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Using ZoomBrowser EX with a Canon BJ printer and a scanner or digital camera, you can enjoy superb-quality photo prints. Custom Layout Printing (Artwork/Layout Album) Printing a Photo Index (Index Printing) You can arrange images in a desired layout and apply artwork including clipping, resizing, rotation, text insertion, and ornamentation with photo frames and background. You can print a photo index that contains thumbnails automatically arranged in a suitab layout for the selected thumbnail size (large, medium, or small). 4 Printing in a Specified Photo Size (Fixed Photo Size Printing) Printing in the Borderless Printing Mode (Tiled photo) You can print images in the specified photo size. You can print images with no margins around each image, so that a single image is printed borderless along the paper edges and multiple images are arranged like tiles with no space between them (available with BJ printers that support the borderless printing feature). 5 Printing on Canon Perforated Paper You can easily make your images fit in a sheet of Canon perforated paper. 6 Basic Operation Procedure The basic operation steps to capture, import, edit, and print photo images are summarized below. STEP 1 Shooting / scanning Acquire images with a digital camera or a scanner. 7 STEP 2 Importing images Start ZoomBrowser EX. Using the Camera Window, import images from a memory card or a digital camera. ZoomBrowser EX supports some simple image editing features. The Automation wizard provides easy means of importing images. 8 STEP 3 Selecting a layout Specify the print mode. Just follow the wizard to select a print mode option from Artwork/Layout album, Index printing, Fixed photo size printing, Borderless printing (Tiled photo), and Canon perforated paper printing. 9 STEP 4 Applying artwork You can apply artwork including clipping, resizing, adding text, and ornamentation such as adding photo frames or background to the imported images. STEP 5 Printing The images can be printed on Canon perforated paper (such as Photo Paper Pro or Glossy Photo Card ). Borderless printing is also supported. *Some features and paper sizes may not be supported depending on the models of printers. 10 What are Canon Utilities? Canon Utilities are the application softwares included in the BJ Solution Disk or Setup Software & User's Guide in the CD-ROM that comes with your BJ series printer. These utilities enable you to display, save (import) to the computer's hard disk, edit, print the images captured using a digital camera or scanner. · ZoomBrowser EX ZoomBrowser EX allows you to display a list of thumbnails (images stored in the internal memory card), import them to your computer's hard disk, and print them in photo-quality using the BJ printer. With ZoomBrowser EX, You can easily display, edit, and manage images stored in your computer's hard disk as well. · PhotoRecord With PhotoRecord used with ZoomBrowser EX, you can print the specified image in photo-quality using the BJ printer. You can print automatically layouted multiple images on a single paper. · PhotoStitch PhotoStitch is an utility program for image merging and allows you to quickly create a panoramic photo by mergng multiple images captured with your digital camera. With PhotoStitch, you can merge any number of images vertically or horizontally, producing unique posters or other photo-prints. The wide-mode merging feature is also useful when you want to create a wide panoramic photo of a building or straight-lined object with straight lines as natural as the original. 11 Starting ZoomBrowser EX This subsection describes how to start ZoomBrowser EX. ZoomBrowser EX supports the following image file types: bmp crw fpx jpg tif pcd wmf Windows bitmap RAW Flachpix Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) KODAK Photo CD Windows Metafile Starting ZoomBrowser EX 12 Steps 1 From the Start menu, select Programs, Canon Utilities, ZoomBrowser EX, and again ZoomBrowser EX. Canon ZoomBrowser EX starts and ZoomBrowser EX application window opens. Starting ZoomBrowser EX 13 Note ³ To learn more about the main window, refer to Basic Operations in the Browser Display Area. Starting ZoomBrowser EX 14 When starting ZoomBrowser EX for the First Time... When starting ZoomBrowser EX for the first time, you will see a message window as shown below. Click the Yes button to register the Windows folder named My Picture as an Image Folder of ZoomBrowser EX. This folder will become an image data storage folder and images imported from a digital camera or scanner can be stored in this folder. ZoomBrowser displays the thumbnails of the images stored in this folder in the Browser Display Area. Click the No button, if you do not want to register the My Picture folder to the ZoomBrowser EX. This message appears only when the ZoomBrowser EX is started for the first time. For more detailed information on registering Image Folders, refer to Image Database. Starting ZoomBrowser EX 15 Creating Panoramic Photo Using PhotoStitch PhotoStitch is an easy-to-use image merger utility which enbles you to create a panoramic photo by merging multiple photos taken with a digital camera. Steps 1 In the Browser Display Area of the ZoomBrowser EX, select multiple photo images (thumbnails) to merge. 2 Open the Edit menu and select the PhotoStitch command. PhotoStitch starts and loads the selected photo images. Merge as many images as you like either horizontally or vertically by a simple operation, and create posters and other photo-prints. Also try the wide-mode merging which shows buildings and other straight-lined objects with straight lines as natural as the original. For more details on the merging procedure, refer to the Help of PhotoStitch. Creating Panoramic Photo Using PhotoStitch 16 Using ZoomBrowser EX This section describes the basic operations and the functions of the ZoomBrowser EX. · Basic Operations in the Browser Display Area · Changing View Mode in the Browser Display Area · Image Database · Processing Image Using Image Viewer · Slide Show · Time Tunnel · Adding Sound to Image · Processing Image for Sending by E-mail · Editing Image Using Other Image Processing Programs 17 Basic Operations in the Browser Display Area Part names and basic operations in the Browser Display Area are described in this section. For more detailed information on working with ZoomBrowser EX, refer to the Help of ZoomBrowser EX. Tree View Displays all the Image Folders and their subfolders that are registered to ZoomBrowser EX. When a Canon digital camera is connected to your computer, double-click the Canon Camera icon, and you can view all the photos stored in the memory card of camera in the Camera Window. Browser Display Area Displays the contents of the Image Folder that is currently selected in the Tree View. Individual images are shown as thumbnails. You can change the thumbnail size, the way the information is displayed, the viewing modes, and other settings. Control Panel Control buttons are provided here. Manage and process images shown in the Browser Display Area by clicking these buttons. The information screen shows the number of subfolders and image files contained in the current folder. Thumbnails Reduced images of the files contained in the folder that is currently selected in the Tree View. You can select images for processing by clicking the thumbnails.To select two or more images, click the thumbnails one by one while pressing the Ctrl key. Basic Operations in the Browser Display Area 18 MINIMIZE buttons Click this button to reduce the Control Panel into a miniature window (see the figure on the right). You can mousedrag it anywhere on the computer screen. View Mode buttons ZOOM MODE Click the ZOOM MODE button on the Control Panel to enter the Zoom mode. The Zoom mode displays the images contained in the folder currently selected in the Tree View, in the reduced form of thumbnails. If the folder contains subfolders, the contents of the subfolders are also displayed, as thumbnails grouped under subfolder names. SCROLL MODE Click the SCROLL MODE button on the Control Panel to enter the Scroll mode. The Scroll mode displays the images and subfolders contained in the folder currently selected in the Tree View. The images are shown as thumbnails, while the subfolders are shown as folder icons. When in the Scroll Mode, you can zoom in on a desired folder and view its contents, by double-clicking the folder SHOW PROPERTIES button Click this to view the information about the image currently selected in the Browser Display Area. REFRESH button Click this to refresh the display of selected images (thumbnails) or the contents of the selected folder. IMPORT IMAGES button Click this to import images from an input device (digital camera, memory card, etc.), currently connected to the computer. PRINT button Click this to open the Print submenu in which you can select Layout or Index printing option. When Layout is selected, the PhotoRecord Print Modes window opens and the Print Modes wizard becomes ready to start. VIEW IMAGE button Click this to open the Image Viewer and view the selected DELETE button Click this to delete the images or folders currently selected in the Browser Display Area. Basic Operations in the Browser Display Area 19 Tool switching buttons Click these buttons to select a tool (mouse pointer) used in the Browser Display Area. Button Name Function SELECT button ZOOM IN button ZOOM OUT button Turns the mouse pointer into a selection tool.Select this tool for the usual operations in ZoomBrowser EX, for example, selecting images and folders. Turns the mouse pointer into a zoom-in tool.Select this tool for zooming in or (enlarging) the images (thumbnails) in the Browser Display Area. Turns the mouse pointer into a zoom-out tool.Select this tool for zooming out or (reducing) the images (thumbnails) in the Browser Display Area. Basic Operations in the Browser Display Area 20 Changing View Mode in the Browser Display Area There are two View Mode buttons in the Control Panel, the SCROLL MODE button and the ZOOM MODE button. · Zoom Mode Click the ZOOM MODE button on the Control Panel to enter the Zoom mode. The images contained in the folder selected in the Tree View are displayed in the reduced form of thumbnails. If the folder contains subfolders, the contents of the subfolders are also displayed, as thumbnails grouped under subfolder names.. Folder Subfolder Double-click the subfolder background to zoom in images. To zoom out the magnified images, click the Display Area. button on the top-right corner of the Browser Changing View Mode in the Browser Display Area 21 · Scroll Mode Click the SCROLL MODE button on the Control Panel to enter the Scroll mode. The images in the selected folder or subfolders contained in the selected folder are displayed. The images are shown as thumbnails, while the subfolders are shown as folder icons.When in the Scroll Mode, you can zoom in the images contained a subfolder by double-clicking the folder icon. This enlarges the view of the folder contents until it fills the Browser Display Area. Double-click the folder icon to zoom in the images contained in the subfolder. Changing View Mode in the Browser Display Area 22 Using Magnifier glass Some thumbnails are displayed smaller than others, depending on the folder structure. The Magnifier is a convenient tool for viewing small thumbnails. To use the Magnifier, select the Magnifier from the View menu. You can move the Magnifier glass over the Browser Display Area by dragging it with the mouse. When you want to have a closer look, point the glass to a thumbnail, and view the enlarged image in the Magnifier window. To return to the normal view, close the Magnifier window, by clicking the Close button on the top right corner of the MAGNIFIER window. Magnifier glass MAGNIFIER window Use the slide control to increase or decrease the magnification. Changing View Mode in the Browser Display Area 23 Image Database Registering Image Folders is a necessary procedure, if you have image data stored in your hard disk folders or on removable volumes, and if you want to process, print or manage them from ZoomBrowser EX. First register the folder / volume which you want to store the image data. When a folder on the hard disk is registered as an Image Folder, you can save folders and images in that Folder from the ZoomBrowser EX window. Image data imported from a memory card of digital camera or other input devices will be saved as image files in those registered Image Folders. Not only images imported from the attached input devices but also images already stored in the internal hard disks can be processed, printed and managed from ZoomBrowser EX, if they are stored in the registered Image Folders. Image Database 24 Image Library One When ZoomBrowser EX is installed in your computer, it automatically creates a default folder named Image Library One, where it copies its sample image files. Under this default Folder, you can create a new folder and save the imported images. You can also create a new Image Folder besides the default one. Folders that comprises the default Image Folder Image Database 25 Registering the My Pictures folder as an Image Folder On starting ZoomBrowser EX for the first time, a message box appears and asks you if you want to register the My Pictures folder to the ZoomBrowser EX. If you click Yes here, the Windows folder named My Pictures will be registered as an Image Folder and displayed in the Tree View. The registered Image Folder Image Database 26 Registering Folders on the Hard Disk as Image Folders You can select folders on your hard disks and register them as new Image Folders. To learn how to register removable volumes such as CDs, MOs and FDs, refer to the following Registering Removable Volumes as Image Folders. Steps 1 2 Start ZoomBrowser EX. To learn how to start ZoomBrowser EX, refer to the Starting ZoomBrowser EX . Click the REGISTER IMAGE FOLDER button. The Register Image Folder dialog box appears.. Image Database 27 3 From the Register Image Folder dialog box, select the folder which you want to register as an Image Folder, and click the OK button. The registration message box appears 4 Note ³ Click the OK button. The selected folder will be registered as an Image Folder. If the selected folder contains any subfolders or image files, the ZoomBrowser EX database will automatically register those subfolders and image files. Image Database 28 Registering Removable Volumes as Image Folders You can register removable volumes such as CDs, MOs and FDs, as new Image Folders. When a volume is registered as an Image Folder, the database acquires its file information, including the thumbnails, file names and dates of the creation of image data. This enables you to view and check the contents of the registered volume from the computer screen, even if the volume itself is not loaded. To learn how to register folders that are on your hard disks, refer to the previous Registering Folders on the Hard Disk as Image Folders. Steps 1 2 Load the removable volume which you want to register into the media drive. Be sure to load it before starting ZoomBrowser EX. Start ZoomBrowser EX. To know how to start ZoomBrowser EX, refer to the Starting ZoomBrowser EX. Image Database 29 3 Click the REGISTER IMAGE FOLDER button. The Register Image Folder dialog box appears. 4 Select the removable drive, and click the OK button. The registration message box appears. 5 Click the OK button. The Set Logical Volume Name dialog box appears. Image Database 30 6 Type in a name for the current volume, and click the OK button. This registers the volume as an Image Folder. The database acquires information about all the folders and image files contained in that particular volume. The removable volume will be registered as an Image Folder named "IMAGELIB." Note Note ³ If the selected volume has already been given a volume label, the dialog box displays that volume label as the default name. You can change it if you like, since a removable volume name is not the same thing as a volume label. When working with images in a registered removable volume, for example, viewing them in the Image Viewer, or processing or printing them, you need the volume actually loaded onto the media drive. If you select an image and try to execute one of these operations without loading the volume, a message window prompts you to load it, as shown below. ³ Insert the volume and click the Retry button to load the image the ZoomBrowser EX. Image Database 31 Creating New Folders You can create a new folder within a registered Image Folder or its subfolder. Steps 1 On the Tree View, select and right-click with the mouse an Image Folder or a subfolder within which you want to create a new folder. The pop-up menu opens. 2 Select the New Folder from the menu. The New Folder dialog box opens. The selected Image Folder or subfolder is displayed here. You can change the location of the new folder to create by specifying a desired folder from the Create new folder in dropdown list. Image Database 32 3 Type in the name for a new folder. 4 Click the OK button. The new folder will be created under the selected Image Folder or subfolder. The new folder "Digital Camera" is created. Image Database 33 Changing Location of Image Files You can move image files to a new location, by drag-and-drop the thumbnails from the Browser Display Area onto any folder displayed in the Tree View. Move an image to a new location by drag-and-dropping the thumbnail onto the destination folder. If you want to move multiple images, select thumbnails while pressing he Ctrl key, then drag-and-drop the thumbnails onto the destination folder. Copy images to another folder by dragand-dropping the thumbnails while pressing the Ctrl key. You can also move a whole folder by drag-and-drop the folder icon to a new location in the Tree View. To copy an image or folder to a new location, drag-and-drop it while pressing the Ctrl key. Image Database 34 Deleting Images When an image(s) is displayed and selected in the Browser Display Area, you can delete the image file(s) by clicking the DELETE button. 1. Select an image (thumbnail) you want to delete. 2. Click the DELETE button to open the Delete dialog box. 3. Click the Delete button. Note ³ When the Delete button is clicked, the actual image file(s) is completely deleted from your computer's hard disk or the removable volume. Image Database 35 You can also delete a folder from your computer, by selecting the folder icon in the Tree View and then clicking the DELETE button. 1. In the Tree View, select the Image Folder or the subfolder you want to delete. 2. Click the DELETE button to open the Delete dialog box. 3. Click the Delete button to delete the selected Image Folder or the subfolder. Note ³ When the Delete button is clicked, the folder is completely deleted from your computer's hard disk or the removable volume, not only the Image Folder (that is, the actual folder registered as an Image Folder) but also all its subfolders. Image Database 36 Managing Image Folders Using Shortcut Menu Select a folder or an Image Folder in the Tree View, and right-click with the mouse. This displays a pop-up menu which offers you the option commands as listed in the table below. Command New Folder Brief explanation of its function Creates a new folder under the Image Folder or subfolder selected in the Tree View. Refer to Creating New Folders for more details. Rename Folder Deregister Image Folder Allows you to rename the selected Image Folder or subfolder. Note that this command is not for renaming a removable volume registered as an Image Folder. Deregisters the selected Image Folder. This command does not delete any actual image files or subfolders contained in the deregistered Image Folder. It only deletes information on the folder registered to the ZoomBrowser EX. Becomes selectable only when you have selected a removable volume which is registered as an Image Folder. Allows you to rename the selected volume. When a folder is selected in the Tree View, you can change the color of both the folder icon and the background in the Browser Display Area. You can change the color of both the Folder icon and background by double-clicking the background in the Browser Display Area first and then change the color. Becomes selectable only when you have selected a folder whose folder color has been changed. Clears the current color settings and restores the default color. Refresh the contents information (database) of the selected Image Folder or subfolder. This command is also executed using the REFRESH button. Refer to Refreshing View in the Browser Display Area for more details. Set Logical Volume Name Set Folder Color Remove Folder Color Refresh Folder Image Database 37 Delete Deletes the selected Image Folder or subfolder. Care must be taken for this command execution. Once the Delete command is executed, the actual image files and subfolders are completely erased from your computer's hard disk. This command is also executed using the DELETE button. Refer to Deleting Images for more details. Copy Paste Properties Copies the selected Image Folder or subfolder including its all image files and subfolders. Pastes the copied Image Folder or subfolder under the selected folder in the Tree View. Becomes selectable only when an Image Folder is selected. Allows you to view the properties of the folder or the removable volume registered as an Image Folder. Image Database 38 Refreshing View in the Browser Display Area If you perform file management using other file management software such as Windows Explorer, the ZoomBrowser EX may not always reflect the updates done with other file management software immediately. To reflect the updates on the database, select the Image Folder or subfolder which you want to update in the Tree View, and then click the REFRESH button. REFRESH button Another way to refresh the ZoomBrowser EX database is to use the commands provided in the View menu. Command Refresh Current Folder Refresh Online Registered Folders Information to be updated Contents of the folder currently displayed in the Browser Display Area. Data on the whole database of ZoomBrowser EX. Image Database 39 Processing Image Using Image Viewer You can view the actual image of the selected thumbnail by opening the Image Viewer. First select the desired image and then click the VIEW IMAGE button. Double-clicking the selected thumbnail in the Browser Display Area also opens the Image Viewer window. In this window, you can crop and/or adjust colors of the image, and save the result as a new file. VIEW IMAGE button Click this to open the Image Viewer The zoom ratio is displayed here. Specify the desired ratio. Image size, date and time it was taken are displayed here. Processing Image Using Image Viewer 40 Cropping Image Select the portion of the image you want to keep by mouse-dragging over it, and then click the CROP button. Areas outside the selection will be trimmed away. Cropped area CROP button Click this to crop along the trimming line. Processing Image Using Image Viewer 41 Adjusting Image Colors The color adjustment slider controls allow you to adjust color, brightness and contrast by dragging them to and fro Color adjustment slider controls Drag them to and fro, to change color, brightness and contrast. See how color, brightness and contrast have been adjusted. Processing Image Using Image Viewer 42 Saving Image after Processing The processed image can be saved as a new file. Type in the file name and specify the file type, then click the Save button. The image is saved as a new file. SAVE AS button Click this to open the Save As dialog box. Processing Image Using Image Viewer 43 Slide Show This function enables you to display the images selected in the Browser Display Area as an automated slide show. You can view them in sequence using the entire computer screen. Steps 1 Select the Slide Show Options from the View menu. The Slide Show Options dialog box opens to allow you to specify a set of parameters. 2 Specify how you want to have the images displayed. You can choose the playing mode and apply enhancing effects to the slide show. When the After a time delay option is selected, move the slide control to specify the interval after which the show should move on to the next picture. Slide Show 44 3 Speciify how you want to play slide show sequentially using the Loop options. Clicking the sets the sequential image display through to the last image. The slide show ends and closes after the last image shown. Clicking the sets the endless sequential image display. To exit from this endless loop, you will have to press the Esc key or Close Slide Show button to end and close the slide show. For details on how to set the parameters, click the Help button in the Slide Show Options dialog box. 4 5 Click the OK button. The Slide Show Options dialog box closes and opens the Browser Display Area again. Select the images or folders you want to display in the slide show in the Browser Display Area. Slide Show 45 6 Select the Slide Show from the View menu. The slide show starts and selected images are displayed in sequence on the entire computer screen according to the parameters set in the Slide Show Options dialog box. Slide Show 46 Slide Show Control Buttons While the slide show is in progress, the control buttons are displayed on the bottom-right corner of the screen. Pause / Replay button Click the Pause button to stop the automated slide show temporarily. Pausing the show will turn this into the Replay button. Next Image button Advances the show to the next image. Previous Image button Displays the previous image again. Close Slide Show button Click this to exit the slide show. Print button Click this to mark the current image for printing, while a slide show is in progress. When the show is over, PhotoRecord will automatically start and layout the selected images for printing. When the No Info radio button is selected in the Slide Show Options dialog box, no control buttons are shown on the screen. If this is the case, right-click with the mouse to open a pop-up menu as shown below. Select the corresponding option from this menu. Slide Show 47 Time Tunnel You can open the Time Tunnel window by selecting the Time Tunnel... from the View menu. When the Time Tunnel window opens, you see a series of rings which remind you of a time tunnel. The images in the Browser Display Area, or those contained in the selected folder, will be displayed in the Time Tunnel, positioned along the lines of the rings automatically. The thumbnails are arrayed in a sequential order by the date they were shot (file dates). Zoom in or out freely on the rings to change the arrangement, by moving the slide control or by specifying the date. Choose the display mode from among Rings, Spiral and Film by simply clicking the switch buttons. You can open the actual image of the desired thumbnail by double-clicking on it. Drag the slide control to zoom in and out on the Time Tunnel. Rings, Spiral, Display Style settings, Speed Settings, Date/Time Display Color Settings, Open, Help and Exit buttons The Time Tunnel offers a variety of option features, including changing the display mode and searching through images by file date. For details on how to set the parameters, click the Help button in the Time Tunnel window. Note ³ The Time Tunnel can handle up to 500 images. Time Tunnel 48 Adding Sound to Image You can associate sound with an image by using the sound feature of ZoomBrowser EX. Steps for Recording 1 Select the image to which you want to add sound in the Browser Display Area. Open the Properties menu and select the Add/Remove Sound. The Sound dialog box appears. 2 Click the Add button. The Open dialog box appears. Adding Sound to Image 49 3 4 Specify the sound file. Selectable sound files are those in the WAV and the MIDI formats. Click the Open button. The name of the selected file appears in the Sound dialog box. Click the Remove button here if you want to remove the sound file. Click the Play button here if you want to play the sound file. 5 Click the OK button. ZoomBrowser EX takes in the sound data. When the sound is added, the image thumbnail is marked with a sound symbol on the top-right corner. Adding Sound to Image 50