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Contents

Step-by-step projects

Cards

Calendars

Collages

Using Picture It!

What you should know about copyrights

Opening, scanning, saving, and exiting

Collages and cutouts

Touchup and effects

Copying, deleting, positioning, and resizing

Adding a cool edge, a mat, or a frame

Printing, slide shows, and e-mailing

Tips and Shortcuts

Tips for taking better pictures

Mouse and keyboard shortcuts


First time step-by-step instructions

What do you want to do?

Scan my pictures before I start a project.

Load pictures from my digital camera before I start a project.

Start a project. My pictures are in computer format.

Practice with sample pictures.

Learn about getting my pictures into Picture It!


Are your pictures ready?

To get your pictures into Picture It! you have to digitize them or convert them to a computer format.  Here are some questions to help you choose your options:

•	Do you have a floppy disk with your pictures on it?  Some businesses, such as copy centers, can scan your prints and place them on a floppy disk.

•	Do you have a CD with your pictures on it?  You can have your pictures put onto a CD when you take your film in to have it developed.

•	Do you have a scanner?  Use it now to load pictures into the computer.

•	Do you have a digital camera?  You can use it to take pictures and load them directly into the computer.

Are your pictures ready?

Yes, I have digitized pictures.

No, but I want to use my scanner.

No, but I want to load them from a digital camera.

No, but I want to try using Picture It! with sample pictures.


Working with your pictures

What would you like to do?

Create a card

Create a calendar

Create a custom collage

Touch up a picture


Getting your pictures into Picture It!

To get your pictures into Picture It! you have to digitize them or convert them to a computer format.  Here are some options:

Use your own scanner to load them into the computer.

Take pictures with a digital camera and load them into the computer.

Let a business, such as a copy center, scan your prints and place them onto a floppy disk.

Have your photo processor place your pictures onto a CD or floppy disk when you have them developed.

What do you want to do?

Scan my pictures.

Load pictures from my digital camera.

Start a project. I have digitized pictures.

Practice with sample pictures now. I'll digitize my pictures later.


Creating collages using step-by-step instructions

You can create flyers, announcements, or any other type of collage with Picture It!  Just click the type of collage you want to create.

Picture collage

KODAK IMAGE MAGIC Custom Creations

What's the difference?


 Opening, scanning, saving, and exiting

Opening a picture

Scanning a picture

Loading from a digital camera

Saving a picture

Closing a picture

Exiting Picture It!


Collages and cutouts

Making a cutout

Adding text to a cutout

Resizing a cutout

Trimming a cutout

Softening the edges of a cutout

Changing the layering of cutouts

Deleting a cutout

Cutting a hole


Making a cutout

Before you can work on part of a picture, you have to “select” it by making a cutout.

Choose one of the methods below:

Making a cutout by tracing

Making a cutout using a predefined shape

What's the difference?


Touchup and effects

Changing brightness or contrast

Correcting tint

Repairing red eye

Changing color

Blurring or sharpening focus

Making a cutout transparent

Softening edges


Copying, deleting, positioning, and resizing

Copying and pasting

Moving

Deleting

Sizing and positioning

Cropping


Adding a cool edge, a mat, or a frame

If you want to add all three to a picture or collage, you have start by adding the cool edge, then the mat, and finally the frame.

Adding a cool edge

Adding a mat

Adding a frame


Printing, slide shows, and e-mailing

Printing

Sending a print order to Kodak

Creating and using a slide show

Sending pictures by e-mail


Picture Card

1	Click Design It! and then click Picture Card.

2	Follow the instructions in the PICTURE CARD task pane.


Picture Calendar

1	Click Design It! and then click Picture Calendar.

2	Follow the instructions in the PICTURE CALENDAR task pane.


Picture Collage

1	Click Design It! and then click Picture Collage.

2	Follow the instructions in the PICTURE COLLAGE task pane.


KODAK IMAGE MAGIC Custom Creations

1	Click Just Add It! and then click Custom Creations.

2	Follow the instructions in the CUSTOM CREATIONS task pane.

Tip

Getting more KODAK IMAGE MAGIC Custom Creations


Getting more KODAK IMAGE MAGIC Custom Creations

1	Click Just Add It! and then click Download Creations.

2	Follow the instructions in the DOWNLOAD CREATIONS task pane.


What's the difference?

Choosing Picture Collage opens predesigned collages that are completely customizable. You can add your own pictures, text, and cutouts. Use your imagination!

Choosing Custom Creations opens the KODAK IMAGE MAGIC Custom Creations which are quick and easy: you select a Creation, drop your pictures in, customize the text, and you’re done!


Opening a picture

1	Click File, and then click Open.

2	Follow the instructions in the OPEN task pane.

Steps after opening

Touchup and special effects

Cutouts

Step-by-step projects

Adding a frame

Tips

Where’s my file?

What you should know about copyrights


Where's my file?

Can’t find your file? Maybe Picture It! is looking for a different file type. Try this:

1	On the OPEN task pane, find the Display pictures of type box.

2	Select the correct file type (.BMP, .MIX, etc.) from the list. Picture It! will display all the files of that type. To see all files in a directory, click All image files.

If you still can’t find your file, make sure you’re looking in the right drive and directory.


Scanning a picture

1	Click Get It! and then click Scan Picture.

2	Follow the instructions in the SCAN PICTURE task pane.

Tips

Tips for better scanning

What you should know about copyrights

Troubleshooting

Steps after scanning

Step-by-step projects

Adding a frame

Cutouts

Touchup and special effects


Loading from a digital camera

1	Click Get It!, and then click Digital Camera.

2	Follow the instructions in the DIGITAL CAMERA task pane.

Steps after loading

Step-by-step projects

Adding a frame

Cutouts

Touchup and special effects


Saving a picture

Click File, and then click Save.

Steps after saving

Closing a picture

Tips

When to save?

Renaming your files


Closing a picture

Click File, and then click Close.


When to save?

Depending on your level of confidence, you can save your work frequently or infrequently. It’s always a good idea to save work after you’ve just done something you don’t want to have to repeat.


Renaming your files

1	Click File, and then click Save As.

2	Follow the directions on the SAVE AS task pane. You’ll end up with two files: one with the old name, one with the new.


Exiting Picture It!

Click File, and then click Exit.


Making a cutout by tracing

1	Click Prepare It!

2	Click Make Cutout, and then click Cut Out by Tracing.

3	Follow the instructions in the CUT OUT BY TRACING task pane.


Making a cutout using a predefined shape

1	Click Prepare It!

2	Click Make Cutout, and then click Cut Out with Shape.

3	Follow the instructions in the CUT OUT WITH SHAPE task pane.


What's the difference?

In the Cutout by Tracing option, you use the mouse to create your own shape.

In the Cutout with Shape option, you choose a square, circle, or other shape provided on a Picture It! task pane.


Adding text to a cutout

1	Click Prepare It!

2	Click Make Cutout, and then click Text Cutout.

3	Follow the instructions in the NEW TEXT CUTOUT task pane.

Tip

Moving or resizing text


Resizing a cutout

1	Click the View menu and make sure that Cutout Handles is checked.  If it’s not, click it.

2	Select the cutout on the Stack. The cutout handles will appear.

3	To reduce or enlarge the cutout, position the cursor over one of the corner handles. Drag the handle away from the center of the cutout to enlarge it or toward the center to reduce it.

4	To stretch the cutout, position the cursor over one of the handles on the top, bottom, or sides of the selection box.  Then, drag the handle.


Trimming a cutout

1	Select the cutout on the Stack.

2	Click Prepare It! and then click Edit Cutout.

3	Click Trim and follow the directions in the TRIM task pane.

Tip

What's the Stack?


Softening the edges of a cutout

1	Select the cutout on the Stack.

2	Click Prepare It! and then click Special Effects.

3	Click Soften Edges and follow the directions in the SOFTEN EDGES task pane.

Tip

What's the Stack?


Changing the layering of cutouts

Cutouts are layered in a collage in the same order that they appear on the Stack. To change the order, drag a picture or cutout up or down in the Stack until it’s where you want it to be.

Tip

What's the Stack?


Deleting a cutout

1	Select the cutout on the Stack.

2	Press the DELETE key on your keyboard.

Tip

What's the Stack?


Cutting a hole

1	Select the cutout on the Stack.

2	Click Prepare It!

3	Click Edit Cutout, and then click Cut a Hole.

4	Follow the instructions in the CUT A HOLE task pane.

Tip

What's the Stack?


What's the difference?

When you choose Trim, you use the mouse to trim any shape that you create.

When you choose Cut a Hole, you trim a cutout by using a square, circle, or other shape shown on the CUT A HOLE task pane.


Changing brightness or contrast

1	Click Prepare It!

2	Click Touchup, and then click Brightness/Contrast.

3	Follow the instructions in the BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST task pane.

More Help with Brightness and Contrast

Using the Brightness/Contrast tool


Repairing red eye

1	Select the picture on the Stack.

2	Click Prepare It!

3	Click Touchup, and then click Repair Red Eye.

4	Follow the instructions in the REPAIR RED EYE task pane.

Note: When you click on the red part of the eye, get as close to the center of the red part as you can. Then, use Smart Task Fix for a quick repair, or choose Select eyes by tracing if you want more control over the repair.

Tip

What's the Stack?


Changing color

1	Click Prepare It!

2	Click Special Effects, and then click Change Color.

3	Follow the instructions in the CHANGE COLOR task pane.

More Help with Color

Using the Color tool


Blurring or sharpening focus

1	Click Prepare It!

2	Click Special Effects, and then click Blur/Sharpen Focus.

3	Follow the instructions in the BLUR/SHARPEN FOCUS task pane.


Correcting tint

1	Click Prepare It!

2	Click Touchup, and then click Correct Tint.

3	Follow the instructions in the CORRECT TINT task pane.

More Help with Color Correction

Using the Tint tool


Making a selected picture or cutout transparent

1	Click Prepare It!

2	Click Special Effects, and then click Make Transparent.

3	Follow the instructions in the MAKE TRANSPARENT task pane.


Moving

You can move pictures, cutouts, and finished projects from one part of Picture It! to another and to other Windows programs.

Click a button for more information.

Copying and pasting

Dragging and dropping


Copying and pasting

1	To copy: click the cutout on the Stack, click Edit, and then click Copy.

2	To paste: click Edit, and then click Paste.


Dragging and dropping

Use this method to move a picture or cutout from one part of the picture pane to another. You can also move a picture to another program (such as Microsoft Word). Make sure the destination program is open first.

Within Picture It!

Just drag the picture with the mouse and release it at its destination.

To another program

1	Drag the picture to the program’s button on the task bar, but don’t release the mouse button.

2	Wait until the program appears on the desktop.

3	Position the cursor where you want to insert the picture, and then release the mouse button.

4	If only a thin slice of the picture appears, check the style and formatting.  If necessary, reformat or change the style until the entire picture appears.


Deleting

1	Select the cutout on the Stack.

2	Press the DELETE key on your keyboard.

Tip

What's the Stack?


Sizing and positioning

After you select a picture or cutout on the Stack, you can adjust it in the following ways:

Moving

Stretching

Enlarging or reducing

Flipping

Rotating

Tip

What's the Stack?


Flipping a picture or cutout

Flipping creates a mirror image of the selected picture or cutout. In other words, a profile facing left becomes a profile facing right. You can also flip the picture right to left, upside down, or both.

1	Click Prepare It! and then click Size and Position.

2	Click Flip, and follow the instructions in the FLIP task pane.

Note: You cannot perform this task when another task pane is open.


Rotating a picture or cutout

Which do you want to rotate?

Whole picture

Just a cutout


Rotating a picture

1	Click Prepare It! and then click Size and Position.

2	Click Rotate, and follow the instructions in the ROTATE task pane.

Note: You cannot perform this task when another task pane is open.


Cropping

1	Click Prepare It!

2	Click Size and Position, and then click Crop.

3	Follow the instructions in the CROP task pane.


Adding a cool edge

1	Click Frame It! and then click Cool Edges.

2	Follow the instructions in the COOL EDGES task pane.


Adding a mat

1	Click Frame It! and then click Mats.

2	Follow the instructions in the MATS task pane.


Adding a frame

1	Click Frame It! and then click Frames.

2	Follow the instructions in the FRAMES task pane.


Printing

1	Click Share It!, and then click Print.

2	Follow the instructions in the PRINT task pane.

Tips

When using a black and white printer

What you should know about copyrights


Sending a print order to Kodak

1	Click Share It! and then click Print at Kodak.

2	Follow the instructions in the PRINT AT KODAK task pane.


Creating and using a slide show

1	Click Share It! and then click Slide Show.

2	Follow the instructions in the SLIDE SHOW task pane.


Sending pictures by e-mail

1	Click File, and then click Send.

2	Follow instructions in the Microsoft Exchange New Message dialog box.

Tip

What you should know about copyrights


Filmstrip

This is where all your open pictures are displayed.


Stack

The Stack runs vertically along the upper-right corner of the screen.  It displays all cutouts in a collage.   Cutouts are displayed in the order that they’re layered (stacked) in the collage. For example, if you place a cutout of a person over a background of the sky, the person will appear on the top of the Stack, and the sky will appear on the bottom.
To change a cutout’s order in the Stack, just drag it with the mouse.


Zoom

The Zoom tool allows you to increase or decrease the level of detail in the displayed image. It does not affect the way a picture or cutout is printed.

Click the plus sign to zoom in (enlarge the picture) or click the minus sign to zoom out (reduce the picture).

After you’ve zoomed in you may need to use the scroll box to navigate back to the part of the picture you’re working on. Try one of the following:

Click on the box inside the zoom tool and drag it to where you want it. The display in the picture pane will move accordingly.

Inside the zoom tool, click the spot where you want the center of the picture to be. The display in the picture pane will move accordingly.


Practice with sample pictures

1	Click Design It! and then click Picture Collage. The PICTURE COLLAGE task pane appears.

2	In Step 1 in the task pane, make sure that you’ve selected A PictureArt collage.

3	Click Next at the bottom of the task pane and start experimenting with the different styles and pictures you find.


Using the handles

You use the handles by dragging them with the mouse.

To rotate, drag the rotate lever in either direction.

To resize, drag any corner handle into or out of the selection box.

To stretch, drag a handle on an edge (at the side, top, or bottom) of the selection box.

Demonstration

Tip

I can’t see the handles


I can't see the handles

On the Stack, click the cutout you want to manipulate.

If that doesn’t work, try this:

1	Click the View menu.

2	Make sure Cutout Handles has a check beside it.

3	Now, click the cutout on the Stack, and the handles will appear.

Tip

What's the Stack?


When using a black and white printer

When printing to a black and white laser printer, your picture may come out darker than expected and white areas may print as gray.

One thing you can try is to set your printer's dithering method to coarse.

1	Go to the Printers folder in the Windows Control Panel.

2	Click the icon for the printer you are using.

3	Click the File menu, and then click Properties.

4	Click the Graphics tab.

5	In the Dithering box, click the radio button labeled Coarse.

6	You may have to restart Windows for the change to take effect.

For further information and other technical issues, see the Readme file.

Tip

Accessing the Readme file


Troubleshooting

If you encounter problems while trying to scan, your scanner software might be out of date.  Contact your scanner manufacturer to see if there is a newer version.

For more details, refer to the Picture It! Readme file.  It contains information on how to contact many scanner manufacturers, as well as some scanner-specific problems that we have found.

Tip

Accessing the Readme file


Microsoft AnswerPoint

If you need more help, go to the Microsoft AnswerPoint help topic.

1	Click the Help menu, and then click About Microsoft Picture It!

2	Click the Tech Support button. You will see information on how to get more help.


Accessing the Readme file

There may be late-breaking technical information that could not be fit into the Picture It! documentation. This information is put into a file called Readme.hlp.

To find this file:

1	In Windows Explorer, find the directory called Microsoft Picture It!

2	Double-click the file called Readme.hlp.


Moving or resizing

Once a picture or cutout is selected you can adjust it in the following ways:

Moving

Stretching

Enlarging or reducing

Rotating


Rotating

1	Find the green rotate lever that extends above the cutout.

2	Position the cursor over the end of the rotate lever.

3	While you hold the mouse button down, drag left or right to rotate the cutout.

More help rotating

How do I use the handles?


New command (File Menu)

Starts a new project.


Open command (File Menu)

Opens or finds a picture and displays it in the picture pane.


Close command (File Menu)

Closes the picture displayed in the picture pane.


Close All command (File Menu)

Closes all open pictures.


Save command (File Menu)

Saves the picture in the picture pane with its existing name, location, and file format.


Save As command (File Menu)

Saves the picture in the picture pane with the file name, location, and format you specify.


Save All command (File Menu)

Saves all open pictures (all pictures displayed on the Filmstrip).


Return to Last Save command (File Menu)

Undoes any changes you’ve made to a picture since last saving.


Scan Picture command (File Menu)

Scans a picture into Picture It!


Digital Camera command (File Menu)

Loads a digital camera picture into Picture It!


Print command (File Menu)

Prints the picture displayed in the picture pane.


Send command (File Menu)

Sends a picture or Slide Show through e-mail.


File list (File Menu)

Lists the most recently opened files.


Exit command (File Menu)

Closes Picture It!


Undo command (Edit Menu)

Reverses or deletes your last action.


Redo command (Edit Menu)

Reinstates your last action. This is only available after you have used the “Undo” command.


Cut command (Edit Menu)

Removes selected pictures or words from their location on the picture pane.


Copy command (Edit Menu)

Copies selected pictures or words on the picture pane.


Paste command (Edit Menu)

Places an item that you have cut or copied onto the picture pane.


Clear command (Edit Menu)

Deletes the selected cutout.


Select All command (Edit Menu)

Selects an entire picture or collage. You can also do this by clicking the Select All button at the bottom of the stack.


Stack command (View Menu)

Displays or hides the Stack.


Cutout Handles command (View Menu)

Displays or hides the cutout handles and the rotate lever.


Microsoft Picture It! Help Topics command (Help Menu)

Displays the online Help contents screen.


Show Index command (Help Menu)

Displays the online Help index screen.


Introduction to Picture It! command (Help Menu)

Launches an introductory demonstration of Picture It! features.


Camera Tips command (Help Menu)

Launches a short tutorial on how to take better pictures.


About Microsoft Picture It! command (Help Menu)

Displays the version number of Picture It!, copyright information, and your copy’s serial number.


Cool Edges command

Adds rough, torn, or otherwise creative edging effects to your picture or collage.


Mats command

Adds borders to your picture or collage.


Frames command

Adds frames to your picture or collage.


Print at Kodak command

Sends your new picture to Kodak to be printed on Kodak products and mailed to you, your family, or friends.


Brightness/Contrast command

Adjusts a picture or cutout’s brightness and contrast.


Correct Tint command

Adjusts a picture or cutout’s tint.


Repair Red Eye command

Removes the red-eye effect in a picture caused by the camera flash reflecting in the eyes of people and animals.


Change Color command

Adjusts a picture or cutout’s colors.


Blur/Sharpen Focus command

Adjusts focus by sharpening or blurring a picture or cutout. This is helpful when you add a cutout to a collage or create other special effects.


Make Transparent command

Makes a picture or cutout transparent.  This is helpful when you add a cutout to a collage or create other effects.


Crop command

Removes the outer edges of a picture.


Rotate command

Turns a picture or cutout.


Flip command

Reverses or flips a picture or cutout.


Cut Out by Tracing command

Makes a cutout by tracing an image in a picture.


Cut Out with Shape command

Makes a cutout in a picture by using predefined shapes.


Text Cutout command

Creates a block of text which you can add to a picture or collage.


Trim command

Trims a cutout to a new shape or size.


Soften Edges command

Blurs the perimeter of a picture or cutout.  This feature is useful when you add a cutout to a collage.


Options command (View menu)

Opens the Options dialog box.  This is where you can adjust settings in Picture It! to fit your needs.


Cut a Hole command

Trims a picture or cutout by making a hole in it.


Picture Collage command

Guides you through the steps of making a collage.


Picture Card command

Guides you through the steps of making a greeting card.


Picture Calendar command

Guides you through the steps of making a calendar.


Custom Creations command

Opens ready-to-use KODAK IMAGE MAGIC Custom Creations templates.


Download Creations command

Downloads other KODAK IMAGE MAGIC Custom Creations templates.


Slide Show command

Displays your pictures in an electronic slide show format, which you can send by e-mail, put on a floppy disk, or publish on the Worldwide Web.


Picture Pane

In Picture It! the picture pane displays your picture or collage. It’s where you do most of your work.

If the picture is too big to fit in the picture pane, either change its size with the Zoom control or scroll the picture up and down and side to side.


Edit Text command

Opens the EDIT TEXT task pane.


PictureArt background command

Opens PictureArt to use as a background in a collage.


PictureArt cutout command

Opens PictureArt to use as a cutout in a collage.


My picture command

Opens one of your pictures.


Text Cutout command

Inserts text into a picture or collage.


Save copy as command (File menu)

Saves the current embedded copy of your picture or cutout.


Update file command (File menu)

While you’re working on the picture in another application, this command saves the original that you’re linked to, with any changes you’ve made.


Preview pane

The preview pane shows either previews or file names of the pictures in the current directory.

To work with a picture, click and drag the filename or preview to the Filmstrip, or double click the picture and it will appear on the Filmstrip.


Glossary

Click the topic you want more information about.

A - B

bitmap graphics

Blur/Sharpen Focus tool

BMP file format

brightness

Brightness/Contrast tool

C

CDR file format

CGM file format

collage

collage background

Color tool

contrast

Cool Edges

cropping

cropping frame

crop shape

crop to proportion

cutout

cut out by shape

cut out by tracing

cutout order

cutting a hole

D

digital camera

DRW file format

dullness

E

enlarging

EPS file format

Eyedropper

F

file compression

file formats

file size

Filmstrip

flipping

FPX file format

frames

G - H

handles

hovering

hue

I - J - K

IntelliMouse

JPG file format

L - M

loading pictures

main window

mats

MIX file format

N - O - P

PCD file format

PCT file format

PCX file format

picture

picture pane

pixels

pixels per inch (ppi)

pointer

previewing

preview images

printer memory

progress indicator

Q - R

red eye

reducing

reference color

replacing

repositioning

resizing

resolution

Retriever

richness

rotating

rotate lever

S

saturation

scanner

scroll bar

scrolling

sharpness

slider

SmartEdge

SmartTask Fix

SmartTask Scan

soften edges

Stack

stretch handles

stretching

T

TIF file format

task pane

templates

text cutout

tint

Tint tool

ToolTips

top cutout

touching up

trimming

TWAIN

TWAIN device

U  - V - W

vector graphics

WMF file format

WPG file format

X - Y - Z

Zoom and Scroll tool

zooming in

zooming out


bitmap graphics

A type of computer graphics that consists of bits of computer information arranged (mapped) on a grid.


Blur/Sharpen Focus tool

The Picture It! tool that improves or reduces the clarity (focus) of an entire picture or cutout.


BMP file format

A file format used to create bitmap graphics in Microsoft Windows software.  In Picture It! you can both open and save your finished work as BMP files.


brightness

A measure of how light or dark a color is.


Brightness/Contrast tool

The tool you use to change a picture or cutout’s brightness, contrast, or richness.


CDR file format

The Corel Draw Picture file format, which is used in Corel Draw illustration software.  In Picture It! you can open but not save your finished work as a CDR file.


collage

In Picture It! a collage is group of cutouts that you assemble, modify, and arrange to create a project.


collage background

A picture or template, on which you layer cutouts.


Color tool

The tool that you use to change a picture or cutout’s color characteristics (hue, brightness, and saturation).


CGM file format

The Computer Graphics Metafile format, which is used to create both vector and bitmap graphics.  In Picture It! you can open but not save your finished work as a CGM file.


contrast

The difference between the lightest and darkest parts of a picture or cutout.  In high-contrast pictures, only the very lightest and darkest parts of the picture are visible.  In low-contrast pictures, there is little difference between light and dark areas; the picture looks washed out.


Cool Edges

A Picture It! feature that provides rough, torn, or other creative edges for your projects.  You can use Cool Edges with just a picture or collage or combine them with a mat or frame.


cropping

Removing part of a picture to improve its appearance or fit the picture into a specific space.


cropping frame

The dotted rectangle and handles that contain the crop shape.


crop shape

The outlined shape in the cropping frame.  When you crop a picture, you remove the area outside the crop shape.


crop to proportion

A control that keeps crop shape proportions constant while you resize the crop shape.


cutout

The basic element of a Picture It! collage.  Cutouts can be any of the following:

   part of a picture you cut out by tracing

   part of a picture you cut out with a standard shape, cookie-cutter style

   an entire picture that you use as the collage background

   text


cut out by shape

A method of making a cutout.  You make the cutout by moving and resizing a standard shape on a picture and cutting out a piece of it, cookie-cutter style. When you are finished, you keep the area inside the cutout shape.


cut out by tracing

A method of making a cutout.  You define the cutout edges by tracing a path around a picture area with the pointer.  When you are finished, you keep the area inside the cutout edges.


cutout order

The order in which cutouts appear in the Stack.  Cutouts at the bottom of the Stack are layered at the bottom of the collage (farthest from the viewer).  Cutouts at the top of the Stack are layered at the top of the collage (closest to the viewer).


cutting a hole

Using a standard shape (a circle or a star, for example) to remove part of a cutout.


digital camera

A camera that uses a small disk or other storage device rather than film to store visual information.  Pictures taken with a digital camera are transferred to a computer hard disk drive through a cable designed for the purpose.


DRW file format

The Micrographx Draw file format, which is used to create graphics in Micrographx Designer and Micrographx Draw illustration software.  In Picture It! you can open but not save your finished work as DRW files.


dullness

A color term, the opposite of richness.  Dull colors lack vividness or intensity; they look as if they had been tinted a pale gray.  Like richness, dullness is most obvious in the midtones (colors that aren’t too light or too dark).


enlarging

Increasing the size of a picture or cutout by using the sizing handles.


EPS file format

The Encapsulated PostScript file format, which is used to handle bitmap and vector graphics in the Adobe PostScript page description language.  In Picture It! you can open but not save your finished work as an EPS file.


Eyedropper

The form that the pointer takes when you select a specific color on a picture or cutout in the CHANGE COLOR and CORRECT TINT task panes.


file compression

The process of reducing the amount of data needed to represent text or graphics.  Picture It! uses file compression software to reduce the hard disk space required to store your pictures, finished projects, templates, and other digital art.


file formats

Computer programs differ both in the types of information they can interpret (text, bitmap graphics, or vector graphics) and in the ways they process and display that information. Differences in both hardware and software have made it necessary to create, edit, and display computer files in a wide variety of formats.  Picture It! software has been designed for the Microsoft Picture Extension (MIX) file format.  However, Picture It! also opens and saves work as the following file formats:

   BMP

   FPX

   GIF

   JPG

   PCX

   PNG

   TGA

   TIF

Note: You can open but not save finished projects in these file formats:

   CDR

   CGM

   DRW

   DXF

   EMF

   EPS

   HGL

   PCD

   PCT

   WMF

   WPG


file size

The total amount of information needed to represent text, graphics, and other information in a PC file.  The standard unit of PC files is the byte.


Filmstrip

The part of the Picture It! main window that displays all the pictures and cutouts that are open and ready to be worked on.  The picture or cutout that you’re working on is highlighted by a contrasting border around the thumbnail.


flipping

Turning over an entire picture or cutout.  You can flip a picture or cutout these ways:

   horizontally (left becomes right)

   vertically (the top becomes the bottom)

   both (left becomes right and the top becomes the bottom)


FPX file format

The graphics file format used on KODAK IMAGE MAGIC System FLASHPIX CDs.  In Picture It! you can open and save your work as FPX files.


frames

A Picture It! feature that borders your projects with digital art in many colors and textures.  You can use the a frame by itself or add it as an outer border to a project with a Cool Edge or a mat.


graphics filters

Computer programs that read text or graphics created in one file format and then displays the information in another file format.  Picture It! graphics filters open graphics files in 18 formats and display them as MIX files.


handles

The green balls positioned along the edges of the selection box and cropping frame.  You use the handles to change the size, shape, or position of a picture or cutout.


hovering

Pausing with the pointer over a toolbar or the status bar.


hue

The characteristic of a color associated with the wavelength of light that travels from the object seen to the observer.  In everyday speech, when we talk about a “color”, we’re really talking about a hue.  Red, green, and blue are hues.


IntelliMouse

A Microsoft pointing device, which you can use to select, scroll through, and zoom in and out of information.


JPG file format

The file format created by the Joint
Photographic Experts Group.  This format is used to create, edit, and transfer photographic-quality bitmap graphics.  In Picture It! you can both open and save your finished work as JPG files.


loading pictures

The process of transferring your pictures (stored in a digital camera) to your hard disk drive.


main window

The place in Picture It! that you find your workspace, tools, and instructions.  The main window includes these features:

picture pane

task pane

Filmstrip

Zoom and Scroll tool

Stack


mats

A Picture It! feature that borders your projects with digital art in many colors and textures.  You can use a mat by itself or add it as an inner border to a project with a frame.


MIX file format

The Microsoft Picture Extension file format, which you use to create Picture It! projects.  When you finish projects, you can save your work as a MIX file or save it in another format.


PCD file format

The graphics file format used to store photographs on KODAK Photo CDs.  In Picture It! you can open but not save your finished work as PCD files.


PCX file format

The PC Paintbrush file format, which is used to create bitmap graphics.  In Picture It! you can both open and save your finished work as PCX files.


PCT file format

The Macintosh QuickDraw Picture Format file format, which is used to create both vector and bitmap graphics on Apple Macintosh computers. In Picture It! you can open but not save your finished work as PCT files.


picture

A photograph that serves as a collage background or source material for a cutout.


picture pane

The part of the main window that displays:

   the picture or collage that you’re working on

   thumbnails of the pictures, collages, cutouts, or digital art that you preview


pixels

A unit of light as displayed on a computer monitor

The smallest individual building block of a bitmap graphic file


pixels per inch (ppi)

The standard unit used to measure computer image resolution.


pointer

The icon that appears when you move the cursor over various parts of the main window.  The pointer turns into:

An arrow when you select choices in the task panes and menus

A bulls-eye when you work in the CUT OUT BY TRACING and TRIM task panes

An Eyedropper when you work in the CORRECT TINT and CHANGE COLOR task panes


previewing

Viewing miniaturized versions of pictures or cutouts on the picture pane before you open them.


preview images

Miniaturized versions of picture or cutout that appear on the picture pane before you open them.


printer memory

The amount of memory installed on a microchip in your printer.  Increasing the amount of your printer’s memory can make a big difference in the time it takes to print Picture It! projects.  Refer to your computer and printer user manuals for the amount of printer memory available to your system.


progress indicator

The animated graphics file that shows that a process has begun and how much of that process has been completed.


red eye

In photos, the strange eye colors caused by the camera’s flash reflected in a subject’s eyes.  Although it’s called red eye, the discoloration can also be yellow or green.


reducing

Making a picture or cutout on the picture pane smaller by using the sizing handles.


reference color

The dominant color of the picture or cutout you’re working on in the CHANGE COLOR task pane.  This color becomes the starting point (reference) for changes you want to make.


replacing

Exchanging a picture or cutout on the Filmstrip with a selection on the picture pane.


repositioning

Changing the orientation of or moving a picture or cutout from one area on the picture pane to another.  Repositioning includes any of these actions:

moving

flipping

rotating


resizing

Changing the length and height of a picture or cutout simultaneously.  You can resize (enlarge or reduce) a picture or cutout by using the sizing handles.


resolution

The amount of video information per unit distance, usually measured in pixels per inch.  The greater the screen resolution, the more pixels per inch and the greater the detail displayed on the screen.


Retriever

The part of the main window that has these functions:

displays pictures selected from the Filmstrip

switches pictures from the Filmstrip to the picture pane

adds a picture or cutout to a collage


richness

The vividness or intensity of a color.  Rich colors are vivid colors; maximum richness tends to occur in the midtones (colors that aren’t too light or too dark).


rotating

Changing a cutout’s orientation by turning it at an angle.  In Picture It! you can rotate a cutout in 90-degree increments (90, 180, and 270 degrees) or one degree at a time.


rotate lever

A handle that extends from the top of the selection box or cropping frame.  You rotate a cutout by dragging the rotation lever in the direction of rotation.


saturation

The purity of a color.  Highly saturated colors are pure colors; adding white to a color lowers its saturation and makes it look more pastel or faded.


scanner

An electronic device that copies and stores text or graphics in digital form.


scroll bar

A horizontal or vertical box with arrows at both ends, that:

makes additional tools or options visible

moves the visible part of a window in the direction that you select


scrolling

Using the horizontal scroll bar to move the contents of the picture pane from side to side.


sharpness

The clarity of a picture or cutout’s detail.  In Picture It! you can increase the sharpness by using the Blur/Sharpen Focus tool.


slider

A control that changes color or other characteristics within a continuous range of values.  To set the value you want, you drag the slider left or right.


Smart Task Edge Finder

A Picture It! feature used to trace cutouts, trim cutouts, and remove red eye.  When you trace an outline with the pointer, the Smart Task Edge Finder defines the edge of the cutout as the area of greatest contrast between cutout and background.


Smart Tast Fix
Smart Task Fix

A Picture It! feature that performs the following tasks automatically:

improves brightness or contrast

removes red eye

corrects tint


Smart Task Scan

A Picture It! feature that automatically defines your scanner settings for optimum performance and scans the picture you have loaded.


soften edges

A task that creates a soft, slightly blurry transition area along the edge of a picture or cutout.  Softening edges creates an ethereal effect or makes a cutout blend in more smoothly into the collage background.


Stack

The part of the Picture It! main window that displays a collage as layers of cutouts.


stretch handles

The four green balls positioned midway along the edges of the selection box or cropping frame.  Using the stretch handles changes a picture’s size in only one dimension at a time (along the height or the width).


stretching

Enlarging or reducing the height or width of a picture or cutout by using the stretch handles.


TIF file format

The tagged image file format, which is used to create bitmap graphics.  In Picture It! you can both open and save your finished work as TIF files.


task pane

The part of the Picture It! main window that contains step-by-step instructions.  The name of the task pane changes to reflect the task that you’re working on.


templates

Professionally designed digital art that includes spaces for you to add your own pictures, cutouts, text, or collages.


text cutout

The block of text that you include in a collage.


tint

The pale wash of color (yellow, blue, or green) that sometimes appears over entire pictures.  You can correct tint problems with Picture It! tools.


Tint tool

The Picture It! tool that you use to correct pictures with a  yellow, blue, or green tint.


ToolTips

The names of tools or commands that appear when the pointer hovers over a control.


top cutout

The cutout that is on the top layer of both your collage and the Stack.


touching up

Improving a picture or cutout by correcting a problem, such as changing the brightness or contrast, removing a tint, or correcting red eye.


trimming

Removing an area from or cutting a hole in a cutout.


TWAIN

A set of specifications designed to standardize communications between computers and the wide variety of scanners and digital cameras that are currently available.


TWAIN device

A scanner or digital camera that satisfies the TWAIN specifications.  If your scanner or digital camera supports TWAIN, it can create and transfer images to Picture It!


vector graphics

A type of computer graphics that defines parts of an image (shapes and their orientation on the page) in terms of mathematical equations (vectors).


WMF file format

The Windows Metafile file format, which is  used to create vector graphics in Microsoft Windows software.  In Picture It! you can open but not save your finished work as WMF files.


WPG file format

The WordPerfect Graphics file format, which is used to create graphics in Corel WordPerfect software.  In Picture It! you can open but not save your finished work as WPG files.


Zoom and Scroll tool

The part of the Picture It! main window that helps you zoom in, zoom out, and scroll across the picture pane.


zooming in

Taking a more detailed look at a smaller part of the picture pane.


zooming out

Taking a less detailed look at a larger part of the picture pane.


Lists the available drives.


Select this box to display miniature versions of the pictures on the picture pane.


Lists file types that Picture It! supports.  When you click a file type, only files of that type appear.


Places the selected picture on the Filmstrip (if it’s not already there) and on the picture pane.  If you want to place more than one picture on the Filmstrip, drag the pictures there, and then click Open.


Any descriptive word or phrase.  Picture It! will attach the appropriate extension (for instance, *.MIX, *.GIF, or *.JPG).


Closes the task pane and cancels any changes you have made.


Click to display a Help topic that answers the question.


Shows the current directory structure.  To expand or collapse your view, click the plus or minus sign next to a folder. Select a folder to see the files either listed or displayed in the picture pane.


The picture or cutout that you have selected to place on the picture pane.


Click the cutout that you want to place on the picture pane.


Opens the selected picture onto the picture pane.  The replaced picture and its cutouts remain on the Filmstrip.


Copies the selected cutout and moves it to the top of the collage.


Converts the entire picture to a cutout and moves it to the top of the collage.


Changes settings for saving the picture.  The settings available depend on the file type you select.


Saves any changes you have made and closes the task pane.


Saves the picture so that cutouts can be moved or changed, but uses more hard disk space.


Saves hard disk space, but you will need to recreate cutouts before you can move or change them.


Lists the available color options.  Some options (for example, True Color) take up hard disk space.


Lists the available compression options for saving hard disk space.


Drag toward the plus sign to increase the compression of a JPG picture, toward the minus sign to decrease compression.


Increases or decreases the compression in small steps.


Closes the task pane and initiates the command.


Saves your project as a file of the selected type.


Lists the scanners, cameras, and other optical devices that are set up on your computer.


Identifies your scanner type for Picture It! Smart Task Scan.


If you have a flatbed scanner, this automatically locates your picture on the scanner bed, scans it at the proper resolution, crops it, and rotates it.


When Smart Task Scan is being used, this option will attempt to automatically correct the brightness and contrast of your picture.


This lets you scan using the software that came with your scanner. For more help, refer to your scanner’s documentation.


Scans the picture.


Lists the cameras, scanners, and other optical devices that are set up on your computer.


Loads pictures from a digital camera, using the software that came with the camera.  For more information, refer to your digital camera documentation.


Lists the printers that are set up on your computer.


Changes settings for the selected printer (refer to your printer documentation).


Increases or decreases the number of copies that will print.


Prints the project on a page that is taller than it is wide.


Prints the project on a page that is wider than it is tall.


Lists the print size options.


If you select Custom Size, type a custom print height.


Increases or decreases the print height.


If you select Custom Size, type a custom print width.


Increases or decreases the print width.


Lists the print size units (inches or centimeters).


Lists the print resolution options (“Good” prints faster).


Select this box to adjust the colors so that printout colors approximate those on the screen.


Prints the picture.


Displays the initial startup screen, which you see the first time you run Picture It!


Turns on the sounds that come with Picture It!


Displays the names of screen elements when the cursor pauses over them.


Displays messages when the screen settings are:

less than 24-bit colors

less than 800x600 screen resolution


Sets the location that you want Picture It! to show first when you click Get It!, and then click My Picture.


Changes the wheel action of the Microsoft Intellimouse. When this box is unchecked, rolling the wheel zooms into or out of a picture. When checked, rolling the wheel scrolls up or down, and rolling the wheel while holding down the CTRL button zooms in or out.


Sets the resolution and compression of pictures when you save them as MIX files.


High resolution (for high-quality prints; uses more hard disk space).


Medium resolution.


Low resolution (for small prints; saves hard disk space).


No compression.


Low compression.


Medium compression.


High compression.


Returns settings to the Picture It! default settings.


Click this for more information.


Information about configuration, printers, DLLs, fonts, filters, OLE settings, and so on.


Technical support options.


Copyrights and credits.


Determines the best values for the light and dark areas (contrast) and for the picture’s overall brightness.


Drag the inner ball clockwise and counterclockwise to change contrast and drag it center to edge to change brightness.  Drag the outer ball to make the light area contrasts different from the dark areas.  The center shows contrast and brightness levels.  To restore previous settings, click Reset.


The brightness control: you can enter numbers between -100 and +100. Larger numbers increase brightness, smaller ones decrease it.


The contrast control: you can enter numbers between -100 and +100. Larger numbers increase contrast, smaller ones decrease it.


The richness control: you can enter numbers between -100 and +100. Smaller numbers make these areas more alike, larger ones make them more different.


Reset returns the picture to the way it looked before you started changing it. The Reset button then changes to Redo.  Redo re-applies the changes.


A Smart Task that may save you time.


Click over a white area to remove a color cast.


The ball selects a color that you want to add to or remove from the selected picture or cutout.


Drag toward the plus sign to add color, toward the minus sign to remove color.


Automatically removes red eye (eye discoloration in a photo caused by a camera’s flash).


Manually selects discolored eyes.


The Eyedropper pointer, which appears when you select a color before using the Color tool.


Drag the outer ball to rotate hues to a different color.  Drag the inner ball left to right to change overall purity (saturation) and drag it center to edge to change brightness.  The center shows your starting color and what it became.  To restore previous settings, click Reset.


Changes color by moving the ball from 0 to 359 degrees around the ring.


Increases or decreases a color’s purity from 0 to 100 percent in small steps.


Increases or decreases the brightness of the picture from 0 to 100 percent in small steps.


Increases or decreases the sharpness in small steps.


Drag toward the plus sign to make the picture sharper or toward the minus sign to make it blurrier.


Drag toward the plus sign to make the cutout more transparent or toward the minus sign to make it less transparent.


Increases or decreases transparency in small steps.


Drag toward the plus sign to increase the softness along the edge of a cutout.


Increases or decreases edge softness in small steps.


Select this box to maintain proportions as you resize the crop shape.


Check this box to have the crop shape maintain the width and height proportion you specify in the boxes below (for instance, 5 by 7).


Turns the picture or cutout on its side (90 degrees) so that the top points to the right.


Displays the result in miniature.


Turns the picture or cutout upside down (180 degrees).


Turns the picture or cutout on its side (270 degrees) so that the top points to the left.


Changes the rotation angle in small steps.


Changes the rotation to the angle you type in the box below.


Creates a mirror image of the picture or cutout that you started with (the left becomes the right).


Creates an upside-down image of the picture or cutout that you started with (the top becomes the bottom).


Rotates the picture or cutout 180 degrees (the top becomes the bottom and the left becomes the right).


When the flag is green, clicking it connects the ends of your tracing, which you then can adjust.  When the flag is yellow, clicking it finishes the tracing (which will appear as gray shading).


When you click Add to cutout, whatever you trace next will be added to the cutout.


When you click Remove from cutout, whatever you trace next will be removed from the cutout.


Check this box to have Picture It! try to find the edges of the area you are tracing.


Selects all parts of the picture except what is currently selected.


Standard shapes to select from.  Click the arrows to see more.


Proceeds to the next task pane.


Returns to the previous task pane.


Type your message.


Lists the available fonts.


Select this box to make all the text bold.


Select this box to make all the text italic.


Select this box to underline all the text.


Aligns text along the left edge.


Centers text.


Aligns text along the right edge.


Changes the text color.


Lists ready-to-use collages.


Lists ready-to-use backgrounds for a new collage.


Selects whatever is on the picture pane.


Selects a white background to build your collage on.


Selects one of your own pictures as the background of your new collage.


Categories of ready-to-use collages or backgrounds.


Replaces a picture, cutout or text on the collage.


Adds a picture, cutout, or text to the collage.


Deletes pictures, cutouts or text from the collage.


Moves or resizes pictures, cutouts or text on the collage.


Loads new pictures from a digital camera.


Scans new pictures.


Creates a greeting card that is folded along the top. Click this option to see a preview.


Creates a greeting card that is folded along the side, like a book. Click this option to see a preview.


Undo returns the picture to the way it looked before your most recent action, then the button changes to Redo.  Redo re-applies the action.


Makes your collage taller than it is wide.


Makes your collage wider than it is tall.


Selects one of your own pictures or cutouts.


Lists ready-to-use cutouts.


Adds text.


Returns the picture to the way it looked before your most recent action.


Selects a ready-to-use cutout.


Selects one of your own pictures or cutouts.


Replaces the cutout with the entire picture that you selected on the Filmstrip.


Replaces the cutout with the cutout that you selected on the Stack.


Creates a cutout in a standard shape to replace the picture.


Traces a cutout in the picture.


Adds the entire picture that you selected on the Filmstrip.


Adds the cutout that you selected on the Stack.


Creates a cutout in a standard shape.


Opens a picture stored in your computer.


Check this box to display a Help topic that suggests what to do after you have placed everything on the collage.


A one-page calendar for the month.


A one-page calendar for the quarter.


A one-page calendar for the year.


Select the month or months.


Select the year.


Selects a category of Cool Edges.


Different edge shapes that you can use.  Click the up and down arrows to see more.


Categories of ready-to-use mat textures.


A narrow border.


A medium border.


A wide border.


Paints the mat the main color in the picture.


Paints the mat a neutral color in the picture.


Paints the mat the complementary color of the picture’s main color.


Changes the mat’s color, saturation (color purity), and brightness.


Categories of ready-to-use frame patterns.


Paints the frame the main color in the picture.


Paints the frame a neutral color in the picture.


Paints the frame the complementary color of the picture’s main color.


Changes the frame’s color, saturation (color purity), and brightness.


Categories of ready-to-use KODAK IMAGE MAGIC Custom Creations.


Type your own text to replace what’s on the KODAK IMAGE MAGIC Custom Creations template.


Opens the KODAK IMAGE MAGIC Print Service, where you can find new KODAK IMAGE MAGIC Custom Creations.


Lists the sizes and formats of high-quality prints of your project that you can order from Kodak.


Opens the KODAK IMAGE MAGIC Print Service, where you can order your photographic-quality prints.


Makes a 5 X 7" print.


Makes an 8 X 10" print.


Makes an 11 X 14" print.


Selects pictures for a new slide show.


Changes an existing slide show.


Leaves pictures available on the Filmstrip.


Removes all pictures from the Filmstrip.


Adds new pictures to the slide show.


Removes the selected picture from the slide show.


Drag toward the plus sign to increase the slide show speed, toward the minus sign to decrease speed.


Saves the slide show as a PSF file, so you can either view it in its own window or insert it into documents.


Saves two copies of the slide show, one as a PSF file and the other as an HTML file.  Both files are linked to the pictures (JPG files).


Opens the slide show so you can watch it.


Attaches your slide show to an e-mail message.


Creates a shortcut button on the desktop that you can click to view the slide show.


Select the time period.


Saves any changes you have made and closes the task pane.


Selects all parts of the cutout except what is currently selected.


When you click Trim an area, whatever you trace next will be removed from the cutout.


When you click Recover an area, whatever you trace next will be added back to the cutout.


Closes the dialog box and saves the new options.


Closes the dialog box and cancels any changes you have made.


Closes the About dialog box.


Displays full text of the software license agreement, with a print option.


Mouse and Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts: The basics

Keyboard shortcuts: Viewing and editing a picture

Keyboard shortcuts: Working with text

Mouse shortcuts


Keyboard shortcuts: Undoing and deleting

To	Press
Undo the previous action	CTRL+Z
Delete a selected item	DELETE
Delete one character to right of the cursor	DELETE
Delete one character to the left of the cursor	BACKSPACE


Keyboard shortcuts: Changing and nudging items

To	Press
Nudge to the left
Nudge to the right
Nudge up
Nudge down


Keyboard shortcuts: Opening, saving, printing, and exiting Picture It!

To	Press
Create a new collage	CTRL+N
Open an existing picture or collage	CTRL+O
Print part or all of a picture	CTRL+P
Save changes to a picture	CTRL+S
Close Picture It! or a pane	ALT+F4


Keyboard shortcuts: Moving the cursor in text

To move	Press
Up one line
Down one line
Left one character
Right one character
To the end of a line	END
To the beginning of a line	HOME
Right one word	CTRL+
Left one word	CTRL+
To the beginning of the text	CTRL+HOME
To the end of the text	CTRL+END


Keyboard shortcuts: Highlighting text

To highlight	Press
One character to the left	SHIFT+
One character to the right	SHIFT+
To the end of a word	CTRL+SHIFT+
To the beginning of the word	CTRL+SHIFT+
To the end of a line	SHIFT+END
To the beginning of a line	SHIFT+HOME
One line down	SHIFT+
One line up	SHIFT+
To the end of the text	CTRL+SHIFT+END
To the beginning of the text	CTRL+SHIFT+HOME


Keyboard shortcuts: Editing text

To	Press
Undo last action	ALT+BACKSPACE
End one line and begin another	ENTER
Insert a tab	CTRL+I


Mouse shortcuts

To	Try
Select a word	Double-clicking the word
Select multiple words	Double-clicking, then dragging
Resize an object, keeping its center	Pressing CTRL and dragging a Resize handle
Scroll any direction	Pressing the middle button while moving the mouse that direction

If you have an IntelliMouse™

To	Try
Zoom in	Rotating the wheel forward
Zoom out	Rotating the wheel back
Scroll up	Pressing CTRL while rotating the wheel forward
Scroll down	Pressing CTRL while rotating the wheel back
Scroll left	Holding down the wheel button while moving the mouse left
Scroll right	Holding down the wheel button while moving the mouse right


Keyboard shortcuts: Working in Windows

To	Press
Open the control menu of Picture It! or a dialog box	ALT+SPACEBAR
Close Picture It! or a dialog box	ALT+F4
Switch to the window of another open application	ALT+ESC
Switch to another application	ALT+TAB
Switch to the Windows Start Menu	CTRL+ESC


Keyboard shortcuts: Choosing menus and commands

To	Press
Highlight the menu bar	ALT or F10
Show context (right-mouse) menu for selected object	SHIFT+F10

After you have highlighted the menu bar, you can:

To	Press
Choose the menu or command with an underlined letter	The key for the underlined letter
Move between menus	• or
Move between commands on a menu	• or
Choose a highlighted menu or command	ENTER
Cancel the highlighted command	ESC
Open Help	F1


Keyboard shortcuts: Moving and making choices in task panes

To	Press
Move to the next option, text box, or list box	TAB
Move to the previous option	SHIFT+TAB
Move to an option with an underlined letter	ALT+ the key for the underlined letter
Move to the first item or character in a list or text box	HOME
Move to the last item or character in a list or text box	END
Open or close a list box	F4
Move between items in a list box	• or
Choose or clear a check box	SPACEBAR
Extend the highlight in a text box one character to the left or right	SHIFT+ · or SHIFT+
Move the selected slider control left or right	• or
Extend the highlight to the last character in a text box	SHIFT+END
Extend the highlight to the first character in a text box	SHIFT+HOME
Close the dialog box or task pane and keep the changes you made	ENTER
Close the dialog box or task pane and not keep the changes you made	ESC or ALT+F4


Shortcuts: The basics

Working in Windows

Choosing menus and commands

Moving and making choices in task panes


Shortcuts: Viewing and editing a picture

Undoing and deleting

Changing and nudging items

Opening, saving, printing, and exiting Picture It!


Shortcuts: Working with text

Moving the cursor in text

Highlighting text

Editing text


Tracing a cutout

There are two ways to trace:

Click the points around the image, and the Smart Task Edge Finder will automatically connect the dots for you.

Drag the mouse around your image.

Tips

You can always make adjustments by following instructions on the task pane.

You can “lock down” a section that’s been traced by clicking on it.

If you make a mistake, click Undo last action.

To start over, click Reset.

Demonstration


Black and white picture?

The Change Color task does not work on black and white pictures.  To add color, use the Tint tool.  Here’s how:

1	Click Cancel to leave the CHANGE COLOR task pane.

2	Click Prepare It!, Touchup, and Correct Tint.

3	Follow the instructions in the CORRECT TINT task pane.

When you’re finished, click Done.  Now you can go back to the Color tool and change the colors.


 Using the Color tool

Have you ever tried to describe a color?

That’s what this tool does.

When the Color tool looks at color in your picture, it describes the color’s characteristics.  When you change that description, you change the color.

The outer part (Hue ring) is where you choose which color to work with.

The inner circle is where you make your adjustments.

Note: The Color tool does not work on black, white, or gray.  To use the Color tool on these colors, you need to add color first by using the Tint tool.

Click below to see how it works.

Adjusting a color

Changing a color

What’s the difference?

Demonstration


What's the difference?

Adjust means making a subtle change, like making a dark red apple into a light red apple.

Change means making a red apple into a blue apple.


Adjusting a Color

The Color tool starts by finding the dominant color in your picture and displaying it in the outer Hue ring.  This is the color you will adjust.

To adjust a different color, click that color in your picture.

Now use the tool’s inner circle to adjust the saturation and brightness:

Saturation  This is how pure or intense the color appears.  Move the small ball around the inner circle (for example, from 9:00 to 12:00 to 3:00) and watch what happens to your picture.

Brightness  Try moving the small ball in toward the center of the circle.  Now move it straight out toward the edge.  What happens?

Try experimenting on your own!

More help with color

Can I change one part without changing the rest?

How do I move the balls?

What’s the thing in the middle?


How do I move the balls?

There are two ways:

Drag the ball with the mouse.

Click a spot on the circle and the ball will go there.


Can I change just one part of a picture?

Yes.  Do the following:

1	Click Cancel to close the CHANGE COLOR task pane.

2	Click Prepare It!

3	Click Make Cutout, and then Cut Out by Tracing.

4	Make a cutout of the part you want to color, and then click Done.

5	Click Prepare It! again.

6	Click Special Effects, and then Change Color.

Now as you use the Color tool, only the part you’ve cut out will change.


What's the thing in the middle?
What’s the thing in the middle?

It’s called the sampling circle.  It’s divided in half; the left half shows the color you started with, and the right half shows your new color.


Changing a color

In your picture, click the color you want to change.

(For example, if you want to make a red apple blue, click the apple.)

Move the large ball around the Hue ring and watch the color in your picture change.

More help with color

Can I change just one part?

How do I move the balls?

What’s the thing in the middle?


Using the Brightness/Contrast tool

Experiment with this tool to adjust a picture’s brightness, contrast, and richness.

Brightness  Try moving the small ball toward or away from the center of the circle.

Contrast  Move the small ball clockwise or counterclockwise around the inner circle to increase or decrease contrast.

Richness  Increase richness (color intensity) by moving the large ball around the outer circle.

Note

Use the three boxes below the tool to fine-tune (left to right) the brightness, contrast, and richness.

Demonstration

More help with color

How do I move the balls?


Using the rotate lever

1	Click the View menu and make sure that Cutout Handles is checked.  If it’s not, click it.

2	Select the cutout on the Stack.  The handles and the rotate lever will appear.  The rotate lever extends above the picture or cutout beyond the other handles.

3	Position the cursor over the end of the rotate lever.

4	Drag left or right to rotate the picture.

More Help Rotating

Rotating an entire picture

How do I use the handles?


Choosing a scanner

1	Click Get It!, and then click Scan Picture.

2	Click the arrow at the box that shows the scanner names.  You’ll see a list of all available scanners.

(You may see other devices as well, such as digital cameras. Choose only from the scanners listed.)

3	Click a scanner name.

Tips

Tips for better scanning

What you should know about copyrights


Which scan method?

If you have a flatbed scanner, you’ll probably want to choose Smart Task Scan.  This will automatically locate your picture, scan it at the proper resolution, and level it for you. Smart Task Scan can also attempt to correct the brightness and contrast of your picture. Although you can’t change the Smart Task Scan settings, it’s the easiest way to scan pictures.

Choose Custom Scan if you have a sheet-fed scanner or if you want more flexibility (such as manual cropping, rotating, or adjusting brightness and contrast).

Tips

Tips for better scanning


Placing your picture in the scanner

Align the picture according to the instructions for your particular scanner.

Remember, you can fix an upside-down or sideways picture by rotating it after it’s scanned.

Tips

Tips for better scanning

What you should know about copyrights


Using the Tint tool

Use this tool to increase or decrease color levels in your picture.

1	Decide which color you want to increase or decrease.

2	On the ring, move the ball to that color.

3	Move the slider left or right to decrease or increase the level of the color that you’ve selected.

Tip: To start over, click Reset.

More help with color

Demonstration

How do I move the balls?


Click on something white

Position the cursor over something in the picture that should be white and click.

Using this as a starting point, Picture It! will automatically adjust the tint for the entire picture.

Tips

If at first you don’t succeed, try clicking another white spot.  Click Reset to start over.

Try zooming in on a light area to find something white.

If you can’t find a white spot, gray will work, too.


Moving

1	Position the cursor anywhere inside the picture.

2	While you hold the mouse button down, drag the picture where you want it to be, and then release the mouse button.


Resizing

1	Position the cursor over any corner of the picture.  Hold it there until the word “Resize” appears.

2	While you hold the mouse button down, drag the corner toward the center of the picture to make it smaller or away from the center to make it larger.


Rotating a cutout

1	Find the green rotate lever that extends above the cutout.

2	Position the cursor over the end of the rotate lever.

3	While you hold the mouse button down, drag left or right to rotate the cutout.

More help rotating

How do I use the handles?


Replace with what?

Choose PictureArt to use pictures that came with your Picture It! CD.  You’ll see a list of categories and previews of each picture.

Choose My picture or cutout to use a picture of your own.  You’ll be able to open the picture and select all or part of it to use in the collage.


Selecting the current cutout

Click Current cutout to add the currently selected cutout to your collage.

If you haven’t selected a cutout, you will be prompted to select one in the Stack.


Adjusting the cutout size

After you select what shape your cutout will be, you can adjust it in the following ways:

Move

Stretch

Enlarge

Reduce


Choosing a category

The pictures on your Picture It! CD are divided into categories, which are shown in this list.

1	Click a category to preview the pictures you can choose from.

2	When you see the picture you want, click it in the picture pane.

3	Click Next on the task pane.


Zoom in

Why?  Zooming in as far as possible will increase the accuracy of anything you’re doing, especially repairing red eye.

How?  Find the Zoom and Scroll tool in the lower right corner of the main window.  Click the plus sign to zoom in (enlarge the picture) or click the minus sign to zoom out (reduce the picture).

After you’ve zoomed in you may need to use the scroll box to navigate back to the part of the picture you’re working on. Try one of the following:

Click on the box inside the Zoom and Scroll tool and drag it to where you want it. The display in the picture pane will move accordingly.

Inside the Zoom and Scroll tool, click the spot where you want the center of the picture to be. The display in the picture pane will move accordingly.


Selecting an area to trim

If you click points along the path you want to select, Picture It! will connect these points for you.

You can also drag your own line by holding the mouse button down and moving the cursor.


Moving or resizing the shape

After selecting the shape, you can adjust it in the following ways:

Moving

Stretching

Enlarging or reducing

Tip: To start over, click Reset.


Moving

1	Position the cursor inside the selection box.

2	While you hold the mouse button down, drag the box.


Stretching

1	Position the cursor over a green dot on the edge of the selection box.

Pick a dot along the sides to stretch sideways.

Pick a dot along the top or bottom to stretch lengthwise.

2	While you hold the mouse button down, drag the handle until the picture is the shape you want.

More help stretching

How do I use the handles?


Enlarging or reducing

1	Position the cursor over one of the green dots located on any corner of the selection box.

2	While you hold the mouse button down, drag the corner away from the center of the box to enlarge, or toward the center to reduce.

More help enlarging and reducing

How do I use the handles?


Reducing

1	Position the cursor over one of the green dots located on any corner of the selection box.

2	While you hold the mouse button down, drag the corner toward the center of the box.


Editing the cutout

When you click Add to cutout whatever you trace next will be added to the cutout.

When you click Remove from Cutout whatever you trace next will be removed from the cutout. This is useful for removing parts of the background that you don't want.


Why replacing is recommended

It’s fast and easy.

The collage you’ve opened is nearly finished.  All it needs is your picture.  By choosing Replace something you can automatically replace the current picture or text with your own, without having to recreate the same size, position and rotation.


KODAK IMAGE MAGIC Custom Creations templates

These are ready-to-use templates that you can add your pictures to. They are available on your Picture It! disc, or you can download more over the Internet.

Note

Once you have saved a project using a KODAK IMAGE MAGIC Custom Creations template, it cannot be edited.

If you want to use different pictures or text, you’ll have to start over.


Why save as a finished collage?

Because it uses less space.

Finished collages are compressed, which means they use less space on your hard drive and are easier to put on a floppy disk or send over the Internet.

However, once you’ve saved your project as a finished collage, you cannot edit it anymore.


Options

Use this dialog box to change Picture It! settings.

Settings with a check mark are turned on.  Click them if you want to turn them off.

Show Startup screen displays the initial startup screen, which you see the first time you run Picture It!

Play Picture It! sounds turns on sounds for various mouse and keyboard actions.

Show ToolTips displays small labels over screen controls when you hold the cursor over them.

Show alert to change screen settings displays an alert message if your screen resolution settings are not optimized for Picture It! The alert message gives you an option to automatically change the settings.

Path to my pictures is the place Picture It! looks first when you choose the My Pictures command from the Get It! button. You can enter any location in this box.

Require CTRL to zoom with Microsoft Intellimouse changes the wheel action of the Microsoft Intellimouse. When this box is unchecked, rolling the wheel zooms into or out of a picture. When checked, rolling the wheel scrolls up or down, and rolling the wheel while holding down the CTRL button zooms in or out..

If you do not have the Microsoft Intellimouse installed this option does not appear.

Advanced options displays another dialog box with more options regarding picture resolution and compression.


Advanced options

Use this dialog to change advanced Picture It! settings.

Settings with a check mark are turned on.  Click them if you want to turn them off.

Resolution determines the quality of the picture you are working on. High is better quality, low is lesser quality.

Compression determines quality of a picture being saved. High compression is lesser quality but saves disk space, low (or zero) compression is high quality but uses more disk space.


Which should I choose?

This is where you choose the starting point for your new collage.

Choose A PictureArt collage if you want to use pictures on your Picture It! CD.  You’ll see a list of categories to choose from.

Choose A PictureArt background if you want to use a Picture It! background.  You’ll see a list of categories to choose from.

Choose The current picture if the picture you want is currently displayed on the picture pane.

Choose One of my pictures if you want to use a picture of your own.  You’ll open, scan, or load a picture and then start designing your collage.

Choose A white canvas if you want to start with a blank background.  You’ll get right into your collage.


Which should I choose?

Choose PictureArt to add a cutout on the Picture It! CD.

Choose My picture or cutout to add something of your own.


What's the Filmstrip?

The Filmstrip runs horizontally along the bottom of the main window.  It displays all pictures that are currently open.


Which should I choose?

Choose Whole picture to include the entire picture.

Choose Current cutout to include only the cutout that’s currently selected on the Stack.

Choose New traced cutout to create a new cutout by tracing.

Choose New shaped cutout to create a new cutout using a shape.


What's the Stack?

The Stack runs vertically along the upper-right corner of the screen.  It displays all cutouts in a collage.   Cutouts are displayed in the order that they’re layered (stacked) in the collage. For example, if you place a cutout of a person over a background of the sky, the person will appear on the top of the Stack, and the sky will appear on the bottom.
To change a cutout’s order in the Stack, just drag it with the mouse.


Choosing a mat

Click a pattern that matches the look you want.

After clicking Next, you will be able to adjust the color and size of your mat.


Choosing a frame

Click a pattern that matches the look you want.

After clicking Next, you will be able to adjust the color and size of your frame.


Opening a picture

Opening a picture involves the three steps shown in the task pane. For more information, click a step:

Choose a location

Display pictures of type

Drag pictures to the Filmstrip


Choose a location

Where is the file located?

In the box at the top of the OPEN task pane, choose one of the following:

3½-inch floppy drive (A:\)

5¼-inch floppy drive (B:\)

Your hard disk

CDROM drive

One of your network drives (if any)

In the box below that, click the directory where the file is located.


Display pictures of type

What format is the file in?

There are dozens of different file formats and each has its own 3-character extension, such as PARENTS.MIX or BASEBALL.BMP.

The purpose of this step is to narrow your search: if you know your file type, click it here, and Picture It! will only look for files of that type.

If you don’t know the type, click All Picture Files and you’ll see them all.

Tip:  To see previews of the pictures in a directory, check the Show previews box.

To see a list instead, clear the Show previews box.


Drag pictures to the Filmstrip

Found your picture? You’re almost done.

1	Using your mouse, drag the picture from the picture pane down to the Filmstrip.

2	At the very bottom of the task pane, click Done to end the task.


Discoloration isn't red?

No problem.

The term “red eye” refers to any discoloration in the picture caused by the flash reflecting off of the retina of the eye. With the human eye, this discoloration is usually red, but it varies in different situations; in animals, it’s often green.

Whatever color the eyes are in your picture, Picture It! can still fix red eye. Just follow the directions as if it were red.


Printing at Kodak

Click below for more information.

How do I print at Kodak?

What can I print?

Does it cost anything?

Why print at Kodak?


How do I print at Kodak?

1	Make sure you’re finished with your picture or collage.

2	Click Share It! and then click Print at Kodak.

3	Follow directions on the PRINT AT KODAK task pane.

4	Click Order, and the Kodak order screen appears.

This screen will have pricing information and further instructions for ordering your prints.


What can I print?

Anything you’ve made with Picture It!

This includes a simple scanned photo, a complex and colorful collage you’ve made using a downloaded template, or anything in between.

If you use KODAK IMAGE MAGIC Custom Creations templates, you can order customized photo albums, collages, video cases, labels and other gift items.

Tip

What you should know about copyrights


Does it cost anything?

You pay for the print itself and for the online time it takes to order it.

Charges are specified on the Kodak order program, which appears at the end of the PRINT AT KODAK task pane.


Why print at Kodak?

In a word, quality.

Your order will be printed on high-quality paper (or other products you choose).

The result will be a keepsake or gift that lasts for years.


After your collage is complete

Nice work!

Your collage is done. At this point, you can either use Picture It! tools to do more detailed work, or you can declare it ready to share with family and friends.

I’m ready to share it

Frames, Mats, and Cool Edges

Printing, slide shows, and e-mailing

Exiting

I’d like to work on it more first

Working with your cutouts

Touchup, color and special effects

Copying, deleting, and repositioning


What are slide shows for?

You can do three things with a slide show:

Viewing pictures is the simplest. The finished slide show stays on your hard drive, floppy disk, or network, and you can view it (like the name implies) any time you like.

Embedding is the most popular. Here you take the finished slide show and send it in an e-mail message or other electronic document. Recipients can view the show whether or not they have Picture It! installed on their computer.

Posting to the Web is the coolest. The finished slide show may be posted on the Internet and viewed by anyone with a Web browser.

Use the slider at the bottom of the task pane to set the speed of transition between pictures. Choices are Slow (30 seconds), Medium (10 seconds), or Fast (3 seconds).

These times may vary depending on the system on which the Slide Show is being viewed.


What's the difference?
What’s the difference?

It depends on what you want to do with your Slide Show.

Choose A slide show only if you want to view the show on your own computer or embed it in an e-mail message.

The show is saved to the \Slide Shows directory on your hard drive as a Picture It! Slide Show (.PSF) file.

Choose Both a slide show and in HTML format if you want to post your show on the web.

The show is then saved as described above and also in a directory of its own (with the same name as the show) as an HTML document and JPG pictures for viewing on the Web.


SAVE AS task pane

Saving a picture involves the three steps shown in the task pane. For more information, click a step:

Choose a location

Save as type

Type the name, and then click Save


Choose a location

Where do you want the file to be saved?

Click the down-arrow next to the box at the top of the SAVE AS task pane, and then choose one of the following:

3½ inch floppy drive (A:\)

5¼ inch floppy drive (B:\)

Your hard disk (C:\)

One of your network drives (if any)

In the box below that, click the directory where the file is located.


Save as type

The default setting for Picture It! files is .MIX. You have the choice of saving your picture as .MIX or not. If you plan to work on this picture again in Picture It! you should save it as .MIX.

Remember, though, if you save it in a different format, you can always open it later and save it back into the Picture It! format.

The Options button also gives you the choice of saving as an active or finished collage. Active means you can edit it further, finished means you cannot.

For more information on file formats, click below.

Tell me more about file formats


Type the name, and then click Save

Type any descriptive word or phrase for the file name, or just leave the default name in this box. Picture It! will automatically add the appropriate extension.

When you’re finished, click Save.


Tips for better scanning

Always follow instructions for you own scanner. Here are some general guidelines that may help:

If you’re using Smart Task Scan, try placing your picture in the middle of the glass, with a piece of paper behind it large enough to cover the glass. This will help the scanner identify the edges of the paper. If possible, use a piece of paper the opposite color of the edges of your picture.

Don’t use your computer for anything else while scanning. It probably needs all the memory it can get.

Don’t panic if you scan a picture in sideways or upside down. You can use the Rotate task in Picture It! to fix it later.

Remember, by choosing Custom Scan on the SCAN PICTURE task pane, you’ll have more control over all scanning details. Refer to your scanner’s documentation for other ways to increase scanning quality.


Opening a slide show

Opening a slide show involves the three steps shown in the task pane. For more information, click a step:

Choose a location

Display pictures of type

Drag pictures to the Filmstrip


Saving a slide show

Saving a slide show involves the three steps shown in the task pane. For more information, click a step:

Choose a location

Save as type

Type the name, and then click Save


Editing the cutout

When you click Trim an area whatever you trace next will be removed from the cutout. This is useful for removing parts of the background that you don’t want.

When you click Recover an area whatever you trace next will be added back to the cutout. This is useful for recovering parts of a cutout you may have accidentally trimmed.


Display files of type

Slide shows always have the *.PSF extension.


Save as type

Slide shows can only be saved as PSF files.


Moving, resizing, and deleting

Once a picture or cutout is selected you can adjust it in the following ways:

Moving

Stretching

Enlarging or reducing

Rotating

Deleting


Which should I choose?

Choose My picture or cutout to add something of your own.

Choose A PictureArt cutout to add a cutout on the Picture It! CD.

Choose A text cutout to create text for your collage.


Identify scanner type

Choose Flatbed if you lay the picture onto the glass.

Choose Other if you are using a sheet-fed or any other kind of scanner.

Note: If you aren’t sure, choose Other.


Save it in Picture It! format?
Save in Picture It! format?

The file you are saving was originally opened in a different file format. Picture It! automatically converted it to .MIX when the file was opened.  When you’re finished, you choose whether or not to save the file in the MIX format.

Choose one of the options below:

Yes will save the picture as a .MIX file. You can always save it as another format later.

No will save the picture in its original format.

Cancel will close the SAVE task pane without saving.

Tell me more about file types


Display not optimized

Your display is not set up for maximum Picture It! performance.

Choose Optimize to have settings changed automatically. You will have to restart your computer.

Choose Leave to leave the settings as they are. You may encounter difficulty when running Picture It!

Choose Don’t show me this again if you want to bypass this alert message in the future.


Save changes

You are closing your work without saving.

Choose Yes to save your work.

Choose No to close the file; you will lose your work.

Choose Cancel to continue working.


Large picture

Choose one of the following options in the dialog box:

Save as finished collage opens the Options dialog box on the SAVE AS task pane.  This is where you can save the picture as a flattened (smaller) file.

Create a slide show opens the SLIDE SHOW task pane. This is another way of preparing a picture to send via e-mail in a smaller size.

Send large picture (as is) sends the picture without changing it. There is a chance that either the sending or receiving e-mail system will be unable to manage the file.

Cancel closes the alert message and stops the Send command.


Device not available

The device or drive you have selected is not available.

Check to see that the disk is in the drive or that your computer is hooked up to the device.

For more information on connecting drives and devices refer to the documentation for your computer.


Low disk space

Your computer is running out of disk space and you may not be able to save your work.  To manipulate pictures efficiently, you should have 30 to 50 MB of free space on your hard drive.

Clear some space by deleting files or transferring them off of your hard drive, and then try again.


Save changes?

A file must be saved before it can be sent.

Choose Cancel to stop the Send task.

Choose OK to save the picture and continue sending.


File formats

Although the Microsoft picture extension (MIX) is the resident Picture It! file type (format), you can open and use graphics in 18 additional file formats (see list below).

We encourage you to save your Picture It! files in the MIX format.  However, if you need to save your work in another format, be aware of the following:

You might not be able to save your work as the same file format that you opened.

More than one form (flavor) of a specific file format may be available.  Picture It! may not support all forms of each format listed below.

The following table lists new and commonly used graphics file formats.  Use it as a guide to which graphic file types you can open and save as in Picture It!:

File extension	Open?	Save as?
BMP	Yes	Yes
CDR	Yes	No
DRW	Yes	No
DXF	Yes	No
EMF	Yes	No
EPS	Yes	No
FPX	Yes	Yes
GIF	Yes	Lim
HGL	Yes	No
JPG	Yes	Yes
PCD	Yes	No
PCT	Yes	No
PCX	Yes	Yes
PNG	Yes	Yes
TGA	Yes	Yes
TIF	Yes	Yes
WPG	Yes	No
WMF	Yes	No
Lim = Limited Picture It! support.


Cannot open picture

Although the Microsoft picture extension (MIX) is the resident Picture It! file type (format), you can open graphics files in 18 additional file formats (see list below).

A graphics file won’t open in Picture It! for the following reasons:

There are many graphic file formats.  Picture It! might not be able to open all graphics files.  Check to see whether the file extension of your file is listed in the table below.

More than one form (flavor) of a specific file format may be available.  Picture It! uses filters to determine which form it will recognize, and your filters may have been overwritten by another program. Try reinstalling Picture It! and then opening the file again.

The picture may be too large.

The following table lists new and commonly  used graphics file formats.  Use it as a guide to which graphic file types you can open in Picture It!:

File extension	Open?	Save as?
BMP	Yes	Yes
CDR	Yes	No
DRW	Yes	No
DXF	Yes	No
EMF	Yes	No
EPS	Yes	No
FPX	Yes	Yes
GIF	Yes	Lim
HGL	Yes	No
JPG	Yes	Yes
PCD	Yes	No
PCT	Yes	No
PCX	Yes	Yes
PNG	Yes	Yes
TGA	Yes	Yes
TIF	Yes	Yes
WPG	Yes	No
WMF	Yes	No
Lim = Limited Picture It! support.


Tell me about file names

Picture It! file names must be less than 256 characters in length, including spaces and punctuation. There may also be certain characters which are not allowed, depending on your operating system. Refer to your operating system’s documentation for more information.


How do I free disk space?

Try any of the following:

Deleting files on the disk that is full

Moving files to another disk

Moving files to a network drive

Compressing files using a compression program

Although you probably don’t need to clear very much space to make room for the current file, it’s a good idea to keep disks clean from old or unwanted files, so you won’t run into this problem again.


Program could not start

Your program is unable to start, due to low disk space or memory. Try any of the following:

Closing any open applications

Deleting files to make space on your hard drive

Moving files off of your hard drive onto a disk or another drive

Compressing files using a compression program

Although you probably don’t need to clear very much space to make room for the current file, it’s a good idea to keep disks clean from old or unwanted files, so you won’t run into this problem again.


Reserved device name

You have chosen a file name which you’re not allowed to use because your operating system is already using it. Try one of the following:

Come up with a new name.

Keep this name but add a character to it, such as “X” or “1”. Picture It! will then be able to distinguish the two.


Path not found

The path you have entered in the Options dialog box under Path to My Pictures is no longer valid. You need to change the path.

1	Click the View menu.

2	Click Options.

3	Enter the new path in the Path to My Pictures box.


Tell me about file types

Although the Microsoft picture extension (MIX) is the resident Picture It! file type (format), you can open graphics files in 18 additional file formats (see list below).

A graphics file won’t open in Picture It! for the following reasons:

There are many graphic file formats.  Picture It! might not be able to open all graphics files.  Check to see whether the file extension of your file is listed in the table below.

More than one form (flavor) of a specific file format may be available.  Picture It! uses filters to determine which form it will recognize, and your filters may have been overwritten by another program. Try reinstalling Picture It! and then opening the file again.

The picture may be too large.

The following table lists new and commonly  used graphics file formats.  Use it as a guide to which graphic file types you can open in Picture It!:

File extension	Open?	Save as?
BMP	Yes	Yes
CDR	Yes	No
DRW	Yes	No
DXF	Yes	No
EMF	Yes	No
EPS	Yes	No
FPX	Yes	Yes
GIF	Yes	Lim
HGL	Yes	No
JPG	Yes	Yes
PCD	Yes	No
PCT	Yes	No
PCX	Yes	Yes
PNG	Yes	Yes
TGA	Yes	Yes
TIF	Yes	Yes
WPG	Yes	No
WMF	Yes	No
Lim = Limited Picture It! support.


Low memory

Your computer is running out of memory and may not be able function.

To regain more memory, close all unnecessary programs on your computer.


Copyright basics

Picture It! features make it easy and fun to transform photographs and digital art into unique projects of your own.  Sooner or later, you’ll probably think about including professionally made photographs and digital art in your projects.  Before you do, you need to know that there are limits to how you can use these materials.

We encourage you to use the contents of the Picture It! CD to make cards, calendars, and other items for your personal use.  However, you are not authorized to use Picture It! CD images to make materials that you would use in your business or materials that you sell to others.  Copyright basics are included in the following topics; for a more complete discussion of observing copyrights, be sure to consult the advice of a legal professional.

What is a copyright?

How should I take copyrights into account?


What is a copyright?

A copyright gives exclusive ownership rights to people who create original works.  These rights are protected by U.S. law and international agreements.


How should I take copyrights into account?

In Picture It! whenever you use a picture that you didn’t take or a piece of art that you didn’t make, you need to be aware of the possibility that it’s copyrighted.  If you’re not sure whether it’s OK to use the material, ask.  It’s often quick and easy to get permission to use someone else’s material, and you can save yourself potential trouble by getting consent up front.  Here are some examples of things you might want to use in picture It!, for which you should get the permission of the author:

Professional photographic portraits

Photographs in published materials

Photographs or digital art you find online


Professional photographic portraits

School pictures, wedding photographs, and those holiday pictures taken in department stores are all generally taken by professional photographers.  Before you scan these images for your own use, make sure that you check with the photographer.


Photographs in published materials

If you want to scan a picture from a magazine or book or take a picture of something you see in a video, check with the publisher or your copy shop staff first.


Photographs or digital art you find online

Digital art can be copyrighted just as art in printed sources can.  Before you download art you find online, make sure you check the source.  The author of the work, not necessarily the person who posted it online, is the person whose permission you need.