User Setup Information

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How Film Factory Organizes Your Photos
Film Factory helps you organize photos already stored on your computer as well as
those you add from other sources—your digital camera, scanner, or removable
media such as a PC card, Zip
®
disk, or CD-ROM.
First you create a film roll, to which you add your photos. You can store as many
photos as you want in each roll. When you have a number of rolls, you can file
them in virtual film cases; group rolls of film by subject to make it easier to
manage your photos.
Additionally, large photo files don’t have to take up space on your hard drive. You can
keep them on your Zip disk, CD-ROM, or other removable media while adding
virtual thumbnail images of them to a roll created on your hard disk. For example, if
you have your photos developed and returned to you on a diskette or CD-ROM, you
can create a roll without storing the actual photos on your hard drive.
Likewise, if you have images stored on a network, you can view thumbnail
versions of the photos (along with any comments) even when the network is
offline.
For more information, see “Managing Your Photos, Film Rolls, and Film Cases”
on page 25.
Creating a Roll of Film
Follow the instructions in this section to create a new roll of film and add photos
to it—from a disk or from a device such as a digital camera. You can also create a
new roll by copying images from an existing folder on your hard disk or other
device.
1. From the Main Menu, click the
Roll button. You see this menu:
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