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Table of contents i

Table of contents

Welcome to Corel Snapfire Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

St ar t in g and ex i t in g Cor e l Snap f i r e Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Regis t er i ng Co re l p ro d uct s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Up d at i ng Core l p ro d uct s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Un in stal l i n g Co re l Sn apf ir e Plu s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Cor el Su p p o rt Serv ices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Abo ut Core l Co rp o rat io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Learning how to use the program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5D o cum ent at i on co nven t io ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Usin g t he H elp syst em . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Downloading photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Using t he Core l Pho t o Do w n lo ader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Cho os ing op t io ns fo r t he Co r e l Pho to Do w n loade r . . . . . . . . . . 10

Working with folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Bro w sing and ren am in g fo ld ers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Add ing and rem o v ing fo lde r s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Working with photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Op eni ng and c los in g p ho t o s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Panni ng and zo o m in g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16So rt in g p ho t o s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Select in g p ho t o s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

M ov i ng p ho t os be t w een fo lde r s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Savin g p ho t o s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Ren am in g p ho t o s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

D elet in g p ho t o s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21


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Using photo trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Add ing and r em ov in g p ho t o t rays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Add ing ph o t o s t o p ho t o t rays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Rem ov in g p ho t o s f ro m ph o t o t rays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Ren am in g p ho t o t rays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Sharing your photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Sen d in g e-m ai l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Pri nt in g yo ur p h o t o s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Chang in g p r i n t er set t in gs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Or d er in g p r in t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Finding your photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Search in g fo r p ho t o s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Sav ing y o ur search cr i t e r i a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Find ing ph o t os by u sing t he Calend ar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Fin d in g t agged p ho t o s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Reviewing your photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Usin g Q ui ck Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Cho o s ing Q ui ck Rev iew set t in gs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Saving and shar in g rev iew s as Snap f i r e Sho w s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Changing photo information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Chang ing t he reco r ded d ate t ha t a pho to w as taken . . . . . . . . . 41App ly in g p ho t o ra t in gs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Tagg in g p h o t o s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Add ing cap t io ns to ph o t o s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Chang in g advanced p ho t o in fo rm at io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Protecting your photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Using t he Pho t o Safe Backup syst em . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Usin g Q ui ck D isc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46


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Enhancing your photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

St a r t i n g Co r e l Pai n t Sh o p Pr o Ph o t o t o f i x p h o t o s . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9

Using Pho t o Do ct o r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

App ly ing b asic ph o t o co r r ec t io ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Rem o vin g r ed -eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

App ly ing co sm et i c co r rec t i on s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Cro p p in g p ho t o s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Ro t at in g p ho t o s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

St ra igh t en i ng ph o t o s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Ap p ly i n g eff ect s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Ad d in g t ex t t o p ho t o s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Resiz i ng p ho t o s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Working with Snapfire Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Add ing p ho t o s and v id eos to Snap f i re Sho w s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Playin g Sn apf ir e Sho w s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Cho os ing se t t ings fo r Snap f i r e Sho w s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Cho o sing s l id e sett in gs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Savin g Sn apf ir e Sho w s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Working with videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

Playi n g vi d eo s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Cho os ing f r am es t o u se as v ideo t hu m bn a i ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Ext rac t in g f r am es f ro m v id eo s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Tr im m in g v i d eo s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Creating projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Creat in g co l lages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Creat in g g reet in g card s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Creat in g calen d ars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Creat in g alb u m p ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Creat in g cer t i f icat es. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Creat in g m agazi ne co ver s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84


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Choosing program preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Reset t in g p ro gr am w arn i ng m essages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Cho o s ing f i le fo rm at asso c ia t i o ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Cho o s ing t hu m bn ai l p r e feren ces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Cho o s ing m ul t im ed ia pr e feren ces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90


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Welcome to CorelSnapfire Plus 1

Welcome to Corel Snapfire

Plus

Core l Snap f i re Plus i s th e sm ar t al te rn at i ve t o t rad i t i o na l d ig i t al

c am e r a so f t w ar e . W i t h a u t o m at i c d o w n l o a d s, q u i ck p h o t o f i xe s,

st r aigh t fo r w a rd o rgan iza t i o n and shar ing o p t ion s, and an ar ray o f

c reat ive p ro jec t t em p la t es, Cor e l Snap f i re Plus m akes i t fun and easy to

d o m o r e w i t h y o u r p h o t o s. W i t h d r ag -an d - d r o p s im p l i c it y, y o u c anqu ick l y c reate im p ressi ve pho to p ro jec ts and sl i de sho w s th at are su re

to en t e r ta in you r f r i end s and fam i l y.

Cor e l Snap f i re Plus o f fe rs m or e advanced , ye t easy -t o -use , feat u res fo r

ed i t i ng yo u r ph o t os and v ideos , as w e l l as al l t h e basic o rgan izat i on and

shar in g o p t io ns o f Core l Snap f i r e . In add i t io n , Cor e l Snap f i re Plus

p ro v ides m ore o p t ion s fo r c reat i ng un ique Snap f i re Sho w s and inc ludes

add i t i on al p ro jec t t em p la tes and th e Pho t oSafe Backup system .Cor e l Snap f i re Plus p ro v ides th e conven ien t M essage Cen t e r, w h ich

gu id es users to th e ou t stand ing feat u res avai l ab le to th em . The

M essage Cen t e r a l so au t om at i ca l ly d e l i ve rs qu ick t i p s, ph o t o i deas, and

t u t o r ia ls, as w e l l as p r od uc t n ew s and spec ia l o f fe rs .

What is Corel Snapfire Plus SE?

Cor e l Snap f i re Plus SE is a p rev iew p ro du c t t ha t a l low s you t o use al l o fi t s featu res fo r a l im i t ed t im e . A f te r t he p rev iew pe r io d , som e featu res

w i l l no l o nge r be avai l ab le . W hen you re ready t o u pg r ade , you can

sim p ly c li c k th e Buy Now b u t t o n o n t h e t o o l b ar.

In t h i s sect i on , you l l l earn abo u t

st a r t i n g an d e xi t i n g Co r e l Sn ap f i r e Pl u s

r eg ist er in g Co r el p r o du ct s u pd at in g Co rel p ro d uct s

un ins ta l l ing Cor e l Snap f i r e Plus


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2 Corel Snapfire PlusUserGuide

Co r el Su p p or t Ser vi ces

Co re l Co rp o r at io n

Starting and exiting Corel Snapfire PlusYo u c an s t ar t Co r e l Sn ap f i r e Pl u s f r o m t h e W i n d o w s t a sk b a r a n d e x i t

t h e p r o g r a m f r o m t h e Fi l e m e n u .

To start Corel Snapfire Plus

O n t h e W i nd o w s t ask b ar, c l i ck Start !All Pro gram s !Cor el Snapfi re

Plus !Cor el Snapfi re Plus.

I f y o u r o p e r at i n g sy st e m i s W i n d o w s 2 0 0 0 , cl i ck Start !Pro gram s !Cor el Snapfi re Plu s !Cor el Snapfi re Plus.

To exit Corel Snapfire Plus

Ch o o se File!Exi t .

Registering Corel productsReg iste r in g Co re l p ro du c ts i s im po r t an t t o ensu re tha t yo u receive

t im e ly access t o t he la test p ro du c t up da t es as w e l l as valuab le

in fo rm at ion abou t p ro du c t re leases.

Reg is t ra t i on a lso g ives you access t o f ree do w n lo ads, ar t i c les, t ip s and

t r i c ks, and spec ial o f fe rs. You can reg is te r t he p rog r am w hen yo u in sta l l

i t , o r you can reg is te r a t a l ate r da te .

You can reg iste r t he p ro g ram in o ne o f th e fo l l o w ing w ays:

onl ine I f y o u ar e co n n e ct e d t o t h e In t e r n e t w h e n y o u i n st a l l t h e

Cor e l g raph ics app l i cat i on , you can launch t he o n l i ne reg is t ra t i o n . I f

n o I n t e r n e t c o n n e ct i o n i s d e t e ct e d , y o u a r e p r e se n t e d w i t h a li st o f

o p t i o n s .

by phone You can ca l l t he Core l Cus to m er Ser v ice Cen t e r nearest

y o u .Fo r m o re i n fo r m at io n abou t reg i ste r i n g a Co re l p ro duc t , v i si t

www.corel.com/support/register.
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Welcome to CorelSnapfire Plus 3

Updating Corel products

You can check o n l i ne fo r u pd ates to Co re l and o t he r so f tw are p rod uc ts .

W hen p ro du c t up da tes becom e avai l ab le , you can choo se to h ave th em

do w n loaded and in sta l l ed au to m a t i cal l y. You can a l so se t ho w o f t en th eUpd ate M anage r searches fo r p ro duc t up da tes.

To update Corel products

1 Choose Help !Check fo r Up dat es.

2 Fo l lo w th e i nst r uc t i o ns on yo u r screen .

Uninstalling Corel Snapfire PlusYou can use th e W ind ow s Con t ro l Pane l to un ins ta l l Cor e l Snap f i re Plus .

To uninstall Corel Snapfire Plus

1 On t he W ind ow s taskb ar, c l i ck Start !Con t ro l Panel.

I f y o u r o p e r at i n g sy st e m i s W i n d o w s 2 0 0 0 , cl i ck Start !Settings !

Con t ro l Panel .2 Do ub le -c l i ck t he Add/Remove Programs i c o n .

3 I n t h e Add or Remo ve Pro gram sd ia log b ox , choo se Cor el Snapfi re

Plus f rom th e l i st , and c l i c k Remove.

4 Fo l l o w t h e I n st a ll Sh i e ld w i z ar d i n s t r u c t i o n s.

Corel Support Services

Core l s w ar ran ty sup po r t i s designed t o he lp custo m ers w i th t echn ica l

i ssues related to i ns tal l at i o n and p ro du c t d e fec ts , i nclud in g c rashes and

er ro rs caused b y Cor e l so f t w are . Core l Sup po r t Ser v ices can p ro v ide

y o u w i t h p r o m p t an d a cc u r at e i n f o r m at i o n ab o u t p r o d u c t f e at u r e s,

spec i f i ca t io ns , p r ic ing , avai lab i l i t y, se r v ices, and t echn ica l sup po r t . For

t h e m o s t c u r r e n t i n f o r m at i o n o n a v ai l ab l e su p p o r t an d p r o f e ssi o n a l

se r v ices fo r yo ur Core l p ro du c t , p lease v isi t www.corel.com/support .
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Personal Telephone Support

M any custo m ers choo se to speak d i rect l y t o a Co re l supp o r t t echn ic ian

ove r t he t e leph on e . Li ve pe rson -t o -pe rson supp o r t o n a to l l -f ree l i ne i s

ava i lab le as a pa id se r v ice and is des igned fo r ind iv idu a l , sm a l l bus iness,

academ ic , t r ia l ve rsio n , and OEM users.

A su p p o r t i n c i d en t i s t h e r e so l u t i o n o f o n e t e c h n i cal q u e st i o n , p r o b l e m ,

o r i ssue , regard less o f t he nu m ber o f t e lepho ne cal l s requ i red to reso lve

i t . Sup po r t i n c ludes assi stance w i t h und e rstand i ng how featu res w o r k

an d h o w t h e y ar e ap p l i e d t o a sam p l e d o c u m e n t ; t r o u b l e sh o o t i n g

techn ica l i ssues and do cum en ts ; i ns ta ll at i o n , con f igu r at i o n , and se tup

o n s t a n d al o n e c o m p u t e r s; an d m i g r at i o n f r o m o n e so f t w ar e ve r si o n t oan o t h e r. Pl ease n o t e t h a t su p p o r t d o e s n o t i n c lu d e h o w t o i m p l e m e n t

featu res w i th in yo u r f i l e s.

About Corel Corporation

Core l i s a l ead ing g loba l packaged so f t w are com pany w i t h an est im ated

ins tal l ed base o f m o re t han 40 m i l l i on u se rs. The com pany p rov id es

h igh -qu a li t y, af fo r dab le , and easy - to -use p ro du c t iv i t y, g raph ics , and

d ig i t al im ag ing so f tw a re and en jo ys a favo rab le m arke t p os i t i o n am on g

value-con sc iou s co nsum ers and sm a l l bus inesses. Cor e l s p ro du c t

po r t fo l i o featu res w e l l -estab l i shed , g lob al l y recogn ized b rands ,

inc lud in g Co re lDRAW Graph ics Su i t e , Co re l Wo rdPe r fec t O f f i ce,

W i n Z ip , Co r e l Pai n t Sh o p Pr o , an d Co r e l Pai n t e r .

Headq ua r te red in O t taw a, Canada, Co re l Co r po ra t i o n i s t raded o n The

NASDAQ Sto ck M arke t und e r the sym bo l CREL and o n th e To ro n t o

Sto ck Exchange u nd e r t he sym bo l CRE. Fo r m o re i n fo r m a t ion , p lease

v is i t www.corel.com .
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Learning how to use the program 5

Learning how to use

the program

You can learn h ow t o u se the p rog ram in va r ious w ays: by read in g t he

user gu id e PDF locat ed o n t he CD, by accessing t he He lp , o r b y

exp lo r ing t he resou rces on t he Co re l Web s i te (w w w . c o r e l . c o m ), w h ich

inc lude t u t o r ial s, mo v ies, and t r ain ing v ideos .

You can a l so rece ive th e l ates t i n fo rm a t ion abo u t t he so f tw are byc h ec k i n g t h ereadm e.ht m l f i l e i ns tal l ed i n th e p rog r am d i rec to r y.


d o cu m en t at io n co n ven t io ns

u si ng t h e H elp syst em

Documentation conventionsT h e f o l l o w i n g t ab l e d e sc r i b e s i m p o r t a n t c o n v en t i o n s u se d i n t h e u se r

g u i d e a n d H e l p .

Convention Description Example

Menu !Menu

command

A m e n u i t e m f o l l o w e d

b y a m e n u co m m an d

Choose File!Open .

drop-list A li st o f op t i ons t ha t

d r o p s d o w n w h e n a u se r

c li c ks a do w n a r row

b u t t o n

Ch o o se an o p t i o n f r o m

t h e Select io n Typed r o p -

l i st on t he p r ope r t y ba r.

mark and unmark Term s th a t re fe r to

enab l ing o r d isab l ing

check bo xes by c l i ck ingt h e m

To p reser ve the cu r r en t

p r i n t si ze , m ar k t he

Maintain or iginal pr intsizecheck box .
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Using the Help system

T h e H e lp i s t h e m o s t c o m p r e h e n si v e so u r c e o f i n f o r m at i o n f o r t h e

p r o g r a m . T h e H el p t o p i c s d i a lo g b o x p r o v i d e s t h r e e w a ys t o f i n din fo rm at io n . You can choo se a to p i c f rom th e Con ten t s page , use th e

Ind ex page to search fo r a spec i f i c t op ic , o r use t he Search p age t o

search fo r spec i f i c w ord s and p hr ases. You can a lso p r in t t op ics f ro m t he

H e l p .

To use the Help system

1 Cl ick Help !Help t opi cs.

2 Cl i ck o n e o f t h e f o l l o w i n g t a b s:

Contents l et s yo u b r o w se t h r o u g h t o p i c s i n t h e H e l p

Enter Th e Ent erkey on you r

keyboard

Type a new fo ld e r nam e

in t he bo x , and p ress

Enter.

A no te con ta i n i ng

i n f o r m a t i o n t h a t i s

i m p o r t an t t o t h e

preced ing st eps. I t m ay

desc r i be cond i t i o ns

u n d e r w h i ch t h e

pro cedure can bep e r f o r m e d .

To p r o t ect t he o r i g i na l

ver si on o f you r pho to ,

you can save th e f i le

w i t h a d i f f e r en t f i l enam e

by us ing t he Save As

b u t t o n o n t h e t o o l b ar.

A t i p con ta i n i ng

sugges t io ns fo r

p e r f o r m i n g t h e

preced ing st eps. I t m ay

presen t a lte rn a t i ves to

t he s t eps, o r o t he rbene f i t s and uses o f t he

p r ocedu r e .

Yo u can a lso r ig ht -c l ick

i n t h e pho to and se lec t

Delete.

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Index l et s yo u u s e t h e k e y w o r d s f r o m t h e i n d e x t o f i n d a t o p i c .

Fo r e x a m p l e, i f yo u w an t t o ad d a cap t i o n t o a p h o t o , b u t a re n o t

su re w h ich featu re to use, t ype caption .

Search le ts you sea rch th e fu l l t ex t o f t he He lp fo r a pa r t i cu lar

w o r d o r p h r a se . Fo r e x am p l e , i f y o u a r e lo o k i n g f o r i n f o r m at i o n

ab o u t a sp e c if i c t o o l o r c o m m an d , y o u c an t y p e t h e n a m e o f t h e

to o l o r com m and to d i sp lay a li st o f re levan t to p i cs. To search fo r

a ph rase , t yp e the ph r ase , and enc lose i t w i t h qu o t at i o n m ark s

(fo r exam p le , t ype Phot o Fix ).

Favorites le ts you c reate a li st o f He lp to p i cs th a t you can

easi ly access. You can rem ove and add He lp t o p ics at any t im e .

You can also

Pr in t a sp eci f i c H e lp to p i c O p en a H elp to p ic, cl i ck th e f r am e

y o u w an t t o p r i n t , an d c l ic k Print .

V i ew H elp fo r a d i alo g b o x Cl i ck Help at t h e b o t t o m o f t h e

d ia log bo x .

Access in fo rm at ion and

t r o ub lesho o t i ng t i p s on t he Co r e l

W eb s i t e

Cl ick Support i n t h e u p p e r -r i g h t

c o r n e r o f t h e H e lp w i n d o w .


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Downloading photos

The Co re l Pho to Do w n lo ade r o f fe rs th e qu ickest and easiest w ay to

t r ansfe r pho to s f rom you r d ig i ta l cam era t o you r com pu te r. Jus t p lug i n

you r cam era, o r i nser t a mem or y ca rd i n t o yo u r ca rd reade r, and

p e r f o r m a q u i ck o n e -t i m e se t u p . A f t e r t h at , t h e Co r e l Ph o t o

D o w n l o a d er w i l l st a r t a u t o m at i c al l y e ve r y t i m e yo u p l u g i n y o u rcam era o r i nser t a m em or y card i n t o yo u r card reade r.

Yo u c an e v en s et t h e Co r e l Ph o t o D o w n l o a d e r t o r o t at e p h o t o s , o r t o

c lear m em or y card space by de le t i ng ph o t os th a t have al ready b een

d o w n l o a d e d .


u si ng t h e Co r el Ph o t o D o w n l o ad er

ch o o si ng o p t i o n s f o r t h e Co r el Ph o t o D o w n lo ad er

Using the Corel Photo Downloader

The Co re l Pho to Do w n loade r ( loca ted in you r system t r ay) i s ac t i vated

w h e n y o u i n se r t a CD c o n t a i n i n g p h o t o s in t o y o u r c o m p u t e r, o r w h e n

y o u p l u g y o u r c am e r a o r m e d i a c ar d i n t o y o u r c o m p u t e r. Yo u r p h o t o s

ar e au t o m at i c al l y d o w n l o a d ed a n d a r e o p e n e d w i t h t h e p r o g r a m . T h ef i r st t i m e yo u s t a r t t h e p r o g r a m , y o u a re p r o m p t e d t o c h o o s e se t t i n g s

f o r t h e C o r e l Ph o t o D o w n l o a d e r.


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To use the Corel Photo Downloader with a camera orcard reader

1 Con nec t t he cam era o r card reade r to th e com pu te r b y using a USB

cable .T h e Co r e l Ph o t o D o w n l o a d er w i n d o w ap p e ar s.

2 M ar k t h e Use Corel Phot o Dow nl oader to t ransfer phot oscheck

b o x .

3 Ch o o se o n e o f t h e f o l l o w i n g o p t i o n s, an d c li c k OK.

Always st art dow nloading aut om at ical ly

Display t his prom pt each t i m e

To use the Corel Photo Downloader with a photo CD

1 I nse r t a CD in to th e CD d r i ve .

2 M ar k t h e Use Corel Phot o Dow nloader to view ph ot oscheck b ox .

3 Ch o o se o n e o f t h e f o l l o w i n g o p t i o n s, an d c li c k OK.

Alw ays st art viewing autom at ical ly

Display t his prom pt each t i m e

Choosing options for the Corel PhotoDownloader

Yo u can change t he d e tec t io n se t t ings fo r yo ur cam era , card reader, and

CD s. Yo u c an s et u p t h e p r o g r a m t o d o w n l o a d al l p h o t o s f ro m y o u r

c am e r a o r car d r e ad e r o r t o d o w n l o a d o n l y t h e p h o t o s t h a t y o u se le ct .You can a lso cho ose to o pen t he p rog r am w hen you in se r t a CD t ha t

c o n t a i n s p h o t o s.

By de fau l t , t he p ro g ram c reates a sub fo lde r i n t he year -mo n t h -day da te

fo rm at i n t he M y Pic tu res fo ld e r, and i t au t om at i ca l ly ro t ates you r

p h o t o s t o t h e p r o p e r o r i e n t at i o n . In ad d i t i o n , t h e Co r e l Ph o t o

D o w n l o a d e r d o w n l o a d s o n l y t h e n e w p h o t o s i n y o u r c am e r a, so y o u

d o n t w ast e sp a ce o n y o u r h a r d d r i v e w i t h m u l t i p l e c o p i e s o f t h e sam e

ph o t o . You can change th e de fau l t o p t i on s i f you w an t .


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To choose or specify options for the Corel PhotoDownloader

1 I n you r system t ray, r i gh t -c l i ck t he Cor el Phot o Dow nloader

i con , and cho ose Opt ions.

2 To act i va te th e Co re l Pho to Do w n loade r w hen you co nnec t a cam era

o r i n se r t a mem or y card i n t o t he ca rd reade r, m ark t he Detect

Cameras and Card Readerscheck b ox , and se lec t o ne o f t he

f o l lo w i n g o p t i o n s:

Alw ays st art dow nlo adin g phot os aut om at ical ly o p en s

Core l Snap f i re and d i sp lays th e Dow n load Pho t os d ia log box

Prom pt m e each t im e t o choose wh at t o do d isp lays t h e Co re lPh o t o D o w n l o a d er e ac h t i m e y o u c o n n e c t y o u r c am e r a o r i n se r t a

m e m o r y car d i n t o t h e car d r e ad e r

3 To ac t i vat e t h e Co r e l Ph o t o D o w n l o a d e r w h e n y o u i n se r t a p h o t o

CD i n t o a d r i v e , m ar k t h e Det ect Pho t o CDs check bo x , and se lec t

o n e o f t h e f o l lo w i n g o p t i o n s:

Always st art viewi ng ph ot os auto m at icall y o p en s t h e p ro g r am

and d i sp lays th e pho to s on t he CD Prom pt m e each t im e t o choose wh at t o do d isp lays th e Co re l

Ph o t o D o w n l o a d er e ac h t i m e y o u i n se r t a CD i n t o t h e CD d r i v e o f

y o u r co m p u t e r

4 To s t ar t t h e Co r e l Ph o t o D o w n l o a d e r w h e n y o u t u r n o n y o u r

c o m p u t e r, m ar k t h e Load Cor el Phot o Dow nloader when m y

com put er st art s up check b ox .

5 Cl ick OK.

To choose options for downloading

1 I n you r system t ray, r i gh t -c l i ck t he Cor el Phot o Dow nloader

i con , and cho ose Opt ions t o o p e n t h e Co r e l Ph o t o D o w n l o ad e r

O p t i o n s d i al o g b o x .

2 Cl i ck t he Download Opt ionsb u t t o n t o o p e n t h e D o w n l o ad O p t i o n s

d i a lo g b o x .

3 Pe r f o r m o n e o r m o r e t a sk s f ro m t h e f o l l o w i n g t a b l e, an d c li c k OK.


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To Do the following

Change t h e de fau l t f o l d e r t o w h i ch

pho to s ar e au tom at i cal l y

d o w n l o a d e d

Cl ick Browse, and se lect a new

fo lder .

Spec i f y t he nam ing f o r m at f o r

f o l de r s as t h e dow n load da te

M ar k t h e Create Sub fo ld er using

check b ox , and choo se Download

date.

En te r a f o l de r nam e w heneve r you

d o w n l o ad p h o t o s f ro m y o u r cam e r a

M ar k t h e Create Sub fo ld er using

check b ox , and choo se Custom

Folder Name f r om t he d r op - li st .

A u to m at i cal l y r o t ate pho t os w hen

y o u d o w n l o ad t h e m

M ar k t h e Aut om at ical ly r ot at e

photos check b ox .

A vo id d ow n load ing p r ev iou sl y

d o w n l o ad e d p h o t o s f ro m y o u r

camera

M ar k t h e Downlo ad onl y new

photoscheck b ox .

A u to m at i cal l y er ase t h e pho to s i nt he cam er a af t e r do w n load ing t hem

M ar k t h e Erase pho t os on cameraaft er dow nload check b ox .


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Working with folders

You can use the p ro g ram t o b row se the fo ld e rs on yo u r com pu t e r. You

can renam e , add , and rem ove fo lde rs f rom you r fo lde r l i s t .

I n t h i s sect i on , you l l l earn abo u t

b r ow sin g an d ren am i n g fo ld er s

ad d in g an d r em o v in g fo ld er s

Browsing and renaming folders

You can v iew th e pho t os con ta ined in fo ld e rs on you r com pu t e r. You can

a lso add and rem ove v iew ab le fo ld e rs so t ha t you see on ly t he fo ld e rs

th at yo u w an t to v iew w h i l e you a re us ing the p ro g ram. You can al so

change a fo lde r n am e .

To browse folders

1 In t he t ask pane l , se lect Home, and c l i ck Find Phot os.

2 Cl ick Folderst o expand t he l i st o f f o lde rs , and c l i c k a fo ld e r to v iew

t h u m b n a i ls o f t h e p h o t o s it c o n t ai n s.

To v iew a l l pho t os con ta ined in t he fo lde rs i n the fo lde r l i st , c li c kAll phot os.

To rename a folder


2 Righ t -c l i ck t he fo lde r t ha t you w an t to renam e , and cho ose Rename

Folder.

3 Type th e new fo lde r n am e in th e box , and p ress Enter.


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Yo u c an v i e w a fo l d e r i n W i n d o w s Ex p l o r e r b y r i g h t - cl i ck i n g i t

and cho os ing Reveal in Exp lo rer.

Adding and removing folders

By de fau l t , t h e p rog r am d isp lays th e fo lde rs con t ained in t he M y

Pic tu res and Sha re Pic tu res fo lde rs . I f you w an t t o v iew o t he r fo lde rs,

you can add th em to th e fo lde r l i st . You can a l so rem ove fo lde rs f rom

th e li st .

To add a folder to the folder list

1 In t he t ask pane l , se lect Home, cho o se Find Photos, and c li c k t he

p l u s si g n (+ ) n e xt t o Folderst o e x p an d t h e f o l d e r t r e e .

2 Click View M or e Folderst o o p e n t h e Br o w se f o r Fo l d e r d i a lo g b o x .

3 Cho ose a fo lde r f ro m t he d i rec to r y t ree , and c l i c k OKt o ad d t h e

f o l d e r t o t h e f o l d e r l i st .

I f you add a fo ld e r t ha t con t ains sub fo lde rs , t h e sub fo lde rs are al so

ad d e d t o t h e f o l d e r l i st .

You can c reate n ew fo lde rs by c l i ck in g t he Make New Folder

b u t t o n i n t h e Br o w se Fo r F o l d e r d i al o g b o x .

To remove a folder from the folder list

1 In t he t ask pane l , se lect Home, and c l ick Find Phot os.

2 Cl ick t he p lu s sign (+ ) n e x t t o a f o l d e r t o e x p an d t h e f o l d e r t r e e .3 Ri g h t - cl i ck t h e f o l d e r t h a t y o u w an t t o r e m o v e fr o m t h e l i st , an d

choose Remo ve from List .

Yo u c an v i e w a fo l d e r i n W i n d o w s Ex p l o r e r b y r i g h t -c li ck i n g t h e

fo ld e r and cho os ing Reveal in Exp lo rer .


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Working with photos

A f t e r o p e n i n g p h o t o s, y o u c an p a n t h e m an d z o o m i n an d o u t o f t h e m .

You can a l so so r t and se lec t p ho to s, m ove pho t os be tw een fo lde rs , and

save , renam e , de lete , and ro ta te p ho to s.


o p en in g an d clo sin g p ho t o s

p an n i n g an d zo o m i n g

so r t in g p h o t os

se lect in g ph o t o s

m o v i ng ph o to s b et w e en fo ld er s

sav in g p h o t o s

r en am i n g p h o t o s d ele t in g p h o t o s

Opening and closing photos

The p rog r am p ro v ides severa l w ays to op en and c lose pho to s. You can

o p e n p h o t o s b y d o u b l e -c li c k i n g a t h u m b n a il o r b y u si n g t h e Fi l e m e n u .

You can c lose pho t os and fo ld e rs by us ing t he Fi l e m enu o r b y c l i ck in gt h e Cl o se b u t t o n i n t h e u p p e r -r i g h t c o r n e r o f t h e p h o t o o r f o l d e r

w i n d o w .

To open a photo in a folder


2 Cl i ck a fo lde r t o d i sp lay t hum bna i l s o f t he pho t os i n t he fo lde r.

To exp and th e fo lde r t ree , c l i ck th e p lus sign (+ ) nex t t o a fo lde r.

3 Cl i ck a fo lde r t o d i sp lay t hum bna i l s o f t he pho t os i n t he fo lde r.


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4 D o u b l e -cl i ck t h e t h u m b n ai l o f t h e p h o t o t h at y o u w an t t o o p e n i n

Enhance m od e .

To open a photo from the File menu

1 Choose Fi le !Open t o d i sp l ay t h e O p e n d i al o g b o x .

2 Ch o o se t h e l o c at i o n o f t h e f o l d e r f r o m t h e Look in d rop - l i s t .

3 Cl ick Open t o o p e n t h e f o l d e r.

4 D o u b l e -c li ck t h e t h u m b n ai l o f t h e p h o t o y o u w an t t o o p e n .

You can a l so o pen p ro jects and sho w by us ing th eFi lem en u .*

To close a photo or folder

Cl i ck t h e Close b u t t o n i n t h e u p p e r -r i g h t c o r n er o f t h e p h o t o o r

f o l d er w i n d o w .

Panning and zooming

You can ad just yo u r v iew o f a pho to by pann ing o r zo om ing . Pann in g

le ts you v iew h idd en areas o f l a rge pho t os . Zoo m ing in o r o u t i nc reases

o r dec reases th e v iew ab le si ze o f a pho to .

To pan a photo

W h e n a p h o t o i s l ar g er t h an t h e vi ew ab l e ar ea, d r ag t h e h an d

w i t h i n a p h o t o t o v i ew h i d d e n ar e as.

I f t h e e n t i r e p h o t o i s v ie w a b le w i t h i n t h e p h o t o w i n d o w , t h e n t h e

p h o t o c an n o t b e p an n e d .

To zoom in or out

O n t h e t o o lb ar, d r ag t h e Zoom sl i d er t o t h e le f t t o z o o m o u t , o r t o

t h e r ig h t t o z o o m i n .

You can also

View t h e p h o t o at fu l l si ze Cl i ck t h e Normal Viewing



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You can a l so access t he zoo m con t ro l s f rom th e View m en u .

Sorting photos

To f i n d p ho to s m ore easi l y, you can so r t a fo lde r s t hum bna i l s by

f i l enam e , fo ld e r and f i l enam e , date m od i f i ed , da te taken , f i l e si ze , f i l e

f o r m at , o r r at i n g .

To sort thumbnails of photos

1 I n t he t ask pane l , choo se Home, and c l i ck th e Sor t byb u t t o n o n t h etoo lbar .

2 Ch o o se o n e o f t h e f o l lo w i n g o p t i o n s :

Filename so r t s t h u m b n a i ls al p h a b et i c al ly b y p h o t o n a m e

Fol der & Fil ename so r t s th um bna i l s alphabe t i ca ll y by fo ld e r

and f i l enam e

Dat e Mo dif i ed so r t s t h u m b n ai l s b y t h e d at e o n w h i ch t h e

p h o t o w as l ast m o d i f i e d

Date Taken so r t s t h u m b n ai l s b y t h e d at e o n w h i ch t h e p h o t o

w as taken

Fi le Size so r t s t h u m b n ai ls b y f i le si z e (i n k i lo b y t es), f ro m

sm allest t o larges t

Format so r t s th um bna i l s alphabe t i ca ll y by f i l ename ex t ension

(. jpg , . t i f , and so o n) Rating so r t s t h u m b n ai l s b y p h o t o r a t i n g

Fi t t h e p h o t o t o t h e w in d o w Cl i ck t h e Fit Image t o W indow


Use a m o u se w h eel fo r zo o m in g Ro ll t he m o u se w h eel fo r w ard t o

z o o m i n , o r b ack w ar d t o z o o m o u t .

You can also


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You can a l so so r t ph o t os by using t he View m en u .

Selecting photosYou can select on e pho to , al l pho to s, m u l t i p le ph o t os , o r a sequence o f

p h o t o s .

To select a photo

Fr o m t h e O r gan i z er, o r f r o m a p h o t o t r a y, c li ck t h e t h u m b n ai l o f t h e

p h o t o y o u w an t t o se le ct .

Moving photos between folders

You can m ove o r cop y pho to s i n t o o th e r fo lde rs o r p ro g ram s. You can

e i t h e r c u t a n d p ast e , w h i c h r e m o v es p h o t o s f r o m o n e f o l d e r an d i n se r t s

th em in t o ano t he r fo lde r, o r yo u can copy and p aste , w h ich re ta ins th e

p h o t o s i n t h e o r i g i n a l fo l d e r a n d p l ac es c o p i e s o f t h e m i n t h e n e w

fo lder .

You can a lso d rag a pho to d i rec t l y i n to a do cum en t i n ano th e r

app l ica t i on , such as a w or d -p ro cessing app l icat io n .

To move photos to a different folder


You can also

Select al l p h o t o s Ch o o se Edi t !Select All , o r press

Ct r l + A.

Se lect m u l t ip le p h o t o s H o ld d o w n Ctrl, and c l i ck t he

t h u m b n a il s o f t h e p h o t o s yo u w an t

to se lect .

Se le ct m u l t i p l e p h o t o s i n a se q u e n ce H o l d d o w n Shift,c l i ck t he f i r s t

pho to i n t h e sequence, and t hen

c li c k t h e l ast pho to i n t he sequence.


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2 Cl ick t he p lus sign (+ ) n e x t t o a f o l d e r t o e x p an d t h e f o l d e r t r e e .

3 Cl i ck t h e f o l d e r co n t ai n i n g t h e p h o t o s t h a t y o u w an t t o m o v e .

4 W h i l e h o l d i n g d o w n t h e Shift key, se lec t t he ph o t os , and d rag t hem

t o t h e d e st i n a t i o n f o l d e r.

T h e o r i g i n a l p h o t o s ar e r em o v e d f r o m t h e o r i g i n a l fo l d e r a n d p l ac ed

in t he dest i na t i o n fo ld e r.

To copy photos to a different folder


2 Cl ick t he p lus sign (+ ) n e x t t o a f o l d e r t o e x p an d t h e f o l d e r t r e e .

3 Cl i ck t h e f o l d e r c o n t a i n i n g t h e p h o t o s t h a t y o u w an t t o c o p y.4 Se lec t th e pho to s th at yo u w an t to copy, and d rag the se lec ted

p h o t o s f r o m t h e f ir st f o l d e r t o t h e s ec o n d f o l d e r.

T h e o r i g i n a l p h o t o s st a y i n t h e f i r st f o l d e r a n d ar e co p i e d t o t h e

second fo lde r.

To copy a photo to another open application

1 O p e n t h e ap p l i cat i o n t o w h i ch y o u w an t t o c o p y a p h o t o .2 Retu r n t o Co re l Snap f i re , and op en th e fo lde r o r rem ovab le med ia

c o n t a i n i n g t h e p h o t o t h at y o u w an t t o c o p y.


4 Cl ick t he p lus sign (+ ) n e x t t o a f o l d e r t o e x p an d t h e f o l d e r t r e e.

5 Cl i ck t h e f o l d e r co n t ai n i n g t h e p h o t o s t h a t y o u w an t t o c o p y t o

ano th e r app l i cat i o n .6 Se le ct t h e t h u m b n a i l o f t h e p h o t o t h at y o u w an t t o c o p y, an d t h e n

d r a g t h e t h u m b n a i l i n t o t h e o t h e r o p e n ap p l i cat i o n .

Note: I f t he o th e r app l i cat i o n i s no t v i sib le on th e sc reen , d rag the

p h o t o t o t h e ap p l i c at i o n i c o n o n t h e W i n d o w s t a sk b a r (at t h e

b o t t o m o f t h e sc re en ), w ai t f o r t h e se co n d ap p l i c at i o n w i n d o w t o

ap p e ar, an d t h e n c o n t i n u e d r a gg i n g t o p l ac e t h e p h o t o w h e r e yo u

w an t i t i n t h e se co n d ap p l i c at i o n w i n d o w .

W h e n yo u d r ag t h e p h o t o i n t o t h e o t h e r ap p l i c at i o n , t h e c u r so r

i n d i c at e s t h e l o c at i o n s w h e r e yo u c an d r o p t h e p h o t o .


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You can cance l th e copy in g act i o n by p ressing Escb e f o r e

r e l easi n g t h e m o u s e b u t t o n .

Saving photos

You can save a ph o t o , o r save i t t o a d i f f e ren t f i l enam e o r l ocat i on . I f you

m o d i f y a p h o t o an d d o n o t s av e i t , yo u a r e p r o m p t e d t o s av e i t w h e n

y o u t r y t o c lo se t h e p h o t o o r o p e n an o t h e r p h o t o .

To save a photo to the same filename and location

Ch o o se File!

Savet o s av e t h e p h o t o t o t h e s am e f i le n am e an dl o c a t i o n .

T h e o r i g i n al p h o t o i s o v er w r i t t e n b y t h e m o d i f i ed p h o t o .

To save a photo to a different filename or location

1 Cl i ck t he Save As b u t t o n t o op en th e Save Pho to d ia log box .

2 Fr o m t h e Save in d r o p -l i st , ch o o se t h e f o l d e r i n w h i c h yo u w an t t o

save th e pho to .3 Type a nam e fo r th e f i l e i n t he Fil e name b o x .

4 Ch o o se a f i l e f o r m at f r o m t h e Save as typed ro p - li st .

5 Fr o m t h e Quality d r o p -l i st , se l ec t o n e o f t h e f o l l o w i n g o p t i o n s:

Low (Highest Com pr ession )

M ed iu m

Hi gh Best (Low est Com pr ession)

Note: Pho to com pression se t t i ngs are no t avai l ab le fo r a l l f i l e t yp es.

6 Cl ick Savet o sav e t h e p h o t o t o t h e n e w f i l en a m e o r f o l d e r l o cat i o n .

By sav i n g t h e p h o t o t o a d i f f er e n t f i l en a m e o r l o c at i o n , y o u

p r ese rve th e o r ig ina l pho to f i l e .

You can a l so o pen t he Save Pho to d ia log bo x by cho os ing File !

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Renaming photos

You can change the nam e o f you r ph o t os and rep lace th e cr yp t i c

f i l enam es assigned b y you r d ig i ta l cam era w i th m o re m ean ing fu l ones

t h at c le ar l y i n d i c at e t h e c o n t e n t o f y o u r p h o t o s.

To rename a photo

1 O p e n t h e f o l d e r co n t ai n i n g t h e p h o t o t h at y o u w an t t o r e n am e , an d

se le ct t h e t h u m b n a i l o f t h a t p h o t o .

2 Choose Edit !Renam e t o op en th e Renam e Fi l e d ialog bo x .

3 Ty p e t h e n ew p h o t o n a m e i n t h e Ent er t he new fi le nam e box , and

c l ick OK.

You can al so renam e a pho to by r i gh t -c l i ck in g th e thu m bna i l and

choos ing Rename.

Deleting photos

Yo u c an d e l e t e p h o t o s an d p e r m an e n t l y r e m o v e t h e m f r o m y o u rc o m p u t e r. W h e n y o u d e le t e p h o t o s, t h e y ar e m o v e d i n t o t h e W i n d o w s

Recycle Bin .

To delete photos

1 Se le ct t h e p h o t o o r p h o t o s t h a t y o u w an t t o d e l e t e .

Note: I n th e Enhance m od e , you can se lec t o n l y on e pho to at a

t i m e . U se t h e H o m e m o d e i f yo u w an t t o s el e ct a n d d e l et e m o r et h a n o n e p h o t o a t t h e sam e t i m e .

2 Cl i ck th eDelete b u t t o n i n t h e t o o l b ar.

3 I n t he Con f i rm Fi l e De le te d ia log b ox , c li c k Yes t o m o v e t h e p h o t o t o

t he Recyc le Bin .

Note: T h e n e x t t i m e t h a t y o u e m p t y t h e Re cy cl e Bi n , t h e p h o t o i s

r e m o v ed f r o m y o u r c o m p u t e r s h a rd d i sk .

You can a l so d e lete p ho to s by choo sing Edit !Delet e, o r b y r i g h t -

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Using photo trays

You can use ph o t o t rays to gath e r pho to s f rom var io us fo ld e rs so t ha t

y o u c an e -m ai l o r p r i n t y o u r p h o t o s, u se y o u r p h o t o s t o c r eat e a

p ro jec t , o r up load you r p ho t os to a ph o t o -sha r ing se rv i ce . You can a l so

add , rem ove , and renam e pho t o t rays.

In t h i s sect i on , you l l l earn abo u t ad d in g an d rem o v in g p h o t o t r ays

ad d in g p ho t o s t o ph o t o t rays

r em o v i ng ph o to s f r om p h o t o t r ays

r en am i ng p ho t o t rays

Adding and removing photo traysYou can add add i t i on al pho t o t rays to he lp you so r t you r pho to s. You

can c reate a pho to t r ay fo r t he pho t os tha t you w an t to enhance, sha re,

o r use to c reat e a p ro jec t . You can a l so rem ove ph o t o t r ays.

To add a photo tray

1 Cl i ck t he Add Pho t o Tray b u t t o n o n t h e Ph o t o Tr ay t o o l b a r t o

op en th e Add Pho to Tray d ia log bo x .2 Type a nam e fo r t he new t r ay i n th e Name f ie ld , and c l i ck OK.

You can a l so add a new t r ay by cl i c k ing t he Pho t o Tray Menu

b u t t o n a n d s el ec t i n g Add Pho t o Tray.

To remove a photo tray

1 Se le ct t h e p h o t o t r ay t h at y o u w an t t o r e m o v e .Note: Re m o v i n g a p h o t o t r a y d o e s n o t d e l et e t h e p h o t o s i n t h e t r ay.

2 Cl i ck t he Remove Pho t o Tray b u t t o n o n t h e Ph o t o Tr ay t o o l b a r.


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You can a l so rem ove a t ray by c l i ck in g t he Pho t o Tray M enu

b u t t o n a n d s el ec t i n g Remove Pho t o Tray.

Adding photos to photo trays

You can d r ag pho to s i n t o a t ray o r use th e Fi l e m enu to add ph o t os .

To add photos to a photo tray

1 Se le ct t h e p h o t o t r ay t o w h i ch y o u w an t t o a d d p h o t o s .

2 D r a g t h e p h o t o s t o t h e p h o t o t r ay.

Yo u c an a lso a d d p h o t o s t o a p h o t o t r ay b y c h o o s in g File!Add

t o Phot o Tray.

Removing photos from photo trays

Yo u c an r e m o v e p h o t o s f ro m p h o t o t r a y s. Re m o v i n g p h o t o s f ro m a

p h o t o t r ay d o e s n o t d e le t e t h e m f r o m y o u r c o m p u t e r.

To remove photos from a photo tray

1 Cl ic k t h e n am e o f t h e p h o t o t r ay f ro m w h i ch y o u w an t t o r e m o v e

p h o t o s .

2 Cl i ck t he Pho t o Tray M enu bu t to n , and se lec t Rem ove fro m

Pho t o Tray.

Renaming photo trays

Af te r yo u have created severa l pho t o t rays, you can renam e th em and

c reate catego r ies fo r th em .

To rename a photo tray

1 Se l ec t t h e p h o t o t r ay t h a t y o u w an t t o r e n am e .2 Cl i ck t he Pho t o Tray M enu bu t to n , and se lec t Rename Pho t o

Trayt o o pen t he Renam e Pho t o Tray d ialog bo x .

3 Ty p e a n e w n am e f o r t h e p h o t o t r ay i n t h e Namef ie ld , and c l i ck OK.


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Sharing your photos

I t i s easy to sha re you r p ho to s and v ideos w i th o t he rs . You can em bed

y o u r p h o t o s i n t h e b o d y o f an e -m ai l m e ssag e t o e n su r e t h a t y o u r

recip ien t s can im m ed ia te l y v iew t hem , o r yo u can send you r ph o t os as

a t t achm ent s. You can a lso cho ose a size fo r t he ph o t os you re send ing .

In t h i s sect i on , you l l l earn abo u t sen d in g e-m ai l

p r i n t in g yo ur p ho t o s

ch an gi ng p r in t er set t i ng s

o rd er in g p r in t s

Sending e-mailYou h ave th e fo l l ow ing op t io ns w hen you e -m ai l d ig i t al pho to s, v ideos ,

and show s:

Snapfi re Sho w au t om at i ca ll y c reates a Snap f i re Sho w o f a l l

se lec ted p ho to s and a t taches i t t o th e e -m ai l m essage

Em bedded Phot os l et s yo u e m b e d p h o t o s so t h at t h e y ap p e ar i n

th e bod y o f you r e -m a i l m essage. The pe rson w ho receives you r e -m ai l can see the pho to s im m ed ia te l y on o pen in g th e m essage .

Em bedd ed pho to s app ear on ly i n e -m ai l t ha t uses th e HTM L

m e ssag e f o r m at . I f yo u k n o w t h a t y o u r r e ci p i e n t u se s p l ai n t e x t o r

Rich Tex t Fo rm at (RTF), you m us t use the A t t achm en t s op t i o n .

Note: I f y o u r d e f au l t e -m ai l ap p l i c at i o n d o e s n o t su p p o r t t h e

e x t e n d e d M A PI st a n d a rd (su c h as M i cr o so f t O u t l o o k ), t h e

o p t i o n t o e m b e d p h o t o s i s n o t av ai l ab l e . At t achm ent s (ori ginal f i le form at ) l et s y o u se n d p h o t o s , v i d e o s,

o r sho w s as f i le at t achm ent s. Each i t em is a t t ached as an ind iv idu a l


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f i l e, an d t h e e -m ai l r e ci p i e n t c a n ch o o se h o w t h e y w an t t o v i ew t h e

ph o t os and v ideo s. Al l ph o t os are sen t in t he JPEG fi le fo r m at .

To e-mail photos, videos, or Snapfire Shows

1 Se lec t t he ph o t os , v ideos , o r Snap f i re Sho w s th at yo u w an t to e -m a i l .

Note: Yo u c an s el ec t p h o t o s f r o m e i t h e r t h e t h u m b n a i l vi e w o r a

p h o t o t r a y.

2 In t he t ask pane l , se lect Home,and c l i c k Share as E-m ai l t o o p e n

th e E-m ai l d ia log b ox .

Note: Yo u can a lso c l i ck t he Share b u t t o n i n a p h o t o t r a y t o o p e n

th e E-m ai l d ia log bo x .

3 I n t h e E-m ail As g r o u p b o x , c h o o s e o n e o f t h e f o l l o w i n g o p t i o n s :

Snapfi re Sho w c reates a Snap f i re Sho w f i l e f rom th e pho to s

you have se lec ted . You can n am e th e Snap f i re Sho w by t yp in g a

n am e i n t h e Snapf ir e Show nam eb o x .

Em bedded phot os d i sp l ay s p h o t o s i n t h e b o d y o f y o u r e -m ai l

message At t achm ent s (ori ginal f i le form at ) sends i t em s as i nd i v idua l

f i l e a t tachmen ts

4 I n t h e Maximum phot o sized ro p - l i st , se lec t a m ax im um si ze at

w h ich to send you r ph o t os . The to ta l si ze o f you r e -m ai l i s d i sp layed

beside t he p rev iew .

Note: You can se lec t th e max im um ph o t o si ze on ly w hen send in g

e m b e d d e d o r at t ac h ed p h o t o s.

5 Cl ick OK t o app ly the se t t i ngs and launch you r e -ma i l p rog r am.

Som e e -m ai l p r ov ide rs l im i t t h e si ze o f e -m ai l m essages, w h ich

cou ld p reven t m essages large r t han 2 M B f ro m be ing sen t o r

rece ived . You can r edu ce the s ize o f t he e -m a i l m essage by

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To select yo u r d e fau l t e -ma i l app l i cat i o n , open In t e rne t

Ex p l o r e r , c h o o s e Tools!Internet Opt ion s, c l i ck t he Programs

t ab , and se lec t you r e -m a il c li en t f r om th e E-mail d rop - l i s t .

Printing your photos

I t i t e asy t o p r i n t i n d i v i d u a l o r m u l t i p l e p h o t o s o n t h e s am e p ag e ,

because the p ro g ram au t om at i ca ll y de tec t s you r de fau l t p r i n t e r, pape r,

and ink se t t i ngs .

The se t t i ngs you speci f y are reco rd ed in th e p rog r am s m em or y, w h ich

is espec ia l l y use fu l i f you a lw ays use the sam e p r i n t e r and t he sam e typ eo f p ap e r w h e n y o u p r i n t . T h e se se t t i n g s d o n o t af f ec t y o u r c o m p u t e r s

de fau l t p r i n t e r se t t i ngs .

To print your photos

1 Se le ct t h e p h o t o s t h at y o u w an t t o p r i n t .

Note: Yo u c an s el ec t p h o t o s f ro m e i t h e r t h e t h u m b n a i l vi e w o r a

p h o t o t r a y.2 In t he t ask pane l , se lect Home, and c l i ck Pri nt t o o p e n t h e Pr i n t

d i a lo g b o x .

3 Se lec t a l ayou t f rom t he Avail able layout s l i st .

4 Type a num ber i n t he Num ber of t im es t o use each pi ctur ef i e ld .

5 Cl ick Print .

You can u se th e Forward and Back b u t t o n s b e lo w t h e

page p r ev iew to v iew each page .

Changing printer settings

You m ay need to change you r p r i n t e r se t t i ngs i f you have m ore th an on e

p r i n t e r, i f y o u w an t t o c h an g e t h e p r i n t e d ap p e ar an c e o f y o u r p h o t o s,

o r i f y o u i n s t al l a n e w p h o t o p r i n t e r.

The se t t i ngs th at yo u speci f y are reco rded in th e p rog r am s m em or y,

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sam e t y p e o f p a p er w h e n y o u p r i n t . Th e se se t t i n g s d o n o t af f ec t y o u r

c o m p u t e r s d e f au l t p r i n t e r se t t i n g s .

To change your printer settings

1 In t he task p ane l , se lect H om e, and c l i ck Print t o o p e n t h e Pr i n td i a lo g b o x .

2 Cl i ck t he Change Pri nt er Sett in gs b u t t o n t o o p e n t h e C h an g e

Pr in t e r Se t t i ngs d ia log box .

3 Se lec t you r p r i n t e r f rom th e l i st o f avai l ab le p r in t e rs, and c l i ck Next .

4 Se lec t t he pape r t ype f rom th e l i st , and c li c k Next .

5 Se lec t t he p aper s ize , and c l i ck Next .6 Cl ick Propertiest o o p e n t h e Pr o p e r t i e s d i a lo g b o x f o r y o u r p r i n t e r.

7 Ad jus t any se t t i ngs tha t you w an t to change , and c l i c k OK t o r e t u r n

to th e Change Pr in t e r Se t t i ngs d ia log box .

8 Cl ick Next , and th en c l i ck Finish t o c lose th e Change Pr in t e r

Se t t i ngs d ia log box .

9 Cl ick Print t o p r i n t se le ct e d p h o t o s , o r c li ck Cancel t o c lose the

Pr in t d ia log box .

Ordering prints

You can up load you r p ho to s to a ph o t o -sha r ing ser v i ce . Pho to -sha r ing

se r v i ce s al l o w y o u t o u p l o a d y o u r p h o t o s, st o r e t h e m o n l i n e , an d o r d e r

h i g h -q u a li t y p h o t o g r a p h i c p r i n t s.

Be fo re you can u se a pho t o -sha r ing ser v i ce , you m us t s ign up . Sign ing

up i s f ree, and i t g i ves you space fo r s to r i ng , p r i n t i ng , and sha r ing you r

p h o t o s .

A s t h e p r o g r a m i s u p d at e d , su p p o r t f o r a d d i t i o n a l p h o t o -sh a r i n g

ser v ices m ay be inc lud ed . Pho t o -shar in g m ay no t b e avai lab le in al l

reg ions .

To order prints from a photo-sharing service

1 Se le ct t h e p h o t o s t h a t y o u w an t t o p r i n t .


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Note: Yo u c an s el ec t p h o t o s f ro m e i t h e r t h e t h u m b n a i l vi e w o r a

p h o t o t r a y.

2 In t he t ask pane l , se lect Home, and c l i ck Order Prin t s t o o p e n t h e

Orde r Pr in t s d ia log bo x .

3 I n t h e Select a Serviceg rou p b ox , choose a ph o t o -sha r ing se rv i ce ,

and c l i ck Upload .

4 En t e r y o u r l o g i n i n f o r m at i o n , an d c li ck Next t o o p e n t h e Ph o t o

U p l o a d d i a lo g b o x .

Note: I f you h ave no t ye t c reated an accou n t w i th a ph o t o -sha r ing

ser v ice , c l i ck t he Creat e New Accoun t l i n k , an d f o l l o w t h e

i n st r u c t i o n s f o r s i g n i n g u p .5 En t e r a n am e f o r y o u r a l b u m i n t h e Nam e of Onli ne Albu m f ie ld ,

and c l i ck Next t o u p l o a d y o u r p h o t o s t o t h e p h o t o -sh a r i n g se r v i ce .

W h e n y o u r u p l o a d i s c o m p l e t e , yo u c an v i si t t h e p h o t o -sh ar i n g

se rv i ce si t e to o rde r you r p r i n t s.


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Finding your photos

You can f i nd you r valuab le pho to s t h ro ugh var io us m e tho ds . You can

f ind th em by u sing th e basic search o r advanced search t oo l s, by us ing

t he Calenda r, o r by v iew ing t agged ph o t os .


sear ch in g fo r p h ot o s

sav i n g yo u r sear ch c ri t er ia

f in d in g p h o t o s b y usi ng t h e Cal en d ar

f i n d in g t agged p h o t o s

Searching for photos

You can f i nd you r ph o t os by t yp ing a search w o rd i n t he basic search

f i el d o r b y u si n g p h o t o i n f o r m at i o n w i t h t h e a d v an c ed s ear ch f e at u r e .

To search for photos quickly

I n t h e t o p t o o l b ar, t y p e a w o r d i n t h e sear ch f i el d .

Pho to s m atch in g you r search w o rd are d i sp layed in t he p rog r am

w i n d o w .

To search for photos by using photo information

1 Cl i ck t he Search b u t t o n o n t h e t o o l b a r t o o p e n t h e Se ar c h

d i a lo g b o x .

2 I n t h e Find phot os t hat m at ch g rou p bo x , se lec t on e o f the


Al l searches fo r p ho to s th at m a tch al l o f t he selected ru les Any searches fo r ph o t os tha t m atch any o f th e se lec ted r u les

3 I n t h e Find g rou p b ox , se lec t you r search ru les from th e d ro p - li st s .


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To add add i t io na l ru le f ie lds , c l i ck Add Rule. To rem ove t he last r u le ,

c l i ck Remove Rule.

4 Cl ick Search t o v i e w t h e m a t c h i n g t h u m b n a i ls.

You can save t he search c r i t e r ia by c l i ck in g Savein t he Searchd i a lo g b o x .

Saving your search criteria

I f you h ave c rea ted a com p lex se t o f search c r i t e r ia , you can save i t t o

avo id hav ing to reen t e r i t i f you w an t t o repeat t he search .

To save your search criteria


2 Cl i ck t h e p l u s si g n (+ ) n e x t t o Saved Search t o e x p a n d t h e fo l d e r

t ree , and c l i ck Add t o op en th e Search d ia log b ox .

3 I n t h e Find phot os t hat m at ch g r o u p b o x , se le ct o n e o f t h e


Al l searches fo r p ho to s th at m atch a l l o f t he se lec ted ru les

Any searches fo r pho to s th at m atch any o f th e se lec ted r u les

4 I n t h e Find g ro up box , se lec t you r sea rch ru les from th e d ro p - l i st s .

To add add i t io na l ru le f ie lds , c l i ck Add Rule. To rem ove t he last r u le ,

c l i ck Remove Rule.

5 Cl ick Savet o op en t he Save Search d i a log bo x .

6 En t e r a nam e fo r t he search c r i t e r i a i n t he Search Nam e f ie ld , andc l ick Save.

The saved search app ears in t he Saved Search f o l d e r t r e e.

To search for photos by using a saved search


2 Cl i ck t h e p l u s si g n (+ ) n e x t t o Saved Search t o e x p a n d t h e fo l d e r

t ree , and c l i c k th e nam e o f th e saved search to v iew t he pho t os tha t

m atch th e search c r i t e r i a.


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Finding photos by using the Calendar

You can u se th e Calenda r to b ro w se fo r p ho t os taken on a spec i f i c dat e

o r w i th in a da te range . H igh l i gh ted d ates on t he Calenda r i nd i cate t ha t

p h o t o s w e r e t a k e n o n t h a t d a t e .

To find photos by using the Calendar

1 I n t he t ask pane l , cho ose Home, selec t Find Phot os, and c l i ck

Calendar t o op en t he Calenda r Search d ia log b ox .


To f i n d p h o t o s t a k e n t o d ay, cl i ck t h e Today b u t t o n .

To f i nd ph o t os taken on a spec i f i c da te , use th e Previous (Year/Month) an d Next (M on t h/Year) b u t t o n s t o se le ct t h em o nt h and year, and se lect a da te .

To f i n d p h o t o s t a k e n w i t h i n a sp e c if i c m o n t h , u se t h e Previous

(Year/Month) an d Next (Mon t h/Year) b u t t o n s t o se le ctth e m on t h and year.

To f i n d p h o t o s t ak e n w i t h i n a d a t e r an g e , u se t h e Previous

and Next bu t to ns to se lec t th e m on th and year, p ress Shift ,c l i ck t he f i r st d ate i n th e range , and th en c l i ck t he l ast d ate i n th e

range .

To f i n d p h o t o s t a k e n o n m u l t i p l e d a t e s n o t i n se q u e n ce , u se t h e

Previous and Next b u t t o n s t o s el ec t t h e m o n t h a n d

year, p ress Ctrl , and c l i ck t he da t es.

Finding tagged photos

I f you have tagged you r p ho t os , you can qu ick l y f i nd and d i sp lay

t h u m b n a i ls o f t h e t a g g ed p h o t o s.

To view tagged photos

1 In t he t ask pane l , se lect Home, and c l i ck Tags.

2 Cl i ck a tag to d i sp lay th e pho to s assoc ia ted w i th th e se lec ted t ag .


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Reviewing your photos

You can u se Qu i ck Rev iew t o v iew a se r ies o f ph o t os in fu l l -sc reen

m o d e an d a p p l y Q u i ck Fi x , ad d p h o t o i n f o r m at i o n , ro t at e o r d e le t e

p h o t o s, o r a d d t h e m t o p h o t o t r ay s. Yo u c an e v en c h o o se sh o w

set t ings , and save and send t he rev iew by e -m a i l as a Snap f i re Sho w.

In t h i s sect i on , you l l l earn abo u t u sin g Q uick Rev iew

ch o o si ng Q ui ck Revi ew set t i n gs

sav in g an d sh ar i n g r e vi e w s as Sn ap f i r e Sh o w s

Using Quick Review

You can v iew ph o t os i n fu l l - sc reen m od e by u sing Q u ick Review . W h i ler e vi e w i n g y o u r p h o t o s , y o u c an u s e t h e t o o l b ar b u t t o n s t o r o t at e

ph o t os , add cap t ion s and r at i n gs t o p ho to s, use Qu ick Fi x , add ph o t os

to a pho to t r ay, o r d e lete p ho to s. You can a l so cho ose se t t i ngs fo r t he

rev iew, save th e rev iew as a Snap f i re Sho w, and share th e sho w w i t h

o t he rs by send in g i t v i a e -m ai l .

To use Quick Review1 In t he t ask pane l , se lect Home, se le ct t h e p h o t o s t h at y o u w an t t o

rev iew, and c l i ck Qui ck Review.

2 U se t h e b u t t o n s o n t h e t o o l b ar, an d p e r f o r m o n e o r m o r e t a sk s fr o m

t h e f o l l o w i n g t ab l e .

To Do the following

View t h e p revio u s p h o t o Cl i ck t h e St ep backone sli deb u t t o n .


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Choosing Quick Review settings

Yo u can cho o se rev iew se t t ing s, t rans i t io ns , and a so un d t rack th a t p lays

d u r i n g t h e r e vi e w .

I f you add a sou nd t rack t o a review, i t rep laces t he aud io asso c iat ed

w i t h any v ideo f i l e i nc luded in t he review .

To choose Quick Review settings

1 In t he t ask pane l , se lect Home, se le ct t h e p h o t o s t h at y o u w an t t o

rev iew, and c l i ck Quick Review.

Pau se an d p lay t h e revi ew Cl i ck t h e Pause b u t t o n o r t h e

Play b u t t o n .

View t h e n ex t p h o t o s Cl i ck t h e Next b u t t o n .

Tu r n o f f au d io Cl i ck t h e Toggle Sound b u t t o n .

Ad d p h o t o in fo r m at i o n Cl i ck t h e Pause b u t t o n , an d t h e n

c l i ck t he Show Slide Info b u t t o n .

D elet e a p h o t o Cl i ck t h e Pause b u t t o n , an d t h e n

c l i ck t he Delete b u t t o n .

Ro t at e a p h o t o Cl i ck t h e Pause b u t t o n , an d t h e n

c l i ck t he Rot ate Righ t o r Rotate

Left b u t t o n .

Ap p ly p h o t o co r rect i o n s Cl i ck t h e Pause b u t t o n , an d t h e n

c l i ck t he Quick Fix b u t t o n .

A d d o r r em o v e a p h o t o f r o m a p h o t o

t ray

Cl i ck th e Pause b u t t o n , an d t h e n

c l i ck t he Pho t o Tray t o g g l e

b u t t o n .

Ex i t revi ew Cl i ck t h e Exi t bu t t o n , o r p r ess

Esc.

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2 Cl i ck t he Pause b u t t o n o n t h e t o o l b a r, an d t h e n c li ck t h e View

Show Settings b u t t o n t o o p e n t h e Sh o w Se t t i n g s d i al o g b o x .

3 I n t h e Sli de Set t in gs g r o u p b o x , c h o o se o n e o r m o r e o f t h e

f o l l o w i n g :

Durat ion se t s t h e n u m b er o f se co n d s t o d i sp lay each p h o t o

Transitions d et er m in es t h e t r an si t io n st y le b et w een p h o t o s

Include capt ions d isp lays t h e p h o t o cap t io n b e lo w t h e p h o t o

in t he rev iew

Include m ot ion effect s d i sp l ay s t h e m o t i o n e f fe ct a p p l i e d t o

th e rev iew

4 I n t h e Soundtrack g r o u p b o x , ch o o se o n e o r m o r e o f t h e fo l l o w i n go p t i o n s :

Include Soun dt rack p lays t h e se lect ed so u n d t r ack

Browse le ts you se lect a sou nd t r ack

Synchronize calcu lat es t h e p er -p h o t o d i sp lay t im e so t h at t h e

rev iew ends wh en th e aud io i s don e p lay ing . Th is op t i o n app l i es

on ly w hen you have se lected a sou nd t r ack .

5 Cl ick OK.

Saving and sharing reviewsasSnapfire Shows

You can save th e rev iew as a Snap f i re Sho w and share i t w i t h o t hers by

send in g i t as an e -m ai l a t tachm en t .

To save a review as a Snapfire Show

1 W h i l e r ev i ew i n g p h o t o s, cl i ck t h e Pause b u t t o n o n t h e t o o l b a r,

an d t h e n c l i ck t h e Save as Snapf i re Show b u t t o n t o o p e n t h e

Save As d ia log bo x.

2 Fr o m t h e Save in d ro p - l i st , se lec t t he fo lde r w he re you w an t to save

t h e s h o w .

3 I n t h e Fil e Nam e f ie ld , typ e a nam e fo r t he Snap f i re Sho w, and c l i ck

Save.


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To share a Snapfire Show

1 W h i l e r ev i ew i n g p h o t o s, cl i ck t h e Pause b u t t o n .

2 Cl i ck t he Share as E-m ai l b u t t o n t o au t o m at i c al l y o p e n a m e ssag e i n

you r e -m ai l app l i cat i o n and a t t ach th e Snap f i re Sho w .


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Changing photo

information

You can v iew , add , and ed i t i n fo r m at i on abo u t a ph o t o , such as th e

da te t he ph o t o w as taken . You can a l so app ly pho t o ra t i ngs , add tags

an d c ap t i o n s t o y o u r p h o t o s, an d c h an g e ad v an c ed p h o t o i n f o r m at i o n .

A d d i n g a n d u p d a t i n g p h o t o i n f o r m at i o n h e l p s y o u o r g a n i z e an d l o c at e

y o u r p h o t o s.In t h i s sect i on , you l l l earn abo u t

ch an g in g t h e r eco r d e d d at e t h at a p h o t o w as t ak e n

ap p ly in g p ho t o r at in gs

t agg in g p h o t os

ad d in g cap t io ns t o ph o t o s

ch an gi n g ad van ced p h o t o in fo r m at i o n

Changing the recorded date that aphoto was taken

You can change the reco rd ed t im e and d a te tha t a pho to w as taken .

To change the recorded date that a photo was taken

1 I n t he t ask pane l , cho ose Home, se lect a ph o t o , and c l i ck View

Phot o Info t o op en the Gene ra l I n fo pane l .

2 Cl i ck t he Edi t Dat e b u t t o n t o o p e n t h e A d j u st D a t e Tak e n d i al o g

b o x .

3 Se lec t a new da te f rom th e Dated ro p - li st .

4 Se lec t a t im e f rom th e Timed ro p- l i st , c l i ck OK, and th en c l i ck t he

Apply b u t t o n .


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Applying photo ratings

You can app ly rat i n gs to you r p ho t os and id en t i f y you r favo r i t e pho t os .

A on e-st a r ra t ing i s t he lo w est , and a f i ve-st a r ra t in g is t he h ig hes t .

Rat in gs appear on th e pho to th um bna i l i f you h ave chosen t o d i sp layra t i ngs in your t hu m bn a i l p r e fe rences. You can a lso search fo r ph o t os

b y r a t i n g .

To choose photo ratings

1 In t he t ask p ane l , cho ose Home, se lect a ph o t o , and c l i ck View


2 I n t h e Ratingf i e ld , se lec t t he num ber o f sta rs to app ly the ra t i n g ,and c l i c k t he Apply b u t t o n .

Note: A one-st a r ra t in g is t he low est , and a f i ve -st a r ra t in g is t he

h ighes t .

Tagging photos

You can catego r i ze and o rgan ize you r p ho to s by assign in g t ags t o t hem .A f te r yo u assign t ags, you can use them to qu ick l y f i nd yo u r p ho t os . You

can a lso ed i t o r d e le te ex ist ing t ags.

To create a tag

1 In t he t ask pane l , se lect Home, cho o se Find Photos, and c l i ck Add

Tags t o op en th e Add Tag d ia log box .

2 I n t h e Tag f i e ld , t ype t he t ag nam e , and c l i ck OK.

To assign tags to photos

1 In t he t ask pane l , se lect Home, c l i ck Find Photos, and cho ose Tags.

2 Se lec t th e pho to s to w h ich you w an t t o assign t ags.

3 D o o n e o f t h e f o l lo w i n g :

D r ag t h e p h o t o s o n t o an e x ist i n g t a g.

I n t h e t ask p an e l , c h o o se Home, and c l i ck View Pho t o Info t o

op en t he Gene ral I n fo pane l . Then , t ype t he tag name in th e Tags

f i e ld , and c l i ck th e Apply b u t t o n .


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To edit or delete a tag


2 Se le ct t h e t ag t h a t y o u w an t t o e d i t o r d e l e t e .

3 Pe r f o r m a t ask f r o m t h e f o l l o w i n g t ab l e .

Adding captions to photos

You can add cap t ion s to p ho to s. The cap t ion s are d i sp layed w hen yo u

p lay a Snap f i re Sho w.

To add a caption to a photo

1 I n t he t ask pane l , cho ose Home, se lect a ph o t o , and c l i ck View


2 I n t h e Caption f i e ld , en t e r co m m e n t s ab o u t t h e p h o t o , an d c l i ck t h e

Apply b u t t o n .

Changing advanced photo informationI f you r cam era sup po r t s the Exchangeab le Im age Fi le For m at (EXIF)

standa rd , i t can reco rd t he t im e and d ate t he pho to w as taken , along

w i t h t he expo su re i n fo rm at ion (ISO, shu t te r speed , and ape r t u re ) and

o t he r cam era de t ai l s i n t he heade r o f each pho to f i l e . Th is i n fo rm at i on

is d isp layed in t he De t a i l s a rea on t he Genera l In fo pane l .

T h e i n fo r m at i o n a b o u t a p h o t o , o r m e t ad a t a, i s e m b e d d e d i n t h e i m a g ef i l e , and i t i n c ludes such i t em s as th e pho to s t i t l e , desc r ip t i on , date

taken , and k eyw ord s. Because th e i n fo r m a t ion i s em bedd ed , i t can s t i l l

To Do the following

Ren am e an ex ist in g t ag Righ t -cl i ck t h e t ag , an d ch o o se

Rename. Type a new name f o r t he

t ag, and p ress Enter.

D elet e a t ag f ro m t h e l i st Righ t -cl i ck t h e t ag , an d ch o o se

Delete.


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b e v ie w e d w h e n y o u o p e n t h e p h o t o i n o t h e r ap p l i c at i o n s o r t r an sf e r i t

t o a d i f fe r en t c o m p u t e r.

To change advanced photo information

1 In t he t ask p ane l , cho ose Home, se lect a ph o t o , and c l i ck ViewPhot o Info t o op en the Gene ra l I n fo pane l .

2 Cl i ck t he Advanced In fo b u t t o n t o sh o w t h e Metadat ag r o u p b o x .

3 Change t he va lues, and c l i ck t he Apply b u t t o n .

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Protecting your photos

To p r o t e ct y o u r p h o t o s f ro m c o m p u t e r m i sh ap s , y o u c an u s e t h e

Pho to Sa fe Backu p syst em o r Qu ick D isc to b ack th em up on a CD o r

D V D .


u si n g t h e Ph o t o Saf e Bac k u p sy st e m

u sin g Q u ick D isc

Using the PhotoSafe Backup system

You can u se th e Pho t oSafe Backup system to back up al l o f yo u r pho to s

to a CD o r D VD. Arch iv ing p reven ts the l o ss o f you r valuab le pho to s

f rom ha rd -d r i ve fai l u re o r o t he r com pu te r m ishaps, such as v i ruses. Onebacku p CD can con t a in up to 700 M B o f d a ta, and a DVD can con t a in up

t o 4 .7 GB o f da ta .

To back up photos on a CD or DVD

1 I nse r t a b lank CD o r D VD in t o you r bu rne r.

Note: I f a d i a lo g b o x a p p e ar s an d ask s w h at y o u w an t W i n d o w s t o

do , cl i c k Cancel .2 In t he t ask pane l , se lect Home, and c l i ck Phot oSafe Backup t o o p e n

th e Pho to Sa fe Backu p d ia log b ox .


All phot os not yet backed up b a ck s u p o n l y t h e cat a l o g ed

p h o t o s t h a t h av e n o t y et b e e n b ac k ed u p . T h i s o p t i o n i s

r e co m m e n d e d i f y o u h av e p r ev i o u sl y b ac k ed u p so m e p h o t o s.

Al l phot os backs up al l pho to s, i nc lud ing p rev iousl y backed up

p h o t o s

4 Type a labe l o f u p t o 1 4 charact e rs in t he Disc label f i e ld .


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5 Cl ick Burn.

I f you in se r t a d i sc i n you r b u rn e r be fo re sta r t i ng t he backu p

p r ocess, the p r og r am ana lyzes t he d i sc and recom m ends a

speed . If you have p ro b lem s us ing the recom m ended speed , youcan cho ose a slow er speed , i f avai lab le .

T h e b u r n p r o c e ss c o u l d t a k e so m e t i m e t o c o m p l e t e . I f yo u

cance l i t , you canno t reuse t he CD.

Using Quick Disc

I f you h ave a CD o r D VD bu rn er (CD -R/W or DVD -R/W dr ive ), you can useth e Qu ick D isc featu re to qu ick l y and easi l y bu rn se lec ted p ho to s,

v ideos , o r Snap f i re Sho w s to a CD o r D VD. W hen you use a CD o r D VD

bur ne r, t he f i l e s are cop ied f rom you r com pu te r t o a CD o r DVD. Th is i s

u se fu l w h e n y o u w an t t o sh a re y o u r p h o t o s an d v i d e o s o r t ak e y o u r

p h o t o s t o a st o r e t o o r d e r p r i n t s .

To burn photos to a CD or DVD1 I nse r t a d i sc i n t o yo u r CD o r DVD bu rne r.

Note: I f a d i al o g b o x a p p e ar s an d a sk s w h a t y o u w an t W i n d o w s t o

do , cl i c k Cancel .

2 Se l ec t t h e p h o t o s t h a t y o u w an t t o b u r n t o CD o r D V D .

3 In t he t ask pane l , se lect Home, and cho ose Quick Di sc.

4 Pe r f o r m o n e o r m o r e t a sk s f ro m t h e f o l l o w i n g t ab l e , an d c li c k Burn .

You can also

Ch an ge t h e w r i t e sp eed Ch o o se t h e ap p ro p r iat e w r i t e sp eed

f o r t h e m e d i a i n t h e Speed f i e ld .

M ak e m o r e t h an o n e c o p y o f t h e

CD o r D VD

Spec i f y t he nu m be r o f cop ies i n t he

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I f yo u h av e p r o b l e m s b u r n i n g at t h e r e co m m e n d e d sp e e d ,

change t he bu r n speed to a l ow e r se t t i ng , i f avai l ab le .

To Do the following

Ch an ge t h e d i sc lab el Typ e a n am e fo r t h e d i sc in t h e Disc

Label f i e ld .

Se lect t h e b u r n er Select t h e CD /D VD -RW d r i ve f ro m

t h e Drived ro p- l i st .

Change t he w r i t e speed f o r t he

m e d i a

Se lec t t he app r op r i at e w r i t e speed

f o r t h e m e d i a f ro m t h e Speed d r o p -

l is t .

Cr eate m o r e t h an o ne copy o f t h ed isc Se lec t t h e num be r o f d i scs you w an tt o c reate i n t he Copiesf i e ld .

Close th e d isc to p reven t add i t i on al

f i l es f r om be ing bu r ned t o i t

M ar k t h e Fin ali ze disccheck b ox .

No te : Th is op t io n i s avai lab le on ly

f o r CD m ed ia.


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Enhancing yo

Documents

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