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1: Photo Express 2.0 SE Screen Layout
Part
2: Acquiring an Image and Scanning in Photo Express 2.0 SE
Part
3: Saving an Image in Photo Express 2.0 SE
Part
4: Printing an Image in Photo Express 2.0 SE
Part
5: Making a Calendar with Photo Express 2.0 SE
Part 1:
Photo Express 2.0 SE Screen Layout
Photo Express 2.0 SE has a very
unique screen layout. Click
here to view a map showing the parts of the interface and
their names.
Part 2:
Acquiring an Image and Scanning in Photo Express 2.0 SE
- Start the program by going to
Start, Programs, Ulead Photo Express 2.0 SE, and then
click on Ulead Photo Express 2.0 SE.
- If this is the first time
starting Photo Express a dialog box labeled "Device
Type" will appear. Choose the radio button for the
type of device you are using and click OK.
- If your Windows Taskbar is not
set to auto hide, then a Photo Express dialog box will
appear reminding you that "Setting the Taskbar to
Auto hide will be better." Since the Photo Express
program has such a large interface, setting the Taskbar to
auto hide may make some icons easier to see. To set the
Taskbar to auto hide, follow these steps:
- Click on Start and choose
Settings.
- From Settings, choose
Taskbar & Start Menu.
- A menu will appear showing
the Taskbar Options. Put a check into the box next to
"Auto hide" and then press the OK button.
- The Taskbar will now
disappear unless the mouse pointed is moved over its
position.
- Click OK to proceed beyond
the Taskbar message.
- In the Options panel,
you want to make sure the right device driver is
showing in the drop down box. If not, click the
down arrow button and choose your device. If it is
not in the box, click on More and select your
device from the list. If it is still not there,
you will need to install the driver for the device
you are using.
- Also in the Options
panel (shown on the right) are several other
things you can do. Right under the device drop
down box there is a radio button to choose post
processing. After the scanner is done scanning,
but before the image appears, you will be able to
choose the post processing options for this
particular scan, such as auto-straighten.
- The next option is
"Show TWAIN data source." Check this if
you want to be able to choose the settings in your
TWAIN interface.
- Next down the Options
panel is the destination of the scanned image. You
can select either "Open to Workspace" to
work directly on the image, or "Save to
Album".
- The next two are only
if you are saving to an album. You will need to
give the image a file name and then select a file
type.
- Click on Acquire to
scan the image or document. If you chose to
display the TWAIN data source, it will appear on
top of the Photo Express screen. Follow the next
steps for using the TWAIN interface:
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- Open the lid of the scanner and
insert the item to be scanned. It should be placed face
down on the glass, lined up with the right-hand corner of
the bed.
- Close the lid of the scanner and
click the Prescan or Preview button on the Scanner
Settings screen. The scanner will make a pass and display
a preview version of the image in the preview window.
- Along with the preview image, the
preview window will also contain a dotted line box known
as the crop frame. The crop frame determines what exactly
will be scanned, and only those items within the frame
will be scanned.
- Most of the scanner drivers will
adjust the crop frame to the edges of the image, but it
can be adjusted further simply by placing the mouse cursor
on the edge of the frame until the cursor becomes a
double-ended arrow. Once the cursor has the two ends,
click and hold down the mouse button and drag the side of
the frame up/down or left/right until it lines up with the
edge of the image. Repeat this until all four sides of the
frame are lined up with the edges of the image.
- Click the Scan Mode button on the
scanner settings window and choose a setting:
- Color is for color images from
photographs, books, or magazines.
- Gray is for black and white
photographs, for color items made to look black and
white, or for drawings and patterns employing shading
and texture.
- Line Art is for black and white
text or drawings that have no shading or texture. They
are pure black or white.
- Click the
Resolution button on the Scanner Settings window and
choose a resolution in dots per inch (dpi) for this scan.
Some resolution tips:
- Color images should be scanned at
72-100 dpi for the majority of general uses such as
wallpaper, e-mail and web pages. For high-quality
printing, they can be scanned at 150-250 dpi.
- Gray images should be scanned at
72-100 dpi for uses such as wallpaper, e-mail and web
pages. They can be scanned at 150-300 dpi for most
high-quality printing, and in some cases the dpi can be
as high as the maximum grayscale resolution of the
printer, usually around 600 dpi.
- Line Art images should be scanned
at 300 dpi for sharp reproductions of drawings and text
documents.
With the scan
settings selected, click the Scan button. The scanner will
now scan the image into the Photo Express 2.0 SE program.
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