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ArcSoft Inc. Worldwide Customer Support Contacts
N. America
46601 Fremont Blvd
Fremont, CA 94538
Tel: 1.510.440.9901
Fax: 1.510.440.1270
Website: www.arcsoft.com
Email: support@arcsoft.com
Europe
Unit 14, Shannon Industrial Estate
Shanon, Co. Clare, Ireland
Tel: +353 (0) 61-702087
Fax: +353 (0) 61-702001
Email: eurosupport@arcsoft.com
Japan
Japan Support Center
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IKE Building 3F
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Tokyo 101-0021, Japan
Tel: +81-3-3834-5256
Fax: +81-3-5816-4730
Website: www.arcsoft.jp
Email: support@arcsoft.jp
How to Register:
Register your program online at www.arcsoft.com.
Copyright 1999-2002 by ArcSoft, Inc. All rights reserved. ArcSoft PhotoBase is a trademark of ArcSoft, Inc.
All other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
China
ArcSoft Beijing Representative Office
No. 6 South Capital Gym Road
Beijing New Century Hotel, #2910
Beijing 100044, China
Tel: 8610-68491368
Email: china@arcsoft.com
Taiwan
ArcSoft Inc. Taiwan Branch
Tel: +886 (0) 2-27181869
Fax: +886 (0) 2-27190256
Email: support@arcsoft.com.tw
Australia
Marketing Results Prop Ltd.
P.O. Box 6246 BHBC
Baulkham Hills,
New South Wales 2153, Australia
Tel: +61 (2) 9899-5888
Fax: +61 (2) 9899-5728
Email: support@supportgroup.com.au
Website: www.marketingresults.com.au
Latin America
Tel (Brazil): 00817-200-0709
Tel (Chili): 800-202-797
Email: latinsupport@arcsoft.com
Quick Start Guide:
Written by Steve Toribio
Layout and design by Vickie Wei
PMPI0002
for Windows & Macintosh
Version 4
The photo editing & creative
design program for everyone.

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  • Page 1 Written by Steve Toribio Layout and design by Vickie Wei Copyright 1999-2002 by ArcSoft, Inc. All rights reserved. ArcSoft PhotoBase is a trademark of ArcSoft, Inc. PMPI0002 All other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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    (including but not limited to damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business Multi-Crop ....................17 information, or any other pecuniary loss) which result from an inability to use this software, even if ArcSoft, Inc. has Getting Help....................18 been advised of the possibility of such damages.
  • Page 3: Welcome To Photoimpression

    ™ • Built-in ArcSoft PhotoPrinter functionalities allow you to print a single image, for general consumers. The program enables you to edit, retouch, enhance or add special multiple images of different sizes, thumbnails, or greeting cards on a single sheet effects to digital images with point-n-click simplicity.
  • Page 4: Installing Photoimpression

    For Macintosh: by taking the following steps: 1. Locate the PhotoImpression folder on your hard drive, and double-click to open it. 1. Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. In the PhotoImpression window, find the PhotoImpression program icon, and 2.
  • Page 5: Opening An Image From A Disk Drive

    Acquiring Images from a TWAIN Device the 1:1 icon) allows you to display the image on the entire PhotoImpression accepts images acquired via standard TWAIN devices. screen. You can get out of the full screen mode by pressing the 1. Click the Get Photo button on the Main Screen, and select Camera/Scanner. A list of Esc key on the keyboard.
  • Page 6: Working With Albums

    Video Camera button if you are capturing a still from a video. Follow the procedures Album Screen Saver (Windows only) – lets you make a Screen Saver Slide Show for specific to your device to import the image into PhotoImpression. your system.
  • Page 7 PhotoImpression Quick Start Guide PhotoImpression Quick Start Guide Inverse - inverts the selection on an image. For example, if you’ve created a rectangular Retouch: selection and then used the Inverse tool, the area selected would be outside of Brush Palette - offers various sizes for certain editing tools. The larger the brush size, the the box instead of inside.
  • Page 8: Creative Project Templates

    Select the desired colors in the Color Palette, PhotoImpression includes a variety of special effects to transform images in a number click at the point where you want the gradient to start, and drag to of interesting ways.
  • Page 9: Saving Images

    Click the Wallpaper button to set the current image as your desktop background. Printing Images Note:ArcSoft Funhouse allows you to access many more templates, and you can even create your own. Visit www.arcsoft.com for details. PhotoImpression provides three different print options: Cool Software: •...
  • Page 10: Multi-Crop

    Click the Add All button to add all of the upper right-hand corner of the screen. images in the current album to the current template. PhotoImpression supports the printing of multiple pages at one time, so if you have more images than cells on your template, new pages will be made to accommodate all of your images.

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