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PhotoFantasy 2000 Quick Start Guide T able of Contents: INTRODUCTION W e lcome to PhotoFantasy.............................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . ..3 System Requirements.................................................
PhotoFantasy 2000 Quick Start Guide 4 PC System Requirements MAC S ystem Requirements • Wind ows 95/98/ME/2000/NT • Po wer PC • Pentium-based PC or eq uivalent • Mac OS 7.
PhotoFantasy 2000 Quick Start Guide 6 5 PhotoFantasy 2000 Quick Start Guide Additional Documentation In addition to this Quick Start Guide, you can learn more about PhotoFantasy b y using online Help. Online Help provides easy-to-find info rmation on sp ecific co mmands and features,and is most helpful when p rinted out.
Main Display Area - provides a preview o f your sele cted fantasy or the combined photo fantasy . This area also allows you to view adjustments and enhanc ements that you make to your photo fantasy. Get Fantasy Button - opens the Get Fantasy Scr ee n,so you can sele ct the fantasy background for your photo fantasy.
10 Start O ver Bu tt on - clears the Main Display Area and takes you back to the “start-up mode” ( see “N ote” under the term “Main Screen” ). Save As Button - opens the standar d W ind ows Save As dialog b o x so you can sa ve your finished photo fantasy under a sp e cific path,file name and file f o rmat.
12 “fantasy slides” - small thumbnail images o f your fantasy ba ckgrounds. Slides make it easy fo r you to find and view your fantasies. T o br ow se through the cur rently displayed slides, click the up/down ar rows. T o sele ct a fantasy, click on the corresponding slide.
14 Create Fantasy Background Screen Clicking the A dd,Scan or Edit B utton on the Get Fantasy Scr een takes you to the C reate Fantasy Background Screen. Here you can create a fantasy ba ckground from your own image or a scanne d image. Y ou can also use this scr een to edit a fantasy you ha d previously created.
16 Tip : T o remove the outline that you are dr awing and start o ver, press your Esc k ey at any time. • Subtract - lets you outline the p ortion of the mask you want to r emove. T o outline, use the same dr awing technique as describ ed under the “ A dd”masking t ool t erm.
18 Get Photo Scr een Clicking the Get Photo B utto n 1,2 or 3 in the Main Scr een takes you to the Get Photo Scre en. Here you can choose the photos f or your photo fantasy and create new cat egor ies of photos. Please ref er to Fig. 4 when reading this sect ion.
20 Add Button - op ens the standard W ind ows Open dialog box so you can add your own images to the cur rent category. T o add,sele ct one or mo re images from the Open dialog b ox and click “Open ” . Slides of these images will be au tomatically added to the current cate gory .
22 Optional: - T o ac cess the full s election of fantasy backg rounds contained on y our PhotoFantasy CD, insert the CD into y o ur CD-ROM drive. - T o c reate y our own fantasy backg rounds, see sec tion E, “Create Y our Own Fantasy Background” .
24 - To add te xt to your photo, use the T ext T ool. - To au tomatically match the color o f your photo with your fantasy, use the automatic Match Color T ool. - To adjust the b r ightness in the entire photo fantasy , use the B rightness T ool. - To adjust the co nt rast in the entire photo fantasy, use the Contrast T ool.
26 MORE FANTASY B A CKGROUNDS Add to your existing PhotoFantasy bac kground collection! Check out our website at www.arcsoft.c o m/pftemplates.htm for hilarious new PhotoFantasy background templates. PhotoFantasy 2000 Quick Start Guide 25 • T o c r eate a fantasy from a scanned imag e , click the Scan Button.
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