User manual MICROSOFT PICTURE IT! PREMIUM

[. . . ] Premium ® User's Manual Information in this document, including URL and other Internet Web site references, is subject to change without notice. Unless otherwise noted, the example companies, organizations, products, domain names, e-mail addresses, logos, people, places, and events depicted herein are fictitious, and no association with any real company, organization, product, domain name, e-mail address, logo, person, place, or event is intended or should be inferred. Complying with all applicable copyright laws is the responsibility of the user. Without limiting the rights under copyright, no part of this document may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), or for any purpose, without the express written permission of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] Premium User's Manual Chapter 10: Saving and Printing Pictures 63 Choosing a File Format Picture It!You can determine the best format for saving your photos based on what you will use the photos for, compatibility with other computers, and file size. To help you understand the difference between file formats, here are some important characteristics of three common image formats: · Picture It!PNG Plus (. png) saves the individual objects in your photo projects so you can edit them later. PNG offers lossless compression, but not all computers have the software to open PNG files. · TIFF (. tif) is a common format for cameras that produce lossless images. TIFF does not support layers, but is a good format for saving important photos, although the files are relatively large. · JPEG (. jpg) is the most common format for images, since the files can be opened on practically any computer. Too much JPEG compression can reduce image quality, but JPEG is a format that makes relatively small files that work well for most purposes, especially for e-mail and the Web. To save a photo in a specific file format: 1. Premium User's Manual 64 Chapter 10: Saving and Printing Pictures Setting PNG Plus Options Only Picture It!and Digital Image can read individual objects saved in PNG Plus files. However, a PNG Plus file contains a flattened PNG version of the picture that can be read by many other programs, including Internet Explorer. saves the flattened version of the picture at the same size as the original, multi-object picture. But while this flattened version of the picture allows the file to be opened by other programs, it does increase overall file size. If you don't need to have a full-size, flattened version of the picture embedded in each PNG Plus file, you can choose to have the flattened version of picture be saved at a smaller size. Limiting the dimensions of the embedded file can decrease the overall file size. To limit the size of the embedded, flattened PNG file: 1. Click No Larger Than, and then enter values to limit the width and height. Premium User's Manual Chapter 10: Saving and Printing Pictures 65 Saving for E-mail and the Web Unlike photos for printing, photos for e-mail and the Web work best if they are relatively low resolution. Low-resolution photos, such as one that is 440 x 330 pixels, move faster through dial-up modems, and they are the right dimensions for viewing on most computer monitors. Avoid sending large photos in e-mail Sending high-resolution photos in e-mail may cause problems for your recipients. For example, a single 5-megabyte (MB), high-resolution image will take over 20 minutes to download on a 28. 8-Kbps modem. Also, some e-mail programs limit the size of attachments, and may, for example, block e-mail with attachments larger than 1 MB. To save a photo for e-mail or the Web: 1. On the File menu, point to Save a Copy For, and then click Save for E-mail or Web. [. . . ] Premium User's Manual Index 125 Hide button 21 high-quality printer settings 68 highlighted edges 55 high resolution pictures 69 historical information. Library holiday cards 57 Home Publishing files 11 I identifying pictures 75 image sensors 88, 103 importing pictures 7, 74 incandescent lights 32 index, online Help 27 information, picture. 1 Instructional Videos 29 Internet, opening pictures from 17 interpolation 91 invitations, personalized 57 irregular shapes 45 isolating picture parts. See selection tools ISO setting 103 italic formatting 25 J JPEG files 11, 42, 63, 87 K keywords grouping pictures by 80 overview 75 viewing pictures by 78 Keyword Painter 75 Kodak Photo CD files 11 LCDs 120 library. [. . . ]