Ulead PYRO1394WebCam User manual

USER GUIDE

First English edition for Ulead Photo Explorer version 6.0, May 2000
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What's Inside
Welcome to Ulead
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Photo Explorer ______________________ 4
What’s new in this version _______________________________ 4
System requirements ___________________________________ 6
Installing and running the program________________________ 6
Signing up for a free account ____________________________ 6
Photo Explorer at a glance _____________________________ 7
The Browser __________________________________________ 7
The Viewer ___________________________________________ 7
Customizing Photo Explorer ____________________________ 8
Setting up your work environment ________________________ 8
Customizing toolbars ___________________________________ 9
Browsingandmanagingfiles ___________________________ 10
Displaying files in thumbnail or list view ___________________ 10
Speeding up thumbnail display ___________________________ 10
Managing multimedia files _______________________________ 11
Previewing files _______________________________________ 12
Creating a list of favorite folders _________________________ 13
Accessing right-click pop-up menus _______________________ 13
Gettingimages _______________________________________ 14
Digital Camera Wizard __________________________________ 14
Getting images from a TWAIN device ______________________ 15
Renaming and renumbering files _________________________ 16
Editingandretouchingimages __________________________ 17
Enhancing images _____________________________________ 17
Adjusting the white background __________________________ 18
Printing images and thumbnails __________________________ 18
Slide show and other cool stuff _________________________ 19
Creating a slide show___________________________________ 19
Viewing a slide show ___________________________________ 20
Other fun projects you can create ________________________ 21
Plug-in software _______________________________________ 21
Working on the Internet________________________________ 22
Sharing images on the Web______________________________ 22
Creating thumbnails for the Web _________________________ 23
Creating slide shows for the Web _________________________ 23
Scanning the Web for images ____________________________ 24

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Get instant preview of files.
PreviewPane--Get instant preview of a
selected image file. Directly play videos,
sounds, as well as animated GIFs without
having to open another program.
Browse for files and folders with ease.
Browse Pane -- Images, sounds,
videos, and GIF animation files
can be displayed either as visual
thumbnails or in a detailed list
muchlikeWindows Explorer.
AddressBar --Keep track of all
the folder names you have
entered and quickly return to a
previously visited folder.
Favorites List -- Create a
collection of folders you
frequently visit.
Get a full-size view of images.
Photo Explorer makes it fun and easy to view images and manage multimedia
files in your computer. Get images from a digital camera, memory card reader
or scanner directly in Photo Explorer and transfer them to your computer.
Create your own color prints with a color printer, or make fun projects for
your Windows desktop like wallpapers and screen savers. Present your
images in the form of a slide show, or share them on the Web.
What’s new in this version
Photo Explorer offers many enhanced features for your image acquisition
and file management needs. With its new and powerful Internet tools,
making simple Web pages, downloading media files, and sharing images on
the Web can all be done in few easy steps.
Welcome to
Ulead
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Photo Explorer
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Customizabletoolbars--Add
toolbar buttons for quicker
access to your most desired
imaging,filemanagement
and Internet tools.
Create slide shows with simple drag-and-drop.
SlideShowStoryboard--
Bring together images from different folders into a slide show. Easily
shuffle their order with
drag-and-drop, and
even add sounds.
Get images in a
snap.
Viewer--Display selected images
in the Viewer window or in full
screen. Advance through images
manually or show them automati-
cally on-screen.
Personalize Photo Explorer.
DigitalCamera Wizard --Use this intuitive tool to transfer images
from a digital camera or memory card reader into the PC more easily.
Push-modelawarefunction --Automatically run Photo Explorer and
transfer images with the push of a button on your digital camera or
scanner. Photo Explorer now offers WDM “push model aware”
support.
Share images and download files through the Internet.
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Ulead’s new iMira.com Web site allows users all over the world to
upload and share images on the Internet. You can also instantly
download images, sounds and videos from your favorite Web site.

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You can get further information about Photo Explorer using the online help
from the Help menu.
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System requirements
Before installing Photo Explorer, make sure your computer meets the follow-
ing requirements:
mIntel®Pentium®processors (or 100% compatible processors)
mMicrosoft Windows®95/98, NT 4.0, 2000 or higher
m32 MB RAM (at least)
m12 MB available hard drive space for program files
mWindows compatible pointing device
mTrue Color or HiColor display adapter and monitor (recommended)
mMicrosoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher
mInternet connection (recommended)
Installing and running the program
Installing Photo Explorer is quite 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.
Signing up for a free account
The first time Photo Explorer starts, the Set-up Internet Connectiondialog
box opens allowing you to sign up for a free account at iMira.com.
iMira.com is Ulead’s image sharing Web site where you can upload your
favorite images to share with your friends, relatives, and co-workers. Refer
to the section, Sharing images on the Web, for more details (see page 22).

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Photo Explorer
at 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 effectively. The Viewer gives you full-size view of images.
The Browser
The Browser operates much like Windows Explorer. In the Browser
window, you will see a Folder Tree at the left hand side and your files at
the right. What’s special about Photo Explorer is that multimedia files can
be shown as visual thumbnails for easier identification. Simply click a
desired file to immediately get an idea of the file’s contents. You can
preview images and actually play sound, video or even GIF animation files
without actually opening them. In addition, you can bring together images
and sounds to create a slide show.
The Viewer
The Viewer opens when you double-click an image file or select multiple
images and click View: Open Viewer in the Browser. You can use it to:
mGet a full-screen view of images.
mEnhance and retouch images, and then save the changes.
mManually or automatically advance through images.

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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
image viewer and editor.
Setting up your work environment
File: Preferences
The Preferences command in the File menu
allows you to define settings specific to Photo
Explorer. The Preferences dialog box lists
different categories which determine the
behavior of Photo Explorer, its overall appear-
ance, and the way thumbnails and images are
presented. Click a category to view and change
its settings in the Preferences dialog box.
View menu
The View menu offers commands that
determine the layout of Photo Explorer, as
well as thumbnail display settings. Use the
available commands to change the way files
are displayed and organized so that you can
quickly identify your files.
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If you usually do only simple edits with your images, Photo Explorer can be an
ideal image editor. To make Photo Explorer your default image viewer and
editor, select the Associate category in the Preferences dialog box and select
the image file formats that you want to automatically open in Photo Explorer.
Note: See the section “Browsing and
managing files” on page 10 for more
Categoriesin the
Preferencesdialog box

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Customizing toolbars
Photo Explorer’s Browser and Viewer 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.
1. Click File: Customize Toolbars.
2. In the Select toolbar list, choose a
toolbar.
3. In the Current toolbar buttons
list, click the button before which
the new button will be inserted.
4. In the Available toolbar buttons
list, select a new button you want to
add.
5. Click Add to include the new
button to the selected toolbar.
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mCommonly used commands are also easily accessed from right-
click pop-up menus. When adding buttons to the toolbar, you can
consider adding only those that are not listed in right-click menus.
mTo display toolbar buttons with clear label descriptions, click
View: Toolbars and select the Text label option.
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CustomizeToolbarsdialog box
Notes:
G To change the order of
toolbar buttons, select a
button and drag it up or
down in the Current
toolbar buttons list. You
can also click the Move
Up or Move Down button.
A To remove a button, select
the button in the Current
toolbar buttons list and
click Remove.
B Click Reset to change the
selected toolbar back to
its default form.

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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 Photo Explorer’s Browser window.
A thumbnail is a small replica of the
actual image or an icon representing a
sound file. A thumbnail also shows
the very first image that appears in a
video or GIF animation file.
To switch between thumbnail and list
viewing modes, click View: Thumb-
nail/List Mode.
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
folder is accessed, Photo Explorer can store them in a cache folder. The
next time you access that folder, Photo Explorer simply loads the thumb-
nail images from it.
The procedure next page shows how you can customize Photo Explorer to
create thumbnail files.
Browsing and
managing files
Samplethumbnails
Image file
Video file
Audio file