Install Photo Editor

1.	Insert the Photo Editor CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.

If Autoplay is enabled, the installation program begins.

If the installation does not begin, click Start, and then click Run. Type D:\Setup.exe, where D is replaced with the letter assigned to your CD-ROM drive.

2.	Follow the onscreen instructions to install Photo Editor on your computer.


Welcome to Photo Editor

With Photo Editor, you can make all those not-quite-so-right pictures perfect. Import images from scanners, digital cameras, Photo CD’s, photos, and clip art. Crop photos to cut out parts you don’t want or to center an uneven shot. Change brightness and contrast to create the perfect relationship between your subject and the background. Make an out-of-focus picture crisp and clear, or add texture to soften the effect. Rotate or flip the image for a different look. Change the size and color palette. View the original image and the edited version in a split screen while you work. When you’ve got just the right image you want, just drag and drop it into your document.

  Install Photo Editor

  Use Photo Editor

  Customer support


Customer support

Please have the following information available before calling technical support:

  The product name.

  The type of computer, amount of RAM, video card, and system messages.

  A description of the problem, including error messages.

  A list of steps that lead to the problem.

Support Contact Information

Website:  www.blastsoftware.com

E-mail:  blast@encoresoftware.com

Mail:  Encore Software

         P.O. Box 451388

         Los Angeles, CA  90045-9705

If you do not have Internet access and require immediate assistance, please contact our support line at: 310-342-0610
(Hours: M-F, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. PST).


Use Photo Editor

Use Photo Editor to edit your images in PNG, JPEG, PCD, PCX, PSD, TGA, TIF, and BMP format.

1.	First, run Photo Editor: click Start and highlight Programs; highlight Blast!, highlight Photo Editor, and then click Photo Editor.

2.	You can then load the image you want to edit in one of the following ways:

•	OPEN: From the File menu, select Open. In the Open dialog box, select your CD-ROM drive and then the path Win32\Photolib\Photos. Double-click the image you want to edit.

•	SCAN: From the File menu, select Scan Picture. In the Scan Picture dialog box, make sure the correct scanner appears. If not, click Select to choose it. To scan the image, click Acquire, and choose options in the Acquire dialog box that appears.

When the image is loaded, it appears in two areas of the Photo Editor window: Original and Preview. The Original area displays the original picture. The Preview area displays your working version.

3.	You can now edit the image in the Preview area in any of a number of ways:

•	Crop it to work on a specific area

•	Adjust contrast and brightness

•	Change focus and texture

•	Rotate or flip it

•	Resize

•	Change the number of colors

•	Convert to black and white.

4.	After you have finished editing the image, you can save it in one of the following ways:

•	SAVE TO DISK: From the File menu, select Save As. Select the drive and folder where you want to save the image, and then from the Save as type list, choose the file format in which you want to save the image. Click Save.

•	SAVE IN THE PHOTOALBUM: From the File menu, select Open PhotoAlbum. Choose the category in which you want to save the image. In Photo Editor, click the image in the Preview area and drag and then drop it onto the Photo Album. The Save As dialog box appears. Select the drive, folder, and file name under which you want to save the image and click Save.