User manual NERO NERO PHOTOSHOW ELITE

User's Manual http://www.nerophotoshow.com Nero PhotoShow Elite WELCOME! Thank you for your Nero PhotoShow Elite Purchase! We are confident you will enjoy using this software to create lasting memories for generations to come. This User's Manual is designed to help you through each step as you Manage, Make and Share your photos, albums and slideshows. For more information, please refer to the help files (?) within the software, or visit us online at http://www.nerophotoshow.com. Enjoy! Your Ahead Software Team Information on Copyright and Trademarks The Nero PhotoShow Elite User's Manual and all its contents are protected by copyright and are the property of Ahead Software (AG). All rights reserved. This User's Manual contains material that is protected by internationally valid copyright. This manual may not-in whole or in parts- be copied, transmitted, or otherwise reproduced without the express written permission of Ahead Software. 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Copyright 2004 by Ahead Software AG 2·E Nero PhotoShow Elite Nero PhotoShow Elite Contents 1 General Information: Nero PhotoShow Elite 1.1 General System Requirements Installation of Nero PhotoShow Elite 2.1 Installation Instructions 2.2 The Initial Scan Getting Started Manage 4.1 Importing Photos 4.2 Organizing Your Photos 4.3 Printing At Home 4.4 Emailing Your Photos 4.5 Making A New Album 4.6 Watching Albums 4.7 Album Info 4.8 Managing Your Shows Editing Your Photos 5.1 General Editing 5.2 Applying Effects 5.3 Touching Up Your Photos 5.4 Adding Clip Art 5.5 Adding Captions 5.6 Adding Frames 5.7 Photo Info Making Lasting Memories 6.1 Making Photo Gifts 6.2 Ordering Prints 6.3 Making a Musical Slideshow 6.4 Making a Screen Saver 6.5 Making a Calendar 6.6 Ordering a DVD 6.7 Making a Video CD 6.8 Personalize Your Desktop 5 5 6 6 7 8 9 9 10 11 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 30 31 32 32 33 2 3 4 5 6 Nero PhotoShow Elite E·3 Nero PhotoShow Elite 7 Making A Musical Slideshow 7.1 Making a Musical Slideshow 7.2 Arranging Your Show 7.3 Editing Your Show 7.4 Adding Animated Clip Art To Your Show 7.5 Adding Captions and Speech Bubbles 7.6 Modifying Photos In A Show 7.7 Show Options 7.8 Choosing a Soundtrack 7.9 Watching a Show and Using the Navigation Screen 7.10 Show Tips and Tricks Sharing Your Photos 8.1 Sharing Your Photos 8.2 Email a Link To Your Show 8.3 Upload An Album To A Photo Community 8.4 Make A CD-ROM 8.5 Make a Video CD 8.6 Screen Saver 8.7 HTML 8.8 Make an Executable Helpful Hints 9.1 Searching For Photos 9.2 Options 9.3 Tips and Tricks 9.4 Technical Support Contact 34 34 34 35 36 37 37 39 41 42 43 44 44 44 45 45 46 46 46 47 48 48 49 50 51 8 9 4·E Nero PhotoShow Elite General Information: Nero PhotoShow Elite 1 General Information: Nero PhotoShow Elite Nero PhotoShow Elite allows you to capture, edit and manage your photos, create albums and slideshows, burn to CD or order a DVD, and share your special moments with friends and family. 1.1 General System Requirements Windows® 98SE/ME/2000/XP 450 MHz Pentium® III processor or faster 128 MB of RAM (256 MB recommended) Hard Drive: Minimum 80 MB free hard-disk space CD-ROM drive to install Nero PhotoShow Elite CD-R/RW drive to burn Photo Albums or Shows 800x600 video display, High Color 16-bit Windows® compatible sound device 33.6Kbps modem or faster and Internet Service Provider (account required to share online) Web browser that supports Flash Player Macromedia Flash Player V.6 Nero PhotoShow Elite E·5 Installation of Nero PhotoShow Elite 2 2.1 Installation of Nero PhotoShow Elite Installation Instructions Prior to installing Nero PhotoShow Elite we recommend that you exit all open applications. 1. Insert the Nero PhotoShow Elite CD-ROM into your computer. The Nero PhotoShow Elite Installation screen is displayed if CD-ROM AutoPlay is enabled. If CD-ROM AutoPlay is turned off, click the Start button and choose Run. In the Run dialog, enter the CD-ROM drive's letter and add :\setup.exe after it. Click on OK in the Run dialog to begin installation. 2. Follow the on-screen directions within the installer to install Nero PhotoShow Elite. 3. At the final installer screen, click Finish to quit the installer and run Nero PhotoShow Elite. 6·E Nero PhotoShow Elite Installation of Nero PhotoShow Elite 2.2 The Initial Scan Before the installation process begins, you will be asked to find the folder where you keep your digital photos. This is called your Home Photos Folder. Nero PhotoShow Elite will automatically scan all folders under your Home Photos Folder for digital photos and automatically import them into albums. This quick process enables you to use Nero PhotoShow Elite immediately and saves you the trouble of importing each photo from your collection at a later time. Any new photos that you import to Nero PhotoShow Elite from your digital camera will be placed in your Home Photos Folder, so you can easily locate them. Your Home Photos Folder is also set as a Watch Folder. If you remove photos or folders from your Watch Folder, the corresponding photos or albums will be removed from Nero PhotoShow Elite. Nero PhotoShow Elite E·7 Getting Started 3 Getting Started Welcome to Nero PhotoShow Elite, your easy and complete photo experience. This is the main menu of Nero PhotoShow Elite which you will use to navigate through the application. Click Manage to organize, edit, and print your photos. Click Make to create things from your photos like musical slideshows, DVDs, photo gifts, screen savers, wall paper, and more. Click Share to share your photos online with friends and family, or burn your photos to a CDROM or Video CD. If you are experiencing any difficulties, click the help button (?) to guide you with the screen you are working on. 8·E Nero PhotoShow Elite Manage 4 4.1 Manage Importing Photos 1. On the Manage screen, click Import Photos to add new photos to Nero PhotoShow Elite. On the left you will see a list of folders and devices (like digital cameras) that are connected to your computer. The photos that you select to import will be copied to your Nero PhotoShow Elite Home Photos Folder. When you connect your digital camera to your computer, Nero PhotoShow Elite will run and offer to copy your photos to your Home Photos Folder and display them as an album in Nero PhotoShow Elite. Nero PhotoShow Elite E·9 Manage 4.2 Organizing Your Photos The Albums tab located on the Manage screen allows you to organize your photos into albums. Albums allow you to sort your photos into groups that have a common theme, just like an actual photo album. On the left hand side of the Manage screen is a list of your Albums. 1. You can sort your albums by selecting an option from the Sort menu, make a new album by clicking New Album, import photos into Nero PhotoShow Elite by clicking Import Photos, or search for albums by clicking Search. 2. Once you've opened your album, you can change its name by clicking Info, or watch a full-screen slide show of the photos by clicking Watch. 3. To print or email the photos, select Print or Email beneath the displayed photo. The size of the album icons and photo thumbnails can be changed by clicking on the Size menu and selecting either large or small. 10 · E Nero PhotoShow Elite Manage 4.3 Printing At Home With Nero PhotoShow Elite, you can easily print your photos with your home printer or order professional quality prints online by clicking Print, and making your selection from the drop down menu. To use your home printer, select the photos you would like to print by checking their thumbnails on the left. You will see a larger preview of what is to be printed on the right. Click Printer Settings to set the printer you would like to use and adjust its settings. The Layout menu allows you to select many layout options including formatting support for Avery® digital photo paper. Once you are happy with your settings and the print preview, click Print to start printing. 4.4 Emailing Your Photos Nero PhotoShow Elite allows you to easily email photos and albums to your friends and family. 1. Select the photos you want to send and then press the Envelope Icon, which will take you to the Email screen. 2. The Email Photos tab lets you send photos as attachments through Nero PhotoShow Elite's mail server or Email with Outlook which lets you create a new message in Microsoft Outlook with your photos automatically attached. Nero PhotoShow Elite E · 11 Manage 3. The Sending Options lets you change the attached photo's dimensions with the Photo Size menu. You can also control how big the attached photo is and how it will look with the Quality menu. Higher quality settings will produce a larger file size. If you're sending photos to people with slow internet connections, then you should use smaller photo sizes and a lower quality setting. 4.5 Making A New Album You can easily make a new album by clicking New Album. 1. You can choose to add any photo from an existing album in Nero PhotoShow Elite, or add new photos. If the photos you want to use aren't already in an album, click Import Photos. 2. If you can't find the photos you want to use, click Search to search through your photos in Nero PhotoShow Elite. 3. After you select your photos, click Make Album to create a new album containing these photos. For example, if you would like to make a new album containing only pictures of your Mom, you would click New Album on the Manage screen, then select the photos of your Mom, and finally click Make Album to create the new album. 12 · E Nero PhotoShow Elite Manage 4.6 Watching Albums Clicking Watch displays the photos in your album as a full-screen slideshow. You can always advance to the next photo by clicking the Right Arrow, or view the previous photo by clicking the Left Arrow. 1. To rotate your photo, click the Rotate Arrows. Click the red "X" to remove your photo from its album and place it into Nero PhotoShow Elite's trash. 2. The Edit button enables you to edit the photo you are currently viewing. 3. If at any time you would like to stop the slideshow, click Stop. When the slideshow has stopped, you can start it again by clicking Start. 4. You can change the time duration that the photo is displayed by selecting duration from the Speed menu. 5. You can always return to the previous screen by clicking the Back button. Nero PhotoShow Elite E · 13 Manage 4.7 Album Info The Album Info screen is where you can change the Album Name, Album Date, or Album Icon (photo that represents the album). You can also assign the album to a different group from the Group menu. The Group menu allows you to organize your photo albums. For example, one group of albums could be used for vacation photos and another for pet photos. The Starring field allows you to enter the names of the people who appear in the photos. You can also add comments or keywords that describe the photos into the Comment & Keywords field so you can easily search for them at a later time. You have the option to rename the photos in your album by checking the button next to Rename photos in album. When you click OK, each photo will be assigned a new file name that consists of the current album name (or whatever you type into the text box), a hyphen, and a number that represents its position in the thumbnail browser. For example, if your album is named "Favorite Photos", and you chose to rename the photos in that album, the resulting photo names would be "Favorite Photos-01.jpg", "Favorite Photos-02.jpg", "Favorite Photos-03.jpg", and so on. 14 · E Nero PhotoShow Elite Manage 4.8 Managing Your Shows The Manage screen's Shows tab is where you can edit and view musical slideshows. Nero PhotoShow Elite's musical slideshows offer a unique and entertaining way for you to enjoy and share your favorite photos. On the left hand side of the Manage screen is a list of your musical slideshows. 1. You can sort your shows by selecting an option from the Sort menu, or you can make a new show by clicking New Show. 2. The size of the show icons can be changed by clicking on the Size menu and selecting either large or small. 3. Place your mouse over a show icon and click Watch to watch your show, Edit to edit your show, Share to share your show, or the red 'X' to delete your show. You can also delete a show by dragging its icon to the orange trash can. For more information on musical slideshows, please visit Section 7 of this manual. Nero PhotoShow Elite E · 15 Editing Your Photos 5 Editing Your Photos With Nero PhotoShow Elite, you can touch up and edit your photos to perfection with a variety of easy to use tools. Feel free to experiment with photo editing since you can always undo your last edit by clicking Undo or restore your original photo by clicking Revert to Original. You can save a copy of your edited photos at any time by clicking Save a Copy. To change the photos file name or it's dimensions, click Info located below the displayed photo to open the Photo Info screen. You can also email this photo by clicking Email or print it by selecting an option from the Print menu. The Print menu lets you order prints online or print the photo on a printer connected to your computer. At the bottom of the screen is a thumbnail browser which lets you open other photos in your album and edit them. All photo editing tools can be easily accessed using the tabs on the left side of the screen. 16 · E Nero PhotoShow Elite Editing Your Photos 5.1 General Editing Before After 1. The General Edit section lets you do many things with just a single mouse click. You can rotate your photo by clicking the Rotate Arrows, automatically improve the look of your photo by clicking Auto Fix, add text to your photo by clicking Add Text, and delete your photo by clicking Delete. 2. To remove red eye, click Red Eye, drag the selection rectangle around the red portion of the person's eye, and then click Fix. For best results, try to fit the square close to the red portion of the eye and don't include other parts of the face. Before After 3. Cropping is one of the easiest ways to improve the quality of your photos. It enables you to focus on the important aspect of your photo and remove unwanted areas. a. To crop your photo, click Crop and select the area of the image you want to keep by dragging on one of the corners of the box. Move the crop area by clicking inside it and dragging it over to the part of the photo that you want to keep. b. Click Save Crop when you are satisfied with your crop selection. c. Click Cancel Crop to return to the original photo. Nero PhotoShow Elite E · 17 Editing Your Photos 5.2 Applying Effects The Effects section allows you to apply many effects to your photos from simple level adjustment (brightness, contrast, and saturation), to refinishing your photo to look like it was taken one hundred years ago. A slider is provided to adjust the impact you want each effect to have and a real time preview of the effect will be displayed above the slider. When you are satisfied with the preview, click Apply to see the effect on the larger photo. There are lots of fun effects to choose from, so feel free to experiment and remember that you can always press Undo to remove unwanted changes. 18 · E Nero PhotoShow Elite Editing Your Photos 5.3 Touching Up Your Photos The Touch Up screen allows you to fix common problems you may experience with your photos. Remove dust spots or other blemishes from older print photos that may appear while being scanned. With a little practice, you can even remove any unwanted items from your photos. The Touch Up screen is a lot of fun, so experiment with it and see what you can create. 1. With the Paint Brush Tool, you can paint on your photos using different size brushes. Select your desired brush size by clicking the orange triangles on either side of the Brush. You can change the transparency of the paint by adjusting the Blend slider. Change the color of the paint by clicking the Color menu and then clicking the color that you want to use. Nero PhotoShow Elite E · 19 Editing Your Photos 2. The Spray Paint Tool lets you spray paint on your photos just like using a can of spray paint or an airbrush. With this tool, the longer you hold the mouse button down without moving it, the more paint will build up on the photo. a. Select different brush sizes by clicking the orange triangles on either side of the Brush. You can change how quickly the paint builds up by adjusting the Flow slider. b. Change the color of the paint by clicking on the Color menu and then click the color that you want to use. c. The Eye Dropper feature allows you to select an exact color that can be found on your photo. Click on the color from your photo that you wish to paint with, and it will appear in the Color menu. 3. The Smudge Tool can remove small blemishes such as dust spots, hairs, or scratches from your photos. Select different Smudge Tool sizes by clicking the orange triangles on either side of the Brush. To remove a blemish, you need to use the Zoom Tool to zoom in on the blemish in your photo. Then, click on the blemish with the Smudge Tool to blend it with the other colors around it. When you zoom back out to normal size, the blemish will be much less noticeable. 20 · E Nero PhotoShow Elite