[. . . ] 6 ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Digital Photo Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 ImageMixer with VCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 ADDING STILL IMAGES TO AN ALBUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] To select more than one still image, hold down the Shift key or the Ctrl key while clicking the images. To select all of the still images, click [Select All] in the [Edit] menu. The [Image Format] dialog box appears. 2 Click [Image]. 3 Change the image format as desired. 22, 23) At this point, you can change the image size and picture quality as desired. 22) The [Save As] dialog box appears. 4 Specify the location where you want to save the file, input the file name, and then click [Save]. The image file is saved. If you select more than one still image in step 1, a confirmation message appears. · If you want to save all images with the same image format and their default name, click [Yes]. · If you want to set the image format and input file name for each image, click [No]. Repeat steps 3 and 4 as many times as necessary. CREATING A LIST OF STILL IMAGES You can arrange multiple still images together and save them in a single still image file. EN 25 1 Holding down the Shift key or the Ctrl key, select the still images that are to be added to the list. 2 Click [Multi Image]. The [Multi Image] dialog box appears. 3 Select the number of partitions. Either 4, 9, or 16 partitions may be selected. 4 Click [Back Color], select the color for the overall background, and then click [OK]. 5 Change the positions of the still images as desired. Deleting an image: Right-click the still image and then select [Delete]. Adding an image: Drag an image from the right-hand side of the Digital Photo Navigator window to the [Multi Image] dialog box. 6 Click [Save]. The [Image Format] dialog box appears. 7 Change the image format as desired. 22, 23) At this point, you can change the image size and picture quality as desired. ImageMixer can also add music from a CD as background music for your movie. Editing still images ImageMixer can adjust the brightness and contrast of still images and extract only the necessary portions. ImageMixer also has a variety of functions for correcting eye color tones that are too red. In addition, ImageMixer allows you to freely lay out still images, pictures, text, and other elements to create your own postcards, CD-R labels, etc. PS274E (cont. ) Managing files on hard disk EN 29 ImageMixer can manage elements that can be used in movie editing (video, still images, audio) as albums. Aside from permitting checking of files in list format or through a slide show, ImageMixer can also perform file operations such as search, move, duplicate, and delete. In addition to making movie editing easier, these functions are also useful for classifying and managing images with a camcorder. Create a Video CD ImageMixer can edit your captured and edited video and then create a Video CD. IMPORTANT: Differences from Digital Photo Navigator Unlike Digital Photo Navigator, ImageMixer only registers the location of an image file and its thumbnail image in albums. When images are handled by ImageMixer, the original file is affected by the operation. For example, if an image is deleted from an album, the original file is deleted. Therefore, file operations should be conducted carefully. For more detailed information This manual only provides an overview of ImageMixer. For more details on how to use its many functions, refer to the online help. To display online help for Windows®, click the [?] button located in the upper right corner of the ImageMixer screen. [. . . ] CORRECTIVE ACTION · Sometimes the format of the still image data prevents it from being loaded into Digital Photo Navigator. Use other graphics drawing or processing software to convert the file to either bitmap format or JPEG format. · Make sure that there is enough free space available in the drive in which Digital Photo Navigator is installed. · When a small image is loaded and enlarged, it will take on a mosaic appearance. [. . . ]