User manual ARCSOFT PHOTOBASE

[. . . ] ArcSoft PhotoBase Quick Start Guide INTRODUCTION Welcome to ArcSoft PhotoBaseTM, the ultimate multimedia organizer that lets you store, manage and access important image, audio, video and even document files. Simply create albums of your files and enter information in the customizable Information Fields. Then, choose from a wide variety of activities: · · · · · · · · · Find files easily with the powerful Sort and keyword Search functions Drag-and-drop files within an album or into other albums Organize your hard drive by creating catalogs of all your multimedia files Create self-running slide shows of images to present or give to others Send video postcards with background images, video and audio Archive and share important files by copying and/or moving entire albums to floppy disks, CDs and other removable media Make an HTML page of photos instantly with the Make Web Album feature Launch third-party programs from Photobase by dragging and dropping the appropriate files into the "Hotlink" bar Print thumbnail albums in different sizes with frames, borders and descriptions This Quick Start Guide shows you how easy it is to get started in PhotoBase!It contains a "Getting Acquainted" section to show the basics in PhotoBase, as well as a section on "Using PhotoBase" to take you through key activities and projects. [. . . ] The "Copy Album" command makes a copy of the current album and its thumbnails, while leaving files in their current locations. (For information on these commands, see online Help. ) 4 Create a Slide Show Create and save a full-screen multimedia presentation of images with transitions, titles, and music or narration. Slide shows will run on any Windows 95, 98 or NT 4. 0 system. Open the album containing the files you want to present in a slide show. Click the Make Presentation Tool from the Tool Bar. A "Wizard" will take you through the creation process. Follow the instructions on selecting your images and adding audio. Tip: To select more than one image for your slide show, hold down your control key while clicking different images. Note: When adding audio to your slide show, you will need to choose one of the following options: · Play Single Audio File - includes a selected WAV audio file and synchronizes the slide show to match the length of the audio. This is best for adding background music or narration that doesn't need to match exactly to any particular slide. · Play Attached Audio Files - includes any WAV files attached to images. · No Audio - ignores any attached audio files and includes only the pictures. See online Help for more information on the Audio feature. Once you see the Select Destination window, specify where you want to save your slide show - either to a disk, blank writeable CD-ROM or another directory. Your slide show will be saved to the specified location as an EXE file. Copies of the slide show contents (the image files) will also be created and saved to the same directory. Tip: PhotoBase will save one slide show and its contents per directory. Therefore, to create multiple slide shows, you should make separate directories for each show and name them accordingly. Tip: Add each slide show to your "Hotlink" bar for quick access to all your presentations. To play the slide show locate the EXE file and double-click on it. Create a Video Postcard Design digital "postcards" containing video, audio, images and text. Click the Make Presentation Tool from the Tool Bar. [. . . ] If you choose Save or Save As, right-click on the album thumbnail you just edited and select Refresh to update it. Print your selected images or the entire album The Print command offers you many options for creating customized printouts of your images with frames, borders, backgrounds and descriptions. Open the album containing the image(s) you want to print. 7 2. Use your shift/control keys to select multiple images. 3. [. . . ]