User Guide Ulead Systems, Inc. March 2004 First English edition for Ulead Photo Explorer version 8.5, March 2004. Copyright © 2004 Ulead Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 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. Ulead Systems, Inc. and the Ulead logo are trademarks of Ulead Systems, Inc. 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Support: http://www.ulead.co.jp Germany Ulead Systems GmbH http://www.ulead.de Support: http://www.ulead.de/tech China Ulead Systems, Inc. http://www.ulead.com.cn Support: http://www.ulead.com.cn/tech France http://www.ulead.fr Support: http://www.ulead.fr/tech United Kingdom http://www.ulead.co.uk Support: http://www.ulead.co.uk/tech 2 What's Inside Welcome to Ulead® Photo Explorer ....................................................................... 5 Things you can do in Ulead Photo Explorer .......................................................... 5 What's new in this version ..................................................................................... 8 System requirements ............................................................................................. 10 Installing and running the program ..................................................................... 10 Ulead Photo Explorer at a glance ........................................................................... 11 Photo Explorer Browser ....................................................................................... 11 Photo Explorer Viewer ......................................................................................... 12 Ulead Instant Viewer ............................................................................................ 13 About file format types ........................................................................................ 14 Customizing Photo Explorer ................................................................................. 15 Setting up your work environment ...................................................................... 15 Customizing toolbars ............................................................................................ 16 Browsing and previewing files ............................................................................... 17 Displaying files in thumbnail or list view ............................................................. 17 Speeding up thumbnail display ........................................................................... 18 Thumbnail caching .................................................................................... 18 Displaying embedded thumbnails in digital camera images ........................ 19 Generating thumbnails ............................................................................... 19 Browsing for files .................................................................................................. 20 Previewing files ..................................................................................................... 21 Working with folders and files ............................................................................... 22 The Folder Pane ................................................................................................... 22 About virtual folders ............................................................................................ 24 Creating a list of favorite folders ........................................................................... 25 Managing files ...................................................................................................... 26 Archiving files ...................................................................................................... 27 Working with digital cameras and scanners ............................................................ 28 Auto-detection of digital camera or memory card ................................................. 28 Digital Camera Wizard ......................................................................................... 29 Getting images from a TWAIN device ................................................................. 30 Viewing digital photo information ....................................................................... 31 Modifying digital photo information ................................................................... 33 Renaming and renumbering files ......................................................................... 34 Changing file sequence by drag-and-drop ........................................................... 36 3 Viewing images ..................................................................................................... 37 Using Photo Explorer Viewer .............................................................................. 37 Switching between folders .......................................................................... 37 Advancing through the images ................................................................... 38 Zooming in and out .................................................................................... 39 The Global Viewer ..................................................................................... 40 Using the Ulead Instant Viewer ........................................................................... 40 Advancing through the images ................................................................... 41 Zooming in and out .................................................................................... 42 Editing images ...................................................................................................... 43 Image editing tools ............................................................................................... 43 Adjusting images .................................................................................................. 44 Removing red eye ................................................................................................. 45 Enhancing images that contain text ..................................................................... 45 Printing ............................................................................................................... 46 Fun prints you can create ..................................................................................... 46 Photo prints ................................................................................................ 46 Thumbnail prints ....................................................................................... 46 Cards .......................................................................................................... 46 Special Layouts ........................................................................................... 46 Working with video .............................................................................................. 47 Capturing and trimming video ............................................................................ 47 Capturing snapshots from video .......................................................................... 49 Slideshow and other cool stuff ............................................................................... 50 Creating a slideshow ............................................................................................. 50 Adding background music ......................................................................... 52 Packaging files ...................................................................................................... 54 Viewing a slideshow ............................................................................................. 54 Burning slideshow discs ....................................................................................... 55 For PC viewing ........................................................................................... 55 For TV viewing ........................................................................................... 56 Other fun projects you can create ......................................................................... 56 Wallpaper .................................................................................................... 56 Calendar ..................................................................................................... 56 Screen Saver ................................................................................................ 57 Working on the Internet ....................................................................................... 58 Creating thumbnails for the Web ......................................................................... 58 Creating slideshows for the Web .......................................................................... 59 Scanning the Web for images ............................................................................... 60 4 Welcome to Ulead® Photo Explorer Welcome to Ulead® Photo Explorer Ulead Photo Explorer makes digital photography fun on the PC. It combines tools for acquiring, viewing, organizing, adjusting, and printing digital images in a single easy-touse interface. Photo Explorer is a must-have companion for digital camera, scanner, and video camera users, or for anyone who needs to manage and share digital images and other media. Things you can do in Ulead Photo Explorer Here's an overview of what you can do in Ulead Photo Explorer. Refer to the chapters in this user guide for more details. Acquire images Acquire images from digital cameras, scanners, or memory card readers. Create slideshows Assemble images, video, and audio files into a multimedia slideshow. Apply cool transition effects to your slideshow. 5 Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Browse thumbnails Ulead Photo Explorer displays files as thumbnails, allowing you to visually browse through images and media files. Print images in various layouts Output single-image prints, greeting cards, or print images in different photo sizes. You can also print an index sheet of thumbnails for your image collection. 6 Adjust images Make adjustments to images, such as straighten, rotate, crop, color balance, remove red eye, etc. Image adjustments can be applied to multiple images at one time. Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Output Web thumbnails and Web slideshows Create Web photo albums and Web slideshows ready to be uploaded to the Internet. View images Display images in larger views by switching to Viewer mode or by opening images in Ulead Instant Viewer. Preview images and other media Instantly preview images, video, and audio files in Photo Explorer without actually opening them. Capture and trim video Capture video clips from DV camcorders, PC cameras, WebCams, motion cameras, or capture boards. Later, you can trim, convert, and optimize video clips. 7 Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide What's new in this version Creating Albums, trimming videos, converting slideshows into video files, and autocorrecting images are some of the new and enhanced features in Photo Explorer. This new version also showcases the Easy Access Window which makes working in Photo Explorer a lot easier and faster. Create Albums Rather than searching through folders to find what they want, users can collect images, videos, or music clips into a central Album to more easily keep track of files. Customize these Albums according to special occasions or show all content ...