Epson Software Film Factory User manual

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Contents
Introducing Film Factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Film Factory features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Learning more about Film Factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Windows system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Macintosh system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Installing Film Factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Starting Film Factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Film Factory’s main screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Organizing Your Photos with Film Factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Working with film rolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Working with film cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Managing photos on removable media and networks . . . . . . . . 11
Finding and sorting photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

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Creating a Roll of Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Adding photos from a disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Adding photos from a camera or scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Retouching Your Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Photo retouching methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Automatically retouching a photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Manually retouching a photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Printing Your Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Printing Standard Prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Printing Index Prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Printing Duplicate Prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Printing Album Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Printing Greeting Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Printing Sticker Prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Other Film Factory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Creating a photo slide show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Creating web pages of your photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Converting any photo to desktop wallpaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using Film Factory’s screen saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Where to Get Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

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Introducing Film Factory
EPSON®Software™Film Factory™is a powerful photo management utility
designed to duplicate the features and functions of a 1-hour photo lab.
However, unlike a traditional photo finisher, Film Factory lets you process
your digital “film” and print snapshots using your own computer and
printer. You can import images from any digital-imaging source—such as a
scanner, digital camera, or electronic media—and create virtual rolls of film
and film cases that let you catalog 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 features
Film Factory lets you:
■Quickly and easily import and organize images from most any source.
■Take advantage of image enhancement tools to make your pictures 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.

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■Effortlessly organize and retrieve all your photos with virtual “rolls of
film.” And with “film cases” a mouse-click away, you can catalog your
photos by subject, or family members can have their own film case with
their own rolls.
■Print vivid color images in standard photo, index print, and photo album
formats using your color printer—just like a traditional photo finisher!
Share photos by printing greeting cards and stickers.
■Add comments about each photo. You can even add sound.
■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.
■Use your photos as desktop wallpaper or a screen saver (Windows only).
Learning more about Film Factory
Consult these online resources to learn about Film Factory:
■This Getting Started guide gets you started using Film Factory’s exciting
features.
■The Film Factory online Help provides detailed information about how
to use Film Factory, including step-by-step instructions for the most
frequently used features.
■Find out about additional EPSON Support in “Where to Get Help” on
page 34.

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Windows®system requirements
■Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT®4.0 (SP4)
■Pentium®90 (or equivalent) processor or higher
■32MB of RAM (64MB or more recommended)
■25MB of available hard disk space, not including photo storage
■SVGA monitor with 16-bit (High Color) display adapter or better
■CD-ROM drive
■Mouse or other pointing device
■Compatible with most printers; a high-quality photo printer and special
media are recommended to print the best images
Compatible devices and file formats
■TWAIN-compatible digital cameras and scanners
■Imports BMP, JPEG, PCX, uncompressed TIFF, and FPX file formats.
Exports BMP and JPG.

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Macintosh®system requirements
■Macintosh OS version 7.6.1 or higher
■90 MHz Power PC 601 processor or higher
■64MB of RAM
■40MB of available hard disk space, not including photo storage
■800 x600 display resolution with Color Depth set to “thousands of
colors”
■QuickTime™3 or higher
■HTML browser (such as Microsoft®Internet Explorer or Netscape®
Navigator®version 4.0 or higher) to view online help
■CD-ROM drive
■Mouse or other pointing device
■Compatible with most printers; a high-quality photo printer and special
media are recommended to print the best images
Compatible devices and file formats
■TWAIN-compatible digital cameras and scanners
■Can import and overwrite JPEG, PICT, TIFF (if QuickTime 4.0 or
higher is installed), QuickTime, MacPaint,®Photoshop®(versions 2.5
and 3.0) SGI, PNG, 16-bit BMP, and TGA. Can import but not
overwrite FPX (if QuickTime 4.0 or higher is installed), and GIF files.
Exports PICT and JPEG files.

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Installing Film Factory
Install Film Factory on your Windows or Macintosh computer as described
below.
Windows
1. Insert the Film Factory CD into your CD-ROM (or DVD) drive. Setup
starts automatically.
2. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
If Setup does not start automatically, follow these steps:
1. Double-click the My Computer icon.
2. Double-click the icon for your CD-ROM (or DVD) drive. If the Setup
program does not start automatically at this point, double-click
SETUP.EXE to launch it.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
If you need to uninstall Film Factory, Click the Start button, and
select Programs > Film Factory > Uninstall. Then follow the
on-screen instructions.
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Macintosh
1. Insert the Film Factory CD into your CD-ROM (or DVD) drive.
2. Double-click the Film Factory Mac CD icon.
3. Double-click the Film Factory Installer icon.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
Starting Film Factory
To start Film Factory in Windows, click the Start button, then select
Programs > Film Factory > Film Factory.
To start Film Factory on a Macintosh, open the Film Factory folder and
double-click the Film Factory icon to open the program.
You see the main screen.