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Getting Started 19
How to Get an Image into PhotoPlus
Before you can manipulate an image, you’ll need something to work
with! PhotoPlus can open images saved in a wide variety of industry-
standard file formats, and acquire images from your TWAIN-compliant
digital camera or scanner.
To get a saved image into PhotoPlus, you select Open Saved Work
from the Startup Wizard. The dialog displays image files you’ve recently
worked on; select a file or click the Browse button to locate other saved
files. As an alternative to using the Startup Wizard, you can select the
name of a recently opened file from the File menu or choose
File/Open to display the Open dialog.
The Open dialog shows dimensions and bit depth (see Chapter 7)
information for each selected image. To display a thumbnail of the
image, check Show preview (this may slow down the display
somewhat).
If your scanner or digital camera supports the industry-wide TWAIN
standard, you can bring pictures from these devices directly into
PhotoPlus. (To set up your TWAIN device for importing, see the
documentation supplied with the device for operating instructions.)
To begin scanning a picture into PhotoPlus, either select the Import
From TWAIN option in the Startup Wizard, or, if the program is already
running, choose Import from the File menu and then select Acquire. (If
PhotoPlus is running but there’s no image window open, choose New
from the File menu to display the Startup Wizard.) If you have more than
one TWAIN-compatible device installed, you may be prompted to select
one as the sourceor you can specify a different source by choosing
Import/Select Source from the File menu.
The acquisition software for the selected device will start up and display
its window, and you can then carry out the scan, possibly having made a
few basic adjustments. Note that the features available in image
acquisition software vary widely and are not under the control of
PhotoPlus. Usually, you will at least be able to adjust settings for the
image source (such as a color photograph, black and white photograph,
or color halftone) and the resolution at which the image is to be scanned.
For color theory and tips on scanning, see Chapter 7.