User manual ULEAD PHOTO EXPLORER 6

[. . . ] USER GUIDE First English edition for Ulead Photo Explorer version 6. 0, May 2000 Copyright © 2000 Ulead Systems, Inc. No part of this publication maybe reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or storing in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form without prior written permission of Ulead Systems, Inc. Software license The software described in this document is furnished under a License Agreement which is included with the product. This Agreement specifies the permitted and prohibited uses of the product. Licenses and trademarks ICI Library © 1991-1992 C-Cube Microsystems. All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned in this manual are for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners. Technical support Registered users are entitled to Ulead technical support. [. . . ] With Photo Explorer, photos that were taken with a digital camera can be transferred to your PC. If you have a scanner device, transform photo prints or documents into images directly in Photo Explorer. Once you have all your desired images, easily rename the file names and renumber them based on your own numbering scheme. Digital Camera Wizard Getting images from a digital camera can be much faster and simpler if you use the Digital Camera Wizard. You can use this tool to get images directly from a digital camera, or retrieve images from a flash memory card that's inserted in a memory card reader. In the Image destination folder section, create a new folder or select an existing location for placing the images. Select the type of your digital camera or memory card reader from the list. In the Image source section, select Read from a camera folder to get images directly from a digital camera. Otherwise, select the other option to get images from a memory card reader. If you chose to create a new folder in step 2, specify a master folder in the Image destination section to store as many new image folders as you want. Click Start in the Digital Camera Wizard dialog box to transfer images. Note: Photo Explorer can read any flash memory card format that follows the JEIDA `DCF' (Design rule for Camera File System) 14 User Guide Getting images from a TWAIN device Most scanners and digital cameras come with TWAIN software that allows transfer of images to your computer. Make sure that the TWAIN software for your device has already been installed before you start getting images. Click File: TWAIN Acquire Select Source and choose your scanner or digital camera. Each image will be prefixed with this name followed by a counter (e. g. Click File: TWAIN Acquire Acquire Now to start getting images. Tip In the Acquire File Setup dialog box, you can also choose to share images on the Web after transferring them to your computer. Select the appropriate option in the Send To Web section to send your images to iMira. com. In Photo Explorer, using File: TWAIN Acquire is recommended only for getting images from a scanner. In most cases, JPEG images from a camera will be decompressed and resaved with some loss of image quality through TWAIN transfers. Also, Exif camera information embedded in the JPEG files will be lost. The Digital Camera Wizard can be used with many cameras to avoid the problems associated with TWAIN transfers. Note: Photo Explorer offers WDM driver support for "push-model aware" scanners. Selected buttons on such scanners can be configured to carry out a list of commands. For example, pressing a button could automatically run Photo Explorer, get an image from a scanner, and save it to the active folder. Because Photo Explorer supports this technology, acquiring images is now 15 User Guide Renaming and renumbering files After getting images from a digital camera or scanner, you may want to change their file names or renumber their sequence. The Tools: AutoRename command allows you to change several file names at once. [. . . ] If you have the software already installed in your computer, click Photo: SmartSaver Pro to access it directly in Photo Explorer. 21 Working on the Internet With Photo Explorer, you can share your images and multimedia files over the Internet. Upload images to iMira. com, send files by e-mail, or include image collections and slide shows on your Web page. Photo Explorer also allows you to easily retrieve image, sound and video files from the Internet. [. . . ]