User manual ULEAD PHOTO EXPLORER 8.5

[. . . ] March 2004 First English edition for Ulead Photo Explorer version 8. 5, March 2004. 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. [. . . ] With Photo Explorer, photos that were taken with a digital camera can be transferred to your PC. If you have a scanner device, you can also transform photo prints or documents into images directly in Photo Explorer. Once you have all your desired images, easily rename the files and resequence them based on your own numbering scheme. Auto-detection of digital camera or memory card Ulead AutoDetector is a program that auto-detects digital camera connection or the presence of an inserted memory card. By default, Ulead AutoDetector is always launched and enabled in the system tray of the Taskbar every time you start your computer. You can enable or disable it anytime from the Windows Taskbar. Ulead AutoDetector You can also configure Photo Explorer in Preferences to automatically open one of the following when Ulead AutoDetector detects a digital camera connection or memory card insertion: · Open Digital Camera Wizard -Opens the Digital Camera Wizard dialog box, which allows you to easily get images from your digital camera or card reader. Or, · Open camera folder in Browse Pane -Opens the detected camera folder that stores the images, video, and audio files. 28 Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Digital Camera Wizard Getting images from a digital camera can be much faster and simpler if you use the Digital Camera Wizard. Use this tool to get images from a digital camera or retrieve images from a flash memory card that's inserted in a memory card reader. To get images using the Digital Camera Wizard: 1. Select one of the options under Get images from then click the link next to the selected option to choose the imaging device from which to get images. There are three options for choosing the imaging device: · Digital camera -- Allows you to select your digital camera model. · Camera drive or card reader -Select this option if your digital camera or card reader is detected by Windows as a removable drive. The digital camera or card reader will be indicated by a drive letter just like any disk drive. · Image folder -- Allows you to manually select an image folder (in a memory card, disc, or local drive) from which to copy images. In the Copy images to section, specify the folder to save your images. Digital Camera Wizard Tip: File: Clear Memory Card also deletes images under a specific folder in your digital camera or removes everything in your memory card drive. Click the Configure button to open the Select Image Source dialog box and choose the source device in which to delete images. 29 Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide 4. Select the options for the files after transfer: · Delete files after successful transfer -- Select to remove all images from the memory card after a successful transfer of images to the specified destination folder. Note: Automatic deletion of images from the memory card is possible if your device supports this functionality. · Add destination folder to Album -- Select to add destination folder to Album. · Renumber images to ensure every file name is unique -- Select to renumber images to avoid files having duplicated file names. Click the Start button to transfer images. 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. To get images using the TWAIN software: 1. Select 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. Img0001, Img0002, etc. ) TWAIN Acquire File Setup dialog box 30 Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide 6. Or, to scan several photos at the same time and automatically slice them into separate image files, click File: TWAIN Acquire - Acquire Now (with Auto Slicing). [. . . ] Photo Explorer finds all your desired files from a selected Web site and quickly downloads them to your computer. Creating thumbnails for the Web If you want to create your own image gallery and post it on the Internet, an easy way to do it is to use the Internet: Output Web Thumbnails command. This command generates simple Web pages in just a few minutes, complete with an index of thumbnails and pages for displaying images. The basic steps for creating Web pages and thumbnails are given below. For details on Web page layout options, click the Help button on the Web Page Output dialog box. To create Web pages and thumbnails: 1. [. . . ]