Streszczenie treści zawartej na stronie nr. 1
Streszczenie treści zawartej na stronie nr. 2
Microsoft Picture It! Companion Guide X0883103FRT.p65 1 6/10/02, 3:05 PM Black
Streszczenie treści zawartej na stronie nr. 3
Information in this document, including URL and other Internet Web site references, is subject to change without notice. Unless otherwise noted, the example companies, organizations, products, domain names, e-mail addresses, logos, people, places, and events depicted herein are fictitious, and no association with any real company, organization, product, domain name, e-mail address, logo, person, place, or event is intended or should be inferred. Complying with all applicable copyright laws is th
Streszczenie treści zawartej na stronie nr. 4
Table of Contents Welcome to Microsoft Picture It! ........................................................................................................................... 1 What’s New? ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 Other Helpful Resources .....................................................................................................................................
Streszczenie treści zawartej na stronie nr. 5
Using the Self-Timer ......................................................................................................................................... 32 Getting Yourself into a Photo .................................................................................................................... 32 Taking Long Exposure Shots ..................................................................................................................... 32 Ten Tips for Great Pictures ............
Streszczenie treści zawartej na stronie nr. 6
Applying Text.................................................................................................................................................... 64 Help Resources ................................................................................................................................................. 65 Online Help ................................................................................................................................................ 65 Product Tou
Streszczenie treści zawartej na stronie nr. 7
Chapter 10: Creating Projects .............................................................................................................................. 95 Creating Photo Cards ........................................................................................................................................ 95 Creating Calendars ............................................................................................................................................ 96 Chapter 11: Shar
Streszczenie treści zawartej na stronie nr. 8
1 Welcome to Microsoft Picture It! Congratulations on your purchase of Microsoft Picture It! Photo, a unique combination of robust photo-editing tools and high-quality photo projects. Although easy to use, Picture It! also offers powerful imaging technology that helps you improve your photos. What’s New? Since the release of Picture It! 1.0 in 1996, Microsoft has repeatedly updated Picture It! with new features, improved design, and innovative projects. Now in its seventh version, Picture It! ha
Streszczenie treści zawartej na stronie nr. 9
Welcome to Microsoft Picture It! 2 Microsoft Picture It! Companion Guide
Streszczenie treści zawartej na stronie nr. 10
3 1 Installation Starting Setup To install Picture It!, you must be running Windows 98, Windows Me, Win- dows 2000, or Windows XP or higher. On Windows 2000 and Windows XP systems, you must have administrative privileges. For information regarding privileges, please refer to the operating system Help. On most computers, Picture It! setup will begin automatically when you insert the Picture It! CD into your CD-ROM drive. To begin automatic setup: 1 Turn off any antivirus software that you’re usin
Streszczenie treści zawartej na stronie nr. 11
Chapter 1: Installation 4 Completing the Installation Wizard The Installation Wizard will show you a series of dialog boxes that provide setup status and some installation preference options. For most users, the default preferences will be appropriate. Information about the different setup options is provided below. Installation Folder Dialog Box The Installation Folder dialog box allows you to choose where the program will be installed on your computer. To install the program to a different fol
Streszczenie treści zawartej na stronie nr. 12
Chapter 1: Installation 5 Special Circumstances Other Picture It! Products Upgrading from a Different Picture It! Product The family of Picture It! If you already have a Picture It! product installed on your machine, several products includes scenarios may occur when you try to install another Picture It! product: programs with the following brands: Previous versions If you have a Picture It! product previous to version 7.0 already installed, installing a version 7.0 product will make both D
Streszczenie treści zawartej na stronie nr. 13
Chapter 1: Installation 6 To remove or reinstall Picture It! on Windows XP: 1 From the Windows Start menu, click Control Panel. 2 Click Add or remove programs. 3 From the list of installed programs, click the version of Picture It! you want to remove or reinstall. 4 Click Change. The Installation Wizard opens. 5 Follow the instructions on the screen. To remove or reinstall Picture It! on Windows 98, Windows 2000, or Windows Me: 1 From the Windows Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Con
Streszczenie treści zawartej na stronie nr. 14
7 2 Making the Most of Your Camera No matter how polished and creative you are as a photographer, Picture It! is a Opening photos valuable tool for helping you get the most out of your photos. With Picture It! from your digital features, you can easily correct common photo problems such as red eye and camera overexposure. And you can use features like filters and layers to create photos strikingly different from your originals. For information on opening photos from Although Picture It! is a pow
Streszczenie treści zawartej na stronie nr. 15
Chapter 2: Making the Most of Your Camera 8 The first section of this chapter contains information specific to digital cam- eras: concepts such as resolution and compression that don’t have direct counterparts in film photography. Later sections cover universal photography concepts that apply to both film and digital cameras. About Digital Cameras If you’re new to using digital cameras, several camera features may seem foreign to you. Some of these features, such as digital zoom and compression,
Streszczenie treści zawartej na stronie nr. 16
Chapter 2: Making the Most of Your Camera 9 The number of pixels that make up a photo is the photo’s resolution. Resolution and compression are key factors in determining the quality of a digital photo. The following sections explain resolution and compression. Resolution Resolution is one of the main determinants of photo quality since it is a measure of the total number of pixels that make up a photograph. Resolution is sometimes expressed as the total number of pixels, such as 3 megapixels (3
Streszczenie treści zawartej na stronie nr. 17
Chapter 2: Making the Most of Your Camera 10 Approx. JPEG file size Dimensions Total pixels (with slight compression*) Maximum print size Megapixel rating One of the main 320 x 240 76,800 23 KB Wallet size factors in the price of a 640 x 480 307,200 91 KB 4” x 6” digital camera is its 1280 x 960 1,228,800 363 KB 5” x 7” megapixel rating. The (1.2 megapixels) megapixel rating 1600 x 1200 1,920,000 576 KB 8” x 10” indicates the maximum (1.9 megapixels) number of pixels (in 2,048 x 1,536 3,145,728
Streszczenie treści zawartej na stronie nr. 18
Chapter 2: Making the Most of Your Camera 11 Compression File size and You’ve seen one way to reduce photo file size: lower the resolution at which photo quality you shoot the photo. You can also reduce file size by having the camera Lowering resolution compress the photo file as it saves the file to the camera’s memory. Compres- and increasing sion consolidates similar information in the photo, and discards some informa- compression both tion. With JPEG compression, for example, series of simil
Streszczenie treści zawartej na stronie nr. 19
Chapter 2: Making the Most of Your Camera 12 For important photos that you want to make into prints, it’s good practice to use File formats little or no compression. Or, if your camera offers it, you can take your photos in compatible with a format, such as TIFF, that offers lossless compression. Lossless compression Picture It! reduces file size, but retains all of the photo quality. Picture It! can open File Formats photo files in any of the following formats: There are many file formats desig
Streszczenie treści zawartej na stronie nr. 20
Chapter 2: Making the Most of Your Camera 13 Using Zoom Features Expand your A zoom lens lets you adjust the focal length of the lens, making your subject perspective appear closer to or farther from the camera. Some cameras have built-in Zoom lenses are great adjustable zoom lenses; others accommodate interchangeable zoom lenses of for capturing objects different focal lengths. you can’t get close to, Digital cameras may offer optical zoom or digital zoom. An optical zoom such as a ship sailing
