User manual ARCSOFT PHOTO IMPRESSION 4.1 QUICK START GUIDE

[. . . ] Quick Start Guide An all-in-one photo enhancer and project maker. 4 Windows Macintosh ArcSoft PhotoStudio® The complete photo editing program for the home and office. Tons of ways to improve your photos, such as brightness, contrast, hue, and saturation. Fix problems like red-eye, tone and sharpness. Or, apply special effects like sketch, ripple, oil painting and much more. [. . . ] Select your desired device from the Select Source pull-down. Select the album to which you wish to link the acquired image(s). Click the Acquire Options button to set your acquire parameters: a. Specify the file format for the acquired images. Specify the save directory for the acquired images. Choose whether or not to retain the original file format (for example, some cameras may save in a specific format--you can have the program convert the files to an option of your choice, or retain the original format). Set the file names for the incoming files. You can choose to have the program automatically name the files using the current date, or you can specify your own unique file name. Click the Acquire button if you are capturing from a still camera or scanner; click the Video Camera button if you are capturing a still from a video. Follow the procedures specific to your device to import the image into PhotoImpression. 10 ArcSoft PhotoImpression Quick Start Guide Working with Albums Photo albums allow easy identification and access to images for viewing, editing, printing, etc. Simply click on the Get Photo button on the Main Screen, and select Album to view the album options. It is important to remember that albums do not store images. When an album is created, thumbnails are generated and a reference to where the files are located is recorded in the album file. For example, if a thumbnail is added into an album from a floppy disk, that floppy disk must be in the floppy drive in order to view the file. Album Tools: Select Album ­ allows you to view your albums through a pull-down. You can give new albums unique names by typing over the existing name. Add to Album ­ launches an Open dialog that allows you to browse your system to select files you'd like to add to the current album. Search ­ launches a Find dialog, allowing you to find image files in an album or on your system. Sort ­ allows you to sort the thumbnails in your album by name, type, size, or date. Slide Show ­ launches the Slide Show dialog with options that allow you to run a slide show of the images in the current album. You can include transitions and even have a soundtrack. View Album (Windows only) ­ runs a full-screen image viewer, which displays the images in the current album in a "notebook. It flips through each image, displaying one image per page. 11 ArcSoft PhotoImpression Quick Start Guide Album Screen Saver (Windows only) ­ lets you make a Screen Saver Slide Show for your system. [. . . ] The Auto Rotate and Auto Crop buttons can be clicked to have your image maximized for the largest possible print. The Nudge command can be used to make minor alignment adjustments to the top and/or left margins in pixels or 1/64" increments. Check the PIM box to enable PIM (Epson PRINT Image Matching) printing. This option will only be available if the image has PIM information and you have a PIM printer. [. . . ]