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The photo editing & creative
design program for everyone.

Version 4

for Windows & Macintosh

Copyright 1999-2002 by ArcSoft, Inc. All rights reserved. ArcSoft PhotoBase is a trademark of ArcSoft, Inc.

All other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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How to Register:

Register your program online at www.arcsoft.com.

Quick Start Guide:

Written by Steve Toribio
Layout and design by Vickie Wei

N. America

46601 Fremont Blvd
Fremont, CA 94538
Tel: 1.510.440.9901
Fax: 1.510.440.1270
Website: www.arcsoft.com
Email: [email protected]

Europe

Unit 14, Shannon Industrial Estate
Shanon, Co. Clare, Ireland
Tel: +353 (0) 61-702087
Fax: +353 (0) 61-702001
Email: [email protected]

Japan

Japan Support Center
M.D.S., Inc.
IKE Building 3F
5-1-15 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 101-0021, Japan
Tel: +81-3-3834-5256
Fax: +81-3-5816-4730
Website: www.arcsoft.jp
Email: [email protected]

China

ArcSoft Beijing Representative Office
No. 6 South Capital Gym Road
Beijing New Century Hotel, #2910
Beijing 100044, China
Tel: 8610-68491368
Email: [email protected]

Taiwan

ArcSoft Inc. Taiwan Branch
Tel: +886 (0) 2-27181869
Fax: +886 (0) 2-27190256
Email: [email protected]

Australia

Marketing Results Prop Ltd.
P.O. Box 6246 BHBC
Baulkham Hills,
New South Wales 2153, Australia
Tel: +61 (2) 9899-5888
Fax: +61 (2) 9899-5728
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.marketingresults.com.au

Latin America

Tel (Brazil): 00817-200-0709
Tel (Chili): 800-202-797
Email: [email protected]

ArcSoft Inc. Worldwide Customer Support Contacts

Summary of Contents for PhotoImpression

Page 1: ...7 Fax 353 0 61 702001 Email eurosupport arcsoft com Japan Japan Support Center M D S Inc IKE Building 3F 5 1 15 Sotokanda Chiyoda ku Tokyo 101 0021 Japan Tel 81 3 3834 5256 Fax 81 3 5816 4730 Website www arcsoft jp Email support arcsoft jp China ArcSoft Beijing Representative Office No 6 South Capital Gym Road Beijing New Century Hotel 2910 Beijing 100044 China Tel 8610 68491368 Email china arcsof...

Page 2: ...ust be treated like all other copyrighted materials e g books and musical recordings This license does not allow the software to be rented or leased and the written materials accompanying the software if any may not be copied Limited Warranty ArcSoft Inc warrants that the software contained herein will perform substantially in accordance with the accompanying documentation No Other Warranties ArcS...

Page 3: ...ting cards and calendars plus the functionalities of the popular ArcSoft PhotoPrinter and Funhouse programs Highlights of PhotoImpression A robust easy to understand graphical user interface ensures that you can learn the program in the shortest time possible Powerful comprehensive editing and retouching tools provide a total digital image editing solution A wide variety of special effect and enha...

Page 4: ...ression For Windows 1 Insert the ArcSoft PhotoImpression CD into your CD ROM drive The software will start running automatically on your system 2 Follow the instructions onscreen to complete the installation Note If the Autorun feature on your PC is turned off you ll have to install the software manually by taking the following steps 1 Insert the CD into your CD ROM drive 2 Click Start Run 3 In th...

Page 5: ...screen You can get out of the full screen mode by pressing the Esc key on the keyboard 8 PhotoImpression Quick Start Guide 7 PhotoImpression Quick Start Guide Toolbar Resize Layer resizes the layer when the corner handles are dragged You can also reposition the image by dragging it Freehand Rotate rotates the currently selected layer at the user s discretion when the corner handles are dragged Fli...

Page 6: ...t your acquire parameters a Specify the file format for the acquired images b Specify the save directory for the acquired images c Choose whether or not to retain the original file format for example some cameras may save in a specific format you can have the program convert the files to an option of your choice or retain the original format d Set the file names for the incoming files You can choo...

Page 7: ...layer or image with a selected pattern PhotoImpression Quick Start Guide 11 Inverse inverts the selection on an image For example if you ve created a rectangular selection and then used the Inverse tool the area selected would be outside of the box instead of inside Copy Selection As New Layer creates a new layer out of the selected area Soft Edge Slider gives cropped edges a warm fade based on th...

Page 8: ...lls the current image or layer with a gradient from the alternative color to the active color Select the desired colors in the Color Palette click at the point where you want the gradient to start and drag to designate the length and direction of the transition Text When text is added a new layer will be automatically created Settings include font style size and color You can add a shadow to the t...

Page 9: ...s or 1 64 increments Check the PIM box to enable PIM Epson PRINT Image Matching printing This option will only be available if the image has PIM information and you have a PIM printer PIM images print at a much PhotoImpression Quick Start Guide 15 Calendars You can create customized calendars by inserting your image into a calendar template Select the month year and style that you want then click ...

Page 10: ... so if you have more images than cells on your template new pages will be made to accommodate all of your images You can scroll through each page to preview them At this point you can also add text to images just for printing Auto Rotate Auto Crop and Nudge commands are available Thumbnail Printing prints album thumbnails You can print an entire album or specific thumbnails You can also choose dif...

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