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Acquiring an Image and Scanning in Photo Express 3.0 SE
Part 2: Saving an Image in
Photo Express 3.0 SE
Part 3: Printing an Image in
Photo Express 3.0 SE
Part 4: Making a Calendar with
Photo Express 3.0 SE
Part 1: Acquiring an Image and
Scanning in Photo Express 3.0 SE
- Start the program by going to Start, Programs, Ulead Photo
Express 3.0 SE, and then click on Ulead Photo Express 3.0 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.
- Click on the Get button to the right of the tabs.
- Along the top of the screen will be a row of buttons. Choose
the scanner button.
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- 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.
- 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 3.0 SE program.
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