User manual ULEAD PHOTO EXPLORER VERSION 8.0

[. . . ] October 2002 First English edition for Ulead Photo Explorer version 8. 0, October 2002 Copyright © 2002 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. [. . . ] 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. Setting up auto-detection of digital camera or memory card If you selected to add the Camera Memory Card Detector to the Windows Taskbar while you were installing Ulead Photo Explorer, Camera Memory Card Detector will, by default, always be launched and enabled in the system tray of the Taskbar everytime you enter Windows. Camera Memory Card Detector is a program that auto-detects digital camera connection or the presence of an inserted memory card. Camera Memory Card Detector can be manually enabled or disabled from the Windows Taskbar or in Preferences - Browser. To always enable this program in the Taskbar, make sure the Automatically detect digital camera or memory card option is selected. You can also configure Photo Explorer to automatically open one of the following when Camera Memory Card Detector 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 DCIM camera folder (that is, the folder that stores images, video and audio). 25 Camera Memory Card Detector 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. 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. Note: Photo Explorer can read any flash memory card format that follows the JEIDA `DCF' (Design rule for Camera File system). 3. In the Copy images to section, specify the folder to save your images. Select the following options to delete or rename images after transfer: 26 Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide · 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. 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. · 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. 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. [. . . ] 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. Select the folder containing the images, and then select Internet: Output Web Thumbnails. [. . . ]