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Welcome WELCOME! Thank you for your Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 Purchase! We are confident you will enjoy using this software to create memories that last for generations to come. This User’s Manual is designed to help you through each step as you Manage, Make and Share your photos, albums and slideshows. For more information, please refer to the help files within the software, or visit us online at http://www.nerophotoshow.com.
Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 5 1.1 1.2 General Information General System Requirements 5 5 2 Installation of Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 5 2.1 Installation Instructions 5 3 THE MAIN MENU SCREEN 6 3.1 3.2 The Manage, Make and Share Buttons The Preferences Link 6 7 3.3 3.4 3.5 Home Photos Folder Folders to Watch Camera Connection/Photo CD Auto Launch 7 7 7 3.6 Title Bar Buttons 7 3.
Table of Contents 7.6 7.7 The Text Tab The Clip Art Tab 22 23 7.8 The Playback Tab 23 8 EDITING YOUR PHOTOSHOWS 25 8.1 8.2 8.3 Creating a PhotoShow One Click Styles Watching a PhotoShow 26 27 27 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 Adding Photos to a PhotoShow Adding Music to a PhotoShow Adding Introductory & Ending Credits to a PhotoShow Applying PhotoShow Playback Settings 27 28 28 29 8.8 8.9 Saving a Copy of a PhotoShow PhotoShow Authoring Suggestions 29 29 9 THE SHARE SCREEN 30 9.
Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 1 Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 1.1 General Information Welcome to Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4, the easy and complete photo suite. With Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 you can manage your digital photos and video clips, create musical slideshows, and share your photos and shows in a variety of ways. A slideshow made with Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 software is called a PhotoShow.
THE MAIN MENU SCREEN 3 THE MAIN MENU SCREEN This is the Main Menu screen of Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4, which you use to navigate through the application. You can return to it at any time by clicking on the Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 logo in the top left corner of the screen. The Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 application is divided into three primary sections: Manage, Make, and Share.
THE MAIN MENU SCREEN 3.2 The Preferences Link Click the Preferences link on the Main Menu screen to access the Preferences Screen. Here you can set your Home Photos Folder, choose your Folders to Watch, and adjust your camera connection and photo CD auto launch settings. 3.3 Home Photos Folder When you first install Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4, it asks you to specify the folder where you keep your digital photos. This will be designated as your Home Photos Folder.
THE MAIN MENU SCREEN 3.7 About Saving Your Work Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 automatically saves any changes you make to a photo, video clip, photo folder, or PhotoShow. Changes made to photos or video clips using the edit tools can be reversed using the Undo or Revert to Original buttons (see the Edit Screen section of the Help Section for more information).
THE MAKE SCREEN 4 THE MAKE SCREEN The Make Screen is where you can make fun things with your digital photos. Click PhotoShow to quickly and easily make a musical show. Click Screen Saver to make your photos into a screen saver for your computer. Click Archive to create a back-up copy of a folder or PhotoShow which contains precious photos and video clips. Click Burn DVD/VCD to burn a DVD, SVCD, or VCD for playback on your home DVD player.
THE MANAGE SCREEN 5 THE MANAGE SCREEN This is the Manage Screen, where you can organize, edit or print your digital photos and video clips, and watch and edit your PhotoShows. The left side of the screen is the Photo Finder. The right side of the screen is the Viewer. The Photo Finder lets you browse through the folders and PhotoShows that you have stored on your computer. The Viewer displays a thumbnail view of the contents of the folder or PhotoShow you have currently selected in the Photo Finder. 5.
THE MANAGE SCREEN 5.3 Received PhotoShows is a view of all the PhotoShows that you have received from other people. Recent view shows a history of the last three folders or PhotoShows that you have accessed. The Calendar view organizes all of your folders and PhotoShows by year and month so you can quickly access photos and video clips from a specific period of time.
THE MANAGE SCREEN Click the Sort button to sort your folders and/or PhotoShows alphabetically or chronologically. Click the Info button to change the name and thumbnail icon for a folder or PhotoShow, or to add keywords and comments. Click the Add More button to add more photos or videos to a PhotoShow. Click the Email button to send photos or a PhotoShow to a friend. Click the Print button to print your photos.
MANAGING YOUR PHOTOS & VIDEO CLIPS 6 MANAGING YOUR PHOTOS & VIDEO CLIPS The Manage Screen is where you organize your photos and video clips into folders and PhotoShows. Use drag-and-drop techniques to reorder your photos, and cut-and-paste techniques to copy your photos or move them from one folder or PhotoShow to another.
MANAGING YOUR PHOTOS & VIDEO CLIPS 6.1 Creating a New Folder, PhotoShow, Quick View, or Favorite You can make a new folder, PhotoShow, Quick View, or Favorite by clicking New, making a selection from the drop-down menu, providing a name, and then finding the photos and video clips you’d like to use from your current folders. If the photos you want to use are not already in a folder, click Import to import new photos from another source.
MANAGING YOUR PHOTOS & VIDEO CLIPS 6.4 Printing Photos With Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4, you can print your photos on a printer connected to your computer, or order prints through online services and have them delivered to your doorstep. To print on a printer connected to your computer: 1. Open the folder which contains the photos you would like to print and click the Print button. This will open the Print Screen. On the left, you can check or uncheck the thumbnails of the photos you wish to print.
THE EDIT SCREEN 7 THE EDIT SCREEN The Edit Screen is where you edit your digital photos and video clips. You can reach the Edit Screen by clicking on the Pencil in the pop-up menu when you mouse-over a photo or video clip thumbnail. The Edit Screen features a palette of tools on the left, a close-up of your photo or clip on the right, and a filmstrip showing all the photos in your folder or show across the bottom. Click the Watch button to view the contents of your folder or PhotoShow as a show.
THE EDIT SCREEN 7.1 The Edit Tab The Edit Tab helps you perform many basic photo editing operations. You can automatically improve the look of your photo with just one click of the mouse by pressing the Perfectly Clear® Auto Fix button. To remove red eye from people's eyes: 1. Click the Red Eye button and drag a selection rectangle around the red portion of the eye. 2. Click Fix. For best results, try to fit the square snugly to the red portion of the eye and do not include other parts of the face. 3.
THE EDIT SCREEN 7.2 The Photo Info Dialog Box 1. In the Photo Info dialog box you can change a photo or video clip's Name or Date and add Comments. 2. Under Keywords, enter the names of people and places in the photo into the People and Places fields, so you can search for these words when you want to find them. 3. You can Rate a photo by assigning up to five stars to it. Each photo starts at a two-star rating when you import it into Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4.
THE EDIT SCREEN 7.4 The Edit Clip Window The Edit Clip window allows you to adjust the duration of your video clip as it appears in your PhotoShow. Changes made in the Edit Clip window only apply to the video clip during PhotoShow playback; the original clip is not affected by these changes. In the Edit Clip window, your video clip will loop automatically while you use the slider controls to trim the length of your clip. 1.
THE EDIT SCREEN 7.5.3 Using the Smudge Tool With the Smudge Tool you can remove small blemishes such as dust spots or scratches from your photos. Select different Smudge Tool sizes by clicking the triangles on either side of the Brush. To remove a blemish: 1. You should first use the Zoom Tool to zoom in on the blemish in your photo. 2. Click the blemish with the Smudge Tool to blend it with the other colors around it. When you zoom back out to normal size, the blemish should be much less noticeable.
THE EDIT SCREEN 2. Click and drag over an edit you've previously made in order to erase it. 7.5.8 Using the Selection Tools The Selection Tools are used to select and then cut or copy a portion of your photo. There are two Selection Tools which you can utilize: the Marquee Tool is used to make rectangular selections, while the Lasso Tool is used to draw freehand selection areas with the mouse. To use it: 1. Choose a selection tool. 2.
THE EDIT SCREEN 7.6 The Text Tab The Text tab lets you add text captions or speech and thought bubbles to your photos. The Text tab has two sub-tabs: one for Captions and one for Bubbles. 1. Press the Captions tab and type your text into the text window. 2. Use the Size slider to control the size of the text, and the Color chooser to pick the color. 3. You can click the Clear button to remove the text you've added, or click the Preview button to see how it will look.
THE EDIT SCREEN 7.7 The Clip Art Tab The Clip Art tab allows you to add fun clip art to your photos. 1. You can scroll through the clip art by clicking the Left and Right Arrows at the top of the clip art panel. Or, if you know which category you would like to view, you can use the Category drop-down menu to go directly to it. 2. Click the piece of clip art you would like to use and drag it to your photo. Clip art can be dragged anywhere on your photo. 3.
THE EDIT SCREEN 3. Click the Frame drop-down menu and then choose Standard Pack to select a frame to border the photos in your show. To clear a Frame selection from your PhotoShow, choose No Frame. 4. Click the Intro Credits menu to select an animation style for your show's opening credits. 5. Click the Edit button to launch the Intro Credits dialog box, where you can specify your show's opening credits. The same credits will also play at the end of your show. 6.
EDITING YOUR PHOTOSHOWS 8 EDITING YOUR PHOTOSHOWS With Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4, it's possible to edit and watch shows in two distinct ways: 1. The first way is to edit and view the contents of a folder as a show. You can choose playback settings, add music and effects, and so on. However, it is important to note that changes made to the photos and clips in a folder will affect the original photos: if you edit or delete them, the original photos will be edited or deleted from your hard drive. 2.
EDITING YOUR PHOTOSHOWS 8.1 Creating a PhotoShow To create a PhotoShow: 1. On the Manage Screen, click the New button. 2. Choose a PhotoShow from the pull-down menu, or just select a folder of photos and press the Make PhotoShow button. 3. In the Viewer window, select the photos you would like to include in your show by clicking the thumbnail to check or uncheck each photo.
EDITING YOUR PHOTOSHOWS 8.2 One Click Styles Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 makes it easy to apply various preset style themes to your PhotoShow with just one click of the mouse. Adding a One Click Style to your show will automatically set an appropriate song as your soundtrack, apply a suitable frame, and adjust the transition style accordingly.
EDITING YOUR PHOTOSHOWS 8.5 Adding Music to a PhotoShow To add a song to your PhotoShow soundtrack or change the existing song: 1. Open any photo in your show in the Edit Screen. 2. On the Playback Tab, click the Music button and select Choose Music. 3. From the pop-up menu, select For entire show to launch the Soundtrack Jukebox and choose the song you want to be your new soundtrack. 4. Click the Done button to add the selected song to your PhotoShow.
EDITING YOUR PHOTOSHOWS 8.7 Applying PhotoShow Playback Settings You can personalize your PhotoShow by changing Music, Transition, Motion Effects, and Speed settings for individual photos or for your entire PhotoShow. When adjusting any of these settings in the Edit Screen, a pop-up menu will appear with three options: 8.8 Choose For this photo onward if you want the changes you have specified to apply to the photo displayed in the Edit Screen and to every photo thereafter.
THE SHARE SCREEN 9 THE SHARE SCREEN The Share screen helps you easily share your digital photos and PhotoShows with friends and family. With Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4, you can email your PhotoShows and still photos, upload them to online sharing communities, or export them in various formats. The Share screen has four buttons: Click Share PhotoShows to upload a PhotoShow to PhotoShow Circle and email a link to view your online show to multiple recipients.
THE SHARE SCREEN and a password. After you've created an account, in the future you will be asked to sign in before uploading your PhotoShows. 9.2 Share PhotoShows 1. Click the Share PhotoShows button to upload a PhotoShow to PhotoShow Circle and simultaneously email someone a link to view the show. 2. Simply check the PhotoShow you wish to share in order to select it. 3. Click the Share PhotoShow button. 4.
THE SHARE SCREEN 9.3 Email Photos You can email photos by adding them as attachments to your emails: 1. Click Email Photos. 2. Select the photos you want to email. 3. When you have finished your selection, click the Email Photos button again to continue to the Email Photos screen. The Email Photos screen features two tabs: a.
THE SHARE SCREEN a. If you choose PhotoShow Circle, sign in to your account, then select the show you wish to upload and use the Gallery Destination menu to choose the gallery where you’d like to showcase your PhotoShow. Then click Upload. b.If you choose your online photo service, choose the still photos you wish to upload and then click Upload Photos. You will be prompted to sign in to your photo service account. If you don’t already have an account, you can quickly create one. 3.
THE SHARE SCREEN 3. Select the folder or show you want to publish, then click Export HTML. 4. On the Export Photos and PhotoShow to HTML screen, you can select your Layout from the drop-down menu and use the color choosers to select a Background Color and Text Color. 9.8 Executable This export function will create a folder that contains an Executable file of your PhotoShow. An Executable is a stand-alone application which will play your PhotoShow in full screen mode on any Windows computer.
Support Contact 10 Support Contact Nero PhotoShow Deluxe 4 is a Nero AG product. Nero AG Im Stoeckmaedle 18 76307 Karlsbad Germany Web: http://www.nero.com Help: http://www.nero.com/nerophotoshow/eng/Contact_Us_.html Mail: techsupport@nero.com Fax: +49 724 892 8499 Copyright © 1995 - 2006 Nero AG. All rights reserved. Printed in Germany.
