Nero PhotoSnap Quick start guide

QuickStart

Nero PhotoSnap

Nero AG

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Table of contents

1 General information .................................................................. 5

1.1 About Nero PhotoSnap ..........................................................5

1.2 System requirements.............................................................5

1.3 Installation...............................................................................5

1.4 Formats supported.................................................................6

1.4.1 Formats that can be read...................................................................6

1.4.2 Formats supported when writing........................................................7

1.5 Conventions of the manual....................................................8

2 Nero PhotoSnap Viewer............................................................ 9

2.1 Launching Nero PhotoSnap Viewer......................................9

2.2 Viewing pictures.....................................................................9

2.2.1 Opening a picture...............................................................................9

2.2.2 Zooming a picture.............................................................................10

2.2.3 Display picture in full screen mode...................................................10

2.2.4 Rotating a picture.............................................................................11

2.2.5 Obtaining status information on the picture......................................11

2.2.6 Displaying the previous picture ........................................................12

2.2.7 Displaying the next picture...............................................................13

2.2.8 Launching Nero PhotoSnap.............................................................13

2.3 Pop-up menu.........................................................................14

3 Nero PhotoSnap...................................................................... 15

3.1 Launching Nero PhotoSnap.................................................15

3.2 Editing images......................................................................16

3.2.1 Opening an image............................................................................16

3.2.2 Selecting filters.................................................................................17

3.3 Filters.....................................................................................21

3.3.1 Preset filters .....................................................................................21

3.3.2 Automatic correction.........................................................................22

3.3.3 Exposure..........................................................................................23

3.3.4 Color balance...................................................................................27

3.3.5 Changing the size ............................................................................30

3.3.6 Cropping...........................................................................................32

3.3.7 Noise................................................................................................33

3.3.8 Sharpening.......................................................................................35

3.3.9 Red eye removal..............................................................................37

3.3.10 Rotating............................................................................................39

3.3.11 Removing 'hot pixels'........................................................................41

3.3.12 Other filters.......................................................................................43

3.4 Toolbar ..................................................................................44

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4 Contact..................................................................................... 46

4.1 Contact details......................................................................46

5 Glossary................................................................................... 47

6 Index......................................................................................... 49

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1 General information

1.1 About Nero PhotoSnap

Nero PhotoSnap consists of two applications:

Nero PhotoSnap (Editor) is a program for editing your favorite photographs. The

variety of options available allow you to improve the quality of the photos and, of

course, save the pictures you have edited.

Nero PhotoSnap (Viewer) is a program for displaying images and for rummaging

through directories containing images. It does not allow you to edit or save

photographs.

1.2 System requirements

Nero PhotoSnap is installed together with NeroVision Express 3 - the system

requirements are the same. You can find more detailed information on system

requirements in the NeroVision Express 3 manual.

1.3 Installation

Nero PhotoSnap is not installed separately but together with NeroVision

Express 3. In other words, after installing NeroVision Express 3, you will

automatically have Nero PhotoSnap as well.

Following installation, a dialog will appear that lets you link graphic files with the

Nero PhotoSnap Viewer, so double-clicking on a file will open it in the Nero

PhotoSnap Viewer. If you have not done this and would like to open the

settings, then:

 Highlight an image file and click on the right-hand mouse button.

 Select the 'Open with' command from the pop-up menu and highlight 'Choose

program'.

 Select Nero PhotoSnap Viewer from the list of recommended programs, tick

the 'Always use the selected program to open this kind of file' check box and

click on 'OK' to save the changes and to close the window.

You can also change the file allocations at a later stage.

1. Open the Nero PhotoSnap viewer.

2. Click on 'File' and select the 'File Associations' command. The file allocations

dialog will open.

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3. Highlight the formats that you would like to have Nero PhotoSnap Viewe

r

linked with, in other words the image formats that will open Nero PhotoSnap

Viewer.

4. Click on the 'OK' button to save the changes and close the window.

Warning: Please note that it is not possible to link the 'BMP' format with Nero

PhotoSnap Viewer.

1.4 Formats supported

Nero PhotoSnap supports the most common image formats, so that it is suitable

for all kinds of image files.

1.4.1 Formats that can be read

 jpg

 jp2 (not PhotoSnap SE)

 tga

 pcd

 iff

 xbm

 gif

 png

 bmp

 tif

 pcx

 ras

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1.4.2 Formats supported when writing

 jpg

 jp2 (not PhotoSnap SE)

 tga

 gif

 png

 bmp

 tif

 pcx

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1.5 Conventions of the manual

In order to make best use of this manual, please note the following conventions:

Formatting / symbol Meaning

This symbol stands for warnings,

preconditions or instructions that have to

be followed strictly. If a text is marked with

this symbol, its contents are of importance

for the procedure concerned.

This symbol refers to additional details o

r

advice. If a text is marked with this symbol,

it should be understood as supplementary

information.

1. Start …

If there is a number at the beginning of a

line, a request for action will follow. Carry

out these actions in the order specified.

'OK'

In this QuickStart, text passages o

r

command buttons which appear in the

Nero PhotoSnap program interface are

made in single quotes 'X'.

"Section"

References to other sections in this

QuickStart are made in (double) quotation

marks: "X".

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2 Nero PhotoSnap Viewer

2.1 Launching Nero PhotoSnap Viewer

You can start Nero PhotoSnap Viewer in three different ways:

 Via Nero StartSmart, the 'command center' of the Nero family of products.

 Directly by 'Start > (All) Programs > NeroVision Express 3 > Nero PhotoSnap

Viewer'.

 By double-clicking the chosen file.

2.2 Viewing pictures

2.2.1 Opening a picture

1. Launch Nero PhotoSnap.

2. Click on the

icon (or select from the 'File' menu the 'Open' command

and switch to the directory containing the desired image).

3. Highlight the image you want and click on the 'Open' button.

At the lower edge of the picture you will find information on the name of the

image, its size and the degree to which it has been magnified or reduced.

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2.2.2 Zooming a picture

1. Open the picture you would like.

2. Depending on your preferences, click on the

or the icon

(or select from the 'View' menu the 'Zoom' command and highlight the desired

degree of magnification). Alternatively you can uses the '/' (original size), '*'

(autozoom), '-' (zoom out) and '+' (zoom in) keys on the numeric right-hand

part of the keyboard.

2.2.3 Display picture in full screen mode

1. Open the picture you would like.

2. Click on the 'Full screen mode' icon (or select from the 'View' menu the 'Full

screen' command). The image will then fill the entire monitor.

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To leave the full screen view, press the 'Esc' key (or click on the right-hand

mouse button and choose the 'Toggle Full Screen Mode' command from the pop-

up menu).

2.2.4 Rotating a picture

1. Open the picture you would like.

2. Click as desired on the

or icon (or select from the 'Tools' menu

the 'Rotate left' or 'Rotate right' command). The image will then be turned

through 90° in the desired direction.

2.2.5 Obtaining status information on the picture

Digital images in the JPEG and TIFF formats contain so-called metadata, extra

information in addition to the picture itself. This data includes the name of the

camera manufacturer, the model, the date the picture was taken, shutter speed,

and the aperture used, etc.. This information is expressed in the 'Exif' standard.

1. Open the picture you would like.

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2. Click on the icon (or select from the 'Tools' menu the 'Image Info'

command). The Exif information available is shown.

2.2.6 Displaying the previous picture

1. Open the picture you would like.

2. Click on the

icon (or select from the 'Go' menu the 'Previous file'

command). The preceding image file in this directory will be displayed.

Alternatively, you can also use the '↑' (image up) key to get to the next and the

'↓' (image down) to get to the last picture.

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2.2.7 Displaying the next picture

1. Open the picture you would like.

2. Click on the

icon (or select from the 'Go' menu the 'Next file'

command). The next image file in this directory will be displayed.

2.2.8 Launching Nero PhotoSnap

1. Open the picture you would like.

2. Click on the

icon (or select from the 'Tools' menu the 'Edit image'

command). Nero PhotoSnap will then start and you will be able to edit the

image.

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2.3 Pop-up menu

If the mouse cursor is within the Nero PhotoSnap Viewer window, you can open

the pop-up menu by clicking on the right-hand mouse button.

The pop-up menu provides you with the most important commands, which are

carried out by highlighting and clicking.

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3 Nero PhotoSnap

3.1 Launching Nero PhotoSnap

You can start Nero PhotoSnap in three different ways:

 Via Nero StartSmart, the 'command center' of the Nero family of products.

 Start > (All) Programs > NeroVision Express 3 > Nero PhotoSnap.

 By Clicking on the 'Edit' button in Nero PhotoSnap Viewer.

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3.2 Editing images

3.2.1 Opening an image

1. Launch Nero PhotoSnap.

2. Click on the

icon and switch to the directory containing the desired image.

Highlight the image and click on the 'Open' button. The chosen image is now

ready to be edited.

Two tabs ("index cards") will appear once you have opened the image. The

'Saved' tab will show you the image as it has been stored and the 'Current' tab

will show you the image as it looks at the moment (though without having

been saved.)

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3.2.2 Selecting filters

The right-hand area of the Nero PhotoSnap window shows you the filters

available for editing images.

The first column contains the filters that are shown when Nero PhotoSnap is

started. Additional filters are displayed when you click on 'Other effects'.

1. Start Nero PhotoSnap and open the desired photograph.

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2. Click on the filter you would like to use in order to open the editing menu for

this filter.

After you have opened the filter, two new tabs will appear that provide a

preview.

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3.2.2.1 Activating a Preview

There is a preview dialog for most filters, but not for all.

When you have selected a filter, you can open a preview image showing the filter

effect in two miniature images (before / after). Tick the corresponding check

boxes in the filter area.

If this check box has been ticked, you will see the opened

photograph as it would

look before and after using the filter.

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The first preview tab shows you how the photograph would look when using the

filter.

In the second preview tab you will see the current image (left) and right the image

when using the filter.

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