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1. Fig 1 PhotoBase Application Window 1 Open anew album There are two ways to open anew empty album You can either start PhotoBase which automatically defaults to opening anew album Or if you are already in PhotoBase you can click on the Album Title M enu and select the album titled N ew 2 Add files to the aloum PhotoBase represents the following files as thumbnails in the album BM P TIF JPG GIF PCD PCX TGA FlashPix AVI and WAV In addition you can include documents spreadsheets and other files in an album to create a storyboard z of related files a Click the Add Tool from the Tool Bar The Add to Album dialog box will ap pear PhotoBase 2 0 SE Quick Start Guide Note The default Files of Type category Is All Image Files This automatically displays image file types such as BM P TIF and JPG Similarly the default Look In directory is Photos which displays sample PhotoBase images b Add one image by clicking on one of the sample PhotoBase files Click Open c Click the Add Tool again d Add several images by holding down your Shift or Control key while clicking on different files Click Open e Click the Add Tool again f Add non image files by changing the Files of Type category to All File Types This allows files other than images eg DOC TXT XLS HTML M PEG to be inserted in your album Select one or more of these files then click Open Note PhotoBase supports standard variations of the f2. Quick Start Guide INTRODUCTION Welcome to ArcSoft PhotoBase 2 0 the ultimate multimedia organizer that lets you storemanage and access important image audio video and even document files M astering PhotoBase is easy Simply create albums of your files and enter information in the customizable Information Fields Then choose from a wide variety of activities e Find files easily with the powerful Sort and keyword Search functions Drag and drop files within an album or into other albums e Organize your hard drive by creating catalogs of all your multimedia files e Send video postcards with background images video and audio e Archive and share important files by copying and or moving entire albums to floppy disks CDs and other removable media e Launch third party programs from PhotoBase by dragging and dropping the appropriate files into the H otlink bar Print thumbnail albums in different sizes with frames borders and descriptions This Quick Start Guide shows you how easy it is to get started in PhotoBase It contains a Getting Acquainted section to teach you the basics in PhotoBase as well as a section on Using PhotoBase to take you through Key activities and projects You will find step by step instructions tips and notes throughout this guide In addition to this Quick Start Guide you can learn more about PhotoBase by using the program s online H elp located in the H elp menu Online H elp provides easy to fi
3. not open thefile For example a BM P image file cannot be dragged into MS Word Thefile must bea DOC file Use the PhotoBase mage Editing Tools PhotoBase gives you convenient easy to use tools for editing and enhancing your selected image 1 Double click on the image thumbnail that you want to edit The edit window will appear with the following options M ake as many edits as you need Crop Tool discards the portion of the image surrounding the crop selection box Click the Crop Tool Draw a crop selection box by placing your cursor where you want to start the corner of the box While holding down the left mouse button drag the cursor to the opposite corner Let go of the mouse when you have drawn your desired box To center the box on the image see Center Crop Area Tool Tocrop the image right click inside the box e Rotate Tool turns the entire image clockwise or counter clockwise Click the Rotate Tool Place your cursor on the image Hold down the left mouse button to grab the image Then rotate the image to any position Let go of the mouse when you are finished Adjust Brightness Tool adjusts the brightness of the image Click the Adjust Brightness Tool Use the slide bar to apply the effect e Adjust Contrast Tool adjusts the contrast of the image Click the Adjust Contrast Tool Use the slide bar to apply the effect e Adjust Saturation Tool adjusts the color saturation of the image C
4. of the current album while retaining its original Capture lets you capture still images video and audio e Record Audio lets you record audio WAV files that can be attached to image files PhotoBase 2 0 SE Quick Start Guide e Album Properties displays helpful information about the current album including the name of the album number of thumbnails size of the album total size of files in the album and a description e File Properties displays the image file location image size in pixels file size in bytes and file date N ow that you know the basics in PhotoBase you are ready to start Using PhotoBase USING PHOTOBASE H ere you will be shown step by step instructions for accomplishing key tasks and projects in PhotoBase e Find your file using the Sort and Search features e Archive your files by copying them to a different location Create a Video Postcard e Set up and use the Application Hotlink bar Use the PhotoBase mage Editing Tools e Print your selected images or the entire album Find your file using the Sort and Search features Sort and Search offer you a variety of ways for locating files e Sort organizes files in your current album by Name of file Type of file format Size of file Date of file creation Description or the third Information Field or Reverse order of these sort options 1 Open the aloum you want to organize 2 Click Sort from the Edit M enu Choose from the available sor
5. A ArcSoft Contacting ArcSoft Main ArcSoft Inc M F 8 30AM 5 30PM PST 46601 Fremont Blvd Phone 1 510 440 9901 Fremont CA 94538 Fax 1 510 440 1270 USA Email feedback arcsoft com Technical Support Phone 1 510 440 9901 M F 8 30AM 5 30PM PST Fax 1 510 440 1270 Email support arcsoft com Websites www arcsoft com www photoisland com Internet options PhotoPrinter can link you directly to ArcSoft s PhotoPrinter webpage where you can find the latest additions to your program e g templates more frames as well as new product info and customer support Just click on the ArcSoft logo on any PhotoPrinter screen You will see another ArcSoft logo Click on that logo to go to the webpage There is also a Web Services option in the Start Menu or for Win 3 1x users the Program M anager Screen Web Services contains helpful ArcSoft services such as tips and technical support You ll find it s easy to stay in touch with ArcSoft H ow to Register M ail or fax the built in registration form to recavetechnical support and information on new products and releases Windows 95 98 or NT users Go to Start Programs ArcSoft PhotoPrinter Register amp U pgrade Windows 3 1x users Click the Register amp Upgrade icon from the PhotoPrinter program group ArcSoft maging Suite users Please refer to the ReadM e documentation enclosed in the ArcSoft I maging Suite Copyright 1998 by ArcSoft Inc All rights reserved PhotoPrin
6. e buttons In general click means click once on the left mouse button Right click means click once on the right mouse button Double click means click twice on the left mouse button e Album Thumbnails Thumbnails are small visual representations of actual files Right click on a thumbnail to view file properties the location and size of a file and the date it was created By deleting a file or moving it to a new location the existing thumbnail will no longer be linked to that file Therefore you would need to create a new thumbnail for the new file location Likewise if you double click on a thumbnail to open an image on a floppy without the floppy in the drive you will not be able to access the image e Shift Control Keys Use these keys to make more than one selection at atime To select multiple sequential thumbnails in an album click on the first thumbnail hold down the Shift key then click on the last thumbnail To select multiple non sequential thumbnails in an album click on oneof the thumbnails hold down the Control key then click on all other thumbnails The Basics This section shows you the basics of using an album in PhotoBase Follow these steps in order while referring to Fig 1 Title Bar Tool Bar Menu Bar Album Title Menu Album Thumbnails serolings m si a i 5 Ei Label Names Information Fields TE setae fae en Status Bar Application Hotlink Bar
7. ge 3 If you choose Save or Save As right click on the album thumbnail you just edited and select Refresh to update it Print your selected images or the entire aloum The Print command offers you many options for creating customized printouts of your images with frames borders backgrounds and descriptions 1 Open the aloum containing the image s you want to print 2 Click on the image you want to print Use your shift control keys to select multiple images 3 Once you ve selected your images click Print from the Album M enu In the Print dialog box several printing options will ap pear e Print Context lets you print all the thumbnails in the album just the selected thumbnails or a range based on the placement of thumbnails in the album Print Banner lets you include descriptions or names at the top H eader and bottom Footer of each printed page e Print Quality determines the quality of your printout Low Quality is recommended for fast printing and test printouts High Quality is recommended for the best color shar pness e Print Size lets you print your images in different sizes On a standard 8 5 x 11 sheet of paper you can print up to 16 Small 9 M edium or 4 Large images e Print Description Text when selected this option will print the text from the Information Fields below the corresponding image Print Uniform mage Size when selected this option will crop images to fit a uniform print size for all of the image
8. lick the Adjust Saturation Tool Usethe slide bar to apply the effect Center Crop Area Tool worksin conjunction with the Crop Tool to center the crop selection box Once you ve drawn your box with the Crop Tool use the Center Crop Area Tool to center the box on the image To crop right click inside the box e Zoom In Tool zooms in on the image for a closer look Click the Zoom In Tool as many times as needed e Zoom Out Tool zooms away from the image Click the Zoom Out Tool as many times as needed e Sharpen Image Tool sharpens areas that appear fuzzy Click the Sharpen Image Use the slide bar to apply the effect Undo Tool removes the last edit made Click the Undo Tool The last change made to the image will automatically be undone e Record Audio Tool lets you record and attach an audio WAV file to the image Click the Record Audio Tool The Audio Capture dialog box will appear Use the tape recorder like features to record from a microphone See online H ap for more information on capturing audio Click the X button to exit the audio window e Play Audio Tool plays the WAV file attached to the image If a WAV file is not attached to the image this tool will be unavailable Click the Play Audio Tool 2 Once you ve edited your image click the X button in the top right corner to exit the edit window You will be prompted to Save using the same file name Save As using a different filename or Don t Chan
9. nd information on specific features and commands and is most helpful when printed out For important notices about PhotoBase please review the ReadM e documentation located in the PhotoBase directory System Requirements Windows 95 98 or NT 4 0 eVGA monitor w 16 bit color or better display CD ROM drive for installation 30 MB hard disk space additional 20 M B for Xerox TextBridge Classic 2 0 486 based PC Pentium recommended 8MB RAM 16 MB recommended CD ROM drive for installation e Mouse Supports Popular multimedia formats including BM P TIF JPG GIF PCD PCX TGA FlashPix AVI and WAV e TWAIN compliant devices eCD Recorder or CD Rewriteable drives e ArcSoft Zipshot and other video capture devices or cards Video for Windows compliant devices e Sound cards Installing and Starting PhotoBase To install insert the PhotoBase CD in your CD ROM drive Click Start Run and type D Setup exe where D is your CD ROM drive Click OK Follow the instructions on the screen To start click on Start Programs ArcSoft PhotoBase PhotoBase To uninstall click Start Programs ArcSoft PhotoBase U ninstall ArcSoft I maging Suite U sers To install and start PhotoBase please refer to the ReadM e documentation enclosed in the maging Suite PhotoBase 2 0 SE Quick Start Guide GETTING ACQUAINTED Important Terms e Left and Right Clicking Throughout this guide you ll be asked to use both the left and right mous
10. nd use the Application H otlink bar Launch files right into your favorite programs using PhotoBase s H otlink Application bar Just create shortcut icons of your programs in the Hotlink bar then drag your desired file to the icon 1 Click Setup Applications from the Album M enu or right click on an empty area of the H otlink bar The Setup Application dialog box will ap pear 2 Click Select to locate the EXE file of your desired application For learning purposes choose a digital imaging program such as ArcSoft PhotoStudio pstudio exe If you do not have an imaging program your Internet browser can also open images use explorer exe for Internet Explorer or Netscape for N etscape N avigator Click O pen 3 Type a description in the Name field such as TESTAPP Click Add An icon representing TESTAPP will appear in the H otlink bar 4 Open an album containing the image you want to drag into TESTAPP 5 Place your cursor on the thumbnail Hold down the left mouse button and drag the thumbnail to the TESTAPP icon Your image will automatically open in TESTAPP Tip To launch an application from the Hotlink bar simply click once on its icon Note PhotoBase s H otlink bar is compatible with many popular programs including desktop publishing image editing word processing and Internet browsing applications However if a thumbnail is dragged to a program that is not compatible with that program the application may
11. ollowing image file formats BM P JPG GIF PCD PCX TGA and FlashP Ix However if one of your images does not open it may be an uncommon variation that PhotoBase d oes not support If this is the case try opening the file with the software that created it Save the filein a common file format 3 Add images to the aloum usinga TWAIN device If you do not havea digital camera scanner or other TWAIN device you may skip to the next step a Click the Acquire Tool from the Tool Bar The Select Source dialog box will ap pear listing all TWAIN devices installed on your system b Click the device you want to use Click Select A TWAIN interface with acquiring options specific to your device will appear For instructions on acquiring consult the manual that came with your TWAIN device c Acquired images will automatically be added to your current album Special N ote for scanner users If you have text that you want to scan into your computer for editing purposes you can use TextBridge Classic which comes included with PhotoBase Thisis an OCR optical character resolution program that takes scanned images and converts them into plain text To use TextBridge Classic first scan an image in 1 bit black and white to a PhotoBase Album Right click on the image thumbnail and select Convert To Text A Save As dialog box will open prompting you to name the text file before it gets created The image will then automatically open in TextBridge Classic A
12. re other options for creating backups of your important files The M ove Album command moves not copies all files in the current album from their current locations to anew directory This command also updates the thumbnails accordingly The Copy Album command makes a copy of the current album and its thumbnails while leaving files in their current locations For information on these commands see online H elp PhotoBase 2 0 SE Quick Start Guide Create a Video Postcard Design digital postcards containing video audio Images and text 1 Click the M ake Presentation Tool from the Tool Bar Choose Create a Video Postcard A Wizard will take you through the creation process 2 Follow the instructions on selecting a template writing a postcard message and selecting your video AVI MPEG or M OV file Click N ext after each selection 3 Once you get to the Select Destination window specify where you want to save your postcard either to a disk blank writeable CD ROM or another directory 4 Click Finish Your video postcard will be saved to the specified location as an EXE file Copies of the postcard contents the video and image or background files will also be created and saved to the same directory 5 To play the postcard locate the EXE file and double click on it Note If you experience problems in playing the postcard make sure the EXE file and all postcard contents are contained in the same directory Set up a
13. s This will create a unified look for the entire album e Print Page Number when selected the page number will appear at the bottom center of each page e Print Multimedia Thumbnails when selected both image and non image thumbnails will print Frame Options lets you add a frame and or background to your images To view the available frames and backgrounds drag the slide bar and click on your desired choice e Preview shows you how your printout will look Print begins printing your page with the selected print options e Print Setup lets you change printers and printer settings e Exit lets you exit without printing 4 Once you have selected your print options and are ready to print click the Print button
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15. t options 3 Click Exit The album will automatically be sorted Search looks throughout selected albums for a particular file s It then moves your search results to another album 1 Click Search from the Image M enu A Search dialog box will ap pear 2 Under Search In choose the album you want to search To choose more than one album hold down the control or shift key while making your selection 3 Under Store In choose the album for storing your search results 4 Under Search For type the keyword 5 Under Search Field select where the keyword should ap pear 6 Click Search The search results will appear in the designated Store In album 7 Click the Save Tool if you want to save the new album Archive your files by copying them to a different location The Copy Image s To command lets you easily make backups of your files on floppy disk or removable media without changing the thumbnails or original locations of the files 1 Open the album containing the files you want to move 2 Click once on the first thumbnail to select it While holding down the shift Key click once on the last thumbnail All thumbnails will be selected To select only certain images use your control key instead of your shift key 3 Click Copy Image s To from the Image M enu 4 Click the Browse button to specify where you want the files copied 5 Click Copy to confirm Note In addition to the Copy Image s To command there a
16. t this point see the program s online H elp or User s manual to convert the image to text Once you are done the new text file will automatically be placed in the current PhotoBase album 4 Save the album Always remember to save your changes Click the Save Tool from the Tool Bar to save your current aloum 5 Open an existing album To view and open other available albums click on the Album Title M enu For learning purposes select the sample album titled PHOTOS Your screen should look similar to the one pictured in Fig 1 although you may have more rows of thumbnails depending on the resolution setting of your monitor 6 Add descriptive text To document important information about a file and make it easy to sort and search add descriptive text to the Information Fields and customize the Label Names See Fig 1 a Using the current album click on any thumbnail b The default label names should read Title Date and Description To customize click on Label Names from the Album M enu Type Today s Date instead of Date then click OK The aloum will show the change c In the Information Fields enter up to 3 lines of descriptive text d Click the Save Tool to save your changes 7 More Cool Features See online H elp for information on how to use Delete lets you delete files from the current album Delete an Album lets you delete the current album and its contents Duplicate an Album lets you make a copy
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18. ware and documentation are provided with Restricted Rights Use duplication or disclosure by the U S Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph c 1 ii of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252 227 7013 or subparagraphs c 1 2 and 3 of the Commercial Computer Software Restricted Rights at 48 CFR 52 227 19 as applicable and any amendments thereto The manufacturer is ArcSoft Inc 46601 Fremont Blvd Frenont CA 94538 If this product was purchased in the United States this Agreement is governed by the laws of the state of California otherwiselocal laws may apply PhotoBase 2 0 SE Quick Start Guide Table of Contents INTRODUCTION Welcome to PhotoBase 0 System Requirements Installing and Starting PhotoBase GETTING ACQUAINTED Waal ole ges lai ta Sanna a eee er te te tern ree nee ntsc re oer reer TEBII caian un atvsbetiemanmiaasar USING PHOTOBASE Find your files using the Sort and Search Features Archives your files by copying them to a different location Createa Side SMO Wianadenranainnani ai Cree VV CD ADUN sacasacscatacachdadenadsdatanadenadanambeaanacebanenadantenamaoutenmanateratanennesens Create A ViIACO C al Olric oaa A a A E Set up and use the Application H Use the PhotoBase Image Editing OCICS oie ME OO VG a A Print your selected images or the entire album cccesessessesseessressesseeees PhotoBase 2 0 SE
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