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USER GUIDE.
First English edition for Ulead Photo Explorer version 6.0, May 2000 Copyright © 2000 Ulead Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication maybe reproduced or transmitted in any form .
W ha t's Inside Welcome to Ulead ® Photo Explorer ______________________ 4 What’ s new in this version _______________________________ 4 System requirements ___________________________________.
4 Get instant preview of files. Preview Pane - - Get instant preview of a selected image file. Directly play videos, sounds, as well as animated GIFs without having to open another program.
5 Customizable toolbars - - Add toolbar buttons for quicker access to your most desired imaging, file management and Internet tools. Create slide shows with simple drag-and-drop. Slide Show Storyboard - - Bring together images from different folders into a slide show .
6 Y ou can get further information about Photo Explorer using the online help from the Help menu. T T T T T ip ip ip ip ip User Guide System requirements Before installing Photo Explorer , make sure your computer meets the follow- ing requirements: m Intel ® Pentium ® processors (or 100% compatible processors) m Microsoft W indows ® 95/98, NT 4.
7 Photo Explor er a t a glance Photo Explorer provides two switchable windows. The Browser lets you jump from one folder to another with ease, move files between folders, and organize files ef fectively . The V iewer gives you full-size view of images.
8 Customizing Photo Explor er When using any application, it is important for you to set up a work environment that’ s comfortable and convenient for you. Photo Explorer provides many options that can change the look and feel of what’ s on- screen to suit your needs.
9 C ust omizing to olbars Photo Explorer ’ s Br owser and V iewer toolbars are fully customizable. For quicker access to your most desired Photo Explorer commands and Internet tools, you can add them as buttons on the toolbars and even arrange their order .
10 W ith the convenience of thumbnails and the familiar W indows Explorer functionality , Photo Explorer makes it simple and easy to work with multimedia files.
11 T o cr eate thumbnail files: 1. Click File: Preferences . 2 . Click the Cache category in the Preferences dialog box. 3 . Select Save thumbnails in cache folder . 4 . In the Cache size entry box, specify the amount of disk space to allot for the cache folder in which thumbnail files will be stored.
12 m Double-click an image file in the Br owse Pane or click V iew: Open V iewer to display selected images in full size in the V iewer window . m Click Edit: Copy Image Content to copy the actual contents of an image file. Y ou can then paste the image to your image editor .
13 C reating a list of fav orite f olders If your files are organized in many layers of folders, you may not be able to remember all their locations. It will be more convenient if you can selectively pick out frequently visited folders and “mark” them.
14 Getting ima ges Images can come from different sources. W ith Photo Explorer , photos that were taken with a digital camera can be transferred to your PC. If you have a scanner device, transform photo prints or documents into images directly in Photo Explorer .
15 G etting images from a TW AIN de vice Most scanners and digital cameras come with TW AIN software that allows transfer of images to your computer . Make sure that the TW AIN software for your device has already been installed before you start getting images.
16 Renaming and renumb ering files After getting images from a digital camera or scanner , you may want to change their file names or renumber their sequence. The T ools: AutoRename command allows you to change several file names at once. T o automatically r ename your files: 1 .
17 Editing and r etouc hing ima ges Images, especially those that came from a digital camera or scanner , often need some adjustments. Photo Explorer provides tools for you to view and do quick touch-ups to your images. Enhancing images Photo Explorer has all the basic tools that can help you adjust your images.
18 Adjusting the white background If you have digital camera photographs of meeting room whiteboards and paper documents, the image may appear to have a grayish background color . This is most noticeable when the image is printed. Click Photo: T urn Background into White to adjust the contrast level and restore the white background.
19 In Photo Explorer , you can make fun projects with your images. Create slide shows with music to make your images look more interesting. Decorate your W indows desktop by creating wallpapers using your favorite images. More so, make your own screen savers.
20 m Delay sets the length of time an image stays on- screen before displaying the next image. m Control manually with keyboard or mouse , when selected, allows you to control the slide show . m Advanced lets you choose more display options and add sounds to the slide show .
21 Other fun pr ojects y ou c an cr eat e Photo Explorer allows you to create unique and interesting projects for your desktop. Y ou can access these tools in the Browser ’ s T ools menu: User Guide Sample Windows desktop wallpaper Wallpaper Use your favorite image as your W indows desktop wallpaper .
22 W ith Photo Explorer , you can share your images and multimedia files over the Internet. Upload images to iMira.com , send files by e-mail, or include image collections and slide shows on your W eb page. Photo Explorer also allows you to easily retrieve image, sound and video files from the Internet.
23 C reating thumbnails f or the W eb A cool way of sharing images is to put them on your own W eb page. In Photo Explorer , you can create simple W eb pages in just a few minutes, complete with an index of thumbnails and pages for displaying images. 1 .
24 3 . Click the Page tab to design the layout for your W eb page. Click the Advanced tab to adjust the timing for automatically displaying images. 4 . Click OK to generate the HTML files (or a self-extracting EXE file). Sc anning the W eb for images Photo Explorer makes it fast and easy to download files from the W eb.
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