Epson Software Film Factory v2.5 User manual

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Matching logo are trademarks of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION.

EPSON Software and the EPSON Software logo are trademarks, and EPSON PhotoCenter is a service

mark of Epson America, Inc.

Film Factory and the Film Factory logo are trademarks of A.I.Soft, Inc.

General notice: Other product names used herein are for identification purposes only and may be

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Contents

Introducing Film Factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

About PRINT Image Matching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

About Exif Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Learning More About Film Factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Windows System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Macintosh System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Compatible Devices and File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Starting Film Factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Film Factory’s Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

How Film Factory Organizes Your Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Creating a Roll of Film. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Adding Photos to a Roll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Retouching Your Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Automatically Retouching a Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Manually Retouching a Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Rotating an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Cropping an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Changing Color to Black and White or Sepia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Applying a Soft Focus Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Correcting Red Eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Canceling Retouch Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Adding Comments or Sound to a Photo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Adding Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Adding Sound (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Managing Your Photos, Film Rolls, and Film Cases. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Using the Viewer to Display Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Moving or Copying a Photo to Another Roll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Deleting a Photo From a Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Finding a Photo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Sorting Photos and Film Rolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Renaming a Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Moving a Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Deleting a Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Working With Film Cases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Managing Photos on Removable Media and Networks . . . . . . . . 36

Printing Your Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Standard Prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Index Prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Duplicate Prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Album Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Greeting Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Sticker Prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Combo Prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Other Film Factory Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Creating a Collage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Creating a Photo Slide Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Playing a Movie File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Creating Web Pages of Your Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Uploading Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Converting a Photo to Desktop Wallpaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Using a Photo Roll as a Screen Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Exporting Photos to Files or E-mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Where to Get Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Introducing Film Factory

EPSON Software™Film Factory™lets you process your digital “film”and print

snapshots using your own computer and printer. With this powerful photo

management utility, you can import images from any digital-imaging source and

create virtual rolls of film and film cases to organize thousands of photos in a

visual format.

Film Factory is the perfect photo management program for the home or office. If

you’re a home computer user, you’ll have fun organizing, enhancing, printing, and

sharing your favorite photos with family and friends. If you’re a small business

user, Film Factory provides an efficient and convenient way to catalog your

business-related digital photos.

Film Factory lets you:

■Quickly and easily import and organize images from a digital camera, scanner,

PC card, CD-ROM, or disk.

■Retouch your pictures to make them look their best. Automatically adjust

color balance, brightness, and contrast. Rotate or trim the image, or correct red

eyes. Convert photos to black and white or sepia for a classic look. Most

enhancements can be made without modifying the original image file.

■Organize and retrieve all your photos with virtual “rolls of film”and “film

cases.”You can catalog your photos by subject, or family members can have

their own film cases with their own rolls.

■Print vivid color images in a variety of formats, including standard 3.5 ×5 or

4×6 prints, an index (contact) sheet, photo album pages, and greeting cards.

■Add comments or sound (Windows®only) to each photo to be stored with it.

■Create photo collages.

■E-mail your photos to family, friends, and business associates using your own

e-mail program, or create web pages of your photos in one easy step (Windows

only).

■Use your photos as desktop wallpaper or a screen saver (Windows only).

About PRINT Image Matching

If your digital camera and printer support PRINT Image Matching (P.I.M.), Film

Factory lets you produce the best prints possible (not available on Macintosh®

OS X). PRINT Image Matching is a term for the print command that is

embedded in the header of the image file created by certain digital cameras. It

contains color setting and image parameter information. With PRINT Image

Matching, the digital camera can set specific printing options such as:

The camera saves this information in each image file. For example, macro mode

pictures might include commands for sharpness and clarity, while portrait mode

pictures might emphasize soft focusing and subtle flesh tones. Your printer then

uses the information to ensure the most accurate reproduction of the image.

In Film Factory, the P.I.M. symbol appears on the thumbnails for PRINT

Image Matching photos. You can also right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click

(Macintosh) a photo thumbnail to see if it is a P.I.M. photo. Check the Photo

Enhancement status in the displayed information; if it is PRINT Image Matching

or PRINT Image Matching with the ability to interpret Exif Print, the photo

contains P.I.M. data.

If a PRINT Image Matching photo has been retouched, it may not display the

P.I.M. symbol or P.I.M. status. If you trim or rotate a PRINT Image Matching

photo, or correct for red eyes, the P.I.M. settings are retained. But because P.I.M.

optimizes settings such as brightness and color automatically, using retouching

options like these removes P.I.M. settings. You also lose P.I.M. settings if you

export the files.

About Exif Print

The Exif (Exchangeable Image File) Print format includes information about your

digital camera settings in JPEG files so your printer and application can use them

to create accurate print settings. Most digital cameras store Exif Print information

such as shutter speed, metering, flash and exposure settings, resolution, and lens

use in the JPEG image file.

■contrast ■sharpness ■brightness

■gamma level ■color space ■color saturation

■shadow ■highlight ■color balance

In Film Factory, Exif Print or PRINT Image Matching with ability to interpret

Exif Print is listed in an information display box as the Photo Enhancement status

when you right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Macintosh) an Exif Print photo.

Like P.I.M. photos, you can trim, rotate, or correct for red eyes and still retain Exif

Print settings, but if you adjust brightness or color options, or export the files, the

Exif Print settings are removed.

Learning More About Film Factory

■This Getting Started guide explains how to use Film Factory’s exciting features.

■Click the Film Factory Help button for step-by-step instructions on the most

frequently used features and convenient access to detailed information.

■If you need additional EPSON®Support, see “Where to Get Help”on

page 60.

Windows System Requirements

If you’re using Windows, make sure your system configuration meets these

minimum requirements:

■Windows 95, 98, Me, XP, 2000, or NT 4.0

■Pentium®200 (or equivalent) processor or higher

■64MB of RAM (more will improve performance)

■100MB of available hard disk space, not including photo storage

■SVGA monitor with 16-bit (High Color) display adapter or better

■QuickTime®4 or higher to support some file types

■Mouse or other pointing device

■Compatible with most color printers; a high-quality photo printer and special

media are recommended to print the best images

■A PRINT Image Matching- or Exif Print-enabled digital camera and printer

are required to print with P.I.M. or Exif Print technology

If you’re using Windows XP, 2000, or NT 4.0, you may need to have

Administrator privileges to install and use Film Factory.

Macintosh System Requirements

If you’re using a Macintosh, make sure your system configuration meets these

minimum requirements:

■Mac OS 8.5.1 through 9.x for Film Factory for Mac OS 8/9

Mac OS X 10.1 or higher for Film Factory for Mac OS X

■233 MHz G3 processor or higher

■64MB of RAM (more will improve performance)

■100MB of available hard disk space, not including photo storage

■800 ×600 display resolution with Color Depth set to “thousands of colors”

■QuickTime 4 or higher

■HTML browser (such as Microsoft®Internet Explorer or Netscape®

Navigator®version 4.0 or higher) to view online help

■Mouse or other pointing device

■Compatible with most color printers; a high-quality photo printer and special

media are recommended to print the best images

■A PRINT Image Matching- or Exif Print-enabled digital camera and printer

are required to print with P.I.M. or Exif Print technology

Compatible Devices and File Formats

Film Factory supports files from all TWAIN-compatible digital cameras and

scanners (not available with Macintosh OS X). For non-TWAIN devices, you can

download photos using your camera or scanner software.

Film Factory supports the following digital photo file types:

■Windows: Supports BMP and JPEG file types. If QuickTime 4 or higher is

installed, also supports TIF, PCX, FPX, Photo CD (read only), MacPaint,®

PNG, GIF, PICT, Adobe®Photoshop,®QuickTime, SGI, and Targa files.

■Macintosh: Supports JPEG, PICT, BMP, TIF, FPX (read only), PNG, GIF

(read only), MacPaint, PhotoShop, QuickTime, SGI, and Targa files.

If QuickTime 4 or higher is installed, Film Factory supports the following digital

movie formats: QuickTime, DV, MPEG1, and AVI files.

Starting Film Factory

To start Film Factory in Windows, click the Start button and select Programs or

All Programs. Then select Film Factory > Film Factory.

To start Film Factory on a Macintosh, open the Film Factory folder and

double-click Film Factory or Film Factory OS X to open the program.

You see the main screen.

Film Factory’s Main Screen

The main screen displays thumbnail views of the photos in the open roll. (The

Sample roll included with Film Factory is shown below.)

Film

cases

Menu commands Toolbar tools

options

Roll of film

Photo

Status bar

PRINT Image

Matching icon

Toolbar

Click on any tool to perform its function. Hold the mouse cursor briefly over any

tool to see what function it performs.

Menu commands

The menu commands provide another way to access many of the toolbar

functions, as well as some additional features. Open any menu to select a

command. The Status Bar describes the command.

Film cases

Create separate film

cases to catalog your

rolls by subject.

Select a film case by

choosing it from this

list. Only the rolls in

that case are displayed.

Print options

Click on one of the

Print options to

select how you want

to print your

photo(s).

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