User manual ULEAD PHOTO EXPRESS 4.0

[. . . ] version 4. 0 User Guide First English edition for Photo Express version 4. 0, December 2000 © 2001 Ulead Systems, Inc. No part of this publication may be 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 the 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 Ulead Systems, Inc. , the Ulead logo, Photo Express, and Album are trademarks of Ulead Systems, Inc. All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned in this manual are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners. Sample files Files provided as samples on the program CD can be used for personal demonstrations, productions and presentations. [. . . ] When the red button appears, click at areas around the image to make new reference points. 4 To fine tune the current selection, move the mouse over an area of the selection frame until the cursor changes to a pointing finger. 5 Click and drag to modify the highlighted portion of the selection frame. 6 When done editing, click the green button to create the actual selection. Step 1 Step 2 Step 1 Step 3 Step 2 Tip: When the surrounding colors are very similar to the edge colors, adjust the Tolerance slider to the left. Step 1 Selecting an area by color: 1 In the Menu Command bar, select Edit: Selection - By Color. 2 Click on or drag over the base image to select reference colors. Notes: · 20 · The Similarity value determines the range of colors to include in the selection. Adjust it if you find that your selection is not clean or does not cover the entire range of the selected color. The Expand selection option selects all areas of a similar color throughout the entire image. Step 2 After the selection process Once you have made your selection, there are a number of things that you can do with it. · Use the selection to crop the photo. This means that only the selected area will remain while other parts of the image will be removed. In the Options panel, click Next, and then click Crop with current selection. · Create stunning edge effects. Step 3 Step 4 Using the Edges effect: 1 Click Next to go to the Other Options panel. 5 Click Close when done. Notes: Step 1 Step 5 Step 2 · · · · Drag the selection to turn it to an object, or straight to the Thumbnail strip for a new image. Maintain the current selection shape even when the Edge preset is of different shape by selecting Keep original shape. Select colors for the edges of the 2D/Mask and Magic effects in Advanced mode. Personalize the Text edge effect by typing in your own words in Advanced mode. A few words about objects Objects are self-contained components placed on images or projects. When saved to a *. UPX (for images) or *. TPX (for projects) format, each object's characteristics and attributes remain editable for future editing. Below are some useful object information: · Most objects can be adjusted using the tools used to create it. · Adjust an object's layer by using the Object Level buttons on the Shortcut bar. · Right-click on an object and select Transparency to define how see-thru the object is against a background. · In order to integrate an object into an image permanently, right-click the object and select Merge on the pop-up menu. 21 Working with Text Adding text is a quick and easy way to liven up any photo or to make postcards, greeting cards, invitations, and birthday cards. Photo Express also provides you with an extensive range of cool effects that you can apply to your text to create even more unique and impressive projects. The Text tools are available in Photo or Project mode on the Edit: Text menu. Step 3 Adding new text: 1 Select Edit: Text - Add/Edit on the Menu Command bar. 4 With the Enter new text option selected, click Apply to add the text to the photo or project. 5 Click Close when you are satisfied with the result. Tip: Resize the text manually by adjusting the text object marquee in the workspace. Step 2 Step 1 Step 4 Step 5 Note: Edit the text object in the workspace by double-clicking the text object then in the Options panel make the necessary adjustments and select Update the selected text before clicking Apply. Improving how your text looks Simply adding text to an image is often enough to attract attention, but if you really want the text to get noticed, try flaunting it with some of the incredible effects in Photo Express. Note: Remember that you need to make the text object active first in the workspace (done by simply clicking on it) before you can use any of the Text tools for creating effects. 22 Transforming text objects: 1 Select Edit: Text - Transform on the Menu Command bar. As soon as the pointer changes to a four-directional arrow, click and drag in the desired direction. [. . . ] The more color information included in the file, the larger the file tends to be. Indexed-256 and Grayscale each contains up to a maximum of 256 distinct colors and are generally quite small. (48-bit True Color and 16-bit Grayscale are supported in TIF format. ) · Possible File types for saving are: BMP and TIF can keep the highest level of quality; JPEG is ideal for photos to be used on the Web or sent via e-mail because the file size can be significantly reduced down to the minimum relative to your acceptable quality; UPX for saving photos with unmerged, free-floating objects. These objects can be used again when the file is reopened in Photo Express. 40 Sharing across the Internet Photo Express offers a number of different ways that you can share your images with your friends and family across the Internet. E-mail Photo Express is integrated with popular e-mail applications such as Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, Netscape Messenger, and Qualcomm Eudora, among others. [. . . ]