User manual ULEAD PHOTOIMPACT 11

User Guide Ulead Systems, Inc. August 2005 First edition for Ulead® PhotoImpact® 11, August 2005. © 1992-2005 Ulead Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 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 express 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 ©1995-2005 Ulead Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Ulead, the Ulead logo, PhotoImpact, EasyPalette and Ulead GIF Animator are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of Ulead Systems, Inc. Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. 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...................................................................................... 14 GIF Animator ............................................................................. 14 Photo Explorer ........................................................................... 15 Ulead COOL 360 ........................................................................ 15 The PhotoImpact difference ......................................................... 15 Enhanced photo editing .............................................................. 16 Complete creative suite .............................................................. 16 The Welcome Screen .................................................................. 17 Overview: User Interface ............................................................ 18 Panel Manager ......................................................................... 21 Layer Manager .................................................................. 21 Selection Manager ............................................................. 21 Document Manager ........................................................... 21 Browse Manager ............................................................... 22 EasyPalette ...................................................................... 22 Color Panel ....................................................................... 22 Quick Command Panel ....................................................... 23 Tool Settings .................................................................... 23 Histogram Panel ................................................................ 23 Toolbox ................................................................................... 23 What's new ......................................................................... 15 Introduction to the workspace ............................................ 17 Personalizing My Workspace ............................................... 23 About PhotoImpact dialog boxes ......................................... 25 Using the EasyPalette .......................................................... 27 Setting Preferences .................................................................... 23 Floating and docking toolbars and panels ...................................... 24 Using the Customize dialog box ................................................... 24 Using quick samples ................................................................... 25 Split View and Dual View ............................................................. 26 About EasyPalette galleries and libraries ....................................... 29 Creating and organizing your galleries and object libraries ............... 29 Loading and unloading galleries and libraries ................................ 29 Packaging galleries and libraries ................................................. 30 Organizing your tab groups ........................................................ 30 Using your images as preview thumbnails ..................................... 32 Adding custom effects to the EasyPalette ...................................... 32 Customizing the EasyPalette ........................................................ 33 4 ULEAD PHOTOIMPACT USER GUIDE Modifying and adding Galleries thumbnails .................................... 33 Basics .................................................................................. 35 Using Variations in the EasyPalette galleries .................................34 Creating new images .................................................................. 35 Creating an image for DVD menus ..............................................36 Opening image files ................................................................... 36 Partially loading images .............................................................37 Opening CMYK files .................................................................... 38 Using the Browse Manager .......................................................... 38 Digital Camera Wizard ................................................................ 40 Acquiring images from scanners .................................................. 41 Acquiring images from WIA devices .............................................. 42 Viewing images ......................................................................... 42 Zooming on an image ................................................................43 Adding a view ..........................................................................43 Using the Global Viewer .............................................................43 Different viewing modes ............................................................44 Cropping an image ..................................................................... Perspective Crop ....................................................................... Converting between data types ................................................... Resizing an image ...................................................................... 44 46 46 47 Using the clipboard .................................................................... 48 Performing cut and copy operations ............................................48 Performing a paste operation .....................................................49 Pasting images as objects ..........................................................49 Pasting images into a selection area ............................................49 Pasting images to fit into a selection area ....................................50 Pasting images as new images ...................................................50 Pasting images beneath the mouse pointer ...................................50 The Clipboard submenu .............................................................50 Duplicating images ....................................................................51 Changing resolution ..................................................................47 Changing dimensions by resampling ............................................48 Recovering from mistakes ........................................................... 51 Saving images .......................................................................... 52 Printing .................................................................................... 53 Calibrating your printer .............................................................53 Save for Mobile ........................................................................53 AutoSave .................................................................................53 Color Management ..................................................................... 54 Using Print Preview ...................................................................55 More print options .....................................................................56 Print Multiple ............................................................................56 Print Poster ..............................................................................57 Sending images ........................................................................58 Acquiring images from the Internet .............................................59 Images and the Web .................................................................. 58 TABLE OF CONTENTS 5 Changing indexed image colors .................................................... 59 Making a screen capture ............................................................. 60 Using plug-ins ........................................................................... 62 CHAPTER 2: PHOTO EDITING ............................................63 Enhancing digital camera photos using ExpressFix .............. 64 Enhancing digital camera photos using RAW data support .. 66 Handling 48-bit images ....................................................... 67 Adjusting and enhancing your images ................................. 68 Enhancement effects ........................................................... 77 White Balance ........................................................................... 76 Enhance Lighting ....................................................................... 77 Blur ......................................................................................... 77 Motion Blur .............................................................................. 78 Edge Preserving Blur ................................................................. 78 Flatten Uneven Area ................................................................. 79 Zoom Blur ............................................................................... 79 Sharpen ................................................................................... 80 Noise ....................................................................................... 80 Enhance ................................................................................... 80 Beautify Skin ........................................................................... 81 Diffuse Glow ............................................................................ 81 Sunlight .................................................................................. 82 Film Grain ............................................................................... 83 Add Moon ................................................................................ 84 Diffraction Filter ....................................................................... 85 Multivision Filter ....................................................................... 86 Star Filter ................................................................................ 87 Lens Filters ............................................................................... 85 High Dynamic Range ........................................................... 91 Lens Distortion .......................................................................... 88 Correcting Chromatic Aberration .................................................. 89 Adding Vignette ......................................................................... 90 Enhancing the dynamic range of an image with SmartCurves ........... 92 Creating and saving a camera curve profile ................................... 92 Composing an HDR image using multiple images ............................ 94 Optimizing the HDR image .......................................................... 96 Editing the HDR image ................................................................ 97 SmartRemove ........................................................................... 97 Using the Burn and Dodge Tools ................................................ 100 Removing red eye .................................................................... 100 Changing the colors of an image ................................................ 101 Using the Retouch Tools ...................................................... 99 Cloning parts of an image .................................................. 103 6 ULEAD PHOTOIMPACT USER GUIDE Working with scanned images ........................................... 105 Using the Touch-up Tool ............................................................104 Auto-process - Batch .................................................................105 Stitching images together ..........................................................106 Automatic stitching ................................................................. 107 Manual stitching ..................................................................... 107 Adding a frame and photo caption ...............................................108 CHAPTER 3: SELECTIONS & OBJECTS ..............................111 Working with selections .................................................... 112 Pick Tool .................................................................................112 Standard Selection Tool - selecting regularly shaped areas .............112 Lasso Tool - selecting irregularly shaped areas .............................113 Magic Wand Tool - selecting an area containing similar colors .........115 Determining color similarity ...................................................... 116 Extracting objects .....................................................................117 Step Step Step Step 1 2 3 4 of of of of 4: 4: 4: 4: Drawing the boundary ........................................... 117 Extracting the object ............................................. 118 Adjusting degree of extraction ................................ 118 Refining the object ................................................ 119 Mask Mode ..............................................................................119 Layer mask and object mask ......................................................121 Moving a selection area marquee ................................................123 Preserving the base image .........................................................123 Creating smooth-edged selection areas ........................................123 Softening a selection edge .........................................................124 Creating a border around a selection ...........................................124 Select by Color Range ...............................................................125 Adding to or subtracting from a selection .....................................126 Expanding a selection area ........................................................126 Selecting on objects ..................................................................126 Using the Selection Manager ......................................................127 Working with objects ........................................................ 128 Using a selection .................................................................... 127 Managing object layers ..............................................................128 Hiding and showing objects ........................................................129 Using the Object Properties dialog box ....................................... 129 Using the Layer Manager ......................................................... 129 Sorting objects .........................................................................129 Grouping and ungrouping objects ...............................................130 Changing an object's layer in an image ........................................130 Setting an object's properties .....................................................131 Editing objects .........................................................................131 Using Defringe .........................................................................131 TABLE OF CONTENTS 7 Match Background Color ........................................................... 132 Adding a shadow to an object .................................................... 133 Separating a shadow from its object ......................................... 133 Using object libraries ........................................................ 136 Copying and moving an object between images ........................... 134 Duplicating an object ................................................................ 134 Deleting an object .................................................................... 134 Spacing and aligning objects ..................................................... 135 Saving selections to the object libraries ....................................... 136 Using an image or selection from the Object Library ..................... 137 Making a lower-third ......................................................... 138 Using the Measure Tool ..................................................... 139 Using the Transform Tool .................................................. 140 Rotating images ....................................................................... 141 Working with Object Eraser Tools ..................................... 144 Using the Stamp Tool ........................................................ 145 Guidelines and grid ........................................................... 146 Straightening images .............................................................. 142 3D transformation .................................................................. 142 CHAPTER 4: USING THE PAINTING AND FILL TOOLS ...... 147 Using the Painting Tools .................................................... 148 Erasing ................................................................................... 149 Customizing Paint Tools ............................................................ 150 Using Paint Tool presets .......................................................... 150 Using the Tool Settings panel ................................................... 150 Special Paint Tools and Tricks .................................................... 151 Using the Particle Brush ........................................................... 151 Using the Drop Water Tool ....................................................... 152 Painting with textures ............................................................. 152 Painting an outline or border .................................................... 153 Using Paint as Object mode ..................................................... 154 Using the Fill Tools ............................................................ 156 Editing active objects only ......................................................... 155 Choosing a Gradient Fill method ................................................. 157 Filling an area with a texture ..................................................... 159 Working with Colors .......................................................... 161 Performing drag-and-drop texture and gradient fills .................... 160 Using the PhotoImpact Color Picker ............................................ 161 Picking colors from an image or entire screen .............................. 163 Changing foreground and background colors ................................ 163 Using the Color Panel ............................................................... 163 The Color tab ......................................................................... 163 Setting a Single-color ...................................................... 164 8 ULEAD PHOTOIMPACT USER GUIDE Setting a Gradient color ................................................... 165 Swatches tab ......................................................................... 165 Gradients tab ......................................................................... 166 Color Table tab ....................................................................... 167 Understanding Indexed color images .................................. 167 Editing the Color Table ..................................................... 167 Loading and saving color tables ......................................... 168 CHAPTER 5: WORKING WITH TEXT AND PATHS ..............169 Adding text ....................................................................... 170 Tool Settings ............................................................................171 Style ..................................................................................... 171 3D ........................................................................................ 172 Split Text ............................................................................... 172 Options ................................................................................. 172 Working with paths ........................................................... 174 Applying text effects .................................................................172 Editing text as a path object .......................................................173 Saving text objects ...................................................................174 Creating paths .........................................................................174 The Path Drawing Tool ..............................................................175 The Shape menus ................................................................... 176 Creating paths with the Path Drawing Tool .......................... 177 Customizing 3D path objects ............................................. 178 Saving custom paths and attributes ................................... 178 The Outline Drawing Tool ......................................................... 179 The Line and Arrow Tool .......................................................... 181 Drawing curves and custom paths ............................................. 182 Spline Tool ..................................................................... 182 Drawing curves and custom paths ............................................. 182 Spline Tool ..................................................................... 182 Bezier Tool ..................................................................... 184 Freehand Tool ................................................................. 185 Drawing multiple paths ............................................................ 187 Importing Adobe Illustrator files ............................................... 188 Tool Settings .......................................................................... 189 Filling a path with the Even-Odd Fill option .......................... 189 Deforming the path shape ........................................................ 191 Using the Path Edit Tool ........................................................... 192 Editing basic shapes or line and arrow paths ....................... 192 Editing polygon shapes ..................................................... 195 Editing multiple paths ...................................................... 197 Grouping and ungrouping paths ......................................... 197 Editing paths ............................................................................190 Using the Bezier Curve Tool .......................................................198 Tracing and converting images into paths ....................................200 TABLE OF CONTENTS 9 Adding 3D properties ......................................................... 201 The Material dialog box ............................................................. 203 Color/Texture ......................................................................... 203 Bevel .................................................................................... 203 Bevel Settings ........................................................................ 204 Reflection .............................................................................. 204 Transparency ......................................................................... 204 Border .................................................................................. 205 Shadow ................................................................................. 205 Light ..................................................................................... 205 Shading ................................................................................ 205 Bump .................................................................................... 205 Making the surface of 3D objects smoother ................................. 206 Creating transparent objects ..................................................... 206 Using bump maps .................................................................... 207 Type effects ....................................................................... 208 Wrap effects ...................................................................... 209 Saving material properties to the EasyPalette ............................. 207 The Z-Merge Tool ............................................................... 215 Applying wrap effects from the EasyPalette ................................. 209 Creating your own wrap effects .................................................. 210 Modifying wrap effects .............................................................. 210 Bending text objects ................................................................. 214 CHAPTER 6: SPECIAL EFFECTS ........................................ 217 Applying preset effects from the EasyPalette ......................................................................... 218 Applying special effects ..................................................... 218 Lights ..................................................................................... 219 Artistic ................................................................................... 220 Brick Tiles .............................................................................. 220 Cartoon ................................................................................. 221 Contour Drawing .................................................................... 222 Engraving .............................................................................. 223 Finger Paint ........................................................................... 225 Impressionist ......................................................................... 226 Mosaic Tiles ........................................................................... 227 Pen and Ink ........................................................................... 228 Screening .............................................................................. 229 Distort .................................................................................. 230 Custom Effect ........................................................................ 230 Creative Transform ................................................................. 231 Crystal and Glass .................................................................... 231 Magic Gradient ........................................................................ 231 Paint on Edges ......................................................................... 232 10 ULEAD PHOTOIMPACT USER GUIDE Animation effects .............................................................. 234 Turnpage .................................................................................233 DeInterlace ..............................................................................234 Frame-based animations ...........................................................235 Playing a frame-based animation .............................................. 236 Storyboard-based animations .....................................................237 Saving animations ....................................................................239 Saving GIF animation options ................................................... 239 Kaleidoscope Fill .......................................................................240 Texture Filter ...........................................................................241 Creative Warp ..........................................................................242 Crystal and Glass ......................................................................243 Creative Lighting ......................................................................244 Particle Effect ...........................................................................245 Creative Transform ...................................................................247 Type Effect ..............................................................................248 CHAPTER 7: BATCH PROCESSING ...................................249 Using the Quick Command Panel ....................................... 250 Using tasks in the EasyPalette ....................................................251 Using the History Tab ................................................................252 Batch Manager .........................................................................253 Batch Convert ..........................................................................254 Batch test in Image Optimizer ....................................................254 Applying commands to multiple files ................................. 253 CHAPTER 8: ALL FOR THE WEB .......................................255 Images for the Web ........................................................... 256 Opening an image/UFO file from a Web page ................................256 Opening a Web page as a single image ........................................257 Creating a Web background image ..............................................257 Using Background Designer ...................................................... 258 Shifting a Web background ...................................................... 259 Creating a seamlessly tiled background ..................................... 260 Button Designer .......................................................................261 Slice Tool ................................................................................262 Image Map Tool .......................................................................264 Optimizing file sizes and quality for the Web .................................267 Creating object-based image maps ........................................... 265 Creating manual image maps ................................................... 265 Basic controls in Image Optimizer ............................................. 267 Optimizing an image as a JPEG ...................................................268 Optimizing an image as a GIF .....................................................269 TABLE OF CONTENTS 11 Objects for the Web ........................................................... 271 Optimizing an image as a PNG ................................................... 270 Testing your files with different settings ...................................... 271 Objects on a Web page ............................................................. 272 Linking multimedia objects ........................................................ 272 HTML Text objects .................................................................... 274 Converting HTML Text objects to image objects ............................ 275 Component objects .................................................................. 276 Editing Linked objects ............................................................. 273 Script effects ..................................................................... 279 Web pages ......................................................................... 286 Rollover button ...................................................................... 277 Advanced rollover button .......................................................... 284 Web Slide Show ....................................................................... 285 Structure of a Web page ........................................................... 287 Creating a new Web page ......................................................... 288 Using the Web Properties dialog box ......................................... 288 General tab .................................................................... 288 Background tab ............................................................... 289 Image File tab ................................................................ 289 Slice tab ........................................................................ 289 HTML tab ....................................................................... 290 Adding Web images and objects to your Web page ...................... 290 Exporting a Web page ....................................................... 290 Tutorial: Putting a Web page together ............................... 292 GIF Animator ..................................................................... 294 Previewing in a browser ............................................................ 291 Saving for the Web .................................................................. 291 Send using default e-mail program ............................................. 292 CHAPTER 9: COMMANDS ................................................. 295 Command descriptions ...................................................... 296 Menus and dialog boxes ............................................................ 296 File Menu ............................................................................... 296 Edit Menu .............................................................................. 297 Adjust Menu .......................................................................... 298 Photo Menu ........................................................................... 299 Effect Menu ........................................................................... 300 Selection Menu ....................................................................... 300 Object Menu .......................................................................... 301 Web Menu ............................................................................. 303 View Menu ............................................................................. 304 My Workspace Menu ............................................................... 304 Window Menu ........................................................................ 305 Help Menu ............................................................................. 306 12 ULEAD PHOTOIMPACT USER GUIDE Toolbox ...................................................................................306 Panel Manager .........................................................................307 Layer Manager and Selection Manager ....................................... 307 Document Manager ................................................................. 309 Browse Manager ..................................................................... 310 EasyPalette ............................................................................ 311 Color Panel ............................................................................ 311 Quick Command Panel ............................................................. 312 Tool Settings .......................................................................... 312 Histogram Panel ..................................................................... 312 Index ................................................................................ 313 1 GETTING STARTED This chapter explains the concepts behind PhotoImpact's user interface, beginning with a walkthrough of the workspace and its various components, followed by detailed descriptions of the various panels and toolbars and ways on customizing your PhotoImpact workspace. You will also learn how to use the EasyPalette and some of the basic program functions. 14 ULEAD PHOTOIMPACT USER GUIDE Overview of the programs The following is a brief overview of the programs included in the PhotoImpact package: PhotoImpact PhotoImpact is an all-in-one image editing solution for photo enhancement, graphic design, and Web design. With a wealth of tools at your fingertips, there's virtually no limit to the images you can create for great-looking images for your home, business or school projects. The major program features are listed below: Digital Photography Offers professional techniques to enhance your photos. PhotoImpact's advanced, yet fun and easy-to-use digital imaging tools, are all you need to give your photos that professional edge. Integrated Web tools Allow you to visually create entire Web pages containing interactive rollovers and buttons as well as Javascript effects without the hassle of coding. Since Web pages are saved in the object-based UFO file format, you can update and edit Web page content any time. Powerful graphic imaging tools provide you with a host of features for Web and creative design. Productivity functions Let you work with a number of image files simultaneously for maximum speed and ease. Album Album is a powerful tool for multimedia file management. Not only can you organize and catalog your files visually through thumbnails, but you can create your own database that you can edit and update. Album also provides convenient tools for sharing your images over the Internet. GIF Animator Ulead GIF Animator is a powerful tool for creating high impact animation for Web pages, presentations, and multimedia titles. Composing, editing, and applying special effects can all be done in GIF Animator. The program also gives you total control over optimization and making animations compact and Web-ready while retaining excellent image quality. When producing the final animation file, a variety of file formats are available, including animated GIF, Windows AVI, QuickTime, Autodesk animation, image sequences, and even Flash animation. CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 15 Photo Explorer Ulead Photo Explorer gives you everything you need to quickly acquire, manage, enhance, and share digital photos, audio, and video files. It is the perfect companion to digital cameras, WebCams, DV camcorders and scanners. Ulead COOL 360 With Ulead® COOL 360TM, you can combine a series of photos into 360° or wide angle panoramic scenes. · Create 360° and wide-angle photo panoramas in just 3 steps. · Automated warping, aligning, and blending deliver great results fast. · Directly output to e-mail, the Web, office documents, screen savers and printers. What's new PhotoImpact is a complete image-editing suite with easy-to-use tools for all your image and photo-editing needs. Advanced features match today's sophisticated cameras. Extensive creative tools help you realize your vision. Whether you're new to digital photography or want to take creative expression to the next level, PhotoImpact makes professional image editing easy. The PhotoImpact difference · My Workspace The My Workspace interface system gives you layouts with the right tools for the project at hand. · SmartCurves New SmartCurves is automatic image adjustment that compensates for camera response curve anomalies. SmartCurves uses advanced HDR imaging technology to calibrate custom camera curves. · Object Extraction Wizard* Allows you to professionally extract objects from images. You can compose your own scene with ease. Just paint around the edge of your subject, click on the background, extract and refine. · SmartRemove Scene Compositor New SmartRemove lets you selectively paint out moving elements from multiple shots of the same scene, so you can compose an image with just the elements you want. 16 ULEAD PHOTOIMPACT USER GUIDE Enhanced photo editing · 16-bit/RAW/DNG support RAW processing lets you adjust image exposure, temperature, saturation before converting to 8- or 16-bit images. Edit images in high-quality 16-bit per channel color depth. · White Balance Correct white-balance problems caused by tungsten/ fluorescent lights or insufficient lighting. Adjust color temperature and tint to suit the mood of the image. · Correct Chromatic Aberration Clean up chromatic aberration and "purple fringing" in images taken with some of today's high-resolution, small-sized sensors. · Add Vignette Create soft-edge oval frames that make your portraits stand out. With this "spotlight" effect, you can draw viewers' eyes to your subject and reduce distracting background elements. · Save for Mobile Easily save files to display on mobile devices such as your cellular phone and PDA. Complete creative suite · Layer Manager* Now you can link and unlink objects to selection masks allowing you to change the object's position and adjust the layer mask's size and properties. · Intuitive Selection tools* Make selections based on what you can see without selecting unwanted hidden elements. · DVD Menu library The EasyPalette comes with DVD backgrounds, buttons, and frames for use with any DVD-authoring application. You can also take advantage of 20 customizable Ulead® DVD WorkshopTM menu templates. · Lower-third graphics Now you can create customized lower-third graphics with the Component Designer for use with Ulead VideoStudio, Ulead MediaStudio Pro and other video-editing applications. · Soft Edge on objects* Add soft feathery edges for striking montages and smooth alpha-channel video overlays. · Save images for video Generate GIF & PNG images with transparent alphachannel layers for export as video overlays. · Component Designer Take advantage of this innovative 3-step approach to designing Web page buttons, banners, rollovers, icons and more. * Indicates enhanced tools and features. CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 17 Introduction to the workspace The PhotoImpact workspace can be displayed in Basic Photo, Standard Photo, Graphics, Web, or Advanced Modes which contain specific sets of tools depending on what you want to do in the program. When starting PhotoImpact for the first time, you are prompted to choose your workspace mode, whether Basic Photo Mode or Standard Photo Mode. A Welcome Screen, which displays basic tasks, opens when you start PhotoImpact in Basic Photo Mode. Read the following sections to familiarize yourself more with the PhotoImpact workspace. · Basic Photo Mode offers a simpler workspace view with larger icons, displaying tools that address the more common tasks. This mode helps new users to easily learn the main tools of the program, and provides those users mainly interested in using basic program functions with a clean and intuitive workspace. · Standard Photo Mode displays photo-related functions on the workspace. · Graphics Mode displays graphic-related functions on the workspace. · Web Mode gives you tools to create images for the Web. · Advanced Mode displays the entire PhotoImpact toolset allowing you to perform a range of simple to complex tasks. Note: To switch between different modes, click My Workspace on the Menu bar then select a viewing mode. See "Personalizing My Workspace" for details. The Welcome Screen The Welcome Screen provides you with quick shortcuts to common tasks. It is displayed when you start PhotoImpact in Basic Photo Mode. To select a task, click an icon on the Welcome Screen. Tip: Selecting Window: Welcome Screen opens the Welcome Screen. Tasks in the Welcome Screen include the following: · Create New Image Opens a new image document. · Browse Images Opens the Browse Manager which allows you to browse for folders and preview images. · Download Images Opens the Digital Camera Wizard which allows you to download digital camera photos into your computer's hard disk. · Scan Images Allows you to scan images in PhotoImpact. 18 ULEAD PHOTOIMPACT USER GUIDE · Fix Photos Allows you to make quick fixes to photos using ExpressFix. · Watch Tutorial Allows you to view the video tutorials that are on the content CD (that is, the second PhotoImpact CD). · Link to Learning Center Links to Ulead Learning Center on the Internet. · Help Opens the online help. Overview: User Interface This section provides a brief overview of the PhotoImpact workspace. Familiarizing yourself with the components of the workspace is a great way to start learning the program. Use the page references to locate a specific topic of interest. Attribute Toolbar Menu Bar Standard Toolbar Panel Manager Toolbox Status Bar Document Manager Show/Hide Image Map Show/Hide Slice Line Enter or exit Mask Mode Data Type Unit Status Bar Program Status & Helpful Hints Show/Hide Ruler Display image properties or system info CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 19 Standard Toolbar (Basic Photo Mode) New Image Redo Scanner Show/Hide Digital Camera Browse Manager ExpressFix Save Send E-mail Product Updates on the Web Undo Print Preview Zoom Show/Hide EasyPalette Help Standard Toolbar (Advanced Mode) New Image New Web page Open Save Undo Redo Scanner Digital Camera Scanned Image Fix Product Updates on the Web Zoom Help Paste Copy Cut Preview in Browser Print Multiple ExpressFix Print Preview Print Start/Stop Capture Photo Frame Highlight Midtone Shadow Brightness and Contrast White Balance SmartCurves Auto Levels 20 ULEAD PHOTOIMPACT USER GUIDE Panel Manager Layer Manager Selection Manager Document Manager Browse Manager EasyPalette Color Panel Quick Command Panel Tool Settings Histogram Panel Pick Tool Toolbox Selection Tools Z-Merge Tool Path Tools Text Tool Crop Tools Transform Tool Retouch Tools Paint Tools Stamp Tool Clone Tools Eraser Tools Fill Tools Zoom Tool Eyedropper and Measure Tools Slice Tool Image Map Tool Foreground and Background Colors Quick Color Control Panel