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    Contacting ArcSoft Main: ArcSoft, Inc. M-F 8:30AM - 5:30PM (PST ) 46601 Fremont Blvd. Phone:1-510-440-9901 Fre mont,CA 94538 F ax:1-510-440-1270 USA Email: feedback@arcsoft.com T echnical Support: Phone:1-510-440-9901 M-F 8:30AM - 5:30PM (PST ) F ax:1-510-440-1270 Email: support@arcsoft.co m W ebsites: www.arcsoft.com www.photoisland.co m Internet [...]

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    PhotoFantasy 2000 Quick Start Guide T able of Contents: INTRODUCTION W e lcome to PhotoFantasy.............................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . ..3 System Requirements........................................................................... . . . . . . ..4 Installing and Starting PhotoFantasy....................[...]

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    PhotoFantasy 2000 Quick Start Guide 4 PC System Requirements MAC S ystem Requirements • Wind ows 95/98/ME/2000/NT • Po wer PC • Pentium-based PC or eq uivalent • Mac OS 7.5-9.1 • 60 MB free hard disk spa ce • 25 MB free hard disk spa ce • 32 MB RAM • 64 MB RAM (32 MB with vir tual memory) • 16-bit (or higher) color displa y • 16[...]

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    PhotoFantasy 2000 Quick Start Guide 6 5 PhotoFantasy 2000 Quick Start Guide Additional Documentation In addition to this Quick Start Guide, you can learn more about PhotoFantasy b y using online Help. Online Help provides easy-to-find info rmation on sp ecific co mmands and features,and is most helpful when p rinted out. T o a ccess online Help, cl[...]

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    Main Display Area - provides a preview o f your sele cted fantasy or the combined photo fantasy . This area also allows you to view adjustments and enhanc ements that you make to your photo fantasy. Get Fantasy Button - opens the Get Fantasy Scr ee n,so you can sele ct the fantasy background for your photo fantasy. From this screen, you can also cr[...]

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    10 Start O ver Bu tt on - clears the Main Display Area and takes you back to the “start-up mode” ( see “N ote” under the term “Main Screen” ). Save As Button - opens the standar d W ind ows Save As dialog b o x so you can sa ve your finished photo fantasy under a sp e cific path,file name and file f o rmat. (For more information on file[...]

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    12 “fantasy slides” - small thumbnail images o f your fantasy ba ckgrounds. Slides make it easy fo r you to find and view your fantasies. T o br ow se through the cur rently displayed slides, click the up/down ar rows. T o sele ct a fantasy, click on the corresponding slide. The sele cted fantasy will ap pear in the Fantasy Displa y Area. “My[...]

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    14 Create Fantasy Background Screen Clicking the A dd,Scan or Edit B utton on the Get Fantasy Scr een takes you to the C reate Fantasy Background Screen. Here you can create a fantasy ba ckground from your own image or a scanne d image. Y ou can also use this scr een to edit a fantasy you ha d previously created. Masking and color enhance ment tool[...]

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    16 Tip : T o remove the outline that you are dr awing and start o ver, press your Esc k ey at any time. • Subtract - lets you outline the p ortion of the mask you want to r emove. T o outline, use the same dr awing technique as describ ed under the “ A dd”masking t ool t erm. The outlined p ortion will au tomatically be removed. Tip : T o rem[...]

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    18 Get Photo Scr een Clicking the Get Photo B utto n 1,2 or 3 in the Main Scr een takes you to the Get Photo Scre en. Here you can choose the photos f or your photo fantasy and create new cat egor ies of photos. Please ref er to Fig. 4 when reading this sect ion. PhotoFantasy 2000 Quick Start Guide 17 Contrast T ool - lets you increase or d ecrease[...]

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    20 Add Button - op ens the standard W ind ows Open dialog box so you can add your own images to the cur rent category. T o add,sele ct one or mo re images from the Open dialog b ox and click “Open ” . Slides of these images will be au tomatically added to the current cate gory . Tip : T o select multiple seq uential images, c lick on the first [...]

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    22 Optional: - T o ac cess the full s election of fantasy backg rounds contained on y our PhotoFantasy CD, insert the CD into y o ur CD-ROM drive. - T o c reate y our own fantasy backg rounds, see sec tion E, “Create Y our Own Fantasy Background” . - T o edit a fantasy that y o u have created, click the Edit T ool in the G et Fantasy Screen. Th[...]

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    24 - To add te xt to your photo, use the T ext T ool. - To au tomatically match the color o f your photo with your fantasy, use the automatic Match Color T ool. - To adjust the b r ightness in the entire photo fantasy , use the B rightness T ool. - To adjust the co nt rast in the entire photo fantasy, use the Contrast T ool. - To adjust the saturat[...]

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    26 MORE FANTASY B A CKGROUNDS Add to your existing PhotoFantasy bac kground collection! Check out our website at www.arcsoft.c o m/pftemplates.htm for hilarious new PhotoFantasy background templates. PhotoFantasy 2000 Quick Start Guide 25 • T o c r eate a fantasy from a scanned imag e , click the Scan Button. The C reate Fantasy Background Screen[...]