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- Page 1 Photohands Version 1.0 Retouching/Printing Software for Windows Instruction manual K862PSM8DMX...
- Page 2 • The document has been prepared with our utmost effort. However, please contact us if there are any queries or errors. Photohands is published by CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD., and CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. retains all copyrights and other related rights except for those described above.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Starting Photohands from the Start menu ... 7 Starting Photohands from the Task tray ... 8 Starting Photohands from the Photo Loader menu screen ... 9 Starting Photohands from the Photo Loader Library screen ... 10 Starting Photohands from the Photo Loader image view screen ... -
Page 4: Introduction
• Corrects (adjusts contrast or brightness), rotates an image, or changes the size. • Prints an image. IMPORTANT • Image file formats that can be handled with Photohands are: JPEG, BMP, PNG, and TIFF*. * It is not possible to save in TIFF format. -
Page 5: About This Manual
2 [Save] icon “Saving Images” on page 21 3 [Help] icon “Getting Help” on page 25 4 [Quit] icon “Quitting Photohands” on page 25 5 [Retouch] icon “Adjusting the Hue” on page 14 6 [Resize] icon “Changing the Size of an Image”... -
Page 6: About Screen Images
About Screen Images • Screen images illustrated in this document are for Windows 98. Views may differ if using other Windows versions. • Note that screen images in this document may differ slightly from the actual screens, but the contents are identical. -
Page 7: Starting Photohands
• From the Photo Loader library index • From the Photo Loader image viewing screen IMPORTANT • Photohands must be installed on your PC before starting it. Starting Photohands from the Start menu Switch on your PC to start Windows. -
Page 8: Starting Photohands From The Task Tray
An image will be displayed in the window on opening the file. See “Displaying Images” on page 12. Starting Photohands from the Task tray Right-click the Select and click [Starting Photohands]. Photohands starts up and the starting window appears. icon in the Task tray. -
Page 9: Starting Photohands From The Photo Loader Menu Screen
Starting Photohands from the Photo Loader menu screen Click the [Print] button in the Photo Loader function buttons. Photohands starts up and the starting window appears. -
Page 10: Starting Photohands From The Photo Loader Library Screen
Starting Photohands from the Photo Loader Library screen Click the [PRINT] button in the Library screen. Photohands starts up and the starting window appears. The first image in the Photo Loader library is displayed. The second image in the Photo Loader library is displayed. -
Page 11: Starting Photohands From The Photo Loader Image View Screen
Starting Photohands from the Photo Loader image view screen Click the [PRINT] button on the image view screen. Photohands starts up and the starting window appears. The image viewed in Photo Loader is displayed first. Other images, except for those in Photo Loader, are displayed in order. -
Page 12: Using Photohands
Displaying Images This section describes how to display images. IMPORTANT • The image file formats that can be handled with Photohands are: JPEG, BMP, PNG, and TIFF*. * Readable TIFF files are non-compressed RGB-TIFF files, and they cannot be saved in TIFF format. - Page 13 Select the image to be displayed. Click the [Open] button. The selected image is displayed. The file information is displayed.
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Page 14: Editing Images
Editing Images This section describes how to edit images. Three operations are available. • Correcting the hue • Changing the size • Rotating/inverting an image • Images can be edited while displayed in the Preview window. Preview the image to be edited first. - Page 15 Click the [Retouch] icon. • The retouch dialog box appears. • Set as described below. • Click the [Cancel] button to reset each setting. For re-drawing images in response to the settings. Preview the images by clicking the [OK] button. 1 Adjusting contrast Move in the right direction to sharpen the image.
- Page 16 4 Adjusting sharpness Check the [Hard] button to sharpen the image, or check the [Soft] button to tone down the image. • Check the [Hard] button to increase the sharpness. • Check the [Soft] button to decrease the sharpness. • Check the [OFF] button so as not to adjust the sharpness. 5 Setting noise removal This function removes dust or scratches in an image.
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Page 17: Changing The Size Of An Image
See “Saving Images” on page 21. • Photohands is software for editing images taken with a digital camera, and therefore is not suitable for editing images larger than those taken with a regular digital camera. - Page 18 Enter values (pixels) for “Height” and “Width”. • The size can also be changed by entering a value in the % field. • The enlargement ratio is maximum 200%. • The aspect ratio is fixed. • If the height is changed, the width is automatically changed accordingly.
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Page 19: Rotating/Inverting An Image
After changing the size, save the image. If not saved, the changes will not be applied to the actual image data. See “Saving Images” on page 21. IMPORTANT • If you do not want to overwrite the original image, save the image on a different location on the computer’s hard disk. - Page 20 Click the button to select the direction to rotate. The image is redrawn in accordance with the selected direction button. Click the [OK] button to save the rotated or inverted image. • The image is redrawn in the Preview window. •...
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Page 21: Saving Images
After editing the image, click the [Save] icon. Select the file saving format. • The file formats that Photohands can save are the following: JPEG, BMP, PNG. * Images cannot be saved in TIFF format. -
Page 22: Printing Images
• If you do not want to overwrite the original image, save the image on a different location on the computer’s hard disk. • To support the edited images in Photo Loader, start Photohands from Photo Loader, and after editing the images, overwrite them or save them under a different name. - Page 23 Click the [Print] icon. • The print dialog box appears. • Set as necessary. 1 Printer Select the destination printer. 2 Paper Orientation Select “Height” or “Width”. 3 Print Date • You can set to print the date or not. You can also print the date when the image was taken with the camera.
- Page 24 Click the [Print] button. • Printing starts. • Click the [Print Preview] button to show the print preview image. • Click the [Cancel] button to abandon the current action.
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Page 25: Getting Help
Getting Help Click the [Help] icon. Double-click the item to be viewed. The item double-clicked is displayed. Quitting Photohands Click the [Quit] icon. Photohands quits.