User Guide

Tip: To select more than one image for your slide show, use your shift/control keys.

4. Once you see the Select Destination window, specify where you want to save

your web album - either to a disk, blank writeable CD-ROM or another directory.

5. Click Finish. Your web album will be saved to the specified directory as an HTML file.

Copies of the web album contents (the image, audio, video and text files) will also be

created and saved to the same directory.

Tip: PhotoBase will save one web album and its contents per directory. Therefore, to

create multiple web albums, you should make separate directories for each web album

and name them accordingly.

6. To view the web album, locate the HTML file and double-click on it. This will automatically

open the file within your web browser. Or, you can open your web browser first, click on

File/Open, and then locate the HTML file.

Note: If you experience problems in viewing the web album, make sure the HTML file

and all web album contents are contained in the same directory.

Create a Video Postcard

Design digital "postcards" containing video, audio, images and text.

1. Click the Make Presentation Tool from the Tool Bar. Choose "Create a Video

Postcard". A "Wizard" will take you through the creation process.

2. Follow the instructions on selecting a template, writing a postcard message and selecting

your video (AVI, MPEG or MOV) file. Click Next after each selection.

3. Once you get to the Select Destination window, specify where you want to save your

postcard - either to a disk, blank writeable CD-ROM or another directory.

4. Click Finish. Your video postcard will be saved to the specified location as an EXE file.

Copies of the postcard contents (the video and image or background files) will also be

created and saved to the same directory.

5. To play the postcard, locate the EXE file and double-click on it.

Note: If you experience problems in playing the postcard, make sure the EXE file and all

postcard contents are contained in the same directory.

Set up and use the Application "Hotlink" Bar

Launch files right into your favorite programs using PhotoBase's "Hotlink" Application bar. Just

create shortcut icons of your programs in the “Hotlink” bar, then drag your desired file to the icon.

1. Click Setup Applications from the Album Menu, or right-click on an empty area of the

“Hotlink” bar. The Setup Application dialog box will appear.

2. Click Select to locate the EXE file of your desired application. For learning purposes,

choose a digital imaging program such as ArcSoft PhotoStudio (pstudio.exe). (If you do

not have an imaging program, your Internet browser can also open images; use

Iexplorer.exe for Internet Explorer or Netscape for Netscape Navigator.) Click Open.

3. Type a description in the Name field, such as TESTAPP. Click Add. An icon representing

TESTAPP will appear in the “Hotlink” bar.

4. Open an album containing the image you want to drag into TESTAPP.

5. Place your cursor on the thumbnail. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the

thumbnail to the TESTAPP icon. Your image will automatically open in TESTAPP.

Tip: To launch an application from the Hotlink bar, simply click once on its icon.

Note: PhotoBase’s “Hotlink” bar is compatible with many popular programs including

desktop publishing, image editing, word processing and Internet browsing applications.

However, if a thumbnail is dragged to a program that is not compatible with that program,