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Ulead Systems, Inc.
March 2004

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  • Page 1 User Guide Ulead Systems, Inc. March 2004...
  • Page 2 © 2004 Ulead Systems. This software is based in part on the work of the independent JPEG Group. Portions of this program are licensed under U.S. Patent No.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    What's Inside Welcome to Ulead® Photo Explorer ............... 5 Things you can do in Ulead Photo Explorer ............5 What's new in this version ..................8 System requirements ..................... 10 Installing and running the program ..............10 Ulead Photo Explorer at a glance ................11 Photo Explorer Browser ..................
  • Page 4 Advancing through the images ..............38 Zooming in and out ..................39 The Global Viewer ..................40 Using the Ulead Instant Viewer ................40 Advancing through the images ..............41 Zooming in and out ..................42 Editing images ...................... 43 Image editing tools ....................

  • Page 5: Welcome To Ulead® Photo Explorer

    Things you can do in Ulead Photo Explorer Here's an overview of what you can do in Ulead Photo Explorer. Refer to the chapters in this user guide for more details. Acquire images Acquire images from digital cameras, scanners, or memory card readers.
  • Page 6 Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Browse thumbnails Ulead Photo Explorer displays files as thumbnails, allowing you to visually browse through images and media files. Print images in various layouts Adjust images Output single-image prints, greeting cards, Make adjustments to images, such as or print images in different photo sizes.
  • Page 7 Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Output Web thumbnails and View images Web slideshows Display images in larger views by Create Web photo albums and Web switching to Viewer mode or by opening slideshows ready to be uploaded to images in Ulead Instant Viewer.

  • Page 8: What's New In This Version

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide What's new in this version Creating Albums, trimming videos, converting slideshows into video files, and auto- correcting images are some of the new and enhanced features in Photo Explorer. This new version also showcases the Easy Access Window which makes working in Photo Explorer a lot easier and faster.
  • Page 9 Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Export Slideshow as a Video File Users have more choices to share their slideshows with family and friends. Besides burning onto a CD, users can also export their slideshow as a video file. They can send their video by e-mail or use the video file as part of a video or DVD project.

  • Page 10: System Requirements

    Installing and running the program Installing Photo Explorer is easy. Simply follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. To start the program, click the Photo Explorer icon from the Ulead Photo Explorer program group on the Windows Start Menu.

  • Page 11: Ulead Photo Explorer At A Glance

    Ulead Photo Explorer at a glance Ulead Photo Explorer has a Browser that lets you browse, preview, and manage the files and folders in your computer, and a built-in Viewer which gives full-size view of images. Another separate program, Ulead Instant Viewer, can also be used for viewing images.

  • Page 12: Photo Explorer Viewer

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Photo Explorer Viewer Photo Explorer has a built-in Viewer integrated with the Browser. You can use the built- in Viewer to: • Get a full-size or full-screen view of images. • Navigate through images using the keyboard, toolbar buttons, menu commands, or let Viewer automatically step through the images.

  • Page 13: Ulead Instant Viewer

    Ulead Instant Viewer windows Use Ulead Instant Viewer when you want to compare two or more full-size images. Each image will be opened in a separate window. You can also associate files like JPG, GIF, BMP image files so that they will automatically display in the Ulead Instant Viewer.

  • Page 14: About File Format Types

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide About file format types Ulead Photo Explorer supports quite a number of file formats. Many image formats can be edited in Photo Explorer, and most of the popular video and audio formats can be previewed. Photo Explorer provides a proprietary file format for creating multimedia slideshows.

  • Page 15: Customizing Photo Explorer

    Customizing Photo Explorer 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. You can also make Photo Explorer as your default image viewer and editor, or configure other programs to open and edit your images.

  • Page 16: Customizing Toolbars

    Browser and Viewer toolbars and even arrange their order. Take note that the toolbar in Photo Explorer's built-in Viewer is customizable. As for the Ulead Instant Viewer, toolbar buttons are fixed and cannot be changed. To add toolbar buttons: 1.

  • Page 17: Browsing And Previewing Files

    Browsing and previewing files With the convenience of thumbnails and the familiar Windows Explorer functionality, Photo Explorer makes it simple and easy to work with multimedia files. Displaying files in thumbnail or list view When you select a folder from the Folder Tree, multimedia files are displayed as visual thumbnails in the Browse Pane on the right hand side of the Photo Explorer window.

  • Page 18: Speeding Up Thumbnail Display

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Speeding up thumbnail display If you have a large number of multimedia files in a folder, it may take Photo Explorer some time to generate thumbnails for the files and display them on-screen. Instead of regenerating thumbnails each time the same files are accessed, Photo Explorer stores them in a cache folder.

  • Page 19: Displaying Embedded Thumbnails In Digital Camera Images

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Storing cache files in their respective folders allows you to include them with media files when burning media files on CDs. When you browse a CD, Photo Explorer will load thumbnails from the cache files on CD.

  • Page 20: Browsing For Files

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Browsing for files If you have a lot of files or a complex folder structure in your computer, finding the file that you want can be a tedious task. It may take you some time to locate a file, especially if you click each folder and inspect what's inside in each.

  • Page 21: Previewing Files

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Previewing files When you select a file in Photo Explorer, a preview of the file contents immediately appears in the Preview Pane. To change the viewing size, drag the borders of the Preview Pane. The types of files you can preview include: •...

  • Page 22: Working With Folders And Files

    Working with folders and files Photo Explorer does more than just organize folders and files in your computer. Archiving files into zip folders and reading contents of zip folders can be directly done in Photo Explorer. What's more, images and media files contained in CDs can be cataloged for faster and convenient browsing.
  • Page 23 Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide • Favorites tab The Favorites tab displays the Favorites List. For quicker access to frequently visited folders, add them to the Favorites List. See page 25 for details. • Recent tab The Recent tab lists which folders have been accessed most recently and lets you return to them quickly.

  • Page 24: About Virtual Folders

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide About virtual folders Photo Explorer provides virtual folders that can be accessed and browsed just like any normal disk folder. There are four types of virtual folders: CD Catalog Album Tip: Select View: Scan CD to...

  • Page 25: Creating A List Of Favorite Folders

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Creating a list of favorite folders If your files are organized into many folders, you may not be able to remember all their locations. For easier access to frequently visited folders, you can add them to the Favorites list and then quickly recall them.

  • Page 26: Managing Files

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Managing files Manage your files in Photo Explorer just as you do in Windows Explorer. You can copy, paste, delete, rename, search for files, and perform other file operations using simple drag- and-drop or point-and-click.

  • Page 27: Archiving Files

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Archiving files Archive your files into zip folders directly in Photo Explorer. Zip folders are displayed as virtual folders in the Folder Tree, and can be browsed just like any normal folder. • To archive files into a zip folder, select files in the Browse Pane and then select File: Add to Zip.

  • Page 28: Working With Digital Cameras And Scanners

    Ulead AutoDetector is a program that auto-detects digital camera connection or the presence of an inserted memory card. By default, Ulead AutoDetector is always launched and enabled in the system tray of the Taskbar every time you start your computer. You can enable or disable it anytime from the Windows Taskbar.

  • Page 29: Digital Camera Wizard

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Digital Camera Wizard Getting images from a digital camera can be much faster and simpler if you use the Digital Camera Wizard. Use this tool to get images from a digital camera or retrieve images from a flash memory card that's inserted in a memory card reader.

  • Page 30: Getting Images From A Twain Device

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide 4. Select the options for the files after transfer: • Delete files after successful transfer -- Select to remove all images from the memory card after a successful transfer of images to the specified destination folder.

  • Page 31: Viewing Digital Photo Information

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide 6. Click File: TWAIN Acquire - Acquire Now to start getting images. Or, to scan several photos at the same time and automatically slice them into separate image files, click File: TWAIN Acquire - Acquire Now (with Auto Slicing).
  • Page 32 Look Up Settings button in Preferences - Camera and Exif to find the correct conversion factor to use with your camera from Ulead's Web site (for instance, for Sony camera models that cannot be identified automatically). If your camera is not listed, check the camera manufacturer's Web site for the proper value.

  • Page 33: Modifying Digital Photo Information

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Modifying digital photo information If you need to make changes to the camera information that is embedded in digital camera images, select Tools: Modify Camera Information (Exif). You can edit and save Exif data such as shutter speed, aperture, and date picture taken among other settings.

  • Page 34: Renaming And Renumbering Files

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Renaming and renumbering files After getting images from a digital camera or scanner, you may want to change their file names or renumber their sequence. The Tools: Auto Rename command automatically changes the file names for you.
  • Page 35 Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide • Repad -- Add one or more zeroes to File name list before and after renaming files a file name when the length of its numeric counter is inconsistent with other file names. (For example, if...

  • Page 36: Changing File Sequence By Drag-And-Drop

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Changing file sequence by drag-and-drop If you want to change the sequence of certain files, you can manually rename and renumber them. Or, you can make Photo Explorer automatically rename files after changing their sequence within the same folder. To automatically rename files, select File: Preferences - Browser.

  • Page 37: Viewing Images

    Viewing images Get a larger, clearer look of your images. Display your images in Photo Explorer's built-in Viewer or the Ulead Instant Viewer. Using Photo Explorer Viewer If you want to display full-size images one at a time and edit them whenever necessary, use Photo Explorer's built-in Viewer to open your images.

  • Page 38: Advancing Through The Images

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide • To move to the previous/next folder on the same folder level, select View: Previous Folder [Ctrl+PageUp] or View: Next Folder [Ctrl+PageDn]. Tip: When you reach the last or the first image in the current folder and you see this confirmation dialog box:...

  • Page 39: Zooming In And Out

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Viewer Pane Shortcuts Description Click Moves to the next image. Right-click Displays the context menu. Double-click Returns to Browser. Scrollwheel Go to next/previous image. Zooming in and out While viewing an image, you may want to see part of it in greater detail or more of it at a smaller size.

  • Page 40: The Global Viewer

    Using the Ulead Instant Viewer Ulead Instant Viewer is very much like Photo Explorer's built-in Viewer, except that it allows image viewing only and does not provide any image editing tools. Use the Instant Viewer when you want to visually compare full-size images. A separate window opens to display each image.

  • Page 41: Advancing Through The Images

    • By default, Photo Explorer's built-in Viewer automatically opens when you double- click image files in the Browser. If you want the images to open in Ulead Instant Viewer as separate windows when you double-click them, select File: Preferences - Viewer and select the Always open an image in a new viewer option.

  • Page 42: Zooming In And Out

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Zooming in and out To zoom in or out of an image, use the following View Menu commands or keyboard shortcuts. You can also click the available toolbar buttons to change the viewing size of an image.

  • Page 43: Editing Images

    Editing images Images, especially those that came from a digital camera or scanner, often need some adjustments. Photo Explorer provides tools for you to do quick touch-ups to your images. Image editing tools Photo Explorer has all the basic tools that can help you adjust your images. You can access these image editing tools from the Photo Menu of the Browser and built-in Viewer (or by clicking the corresponding toolbar buttons).

  • Page 44: Adjusting Images

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide • Split Multi-frame Image retrieves each image contained in a multi-frame TIF or animated GIF file and saves them as individual files. • Add Text to Image includes greetings and any text that you want on images.

  • Page 45: Removing Red Eye

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide • Tone -- Applies sepia, duotone, and monochrome effects to images. • Effects -- Applies artistic effects to images. • Lens Distortion -- Corrects the distortion in images. Removing red eye After taking photos with a camera flash, you sometimes see a red-eye effect on the images.

  • Page 46: Printing

    Printing Once you are satisfied with your images, it's time to print them out. Photo Explorer offers a variety of formats for printing images. Fun prints you can create With a variety of layouts and printing options available, creating prints with your images can be much fun in Photo Explorer.

  • Page 47: Working With Video

    Working with video Sending video greetings or fun videos by e-mail can be entertaining for your distant family and friends. With Photo Explorer, capture short video clips, trim them or transform them into smaller-size file formats, and then send them by e-mail. You can also capture a single image or a series of snapshots from video.
  • Page 48 Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide a low frame rate may result in a more "jerky" effect. • Frame size -- Select the desired video dimensions. 320 x 240 is typical. Smaller sizes are good for use on the Web or for sending via e-mail.

  • Page 49: Capturing Snapshots From Video

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Capturing snapshots from video Video: Capture Still Image allows you to take snapshots from live video and save each as a separate image file. When capturing, you can choose: • Single Image Capture -- This lets you capture one particular scene that you want.

  • Page 50: Slideshow And Other Cool Stuff

    • Right-click the Slideshow Storyboard to open a pop-up menu and access more commands. • If you have Ulead Cool 360 software installed, click the Stitch Panorama button on the storyboard toolbar to transform a series of images into a 360 degree or wide-angle...
  • Page 51 Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Slideshow Options dialog box 5. To have a self-running slideshow, you need to specify the Default duration for displaying images in the Slideshow Options dialog box. (This duration affects images only. Video files play according to their actual clip duration.) 6.

  • Page 52: Adding Background Music

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide • Recorded sound -- Allows you to record ambient sound or your voice narration and add it to the image. 9. Determine the length of time to display the selected image in the slideshow by selecting one of these options: •...
  • Page 53 Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Arranging the order of files in a music clip Music clip has been disabled Each time you add music, be it single or multiple selected files, the selected music will be inserted as a single clip in the Music track beneath the range of images which it will play alongside with.

  • Page 54: Packaging Files

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Packaging files The multimedia files which you selected to include in a slideshow may have come from various folders. If you want to distribute your slideshow (by e-mail, for instance), it would be easier to share the project and media files by first collecting and copying them to the same location.

  • Page 55: Burning Slideshow Discs

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Burning slideshow discs After composing your slideshow, you can burn slideshow discs using your disc burner in either of these formats: Photo Explorer slideshow CD (for PC viewing), or slideshow disc of VCD, SVCD or DVD format (for TV viewing).

  • Page 56: For Tv Viewing

    To burn a slideshow disc of VCD, SVCD or DVD format (depending on the output format that is available in your Ulead Photo Explorer program version), click Burn TV Slideshow in the storyboard toolbar. Follow the on-screen instructions or refer to the program's online help for details on how to complete the burning process.

  • Page 57: Screen Saver

    (See page 50 for details.) Note: To activate the wallpaper, calendar, or screen saver which you created in Photo Explorer, right-click your Windows desktop and select Properties. Then, select Ulead Photo Explorer in the Display Properties dialog box or restart your computer.

  • Page 58: Working On The Internet

    Working on the Internet With Photo Explorer, you can share your images and multimedia files over the Internet. Order photo prints online, send files by e-mail, or include image collections and slideshows on your Web page. Photo Explorer also allows you to easily retrieve image, sound, and video files from the Internet.

  • Page 59: Creating Slideshows For The Web

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Creating slideshows for the Web Photo Explorer can instantly create impressive Web slideshows with smooth fade-ins and transition effects. Here's how: 1. Select Tools: Slideshow to create a slideshow project. (See page 50 for details.) 2.

  • Page 60: Scanning The Web For Images

    Ulead Photo Explorer User Guide Scanning the Web for images Photo Explorer makes it fast and easy to download files from the Web. It can scan an entire Web site and retrieve a bulk of files for you. If a Web page contains links, you can customize Photo Explorer to follow the links and go deeper into the Web site when searching for files to download.

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