Welcome to Ulead Drop Spot

Share your pictures with your friends and family from your own free Web-based photo album. Register with www.iMira.com to create your own account and then drag your images onto the Ulead Drop Spot and they will automatically be uploaded to your account.

Create New Account on the Web Opens your default browser to the iMira registration page so you can create a new account.

Configure Internet Access Opens the Configure Internet Connection dialog box where you can enter your iMira user information and customize your transfer preferences.

Open iMira Home Page Opens your default browser to the iMira Home page.

Note: After entering your account information in Configure Internet Access the Open iMira Home Page button changes to Open my iMira account, which opens the default browser to your account at iMira.

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What is Ulead Drop Spot?

The Ulead Drop Spot is a quick way to upload GIF or JPEG images to the Web. Once you register for your free account with iMira, upload your images simply by dropping the image files on the Drop Spot. It is possible to drag multiple image files, or an entire folder including subfolders onto the Drop Spot.

With your free account at iMira you are alotted 20 MB of space. The maximum file size that can be uploaded is 2 MB. Only GIF and JPEG image files are accepted, however, most other file types dragged onto the Drop Spot will be converted to JPEG before they are uploaded.

You may create as many Albums as you wish on iMira and customize them so anyone can view your pictures, or set the permissions so only people you authorize can browse through them.

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Configure Internet Connection dialog box - Account tab
Configure Internet Connection dialog box
  Account Information	  Transfer Options
  Miscellaneous	  About

Static Select the iMira site where you registered, and enter your registration information.

Internet connection Specify the type of internet connection you use.

Create New Account on iMira Opens the default browser to the iMira registration page so you can create a new account..

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Configure Internet Connection dialog box - Transfer Options tab
Configure Internet Connection dialog box
  Account Information	  Transfer Options
  Miscellaneous	  About

Use default settings for sharing The default is set according to your connection type. The highest bandwidth, LAN, has a maximum file size of 400KB and a maximum number of pixels, either width or height, of 600.

Use default settings for printing Maximum file size is the original JPEG or GIF size (up to 2MB).

Customize controls Files larger than the sizes specified will be resized.

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Configure Internet Connection dialog box - Miscellaneous tab
Configure Internet Connection dialog box
  Account Information	  Transfer Options
  Miscellaneous	  About

Set the Drop Spot window to always be on top Sets the Drop Spot window to stay open above other windows on the desktop while Drop Spot is running.

Confirm after uploading and before going to the iMira Web site Opens a confirmation message window after a succesful file upload, asking whether you would like to visit the iMira Web site to view the uploaded file(s).

Ask which album images should be uploaded to Opens the Share Images on the Web dialog box, before the file is uploaded, to let you specify which album the images should be uploaded to.

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Configure Internet Connection dialog box - About tab
Configure Internet Connection dialog box
  Account Information	  Transfer Options
  Miscellaneous	  About

Displays product information.

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Share Images on the Web dialog box

Add images to Album Manager at iMira Upload your files to the default album, after which, you can visit the iMira site to move the files to another album.

Create a new album named Specify a name for a new album you want to create at iMira.

Add images to an existing album named Select an album name from the drop-down list and upload your files to that album.

Do not display this again Always upload files to the specified album without showing this dialog box.

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 Configuring Ulead Drop Spot

1.	Open the Ulead Drop Spot.

2.	If you have not previously registered with iMira click Create New Account on the Web, which will take you to the iMira registration page. After registering with iMira you must configure the Ulead Drop Spot with your account information.

3.	Click Configure Internet Access. Here you will be able to enter your account information, and configure other options.

4.	On the Account tab - Site, select from the drop-down list (www.iMira.com=English, www.iMira.com.tw=Traditional Chinese).

5.	Enter your iMira account user name and password in the in respective boxes. If you have more than one account with iMira, after entering the information for each account, all user names are available from the drop-down list. Just select a name from the drop-down list to post to that account.

6.	Select the internet connection you use. This is necessary for the default transfer settings only.

7.	Select your file transfer settings from the Transfer tab. For faster transfer rates select the default settings for sharing.

8.	If you have more than one album set up at iMira, and you would frequently like to have your images transferred to different albums click the Misc tab and select Ask which album images should be uploaded to.

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 Using Ulead Drop Spot

1.	Open the Ulead Drop Spot.

2.	If necessary, click Configure Internet Access, and select the account that you want to upload to.

3.	The Drop Spot is ready for use. Drag any image file, collection of image files, or folder of image files onto the Drop Spot. Non-JPEG or GIF files will be converted to JPEG before being uploaded (recognized image file formats only.)

4.	When the Share Images on the Web dialog box pops-up, select the album on iMira you want the files uploaded to.

5.	After uploading is complete and the Uploading to IMira complete window appears, click OK to visit the iMira Web site to verify your files have been uploaded correctly.

6.	While at the iMira Web site you can create and customize your own albums, change the security settings on the albums, move images between albums, or send a notification to your friends and family to let them know you have uploaded new images.

Note: Visit your iMira account at any time by clicking Open my iMira Account.

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