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User Guide

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Contents

Getting started 6

Welcome to PhotoSuite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7What's new in PhotoSuite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8Starting or exiting PhotoSuite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9Getting to know PhotoSuite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9Choosing the best display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Supported file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Fixing and editing photos 17

Fixing and editing your photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18Improving the quality of photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Using PhotoDoctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19Adjusting the exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20Adjusting the saturation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21Adjusting the sharpness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22Adjusting the tint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23Adjusting the brightness and contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

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Fixing facial flaws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25Removing red eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26Removing wrinkles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27Removing blemishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Repairing damaged photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29Removing dust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29Removing scratches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30Cloning one area onto another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Transforming photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33Cropping photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33Rotating photos and objects in projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35Flipping photos or objects in projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36Straightening photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37Resizing photos or objects in projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38Positioning photos and objects in projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40Changing the order of photos or objects in a project. . . . . . . . .41

Combining photos or adding props . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42Adding photos and cutouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43Adding props. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44Replacing photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Adding effects to photos or objects in projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47Using special effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47Adjusting transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49Fading the edges of photos and objects in projects . . . . . . . . . .50Adding shadows to photos and objects in projects . . . . . . . . . .51

Adding text to photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52Adding and editing text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52Editing calendar text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Painting and drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56Using the paint brush tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56Using flood fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58Adding or editing predefined shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61Adding or editing custom shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62Touchup painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

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Creating cutouts and masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66Creating cutouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66Creating masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Enhancing more than one photo at a time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73Setting a photo as your desktop wallpaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Creating photo projects 80

Creating new projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81Moving, resizing, and rotating objects in projects . . . . . . . . . . . . .82Creating a collages or a blank canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Using the CollageCreator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83Creating a blank Canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Creating calendars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86Creating cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89Creating other types of projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92Using photo stitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Tips to help you get the best results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98Finishing the project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Printing the project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101Saving the project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102Editing the project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103Flattening collages and objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

4 Adding borders to photos 105

Adding borders to your photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106Framing photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106Adding mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107Adding decorative edges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109


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5 Printing photos 111

Printing photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112Selecting photos to print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113Printing one photo per page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114Printing more than one photo per page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116Printing a contact sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118Tips for improving print quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

6 Sharing photos 120

Sharing photos and other media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121Selecting media files to send by e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121Sending media files individually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123Sending photos in a slideshow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126Setting the e-mail options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129Sharing photos through an online photo service . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

7 Setting PhotoSuite options 134

Setting general PhotoSuite options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135Setting the general options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136Setting file locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136Setting file associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137Setting notification options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137Setting the edit options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

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6

Getting started

In this chapter

Welcome to PhotoSuite 7

What's new in PhotoSuite 8

Starting or exiting PhotoSuite 9

Getting to know PhotoSuite 9

Choosing the best display settings 13

Supported file formats 14

Getting startedWelcome to PhotoSuite 7

Welcome to PhotoSuiteWith Roxio’s PhotoSuite, it has never been easier to repair, enhance, and share your digital photos.

You can scan your old, faded photos and restore them with a few clicks of the mouse, enhancing the color and removing water damage or scratches. From portraits, use PhotoSuite to remove red eye or even the appearance of wrinkles and blemishes. Use the touchup brushes to give your photos the final look you want.

PhotoSuite makes combining your photos into collages and other multi-photo projects easy, and allows you to manually add shapes, drawings and written messages to your photographic images. You can create posters, cards, calendars, or group photos—the list goes on.

Use PhotoSuite to e-mail photos to your friends or post your trip memories on an Internet site.

This documentation describes:

■ Fixing and editing photos on page 17

■ Creating photo projects on page 80

■ Adding borders to photos on page 105

■ Printing photos on page 111

■ Sharing photos on page 120

■ Setting PhotoSuite options on page 134


Getting startedWhat's new in PhotoSuite 8

What's new in PhotoSuiteThe PhotoSuite 7 application offers the following new features:

■ An improved look and feel makes it easier than ever to work with your photos. As you edit and enhance your photos and create projects, you will find that each activity takes fewer steps than in previous versions of PhotoSuite.

■ Organizing and accessing your photos is fast and easy with the new Media Manager tool. Media Manager allows you to quickly organize your photos and other media files within the Windows file system and create personalized file collections.

■ You can open more than one photo at a time for editing. When you select photos to open, press and hold the Control key to select several photos. In the Edit area, switch between open photos using the Open Photos drop-down list.

■ Several new painting and drawing tools make it easier for you to add your own custom art to photos, and to selectively touch up photo flaws. The new flood fill tool lets you select the pixels in a photo based on their color, and make adjustments to a range of characteristics such as the tint, sharpness, or transparency.

■ The new masking tool lets you define an area of a photo to edit, while protecting the parts of the photo you want to leave unchanged.

■ The edge tracing feature helps you define areas in a photo to cut out or mask.

■ E-mailing your photos is faster and easier, whether you send them as a slideshow, in the body of an HTML formatted e-mail message, or as an attachment.


Getting startedStarting or exiting PhotoSuite 9

Starting or exiting PhotoSuiteFollow these procedures to start or exit PhotoSuite.

Choose one of the following ways to start PhotoSuite:

■ From Windows, choose Start > All Programs > Roxio > PhotoSuite.

■ If you are using Roxio’s Easy Media Creator, click PhotoSuite from the Applications panel on the Home page.

Choose one of the following ways to exit PhotoSuite:

■ Click the close button.

■ Choose File > Exit.

Getting to know PhotoSuiteThis section describes the PhotoSuite Home page, Work Area, Guide panel, and Command bar.

The PhotoSuite Home pageThe PhotoSuite Home page is the starting point from which you begin working with your photos.

The PhotoSuite Home page differs between the Roxio Easy Media Creator and PhotoSuite 7 Platinum products, as shown below.


Getting startedGetting to know PhotoSuite 10

Easy Media Creator PhotoSuite Home page:

PhotoSuite 7 Platinum Home page:



The PhotoSuite Work Area and Guide panelsWhen you are working on a photo or project, the PhotoSuite window includes several main panels.

Guide panel

The Guide panel is located on the left side of the PhotoSuite window. The contents of the Guide panel change depending on the activity you are performing. The Guide panel gives you step-by-step instructions for each activity. It is where you find the options that are available for each activity.

Work Area

The Work Area displays the photo or project that you are currently working with.

The Status Bar

The Status Bar appears at the bottom of the PhotoSuite window as shown in the image above. The Status Bar displays information about the objects that are currently selected, and also displays a progress bar for some tasks.

Guide panel Work areaStatus bar



The Command BarThe Command bar is located immediately above the Work Area and displays the name of the photo or project that you are working on. The bar also includes a number of Command Bar buttons which allow you to zoom in and out on the photo or project displayed in the Work Area, or perform various actions.

Certain buttons only appear when the function they represent is applicable, for example, the save button is only available when you are in Edit mode.

The undo/redo feature remembers multiple actions. If you keep clicking the Undo button, PhotoSuite continues removing the previous actions.

Undo Redochange change

Zoom in onselected area

Zoom in Zoom out Select

Return tothe Homepage

Sends openphotos toe-mail task

Sends openphotos toprint task

Savescurrentphoto

zoomlevel

Enable/disablemask

Lists the openphotos—select thephoto to display


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Choosing the best display settings

Color depthIf your video card supports a higher color depth than 16-bit, such as 24-bit or 32-bit, consider using this higher setting for improved photo display.

To view and set the color depth:

1 On your Windows Desktop, right-click and choose Properties.

2 In the Display Settings dialog box, click the Settings tab.

3 Select a color depth from the Color drop-down list, and then click OK.

For more information, see the Microsoft Windows online help, or the documentation that came with your video card.

Screen resolutionSet your screen resolution to 1024 x 768 pixels or higher when running Roxio digital media products.

To view and set the screen resolution:

1 On your Windows Desktop, right-click and choose Properties.

2 In the Display Settings dialog box, click the Settings tab.

3 Use the slider to set the screen area, and then click OK.

For information about configuring the screen resolution, see the Microsoft Windows online help, or the documentation that came with your video card.


Getting startedSupported file formats 14

Supported file formatsThis section describes the types of files that you can use with PhotoSuite. It describes the PhotoSuite format, and the other supported formats.

PhotoSuite’s Native Format (.dmsp)DMSP (PSPD in PhotoSuite 5.0) is PhotoSuite's native file format for edited photos and projects. This format retains layer information and allows you to “undo” changes made to specific objects when you have combined multiple photos and other objects into a collage. You can also undo certain edits if you are working in a multiple layer project or not. With DMSP, both the edited and the original settings of certain key features, such as the “Transform” editing tools, are saved with the file.

For example, if you save a cropped photo in DMSP format, you can reverse the edit later, retrieving the cropped portion. When saved in another format, such as JPEG, BMP, or TIFF, only the portion enclosed within the crop lines is saved. The cropped portion of the photo, the area of the photo lying outside the crop lines, is discarded permanently.

The output medium you plan to use for your photos will probably determine the best format in which to save your edited photos. For example, if you plan to use your photos on a web site or e-mail them, you may want to save them in JPEG format to create smaller files.

DMSP files can only be accessed using PhotoSuite. If you send photos in DMSP format, the recipients need to have PhotoSuite installed on their systems to view them.



Other supported graphic formats PhotoSuite supports a number of popular file formats:

Windows Bitmap (.bmp - .dib - .rle)

Windows Bitmap is the standard graphics file format used by Microsoft Windows. They are either in 2, 16, 256, or 16.7 million (24-bit) colors. Most Windows Bitmap files are not compressed. It is possible to save 16 and 256 color images in a compressed format but some applications cannot read the compressed files.

This format preserves the quality and detail of the images well. The default file extension for Windows Bitmap files is BMP. Occasionally you may see bitmap files with the extension DIB and RLE. Windows Run-Length Encoded (RLE) is a variation of the BMP file format. The RLE format features modest image compression, so can therefore have a smaller file size depending on the photo.

RLE files come in either in 16 or 256 colors. This format has two primary uses in Windows—as wallpaper and logo screens.

Joint Photographic Experts Group (.jpg - .jpe - .jpeg)

This file format uses several extensions, but all are commonly known as JPEG files. The compression scheme for these files reduces the photo image file size by selectively reducing detail and transforming the image into a data format more suited for compression. As a result, photos with fewer details compress extremely well, while those with more detail may suffer in image quality.

File Format Extension Open Save

Windows Bitmap (.bmp -.rle -.dib) x x

Joint Photographic Experts Group (.jpg - .jpe - .jpeg) x x

Portable Network Graphics (.png) x x

Tagged Image File Format (.tif - .tiff) x x



JPEG is an excellent choice if you plan to upload photos onto the Internet. It is not the best format to use, however, if you plan to edit the photo, because each time you re-save the photo, some picture degradation will occur. This is referred to as “lossy” compression, where some image information is lost in the interest of better compression.

For editing purposes, save the image in PhotoSuite's DMSP format as you work, and then save the final image in JPEG format.

Portable Network Graphics (.png)

The PNG format was developed as an alternative to the GIF format and, like GIF and JPEG, is used for displaying images on the Internet. PNG preserves all the color information and alpha channels in an image. PhotoSuite does not maintain layer information when you save a file in PNG format. This format uses a lossless compression scheme to reduce file size.

PNG files come in 256-color, True Color, and 32-bit color varieties.

Tagged Image File Format (.tif - .tiff)

The TIFF format was developed as a portable method of storing bitmap images. This format provides the most flexibility and the highest quality among the bit mapped graphics formats, but the files require the most space and memory, especially for high-resolution images.

TIFF files come in monochrome, 16-color, 256-color, 16-color gray scale, 256-color gray scale, and 16.7 million-color (24-bit) varieties.


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Fixing and editing photos

In this chapter

Fixing and editing your photos 18

Improving the quality of photos 19

Fixing facial flaws 25

Repairing damaged photos 29

Transforming photos 33

Combining photos or adding props 42

Adding effects to photos or objects in projects 47

Adding text to photos 52

Painting and drawing 56

Creating cutouts and masks 66

Enhancing more than one photo at a time 73

Setting a photo as your desktop wallpaper 79

Fixing and editing photosFixing and editing your photos 18

Fixing and editing your photosPhotoSuite 7 provides easy-to-use tools to help you enhance your photos.

Let PhotoDoctor automatically improve the quality of your photos by adjusting the exposure, saturation, and sharpness with just one click.

Adjust the tint, brightness and contrast, fix red eye, or repair damage such as dust or scratch marks. Straighten crooked photos, or crop away unwanted areas to focus on the subject using the transform tools.

You can even add your own touches to favorite photos by adding text or using the freehand and touchup paint tools.

For information on using PhotoSuite to fix or edit your photos go to:

■ Improving the quality of photos on page 19

■ Fixing facial flaws on page 25

■ Repairing damaged photos on page 29

■ Transforming photos on page 33

■ Combining photos or adding props on page 42

■ Adding effects to photos or objects in projects on page 47

■ Adding text to photos on page 52

■ Painting and drawing on page 56

■ Creating cutouts and masks on page 66

■ Enhancing more than one photo at a time on page 73


Fixing and editing photosImproving the quality of photos 19

Improving the quality of photosUsing PhotoSuite, you can improve to quality of your digital photos by adjusting the exposure, color saturation, sharpness, tint, or brightness and contrast.

You can use PhotoDoctor to automatically adjust the exposure, saturation, and sharpness of your photos based on photo analysis and predefined settings.

These procedures show how to improve the quality of your photos:

■ Using PhotoDoctor on page 19

■ Adjusting the exposure on page 20

■ Adjusting the saturation on page 21

■ Adjusting the sharpness on page 22

■ Adjusting the tint on page 23

■ Adjusting the brightness and contrast on page 24

Using PhotoDoctorUse PhotoDoctor to automatically adjust the exposure, saturation, and sharpness of photos.

PhotoDoctor analyzes the photo, and then fixes any flaws using predefined settings with just one click. You can then choose to keep these changes or return the photo to its original settings.

To automatically improve photos using PhotoDoctor:

1 Choose one of the following ways to start the Edit task:

■ In Easy Media Creator Home or PhotoSuite 7 Platinum, click Edit

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■ On the PhotoSuite Home page, click Edit.

2 Select a photo, and then click Open.

To open more than one photo, press and hold the Control key while you select the photos.



3 If the Common Features menu is open, click PhotoDoctor.

If the All Edit Features menu is open, click Overall Quality > PhotoDoctor.

4 Click AutoFix.

PhotoDoctor automatically analyses exposure, saturation, and sharpness, and then fixes them based on predefined optimum settings.

You see the results immediately.

5 Click Done if you want to keep the changes made by PhotoDoctor, or Cancel if you want to restore the photo to its original appearance.

6 Click the Done Editing Photos button to return to Home.

Adjusting the exposureFollow this procedure to improve the quality of over or underexposed photos. When you adjust the exposure, you change the intensity level of the photo’s dark areas and shadows, and its highlights and bright areas.

PhotoSuite can adjust the exposure for you automatically, or you can adjust it manually.

To adjust the exposure:



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3 Click the Show All Features button.

The All Edit Features menu appears.

4 Click Overall Quality > Exposure.

5 To let PhotoSuite automatically adjust the exposure, click Auto Fix.



6 To compare the original photo with the photo as it will appear when your changes are applied, select or clear the Show Preview check box.

7 To manually adjust the exposure, click More Settings.

Use the sliders to adjust the exposure settings for the Dark Areas, Midtones, and Bright Areas in the photo.

8 Click Done if you want to keep the changes, or Cancel if you want to restore the photo to its original appearance.


Adjusting the saturationFollow this procedure to adjust the saturation of color in photos. Saturation is the strength, or depth, of color. Increasing the saturation makes dull photos look more vivid, but may cause other colors in the photo to become too vivid, such as skin tone in people.

PhotoSuite can adjust the saturation for you automatically, or you can adjust it manually.

To adjust the saturation:



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4 Click Overall Quality > Saturation.

5 To let PhotoSuite automatically adjust the saturation, click Auto Fix.




7 To manually adjust the saturation, click More Settings.

Use the sliders to adjust the Saturation and Midtones settings in the photo.



Adjusting the sharpnessFollow this procedure to sharpen the edges, or the detail, of photos. Adjust the sharpness to correct blurring. PhotoSuite sharpens photos by detecting areas with significant color changes, and creating a light-colored line on one edge, and a dark -colored line on the other. The lines emphasize the edge and create the illusion of a sharper image.

The effect is more noticeable on screen than in print, if you print with a very high resolution. If you plan to print the photos, you may need to adjust the sharpness further.

To adjust the sharpness:



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4 Click Overall Quality > Sharpness.

5 To let PhotoSuite automatically adjust the sharpness, click Auto Fix.




7 To manually adjust the sharpness, click More Settings.

8 Use the sliders to adjust the following sharpness settings:

■ Amount: Specify the amount of contrast between pixels.

■ Radius: Specify the number of pixels (radiating from the edge) that

you want to sharpen. We recommend a radius value between one

and two pixels. If the value is too low, only the edge pixels are

sharpened. If the value is too high, wide bands of pixels are

sharpened, creating a “special effect.”

■ Threshold: Specify how different pixels must be from those that

surround them to be considered edge pixels and sharpened. To

avoid introducing noise (for example, in images with flesh tones),

experiment with threshold values between two and 20.



Adjusting the tintFollow this procedure to correct the tint of the photo. The tint is the overall hue and balance of color. You might use this feature, for example, to remove the yellow tint in old photos. You can also remove an unnatural color tint caused by the lighting conditions present when the photo was taken, such as fluorescence lighting.

To adjust the tint:



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4 Click Overall Quality > Tint.

5 To let PhotoSuite automatically adjust the tint, click an area in the photo that should be white or gray. The tint adjusts automatically.


7 To manually adjust the tint, click More Settings.

8 Use the sliders to adjust the following settings:

■ Tint Color: Specify the color you want to tint the photo.

■ Tint Balance: Increase or decrease the tint in the photo.



Adjusting the brightness and contrastFollow this procedure to correct the brightness and contrast in a photo.

To adjust the brightness and contrast:


■ In Easy Media Creator Home or PhotoSuite 7 Platinum Home,

click Edit and fix photos.






4 Click Overall Quality > Brightness & Contrast.


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■ Brightness: Increase or decrease the overall brightness of the

photo.

■ Contrast: Increase or decrease the contrast between the light and

dark areas of the photo.




Fixing facial flawsWith PhotoSuite, you can remove common “facial flaws” that often appear in photos, such as red eye, wrinkles and blemishes.

Red eye occurs when the camera flash reflects from the subjects’ eyes, giving the eyes a red appearance in the photo.

Follow these procedures to remove facial flaws:

■ Removing red eye on page 26

■ Removing wrinkles on page 27

■ Removing blemishes on page 28



Removing red eyeFollow this procedure to correct the “red eye” that appears when the flash from the camera reflects from the subjects’ eyes.

To remove red eye:







3 If the Common Features menu is open, click Red Eye,

If the All Edit Features menu is open, click Facial Flaws > Red Eye.

4 To let PhotoSuite automatically remove red eye in the photo, click Auto Fix.

5 To remove red eye manually, or if you are not satisfied with the results of Auto Fix, click More Settings.

6 Use the Select Zoom or Zoom In button to enlarge the photo until you can work easily on the eyes.

The cursor becomes a brush when you move it over the photo.

7 Use the slider to increase or decrease the size of the brush until it is slightly bigger than the eye.

8 Click or brush over the red area of the eye until the red is removed.

9 To undo a stroke, click Undo last stroke.

10 When you are finished, click Done.





Removing wrinklesFollow this procedure to remove the appearance of wrinkles from a photo.

To remove wrinkles:









4 Click Facial Flaws > Wrinkles.

5 Use the Select Zoom or Zoom In button to enlarge the photo until you can work easily on the wrinkled area.


6 Use the slider to increase or decrease the size of the brush until it is the same width as the wrinkle.

7 Click and brush over the wrinkled area repeatedly until the wrinkle is removed.

Clicking applies the smoothing effect over the area under the brush. Repeatedly clicking applies more and more of the effect.






Removing blemishesFollow this procedure to remove blemishes from a photo. You can use this feature to remove facial blemishes from a person in a photo, or to remove any other spot or blemish on the photo itself.

To remove blemishes:









4 Click Facial Flaws > Blemishes.

5 Use the Select Zoom or Zoom In button to enlarge the photo until you can work easily on the blemished area.


6 Use the slider to increase or decrease the size of the brush until it is about twice as large as the blemish.

7 Click the brush over the blemished area until the blemish is removed.

Do not hold the mouse button down and brush over the area repeatedly, as this has no effect.

Clicking applies an even coat of the effect over the area under the brush. Repeatedly clicking applies more and more of the effect.





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Repairing damaged photosYou can remove certain common defects that damage photos.

Using PhotoSuite, you can remove the appearance of dust, a common problem when scanning photos, remove scratches that were present before a photo is digitized, or copy the color and appearance from one area of a photo to another damaged area.

Follow these procedures to repair damaged photos:

■ Removing dust on page 29

■ Removing scratches on page 30

■ Cloning one area onto another on page 31

Removing dustFollow this procedure to remove dust from a photo. Dust commonly appears in scanned photos.

To remove dust:









4 Click Damaged Photos > Dust.

5 To let PhotoSuite automatically remove the dust from the photo, click Auto Fix.

6 If necessary, select the Show Preview check box to view the changes.

7 To remove the dust manually, click More Settings.



8 Use the slider to adjust the amount of dust removed from the photo.

As you move the slider to the right, PhotoSuite becomes increasingly sensitive to any variation in pixel color. Any pixel whose color varies sharply from the “average” color of the pixels in the area is adjusted to match the “average” color.

9 If you do not want to keep the changes, click Reset.



Removing scratchesFollow this procedure to remove scratches from photos.

To remove scratches:









4 Click Damaged Photos > Scratches.

5 Use the Select Zoom or Zoom In button to enlarge the photo until you can work easily on the scratched area.

6 Use the slider to increase or decrease the size of the brush until it is about the same width as the scratch.



7 Click and brush over the scratched area repeatedly until the scratch is removed.

Clicking applies the smoothing effect over the area under the brush. Repeatedly clicking applies more and more of the effect.




Cloning one area onto anotherThe clone tool copies pixels from one area of a photo and pastes them over another area. Use the clone tool to repair a damaged area of a photo by replacing it with pixels from an undamaged area that has the same appearance.

Note You can only clone an area from a photo onto another area of the same photo. You cannot clone from one photo onto another, unless they are both part of the same project and you flatten the project. After you flatten the project, you can no longer edit each photo individually.

To clone one area of a photo on to another:











4 Click Damaged Photos > Clone.

5 Click in the area of the photo that you want to clone.

The Source brush appears temporarily in this area (called the start point) and the Destination brush becomes active. Click the Reset start point button if you want to choose a different start point.

6 Use the sliders to adjust the following brush settings:

■ Size: Increase or decrease the size of the brush.

■ Transparency: Increase or decrease the intensity of the effect.

Choose a low value for more opaque brush, or a stronger effect.

Choose a high value for a more transparent brush, or a weaker

effect.

■ Edge fading: Increase or decrease the amount of fading around the

edge of the Destination brush.

7 Click on the area you want to replace with the cloned section.

The source and destination brushes are linked. As you move the destination brush, the source brush also moves. As you drag the mouse, the pixels under the source brush are copied to the area under the destination brush. You may need to reset the start point several times to achieve the results you want.





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Transforming photosYou can use PhotoSuite’s transformation tools to adjust the orientation, position or size of photos.

Use these procedures to transform your photos:

■ Cropping photos on page 33

■ Rotating photos and objects in projects on page 35

■ Flipping photos or objects in projects on page 36

■ Straightening photos on page 37

■ Resizing photos or objects in projects on page 38

■ Positioning photos and objects in projects on page 40

■ Changing the order of photos or objects in a project on page 41

Cropping photosFollow this procedure to select an area of interest in a photo, and crop or remove the rest of the photo.

You can also crop a project , such as a collage. To do so, you must first flatten the project. For information, see Flattening collages and objects on page 104.

Note If you save a cropped photo in PhotoSuite format (.dmsp), the entire original photo is preserved, including the crop settings. If you save the cropped photo in any other format, the cropped area is permanently deleted.To crop photos:



To crop a photo:







3 If the Common Features menu is open, click Crop, or if the All Edit Features menu is open, click Transform > Crop.

The photo is enclosed by a dashed box. The borders of the box are called crop lines. Small circles, called resize handles, are located in the corners. The area of the photo inside the crop lines is called the area of interest. This is area that is kept, while everything outside of the crop lines is removed.

4 Click and drag the crop lines to define the area that you want to keep. Use any of the following ways to move the crop lines:

■ Drag anywhere on the horizontal or vertical crop lines to move

them individually.

■ Use the resize handles to maintain the aspect ratio.

■ Press and hold the Shift key and use the resize handles to move

both the horizontal and vertical crop lines without maintaining

the aspect ratio.

■ When you move the cursor over the area of interest, the cursor

appears as an open hand, and you can click and drag the entire

crop area as a whole without changing its dimensions.

5 Optional. From the Guide panel, select a shape for the crop area, and resize it using any of the methods listed above. Depending on the shape you choose, there may be additional handles to change the shape. For example, star shapes have a handle that let you change the depth of the star points.



6 Optional. To select a standard proportion for the crop area, click More Settings and then select a proportion and an orientation (portrait or landscape).

Proportion refers to the comparative relation of width to height (for Portrait orientation), or height to width (for Landscape orientation). For example, if you select the standard proportion of 4 to 6, and a Portrait orientation, for a photo which measures 9 inches wide by 12 inches long, then 1/2 an inch is cropped from each side of the photo. The area of interest is now 8 inches wide by 12 inches long. The 4 to 6 proportion of the photo is maintained.

7 To view only the area of interest, select the Hide cropped area check box.

8 To reset the crop lines, click Reset.



Rotating photos and objects in projectsFollow this procedure to rotate photos and objects in projects.

To rotate photos and objects in projects:





2 Select a photo or project, and then click Open.

To open more than one file, press and hold the Control key while you select the photos and projects.

3 If the Common Features menu is open, click Rotate, or if the All Edit Features menu is open, click Transform > Rotate.



4 Choose one of the following ways to rotate the photo or project object:

■ Click the buttons to rotate the photo or project object 90° to the

left or right, or to rotate the photo or project object 180°.

■ Drag the rotation handle in the center of the bounding box to

rotate the photo or project object manually. As you rotate the

photo or project object, the degrees of rotation are displayed in the

value box on the Guide panel.

■ Enter the degree of rotation in the value box on the Guide panel.

Use the (+) and (-) buttons to increase or decrease the angle.

5 Click Reset to restore the photo or project object to its original orientation.



Flipping photos or objects in projectsFollow this procedure to flip photos and objects in projects horizontally, vertically, or in both directions.

To flip photos:






To open more than one file, press and hold the Control key while you select the photos or projects.





4 Click Transform > Flip.

5 Click the buttons to flip the Horizontally, Vertically, or Both Ways.

6 Click Reset to restore the photo to its original orientation.

7 Click Done if you want to keep the changes, or Cancel if you want to restore the photo or project to its original appearance.


Straightening photosFollow this procedure to straighten a misaligned photo. For example, you might need to straighten a photo that was not perfectly straight when it was scanned.









4 Click Transform > Straighten.

5 Create a reference point for PhotoSuite. To do this, click in two spots on the photo to draw a line along an object that should be perfectly vertical or horizontal.

Try to make the line parallel to an edge that you know should be perfectly straight. The reference line tells PhotoSuite which edge of the photo is misaligned.

If you make a mistake, click Reset line to start again.

6 Click Straighten.



7 PhotoSuite straightens the photo. Repeat step 5 and step 6, if necessary.

8 When you are finished, click Next.

The photo is flattened and the crop tool is active. However, if you need to straighten the photo further, click Back. The photo is restored to its original orientation.

9 Crop the photo as needed. For more information, see Cropping photos on page 33.



Resizing photos or objects in projectsFollow this procedure to change the size of photos or objects in projects.

To resize photos or objects in projects:









4 Click Transform > Resize.



5 Use any of the following methods to adjust the size of the bounding box:

■ Click and drag the handles on the bounding box. You can move

the horizontal and vertical edges individually, or you can use the

corner handles to move them together and maintain the

proportions of the photos or project objects.

■ Press and hold the Shift key and use the resize handles to move

both the horizontal and vertical crop lines without maintaining

the aspect ratio.

OR

a Click More Settings.

b Optional. Select another unit of measure from the list box provided. Dimensions are measured in inches, centimeters, or pixels.

c Optional. Select the Maintain proportions check box to maintain the height to width ratio. If you do not select this option, and then change one or both dimensions of the photo or project object, it might appear distorted.

d On the Guide panel, enter new values for Height and Width in the appropriate value fields.





Positioning photos and objects in projectsFollow this procedure to change the position of photos and other objects in projects. A project is any PhotoSuite file that contains more than one photo or object.

For information about creating projects, see Creating new projects on page 81.

To position photos and objects in projects:





2 Select a project, and then click Open.

To open more than one project, press and hold the Control key while you select the projects.



4 Click Transform > Position.



5 Use any of the following methods to reposition the photo or project object:

■ Select the photo or project object you want to move, and drag it to

a new position.

■ Select a position relative to the canvas from the grid.

or

a Click More Settings, and then enter the horizontal and vertical offset positions for the photo or project object.

Offset positions are expressed as a certain number of units measured horizontally and vertically from the top left corner of the canvas to the anchor point of the selected photo or project object.

b Optional. Select a unit of measurement (inches, centimeters, or pixels).

c Select an offset anchor (for example, Top Left).



Changing the order of photos or objects in a projectFollow this procedure to change the stack order of the various photos or objects in a project.

To change the order of photos or objects in a project:






To open more than one project, press and hold the Control key while you select the project.


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4 Click Transform > Change Order.

5 Select the photo or project object you want to bring forward or back, and then click one of the following buttons:

■ Bring forward

■ Bring to front

■ Send backward

■ Send to back

OR

Drag the thumbnail of the photo or project object up or down in the gallery.

6 Click Done if you want to keep the changes, or Cancel if you want to restore the photo or project object to its original appearance.


Combining photos or adding propsYou can add photos, cutouts, and props to the photo you currently have open in the Work area—in effect, creating a project with the current photo as the background—or to add photos and cutouts to a blank project you have already created.

For more information about creating projects, see Creating new projects on page 81.

Any photo or cutout you add is a unique object, which you can then move and edit separately from any other object in the project.

Use these procedures to add or work with objects in your project:

■ Adding photos and cutouts on page 43

■ Adding props on page 44

■ Replacing photos on page 46



Adding photos and cutoutsFollow this procedure to add photos or cutouts to the photo or project you currently have open in the Work area.

Any photo or cutout you add becomes its own object, which you can then move and edit separately from any other object in the project.

To add photos and cutouts:

1 Choose one of the following ways to start the project:

■ To start with a blank project, on the PhotoSuite Home page, click

New Canvas.

OR

a To start with a background photo, on the PhotoSuite Home page, click Edit.

b Select a photo to use as the background, and then click Open.



3 Click Add Photos > Add Photos & Cutouts.

4 Select the photos or cutouts you want to add.

To select more than one photo, press and hold the Control key while you select the photos.

5 Click Add.

The photos appear in the work area and in the gallery. You can move, resize, or rotate the photos, or use any of the other Edit tools available. You can also change the order of the photos by moving them up or down in the gallery.



6 Choose File > Save, or click the Save button.

A dialog box appears asking what format you want to use to save the project.

■ Select Yes to save the project in PhotoSuite format (.dmsp) if you

want to make changes to the individual objects at a later time.

Name the file and click Save.

■ Select No to flatten the project, causing the entire project to be

treated as one photo image.

A dialog box appears asking if you want to replace the existing file. Click Yes to replace the existing file.

Click No to choose a new name and/or location. The Save As dialog box appears. Enter the new file name and/or folder location and click Save.


Adding propsFollow this procedure to add props to a photo or project. Props are stock photos of single objects (for example, a pen or a ball) which are installed with PhotoSuite during a complete install.

Any prop you add becomes its own object, which you can then move and edit separately from any other object in the project.

To add a prop:

1 Choose one of the following ways to start the project:

■ To start with a blank project, on the PhotoSuite Home page, click

New Canvas.

OR

a To start with a background photo, on the PhotoSuite Home page, click Edit.

b Select a photo to use as the background, and then click Open.





3 Click Add Photos > Add Props.

4 Select a prop from the Guide panel, and drag it to the work area.

You can also double-click a prop to add it to the work area.

5 Click Done.

You can move, resize, or rotate the prop, or use any of the other Edit tools available. You can also change the order of the photos and props by moving them up or down in the gallery.


A dialog box appears asking what format you want to use to save the project.

■ Select Yes to save the project in PhotoSuite format (.dmsp) if you

want to make changes to the individual objects at a later time.

Name the file and click Save.

■ Select No to flatten the project, causing the entire project to be

treated as one photo image.






Replacing photosFollow this procedure to replace a photo in a project.

To replace a photo:






3 Select the photo in the project that you want to replace.



5 Click Add Photos > Replace Photos.

6 Select the new photo, and then click Replace.

The new photo replaces the old one in the work area and in the gallery. You can move, resize, or rotate the photo, or use any of the other Edit tools available. You can also change the order of the photos by moving them up or down in the gallery.

Note The new photo is placed in an area that is the same size as the one it replaced. You may need to adjust the size and orientation of the new photo.


8 When you are finished, click Done Editing Photo.


Fixing and editing photosAdding effects to photos or objects in projects 47

Adding effects to photos or objects in projectsWith PhotoSuite, you can apply special effects to your photos or objects in projects. For example, you can add an effect that makes your photo look like an oil or watercolor painting, or add a color effect to tint the photo.

You can adjust the transparency of a photo in a project, allowing you to see the objects below. Or you can fade the edges of a photo in a project, causing it to blend into the background.

Use these procedures to add effects to your photos:

■ Using special effects on page 47

■ Adjusting transparency on page 49

■ Fading the edges of photos and objects in projects on page 50

■ Adding shadows to photos and objects in projects on page 51

Using special effectsFollow this procedure to apply special effects to a photo or an object in a project. There are several types of effects available in PhotoSuite, including artistic effects that can transform your photo into an oil or watercolor painting, color effects that add a tint to the photo, and many others.

To apply a special effect:









4 Click Effects > Special Effects.



5 Optional. Select an effect category from the drop-down menu. By default, the All Effects category is selected. This category lists thumbnail examples of all the effects available.

6 Optional. Select the Show preview check box to view the result of applying the effect to your photo.

7 Select an effect from the menu in the Guide panel.

8 Optional. Click the Adjust Settings button to manually adjust the effect.

The settings available for the effect you have applied appear. These settings vary depending on the effect. For effects that do not have additional settings, the Adjust Settings button cannot be selected.

Click Done, when you are finished adjusting the settings.


Note You can only add one special effect at a time. To layer effects, click Done, and then return to the Special Effects task to add another special effect.




Adjusting transparencyFollow this procedure to adjust the transparency of a photo or an object in a project.

Transparency is the amount of light that passes through an object. When an objects has a low transparency, you cannot see through it. For example, if the transparency is set to zero, the object is solid and completely opaque.

As you increase the transparency setting, the photo or object becomes more transparent. When the transparency is set very high, the object becomes invisible.

To adjust the transparency:









4 Click Effects > Transparency.

5 Use the slider to adjust the transparency level of the photo. The settings range from Less (solid color) to More (invisible).

6 Click Reset to restore the photo to its original transparency level.

Note If you click Reset, all transparency applied to the photo using PhotoSuite will be removed, even if you added it in another editing session.





Fading the edges of photos and objects in projectsFollow this procedure to fade the edges of a photo or an object in a project. You can fade the edges of an object in a project, for example, so that it blends into the background.

To fade the edges of photos or objects in projects:









4 Click Effects > Edge Fading.

5 Use the slider to adjust the amount of edge fading. The settings range from Hard (no fading) to Soft (most fading).

6 Click Reset to restore the edges of the photo to their original state.

Note If you click Reset, all fading applied to the photo using PhotoSuite will be removed, even if you added it in another editing session.





Adding shadows to photos and objects in projectsFollow this procedure to add shadow effects to an object in a project. Adding a shadow to a prop in a project, for example, can help make the object look more natural in the photo.

To add shadows:






To open more than one project, press and hold the Control key while you select the projects.

3 Select the object to which you want to add a shadow.



5 Click Effects > Shadow.

6 Select a shadow direction from the grid on the Guide panel.


■ Offset: The distance the shadow is offset from the object. The

settings range from Small to Large.

■ Transparency: The degree to which light is allowed to pass through

the shadow. The settings range from Less (solid color) to More

(invisible).

■ Diffusion: The blurring of the edges of the shadow, or how much

the shadow blends in to the background. The settings range from

Hard (no fading) to Soft (most fading).


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8 To change the shadow color, click the Color button to view the color selection panel. Click on a new color from the panel.

Click More Colors to choose from a larger selection of colors, or to create new colors.

9 Click Reset to remove the shadow.



Adding text to photosUse PhotoSuite to add text to a photo or a project, for example, to create holiday greeting cards from personal photos.

You can modify any text previously added to photos or projects.

Use these procedures to add or modify text:

■ Adding and editing text on page 52

■ Editing calendar text on page 55

Adding and editing textFollow this procedure to add or edit text in a photo or project.

To add or edit text in a photo or project:







3 If the Common Features menu is open, click Add or Edit Text.

If the All Edit Features menu is open, click Text > Add or Edit Text.



4 If you are editing an existing text object, select the text object in the photo or project.

The contents of the text object appear in the Guide panel text box.

5 If you are adding a new text object, then click Add a new text object.

A new text object appears on the photo or project, and “Put your text here!” appears in the Guide panel text box.

6 Edit the text in the box on the Guide panel. The text appears in the photo or project.

7 Use the handles on the bounding box around the text to change its size and position, or to rotate the text.

8 To change the text color, click the Color button to view the color selection panel. Click on a new color from the panel.

Or click More Colors and complete the following steps to choose from a larger selection of colors, or to create new colors.

Note The settings that you choose apply to all of the text in the selected text object. If you want to use different text styles, create a new text object for each style. This applies to step 8 to step 14.

a Select one of the predefined colors, or create your own color using any of the following methods:

■ Click in the Hues area to select a hue, and then click in the

Shades area.

■ Select the Eye Dropper tool and click anywhere on the

PhotoSuite window to select a color.

■ Enter values directly into the Hue, Sat, Val boxes, or in the

Red, Green, Blue boxes.

As you select colors or enter the values for colors, the selected color appears in the New Color box.

b When you have the color you want, click Add to My Colors, and then click OK to close the More Colors window.



9 To change the font, select a new font from the drop-down list in the Guide panel.

10 Select the horizontal justification (left, centered, or right).

11 Select the vertical alignment (top, centered, bottom).

12 Apply styles to the text (bold, italic, underlined).

13 Select a font size.

You can use the + and - buttons to increase or decrease the text size, or you can type directly in the Size box and then press Enter.

14 Resize the text object using the Horizontal Scaling option to maintain the proportions of the text object (that is, the ratio of the text object’s height to its width).

For example, as you change the height or width of the text box using the handles on the bounding box, the value in the Horizontal Scaling field changes to reflect the current ratio of height to width. You can enter 100 in the Horizontal Scaling box to maintain the original proportion of the text.


16 Choose File > Save to save the changes made to the photo, or click the Save button.






Editing calendar textFollow this procedure to edit the text in a calendar. You can change the year and the month, and also select whether the starting date for the week is Sunday or Monday. This is useful, for example, if you want to reuse a calendar project for different months.

To edit calendar text:





2 Select a calendar, and then click Open.



4 Click Text > Edit Calendar Text.

5 Change the starting date information. Specify the Year, the Month, and the day of the week you want listed in the first column, Sunday or Monday.





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Painting and drawingWith PhotoSuite’s paint and draw tools, you can add free hand drawings to your photos, touch up the photo (for example, change the color or saturation of portions of the photo), or add predefined shapes to the photo.

For information on manually adjusting your photos, see:

■ Using the paint brush tool on page 56

■ Using flood fill on page 58

■ Touchup painting on page 64

■ Adding or editing predefined shapes on page 61

■ Adding or editing custom shapes on page 62

■ Using flood fill on page 58

Using the paint brush toolFollow this procedure to use the freehand paint brush tool to add your own hand-painted art to a photo or project.

As you add paint strokes, PhotoSuite creates a new object in the photo or project that holds the paint stroke. You can return to that object and edit the stroke. All of the changes you make affect everything in the object (for example, every brush stroke on a particular layer is the same size, color, shape, and transparency).

You must add a new stroke, or object, to create paint strokes with brushes of different sizes, shapes, colors, and so on.



To use the paint brush tool:









4 Click Paint & Draw > Paint Brush.

The paint brush tool has two modes: Paint stroke selection mode and Add new paint stroke mode.

In Paint stroke selection mode, you can click to select any of the existing paint stroke objects. In Add new paint stroke mode, you can create a new paint stroke object.

If the photo or project does not contain any paint stroke objects, one is automatically added so you can starting painting immediately.

5 Click the Paint stroke selection button to select a paint stroke that is already on the photo and make changes to it. Click the Add new paint stroke button to add a new paint stroke.

6 Select a brush shape from the Brush Shape menu on the Guide panel. To see a popup window that shows all of the available shapes, click the arrow above the menu.

7 To change the brush color, click the Color button to view the color selection panel. Click on a new color from the panel.





■ Size: Increase or decrease the brush size.

■ Transparency: The degree to which light is allowed to pass through

the stroke. The settings range from Less (solid color) to More

(invisible).

■ Edge Fading: The blurring of the edges of the stroke, or how much

the stroke blends in to the background.

9 Click and drag the mouse to paint on your photo.

As you drag the mouse, a dotted line shows where the paint stoke will appear. When you release the mouse button, the paint stroke is selected, and you can make changes to it.

As you create new paint strokes, they appear in the Gallery. To edit a paint stroke, select the object in the Gallery, and then make changes.

10 To start a new stroke, click the Add new paint stroke button, and repeat step 6 to step 9.


12 Continue editing your photo, or click Done Editing Photo.

Using flood fillFollow this procedure to use the flood fill tool to select pixels in a photo according to their color, and make changes to them. For example, you can select a red area in a photo and adjust that area’s saturation, or change the red to another color.

Note The flood fill tool is only available for use in photos.



To use the flood fill tool:









4 Click Paint & Draw > Flood Fill.

5 Select a fill style. Choose from the following styles:

Each fill style is represented by a thumbnail which indicates the effect created by the brush.

6 To change the fill color, if you selected normal, colorize, or tint, click the Color button to view the color selection panel. Click on a new color from the panel.


■ Normal ■ Desaturate

■ Colorize ■ Sharpen

■ Tint ■ Soften

■ Lighten ■ Black & White

■ Darken ■ Transparency

■ Saturate




■ Tolerance: Sets how pixels are selected. If you choose a low

tolerance, then the pixels in the area that you click on which are

exactly the same color or very close will be selected. If you select a

high tolerance, then pixels in the area that you click on which are

similar (but not exactly the same) will be selected.

■ Transparency: Increase or decrease the degree to which light is

allowed to pass through the fill. The settings range from Less (solid

color) to More (invisible).

■ Edge Fading: Increase or decrease the blurring of the edges of the

fill, or how much the fill blends in to the background.

8 Click on the area in the photo you want to fill.

To replace only one pixel and its surrounding pixels (based on tolerance levels), click the mouse in one area. To replace many pixels and all their surrounding pixels (based on tolerance levels) click and drag the mouse over the area you want to fill.

The pixels are replaced with the flood fill effect.





Adding or editing predefined shapesFollow this procedure to add a predefined shape, such as a circle, square, or triangle, to a photo or a project.

For each shape you add, PhotoSuite creates a new object in the photo or project. You can select the object and edit the shape.

To add or edit a predefined shape:









4 Click Paint & Draw > Predefined Shapes.

5 Select a shape from the menu on the Guide panel, and then click the Add Selected Shape button.

The shape appears on the photo, surrounded by a bounding box.

6 Select a style for the shape. You can add a border and a fill, fill only, or a border only.

7 To select a color for the fill and/or the border, click the Color button to view the color selection panel. Click on a new color from the panel.





■ Thickness: Set the thickness of the border.


allowed to pass through the fill. The settings range from More

(solid color) to Less (invisible).

■ Softness: Increase or decrease the blurring of the edges of the fill,

or how much the fill blends in to the background.

9 Use the handles on the bounding box to adjust the size, position, and rotation of the shape.



Adding or editing custom shapesFollow this procedure to add or edit a custom shape. A custom shape is one that you draw freehand while PhotoSuite is in drawing mode, as opposed to one that you select from the menu of predefined shapes.

For each shape you add, PhotoSuite creates a new object in the photo or project. You can select the object and edit the shape.

To add or edit a custom shape:









4 Click Paint & Draw > Custom Shapes.



5 On the Guide panel, click Draw New Shape.

6 Click the photo to begin drawing the shape.

When you click on the photo, a circle appears, indicating the starting anchor point of the shape.

To draw a straight line, click on a different point off the photo. PhotoSuite adds an new anchor point where you clicked and draws a straight line from the last anchor point to the new point. If you hold the shift key while you move the mouse around the photo, the line is forced to be a 45 degree angle relative to the last line.

To draw a curved line, click and hold the mouse button while you draw your line. When you release the mouse button, a new anchor point appears.

To finish drawing the shape, the last line anchor point must end on the starting anchor point. When drawing a curved line from the first anchor point, you can draw the entire shape by drawing your line to end on the starting point.

To remove the last segment that you drew, press the Backspace key.

7 Choose one of the following ways to stop drawing:

Click on the starting point circle to join the two points and enclose the shape

Click on the ending point circle to stop drawing without closing the object.

8 Select a style for the shape. You can add a border and a fill, fill only, or a border only.

Note You can only select a fill if you closed the shape.

9 To select a color for the fill and/or the border, click the Color button to view the color selection panel. Click on a new color from the panel.





■ Thickness: Set the thickness of the border.


allowed to pass through the fill. The settings range from Less (solid

color) to More (invisible).

■ Softness: Increase or decrease the blurring of the edges of the fill,

or how much the fill blends in to the background.

11 Use the handles on the bounding box to adjust the size, position, and rotation of the shape.


13 Choose File > Save, or click the Save button, to save your changes.


Touchup paintingUnlike the freehand painting tool, touchup painting does not create a new object for each stroke. The touchup painting tool works directly on the photo itself.

Note The Touchup paint tool is available for use on photos.

To use the Touchup paint tool:











4 Click Paint & Draw > Touchup Brush.

5 Select a touchup brush. Choose from the following brushes:

Each brush is represented by a thumbnail which indicates the effect created by the brush.

6 Select a brush shape.

7 To change the brush color, if you selected normal, colorize, or tint, click the Color button to view the color selection panel. Click on a new color from the panel.



■ Size: Increase or decrease the brush size.


allowed to pass through the stroke. The settings range from Less

(solid color) to More (invisible).

■ Edge Fading: Increase or decrease the blurring of the edges of the

stroke, or how much the stroke blends in to the background.

■ Normal ■ Desaturate

■ Colorize ■ Sharpen

■ Tint ■ Soften

■ Lighten ■ Black & White

■ Darken ■ Transparency

■ Saturate


Fixing and editing photosCreating cutouts and masks 66

9 Touch up your photo.


11 Choose File > Save, or click the Save button, to save your changes.


Creating cutouts and masksWith PhotoSuite, you can cut out parts of a photo using a preset shape, and save the photo fragment for use as its own object in a project.

You can also create a mask, which defines an area in a photo to which to apply one of the editing features, such as PhotoDoctor or special effects. The unmasked areas of the photo remain unchanged.

For information on cutouts and masks, see:

■ Creating cutouts on page 66

■ Creating masks on page 69

Creating cutoutsFollow this procedure to select an area in a photo, and then cut it out. You can use the cutouts you create in other photos or projects.

There are several ways to define the area to cut out. You can use a preset shape (for example, a circle, square, or rectangle) to enclose the area, or you can trace the area with your mouse, either using the freehand tracing tool, or using the edge tracing tool. Or, you can define the area by selecting colors.

Choose the method that is most effective for the shape or color of the area that you want to cut out. For example, selecting colors works best if the object you want to cut out is a distinctly different color from its surroundings in the photo.

Use the edge tracing tool if the object in the photo has well-defined edges. PhotoSuite automatically detects the edge and follows it, helping you define the area to cut out.



To select the area to cut out:









4 Click Cutouts & Masks > Create Cutout.

5 Choose one of the following ways to define the cutout area:

To create the cutout using predefined shapes:

a Select the By using preset shapes option, and then click Next.

b Select a shape, and then click Add Selected Shape.

The shape appears on the photo or project, surrounded by a bounding box with resize handles.

c Position, size, or rotate the shape on the photo or project so that it encloses the area you want to cut out.

d Continue with step 6.

To create the cutout by tracing or selecting a color:

a Select the By freehand tracing, edge tracing, or picking colors option, and then click Next.

b Select Freehand tracing, Edge tracing, or Picking colors.



c If you chose Freehand tracing, trace around the area of the photo that you want to cut out until the selection is enclosed.

To begin, click on photo at the edge of the area you want to cut out. A white circle, the starting point, appears. Click around the area until it is surrounded. Click on the starting point to enclose the area.

d If you chose Edge tracing, click around the edges of the object that you want to cut out until the selection is enclosed.

To begin, click on the photo at the edge of the area you want to cut out. A white circle, the starting point, appears. Move the mouse, following the edge of the area you want to cut out. PhotoSuite automatically detects the edge and follows it. Click around the area until it is surrounded. Click on the starting point to enclose the area.

e If you chose Picking colors, use the slider to adjust the tolerance, and click the color in the photo that you want to cut out, or click and drag to select a color range.

Tolerance sets how pixels are selected. If you choose a low tolerance, then the pixels in the area that you click on which are exactly the same color or very close will be selected. If you select a high tolerance, then pixels in the area that you click on which are similar (but not exactly the same) will be selected.

f Continue with step 6.

6 Optional. Select areas of the photo to add to, or remove from, the cutout.

7 To cut out all selected areas, click Combine with current selection.

8 To remove part of the selected area from the cutout, select the area to remove and then click Subtract from current selection.

9 To cut out everything in the photo except the selected area, click Invert.

10 To deselect all areas of the photo, click Reset.

11 Click Next, and continue with the next procedure.



To create and save the cutout:

1 Continuing from the previous procedure, choose how you want to cut the area out:

■ Cut it out: Copies the selection to a new PhotoSuite document.

■ Create a new object: Copies the selection in the current photo.

■ Cookie cut it out: Cuts the selection out of the current photo and

creates a new object in the photo.

2 Click Next.

3 Move, resize, or rotate the cutout.

4 Use the sliders to adjust the transparency and edge fading of the cutout.

5 To save the cutout as a new file, click Save cutout to a file.

6 To copy the cutout so you can paste it into other documents, click Copy cutout to the Clipboard.


Creating masksFollow this procedure to create a mask on a photo. Masking defines an area in a photo to which to apply one of the editing features, such as PhotoDoctor or special effects. The unmasked areas of the photo remain unchanged.

There are several ways to define the masked area. You can use a preset shape (for example, a circle, square, or rectangle) to enclose the area, or you can trace the area with your mouse, either using the freehand Tracing tool, or using the Trace Edge tool. Or, you can define the area by selecting colors.



Choose the method that is most effective for the shape or color of the area that you want to mask. For example, selecting colors works best if the object you want to mask is a distinctly different color from its surroundings in the photo.

Use the Trace Edge tool if the object in the photo has well-defined edges. PhotoSuite automatically detects the edge and follows it, helping you define the area to mask.

To create a mask:









4 Click Cutouts & Masks > Mask.

5 Choose one of the following options:

To select the mask area using predefined shapes:

a Select the By using preset shapes option, and then click Next.

b Select a shape, and then click Add Selected Shape.

The shape appears on the photo, surrounded by a bounding box with resize handles.

c Position, size, or rotate the shape on the photo so that it encloses the area you want to cut out.

d Continue with step 6.



To select the mask area by tracing or selecting a color:

a Select the By freehand tracing, edge tracing, or picking colors option, and then click Next.

b Select Freehand tracing, Edge tracing, or Picking colors.

c If you chose Freehand tracing, trace around the area of the photo that you want to mask until the selection is enclosed.

To begin, click on photo at the edge of the area you want to mask. A white circle, the starting point, appears. Click around the area until it is surrounded. Click on the starting point to enclose the area.

d If you chose Edge tracing, click around the edges of the object that you want to mask until the selection is enclosed.

To begin, click on the photo at the edge of the area you want to mask. A white circle, the starting point, appears. Move the mouse, following the edge of the area you want to mask. PhotoSuite automatically detects the edge and follows it. Click around the area until it is surrounded. Click on the starting point to enclose the area.

e If you chose Picking colors, use the slider to adjust the tolerance, and click the color in the photo that you want to mask, or click and drag to select a color range.

Tolerance sets how pixels are selected. If you choose a low tolerance, then the pixels in the area that you click on which are exactly the same color or very close will be selected. If you select a high tolerance, then pixels in the area that you click on which are similar (but not exactly the same) will be selected.

f Continue with step 6.

6 Optional. Select additional areas of the photo to add to, or remove from, the mask area.

7 To include all selected areas in the mask, click Combine with current selection.



8 To remove part of the selected area from the masked area, select the area to remove and then click Subtract from current selection.

9 To unmask everything in the photo except the selected area, click Invert.

10 To deselect all areas of the photo, click Reset.

11 Click Next. PhotoSuite returns to the Edit Features page.

12 Edit the photo as required. Edits only affect the area specified by the mask. You can use the following edit features while the mask is applied:

■ PhotoDoctor■ Exposure■ Saturation■ Sharpness■ Tint■ Brightness & Contrast■ Red Eye■ Scratches■ Wrinkles

■ Blemishes■ Clone■ Dust■ Special Effects■ Add or Edit Predefined Shapes■ Add or Edit Custom Shapes■ Touchup Brush■ Paint Brush■ Flood Fill


Fixing and editing photosEnhancing more than one photo at a time 73

Enhancing more than one photo at a timeFollow this procedure to apply the same edits to some or all of the selected photos at the same time. This is useful, for example, if you transfer photos from your digital camera and notice that many or all of them have the same problem that needs to be corrected. For example, you may need to adjust the exposure for a set of photos if the flash was not working properly when they were taken.

You can also use this procedure to rename and convert multiple photos into different formats.

The related procedures are:

■ To enhance more than one photo at a time: on page 73

■ To review photos: on page 77

■ To resize photos: on page 77

■ To rename photos: on page 78

■ To convert photos to another file format: on page 78

To enhance more than one photo at a time:

1 On Home, click Multi Photo Enhance.

2 Choose one of the following ways to elect the photos to enhance:

■ On the Guide panel, select photos from the Most recently used

photos list.

As you click photos, they appear in the Selected photos to enhance window.

OR

a Click the Add More Photos button.

The Add dialog box appears.

b Select the folder in which the photos are saved.



c Select the photos to edit.

To select more than one photo at a time, press and hold the Control key while you select the photos.

d Click Add.

3 When you have finished selecting photos, click Next.

All of the photos that you selected appear in the Photos to enhance area.

4 Select the photos you want to edit. By default, all of the photos are selected.

In the Guide panel, you can click Deselect All Photos or Select All Photos.

You can select photos individually in the Photos to enhance area. To select more than one photo at a time, press and hold the Control key while you select the photos.

Note In the Photos to enhance area, you can choose certain photos for a particular edit. You do not have to apply your edits to all of the photos each time, but it is more convenient to add all the photos you that plan to edit at the beginning of the procedure.

5 On the Guide panel, choose an edit feature to apply to the selected photos.

While the edit is being applied to the selected photos, a dialog box displays the progress. If you click Cancel in this dialog, all the photos return to their original state and no changes are made.



You can use the following edit features:

Fix PhotoDoctor Automatically adjusts exposure, saturation, and sharpness of detail

Exposure Automatically corrects exposure error

Saturation Automatically adjusts saturation

Sharpness Automatically adjusts sharpness of detail

Red Eye Automatically removes red eye

Transform Rotate Left 90 Rotates photos 90 degrees counter-clockwise

Rotate Right 90 Rotates photos 90 degrees clockwise

Rotate 180 Rotates photos 180 degrees

Flip Horizontally

Flips photos horizontally

Flip Vertically Flips photos vertically

Resize Displays a dialog that allows you to specify values and options for resizing photos. For more information, see To resize photos: on page 77

Special Effects

Black & White Converts photos to black & white

Sepia Tints photos with the old-fashioned looking sepia color

Invert Converts scanned negatives into positives

Rename Displays a dialog that allows you to rename photos according to a prefix + number naming convention. For more information, see To rename photos: on page 78.

Convert Displays a dialog that allows you to convert photos to other file types. For more information, see To convert photos to another file format: on page 78.



6 When processing is complete, the thumbnails of the modified photos are updated and a dialog box appears prompting you to accept, reject or review the changes.

7 To edit more photos, repeat step 4 to step 6.

8 When you are finished, click Done. You are prompted to save your work.

Accept Keeps all the changes

Reject Discards all the changes

Review Takes you to a new Guide panel where you can view a full preview of the modified photos, and decide to accept or reject them individually. For more information, see To review photos: on page 77.

Save Overwrites the original photos with the new edited ones. Note that photos from removable sources like CD and Zip drives will automatically be saved to the location specified in the dialog. You can change this location in the Options dialog box.

Save As Prompts you to choose a location in which to save all the modified photos, thus preserving the originals.

Discard Does not save any of the modified photos. All of the original photos are preserved.



To review photos:

1 Review the photo in the work area. You can use the buttons on the Command bar to zoom in and out to see the details of the photo.

2 Optional: Select or clear the Show changes check box to see the before and after differences.

3 If you are satisfied with the changes and want to keep them, click Accept. To discard the changes and keep the original version, click Reject.

If there are more photos to review, you automatically advance to the next photo.

4 When you have reviewed all of the photos, a dialog box appears to inform you that you have completed the task. Click OK.

Note If you click Done, without having completed your review, a dialog box appears prompting you to accept or reject the remaining photos.

To resize photos:

1 Choose a size for your photos from the drop-down list. The list contains several common sizes. If the size you want is not listed, select Custom size and enter the dimensions in the Width and Height fields below.



2 Select one of the following options:

■ Fit photos to this size, maintaining proportions

Use this option to enlarge or reduce the photos to fit within the size boundaries, without cropping the photos or changing their proportions. In order to fit, some of the photos may be smaller in one dimension than specified.

■ Fill this size with photos, maintaining proportions (photos may be cropped)

Use this option to enlarge or reduce the photos to fill the size boundaries, without changing their proportions. In order to fill, the photos may be partially cropped on either the top and bottom, or the left and right sides.

■ Stretch photos to this size, proportions are ignored

Use this option to enlarge or reduce the photos to fit exactly within the size boundaries. In order to fit exactly, the photos will have their proportions altered.

3 Click OK to resize the selected photos.

To rename photos:

1 Enter a name for the selected photos in the text field.

2 Enter a starting number to be attached to the end of the name.

3 Click OK to rename the selected photos.

To convert photos to another file format:

1 From the drop-down list, choose the file format to which you would like to convert your photos. The list contains several common formats.

2 Optional. Click the Options button to see the settings you can specify for the selected format.

3 Click OK to convert the selected photos.


Fixing and editing photosSetting a photo as your desktop wallpaper 79

Setting a photo as your desktop wallpaperFollow this procedure to set a photo as your desktop wallpaper from PhotoSuite.

To set a photo as your desktop wallpaper:

1 If the photo you want to use as wallpaper is already open in PhotoSuite, skip to step 3. Otherwise, choose one of the following ways to start the Edit task:




The Open dialog box appears.

2 Select the photo. The photo appears in the Work area.

3 Choose File > Set As Wallpaper. The photo is set as your desktop wallpaper.


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Creating photo projects

In this chapter

Creating new projects 81

Moving, resizing, and rotating objects in projects 82

Creating a collages or a blank canvas 83

Creating calendars 86

Creating cards 89

Creating other types of projects 92

Using photo stitch 94

Finishing the project 100

Creating photo projectsCreating new projects 81

Creating new projectsYou can create a variety of personalized photo projects using PhotoSuite 7, including:

PhotoSuite provides templates to help you get started with your projects. You can personalize the projects by replacing the stock photos and sample text with your own photos and words.

For information about creating and working with PhotoSuite projects, see:

■ Moving, resizing, and rotating objects in projects on page 82

■ Creating a collages or a blank canvas on page 83

■ Creating calendars on page 86

■ Creating cards on page 89

■ Creating other types of projects on page 92

■ Using photo stitch on page 94

■ Finishing the project on page 100

■ Collages ■ Gift tags

■ Albums ■ Magazines

■ Calendars ■ Postcards

■ Cards ■ Posters


Creating photo projectsMoving, resizing, and rotating objects in projects 82

Moving, resizing, and rotating objects in projectsWith PhotoSuite, you can easily move, resize, and rotate photos and text in your projects. No matter which type of project you are working on, you can move photos and text the same way.

This procedure explains how to use the resize handles and rotation tools.

To move, resize, and rotate an object in an existing project:

1 Select the photo or text object you want to move, resize, or rotate.

A bounding box appears around the object. The bounding box is a dotted line, with circles called resize handles appearing at each corner, and in the middle of each border, top, bottom, right, and left.

2 To move the object, place the cursor over it. The cursor becomes an open hand. Click the mouse button, and the cursor becomes a grasping hand. Hold the mouse button, and drag the object to its new location.

3 To resize the object without changing its proportions, click and drag the corner resize handles.

4 To change the height or width of the object without maintaining the proportions, click and drag the side or top or bottom resize handles.

5 To rotate the object, use the rotation handle in the bounding box, or right-click, and then select Rotate Right or Rotate Left. You can also flip the object horizontally or vertically.

Note You cannot rotate objects in all project types. For example, you can rotate an object when creating a collage, but not while creating cards or calendars.


Creating photo projectsCreating a collages or a blank canvas 83

Creating a collages or a blank canvasA collage is a type of project in which you can lay out photos and other objects.

You can create a collage using the CollageCreator, or you can create a blank canvas and later add objects without using the CollageCreator features.

When you make a new collage, PhotoSuite walks you through the process using the CollageCreator, an automated collage creation tool. The CollageCreator helps you make a collage using either a blank canvas, or one of PhotoSuite’s predesigned templates. Using CollageCreator, you start by selecting the photos you want to include in the collage, choose a template, and then arrange the photos on the canvas.

Use the following procedures to create collages:

■ Using the CollageCreator on page 83

■ Creating a blank Canvas on page 85

Using the CollageCreatorFollow this procedure to create a collage using the CollageCreator feature.

To use the CollageCreator:

1 On the PhotoSuite Home page, click Projects.

2 On the Guide panel, select Collage, and then click Next.

The CollageCreator options appear in the Guide panel.

3 Choose one of the following ways to select the type of collage to create:

a To use a pre-designed template, select Pre-designed template, and then click Next.

b On the Guide panel, select a category from which to choose a template.

c Select a template from the Work area, and then click Next.

OR



a To start with a blank canvas, click Blank, and then click Next.

b On the Guide panel, select a canvas size from the menu, or enter a width and height.

c Select a canvas orientation. The options are Portrait or Landscape.

d Click Next.

4 Choose one of the following ways to select photos to add to the collage:

■ On the Guide panel, select photos from the Most recently used

photos list.

As you click photos, they appear in the Work area.

You can add up to ten photos.

OR

a Click the Add More Photos button.



c Select the photos to include.

To select more than one photo at a time, press and hold the Control key while you select the files.

You can add up to ten photos.

d Click Add.

5 When all of the photos you want to include in the collage are in the Work area, click Next.

6 Optional. Each template includes default text. To change the text, select it in the Edit your text box, and then type new text.

This option does not apply when you create a collage on a blank canvas.

7 To randomly shuffle the photos, click Shuffle photos.



8 Optional. Click More settings and select the characteristics that are randomly changed by PhotoSuite when you shuffle to photos. You can select the following options:

■ Offset: To set the offset between the photos at random.

■ Rotation: To rotate the photos at random.

■ Size: To change the size of the photos at random.

■ Layer: To layer the photos at random.

9 Optional. Move, rotate, or resize the photos in the collage manually. For more information, see Moving, resizing, and rotating objects in projects on page 82.

10 Click Next.

11 Click Print, Save, or Edit to complete the collage.

For more information, see Finishing the project on page 100.

Creating a blank CanvasFollow this procedure to create a blank canvas. You can create a collage by adding photos and objects to the canvas without using the CollageCreator features.

To create a blank canvas:

1 Choose one of the following ways to open a blank canvas:

■ On the PhotoSuite Home page, choose File > New Canvas.

■ On the PhotoSuite Home page, click New Canvas.

2 On the Guide panel, select a canvas size from the menu. If you select Custom, enter a height and width, and select the units of measure to use.

3 For Select a canvas orientation, select Portrait or Landscape, and then click Done.

A blank canvas opens in the Work area, and the edit features open in the Guide panel.


Creating photo projectsCreating calendars 86

4 Click Add Photos > Add Photos and Cutouts, or Add Photos > Add Props.

5 Select the photos, cutouts, or props that you want to include in the collage, and then click Add.

To select more than one photo, press and hold the Control key while you select the photos.

The photos appear in the Work area and in the Gallery panel.

6 You can use any of the Edit features to change the photos in the collage. Edit, resize, position, or rotate the photos to create your collage.

For more information about editing photos, see Chapter 2, Fixing and editing photos.


The Save As dialog box appears. Enter the new file name and/or folder location and click Save.

8 When you are finished, click Done Editing Photos.

Creating calendarsFollow this procedure to create calendars. PhotoSuite provides several calendar templates for you to choose from. You can create 12-page, 4-page, monthly, quarterly, or yearly calendars.

The templates include stock photographs, which you can replace with your own photos to personalize your calendars.

Note The templates are installed with a complete PhotoSuite install. If you did not do a complete install, you may be required to insert the Content disc before proceeding.

To create a calendar:


2 On the Guide panel, select Calendars, and then click Next.



3 On the Guide panel, select a category from which to choose a calendar template. You can choose from the following categories:

■ 4 Page

■ 12 Page

■ All

■ Monthly

■ Quarterly

■ Yearly

4 Select a calendar template from the Work area, and then click Next.

5 Preview the calendar template. If you selected a 12-page or four-page style, click the tabs at the bottom of the Work area to view all of the pages of the calendar.

Click Back to select a different calendar template, or click Next to continue.

6 On the Guide panel, choose a starting year and month.

7 Select Sunday or Monday as the first day of the week, and then click Next.

8 To replace the stock photo with one of your own, click Replace Photo.

The Replace dialog box appears from which you can choose a photo.

9 Select a photo, and then click Replace.

10 Move or resize the photo within the placeholder, if required. For more information, see Moving, resizing, and rotating objects in projects on page 82.

Click the arrow buttons to move to the next placeholder. If the placeholder is a photo, repeat this step. If the placeholder is text, go to step 11.



11 Some calendar templates include default text. To change the text, select it in the Edit your text box, and then type new text.

You cannot change that actual calendar text for year, month, and days of the week other than setting the start date. You can only change the text in placeholders.

The default font matches the template. But the template allows you to change the font type in order to choose a type that better matches different languages, if required.

Click the arrow buttons to move to the next placeholder. If the placeholder is text, repeat this step. If the place holder is a photo, go to step 10.

Note If you chose a four-page or 12-page calendar template, click the arrow buttons to move to next page and repeat step 8 to step 11 to replace the photo and text placeholders on the other pages.

12 When you have finished replacing the photo and text items in the calendar, click Next.

If there are default photos or text that you did not replace, a message appears advising you that there are still placeholders in the template that need to be modified.

13 Click Print, Save, or Edit to complete the calendar. For more information, see Finishing the project on page 100.


Creating photo projectsCreating cards 89

Creating cardsFollow this procedure to create personalized cards. PhotoSuite provides several templates for you to choose from, including birthday cards, Mother’s day cards, and Christmas cards.

The templates include stock photographs and sample text, which you can replace with your own photos or words to personalize your cards.

Note The templates are installed with a complete PhotoSuite install. If you did not do a complete install, you may be required to insert the Content disc before proceeding.

To create a card:


2 On the Guide panel, select Cards, and then click Next.

3 On the Guide panel, select a category from which to choose a card template.

4 Select a card template from the Work area, and then click Next.

5 Preview the card style. Click the tabs at the bottom of the Work area to view all of the card template.

Click Back to select a different card template, or click Next to continue.




8 Move or resize the photo within the placeholder, if required.

For more information, see Moving, resizing, and rotating objects in projects on page 82.



9 If there are multiple placeholders to replace in the card, click the arrow buttons to move to the next item.

10 To replace the text in the card, type your message in the text box on the Guide panel.


11 Move, rotate, or resize the text, if required.

12 When you are finished replacing the photo and text items in the card, click Next.


13 Click Print, Save, or Edit to complete the card.


To view folding instructions:



3 On the Guide panel, in the Category menu, choose Folding Instructions.

4 In the Work area, select Instructions 1 Fold Card or Instructions 2 Fold Card, and then click Next.

The folding instructions appear in the Work area.

5 View the folding instructions on screen, or click Next twice, and then click Print to print the instructions.



To create an inside panel for a 1-fold card:



3 On the Guide panel, in the Category menu, choose Inside Panel.

4 In the Work area, select Inside 1 Fold Landscape or Inside 1 Fold Portrait, depending on the orientation of the card the panel is for, and then click Next.

The blank panel appears in the Work area.

5 Click Next.

6 On the Guide panel, enter the message you want to include in the card.


7 Move, resize, or rotate the text, if required, and then click Next.


8 Click Print, Save, or Edit to complete the project. For more information, see Finishing the project on page 100.


Creating photo projectsCreating other types of projects 92

Creating other types of projectsFollow this procedure to create photo projects other than collages, calendars, and cards. Other project types include albums, gift tags, postcards, and so on. The steps for these projects are the same.

To create other types of projects:


2 On the Guide panel, select one of the following projects

■ Albums

■ Gift Tags

■ Magazines

■ Postcards

■ Posters

3 On the Guide panel, select a category from which to choose a template.

4 In the Work area, select a template, and then click Next.

5 Preview the template.

Click Back to select a different template, or click Next to continue.




8 Move or resize the photo, if required.


9 If there are multiple items to replace in the project, click the arrow buttons to between the placeholders.


Creating photo projectsCreating other types of projects 93

10 To replace the text in the template, type your message in the text box on the Guide panel.


11 Move, rotate, or resize the text, if required.

12 When you are finished replacing the photo and text items in the project, click Next.


13 Click Print, Save, or Edit to complete the project.



Creating photo projectsUsing photo stitch 94

Using photo stitchFollow this procedure to combine several photos together into one, forming a panoramic photo.

The photos must share matching side borders, in which the content of the photos overlap. For example, you can combine photos of a horizontal subject, such as a landscape to form one continuous panoramic photo.

The following sample shows three landscape photos before and after PhotoSuite’s Photo Stitch tool combined them into a panoramic photo.

Original photos:

Panoramic photo:



To create a panoramic stitch:

1 On the PhotoSuite Home page, click Photo Stitch.

2 On the Guide panel, select photos to stitch together from the Most recently used photos list, or click Add More Photos and select photos, and then click Add.

To select more than one photo at a time, press and hold the Control key and click the photos.

3 Click Next.

Note The photos must share the same vertical dimensions, and you must select at least two photos to stitch together. If you only select one photo, or photos that do not share the same dimension, a dialog box appears explaining the problem.

4 Click Rotate to adjust the layout of the photos, if required to line up the matching edges.

5 Choose one of the following ways to sort the photos into the correct order:

■ Click Sort ascending or Sort descending to sort the photos in order

based on their file names. This is convenient if the files begin with

the same prefix and only their ends are numerically different (for

example, “Photo 01,” “Photo 02,” and “Photo 03.")

■ Click and drag the photos into the correct order manually.

TIP: If you have many photos that need to be organized, use the zoom out button on the tool bar to see more photos and make sorting easier.

6 Click Next.



7 PhotoSuite will try to detect the 35mm equivalent focal length of the selected photos to stitch.

If PhotoSuite detects the focal length, then the photos are automatically warped and aligned.

If focal length detection is not possible, then you must provide the 35mm equivalent focal length for the selected photos in the step 8, and then click Auto align.

8 Optional. Click More Settings and use the Focal length slider to adjust the focal length.

You must manually adjust the focal length if PhotoSuite did not detect the focal length and automatically align the photos, or did not align the photos correctly.

Note The More Settings button does not appear if PhotoSuite did not detect a focal length. In that case, all the additional More Settings options automatically appear.

For more information, see What is focal length? on page 99.

As you move the slider, the photos in the Work area become more or less warped. The lower the focal length, the more warping there is. At higher focal length values, the warping may not be as noticeable. Click Auto align after every adjustment to see the results of the new focal length.



9 Optional. Align the photos manually if there are many similar items in a photo or not enough detail to correctly align your photos automatically.

This is only necessary if PhotoSuite did not automatically align the photos, or did not align the photos correctly.

In the Work area, start with the first photo on the left, and compare it to the photo to its right. If they look properly aligned in the middle section, then move one photo to the right and repeat. If the middle section looks incorrectly aligned, drag the right photo to manually move it to the correct location.

As you drag the photo, it becomes semi-transparent so that you can see the detail of the photo beneath it. As you move the photo, all the remaining photos to the right move with it, so that their current alignment is not lost. Once you have placed all the photos close to their intended location, click the Fine tuning button to snap them in place.

Note With manual alignment, try to align items in the middle of the photos, not the top or bottom.

Note If you click the Auto align button, any manual alignments made will be lost.

10 Click Next.

11 PhotoSuite automatically blends your photos together. If necessary, adjust the color balance, and crop the result.

12 Click Print, Save, or Edit to complete the panoramic photo.




Tips to help you get the best resultsFor the best results, follow these guidelines:

■ Do not edit your photos before you stitch them together. Edit the resulting panorama.

■ Use a tripod if you have one. If you do not, try to rotate your body around the camera as you take the photos, keeping the camera level and in the same position. Avoid standing and rotating in one spot and rotating the camera around your body.

■ Do not change any settings on you camera as you take photos. If your camera has Auto Exposure (AE) and/or focus lock, activate the lock before you shoot the first photo.

■ Maintain about 20% to 40% overlap on each photo.

■ Only use the camera’s optical zoom. If your digital camera has a digital zoom option, avoid using it.

■ Rotate your camera 90 degrees, and take portrait photos instead of standard, landscape photos. This may require more photos to encompass the scene, but the results will be a much taller panorama with more scenic detail.

■ Take your photos from left to right, or scan them in order from left to right, to ensure that the file names are in order.



What is focal length?

Focal length is the distance between the film (or CCD in a digital camera) and the optical center of the lens when the lens is focused on infinity. You can also think of it as the zoom level. Usually, the focal length of the lens on most cameras is marked in millimeters on the lens mount.

The focal length can be expressed in two ways:

■ the actual focal length

■ the traditional 35mm camera equivalent focal length.

The actual focal length for a typical digital camera is much less than a 35mm camera because the camera’s CCD is smaller than 35mm film. For example, a digital camera with zoom might have an actual focal length of 8 to 24mm, but have 35mm equivalence of 38.4 to 115.2mm.

Why do I need to provide the focal length to stitch photos?

The focal length is used to warp, or bend, your photos so that they can be stitched together properly.

PhotoSuite can automatically detect the 35mm equivalent focal length for some photos, but for other photos you may need to provide this value.

For a fixed lens (no zooming capabilities), look at the lens mount to find the focal length. If the camera is a 35mm camera, this is the value to provide PhotoSuite. If the camera is not a 35mm camera and no focal length is displayed, check the camera’s manual or the manufacturer’s Web site to determine the 35mm equivalent focal length.


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For a zoom lens, providing the focal length can be difficult if your camera does not provide the focal length at the time the pictures are taken. For this reason, we recommend that you take your photos at either extreme of your zoom levels. For example, if you zoom out to take the widest shot possible with a camera that has an actual focal length of 8 - 24mm, and you know the 35mm equivalent focal length is 38.4 - 115.2mm, enter a focal length of 38. If you took your photos at an actual focal length of 12mm, you would need to provide a focal length of 58 (38.4 divided by 8 multiplied by 12). If you do not know what the actual focal length of the photos are, then you will have to experiment.

If you cannot find the actual and/or 35mm equivalent focal length for your camera on the lens mount, check the camera’s manual or visit the manufacturer's Web site and look for it in the posted specifications for your model.

Finishing the projectThis section explains how to print and save your project, and how to continue editing the project after you finish adding photos and text. It also explains how to flatten a project to reduce the file size.

Choose one of the following procedures to finish the project, or to continue editing the project:

■ Printing the project on page 101

■ Saving the project on page 102

■ Editing the project on page 103

■ Flattening collages and objects on page 104



Printing the projectFollow this procedure to print your project when you complete it. This procedure continues from the last step of the other procedures in Creating photo projects.

To print the project:

1 On the Guide panel, click Print.

Depending on the type of project you are printing, PhotoSuite may ask how you would like to print your project

For some types of projects, PhotoSuite automatically selects the best option for you. For example, if you are printing a card, PhotoSuite selects One photo per page.

2 If PhotoSuite asks how you would like to print your project, select whether to print:

■ One photo per page

■ Multiple photos per page

■ A contact sheet

3 Click Next.

4 If you are printing multiple photos per page, select a template in the Work Area, and then click Next.

Otherwise, go to step 5.

5 If you have more than one printer connected to your computer, select a printer from the drop-down list.

6 Specify the photo layout. Select an option from the drop-down list.

7 Optional. To fit the photo into the layout, click Rotate, if necessary.

8 Enter the number of copies you want to print.

9 Click Print.

For more information about printing, see Chapter 5, Printing photos.



Saving the projectFollow this procedure to save your project when you complete it. This procedure continues from the last step of the other procedures in Creating photo projects.

To save the project:

1 On the Guide panel, click Save.

The Save as dialog box appears.

2 Choose a folder in which to save the project.

3 Enter a name for the project, and select a file type from the drop-down list, if necessary.

4 Optional. Click Save Options.

The Save Options dialog box opens. The options that are available depend on the file type.

Select options as required, and then click OK.

5 Click Save to close the Save as dialog box.



Editing the projectFollow this procedure to edit the project after you finish adding your photos and text. This procedure continues from the last step of the other procedures in Creating photo projects.

To edit the project:

1 On the Guide panel, click Edit.

The Edit Features menu appears. The elements of the project appear in the Gallery.

2 Select elements in the Gallery or directly in the Work area, and edit the project as needed.

3 When you are finished, click Done Editing Photo. A dialog box asks if you want to save the changes.

4 Click Yes to save the project.

If you saved the project before you edited it, a dialog box asks if you want to place the existing project.

5 To replace the existing project, click Yes.

6 To save the edited project as a new file, click No.

a Select the folder in which you want to save the new file

b Optional. Enter a new name for the file.

c Click Save.

7 To return to the Home page, click No.



Flattening collages and objectsWhen you add objects like photos, text, and props to a collage, the file size of the collage increases. To reduce the file size, you can “flatten” the collage, or certain objects in the collage. You can also flatten a collage to apply fixes and transformations to the collage as a whole, and not just certain objects in it.

Follow this procedure after you create a collage and are satisfied with the result, to flatten objects within the collage, or the entire collage.

You can still edit objects and collages after they are flattened, but it will be like editing single, stand-alone photos.

To flatten an object in a collage:

■ Select the object, and then choose Edit > Flatten Object.

To flatten a collage:

■ Choose Edit > Flatten Collage.

Note These menu items are available only when the All Edit Features or the Common Edit Features are in the Guide panel.


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Adding borders to photos

In this chapter

Adding borders to your photos 106

Framing photos 106

Adding mats 107

Adding decorative edges 109

Adding borders to photosAdding borders to your photos 106

Adding borders to your photosWith PhotoSuite, you can give your photos a finished look using one of three types of decorative border, including frames, mats, and fancy edges.

You can also combine the three types of borders. For example, you might add a mat within a frame.

These procedures show how to easily add borders to your photos:

■ Framing photos on page 106

■ Adding mats on page 107

■ Adding decorative edges on page 109

Framing photosFollow this procedure to add frames around photos.

To add a frame to a photo:

1 On the PhotoSuite Home page, click Borders.


3 On the Guide panel, select Frame, and then click Next.

4 Optional. On the Guide panel, select a category from which to select a frame. By default, All is selected showing all the available frames.

5 In the Work area, select a frame, and then click Next.

6 Reposition or resize the photo as required, and then click Next.

7 Click Print, Save, or Edit to complete the framed photo.



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Adding matsFollow this procedure to add a mat to a photo. You can add a mat, or more than one mat, and then add a frame for a finished look.

To add a mat to a photo:



3 On the Guide panel, select Mat, and then click Next.

4 Choose one of the following ways to select a mat:

a On the Guide panel, select a category from which to select a mat.

b In the Work area, select a mat, and then click Next.

OR

a Click Use my own photo.

b Select a photo to use as a mat, and then click Open.

5 Click Next.

6 Select a size for the finished photo. Choose a standard size from the list in the Guide panel (selecting a standard size will often crop part of your photo), or choose one of the following options:

Maintain current size: Choose this option to add a mat whose proportions are the same as the photo. Part of the photo will be cropped.

Surround my photo: Choose this option if you do not want any part of your photo cropped and you are not concerned about what the resulting proportions will be. The proportions of the photo change depending on the size of the mat that you chose in step 4.

7 Click Next.

8 Optional. Adjust the width of the mat.


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9 Optional. Click More Settings to adjust the following settings:

Tiled: Fills the mat with the texture, pattern, color, or photo you chose in step 4. Each texture, pattern, and color supplied with the program is created in one square. With this option selected, the pattern is repeated until the mat is filled. If you supplied your own photo as the mat, only choose this option if you supplied a texture that can be tiled.

Show bevel: Bevels the inside edges of the mat down into the photo.

Show V-groove: Adds a V-groove to the mat as a detail. Use the slider to adjust the offset distance between the V-groove and the bevel.

10 Click Next.

11 Choose a color for the mat. Select one of PhotoSuite’s suggested colors, or click More Settings and select a different color.

12 Clear the Keep core same color as mat check box if you want the V-groove and bevel area to be white.

13 Click the Reset button to return to the original mat color.

14 Click Next.


Add a frame: To add a frame around the mat. Follow step 4 to step 7 in Framing photos on page 106.

Add another mat: To add another mat around the current one. Repeat steps step 4 to step 14 in this procedure.

Nothing, I’m finished: To print, save, or edit the photo.

16 Click Print, Save, or Edit to complete the mat border.



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Adding decorative edgesFollow this procedure to add an edge design to your photo.

The edge design has two parts: the inside edge, and a fill that extends from the inside edge to the outside boundary of the project. PhotoSuite adds the fill on top of your photo, not around it, so part of the photo may be cropped. The amount that the photo is cropped depends on the size of the edge you choose.

To add an edge to a photo:



3 On the Guide panel, select Edge, and then click Next.

4 On the Guide panel, select a category from which to select an edge template.

5 In the Work area, select an edge template, and then click Next.

6 Choose one of the following ways to select an edge fill:

a On the Guide panel, select a category from which to select an edge fill.

b In the Work area, select an edge fill, and then click Next.

OR

a Click Use my own photo.

b Select a photo to use as an edge fill, and then click Open.

7 Click Next.

8 Select a size for the finished photo. Choose a standard size from the list in the Guide panel (selecting a standard size will often crop part of your photo), or choose Maintain current size, and then click Next.

9 Optional. Adjust the width of the edge.


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10 Optional. Click More Settings to change the Tiled option. Select the Tiled check box to fill the edge with the texture, pattern, color, or photo you chose in step 6.

Each texture, pattern, and color supplied with PhotoSuite is created in one square. With this option selected, the pattern is repeated until the edge is filled.

11 Move, resize, or rotate the photo, if required, and then click Next.

12 Choose a color for the edge. Select one of PhotoSuite’s suggested colors, or click More Settings and select a different color.

13 Click the Reset button to return to the original color.

14 Click Next.


Add a frame: To add a frame around the edge. Follow step 4 to step 7 in Framing photos on page 106.

Add a mat: To add a mat around the edge. Follow steps step 4 to step 14 in Adding mats on page 107.

Nothing, I’m finished: To print, save, or edit the photo.

16 Click Print, Save, or Edit to complete the decorative edge.



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6 Printing photos

In this chapter

Printing photos 112

Selecting photos to print 113

Printing one photo per page 114

Printing more than one photo per page 116

Printing a contact sheet 118

Tips for improving print quality 119

Printing photosPrinting photos 112

Printing photosUsing PhotoSuite, you can print one photo on each page, multiple photos on each page, or a contact sheet (showing many photo thumbnails on each page).

The option you choose depends on the size of your photos and what you plan to do with them. For example, if you have a collection of 4" x 6" vacation photos, you could use the Multiple photos per page option, whereas for a 8" x 10" graduation photo, you would use the One photo per page option.

The As a contact sheet option is ideal to get a visual listing of the items in your folders or collections, or if you want to sort or compare numerous photos quickly without wasting a lot of paper.

Follow these procedures to print your photos:

■ Selecting photos to print on page 113

■ Printing one photo per page on page 114

■ Printing more than one photo per page on page 116

■ Printing a contact sheet on page 118

■ Tips for improving print quality on page 119


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Selecting photos to printFollow this procedure to select the photo or photos that you want to print.

To select the photos to print:

1 Choose one of the following ways to select a photo or photos to print:

■ When you are editing photos, choose File > Print, or click the Print

button.

OR

a On the PhotoSuite Home page, click Print.

b Select the photos to print from the Most recently used media list.

c Optional. Click the Add More Photos button.


d Select the folder in which the media files are saved.

e Select the photos to print.

To select more than one photo, press and hold the Control key while you select the files.

f Click Add.

g Click Next.

2 Go to one of the following procedures:

■ Printing one photo per page on page 114.

■ Printing more than one photo per page on page 116

■ Printing a contact sheet on page 118


Printing photosPrinting one photo per page 114

Printing one photo per pageFollow this procedure to print one photo per page.

This procedure continues from Selecting photos to print on page 113.

To print one photo per page:

1 To print one photo per page, select One photo per page, and then click Next.

If you selected more than one photo to print, each photo has its own page in the Work Area. The page tabs are located along the bottom of the Work Area. Click a tab to select that page.

You can move the photo to any location on the page by dragging it to where you want.

You can also use the Center photo on page button, Center photo vertically on page button, or Center photo horizontally on page button to reposition the graphic in a central location.


3 Optional. Click Change settings to change the printer settings, such as paper source and page orientation. For more information about your printer settings, see the documentation that came with your printer.


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4 For each photo, select a photo layout from the drop-down list. Choose one of the following options, or select a predefined size:

■ Fit to page: Prints the photo as large as possible on the selected

page size. The photo may be cropped along the edges if your

printer requires margins.

■ Fit to printer margins: Prints the photo as large as possible within

the printer margins. The entire photo is visible.

■ Actual size: Prints the photo in its actual size based on its dpi

value.

■ Custom: Lets you specify a width and height.

If you select a custom page layout, enter the width and height, including the unit of measurement.

5 Select an option to fit the photos into the page layout:

■ Resize to fit: Resizes a photo to be as large as possible while maintaining the photo’s original proportions.

■ Crop to fit: The edges of a large photo are cut off to make the photo fit in the space available.

■ Stretch to fit: The photo’s height and width are increased to fill all the space available. If the dimensions of the page layout are not the same proportion as the original photo, the photo will be stretched either vertically of horizontally to fit the space.

6 Optional. Click Rotate to rotate the photo.

7 Enter the number of copies you want to print. This option applies to all of the photos.

8 Click Print.

The Printing dialog box appears. Click Cancel to stop printing.

When the print job is complete, the Printing Done panel appears.

9 Click Done to return to the Home page when you are finished printing.

Click Back to print more copies of the photo.


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Printing more than one photo per pageFollow this procedure to print more than one photo per page. You can fill a page with several copies of a single photo, or can print a variety of photos on a single page.


To print more than one photo per page:

1 Select Multiple photos per page, and then click Next.

2 In the Guide panel, select a page layout category.

3 In the Work Area, select a template, and then click Next.

The available templates change depending on the page layout category you selected in step 2.

After you click Next, the Work Area displays your photos in the template.



6 Choose a photo layout. Choose one of the following options:

■ Fill each page with the same photo: To print a page with the same

photo appearing repeatedly.

■ Use each photo # time(s): To specify the number of times each

photo appears.

For example, to print a page of four different photos, select four photos and use each photo one time.

7 Optional. Click Advanced Options to change the following settings:

■ How the photos fit into placeholders.

■ Vertical and horizontal offset.

■ Vertical and horizontal bleed values.


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8 Select Portrait or Landscape for the page orientation.


10 Click Print.




Click Back to print more copies.


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Printing a contact sheetFollow this procedure to print photos on a contact sheet. A contact sheet is a page that contains a number of small photos. You might use a contact sheet, for example, to compare a set of similar photos without using up a lot of printing supplies.


To print a contact sheet:

1 Select As a contact sheet, and then click Next.



4 Enter the number of rows and columns to appear in the contact sheet.

5 Enter the amount of space to appear between the photos.

6 Select Print titles to print the photo file names on the contact sheet.

7 Select Portrait or Landscape for the page orientation.


9 Click Print.




Click Back to print more copies.


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Tips for improving print qualityThe following tips may help you improve the print quality of your photos:

■ Select a high print quality in your printer’s settings. When you choose a high quality print setting, the print output improves, but the print job takes longer.

■ If you are scanning images, scan at the highest image resolution available. Refer to your scanner’s documentation for information about setting the best resolution.

■ Select the highest photographic quality for your digital camera. You cannot store as many photos on the camera at a time, but thehigher-quality photos will give you better print results.

■ Use color matching, if your printer supports it. The colors on screen do not always match the printed colors. The color-matching feature improves consistency between on screen and printed colors.

■ Use photographic quality printer paper. Photos do not print well on laser printer paper. Choose paper designed for color or photographic printing so the colors are more vibrant. You can find photographic paper at your computer supply store or at some camera stores.

Note Some color printers require proprietary paper. Check the manufacturer’s recommendations.


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6 Sharing photos

In this chapter

Sharing photos and other media files 121

Sending media files individually 123

Sending photos in a slideshow 126

Setting the e-mail options 129

Sharing photos through an online photo service 132

Sharing photosSharing photos and other media files 121

Sharing photos and other media filesYou can share your photos with friends and family by e-mail, or using an online photo service that lets them view your photos on a web site.

Using PhotoSuite, you can e-mail photos individually, either as an attachment or in the body of an HTML-formatted e-mail message (if your e-mail client supports the HTML-formatted message feature used by Media Manager), or you can send your photos packaged in a slideshow.

You can also e-mail other types of media files in PhotoSuite, such as videos, audio files, and VideoWave and StoryBoard productions.

Follow these procedures to share your photos or other media files:

■ Selecting media files to send by e-mail on page 121

■ Sending media files individually on page 123

■ Sending photos in a slideshow on page 126

■ Setting the e-mail options on page 129

■ Sharing photos through an online photo service on page 132

Selecting media files to send by e-mailFollow this procedure to select media files to send by e-mail, either as individual files or as part of a slideshow.

You can select slideshow files (DMSM or PSSD) as well as photos and other media files. If you do, then the DMSM or PSSD files are automatically sent as slideshows, regardless of how you choose to send the other media files.

If you choose to send the other media files as a slideshow, then they are collected as a new slideshow, and the selected DMSM or PSSD files are each sent as a separate slideshow file.

If you choose to send the photos and other media files as individual files, but also select DMSM or PSSD files to e-mail, you will go into both workflows. First you go through the procedure to send the individual media files, and you go through the procedure to send the slideshow files.


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To select photos and media files to send by e-mail:

1 On the PhotoSuite Home page, click E-mail.

2 Select the photos or other media files to e-mail in one of these ways:

■ On the Guide panel, select photos or other media files to e-mail

from the Most recently used files list.

OR

a Click the Add More Files button.


b Select the folder in which the media files are saved.

c Select the files to e-mail.

To select more than one file at a time, press and hold the Control key while you select the files.

d Click Add.

3 Click Next.

4 Go to one of the following procedures:

■ Sending media files individually on page 123

■ Sending photos in a slideshow on page 126


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Sending media files individuallyFollow this procedure to e-mail photos or other media as individual files.

This procedure continues from Selecting media files to send by e-mail on page 121.

To send media files individually:

1 Click Send as individual files.

2 Optional. Click E-mail options to view or change the e-mail settings.

For more information about the options, see Setting the e-mail options on page 129.

3 Click Next.

4 Select when to e-mail the media files.

The options are:

■ Send now using my default e-mail client:

Select this option to open a new e-mail message, using your default

e-mail client, which contains the selected media files.

When you select this option, go to step 5.

■ Save for now. I will send the files on my own later:

Select this option to save the media files in the For E-Mail folder so

you can attach them to a message and send them later. This option

is useful if you are using web based e-mail or you do not have a

default e-mail client.


The For E-mail folder location is set in the E-mail Options. For more information, see Setting the e-mail options on page 129.



5 Send the media file e-mail message now.

a Optional, photos only. Select the option to Format photos as an HTML message.

■ Select this check box to include the photos in the body of an

HTML-formatted message.

■ Clear this check box to include the photos as an attachment.

The check box is not selectable when you are sending media files that are not photo files, or if your e-mail client does not support the HTML-formatted message feature used by Media Manager.

b Click Send.

Your default e-mail client opens a new message with the photos included in the body or as attachments.

If the total attachment size exceeds the configured limit, a warning dialog box appears asking if you would like to continue.

■ Click No to cancel the Send operation and make changes to

the e-mail settings as required.

■ Click Yes to continue.

For information on setting the attachment size limit, see Setting the e-mail options on page 129.

c Address the message, add a subject line, and type message text in the body of the e-mail.

d When you are finished, send the e-mail.

e In PhotoSuite, click Done.



6 Save the media files in the For E-Mail folder, and send the media file e-mail message later:

a Click Save.

PhotoSuite saves the photos in the For E-mail folder, in a folder named with the current date.

The Location of saved files dialog box appears.

Note The For E-mail folder location is set in the E-mail Options. For more information, Setting the e-mail options on page 129.

b Click the View Folder in Windows Explorer button to open the For E-mail folder containing the saved media files.

c Click the Copy location to Clipboard button so you can paste the folder path and name into another application, for example, the Browse dialog in another e-mail client’s attachment dialog box.

d Click OK.


f When you are ready to e-mail the media files, open your e-mail system and attach the files as you would any other type of attachment.


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Sending photos in a slideshowFollow this procedure to package the photos into a slideshow and send it by e-mail.

This procedure continues from Selecting media files to send by e-mail on page 121.

To send photos in a slideshow:

1 Click Package all files into one slideshow.

2 Optional. Click E-mail options to view or change the e-mail settings.

For more information about the options, see Setting the e-mail options on page 129.

3 Click Next.

4 A dialog box appears asking if you want to add a background sound to the slideshow.

To add a background sound, complete the following steps:

a Click Yes.

The Add a background sound dialog box appears.

b Locate and select the sound you want to add, and then click Select.

The sound is added to the slideshow.

If you do not want to add a background sound, click No.

5 Select a slideshow in the Work Area, and then click Preview to view the slideshow with the current settings.

A preview of the slideshow is played using your selected photos with the sound, if included, playing.

If you want to change the e-mail settings, click E-mail options. See Setting the e-mail options on page 129 for more information.

If you want to change the background sound, click the Back button and repeat step 3 and step 4.



6 To adjust the size of the slideshow, select 640 x 480, 320 x 240, or 176 x 144 from the Size drop-down list. The setting affects all the slideshows in the Work Area.

7 Optional. Click Generate Preview to see a preview of the slideshow using the size setting you selected in step 6, allowing you to judge the quality and make changes before generating all the slideshows, if required.

8 Click Next.

A dialog box appears while the slideshow(s) is generated.

Click Cancel to stop generating the slideshow.

9 Select when to e-mail the slideshow.

The options are:

■ Send now using my default e-mail client:

Select this option to open a new e-mail message, using your default

e-mail client, with the slideshow attached.


■ Save for now. I will send the files on my own later:

Select this option to save the slideshow in the For E-Mail folder so

you can attach it to a message and send later. This option is useful

if you are using web based e-mail or you do not have a default e-

mail client.


The For E-mail folder location is set in the E-mail Options. For more information, see Setting the e-mail options on page 129.



10 Send the media file e-mail message now.

a Click Send.

Your default e-mail client opens a new message with the slideshow included as an attachment.

If the total attachment size exceeds the configured limit, a warning dialog box appears asking if you would like to continue.

■ Click No to cancel the Send operation and make changes to

the settings as required.

■ Click Yes to continue.

For information on setting the attachment size limit, see Setting the e-mail options on page 129.

b Address the message, add a subject line, and type message text in the body of the e-mail.

c When you are finished, send the e-mail.

d In PhotoSuite, click Done.

11 Save the media files in the For E-Mail folder, and send the media file e-mail message later:

a Click Save.

PhotoSuite saves the slideshow in the For E-mail folder, in a folder named with the current date.

The Location of saved files dialog box appears.

Note The For E-mail folder location is set in the E-mail Options. For more information, Setting the e-mail options on page 129.

b Click the View Folder in Windows Explorer button to open the For E-mail folder containing the saved slideshow file.

c Click the Copy location to Clipboard button so you can paste the folder path and name into another application, for example, the Browse dialog in another e-mail client’s attachment dialog box.


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d Click OK.


f When you are ready to e-mail the slideshow, open your e-mail system and attach the file as you would any other type of attachment.

Setting the e-mail optionsFollow these procedures to set the following types of e-mail options:

■ General: Set a file size limit for attachments, and ask to be warned when the attachments in an e-mail exceed that limit. You can use this feature to prevent sending messages that exceed your e-mail Internet provider’s size limits, when necessary.

You can also view or change the location where PhotoSuite saves files that you will e-mail later.

For information, see To set the general e-mail options on page 129.

■ Photos: Set the options to convert photo files to JPEG format before e-mailing them, and set the dimensions for screen display and file size.

For information, see To set the photo e-mail options on page 130.

■ Slideshows: Set the number of seconds that each slide in a slideshow is displayed, and whether to play the sounds associated with the files.

For information, see To set the slideshow e-mail options on page 131.

To set the general e-mail options

1 In the e-mail task, click the E-mail Options button.

The E-mail Options dialog opens with the General page selected.

2 Select Warn me when my total attachment file size exceeds my e-mail limit to be warned when your e-mail attachment, consisting of all the files you are sending, exceeds the limit specified by your Internet provider. Specify the limit in the field provided.

Use the + and - buttons to increase or decrease the size incrementally.



3 To change the location in which PhotoSuite stores the files you choose to e-mail later, click the Browse button, select a new folder, and then click OK.

4 When you are finished, click OK.

To set the photo e-mail options



2 Click the Photos tab.

3 If you want to convert photos to JPEG before e-mailing them, select the Convert photo to JPEG and check box.

Note If you select this option, all of your photos will be sent in JPEG format regardless of their file type. If you would like some photos to be sent in their original format, then compose multiple e-mails.

4 Select Optimize dimensions for screen display to resize your photos to best fit particular screen sizes. Only photos larger than the specified dimensions are scaled down

Select one of the following options:

■ Small (fits on a 640x480 screen)

■ Medium (fits on a 800x600 screen)

■ Large (fits on a 1024x768 screen)

5 Select Keep current dimensions to maintain size of the photos.




To set the slideshow e-mail options



2 Click the Slideshows tab.

3 For Slide duration, enter the number of seconds you want each slide to appear on the screen before the slideshow automatically advances to the next slide.

4 Select Play sound tags to play the sound tags assigned to the photos.

You assign sound tags to a photo using Media Manager’s tagging feature. For more information, see Adding sounds to media files in the Media Manager User Guide or Media Manager Help Center.

5 Select Extend slide duration to sound tag’s length if sound is longer to display the slide for the entire length of the sound tag.

6 Select Fade out background sound if it is too long to have the background sound fade out gradually at the end of the slideshow if the sound is longer than the slideshow.

7 Select Loop background sound if it is too short to play the background sound continuously for the duration of the slideshow, if the sound is shorter than the slideshow.



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Sharing photos through an online photo serviceFollow this procedure to use an online photo service to post your photo files to an Internet site from which other people can view the files.

To share photos through an online photo service:

1 On the PhotoSuite Home page, click Online Photo Services.

2 Select the photos to share in one of these ways:

a On the Guide panel, select photo files to share from the Most recently used photos list.

OR

a On the Guide panel, click the Add More Photos button.



c Select the photos to share.

To select more than one photo at a time, press and hold the Control key while you select the photo files.

d Click Add.


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3 Click Next.

A dialog box appears, which tells you that copies of the photos have been placed in the For Sharing folder, in a subfolder named with the current date.

■ Click the View Folder in Windows Explorer button to open the For

Sharing folder containing the saved photo files.

■ Click the Copy location to Clipboard button so you can paste the

folder path and name into another application.

Note The For Sharing folder location is set in the PhotoSuite Options. For more information about file locations, Setting file locations on page 136.

4 Click OK to close the dialog box.

5 Click Launch Browser to go to the Roxio Photo Center Web site.

6 Follow the instructions on the web site to post the photos, or to have them developed by a professional photo finisher.

7 Optional. On the PhotoSuite Guide panel, select Delete the copies of the photos when I’m done check box to remove the copies of the photos from the For Sharing folder.

8 When you are finished uploading your photos to the online photo service, click Done on the PhotoSuite Guide panel.


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In this chapter

Setting general PhotoSuite options 135

Setting the general options 136

Setting file locations 136

Setting file associations 137

Setting notification options 137

Setting the edit options 139

Setting PhotoSuite optionsSetting general PhotoSuite options 135

Setting general PhotoSuite optionsSet the PhotoSuite preferences to customize some of the ways you work with PhotoSuite.

There are six categories of preferences.

■ General: To select whether or not to view ToolTips or the recently used file list, and to set the number of items that appear in the list.

For more information, see Setting the general options on page 136.

■ File Locations: To view and change where photos are stored.

For more information, see Setting file locations on page 136.

■ File Associations: To associate commonly-used image file formats with PhotoSuite. When you double-click a file of the specified format in Microsoft Explorer, PhotoSuite is automatically launched and the selected file displayed in the Work area (in the Edit activity).

For more information, see Setting file associations on page 137.

■ Notifications: To turn warning messages on or off.

For more information, see Setting notification options on page 137.

■ Edit: To view or change the default dpi setting for new blank collages and for photos that do not have a dpi setting. You can also set whether or not to keep transparency information when you save PNG files.

For more information, see Setting the edit options on page 139.


Setting PhotoSuite optionsSetting the general options 136

Setting the general optionsFollow this procedure to select whether or not to view ToolTips or the recently used file list, and to set the number of items that appear in the list.

To set the general options:

1 On the PhotoSuite Home page, choose File > Options.

2 Select Show ToolTips to display ToolTips when you hold the mouse over items on the interface.

By default, this option is selected.

3 Select Show recently used file list to display a list in the File menu of your most recently opened or saved files. This feature offers quick access to recently used files.

If you select this option, specify the number of entries to list in the menu.

By default, this option is selected and the number of recently used files is set to four.

Setting file locationsFollow this procedure to view and change the folder locations for photos that you:

■ Save for future sharing through an online services

■ Save from removable sources in Multi Photo Enhance.

■ Photos you save to collections

To set the file locations:

1 On the PhotoSuite Home page, choose File > Options, and then click File Locations.

2 To change a location, double-click the file category, or click the category once, and then click Modify.

The Browse Location dialog box appears.


Setting PhotoSuite optionsSetting file associations 137

3 Select the folder, in which to store your photos, and then click OK.

4 Click Apply or OK to apply your changes. The OK button closes the window.

Click Cancel if you do not want to apply your changes.

Setting file associationsFollow this procedure to set the file associations:

To set the notification options:

1 On the PhotoSuite Home page, choose File > Options, and then click File Associations.

2 Select the file types that you want to open with PhotoSuite as the default application.

By default, the PhotoSuite 7 (.dmsp) and PhotoSuite 5 (.pspd) formats are selected.

3 Click Select All or Remove All to quickly check or uncheck all of the file types.



Setting notification optionsFollow this procedure to set the notification options to on or off. Selecting a checkbox indicates that you do not want that notification to appear.

To set the notification options:

1 Choose File > Options, and then click File Associations.

2 Select Don't remind me to connect to the Internet if you do NOT want to be warned when you need to be connected to the Internet before proceeding with tasks that require a connection.

3 Select Don't remind me to disconnect from the Internet if you do NOT want to be reminded when the Internet connection is no longer required.


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4 Select Don't warn me when overwriting my original file if you do NOT want to be reminded that your original file is about to be overwritten through the Save activity.

5 Select Don't warn me when flattening collages, and always flatten them if you do NOT want to be reminded when your collage is about to be flattened and all photos and other project objects merged. Select Don't warn me when flattening objects, and always flatten them if you do NOT want to be reminded when your object is about to be flattened.

When you flatten an object, all fixes, transformations, and effects that have been applied become permanent.

6 Select Don't ask me to save in the PhotoSuite format, and always flatten if you do NOT want to be reminded that you will not be able to undo your changes later if you save in a non-PhotoSuite format. All changes to the file will be merged and the file saved in its current format. After the objects are merged, you can no longer edit them individually.

7 Select Don't ask me to replace default items in templates if you do NOT want to be reminded that default photos and text contained within placeholders are meant to be replaced with your own.




Setting PhotoSuite optionsSetting the edit options 139

Setting the edit optionsFollow this procedure to set the edit options. Specify a resolution in dots per inch (dpi) for photos that do not contain this information in their files. The resolution is assigned to a photo when you open it.

Whether a photo has a dpi value or not largely depends on the source from which it came. Scanners mostly support dpi; many cameras do not. When you save the photo, the dpi information is saved with the file if the file format you choose supports it.

Note The setting you specify here is also applied to any new documents you create using PhotoSuite. For example, when you create a new blank canvas, it will be assigned the dpi value you specify here.

To set the edit options:

1 Choose File > Options, and then click Edit.

2 Specify a resolution in dots per inch (dpi). Choose one of the following settings:

■ Professional (600 dpi)

■ Photographic (300 dpi) (recommended)

■ Sharing via e-mail or Web pages (150 dpi)

■ Viewing on screen (72 dpi)

3 Select a default unit of measure to be used in the Edit activities.

4 To keep transparency information when you save a PNG file, choose the check box.

This option is selected by default and can be overridden in the Save As options for PNG.




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Index

Aadding

custom shapes 62cutouts 66cutouts to collages 43edges to photos 109frames to photos 106masks 69mats to photos 107photos to collages 43predefined shapes 61props to collages 44props, about 42shadows to photos 51text 52

adjustingbrightness 24contrast 24exposure 20saturation 21sharpness 22tint 23transparency 49

albumscreating 92

Bblemishes

removing from photos 28BMP

about 15borders

adding edges to photos 109adding mats to photos 107adding to photos, about 106framing photos 106

brightnessadjusting 24

Ccalendars

creating 86editing text 55

cardscreating 89

Index 141

changingcustom shapes 62predefined shapes 61text in calendars 55text in photos and collages 52the order of photos 41

cloning an area of a photo to another area 31

closing PhotoSuite 9CollageCreator

using 83collages

adding cutouts 43adding photos 43adding photos and props, about 42adding props 44adding text 52creating from a blank canvas 85creating, about 83flattening 104flattening objects in 104replacing photos 46using CollageCreator 83

color depthchoosing 13

combining photosabout 42

Command Barabout 12

contact sheetsprinting 118

contrastadjusting 24

creatingalbums 92calendars 86cards 89

collages using a blank canvas 85collages, about 83cutouts 66gift tags 92magazines 92masks 69panoramas using photo stitch 94postcards 92posters 92

cropping photos 33custom shapes

adding or editing 62cutouts

adding to collages 43creating 66

cutouts and masksabout 66creating cutouts 66creating masks 69

Ddamaged photos

cloning 31removing dust 29removing scratches 30repairing, about 29

desktop wallpaperselecting a photo 79

display settingscolor depth 13screen resolution 13

DMSPabout 14

drawingsee painting and drawing in photos


Index 142

Eedges

adding to photos 109fading 50

edit optionssetting 139

editingcustom shapes 62more than one photo at a time 73photos, about 18predefined shapes 61projects 103text in calendars 55text in photos and collages 52

effectsadding shadows 51adding, about 47adjusting transparency 49fading edges 50using special effects 47

e-mail optionsgeneral 129photo 130setting 129slideshow 131

e-mailingindividual photos 123photos in slideshows 126photos, about 121selecting photos 121

exiting PhotoSuite 9exposure

adjusting 20

Ffacial flaws

fixing, about 25removing blemishes 28removing red eye 26removing wrinkles 27

fadingusing the edge fading effect 50

file associationssetting 137

file formats supported by PhotoSuite 14BMP 15DMSP 14JPEG 15PNG 16TIFF 16

file locationssetting 136

fixing photosabout 18

flatteningcollages 104collages and objects, about 104objects in collages 104

flipping photos 36flood fill tool

using 58focal length

about 99frames

adding to photos 106freehand painting in photos 56


Index 143

Ggift tags

creating 92greeting cards

creating 89Guide panels

about 11

Iimages

see photos

JJPEG

about 15

Llaunching PhotoSuite 9

Mmagazines

creating 92main PhotoSuite options

setting 136masks

creating 69see cutouts and masks

matsadding to photos 107

movingobjects in projects 82

multi-photo enhanceabout 73converting photos to another format 78renaming photos 78resizing photos 77reviewing changes 77

Nnew canvas

using to create a blank collage 85notification options

setting 137

Oonline photo services

using 132options

about PhotoSuite options 135edit options 139e-mail 129file associations 137file locations 136main 136notifications 137setting preferences 135


Index 144

Ppaint brush tool

using 56painting and drawing in photos

about 56using custom shapes 62using flood fill 58using predefined shapes 61using the paint brush 56using the touchup paint tool 64

panoramic photo stitchcreating 94tips 98

photo stitchcreating a panorama 94tips 98

PhotoDoctorabout 19using to improve photo quality 19

photosadding edges 109adding mats 107adding shadows 51adding text 52adding to collages 43adjusting transparency 49applying special effects 47changing the order of 41cloning 31combining, about 42cropping 33editing more than one photo at a time 73e-mailing as slideshows 126e-mailing individually 123fading edges 50flipping 36framing 106improving quality, about 19

positioning 40printing 113printing contact sheets 118printing more than one per page 116printing one per page 114removing dust 29removing scratches 30repairing, about 29replacing in collages 46resizing 38rotating 35selecting to e-mail 121setting as desktop wallpaper 79sharing online 132straightening 37transform tools, about 33

PhotoSuiteabout 7exiting 9new in release 7 8starting 9supported file formats 14

PhotoSuite Homeabout 9

picturessee photos

PNGabout 16

positioning photos 40postcards

creating 92posters

creating 92predefined shapes

adding or editing 61preferences

setting 135print quality

improving 119


Index 145

printingimproving quality 119projects 101

printing photosabout 112contact sheets 118more than one per page 116one photo per page 114selecting photos 113

projectscreating albums 92creating calendars 86creating cards 89creating collages, about 83creating gift tags 92creating magazines 92creating new, about 81creating postcards 92creating posters 92editing 103moving, resizing, and rotating objects 82printing 101saving 102using a blank canvas 85using CollageCreator 83using photo stitch 94

propsadding to collages 44adding, about 42

PSPDsee DMSP

Rred eye

removing from photos 26removing

blemishes from photos 28dust from photos 29

red eye from photos 26scratches from photos 30wrinkles from photos 27

repairing damaged photosabout 29cloning 31removing dust 29removing scratches 30

replacingphotos in collages 46

resizingobjects in projects 82photos 38

rotatingobjects in projects 82photos 35

Ssaturation

adjusting 21saving

projects 102screen resolution

choosing 13selecting

photos to e-mail 121photos to print 113

settingcolor depth 13screen resolution 13

setting optionsfor editing 139for e-mail 129for file associations 137for file locations 136for notifications 137main 136


Index 146

shadowsadding 51

shapescustom 62predefined 61

sharing photosabout 121

sharpnessadjusting 22

slideshowse-mailing 126

special effectsapplying to photos 47

startingPhotoSuite 9

Status Barabout 11

straightening photos 37supported file formats 14

BMP 15DMSP 14JPEG 15PNG 16TIFF 16

Ttext

adding to photos and collages 52adding, about 52editing in calendars 55

TIFFabout 16

tintadjusting 23

tips for using photo stitch 98touchup paint tool

using 64transform tools

changing order of photos 41cropping 33flipping 36positioning 40resizing 38rotating 35straightening 37

transforming photosabout 33

transparencyadjusting 49

WWork Area

about 11wrinkles

removing from photos 27


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