Ulead Photo Express 4.0 Readme - November 2000

Introduction

System requirements

Installing Photo Express 4.0

E-mail clients and MAPI-compliant

Using a tablet with the Crayon painting tool

Anti-Virus program scanning all files

Using Kai's Power Tools and other Adobe Photoshop plug-in filters

Animation GIF file with Netscape

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 with Microsoft FAX

Insufficient memory problems

Printer out of memory errors

Printing labels on special paper

Ulead COOL 360 User Guide

Web Content Post to Web

Failure of Web project Printing


Introduction

Welcome to Photo Express 4.0. It brings you easy-to-use photo editing tools and a wide variety of sharing options, including e-mail, printing, Web projects, and online photo sharing. Quickly organize your digital photos, audio and video files in visual Browse mode. Get going fast with the intuitive layout, step-by-step workflow and helpful pop-up tips. Even personalize your Photo Express with cool skins and backgrounds!


System requirements

Pentium 166 PC or above.

Microsoft Windows 95 Version Upgrade/98/Millennium Edition or Windows 2000/NT 4.0 with Service Pack 4 or above.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 (5.5 recommended)

32 MB of RAM (64 MB recommended)

250 MB Hard drive space required for Typical install (Additional 80 MB hard disk space may be required for Internet Explorer browser installation)

Windows compatible pointing device and display (e.g. a mouse and a monitor)

Desktop Display Area: 800x600 or higher (800x600 or 1024x768 recommended)

Display Color Type: HiColor(15/16 bit) or True Color(24 bit)

Optional components

The following are compatible but optional components that are supported by Photo Express and enhance digital image editing:

Internet access for Internet functionality (e.g. modem)

TWAIN compliant input device (e.g. a digital camera and a scanner)

Microsoft compatible frame grabber device (e.g. a capture card)

WinTab compatible pressure-sensitive graphics tablet

Windows compatible output device (e.g. a printer)

32-bit Adobe PhotoShop compatible Plug-ins


Installing Photo Express 4.0

To ensure proper behavior, do not install any other Ulead programs in the same folder, as the Photo Express uninstall utility may accidentally delete essential files for these other programs.


E-mail clients and MAPI-compliance

Photo Express lets you take advantage of your e-mail software to send images or cards via the MAPI-compliant mailing mechanism. MAPI is simply a standard used by many e-mail programs to communicate with your computer and your Internet service provider (ISP). If the mail client you have is not set as a MAPI-compliant mail client, Microsoft Exchange may be launched instead. The following programs are all MAPI compliant. Please refer to the Online Help for specific instructions.

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Outlook Express

Netscape Messenger

QUALCOMM Eudora


Insufficient memory problems

Because image editing requires a lot of computer memory, sometimes Windows will display an insufficient memory error message. You may be able to solve this problem by closing any other programs that are running. It might also help to make sure your Windows Virtual Memory (swap file - Control Panel: System: Performance Tab - Virtual memory button) settings on your hard disk are large enough, and that there is enough free space on that hard disk. For more information, see Windows Help (Go to the Index and type "virtual memory").


Anti-Virus program issues

Anti-virus programs are becoming a common part of any PC. If the option to scan all files is checked when you are running applications, the performance of Photo Express will be dramatically influenced. Please do not select this option unless it is necessary.


Animation GIF file with Netscape

Some of the tools in Photo Express create GIF animation files which can be played in Internet browsers. It is not guaranteed that the GIF animation files will perform well if your default browser is Netscape Navigator.


Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 with Microsoft FAX

In Microsoft Windows 95, if Microsoft Fax is installed after Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0, sending images via fax might not work properly.


Printing labels on Special paper

Photo Express supports printing multiple images on special label paper. Each one of the images is printed slightly larger than the label size so that no blank area shows up on the labels.


Using a tablet with the Crayon painting tool

Many paint tools take advantage of the pressure sensitive features of a pen tablet when painting on an image. When using a tablet with the Crayon function of either Paint: Brush or Paint: Clone, your computer needs to make many calculations for each stroke. On slower machines, the stroke may lag behind quick hand motions with the pen. To rectify this situation, change the tablet options on the Options panel, and modify the Generation Quality defined in the Preferences dialog box. If best quality is chosen, it will take more time to generate each stroke; fair quality will shorten this time.


Using Kai's Power Tools and other Adobe PhotoShop plug-in filters

Photo Express supports Kai's Power Tools and other 32-bit Adobe PhotoShop (APS) compliant plug-in effect filters under Windows. By performing the installation procedure listed below, you can use these third party special effect filters in Photo Express.

1.	Install the APS plug-in filters according to their accompanying documentation.

2.	Once the APS plug-in filters are properly installed go to the Photo Express Preferences dialog box [F6]. Switch to the Plug-ins tab and add the folder names where the plug-ins are installed.

3.	An additional Photo menu appears in the menu bar of Photo Express when editing an image in Photo mode. Your Plug-ins will appear on this menu.


Printer out of memory errors

If you are printing out a very large file, you might be prompted with a message saying Out of memory. One of the causes is the printer you're using does not have enough built-in memory to print such large files. If you have just upgraded the memory, please refer to the printer manual and check with the manufacturer.


Ulead COOL 360 User Guide

If you are interested in familiarizing yourself with Ulead COOL 360, please refer to the PDF file - C360.PDF in the Manual folder on the CD-ROM.


Web Content Post to Web

Post to Web, one of Photo Express Web project output options allows you to upload the created content to Web hosting server for on-line browsing. However some of the media files might not be accepted by the Web hosting servers while uploading (e.g. video file format).


Failure of Web project Printing

The printing error might occur while attempting to print a Web project by selecting File: Print from File menu. The failure results from the printing feature in Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser.