo Album database file, you can prevent thumbnails of them from appearing while searching or browsing. [. . . ] 2 Click the Add Text Screen button To Enter text Select a photo to use as a background . 3 Perform a task from the following table, and click OK. Do the following Type up to three lines of text in the text boxes. Click the Browse button and choose a photo. 80 Corel Photo Album 6 User Guide To Choose where you want to insert the text slide Do the following In the Insert Location group box, choose one of the following options: · Insert at Beginning of Slide Show -- inserts the text screen as the first photo in the slide show. · Insert Before First Selected Photo -- inserts the text screen before the selected photo in the slide show. · Insert at End of Slide Show -- inserts the text screen as the last photo in the slide show. You can also open the Insert Text Screen dialog box by clicking the Slide Show button, and choosing Insert Text Screen. To choose VCD Menu settings 1 Click the VCD Menu button. [. . . ]