Epson Software Film Factory v3.0 User manual

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Contents
Introducing Film Factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
About PRINT Image Matching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
About Exif Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Learning More About Film Factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Windows System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Macintosh System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Compatible Devices and File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Starting Film Factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Film Factory’s Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
How Film Factory Organizes Your Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Managing Your Photos with Folder View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Working in the Folder View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Creating a subfolder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Deleting a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Renaming a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Copying or moving a folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Copying photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Moving photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Deleting a photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Sorting photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Managing Your Photos with Film Rolls and Film Cases. . . . . . . . . . 18
Working in Rolls of Film View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Creating a Roll of Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Adding Photos to a Roll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Deleting a Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Renaming a Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Moving a Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Moving or Copying a Photo to Another Roll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Deleting a Photo From a Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Finding a Photo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Sorting Photos and Film Rolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Working with Film Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Managing Photos on Removable Media and Networks . . . . . . . . . . 32
Retouching Your Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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Automatically Retouching a Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Manually Retouching a Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Rotating an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Cropping an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Changing Color to Black and White or Sepia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Applying a Soft Focus Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Correcting Red Eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Canceling Retouch Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Adding Comments or Sound to a Photo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Adding Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Adding Sound (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using the Viewer to Display Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Printing Your Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Standard Prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Index Prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Duplicate Prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Album Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Greeting Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Sticker Prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Calendars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Combo Prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Other Film Factory Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Creating a Collage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Creating a Photo Slide Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Playing a Movie File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Creating Web Pages of Your Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Uploading Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Converting a Photo to Desktop Wallpaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Using a Photo Roll as a Screen Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Exporting Photos to Files or E-mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Where to Get Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

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Introducing Film Factory
EPSON Software™Film Factory™lets you process your digital “film” and print
snapshots using your own computer and printer. With this powerful photo
management utility, you can import images from any digital-imaging source and
create virtual rolls of film and film cases to organize thousands of photos in a
visual format.
Film Factory is the perfect photo management program for the home or office. If
you’re a home computer user, you’ll have fun organizing, enhancing, printing, and
sharing your favorite photos with family and friends. If you’re a small business
user, Film Factory provides an efficient and convenient way to catalog your
business-related digital photos.
Film Factory lets you:
■Quickly and easily import and organize images from a digital camera, scanner,
PC card, CD-ROM, or disk.
■Retouch your pictures to make them look their best. Automatically adjust
color balance, brightness, and contrast. Rotate or trim the image, or correct red
eyes. Convert photos to black and white or sepia for a classic look. Most
enhancements can be made without modifying the original image file.
■Organize and retrieve all your photos using the Folder View, or with virtual
“rolls of film” and “film cases.” You can catalog your photos by subject, or
family members can have their own film cases with their own rolls.
■Print vivid color images in a variety of formats, including standard 3.5 ×5 or
4×6 prints, an index (contact) sheet, photo album pages, calendars, and
greeting cards.
■Add comments or sound (Windows®only) to each photo to be stored with it.
■Create photo collages.
■E-mail your photos to family, friends, and business associates using your own
e-mail program, or create web pages of your photos in one easy step (Windows
only).
■Use your photos as desktop wallpaper or a screen saver (Windows only).

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About PRINT Image Matching
If your digital camera and printer support PRINT Image Matching (P.I.M.), Film
Factory lets you produce the best prints possible (not available on Macintosh®
OS X 10.1). PRINT Image Matching is a term for the print command that is
embedded in the header of the image file created by certain digital cameras. It
contains color setting and image parameter information. With PRINT Image
Matching, the digital camera can set specific printing options such as:
The camera saves this information in each image file. For example, macro mode
pictures might include commands for sharpness and clarity, while portrait mode
pictures might emphasize soft focusing and subtle flesh tones. Your printer then
uses the information to ensure the most accurate reproduction of the image.
In Film Factory, the P.I.M. symbol appears on the thumbnails for PRINT
Image Matching photos. You can also right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click
(Macintosh) a photo thumbnail to see if it is a P.I.M. photo. Check the Photo
Enhancement status in the displayed information; if it is PRINT Image Matching
or PRINT Image Matching with the ability to interpret Exif Print, the photo
contains P.I.M. data.
If a PRINT Image Matching photo has been retouched, it may not display the
P.I.M. symbol or P.I.M. status. If you trim or rotate a PRINT Image Matching
photo, or correct for red eyes, the P.I.M. settings are retained. But because P.I.M.
optimizes settings such as brightness and color automatically, using retouching
options like these removes P.I.M. settings. You also lose P.I.M. settings if you
export the files.
About Exif Print
The Exif (Exchangeable Image File) Print format includes information about your
digital camera settings in JPEG/TIFF files so your printer and application can use
them to create accurate print settings. Most digital cameras store Exif Print
information such as shutter speed, metering, flash and exposure settings,
resolution, and lens use in the JPEG/TIFF image file.
■contrast ■sharpness ■brightness
■gamma level ■color space ■color saturation
■shadow ■highlight ■color balance

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In Film Factory, Exif Print or PRINT Image Matching with ability to interpret
Exif Print is listed in an information display box as the Photo Enhancement status
when you right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Macintosh) an Exif Print photo.
Like P.I.M. photos, you can trim, rotate, or correct for red eyes and still retain Exif
Print settings, but if you adjust brightness or color options, or export the files, the
Exif Print settings are removed.
Learning More About Film Factory
■This Getting Started guide explains how to use Film Factory’s exciting features.
■Click the Film Factory Help button for step-by-step instructions on the most
frequently used features and convenient access to detailed information.
■If you need additional EPSON®Support, see “Where to Get Help” on
page 73.
Windows System Requirements
If you’re using Windows, make sure your system configuration meets these
minimum requirements:
■Windows 98, Me, XP, or 2000
■Pentium®200 (or equivalent) processor or higher
■64MB of RAM (more will improve performance)
■100MB of available hard disk space, not including photo storage
■SVGA monitor with 16-bit (High Color) display adapter or better
■QuickTime® 4 or higher to support some file types
■Mouse or other pointing device
■Compatible with most color printers; a high-quality photo printer and special
media are recommended to print the best images
■A PRINT Image Matching- or Exif Print-enabled digital camera and printer
are required to print with P.I.M. or Exif Print technology
If you’re using Windows XP or 2000, you may need to have
Administrator privileges to install and use Film Factory.

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Macintosh System Requirements
If you’re using a Macintosh, make sure your system configuration meets these
minimum requirements:
■Mac OS 8.6 through 9.x for Film Factory for Mac OS 8/9
Mac OS X 10.1 or higher for Film Factory for Mac OS X
(OS X 10.1.5 or higher is recommended)
■233 MHz G3 processor or higher
■64MB of RAM (more will improve performance)
■100MB of available hard disk space, not including photo storage
■800 ×600 display resolution with Color Depth set to “thousands of colors”
■QuickTime 4 or higher
■HTML browser (such as Microsoft®Internet Explorer or Netscape®
Navigator®version 4.0 or higher) to view online help
■Mouse or other pointing device
■Compatible with most color printers; a high-quality photo printer and special
media are recommended to print the best images
■A PRINT Image Matching- or Exif Print-enabled digital camera and printer
are required to print with P.I.M. or Exif Print technology
Compatible Devices and File Formats
Film Factory supports files from all TWAIN-compatible digital cameras and
scanners (not available with Macintosh OS X). For non-TWAIN devices, you can
download photos using your camera or scanner software.
Film Factory supports the following digital photo file types:
■Windows: Supports BMP and JPEG file types. If QuickTime 4 or higher is
installed, also supports TIF, PCX, FPX, Photo CD (read only), MacPaint,®
PNG, GIF, PICT, Adobe®Photoshop,®QuickTime, SGI, and Targa files.
■Macintosh: Supports JPEG, PICT, BMP, TIF, FPX (read only), PNG, GIF
(read only), MacPaint, PhotoShop, QuickTime, SGI, and Targa files.

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If QuickTime 4 or higher is installed, Film Factory supports the following digital
movie formats: QuickTime, DV, MPEG1, and AVI files.

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Starting Film Factory
To start Film Factory in Windows, click the Start button and select Programs or
All Programs. Then select Film Factory > Film Factory.
To start Film Factory on a Macintosh, open the Film Factory folder and
double-click Film Factory or Film Factory OS X to open the program.
You see the main screen.
Film Factory’s Main Screen
The main screen displays thumbnail views of the photos in the open folder or roll.
(Both the Folder View and Rolls of Film Views are shown below.)
Film Factory’s Main Screen showing the Folder View
Print
options
Menu commands Photo Toolbar tools
Folders Status bar

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Film Factory’s Main Screen showing the Rolls of Film View
To switch between the Folder View and Rolls of Film View, click the View button
and then select Folder View or Rolls of Film View.
Menu Toolbar
Print
options
Roll of film
Photo
PRINT Image
Matching icon
Status bar
Film
cases

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Toolbar
Click on any tool to perform its function. Hold the mouse cursor briefly over any
tool to see what function it performs.
Menu commands
The menu commands provide another way to access many of the toolbar
functions, as well as some additional features. Open any menu to select a
command. The Status Bar describes the command.
Toolbar in Folder View
Toolbar in Rolls of Film View
Film cases
Create separate film
cases to catalog your
rolls by subject.
Select a film case by
choosing it from this
list. Only the rolls in
that case are displayed.
Film cases are only
available when the Rolls
of Film View is selected.
Print options
Click on one of the
Print options to
select how you want
to print your
photo(s).

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Status bar
The status bar describes the selected menu command and displays information
about your photos.
Photos
Click on any photo to select it. Selected photos are highlighted by a yellow
background.
PRINT Image Matching photos have an icon in the upper-right corner.
(PRINT Image Matching features are not available on OS X 10.1.)
Display information about photos by right-clicking
(Windows) or Ctrl-clicking (Macintosh) the photo
thumbnail. The P.I.M. or Exif Print status of the photo is
listed under Photo Enhancement.
Select photos individually, or select a group of photos using
Shift + click or Ctrl + click (Windows), or Shift + click or
J+ click (Macintosh).
Click All or Cancel to select or deselect all the photos in a roll.
Film rolls
Add photos to your
rolls and view them by
simply clicking on a
roll. The current roll is
highlighted by a
yellow background.
Film rolls are only
available when the
Rolls of Film View is
selected.
Scroll bars
Use the scroll bars
or click on the
arrows to see
more folders,
more rolls and
more photos.

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Double-click on a photo to display an enlarged view of it. (You can also use the
Viewer option to enlarge a photo. See “Using the Viewer to Display Photos” on
page 44.)
How Film Factory Organizes Your Photos
Film Factory helps you organize photos already stored on your computer as well as
those you add from other sources—your digital camera, scanner, or removable
media such as a PC card, Zip®disk, or CD-ROM.
Additionally, large photo files don’t have to take up space on your hard drive. You
can keep them on your Zip disk, CD-ROM, or other removable media while
adding virtual thumbnail images of them to a roll created on your hard disk. For
example, if you have your photos developed and returned to you on a CD-ROM,
you can create a roll without storing the actual photos on your hard drive.
Likewise, if you have images stored on a network, you can view thumbnail
versions of the photos (along with any comments) even when the network is
offline.
For more information, see “Using the Viewer to Display Photos” on page 44.
Managing Your Photos with Folder View
Working in the Folder View
In addition to using Film Rolls to manage your photos, Film Factory also provides
a Folder View.
To switch to the Folder View, click the View button on the main screen, and then
select Folder View.
When using the Folder View, the Folder button appears on the toolbar. When
using the Rolls of Film View, the Roll button appears on the toolbar.
In the Folder View, click the folders to expand, collapse, or select a folder. You can
also use the keys to scroll through the folders.

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Creating a subfolder
If you want to create a subfolder, follow these steps:
1. Select the folder where you want to create the subfolder.
2. Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the folder, and then click
Create Subfolder.
3. When the New Folder appears, type a name and press Enter.
Deleting a folder
If you want to delete one or more folders, follow these steps:
1. Select the folder.
2. Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the folder, and then click
Delete Folder.
3. At the confirmation window, click Yes.
Renaming a folder
If you want to rename a folder, follow these steps:
1. Select the folder.
2. Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the folder, and then click
Rename Folder.
3. Type a new name and press Enter.

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Copying or moving a folder
If you want to move or copy a folder, follow the steps below.
For Windows users
1. Select the folder.
2. To copy or move the folder use one of the following steps.
■Copy a folder
Press the Ctrl key and drag and drop the folder to the desired location.
When the source and destination folders are in different drives, drag and
drop.
■Move a folder
Press the Shift key and drag and drop the folder to the desired location.
When the source and destination folders are in the same drive, drag and
drop.
For Macintosh users
1. Select the folder.
2. To copy or move the folder, use one of the following steps.
■Copy a folder
Press the Option key and drag and drop the folder to ensure that the folder
is copied.
■Move a folder
Drag and drop the folder to the desired location. The folder is moved when
the source and destination folders are in the same volume. Otherwise, the
folder is copied.
Copying photos
If you want to copy photos, use one of the following methods:
1. Select the photos.
2. Press the Ctrl key and drag and drop the photos to the new location. (When
the source and destination folders are in different drives, drag and drop.)

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OR
1. Select the photos.
2. From the Film Factory menu, select Edit and Move/Copy Photo.
3. In the dialog box that opens, browse to the location where you want to copy
the photos.
4. Select Copy, and then click the Copy/Move button.
Moving photos
If you want to move photos, use one of the following methods:
1. Select the photos.
2. Press the Shift key and drag and drop the photos to the new location. (When
the source and destination folders are in the same drive, drag and drop.)
OR
1. Select the photos.
2. From the Film Factory Edit menu, select Move/Copy Photo.
3. In the dialog box that opens, browse to the location where you want to move
the photos.
4. Select Move, and then click the Copy/Move button.
Deleting a photo
If you want to delete a photo, follow these steps:
1. Select the photo.
2. Press the Delete key.
OR
1. Select the photo.
2. From the Film Factory Edit menu, select Delete Photo.
3. Click Yes to delete the photo.

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Sorting photos
If you want to sort photos in a folder, follow these steps:
1. Select the folder.
2. From the Film Factory View menu, select Sort Photos, and then select the
sorting method.
Managing Your Photos with Film Rolls
and Film Cases
Working in Rolls of Film View
In addition to using the Folder View to manage your photos, Film Factory
provides a Rolls of Film view.
To switch to Rolls of Film view, click the View button on the main screen, and
then select Rolls of Film View.
When using the Rolls of Film View, the Roll button appears on the toolbar.
When using the Folder View, the Folder button appears on the toolbar.
First you create a film roll, to which you add your photos. You can store as many
photos as you want in each roll. When you have a number of rolls, you can file
them in virtual film cases; group rolls of film by subject to make it easier to
manage your photos.
You can also manage your photos using the Folder View. To use the Folder
View, click the View button and select Folder View.
Creating a Roll of Film
Follow the instructions in this section to create a new roll of film and add photos
to it—from a disk or from a device such as a digital camera. You can also create a
new roll by copying images from an existing folder on your hard disk or other
device.

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1. From the Main Menu, click the Roll button. You see this menu:
2. To create a new roll to which you can add photos later, click New Roll. You see
this dialog box:
Type a name for the roll. If you want to add a comment and/or date to
describe the roll, click the Details button and enter the comment and date.
Click here to add a
comment and date
for the roll

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To create a roll from an existing folder of images, click New Roll, Use
Existing Image Folder. You see this dialog box:
Select the drive and/or folder where the photos are stored. (On the Macintosh,
click Browse, then select a folder and click Choose.)
The photos are not copied to your hard drive; only thumbnail images are
created for the roll.
If you want to enter a name for the roll that is different from the folder name,
type it in the Roll Name box.
If you want to add a comment and/or date to describe the roll, click the
Details button and enter the comment and date.
3. Click Add. The roll appears on the main screen.
Click here to add
a comment or
change the date
Click here to add a
comment or change
the date
Click Browse to
select a folder
Windows
Macintosh