User manual EPSON ALBUMMAKER 2

[. . . ] ® User's Guide NPD1320-02 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Seiko Epson Corporation. The information contained herein is designed only for use with this product. Epson is not responsible for any use of this information as applied to other products. Neither Seiko Epson Corporation nor its affiliates shall be liable to the purchaser of this product or third parties for damages, losses, costs, or expenses incurred by the purchaser or third parties as a result of: accident, misuse, or abuse of this product or unauthorized modifications, repairs, or alterations to this product, or (excluding the U. S. ) failure to strictly comply with Seiko Epson Corporation's operating and maintenance instructions. [. . . ] The settings are applied to the item and you can view the effect on the page. If the Apply button is not clicked, the setting is not applied. You can also press the Enter key to apply the settings. Click the Close button on the upper right of the dialog box after completing the settings. Making transparent items A value of opacity can be applied to items (image frames, text frames, clipart, page templates, and shapes) positioned on the page by specifying a percentage value in the Transparency dialog box. Click the Edit button, and select Transparency in the main window. Editing Layouts 91 The Transparency dialog box is displayed. Move the Rate slider to specify the rate. It is also possible to enter a value (0 to 100) directly. The settings are applied to the item and you can view the effect on the page. If the Apply button is not clicked, the setting is not applied. You can also press the Enter key to apply the settings. Click the Close button on the upper right of the dialog box after completing the settings. Grouping items The items (images, text, clipart, and shapes) positioned on the page can be grouped. It is possible to move or rotate the group without changing their layout in relation to each other. Select the items you wish to group. Editing Layouts 92 2. Select Edit - Group - Set Group. Note: To cancel the group, select the group, and select Edit - Group Ungroup in the main window. Undo/Redo operation When the Undo button is clicked, previously performed operations can be canceled. To perform the canceled operations again, click the Redo button. Up to 300 operations can be performed with Undo/Redo. Note: Undo/Redo only applies to operations performed on the current page. When the page is changed, Undo/Redo information is reset. Editing Layouts 93 Editing Images In the Edit layout step for creating a product, it is possible to place filter effects on positioned images, or to perform cutouts, rotation and cropping edits. The image editing that can be performed in AlbumMaker is explained below. Refer to "Common Editing Operations" on page 80 for image replacement, enlargement/reduction, rotation, deletion, and other editing operations common to all items. Note: Image frames retain image-only rotation value, image-size adjustment value, and image-cutout value information even if the associated image is replaced. Rotating an image It is possible to rotate an image itself, or to rotate the image frame. Note: This edit operation can be performed for multiple images placed on the page. Rotating an image only You can rotate only the positioned image, without rotating the image frame. Select the image frame of the image you wish to edit. [. . . ] Click the Browse button, and select the path for the music. Stop: Click to stop playing the selected music. Dialog Boxes 166 Write to CD Setting - Option tab On the Option tab, select whether to write the original images to the CD. Original Photos: Does not write original photos to the CD. : If selected, only the data for EPSON Photo Memory Player is written to the CD. Write original photos with the Photo Memory Player to the CD. : If selected, the original image files are written to the CD with EPSON Photo Memory Player. Dialog Boxes 167 Export Movie File Setting dialog box You can specify the settings for the Export Movie File feature here. Export Movie File Name: Sequence Type: Enter a name for the movie file. Click the Browse button, and select the path for saving the file. [. . . ]