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1. e Click on the next button once you have decided After choosing how many photos to include you need to select the type of CD ROM you want to create see previous section for details of the two types Choose this option to create a presentation CD ROM that can be viewed on one or more of the following target systems TV sets using a DVD Player or VCD Player Windows PCs Windows 95 98 ME NT 2000 XP Apple Macintosh Computers Linux Computers and all other systems able to read ISO CD ROMs Photo Backup CD Make a backup copy of one or more albums to store them in a safe place or to transfer the photos onto another computer Please choose an option and click Next Preparing Photo Presentation CDs If you chose to create a photo presentation CD the following dialog shows up Include only the selected 4 photo s C Include all 32 photos of the current album Interactive Slideshow for Windows Slideshow My_Slideshow exe Autostart HTML Presentation for Windows Linux Mac and other systems Uses the last Web Album created using the Web Album wizard Autostart View Web Album Please check the data types that PhotoMeister should include on your CD e VideoCD Enable this option to create a CD ROM that is compatible with most VCD and DVD players Please choose whether you want to include all photos of the current album or just the selected ones e Interactive Slideshow Enabl
2. LI Y Remove JPEG EXIF data from files e g comments camera or exposure data The options are e Height and Width Set the width and height of the photos to the specified pixel size The photos are fitted into the selected size while maintaining their Aspect Ratio which is the ratio of height to width You can choose keep original size if you do not want the image pixel size to be changed e Output Format you can choose to convert your pictures into another format like JPEG recommended for digital photos TIFF BMP PNG PCX e JPEG Quality Set the quality of each photo from 1 to 100 if the output file format is JPEG e Add text to all photos Adds the text you enter in the lower right corner of the photo Please choose a color for the text too e Remove JPEG EXIF Data you can choose to remove the exposure aperture and other information contained in your photos recorded by your digital camera in the EXIF data When the conversion settings are set you have to set the filename and folder settings Folder Filenames Text you enter below ascending number y Text image Sample Filename IV Make filenames web compatible replace spaces and other special chars with _ The options are e Folder a folder on your computer To browse to another folder click on the folder icon at the end of the text box This will open up your Microsoft Windows explorer so that you can choose a folder in
3. Ok to duplicate the photo s The duplicated photos will have the same name as the original but with an additional ordinal attached e g picture 1 picture 2 picture 3 depending on how many times it has been duplicated Backing up Photos and Restoring Photos from Backup PhotoMeister creates a backup of the original photo files before modifying them stored in the album sub folder PhotoMeister Backup Files Original Photo 30 e Step 1 Your Photo Collection User s Manual Standard Template Files This ensures that you always have a copy of the original file from your camera To restore a backup photo Choose the Restore Photos from Backup option in the Album Operations menu of the File Menu This will bring up the Restore Photos From Backup window Changing Photo Order By default the photos in an album are sorted alphabetically by name To change the order Choose Photo Order from the File Menu and select Alphabetically File Date or Manual If you select Manual a new window appears where you can rearrange the photo order using your mouse Click on a photo and keep the mouse button pressed Move the mouse where you want the photo to appear Notice the red bar that marks the place where the photo will be placed Release the mouse button to finish the rearrangement To move several photos at once press the CTRL key while you click once on each of the photos Then click and hold one of the photos an
4. As soon as the upload has finished a web browser window will open and you can finalize your order Use the button in the PhotoMeisters wizard window to reopen the window in case you accidently closed it Please note For all questions regarding the order process please turn to the processing company not the PhotoMeister team To close the wizard when you have submitted your order successfully click Finish Batch PhotoMeister This export option allows more advanced users to process their photos according to configuration settings into a separate directory For example you may want to make all the pictures in an album a certain quality or size or even another format 1 e TIFF into JPEG The PhotoMeister Batch process will allow you to do this To Batch process photos e Click on the Batch button in the Impress area of the main window or choose the Export Photo s to a Directory Batch Processing option from the Publish menu This will bring up the Batch Wizard e The Batch Wizard offers you two options e Include all the photos in the photo album e Include only the selected photos whether one or multiple e Click on the next button once you have decided Step 3 Exporting your Photos e 73 After choosing how many photos to include you need to configure the Batch Output Width rnm zi Keep original size Output Height 578 j Output Format BMP JPEG Quality 30 E Add text to all photos
5. The FTP Server used for uploading HTML Albums Server Data Server Name or IP HTML Base Directory Account Data Username Password v Save Password To utilize the FTP upload features in PhotoMeister you need to set the following parameters e Server Name or IP address the name of your ftp server usually www yourserver com or physical IP address consult with your ISP for this information e HTML Base Directory the directory into which you want to load your photos for access through the web browser if this directory doesn t exist PhotoMeister will return an error message e User name and Password the username and password provided to you by your ISP to access your FTP folders Note You can also set these parameters later in the web album wizard User s Manual Standard Template Updates PhotoMeister File Extension Settings Thumbnails Album Settings User Interface FTP Server File Extensions It is recommended to make PhotoMeister the default application for all your photo files Please check all file types and click OK Note If a file type is checked here you can open files of this type with PhotoMeister by simply doubleclicking on the photo in the Windows Explorer Check the boxes for the file types that you would like to be associated with PhotoMeister 1 e when you double click on one of these file types in Microsof
6. e Flash albums fit into the browser window characters and photos are scaled according to the size of the browser window e This implies that you should choose HTML albums if you want the user to see the photos bigger e But Flash albums in general look cooler Sample HTML Albums Here are some sample screenshots of HTML albums 46 e Step 3 Exporting your Photos User s Manual Standard Template A Venice Panoramas Microsoft Internet Explorer sigi xj Dee Besbeten Ansicht Favoriten Extraer 7 Venice Panoramas Page lof2 222 This is a sample photo album created using PhotoM sister i e ner MEE Dee Bewbeten Amichi Favorten Extras 2 Venice At Night Page 1 of 1 E Feng B hiena PhotoMeister Step 3 Exporting your Photos e 47 s m e net oh E REEE ar or Sample Flash Albums Here are some sample screenshots of Flash albums E Slide 3 of 9 48 e Step 3 Exporting your Photos User s Manual Standard Template PhotoMeister Dawi Besbeien Anrich eee Exar 2 GQ di 1 Y Slide 6 of 9 Creating Web Albums There are 4 easy steps to publish your photo s on the Web Starting the Web Album Wizard Click on the Web Album button in the Impress area of the main window or choose the Publish Photo s as Web Album e g to the Web option from the Publish menu This will bring up the Web Album Wizard e The Web Album Wizard offers you two opt
7. e Once you have decided upon a color in the Color Solid box you can further modify it by changing the Hue Sat Saturation and Lum Luminance You can also change the Luminance by using the slider next to the large colorful window you will also see the corresponding Luminance number go up or down e Once you have finalized on a color click on the Add to Custom Colors e f you want to use your custom color for your text click on the color underneath the Custom Colors header e Click Ok To set the Font click on the drop down box at the end of either the Title or Subtitle text box This will bring up a list of fonts available on your system Browse for the font you want and select it To set the decoration check either or both of the Bold and Italic checkboxes for the respective text Removing red eye Quick Tip Press CTRL E to quickly open the Remove Red Eye Window Anyone who has taken pictures of people has experienced the woes of red eye when the eyes of people looking into your camera are colored a bright red caused by the flash of the camera PhotoMeister makes it easy to rid your photos of red eye To remove red eye e Using the crosshair click on an area of the photo and drag the box to highlight the picture where red eye exists this can include both eyes e Once the box is there you can use the handles to resize it to your exact nee
8. Image Backup to have PhotoMeister keep a backup of your photos The first time you change a photo file that was downloaded from your camera e g by cropping it PhotoMeister stores a copy of the original file in a backup subdirectory of your album folder You can always revert to this original file using the file menu e check the Always keep original camera image files as backup checkbox to enable this feature PhotoMeister Using PhotoMeister e 21 22 e Using PhotoMeister Configuration User Interface Thumbnails Album Settings User Interface FIP Server File Extensions External Image Editor Application started by clicking the Editor button E d Dont show me this again Dialogs Several dialogs offer a Don t show this dialog again option e g when a files were moved or dumped If you have disabled dialogs this way you can re activate them again by clicking this button Re activate all dialogs External Editor to set the external editor click on the folder icon in the Application started by clicking on the Editor button text box This will bring up the Microsoft Windows Explorer window for you to locate the desired program Don t Show Me This Again Dialogs to restore the Don t show me this again dialogs click on the Re activate all Dialogs button FTP settings Thumbnails Album Settings User Interface FTP Server File Extensions
9. myalbum 001 jpg 2 Album name date time e g myalbum 2002 04 07 17 12 34 jpg 3 Date time e g 2002 04 07 17 12 34 jpg e Import From a TWAIN Source this imports photos from a TWAIN compliant source like a scanner if your camera is plugged in but the Import Wizard displays the message Not Found next to the Import from Camera or Memory Card option see the Trouble Shooting section of this manual Completing the Import Wizard Depending upon your selection in the previous window PhotoMeister will now import the photos into the photo album Managing Your Collection Quick Tip To open an Album select it from the drop down box in the Import area of the main window PhotoMeister Step 1 Your Photo Collection e 27 After you ve imported your photos you need to move them around rename them and categorize them so that they are easily identified and found Managing Albums The way PhotoMeister helps you manage your collection and categorize your photos is through Albums You can open an album using the dropdown list at the top of PhotoMeister s window or by using the menu item File Select Album Creating Albums Quick Tip Press CTRL N to launch the New Album Box To create a new photo album e Select the Create New Album option from the File Menu This will bring up the New Album dialog box e Enter a name for the new album e Click on the Ok button PhotoMeister will crea
10. photos you want to put on one page You can always change this value later too e Page Size Select a standard size from the drop down list or select custom and enter the values for width and height yourself Please click Next when you are ready You now have to select a layout style and the font for the texts in the photo book Lay out sty le Photo Book Description Use this style for a photobook with 1 5 photos with titles per page Font Ip Arial Font sample ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY ZAOU abcdefghijkimnopgrstuvwxyz 0123456789 e Layout Style PhotoMeister comes with a number of professionally designed layout styles Each layout style offers various individual page templates Please note the description for each layout style e Font Please choose one of your systems fonts Please click Next when you are ready You now have to select a layout style and the font for the texts in the photo book Editing the photo book layout When you have set the parameters of the photo book the layout edit screen will appear PhotoMeister Step 3 Exporting your Photos e 69 F Photo Book Layout Page Layout a Page 2 Page 3 Anl xl On the right you can always see 3x Landscape and 1 Portrait top Select 3x Portrait and 1x Landscape bot Select a double page of your photo book in the print layout You can review the complete photobook by clicking Previous Pages and Next Pages Please note that all
11. recommended Photos will be scaled to fit the screen at runtime Photo Size IV Scale to fit on screen JPEG Quality 30 O best quality Play Sound El Test The following text will be displayed in the info dialog Photos Copyright 2003 by Photo Size this refers to the size of the images as they are stored in the screensaver file They will be stretched to fit the desktop when the screensaver is running If you do not want the images to fit the screen uncheck Scale To Fit On Screen not recommended Resolutions include 640x480 800x600 recommended 1024x768 1152x864 1600x1200 Usually you do not need to select your full screen size here Also if your desktop is larger than 1024x768 the photos in most cases look fine with a selection of 800x600 Remember Selecting larger formats increases the file size of the screensaver considerably JPEG Quality The quality of a JPEG is measured by a number from 0 to 100 with 0 being the best quality and 100 being the highest compression The higher the quality of the JPEG the bigger the file size Play Sound You can select a sound file that is played while the screensaver is running Click the small folder icon to select a sound file WAV MP3 or MID file types Click on Test to check whether the file is ok Note If you do not hear music when you click test please check the file using another software Installing the latest version of Windows Media Player can a
12. 65k colors recommended For importing digital photographs from a camera PhotoMeister requires e A digital camera with a serial USB or FireWire interface for a FireWire interface you may need a special interface card for your computer Check with your hardware manufacturer or where you purchased your computer e Aserial or USB memory card reader e A software driver from your camera s manufacturer to enable your computer to communicate with the camera For importing digital photographs using a TWAIN compliant device PhotoMeister requires e Aserial USB or SCSI for a SCSI interface you may need a special interface card for your computer Check with your hardware manufacturer or where you purchased your computer TWAIN compliant peripheral such as a scanner e A software driver from your device s manufacturer to enable your computer to communicate with the device PhotoMeister allows you to publish your photo albums in a number of different formats These formats often have requirements such as e Photo Printing you need a windows compatible printer e Photo Emails you need a MAPI compatible email client e g Microsoft Outlook Express installed and configured e CD Burning you need a standard CD writer most units are supported PhotoMeister Installation e 9 Setup 10 e Installation e HTML Albums If you want to upload HTML albums to the Web you need your own web space that is accessible for upload
13. Fine e Blur e Noise Removal More Noise Removal e Emboss e Find Edges Sharpen and Sharpen Fine Sharpening photos refers to bringing attention to lines within the photo by lightening nearby pixels PhotoMeister offers two levels of sharpening e Sharpen e Sharpen Fine To Sharpen photos e Select the photo s you want to sharpen e Ifyou want to sharpen more than one photo select multiple photos using one of the methods explained in Chapter 4 e Click on the Selected Photos tab e Choose the Sharpen or Sharpen Fine option from the Filter menu of the Tools Menu 38 e Step 2 Working with Your Photos User s Manual Standard Template PhotoMeister Blur Blurring photos refers to softening the entire photo by diffusing light and saturation To Blur photos e Select the photo s you want blur e If you want to blur more than one photo select multiple photos using one of the methods explained in Chapter 4 e Click on the Selected Photos tab e Choose the Blur option from the Filter menu of the Tools Menu Noise Removal and More Noise Removal Removing Noise refers to smoothing a grainy image and removing small spots PhotoMeister offers two levels of noise removal e Noise Removal e More Noise Removal To remove noise e Select the photo s from which you want to remove noise e Ifyou want to remove noise from more than one photo select multiple photos using one of the methods explained in Chapter 4 e Click
14. Template For each email type once you have configured the settings and clicked the Next button the appropriate files will be generated For Contact Sheet PDF Album and Zip File you can click the Preview button to see the generated file If you are satisfied with the files you can click the Next button again to launch your email program PhotoMeister will automatically attach the generated files To send your email follow the standard procedure of your client email program and send the email When you are done with this wizard click Finish Creating CD ROMs with Photos PhotoMeister CD Writer drives have soared in popularity the past few years and plummeted in price Computer users worldwide have embraced this technology as an easy way to share files with business colleagues make back up copies of software store important data create music CDs and home video and send pictures to friends With a CD Writer drive PhotoMeister makes it easy for you to burn your photo albums to a CD ROM that you can store or copy again and again for distribution to your friends relatives or business associates PhotoMeister can create CD ROMs for photo presentation and for backup purposes Available Types of CD ROMs Photo presentation CDs Choose this option to create a presentation CD ROM that can be viewed on one or more of the following target systems e TV sets using a DVD Player or VCD Player e Windows PCs Wind
15. Width and Height measurement boxes you can also configure what type of measurement is used for the printed photo either millimeters or 1 10 inch by selecting the appropriate Units radio button e Copies the number of times you want the selected photo s printed e Fine Border you can choose to have a very thin line border around each printed photo this may make it easier to cut them out e Printer the first printer listed is the default printer for your computer To change to another printer use the drop down menu to select an alternate printer an alternate printer will only be available if you have more than one printer installed on your computer Check your computer manual to determine if your computer can support more than one printer connection If you want to have two printers there are also bi directional printing switches Check with your local computer store for more information When you are ready click Next and read on for instructions on how to use the preview function Printing Contact Sheets and CD Covers Jewel Box Inlays These are the other two printing options If you select one of these options and click next a new window will be displayed Print Size and Layout Custom Size Copies fi v Fine border 48 5x8 on one Page E 117 9x13 on one Page Width 216 12418 on one Page ee Hegn frs Units f mm 1 10 inch gt 1 pages 3 x 4 photos page Print
16. an email recipient using your existing email program such as Microsoft Outlook e Photo Book create great looking photo albums using professionally designed templates print them on your printer or convert them into Adobe Acrobat files for easy distribution on the web or via email User s Manual Standard Template e Web Album create a web based photo album and upload it to your personal webspace e Screensaver create a screensaver photo album to send to friends or install on your Microsoft Windows computer e Slideshow build a professional slideshow from your photos that can be viewed on any Windows computer e CD ROM watch your photos on your TV set using your DVD player and send photos on a CD ROM to your friends regardless what system they use to view the CD they will always see your photos PhotoMeister presentation CD ROMs run on VCD DVD players Windows Linux and Mac computers e Order Prints Order professional quality prints from your photos online PhotoMeister How to Use PhotoMeister e 7 Installation System Requirements The PhotoMeister 2 software requires the following basic system configuration e Windows 95 98 ME 2000 XP e 64MB of RAM minimum for Windows 95 98 ME e 128MB of RAM minimum for Windows 2000 XP e At least 15 MB of hard disk space e 800 600 pixel screen resolution required 1024 768 or more suggested e a graphics card with more than 256 colors at least
17. and click the Ok button to delete the album 28 e Step 1 Your Photo Collection User s Manual Standard Template PhotoMeister Opening Albums in Microsoft Windows Explorer Quick Tip Press CTRL F to open the current album in Microsoft Windows Explorer An Album is simply a directory of standard JPEG JPG files on your computer s hard drive usually in the My Files My Pictures directory that you can access with any other software too For example to open an album in Microsoft Windows Explorer e Select the album you want to open from the drop down box in the Import area of the main window e Choose the Open Album Folder in Explorer option from the Album Operations menu of the File menu e A Microsoft Windows Explorer amp window will open showing you the photos how these photos are displayed in this window depends upon how you ve configured the default view of folders in Microsoft Windows Explorer amp Consult the Microsoft Windows help manual for more information on how to set folder display properties Managing Photos In helping you manage your photo collection PhotoMeister allows you to move delete dump and copy photos within PhotoMeister photo albums Using the clipboard To copy the current photo into the clipboard select Copy from the Edit menu Then you can paste the photo into any other Windows application that supports the clipboard Please note that
18. are stored in the slideshow file They will be stretched to fit the desktop when the slideshow is running If you do not want the images to fit the screen uncheck Scale To Fit On Screen not recommended Resolutions include 640x480 800x600 recommended 1024x768 1152x864 1600x1200 Usually you do not need to select your full screen size here Also if your desktop is larger than 1024x768 the photos in most cases look fine with a selection of 800x600 Remember Selecting larger formats increases the file size of the slideshow considerably e JPEG Quality The quality of a JPEG is measured by a number from 0 to 100 with 0 being the best quality and 100 being the most compression The higher the quality of JPEG the bigger the file size e Play Sound You can select a sound file that is played while the slideshow is running Click the small folder icon to select a sound file WAV MP3 oder MID file types Click on Test to check 58 e Step 3 Exporting your Photos User s Manual Standard Template PhotoMeister whether the file is ok Note If you do not hear music when you click test please check the file using another software Installing the latest version of Windows Media Player can also help when sound problems occur e Text for Info Dialog Every slideshow has copyright or publisher information You can write a note to your recipients here describing the photos in the screensaver and include your copyright statement Onc
19. choose to have one to three frames simultaneously called 1st border 2nd border and 3rd border by default all three are checked if you do not want a specific frame uncheck its box For each border you can set the size thickness and the color e To set the size simply move the appropriate slider to the left for a thinner frame and to the right for a fatter frame e To set the color click on the Color Pallete drop down at the end of each slider This will open the Color Pallete to allow you to select a color If none of the default colors appeal to you click on the Other button to bring up the Microsoft Windows Color Picker Window To pick a custom color in the Microsoft Windows Color Picker Window you can e Click in the large colorful window Each click will set the color in the Color Solid box to a new shade e Drag your mouse around the large colorful window until you see something you like in the Color Solid box e Type in the Red Green and Blue numbers that correspond to a specific color e Once you have decided upon a color in the Color Solid box you can further modify it by changing the Hue Sat Saturation and Lum Luminance You can also change the Luminance by using the slider next to the large colorful window you will also see the corresponding Luminance number go up or down e Once you have finalized on a color click on the Add to Custom Color
20. enabled the photo titles you can set the font for all of the titles Color if you have included the photo titles you can set the color for all of the titles you should consider a font color that will show up easily on the background color you choose below Background if you have included the photo titles you can set the background color for all of the titles Step 3 Exporting your Photos e 59 After you have set the default settings and are happy with your selections click on the Next button This will bring up the Filename window Name my Slideshow Here you can set the the actual name of the screensaver file when it is created Once you have decided on a name click the Next button to generate your slideshow If there are no errors during generation a button will appear called Test Slideshow Creating Slideshow The slideshow has been created Click the test button to preview the slideshow Click Back to change the configuration or Next to continue When your slideshow is running there are several keyboard commands that provide operation of the slideshow these keys commands are displayed on an initial help screen that appears when you first launch the screensaver e Spacebar this will advance the slideshow to the next slide e Primary mouse button this will advance the slideshow to the next slide e Left arrow key this will display the previous slide e Right arrow ke
21. is to improve them as needed PhotoMeister offers you a number of powerful built in editing tools such as e red eye remove that red eye from your pictures e framing add a frame around your photo e cropping remove unwanted pieces or draw attention to a specific aspect e rotate change to portrait format e fuzziness blur your pictures for artistic flair e sharpen bring those blurry pictures into focus e black amp white convert a color photo into a black amp white photo e optimize make your photos more appealing to the human eye This filter is not a correction filter for under overexposed images or photos with incorrect colors It tries to make the photos look nicer for the human eye The filter is based on Xe847 technology More information can be obtained from their webwsite at www xe847 com If you would rather utilize an external editing tool like Adobe Photoshop PhotoMeister allows you to launch that from within the program Impress The final step to working with your photos is sending them out to people Whether that s to a magazine editor your friends or your child s school PhotoMeister offers a number of different wizards to help you easily package your photos for distribution These wizards include e Print print your photos on your printer in standard print sizes in custom sizes contact sheets or even CD ROM jewelbox inlays e Email compress and send your photos directly to
22. it may be a better idea to open the file of the photo directly within the other application to create less memory load To paste an image stored on the clipboard by another application into the current album select Paste from the Edit menu PhotoMeister will ask you for a name for the new photo and then stores the photo into the album s folder Moving and Copying Photos Moving and Copying Photos are accomplished in exactly the same manner e Selecta photo e Choose the appropriate option from the File Menu e Move Single Photo to Album or Move Selected Photos to Album if working with multiple photos e Copy Single Photo to Album or Copy Selected Photos to Album if working with multiple photos e Selecting an option will bring up the appropriate window e From the list of albums choose an album to which to copy or move the selected photo s or create a new album by clicking New Album e Click next to complete the transfer e Aninformational message will appear informing you the transfer was successful Step 1 Your Photo Collection e 29 Dumping Photos and Restoring Dumped Photos Quick Tip Press CTRL Y to dump the currently selected photo Dumping photos from albums refers to the process of moving the photo into a temporary folder a subfolder of your album folder The photos are not deleted but removed from the album Dump photos you want to keep but not show in albums To dump a photo s from an album e Select th
23. menu you can select a photo album to work on By clicking on the Import Photos button you can put photos into an album from a camera from another album or from a TWAIN compliant device i e a scanner e The File Menu PhotoMeister Using PhotoMeister e 15 The File Menu offers you a number of different collection management options including e Getting Photos from Camera or Card e Creating a new Album e Moving one or more photos e Deleting one or more photos e Dumping one or more photos e Changing the order of the photos PhotoMeister has provided intuitive easy to use ways for you to browse photos in an album You can either click on the photos that appear in the left hand window of the Improve area use the Forward and Backward buttons located on either side of the currently selected picture s name or use the left and right arrow keys to advance one picture forwards or backwards You can also go to the beginning or the end of a photo album by click on the Beginning or Ending button located next to their respective Forward or Backward button How to accomplish these specific activities will be covered in section Step 1 To Improve Your Photos 16 e Using PhotoMeister Improving your photos can be accomplished through one of four ways The main window Improve area After selecting one ore more photos from the photo album by clicking on it in the left hand wind
24. new multimedia technology that enables more sophisticated layouts than HTML PhotoMeister Flash Albums consist of a bar of thumbnails and one photo is always shown in a larger view above that Recommended for multimedia enthusiasts Pros Various Styles and a cool interface Cons Only one base layout available View Web Album S amples Click on View Web Album Samples to view sample screenshots of the two album types Please select an option and click Next Creating HTML Albums When you choose to create HTML albums the following dialog will come up 50 e Step 3 Exporting your Photos User s Manual Standard Template PhotoMeister Thumb Page Layout Thumbnail Size Small 50x50 Normal 100100 Medium 150x150 Large 200x200 y All thumbs on one page Fit pages to 800x600 Fit pages to 1024x768 gt 1 album pages with B x 1 thumbs per page Layout of Photo Detail Pages C Just the image One HTML page per photo with v name of photo photo comments v image data size colordepth v photo data shuttertime apperture Detail Photo Siz Original Size Panorama 1500x600 Skyscraper 6001500 Now you can configure how your photos will appear on the Web page For each photo album you publish PhotoMeister creates multiple HTML files you can choose not to have PhotoMeister create individual pages for each photo by selecting the Just the Image option in
25. on the Selected Photos tab e Choose the Noise Removal or More Noise Removal option from the Filter menu of the Tools Menu Emboss Embossing photos refers to adding a small border to sharp edges To Emboss photos e Select the photo s you want emboss e Ifyou want to emboss more than one photo select multiple photos using one of the methods explained in Chapter 4 e Click on the Selected Photos tab e Choose the Emboss option from the Filter menu of the Tools Menu Find Edges Finding edges in photos refers to converting the photo to black and white All of the lines will be white and the remaining photo will be pure black To find edges e Select the photo s you want to Find Edges e If you want to find edges in more than one photo select multiple photos using one of the methods explained in Chapter 4 e Click on the Selected Photos tab Step 2 Working with Your Photos 39 e Choose the Find Edges option from the Filter menu of the Tools Menu Advanced Adjust In addition to the Advanced Filters PhotoMeister also provides you several ways to adjust photo settings including for each of these adjustment methods you can continue to apply them by repeating the same instruction until you achieve your desired affect e Rotation and Mirroring e Hue Saturation Lightness e Histogram e RGB Adjustments can only be carried out on single photos Rotation and Mirroring Rotating and Mirroring ph
26. the current photo disappear e Random Photo Order Enable this setting to use a random order when the screensaver is running e Photo Titles e Show at if you do not want the titles of your photos to appear uncheck this box Otherwise use the drop down next to this checkbox to identify where on the screen in relation to the photo you want the titles to appear e Font size if you have enabled the photo titles you can set the font size for all of the titles e Font if you have enabled the photo titles you can set the font for all of the titles e Color if you have included the photo titles you can set the color for all of the titles you should consider a font color that will show up easily on the background color you choose below User s Manual Standard Template PhotoMeister e Background if you have included the photo titles you can set the background color for all of the titles After you have set the default settings and are happy with your selections click on the Next button This will bring up the Filename window Name M y Screensaver Here you can set the the actual name of the screensaver file when it is created Once you have decided on a name click the Next button to generate your screensaver If there are no errors during generation a button will appear called Test Screensaver Creating Screensaver BEHBHBBHHREHRSHERHEZHEUHBEHEHEEESHHEHEHEESEHHI The screensaver has been c
27. using a tool like PhotoMeister allows you to create photo albums from ordinary Windows folders With an intuitive and simple interface you don t have to search through folders and sub folders with Microsoft Explorer to find a particular photograph e Naming Convention you should decide upon a naming convention for your albums that will help you remember them For example you might name every album year month Title So you could have albums labeled 2002 04 Mom s Birthday e Themes if you take a lot of pictures of a recurring theme i e flowers you might want to consider making a master flower album rather than a number of flower albums titled by your naming convention e Separate you should use your photo albums for those pictures you consider keepers For the rest of the pictures create slush albums or delete the pictures all together PhotoMeister offers you easy and efficient options to accomplish that through the Dump and Delete commands What these tips illustrate is that digital photographers really need an easy efficient method to organize photos based on themes or easily recognizable album names They need to be able to delete photos move photos dump photos from an album and see their entire collection from a bird s eye view Photomeister through its Import Improve Impress architecture offers the tools to accomplish just that No longer will you wonder
28. where those pictures of last year s Christmas dinner went Through PhotoMeister s easy and intuitive interface you ll The Basics of Digital Photography e 3 be able to organize your countless photos touch them up when needed and deliver them to friends and family around the world 4 e The Basics of Digital Photography User s Manual Standard Template How to Use PhotoMeister What This Software Helps You Accomplish Photomeister helps you accomplish a number of important tasks regarding your digital photo collection How It s Organized To make working with your digital photos as easy as possible PhotoMeister is built around three basic functions PhotoMeister Finding photos quickly through PhotoMeister s intuitive and simple interface you can quickly locate your photos in albums based upon a standard naming convention Managing your collection PhotoMeister includes a number of easy to use features such as copying photos importing photos into albums from existing folders on your hard drive from a digital camera or from a TWAIN compliant source like a scanner dumping photos from an album and deleting photos to the Microsoft Windows Recycle Bin Editing photos you don t need to be an Adobe Photoshop guru to handle the basic editing of your photos Photomeister has built in editing capabilities that allow you to do such things as rotate crop reduce red eye add frames and other functions If yo
29. will suggest a default location c Program Files PhotoMeister If you do not want to use the default location you can browse for a specific directory in the provided window putting PhotoMeister into a location other than the default will not affect the operation of the program Unless your PhotoMeister directory already exists either the suggested default directory or one of your choice the setup program will ask you if it can create that directory Click yes If you want to change the location of the program click no This will keep you on the directory screen to choose another location PhotoMeister Installation e 11 Setup Select Components Which components should be installed Select the components you want to install clear the components you do not want to install Click Next when you are ready to continue HTML Album Templates v Sample Photo Album 0 6 MB v Help Files 0 2 MB Current selection requires at least 11 5 MB of disk space lt Back Cancel Once you have decided upon a location and agreed to have PhotoMeister create that new directory you can choose which options to install with the program Depending upon the version you purchased or downloaded your options may include e Standard HTML Album templates e Sample Photo Album e PhotoMeister Help Files Each of these options increases the hard disk space required for PhotoMeister If you do no
30. yes all of the files will be removed If removal was successful a success message will appear if you encounter problems during un installation please visit the Trouble Shooting Installation e 13 section of this manual Click okay to close this message PhotoMeister is no longer installed on your computer The Microsoft Windows Control Panel e Select the Add or Remove Programs icon This will launch the PhotoMeister uninstall program Follow the process as described above when selecting the PhotoMeister uninstall icon from the PhotoMeister Program Group 14 e Installation User s Manual Standard Template Using PhotoMeister Introduction The three main functions of PhotoMeister Import Improve and Impress can all be accessed from the main window as shown below f PhotoMeister BE XI File Edi View Tools Publish Help Order Now S ample Album Single Photo Selected Photos Rotate Rotate Crop fF Frame RedEye Optimize Contrast 100 amp Brightness 100 Ez A Zoom 31 fgjri 2 A c q m e Print Web Album E Mail Photo Book Screensaver Slideshow Palm Album Batch Burn CD As you can see each step is labeled within the window providing you easy and intuitive access To Manage your Collection Managing your Photo Collection can be accomplished through one of two ways e The main window Import area From the drop down
31. you When you are done click the Finish button if you do not want the screensaver installed on your computer when you finish the wizard remember to uncheck the Install as my screensaver now checkbox Creating Slideshows Much like a screensaver a slideshow is a great way to provide friends family or business colleagues with a way to see all the photos in your photo album The slideshow file itself is a self contained EXE executable file Once generated all you have to do is double click on it to start the slideshow To create a slideshow e Click on the Slideshow button in the Impress area of the main window or choose the Create an Interactive Slideshow option from the Publish menu This will bring up the Slideshow Wizard e The Slideshow Wizard offers you two options e Include all the photos in the photo album e Include only the selected photos whether one or multiple e Click on the next button once you have decided After choosing how many photos to include you need to configure the slideshow To keep the slideshow small the photos should be reduced in size and quality 800x600 is recommended Photos will be scaled to fit the screen at runtime Photo Size v Scale to fit on screen JPEG Quality 20 vj O best quality Play Sound El Test The following text will be displayed in the info dialog Photos Copyright 2003 by e Photo Size this refers to the size of the images as they
32. 1 e Choose the Album Information and Cleanup option in the Album Operations menu of the File Menu This will bring up a list all albums e For each album and each of its subdirectories you are shown the number of files and the occupied disk space e Click on Show Files to get a list of the indiviual files e Click on Open Folder to work with a folder in Windows Explorer e To clean up unnecessary files e g to save disk space you can select each row of the list by clicking in the box on the left A small check mark will show up e By clicking on Multiple Selections you can automatically select e g all backup folders at once e At the bottom of the window you can always see how many files are currently selected e By clicking Delete you can remove the selected files from your hard disk USE THIS FEATURE WITH CAUTION 32 e Step 1 Your Photo Collection User s Manual Standard Template Step 2 Working with Your Photos Introduction PhotoMeister offers you two ways to work with your photos use the built in editing functions or use an external editor F 3 m Rotate Rotate Crop E m Frame RedEye Optimize Contrast 100 amp Brightness 100 amp Zoom 23 Fit amp Accept Cancel Dump Photo Editor 2003 01 16 13 27 33 2048x1536 16 Mio Colors 1250s f2 8 Emm DIMAGE Xi Minolta Co Ltd Detailed Photo Data Photo Data The Basics Basic photo editing in PhotoMeister co
33. 46 R Removing 36 Renaming Albums 28 Renaming all Photos of an Album 31 Resize Photo 38 RGB 41 Rotating 34 Rotation and Mirroring 40 S Sample Flash Albums 48 Sample HTML Albums 46 Select All Photos Deselect All Photos Invert Selection 18 Selecting HTML or Flash album 50 Sending Emails With Photos 61 Set Current Photo As Wallpaper 42 Setup 10 Sharpen and Sharpen Fine 38 Start printing 44 Starting CD ROM Creation 63 Starting the Photo Book Wizard 67 Starting the Web Album Wizard 49 Step 1 Your Photo Collection 25 Step 2 Working with Your Photos 33 Step 3 Exporting your Photos 43 System Requirements 9 78 e Index T The Basics 33 The Basics of Digital Photography 1 Thumbnails 19 Tips amp Tricks for Layout Editing 71 Titles and Texts 35 To Export Albums via the Printer Electronically etc 17 To Improve Your Photos 16 To Manage your Collection 15 Transferring The Album To A Webserver Using FTP 54 U Uninstalling 13 Updates 23 Using PhotoMeister 15 Using the clipboard 29 Using Your Mouse 19 Ww What This Software Helps You Accomplish 5 What to print 43 Where to Import 25 Why Create PDF Photo Books 67 Why Print Photo Books 67 Writing CDs 66 User s Manual Standard Template
34. 7 Creating Screensavers 55 Creating Slideshows 58 Creating Web Albums 49 Cropping 34 D Deleting Albums 28 Deleting Photos 30 Digital Pictures 101 2 User s Manual Standard Template Disclaimer of Warranty 76 Dumping Photos and Restoring Dumped Photos 30 Duplicating Photos 30 E Editing the photo book layout 69 Emboss 39 Equipment 1 External Editors 42 F File Extension Settings 23 Find Edges 39 Finding Photos by Name or Comment 31 Frame Borders 35 FTP settings 22 H Histogram 41 How It s Organized 5 How to Import 25 How to Use PhotoMeister 5 HTML Albums vs Flash Albums 46 HTML Template Editing 54 Hue Saturation Lightness 41 Import 6 Important Features 17 Importing Photos into PhotoMeister Albums 25 Impress 6 Improve 6 Installation 9 Introduction 1 15 33 43 L Legal Stuff 76 Managing Albums 28 Managing Photos 29 Managing Your Collection 27 Moving and Copying Photos 29 Multiple vs Individual Photos 18 N Noise Removal and More Noise Removal 39 Index e 77 O Opening Albums in Microsoft Windows Explorer 29 Optimizing 37 Ordering Prints Online 72 Organizing your Collection 3 P Postal address 76 Preparing Backup CDs 65 Preparing Photo Presentation CDs 64 Previewing and Printing 45 Previewing the Web Abum 53 Printing 43 Printing Color Prints 44 Printing Contact Sheets and CD Covers Jewel Box Inlays 45 Printing photo books 71 Publishing To The Web
35. B Don t worry PhotoMeister will warn you about that later If this happens please try to backup fewer albums onto one CD or use the Album Information amp Cleanup feature to clean up your harddrive When you are ready click Next and read on in the writing CDs section Step 3 Exporting your Photos e 65 Writing CDs When you have successfully selected the content for your CD the last thing you have to do is selecting the CD writer drive CD Writer Drive 1 1 0 F SONY CD RW CRX160E 1 0g y This drive can write CDs Max Speed 12x Test Bum Current Disc Information Free Space 657 72 MB Size 657 72 MB If you haven t done already insert a blank CD into your CD writer and click Refresh Then configure the options for the CD ROM e CD Writer Drive choose the drive of your CD burner e Test Burn Enable this setting if you only want to test the writing process without actually writing something to the CD for testing only e Current Disc Information this displays how much space is currently available on the CD ROM in your CD Writer drive If you insert a different CD ROM at this point click the Refresh button to display the proper Disc information After you have configured those basic settings click on the Next button This will bring up the Burn a CD Preparing window The preparation can take some time As soon as the preparations have been finished you will g
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37. adding the appropriate name into the HTML code e When you are finished editing a template you can Save your changes or save the template with your changes as a new file Save As e PhotoMeister also allows you the ability to create an entirely new album template You can do this by clicking on the New button 54 e Step 3 Exporting your Photos User s Manual Standard Template Creating Screensavers PhotoMeister Please visit http www photomeister com and click on Support to learn more about HTML template creation and editing One interesting way to deliver your photos to friends and family is to create a Microsoft Windows screensaver When your friends install and run this screen saver each of the pictures you have chosen from your album will fill the screen for a few seconds and then fade out for the next picture To create a screensaver Click on the Screensaver button in the Impress area of the main window or choose the Create a Photo Screensaver option from the Publish menu This will bring up the Screensaver Wizard The Screensaver Wizard offers you two options e Include all the photos in the photo album e Include only the selected photos whether one or multiple Click on the next button once you have decided After choosing how many photos to include you need to configure the screensaver To keep the screensaver small the photos should be reduced in size and quality 800x600 is
38. al 8 pt Using PhotoMeister e 19 e Large 10 pt e X Large 12 pt e XX Large 14pt Saving to save the thumbnails to disk e Check the Save thumbnails to disc for faster album access checkbox this means that PhotoMeister will not have to generate thumbnails for each album that you work with For an especially large album on a slower computer this could take several minutes 20 e Using PhotoMeister User s Manual Standard Template Album Settings Thumbnails Album Settings User Interface FTP Server File Extensions Base directory of All Albums eigene dateiensalbums photo master studio al Set to Default My Pictures folder JPG Compression 0 100 O best quality fi 0 3 Set to default v Always keep original camera image files as backups Base Directory to set the base directory of albums click on the folder icon in the Base Directory of Albums text box This will bring up the Microsoft M Windows Explorer amp window for you to locate your desired folder e f you want to restore your album to the default location simply click on the button Set to Default My Pictures folder JPEG Compression to set the JPEG Compression use the up arrow and down arrow to make PhotoMeister use less or more compression respectively less compression means your photos will be of higher visual quality but will take up far greater space You should keep this value a small as possible
39. ate e Your order will be processed by the company whose logo you see in the middle of the dialog Click the logo for pricing and other information e The Print Ordering Wizard offers you two options o Upload all the photos of the photo album o Upload only the selected photos whether one or multiple e Click on the next button once you have decided After choosing how many photos to upload you need to decide whether you want to reduce the resolution of your photo files to increase upload speed Why would you want to do that Usually you do not need to transmit the full data files of your photos to order prints because prints have a maximum resolution of 200 dpi or 300 dpi that is much less than e g a 5 Megapixel image For most print sizes re compression will give you a faster upload time without any quality loss So it is recommended to choose Compress choose the maximum print size you will be ordering and click Next If you want to upload your unchanged files choose original and click Next Note Files that are not in JPG format will be converted into JPG before upload PhotoMeister will now prepare the files for the upload this can take a minute and will then show you the amount of data that needs to be uploaded and how long the estimated upload time is Now please choose the language and currency you want to use for your checkout connect your PC to the Internet 1f necessary and click Next The upload will begin
40. ay you can ensure that all photos in your collection will look the same e Once the box is there you can use the handles to resize it to your exact needs or move it by clicking in the middle and dragging it to another part of the picture If you want to redraw the box simply click on a part of the photo outside the box to make it disappear e Once you are satisfied with the area you want to keep you can crop the picture in one of two ways e Choose the Crop option from the Tools Menu e Click on the Crop button in the Improve area of the main window Adding Frames Quick Tip Press CTRL F to quickly open the Frame a Photo window Sometimes photos by themselves can be boring To help you provide a little more pizzazz to your photos you can use PhotoMeister to add colorful frames To add a frame 34 e Step 2 Working with Your Photos User s Manual Standard Template PhotoMeister e Either click on the Frame button in the Improve area or choose Add Frame from the Tools Menu This will bring up the Frame a Photo window For the picture you are framing you can adjust two settings see below Once you have made all of your changes to your frame click on the Save As button to save your new picture PhotoMeister suggests a default name which is the current photo name followed by framed or the Close button to discard your changes Frame Borders Frame Borders you can
41. bbing the top border of the thumbnail list The mouse cursor will change its shape to two arrows when you touch that border Click the mouse button and move it up or down to resize the thumbnail list Click on Preview to view the current double page rendered in full quality to your screen To recall one or more changes to your layout simply click Undo At anytime you can save your work by clicking on Save to continue your work later Printing photo books When you are happy with your photo book layout please click Next and if you have chosen print photo book at the beginning of this wizard PhotoMeister asks you to insert paper into your printer When you are ready click Next and PhotoMeister will print out your photobook Step 3 Exporting your Photos e 71 Creating PDF photo books When you are happy with your photo book layout please click Next and if you have choosen Create PDF file at the beginning of this wizard PhotoMeister asks you for a filename for the PDf file of your photo book Please select a name for the PDF file with the photo book Please enter a filename and click Next and PhotoMeister will create the PDF file for you When the PDF file has been generated you have the following options Photo Book Wizard x Completing the Wizard The PDF file was succesfully created You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this PDF file If the program is not already installed on y
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43. choose a filename for the photo book San Francisco Impressions Cancel The next dialog asks you whether you want to print your photo book or whether you want to create a PDF photo book you can always change this setting later Print Photo Book Prints out the photo book on your local printer Please select a printer zoat HP LaserJet 4050 Series PS Printer Setup C Create PDF File Creates a PDF file which can be distributed electronically for viewing and printing on other computers Please select the desired quality 150dpi standard quality recommended y e Print Photo Book Please select the printer to print the photo book on Please also click Printer Setup and make sure that all settings of the printer driver are ok e g is photo quality printing enabled e Create PDF File For PDF files you only have to select the image quality 150 dpi is recommended and should be fine for general 68 e Step 3 Exporting your Photos User s Manual Standard Template use Higher resolution will make the resulting PDF file much bigger Please click Next when you are ready In the next step you will select page count and page size Number of Pages Y Note There are 18 photos in your photo book Page Size Portrait 44 210 x 297 mm Width 21 0 Height 2 97 m m Y e Number of Pages Choose this value depending on the number of photos you want to include in your photo book and the number of
44. crosoft M Windows Paint Compact View Power users and users working with low screen resolutions e g 800x600 pixels can hide the large button bars of PhotoMeister s main screen by selecting ViewlCompact View Set Current Photo As Wallpaper With just one mouseclick you can make the current photo your windows desktop background wallpaper When you select Set Current Photo As Wallpaper from the View menu the current photo is resized to fit your screem resolution Then it is installed as the background image of your Windows desktop Note To change the wallpaper manually right click on your Windows desktop and choose Properties 42 e Step 2 Working with Your Photos User s Manual Standard Template Step 3 Exporting your Photos Introduction PhotoMeister offers you a number of ways to deliver your digital photos including e Printing e Photo books e The Web e Screensaver e Slideshow e Email e CD ROMs and VCDs e PDF e Batch Export e Order Prints Online Printing your photos is a great way to distribute them to friends and family who may not have access to the Internet or a computer With one of the many photo quality printers and photo quality paper you can print off prints like your local film developer quality of printed pictures is dependent upon your printer and the paper you use Check with the manufacturer of your printer to see if it is suited to print high quality photographs What to print Pho
45. d move it to a new position then all photos will be moved there Note You can switch back and forth to Alphabetical File Date order without loosing the order you have set manually Finding Photos by Name or Comment Using the command Find Photos you can search in all photos in all albums for photos with specific words in the photo name or comments To find a photo Choose Find Photos from the File menu In the upcoming window enter the word or phrase to look for in the field Search For and click Start You can stop the search at any time by clicking Stop As soon as a photo that meets your criteria is found it will be shown in the lower part of the window Even when the search is still in progress you can select one of the photos by clicking on it Then click on Open selected photo to open the album with this photo in it Renaming all Photos of an Album Sometimes you may want to rename all photos of an album using a consistent naming convention To rename all photos Choose the Rename Photos option in the Album Operations menu of the File Menu This will bring up the Rename Photos window Select the naming convention to use and click on OK to start it Album Information and Cleanup PhotoMeister helps you keep your photo collection tidy You can get a list of all albums with the number of photos PhotoMeister the occupied diskspace and associated other files To get the list Step 1 Your Photo Collection e 3
46. ddress e HTML Base Directory the directory into which you want to load your photos for access through the web browser e User name and Password the username and password provided to you by your ISP to access your FTP folders When you click the Next button PhotoMeister will attempt to upload the HTML pages thumbnails and photos to your FTP server A small window will open called Uploading Album which will show the progress of the upload Upon completion of the generating process and the FTP upload process if you had PhotoMeister handle that you will see a Completion of the HTML Album Wizard window indicating the successful creation of your Web photo album HTML Template Editing As a powerful feature for advanced users you should only use this option if your are very familiar with HTML PhotoMeister offers you the ability to customize the Web Photo Album templates or create entirely new templates To edit or create a new template e Click on the Template Editor button from the Template window or use the Template Editor item from the Tools menu ofthe main window This button will launch the HTML Template Editor For each template you can modify the HTML code used to produce the Thumbnail and Photo Detail Page When you have made any changes to the code press the Preview button to view the results You can also add additional images by browsing through the Files in Template Directory and
47. ds or move it by clicking in the middle and dragging it to another part of the picture If you want to redraw the box simply click on a part of the photo outside the box to make it disappear e Once you are satisfied with the area you want to keep you can remove the red eye in one of three ways e Choose the Remove red eye option from the Tools menu e Click on the Red Eye button in the Improve area of the main window e Press CTRL E 36 e Step 2 Working with Your Photos User s Manual Standard Template PhotoMeister e This will bring up the Remove Red Eyes window e Using the large cross hair mouse cursor click in the middle of the red eye A small crosshair will now appear on the photo If you want to change the area simply click on another part of the photo e Click the next button when you are satisfied with the area e You will now see a small circle on the photo you can also elect not to see the circle as you are working on the photo To do this simply uncheck the show circle box where the small crosshair used to be You need to specify the size of the red eye area Use the size slider to make the circle bigger If the circle is not exactly where you want it you can use the mouse to move it to the appropriate area Everything inside the circle will be affected by the change e Ifthe red area is irregular you can use the smart feature Increase the red circle until the whole red ar
48. e photo s to dump e Choose the Dump Single Photo or Dump Selected Photos if working with multiple photos from the File Menu or click on the Dump Photo s button in the Improve area This will open the Dump Photos Window e Click Ok to dump the photo s To restore dumped photo s e Choose the Restore Dumped Photos from the Album Operations menu of the File Menu This will open the Restore Dumped Photos Window e Select the photos to restore and click ok or click on Restore AIL Deleting Photos Deleting photos from albums refers to the process of moving the photo into the Microsoft Windows Recycle Bin photos deleted from within PhotoMeister may only be recovered using the features of the Recycle Bin For more information on how to restore files that are in the Recycle Bin see the Microsoft Windows help documentation To delete a photo s from an album e Select the photo s to delete e Choose the Delete Single Photo or Delete Selected Photos if working with multiple photos from the File Menu This will open the Delete Photos Window e Make sure you do not need this file anymore and click Ok to delete the photo Duplicating Photos To duplicate a photo or photos e Select the photo s to duplicate e Choose the Duplicate Single Photo or Duplicate Selected Photos if working with multiple photos from the File Menu This will open the Duplicate Photos Window e Click
49. e this option to include a slideshow of your album that will work on most Windows versions Enable Autostart if you want this slideshow to start automatically when the CD is inserted in a computer running Windows Note To use this option you first have to create a slideshow using the slideshow wizard e HTML Presentation Enabling this option includes your album as HTML files on the CD Almost any computer system that can open HTML files can then be used to view the album Enable Autostart if you want this presentation to start automatically when the CD is inserted in a computer running Windows Note To use this option you first have to create an HTML album using the web album wizard When you are ready click Next to proceed 64 e Step 3 Exporting your Photos User s Manual Standard Template PhotoMeister If you have enabled VideoCD creation you have the following additional options Manual r Slideshow Navigation Use the forward button on your remote control to see the next photo C Automatic Shows next photo after fio seconds v Apply a border for TV cropping overscan TV sets usually do not show the complete image that is stored on the VideoCD If you do not want to get your photo cropped on the TV screen you have to enable this feature Start by selecting a value of 5 and check the results on your TV Border Size E 5 BackgroundColor MN Iv Shows tiles in the lower right comer Tex
50. e you have set the basic configuration click the next button to set slideshow default settings These settings can later be changed by right clicking on the photos while the slideshow is running These settings can be changed later from the slideshow configuration dialog Effect Duration s Photos Display Time s fi 0 v Loop Photos Effect Crossfade v Random Photo Order 2 Background EM Photo Titles Show at Font Color Bottom center Fontsize 12 pA o vw mn IV Background O These default settings are in two categories e Photos Display Time how long in seconds each photo will show on the screen Background the color of the screen background around the photo Effect how each photo should disappear to make way for the next photo Effects include None Crossfade Fade Paint Move Boxes Zoom in Zoom out Effect duration how long it should take for the effect to make the current photo disappear Random Photo Order Enable this setting to use a random order when the slideshow is running e Photo Titles Show at if you do not want the titles of your photos to appear uncheck this box Otherwise use the drop down next to this checkbox to identify where on the screen in relation to the photo you want the titles to appear Font size if you have enabled the photo titles you can set the font size for all of the titles Font if you have
51. ea is covered Then move the smart slider to the right until only the red areas are changed e Click ok once you are satisfied with the changes or next to change another part of the picture i e another eye Optimizing Quick Tip Press CTRL O to quickly launch the Optimize adjustment For some editing their digital photos by adjusting brightness hue and color is fun For others the idea of spending hours pouring over a single photo to make it perfect is like hearing nails on a chalkboard PhotoMeister appeals to both types For the former there are a host of built in filters discussed in the Advanced section of this chapter For the rest there is the Optimize Tool The Optimize Tool analyzes all aspects of your photo luminance saturation RGB hue blurriness and sharpness After analyzing the Optimize Tool then recalculates these aspects to make the photo more appealing to the human eye for more information about this filter visit Xe847 at www xe847 com To optimize photos e Select the photo s you want to optimize e If you want to optimize more than one photo select multiple photos using one of the methods explained in Chapter 4 and click on the Selected Photos tab e Click on the Optimize button in the Improve area of the main window press CTRL O or choose the Optimize option from the Tools menu This will bring up the Optimize Information window explaining what is accomplish
52. ed with the tool e Click on the ok button to accept Convert to Black amp White Sometimes it can be a good idea to convert a photo into black amp white This can be for artistic reasons or it can be a way to make a photo with ugly colors still look wonderful Simply select Convert to Black amp White from the Tools menu to accomplish this step Often it is a good idea to increase the contrast afterwards Step 2 Working with Your Photos e 37 Resize Photo Use this function to change the images size of the current photo Resize Photo x6 Select the new size of the photo Width 200 Height 244 v Keep apsect ratio one Simply enter the number of pixels for width and height and click OK to resize the photo If you are happy with your changes click Accept in the main screen afterwards If you want to distort the image disable keep aspect ratio and you can enter width and height independently Advanced Filter PhotoMeister offers the advanced user a number of ways to further refine and perfect their digital photos Many digital photographers and graphic designers use advanced filters like these to achieve an artistic rather than realistic rendering of a photo There are several filters available through PhotoMeister that include for each of these advanced filters you can continue to apply them by repeating the same instruction until you achieve your desired affect e Sharpen Sharpen
53. egapixel rating can produce larger pictures without a loss in resolution As a consequence cameras with larger megapixel ratings require greater memory card capacities to take a lot of pictures at the highest resolution e Optical vs Digital Zoom the optical zoom is the physical ability of the camera lens to focus in on the subject Digital zoom is an additional feature where the camera artificially increases the focus on the target Pictures that are digitally focused tend to have some loss in resolution Along with most digital cameras comes some kind of memory card on which the pictures and video are stored The three most common formats are e Compact Flash e Smart Media e Sony MemoryStick No one format is better than the other Each is small lightweight and offers sizes from 4MB to 256MB For those digital photographers with multiple memory cards there are also USB based memory card readers to make finding and retrieving pictures easier than putting each memory card into the camera and then transferring the data through the PC based connection Finally for those digital photographers who need the feel of a finished picture there are a number of photo quality printers available that can produce dark room quality prints on special photo print paper Digital Pictures 101 Digital Photography is rapidly gaining ground as serious photography Where once digital cameras were vastly inferior to traditional cameras they are no
54. er Click on Preview Album and the album will show up in your default web browser After you have reviewed the album please close your browser window If you are not satisfied with the results click on Back one or more times until you reach the dialog you want to change settings on change the settings and click Next until you can review another version of the album If you are happy with the results enable Upload the album to upload the album to your website right now and click Next Step 3 Exporting your Photos e 53 Transferring The Album To A Webserver Using FTP Upon successfully generating the HTML pages you can have PhotoMeister upload your Web album directly to your website if you would rather handle this yourself through an FTP client such as CuteFTP your photo albums and files are located in a subdirectory of the album named PhotoMeister Web Albums You will be prompted for your server information To upload the files of the album to your website PhotoMeister needs to know the following details about your website Please ask the administrator of your website if you do not have this data at hand Server Data Server Name or IP www photomeister com HTML Base Directory 2var ww html samples Album Directory Account Data Username j Password an IV Save Password e Server Name or IP address the name of your ftp server usually www yourserver com or IP a
55. er Selection zoot HP LaserJet 4050 Series PS y Setup From the list on the left choose an option to select the number of photos per page or choose custom size and set the settings on the right yourself For all other options please refer to the description in the previous section Click next when you are ready and read on in the next section Previewing and Printing For all printing modes clicking the next button after configuring how the photos will be printed displays a preview of the photos on the page If you print more than one page use the buttons labeled lt lt and gt gt to switch between the pages note that the images are shown in lower resolution for faster display Click on the Zoom button to see a full screen preview Click next again to bring up the Photo Printing Processing window that will show you each picture as it is processed and sent to the printer Step 3 Exporting your Photos e 45 Upon successfully sending your photo s to the printer if your photos fail to print please see the Trouble Shooting section of this manual the Completing the Photo Print Wizard screen will display Click Finish to close the Wizard Publishing To The Web Quick Tip Publishing to the Web can be accomplished in a few simple steps First decide how many photos to publish second configure the layout third choose a template next generate the pages then preview i
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57. et the following dialog This CD will contain 7 directories with 66 files covering 88 01MB of data To start writing the CD click Next Show CD Content Click on Show CD content for a detailed list of the files and directories in the CD CD Content sea 33216 kb NC ee i PHOTOMEISTER BACKUP FILES ORIGINAL PHOTO FILES 5383 SC ee PHOTOMEISTER HTML ALBUMS 105 kb eG PHOTOMEISTER PALMOS ALBUM 209 kb E NC eG PHOTOMEISTER SCREENSAVERS 1315 kb NLIS PI NPHOTOMEISTER SLIDESHOWS 1353 kb gt To actually write the CD ROM click on the Next button to start the process of recording your photo album to the CD ROM PhotoMeister will now burn the contents onto the CD ROM The Burn a CD Burning window displays the progress 66 e Step 3 Exporting your Photos User s Manual Standard Template If there are no errors during the burn process the Completing the CD Burning Wizard window will display stating that the burn was successful Your CD Writer should automatically eject the newly burned CD ROM Creating Photo Books Photo books you could also call them photo albums created with PhotoMeister contain your photos using professionally designed layout templates and titles and texts of your choice Creating Photo Books is easy e Select the photos for the photo book e Select page size and page count e Select a template set e Arrange the
58. for PhotoMeister on your desktop for easy access e Create a Quick Launch icon depending upon your version of Microsoft Windows you can have an icon created in the quick launch area of your toolbar for Windows 95 98 98SE ME 2000 NT XP the quick launch toolbar is next to the Start Button Click on the next button to continue PhotoMeister will now install the program files options and accomplish the additional tasks If there were no problems during installation 1f you encounter problems during installation please visit the Trouble Shooting section of this manual you will see the Finish screen From here you can have PhotoMeister launch right away If you don t want the program to launch un check the Launch PhotoMeister checkbox Click the Finish button when done You can uninstall PhotoMeister in one of two ways PhotoMeister uninstall program e This program is located in your PhotoMeister Program Group You can access it by clicking on the Start button accessing your Programs and selecting the PhotoMeister Program Group this Program Group name may be different if you chose another name during setup In this Program Group is an icon called Uninstall PhotoMeister Select this icon to run the uninstall program e You will be asked if you want to completely remove PhotoMeister and all of its components Click yes to continue with the un installation or no to cancel e If you click
59. he digital camera you can often change aperture settings 1 e film speed with a simple button click or menu option Remember to switch to the appropriate ISO 200 400 800 etc depending upon the lighting conditions e Transfer the flexibility of digital photography is best experienced through the ability to transfer pictures from the camera s memory card onto the computer Where traditional photographers must send off film to be developed digital photographers simply move pictures from the camera and free up space on their memory cards for new pictures In order to always have room for that perfect shot make sure you transfer or delete pictures on a regular basis Organizing your Collection PhotoMeister The main problem that digital photographers realize is that their photo collections can quickly get out of control The ability to transfer pictures directly from the camera onto a computer hard drive means there is little if no cost to keeping a large number of photographs That means hard drives quickly fill with pictures that you wouldn t normally have taken it s that pack rat mentality in us all In fact we have talked to people who have distributed their photos across their hard drives only to realize that they had no criteria upon which to search for them later There is definitely a science to organizing a collection of digital photos Keep in mind the following tips as you organize yours e Create Albums
60. he screen If you have a mouse with a Scroll Wheel the Scroll Wheel will zoom the currently selected picture in and out as long as the mouse cursor the cross hair is over the picture Once the picture becomes too large for the editing window your secondary mouse button can be used to pan around the image simply hold the secondary mouse button while the cursor is on the picture and drag the picture left to right or up and down There are several configuration settings you can adjust to personalize PhotoMeister To set the PhotoMeister User Options Choose the Options option from the Tools menu This will bring up the Options Window from which you can configure e Thumbnails e Album settings e User Interface e FTP Server e File Extensions Thumbnails Here you can configure the way PhotoMeister creates and stores thumbnails Thumbnails Album Settings User Interface FTP Server File Extensions Size Normal 100 x 100 pixels m Font Small 7 points v Save thumbnails to disk for faster album access PhotoMeister has three thumbnail settings Size to set the size of the thumbnails displayed in the left hand pane of the Improve area window use the drop down to set the size e Tiny 30 x 30 e Small 50 x 50 e Normal 100 x 100 e Large 150x 150 e X Large 200 x 200 Font to set the Font used for the thumbnail titles use the drop down to set the size e Tiny 6 pt e Small 7 pt e Norm
61. include Blue check the blue checkbox e To include Green check the green checkbox To include Gray check the gray checkbox gray is checked by default You can also equalize color by clicking on the Equalize button Click on the Ok button when you are satisfied with the preview RGB refers to the levels of Red Green and Blue in your photo To adjust the RGB levels in your photo Select the photo you want to adjust Choose the RGB option from the Adjust menu of the Tools Menu This will open the Preview Window Use the slider bar to adjust the specific color Step 2 Working with Your Photos e 41 e Moving the slider bar to the left will reduce the level of that color in your photo e Moving the slide bar to the right will increase the level of that color in your photo e Type in a number in the specific color box e Choose a number between 255 and 255 The slider will automatically move to the appropriate position e Press the Enter key External Editors If you want to adjust more settings than PhotoMeister allows or are more comfortable using a graphics program like AdobeTM Photoshop you can utilize an external graphics editing program To launch your external graphics editing program click on the Editor button in the Improve area of the main window if you do not have an external editing program set when this button is pushed it will automatically open the photo in Mi
62. ions e Publish all the photos in the photo album e Publish only the selected photos whether one or multiple e Click on the next button once you have decided Step 3 Exporting your Photos e 49 If you have generated a web album for this album before you are asked if you want to generate new files or if you want to upload the existing album Warning Files for this album were already generated on 16 01 2003 Please choose Choose this option to overwrite the old HTML data and create a new album Recommended C FTP Upload Of Old Album This option lets you upload the old album via FTP without generating a new one Please click on Preview old album to check the album Preview old album in web browser If you select to upload the existing album you will be taken directly to the dialog for the FTP server data You can click Preview old album to check what the old album looks like Selecting HTML or Flash album Please choose whether you want to create an HTML or Flash album see previous sections for a description PhotoMeister can create web albums using two different technologies Please choose one HTML is the basic technology of the World Wide Web PhotoMeister HTML Albums offer one or more gallery page s with small thumbnails of the photos Each thumbnail can be clicked on to switch to a larger view Recommended for general use Pros Various Styles and various layouts C Flash Album Flash is a rather
63. lso help when sound problems occur Step 3 Exporting your Photos e 55 56 e Step 3 Exporting your Photos e Text for Info Dialog Every screensaver has copyright or publisher information You can write a note to your recipients here describing the photos in the screensaver and include your copyright statement Once you have set the basic configuration click the next button to set screensaver default settings These settings can later be changed from the Microsoft Windows screensaver dialog tab for more information about how to modify default screen saver settings in Microsoft Windows please refer to the user manual or help file for your version of Microsoft Windows These settings can be changed later from the screensaver configuration dialog Photos Display Time s 10 Y Effect v Random Photo Order Effect Duration s 2 Background EH Photo Titles Show at Bottom center y Fontsize 12 Font Fr Arial y Color EM IV Background EM These default settings fall into two categories e Photos e Display Time how long in seconds each photo will show on the screen e Background the color of the screen background around the photo e Effect how each photo should disappear to make way for the next photo Effects include None Crossfade Fade Paint Move Boxes Zoom in Zoom out e Effect duration how long it should take for the effect to make
64. mail photos you must have a connection to an Internet Service Provider a valid email address and a MAPI compatible email client program which is the application you use on your computer to write and read email e g Microsoft Outlook or Qualcomm Eudora To email photos e Click on the Email button in the Impress area of the main window or choose the Send Photo s via email as JPG PDF ZIP option from the Publish menu This will bring up the Email Wizard e The Email Wizard offers you two options e Include all the photos in the photo album e Include only the selected photos whether one or multiple e Click on the next button once you have decided After choosing how many photos to include you need to decide on how you want your photos emailed PhotoMeister Step 3 Exporting your Photos e 61 C PDF Album C ZIP of JPGs C Contact Sheet You choices are This file format is recommended for a single photo or just a few photos PDF files are the choice if the receiver of your email is going to print out the images Acrobat Reader is required to view album When you send a lot of images you should use the ZIP format which packages all the image files into one file Send an image with small thumbnails of the images perfect to just show a preview of the photos JPEG Images individual file attachments PDF Album all of your photos put into a PDF this is similar to using the PDF Album but
65. mera configuration Unlike traditional cameras though digital cameras offer a range of more powerful and advanced features such as e Full motion video some cameras like many of the high end Sony s allow you to take actual video usually for a very short duration e PC connection most digital cameras offer some type of PC based connection for easy transfer of pictures These connections can be Serial slow USB faster or FireWire fastest e Digital zoom in addition to the optical zoom digital cameras share with traditional cameras this is the ability of the physical lens to focus in on more distant objects they also have digital zoom which is a digital rendering of the far away object This allows you to see much farther objects in lower quality because the object being zoomed is being digitally re created e Switching many digital cameras can be either automatic or manual depending upon your preference PhotoMeister The Basics of Digital Photography e 1 Within the two types of digital cameras automatic and manual there are several primary distinguishing features e MegaPixels this is the resolution in which the picture is produced For example a camera with a 3 3 megapixel rating can produce pictures with 3 300 000 pixels In terms of picture size the number of pixels is determined by the length x width i e a photo with 1600 x 1200 resolution has 1 920 000 pixels As a result a camera with a larger m
66. n the browser finally upload to your website The Web has rapidly become one of the most popular methods to distribute digital photos to friends and family But it often requires at least basic HTML knowledge making the process time consuming PhotoMeister eliminates the hassle of publishing digital photos to the Web through a simple Web Album Wizard and powerful built in templates And you can even create your own templates HTML Albums vs Flash Albums PhotoMeister can create albums for your website using two different technologies HTML and Flash e HTML is the basic technology to create web pages offering a static layout e Flash is a fairly new technology to create web pages that offers more possibilities to create animated and cooler layouts When PhotoMeister creates a web album for you in one of the two technologies there are some differences First the navigation is different e HTML albums start with an overview with thumbnails of all or some photos The user clicks a photo to see the photo in a larger format and then clicks back to get back to the overview e Flash albums always show one larger photo in the upper part of the window and the user can scroll through a list of thumbnails below that By clicking a thumbnail one can view that photo There are also a few other differences e HTML albums have a static layout that means that texts and photos keep the same size even when the browser window is resized
67. name to create a new album C Create A New Album 2003 03 Import Into Existing Album Corporate Design y Filenames Jalbum name date time e g myalbum_2002 04 07 17 12 3 You can either create a new album into which to import the photos click the upper radio button or you can import them into an existing album click the lower radio button You also have the option of renaming the photos according to several default PhotoMeister naming conventions that include 1 Album name number e g myalbum 001 jpg 2 Album name date time e g myalbum 2002 04 07 17 12 34 jpg 3 Date time e g 2002 04 07 17 12 34 jpg e Import From Any Folder this imports photos you may have in another directory To use this option select the folder icon to browse your hard drive for the folder where the photos you want to import are stored e Ifyou select this option a secondary window will appear after you click the next button This window the Photo Selection window allows you to select which photos to import by date range see screenshots above e Once you have selected a date range clicking the next button will bring up the Album Name You can either create a new album into which to import the photos or you can import them into an existing album You also have the option of renaming the photos according to several default PhotoMeister naming conventions that include 1 Album name number e g
68. o Setup will close To install PhotoMeister 2 you must accept this agreement lt Back Yes No Read the PhotoMeister license and click Yes to agree with this license User s Manual Standard Template Setup Information Please read the following important information before continuing When you are ready to continue with Setup click Next Welcome to PhotoMeister PhotoMeister helps you to handle edit and publish the photos from your digital camera All functions that you need to impress family customers or friends with your photos are included in one piece of software easy to install and easy to use The Basic Concept of PhotoMeister To make working with your digital photos as easy as possible PhotoMeister is built around three basic functions Import putting photos into albums or getting them from a digital camera into PhotoMeister wi tees Read the important information and click next when finished Setup Select Destination Directory Where should PhotoMeister 2 be installed Select the folder where you would like PhotoMeister 2 to be installed then click Next CAProgrammetPhotoMeister2 rw er Programme 2flyer 3Com Corporation ACD Systems Adaptec Adobe AGFAnet y c system disk The program requires at least 9 1 MB of disk space lt Back Cancel Choose a folder to put PhotoMeister in The setup program
69. ode using the tabs at the top of the window in the Improve area The selected photos are shown with a small green mark in the box above the photo and are shown on a darker background Select All Photos Deselect All Photos Invert Selection Using these three menu items in the Edit menu you can select all photos no photos or simply invert the selection Accepting and Cancelling Changes Quick Tip You can press F2 to accept changes and CTRL Z to undo them Although PhotoMeister allows you to make a number of changes to your photos nothing is saved unless you commit those changes by clicking on the Accept button in the Improve area of the main window or choosing Accept from the Edit Menu If you have been working on a photo but don t want the changes to apply you can either click on the Cancel button in the Improve area of the main window or choose Cancel Changes from the Edit Menu if you have photos that have been changed and you close PhotoMeister you will be asked to save those pictures If you do not want to commit the changes you have made click on the no button Please Note When you commit changes PhotoMeister will create a backup copy of the original photo file just in case you should need that later User s Manual Standard Template Configuration PhotoMeister Using Your Mouse When working with your photos in the Improve area PhotoMeister has zoomed your photo to fit t
70. orage drive PhotoMeister has already automatically searched your computer for possible files and if it has found suitable files then possible location s are shown in the editbox If you change the memory card at this moment click search to refresh the list PhotoMeister will also check the root of your a b drives This is especially important if you have a Sony camera and use the floppy disc MemoryStick adapter e Ifyou select this option a secondary window will appear after you click the next button This window the Photo Selection window allows you to select which photos to import by date range You also have the option to copy the movie files from your camera and to delete the photos from your camera s memory after they have been transferred to your PC M Select Photos C Import Photos By Date Start 13 01 2002 is End 14 01 2002 15 There are 27 photos in this time period with a total size of 58 MB Y Also import AVI MPG and MOV Video files PhotoMeister has found video files It is recommended to copy the video files although PhotoMeister does not support video files directly Delete successfully imported Photos from Camera Card e Once you have selected a date range clicking the next button will bring up the Album Name 26 e Step 1 Your Photo Collection User s Manual Standard Template Please select an album to import the new photos into Select an existing album or enter a new
71. oto Album Modern Photo Album Old Fashioned Photographer s Portfolio Black Background Photographer s Portfolio White Background Product Catalog Seasons Fall x This is a very lean template perfect to keep the focus of the visitor on the images The detail pages include photographic data like aperture shutter time and camera model To choose a template simply highlight the name of the template and click the next button To see a preview of a template click on the Preview button to launch the Previewing Flash Template window This window will open the template thumbnail page You can see the Detail Page by clicking on the appropriate tab When you have selected the template click on the Next button to bring up the Generating HTML Album window You will see how each photo you have selected will be processed for your web album this is only for illustrative purposes You will not actually see code generated You will only see each picture and a progress bar as it is added to the Web photo album Previewing the Web Abum As soon as the web album has been generated completely you can preview it in your web browser Album has been successfully generated Please preview the album If you want to make any changes click on Back make your changes and restart the generation process Preview album in web browser If you are satisfied with the results PhotoMeister can upload the files to your webserv
72. otos refers to turning them clockwise or counter clockwise a specific number of degrees and flipping the image either horizontally or vertically To Rotate photos e Select the photo you want to rotate e Choose the Rotation and Mirroring option from the Adjust menu of the Tools Menu This will open the Preview Window e Use the slider bar to rotate the image e Moving the slider bar to the left will cause the picture to turn clockwise e Moving the slide bar to the right will cause the picture to turn counter clockwise e Type in a number in the Rotate box e Choose a number between 180 and 180 The slider will automatically move to the appropriate position Press the Enter key by entering the number in the text box rather than using the slider you won t be able to preview the rotation To Mirror photos e Select the photo you want to mirror e Choose the Rotation and Mirroring option from the Adjust menu of the Tools Menu This will open the Preview Window e Click on the Horizontal or Vertical button e The horizontal button will flip the photo along the vertical axis 1 e it would be as if you had a transparent photo and were looking at it from the other side e This button will stay depressed after applying the adjustment To undo the adjustment simply click the button again e The vertical button will flip the photo along the horizontal axis i e it would be as if you turned
73. our computer you can download it for free from the following URL http www adobe com click Get Acrobat Reader View PDF file Send as E Mail Open folder To close the wizard click Finish Cancel e View the PDF file Click this button and Acrobat Reader will be started and will show your Photo Book Finish e Sendas E Mail Simply click this button and watch for an upcoming window of your email program Enter the adress of the recipient s and a subject and click send e Open Folder If you want to access the folder on your disk where the photo book PDF file is stored click this button To close the wizard click Finish Ordering Prints Online Although recent photo printers make printing photos at home in exceptional quality cheaper than ever before there are still reasons to order prints from a laboratory Using the Internet this can even be done online The Print Ordering Wizard helps you to prepare the photos for the upload and will then transfer the photos via the net Note If you want to order prints from multiple albums rerun this wizard several times without leaving PhotoMeister You photos will be preserved in your shopping cart To order prints e Click on the Order Prints button in the Impress area of the main window or choose the Order Prints option from the Publish menu This will bring up the Print Ordering Wizard 72 e Step 3 Exporting your Photos User s Manual Standard Templ
74. ow Impress area After selecting one or more photos from the photo album by clicking on it in the left hand window you can select the method of delivery from one of the buttons e Print e Web Album e Email e Photo Book e Screensaver e Slideshow e Batch e Burn CD ROM e Order Prints Online The Publish Menu The Publish Menu contains the same methods as the icons in the Impress area of the main window Each Impress function will be covered in the section Step 3 Important Features PhotoMeister contains a few very important features that will make your experience with the software as efficient and enjoyable as possible Please read the following sections to get the most out of PhotoMeister PhotoMeister Using PhotoMeister e 17 18 e Using PhotoMeister Multiple vs Individual Photos PhotoMeister provides you the ability to work with single or multiple photos You can select multiple photos for work with by e clicking on the checkbox next to the photo name e selecting a group of photos while holding the left button click on the photo at the top or bottom of the group you want to select Holding the primary mouse button down drag the mouse cursor either down or up respectively Each picture the cursor touches will be highlighted e press the space bar to select the current photo Once multiple photos are selected you can switch back and forth between single photo and multiple photo m
75. ow you can also improve more than one photo at once by using the CTRL button to highlight multiple photos or by clicking on the small checkbox next to the photo name You can then apply improvements to them all although not all improvements are available when working with multiple photos See Chapter 6 for more information you can perform a number of activities by clicking on the appropriate button such as e Rotate left e Rotate right e Crop e Frame e Red eye e Optimize Sliders You can also use one of the sliders to adjust e Contrast e Brightness e Zoom Tools Menu The Tools Menu offers you the same tools as the Improve area but also includes e A sharpen and sharpen fine filter User s Manual Standard Template e A blur filter e A remove noise and remove more noise filter e A find edges command e Emboss e Rotation and Mirroring e Hue Saturation and Lightness e Histogram e RGB e Convert to black amp white photo External Editor After setting your external editor in the Tools gt Options menu you can launch your external editor by clicking on the Editor button in the Improve area of the main window or the Open in external editor option from the Tools Menu Each Improve function will be covered in section Step 2 To Export Albums via the Printer Electronically etc Creating photo albums can be accomplished in one of two ways The main wind
76. ows 95 98 ME NT 2000 XP e Apple Macintosh Computers e Linux Computers and all other systems able to read ISO CD ROMs As a unique feature PhotoMeister is able to put all necessary files for these completely different target systems onto one single CD You do not have to know what kind of hardware the recipient of the CD is working with he will always be able to view the photos Backup CDs Makes a backup copy of one or more albums to store them in a safe place or to transfer the photos onto another computer For Backup CDs the original photo files in the original resolution are written to the CD ROM This is the only way to backup your photos for the future without quality loss For presentation CDs the photos are stored in lower quality Starting CD ROM Creation To burn your album onto CD ROM e Click on the Burn CD button in the Impress area of the main window or choose the Burn CD ROM photo presentation or for backup option from the Publish menu This will bring up the CD Burning Wizard e The CD Burning Wizard offers you three options e Interactive Slideshow an executable file EXE exactly like the one generated if you publish a photo album as a slideshow Step 3 Exporting your Photos e 63 e HTML presentation a presentation of web pages e All files of one or more albums each album will be burned onto the CD ROM as a separate folder All pictures will be burned in their existing format i e JPEG or TIFF
77. photos are shown in lower resolution to speed up the display Visit Tools Global increase size for a better display In the photobook the photos will be used in full quality You can now use the following functions to layout your photo book Choose a layout template for each page by clicking select above the page Choose a template from the upcoming list Please note the thumbnails of all pages of your photo book at the bottom Simply click on the thumbnail of a page to view it larger ger To choose another image for a photo simply click on the image and choose another photo from the upcoming list Tomove a photo onto another page click the photo hold the E Photos available 24 Photos in book 17 There are 7 photos of the album not displayed in the book Preview Indo Back Save The screen is divided into 4 areas e Top left Help The help area always explains the elements the mouse just touches e Top right Page Preview here you can always see a double page of your photo book in the print layout You can review the complete photobook by clicking Previous Pages and Next Pages e Bottom left Statistics Check here for statistics about the photo book e Bottom right Page Thumbnails Below the page preview you will find thumbnails for all pages of the photo book Simply click a page thumbnail to edit the page Please note that all photos are shown in lo
78. photos on the pages of the photo book simply select a template for each page e Add individual text and titles e Print the photo book or save it as PDF file for usage in emails or Websites Why Print Photo Books After you have created a photo book see the following sections you can print it out on your printer Since most printers are able to print in photo quality especially is you use photo paper you can create professional looking photo albums at home without glue stick scotchtape scissors or a pen Why Create PDF Photo Books Adobe s Portable Document Format pdf has become a very popular way to send documents when the receiving party may not have the software to read the original Adobe provides the Acrobat Reader free of charge to view pdf files Unfortunately in most cases to create pdf documents requires a commercial version of Adobe Acrobat which is not very cheap PhotoMeister has bypassed that by integrating a function into the PhotoMeister application allowing you to create pdf documents from your photo albums without additional software So PDF photo books are a great way to send your photos together with your comments to others via email your website or CD ROM Starting the Photo Book Wizard Click on the Photo Book button in the Impress area of the main window or choose the Publish Photo s as Photo Book option from the Publish menu This will bring up the PDF album Wiza
79. rd PhotoMeister Step 3 Exporting your Photos e 67 Photo Book Wizard xl Welcome to the Photo Book Wizard This wizard will help you to create a beautiful photo book with your photos that you can print out on your printer or share with others as a PDF file which can be viewed with most computer systems It will help you with the following tasks Selecting a page size and layout style Selecting the individual layout for each page Printing the photos or storing mailing the PDF file Please select Create a new photo book with the selected 4 photos Load an existing photo book from file z To continue click Next lt Back Cancel Here you have three options to choose from e Create a new photo book with all photos of the album e Create a new photo book with the selected photos of the album e Load an existing photo book from file The last option is only available if you already have created a photo book for the current album Every time you close and leave the photo book wizard your work is saved to a file so you can continue with your work at a later time or reload an old album to print it out again If you choose to create a new photo book you have to enter a filename for it Filename of the photobook xj The layout and settings for your photo book will be automatically stored in a file so you can pause and resume editing or reload and print your album at a later time Please
80. rd offers you two printing options e Print all the photos in the photo album e Print only the selected photos whether one or multiple e Clickon the next button once you have decided After choosing how many photos to print you need to decide on how those photos should be printed Prints Contact Sheet or CD ROM cover Note Please refer to the section Photo Books for a detailed description of this feature Printing Color Prints Option 1 is Color Prints this prints one or more copies of each picture in a standard size and 1s best if you want to cut out individual photos If you select this option and click Next the Photo Printing Layout window will be displayed Print Size and Layout Fito Page Copies fi IV Fine border Fit Two to Page Width CE Fit Eight to Page 3 x ed E Height fc ej 4 x B Denn Units mm 1 10 inch B x g 8 4 12 x gt 2 pages 2 x 2 photos page M Printer Selection zoot HP LaserJet 4050 Series PS y Setup For Color Prints you can set the following options e Print size and layout PhotoMeister offers a number of default settings such as Fit to Page Fit Two to Page Fit Four to Page and various photo measurements If you cannot find a measurement you like you can choose the Custom Size This will allow you to 44 e Step 3 Exporting your Photos User s Manual Standard Template PhotoMeister manually adjust the
81. reated Test Screensaver Click the test button to preview the screensaver Click Back to change the configuration or Next to continue You can click this button to launch your screensaver When your screensaver is running simply move your mouse or touch a key on your keyboard to stop the screensaver and return to PhotoMeister After the screensaver test click on the Next button to bring up the Completing the Screensaver Wizard Screensaver wizard x Completing the Screensaver Wizard PhotoMeister has created a screensaver with 5 photos and the name My Screensaver in the folder c dokumente und einstellungen dirk paesslergmbh eigene How to use screensavers copy the SCR file into your windows directory right click onto your desktop and select Screensaver choose the new screensaver Send Screensaver by E Mail Open folder To close the wizard click Finish lt Back Cancel This screen informs you of the name and location of your screensaver file e To send the screensaver via email right now click on Send Screensaver by E Mail e To open the folder that contains the screensaver file in Windows Explorer click on Open Folder e Ifyou don t want to install the newly created screensaver on your computer right now uncheck Install as my screensaver now Step 3 Exporting your Photos e 57 checkbox Otherwise PhotoMeister will accomplish the installation steps for
82. s e If you want to use your custom color for your frame click on the color underneath the Custom Colors header Click Ok Titles and Texts You can choose to have a Title and Subtitle text For both you can set the specific words the size the color the font and the decoration by default the Title is checked to remove it uncheck it s box to add the Subtitle check its box To set the specific words click in the Title or Subtitle text box and type whatever you want it to say To set the size move the slider for either the Title or the Subtitle to the left smaller text size or the right larger text size Generally the Subtitle is smaller than the Title Step 2 Working with Your Photos e 35 e To set the color click on the Color Pallete drop down at the end of each slider This will open the Color Pallete to allow you to select a color If none of the default colors appeal to you click on the Other button to bring up the Microsoft Windows Color Picker Window e To pick a custom color in the Microsoft Windows Color Picker Window you can e Click in the large colorful window Each click will set the color in the Color Solid box to a new shade e Drag your mouse around the large colorful window until you see something you like in the Color Solid box e Type in the Red Green and Blue numbers that correspond to a specific color
83. s via FTP PhotoMeister setup is simple and easy Featuring a standard Microsoft Windows setup interface you only need to complete a few steps You can cancel the setup at any time by clicking the cancel button Double click on the PhotoMeister Setup exe or similar filename file either on the CD ROM or from the downloaded ZIP file This will launch the PhotoMeister Setup Wizard Welcome to the PhotoMeister 2 Setup Wizard This will install PhotoMeister 2 on your computer It is strongly recommended that you close all other applications you have running before continuing This will help prevent any conflicts during the installation process Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup Click next on the Welcome screen x License Agreement Please read the following important information before continuing Please read the following License Agreement Use the scroll bar or press the Page Down key to view the rest of the agreement PhotoMeister License Unregistered users You may use the fully functional Trial Version of PhotoMeister for 30 days free of charge If you like the product and want to use the software after that you must buy a license Registered users You may use this updated version of PhotoMeister without any limitations License and Usage Terms il PH H SR an Do you accept all the terms of the preceding License Agreement If you choose N
84. t Windows it will launch PhotoMeister to show the image JPEG BMP TIFF PNG PCX From time to time PhotoMeister will prompt you to automatically check for updates for the software at PhotoMeister com this requires an Internet connection If you did not opt for automatic updates but want to check periodically you can do so by Selecting the Check for Available Updates option from the Help Menu This will launch the Check for Updates Window Click on the OK button to initiate the check Using PhotoMeister e 23 Step 1 Your Photo Collection Importing Photos into PhotoMeister Albums Importing photos into a PhotoMeister album is easy using a number of built in wizards and helpful tools Where to Import You can import photos into an existing album or into a new album How to Import You import photos either by clicking the Import Photos button in the Import area of the main window or by choosing the Import Photos option from the File Menu Both of these options launch the Import Wizard import wizard x Welcome to the Import Wizard PhotoMeister organizes photos in albums This wizard will help you to import new photos from your camera or memory card into an album oropen a folder with photos already stored on your hard disk as album If you want to import photos from your camera please connect your camera to your computer or insert connect your memory card into
85. t want a specific option installed simply uncheck its check box Once you have decided upon the options click the next button to continue Setup Select Start Menu Folder Where should Setup place the program s shortcuts Select the Start Menu folder in which you would like Setup to create the program s shortcuts then click Next Accessories ACD Systems Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 Adobe ahead Nero Binary Magic Borland Delphi 5 dt Rnrland Delnhi 5 ennl zi lt Back Cancel The next step is to decide upon the name of the PhotoMeister Program Group Name that you will see in your Microsoft Windows Start Menu PhotoMeister suggests a default but you can change that to whatever name you would like changing the name of the PhotoMeister Program Group will not affect the program operation in any way After you have decided upon a name 12 e Installation User s Manual Standard Template Uninstalling PhotoMeister click next x Select Additional Tasks N Which additional tasks should be performed E Select the additional tasks you would like Setup to perform while installing PhotoMeister 2 then click Next Additional i Create a Quick Launch icon lt Back Cancel PhotoMeister also has additional tasks that you may elect to accomplish You can select these tasks by clicking on the appropriate check box These include e Create a desktop icon put a shortcut
86. tcolo l Slideshow Navigation When the CD is played on a VCD DVD player you can advance to the next photo either manually or automatically every x seconds Apply a Border TV sets usually do not show the complete image that is stored on the VideoCD If you do not want to get your photo cropped on the TV screen you have to enable this feature Start by selecting a value of 5 and check the results on your TV A black background is recommend but you can also choose any color you like Include Photo Title Choose this option to include the name of each photo in the lower right corner Please choose a color for the title When you are ready click Next and read on in the writing CDs section Preparing Backup CDs If you chose to create a backup CD the following dialog shows up 2002 03 2002 03 2002 03 2002 03 2002 03 2002 05 _ 2002 05 2002 05 2002 05 C 2002 05 _ 2002 06 2002 06 _ 2002 06 2002 06 2002 06 Albums in this backup For each album that should be included in this backup click into the square in front of the album s name A small check mark will show up Note PhotoMeister will try to write all files of the marked album onto the CD that includes all files in subfolders of the album folder including dumped and backup files This can quickly add up to more data than a CD ROM can hold about 600 700 M
87. te the album and automatically open it You can also create a new album during the import of photos from your camera see section How to Import above Renaming Albums e To rename an existing photo album e Select the album you want to rename from the drop down box in the Import area of the main window e Choose the Rename Album option from the Album Operations menu of the File menu This will bring up the Rename Album dialog box e Click the Ok button to rename the album Deleting Albums Deleting albums refers to the process of moving the album into the Microsoft Windows Recycle Bin albums deleted from within PhotoMeister may only be recovered using the features of the Recycle Bin For more information on how to restore files that are in the Recycle Bin see the Microsoft Windows help documentation e Use this feature with extreme caution All photos backup files and all PhotoMeister generated files e g screensaver photo book for the current album will be deleted In case your recycle bin is not big enough the files will be deleted completely and cannot be recovered e To delete an existing photo album e Select the album you want to delete from the drop down box in the Import area of the main window e Choose the Delete Album option from the Album Operations menu of the File menu This will bring up the Delete Album dialog box e Make sure you do not need these files anymore
88. the Layout of Photo Details page box These files are e Thumbnail page s one or multiple pages depending upon how many photos you publish with small versions of each picture that when clicked on load the Detail Page in the browser e Detail page s one page per photo you publish with a single large picture and accompanying optional information such as Picture title Picture comments Image data color depth and Photo data shuttertime apperture To configure the layout of your Thumbnail and Photo Detail page s you need to decide upon the following e Thumbnail page s 1 Page Layout You can choose to have all of your thumbnails on one page fit the page to an 800x600 screen resolution or fit the page to a 1024x768 screen resolution the number of thumbnails on each page and the number of thumbnail pages that PhotoMeister will create depends upon the screen resolution you choose the thumbnail size you choose and the number of photos in your photo album 2 Thumbnail Size You can choose your thumbnail size in pixels from Small Normal Large and XXL e Photo Detail page s e Layout You can choose to have just the picture load into the browser when someone clicks on a thumbnail faster than loading an HTML page or you can create a single HTML page for each photo that may include additional information such as 1 Picture title el Picture comments Image data color depth Photo data shu
89. the card reader unit now To continue click Next E Cancel The Import Wizard is a simple step by step process to help you put photos into PhotoMeister Albums The Wizard works accordingly Back PhotoMeister Step 1 Your Photo Collection e 25 Import Wizard x Photo Source Selection u Select the source of the photos C Open Photos Already on Disk MA al Choose this option if the photos are already on your hard disk Drive development disk D le location h C From Any Folder C fies al Choose any location including Network drives to import from Search subfolders C From a TWAIN Source Teracam USB Pro Get the photos from a TWAIN compatible device lt Back Cancel Photo Source Selection The first step is to select your photos from one of four locations Simply click the radio button e Open Photos Already Stored on Disc this allows you to use photos you already have in another directory on your computer as an album the actual photo files aren t moved To use this option select the folder icon to browse your hard drive for the folder where the photos are stored Remember that if you change the photos the original files will be changed This feature does not actually import the photos it uses the files already on your disk e Import from Camera or Memory Card this allows you to read photos from a memory card or camera if it registers with windows as a st
90. the picture upside down 40 e Step 2 Working with Your Photos User s Manual Standard Template PhotoMeister e This button will stay depressed after applying the adjustment To undo the adjustment simply click the button again Press the OK button when satisified Hue Saturation Lightness Hue Saturation and Lightness all affect the presentation of color within the photo To adjust the Hue Saturation or Lightness of a photo Select the photo you want to adjust Choose the Hue Saturation Lightness option from the Adjust menu of the Tools Menu This will open the Preview Window Use the slider bar to adjust the Hue Saturation and Luminosity Type in a number in the Hue H Saturation S or Luminosity L box e Choose a number between 180 and 180 The slider will automatically move to the appropriate position e Press the Enter key Histogram To adjust the Histogram of a photo RGB Select the photo you want to adjust Choose the Histogram option from the Adjust menu of the Tools Menu This will open the Preview Window In each corner of the gray box in the Equalization tab there is a slider On the top row the sliders are triangles pointing down On the bottom the sliders are half circles To adjust the Histogram move the sliders along the top and bottom You can also check which colors to include in the histogram e To include Red check the red checkbox e To
91. to which to save your palm album e Filenames you can keep the original or elect for a new different name If you elect to rename the photos you can do so according to one of three naming conventions watch the sample filename to see how results will look like Text you type in ascending number e g myphotos 0001 myphotos 0002 etc 74 e Step 3 Exporting your Photos User s Manual Standard Template 2 Text you type in file s date file s time e g myphotos2002 05 14 17 12 34 3 File s date file s time e g 2002 05 14 17 12 34 e Web Compatibility if you are going to put these new photos onto a website you need to make them compatible with all browsers Check the Make Filenames Web Compatible checkbox to have PhotoMeister replace all spaces and special characters with Once you have finished with the Target and Name options click the Next button to process the Batch If the Batch was successfully processed the Creating Photos window will appear Click on the Open Target Folder button to see the directory with your new photos Click on the next button if you are satisfied with the generating process and output This will bring up the Completing the Batch Wizard window Click Finish to close the window PhotoMeister Step 3 Exporting your Photos e 75 Legal Stuff Copyright PhotoMeister 2002 2006 Paessler AG For the latest version always check ht
92. toMeister offers you the option to create standard sized prints a so called contact sheet an inlay for a CD ROM jewel box and photo books e Prints Each photo is printed in a standard size of your choice just as you are used from your local film developer PhotoMeister optimizes the printout to make optimal use of your paper and ink After the printout has finished please wait for the ink to dry and then use a pair of scissors to cut out the prints e Contact sheet Used by photographers since the beginning of photography contact sheets show a lot of photos on one page PhotoMeister Step 3 Exporting your Photos e 43 together with the filename e g to select one or more photos for later processing e Jewel box inlay When you use the CD ROM creation feature of PhotoMeister e g for backup CDs use this feature to print a booklet for your CD that fits exactly into the jewel box A great way to find old photos without loading all your old CDs into your drive e Photo books Great looking photo albums printed in one piece right out of your printer that is what photo books are Please refer to the section Photo Books for a detailed description of this feature Start printing To print photos from a photo album e Click on the Print button in the Impress area of the main window or choose the Print Photo s on your Printer option from the Publish menu This will bring up the Photo Print Wizard e The Photo Print Wiza
93. ton in the Impress area of the main window ZIP of JPEGs a single compressed zip file of all the selected images Contact sheet a single image that has thumbnails of all your selected images Please note You can also create more sophisticated PDF files from your photos and email them using the photo book wizard When you have chosen the format click the next button to set the options for that specific format e For JPEG Images e Size and Quality you can choose from one of four built in quality settings or set your own Standard 800x600 JPEG quality 30 Small 640x480 JPEG quality 40 Large 1024x768 JPEG quality 20 Original Custom you can manually set the image height width and quality e For PDF Albums e Layout of the pages you can set how many photos you want on each page what orientation the page will be and whether or not to include the photo title Page Layout One photo per page Two photos per page Four photos per page Paper Size and Orientation Portrait A4 Portait Letter Landscape A4 Landscape Letter Photo details Just the photo or photo and title e For ZIP of JPEGs e Because you are still sending JPEGs the configuration of this option deals with the JPEG size and quality as outlined above e For Contact Sheet e Choosing this option automatically generates a page of thumbnail versions of each photo 62 e Step 3 Exporting your Photos User s Manual Standard
94. tp www photomeister com Postal address Paessler AG Hornschuchpromenade 7 D 90762 Fiirth Germany Company Homepage http www photomeister com Disclaimer of Warranty PHOTOMEISTER AND THE ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE SOLD AS IS PAESSLER MAKES AND CUSTOMER RECEIVES FROM PAESSLER NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT DOCUMENTATION MAINTENANCE SERVICES THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE OR OTHER SERVICES PAESSLER SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS AND EXCLUDES ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON INFRINGEMENT DUE TO THE VARIETY OF USER EXPERTISE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS INTO WHICH PHOTOMEISTER MAY BY SUBJECTED THE USER ASSUMES ALL RISK OF USING PHOTOMEISTER THE MAXIMUM LIABILITY OF PAESSLER WILL BE LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO THE PURCHASE PRICE 76 e Legal Stuff User s Manual Standard Template Index A Accepting and Cancelling Changes 18 Adding Frames 34 Advanced Adjust 40 Advanced Filter 38 Album Information and Cleanup 31 Album Settings 21 Available Types of CD ROMs 63 Backing up Photos and Restoring Photos from Backup 30 Batch 73 Blur 39 C Changing Photo Order 31 Compact View 42 Configuration 19 Configuration 22 Convert to Black amp White 37 Copyright 76 Creating Albums 28 Creating CD ROMs with Photos 63 Creating Flash Albums 53 Creating HTML Albums 50 Creating PDF photo books 72 Creating Photo Books 6
95. tter time apperture Step 3 Exporting your Photos e 51 e Detail Photo Size You can choose your photo size in pixels from Small Normal Large XX L Original photo size Panorama wider or Skyscraper taller When you are ready with your settings click Next You now have to decide what layout template you want to use for your web album Select a Layout Template Business Christmas Happy Soap Template Editor Ice and Snow New Baby Photo Album Modern Photo Album Old Fashioned Photographer s Portfolio Black Background Photographer s Portfolio White Background Product Catalog Seasons Fall x This is a very lean template perfect to keep the focus of the visitor on the images The detail pages include photographic data like aperture shutter time and camera model To choose a template simply highlight the name of the template and click the next button Please also note the comments that show up below the list when you select a template To see a preview of a template i e a template s thumbnail and detail page click on the Preview button to launch the Previewing HTML Template window This window will open the template thumbnail page You can see the Detail Page by clicking on the appropriate tab You can also click on Template Editor and edit the template yourself Professional Version only Once you have chosen a template click on the Next button to bring up the HTML Alb
96. u want more advanced editing opportunity PhotoMeister allows you to set a default external editor like Adobe Photoshop that launches when you click the Edit button Sending your photos if there s one thing that digital photography makes easy it s sending your photos to friends If there s one thing that PhotoMeister makes easy it s that process Using PhotoMeister s built in publishing templates you can create various web based photo albums screensavers email them or even burn albums and collections to a CD ROM which can be viewed on your TV using your DVD player and on various computer types Requires a CD writer drive You can even order prints online Import putting photos into albums or getting them from a digital camera into PhotoMeister Improve editing photos to remove red eye adjust color or other changes How to Use PhotoMeister e 5 6 e How to Use PhotoMeister e Impress packaging your photos up to deliver through email the Web as a screensaver CD ROM Import The first step in using PhotoMeister with your digital photos is to put those photos into albums PhotoMeister utilizes simple and intuitive interfaces and wizards to help you e import photos from your digital camera or memory card e copy photos from existing folders on your computer into photo albums e open an existing folder with photos as an album Improve Once you have photos in your album the next step
97. ue Saturation Light esS aee Recte ee c de ute 41 HIS AM eA was o e GR QR tertie Rex elt um re QE Ede wean 41 RBA npe teh tte orte I teet iiastetue 41 Fxternal Editors 2 2222 iets o a a e as e al da een 42 COMPaCt View e ted A e e a da 42 Set Current Photo As Wallpaper 42 Step 3 Exporting your Photos 43 Introduction tetra lo oa oo bs do es io ett de ie do Ha 43 A O O NO 43 What to print et etta eti bem arp deste 43 Start printing cosas tede eie b teste e oit 44 PrntingGolor PrnBts 5 SL adeo ete RI eoi ier erts 44 Printing Contact Sheets and CD Covers Jewel Box Inlays sees 45 Previewing and Printing sesessseseeeee eere nennen nennen enne 45 P blishing To Th Web ad 46 HTML Albums vs Flash Albums oooooonincnocnnonoconcconccononnconnconnonn nono non nn 46 Creating Web Albums 02200220snsensennsnnnennsennsnnnnnnennnnnnnnnne nennen entrent 49 HTML Template Editing sss enne nenne ernennen 54 Creating SCIeens vets ies colic deemed atu da ed it e ero et eres 55 Creating SlidesbOWs e Kan ed aeter fads eiue deo met t a es 58 Sending Emails With Photos sess ener 61 Creating CD ROMs with Photos essen eren enne nnne nennen nns 63 Available Types of CD ROMS ccccescseseceeesseceeeeseeeeeeeeeeeensecesecesecaecaeceeceeeneenes 63 Starting CD ROM Creatina tdi 63 Preparing Photo Presentation CDS 0 ccccceecsesscessceeeceee
98. um Title and Comments window Album Title ite Album Comments HTML tags are allowed Footer Text can only be edited in registered version Created using a href http www photomeister com gt Photomeister lt a In this window you can customize the e Album Title The name of the album that will appear at the top of your browser window e Album Comments Any introduction or information you want to provide your viewers that will appear above the thumbnails on each Thumbnail page you can add HTML tags to these comments such as lt b gt lt b gt for bolding and lt i gt lt i gt for italicizing e Footer text that will appear at the bottom of each Thumbnail and Detail Page When you have set your Album Title Album Comments and Footer click on the Next button to bring up the Generating HTML Album window You will see 52 e Step 3 Exporting your Photos User s Manual Standard Template PhotoMeister each photo you have selected for your album generated into the appropriate HTML this is only for illustrative purposes You will not actually see code generated You will only see each picture and a progress bar as it is added to the Web photo album Creating Flash Albums When you choose to create Flash albums you will be taken directly to the Layout Template selection Select a Layout Template Business Christmas a Happy Birthday Template Editor Ice and Snow New Baby Ph
99. vers e Rotating e Cropping e Adding Frames PhotoMeister Step 2 Working with Your Photos e 33 e Removing red eye e Optimizing Rotating Quick Tip Press CTRL L to rotate the photo s to the left or CTRL R to rotate the photo s to the right PhotoMeister allows you to rotate photos in 90 degree increments clockwise or counter clockwise To rotate a photo e Select the photo s to rotate to rotate multiple photos click on the Selected Photos tab on the main window e You can rotate the photo s in one of two ways e Click on either the left or right button in the Improve area in the main window e Chose Rotate Left or Rotate Right from the Tools Menu Cropping Quick Tip Press CTRL P to quickly crop the picture With PhotoMeister you can crop photos to a certain size remove fuzzy or blurry borders or even focus in on a specific part of the picture To crop photos e Select the photo to crop you cannot crop multiple photos e Using the crosshair the crosshair is the default cursor when you put your mouse onto a picture in the main editing window click on an area of the photo and drag the box to highlight the part of the picture you want to keep any image left outside of the box will be removed e Notice the short helptext at the top left of the photo You can press Shift CTRL or ALT to keep the selection bound to a 3 4 most analog cameras or a 2 3 most digital cameras aspect ratio This w
100. w equal to or superior Many professional photographers have switched to digital cameras for their versatility flexibility and powerful features Today s digital cameras and digital photography sacrifice nothing in the way of quality Digital cameras produce pictures in one of two primary formats e JPEG EXIF Exchangeable Image File Most current digital camera store images using EXIF compressed files Because EXIF compressed files use a JPEG format the image data can be read by any application supporting JPEG essentially including all web browsers image editing software desktop presentation software and document creation applications EXIF files can also store information about each file size date aperture setting etc e TIFF Tagged Image File Format The TIFF is one of the most widely supported file formats for storing bit mapped images lossless compression Although not as flexible as the JPEG in terms of viewing TIFFs contain a far greater amount of information within the picture guaranteeing greater quality but the same resolution as a JPEG 2 e The Basics of Digital Photography User s Manual Standard Template Although similar taking digital pictures does have some marked differences from taking traditional pictures As you fill up that memory card with family friends sporting events sunsets and wildlife you should keep in mind a few helpful tips e Lighting because of the highly versatile nature of t
101. wer resolution to speed up the display Visit Tools Global settings in the main menu and increase the thumbnail size for a better display In the photobook the photos will be used in full quality You can now use the following functions to layout your photo book 70 e Step 3 Exporting your Photos User s Manual Standard Template PhotoMeister Choose a layout template for each page by clicking select above the page Choose a template from the upcoming list Select Layout lol x 3x Portrait and 1 Landscape bottom left n HET Show Photos Please note the thumbnails of all pages of your photo book at the bottom Simply click on the thumbnail of a page to get a larger view To choose another image for a photo simply click on the image and choose another photo from the upcoming list To move a photo onto another page click the photo hold the mouse button drag the mouse cursor to the thumbnail of the page that you want the photo to be on and release the mouse button This way the photo will be inserted before the photo you dragged it on You can also use this function to move photos on a page Click a photo with the right mouse button for even more functions Tips amp Tricks for Layout Editing Here are some tips that are useful for editing photobooks Keep an eye on the statistics on the lower left to make sure all photos fit into the photobook You can enlarge the thumbnails by gra
102. y this will display the next slide e Secondary mouse button this will bring up the PhotoMeister Slideshow default settings dialog box You can change any of the settings you originally set when you created the slideshow you cannot change the picture size JPEG quality or Slideshow comments e ESC key exit the slideshow After the slideshow test click on the Next button to bring up the Completing the Slideshow Wizard 60 e Step 3 Exporting your Photos User s Manual Standard Template Slideshow Wizard x Completing the Slideshow Wizard PhotoMeister has created a slideshow with 5 photos and the name My Slideshow in the folder c Ndokumente und einstellungen dirk paesslergmbh eigene How to use the slideshows use the Bum CD of PhotoMeister to write it onto a CD ROM give away the slideshow to your friends use the slideshow for business presentations Send Slideshow by E Mail Open folder To close the wizard click Finish lt Back Cancel This screen informs you of the name and location of your slideshow file e To send the slideshow via email right now click on Send Slideshow by E Mail e To open the folder that contains the slideshow file in Windows Explorer click on Open Folder When you are done click the Finish button Sending Emails With Photos Emailing digital photos is one of the simplest and most basic ways of distributing to friends and family to e

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