Things you can do in Ulead Photo Explorer
Here's an overview of what you can do in Ulead Photo Explorer. Refer to the chapters in this user guide for more details.

Adjust images

Make adjustments to images, such as straighten, rotate, crop, balance color, remove red eye, etc. Image adjustments can be applied to multiple images at one time.

Acquire images

Acquire images from digital cameras, scanners, or memory card readers.

Capture and trim video

Capture video clips from DV camcorders, PC cameras, WebCams, motion cameras or capture boards. Later, you can trim, convert and optimize video clips.
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Browse thumbnails

Ulead Photo Explorer displays files as thumbnails, allowing you to visually browse through images and media files.
Preview images and other media
Instantly preview images, video and audio files in Photo Explorer without actually opening them.

View images

Display images in larger views by switching to Viewer mode or by opening images in Ulead Instant Viewer.
Print images in various layouts
Output single-image prints, greeting cards, or print images in different photo sizes. You can also print an index sheet of thumbnails for your image collection.

Create slideshows

Assemble images, video and audio files into a multimedia slideshow. Apply cool transition effects to your slideshow.
Output Web thumbnails and Web slideshows
Create Web photo albums and Web slideshows ready to be uploaded to the Internet.

Share on the Internet

To share selected images on the Web, upload them to iMira.com, Ulead's free image sharing Web site.
What's new in this version
Archiving files, CD cataloging, and burning slideshow discs are some of the exciting new features in Photo Explorer. Photo Explorer also offers many enhanced features that make file browsing, image transfer from digital cameras, image editing and conversion, as well as creation of projects for the Web more intuitive.

Memory card detection

The Camera Memory Card Detector can autodetect digital camera connection or the presence of an inserted memory card. When a camera connection or memory card insertion has been detected, the Camera Memory Card Detector automatically launches Ulead Photo Explorer and allows you to process media stored in memory cards.

Intel Pentium III or faster processor Microsoft Windows 98, 2000, XP 64 MB RAM (or more) 35 MB available hard drive space for program files True Color or HiColor display adapter and monitor (recommended) 800 X 600 minimum display resolution Windows compatible pointing device Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher Internet connection (recommended) 16-bit or better sound card and speakers (recommended) DirectX 8.1 or higher (for video functions only)
Installing and running the program
Installing Photo Explorer is easy. Simply follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. To start the program, click the Photo Explorer icon from the Ulead Photo Explorer program group on the Windows Start menu.
Free photo sharing account at iMira
The first time Photo Explorer starts, the Sign-up for Ulead's iMira dialog box opens allowing you to sign up for a free photo sharing account at iMira.com. iMira.com is Ulead's photo sharing Web site where you can upload your favorite images to share with family, friends or co-workers and order photo prints. See page 50 for details.
Ulead Photo Explorer at a glance
Ulead Photo Explorer has a Browser that lets you browse, preview and manage the files and folders in your computer, and a built-in Viewer which gives full-size view of images. Another separate program, Ulead Instant Viewer, can also be used for viewing images.

Photo Explorer Browser

Just like Windows Explorer, Photo Explorer's Browser shows the hierarchy of drives and folders in your computer at the left hand side and displays the files in a selected folder at the right. What's special about Photo Explorer's Browser is that multimedia files can be shown as visual thumbnails for easier identification. Simply click a desired file to immediately get an idea of the file's contents. You can preview images and actually play sound, video or even GIF animation files without actually opening them. Basic image editing functions are also available for enhancing images. In addition, you can bring together images, videos and sounds to create a slideshow.
Customizable Toolbar Address Bar Folder Pane Browse Pane Preview Pane Description Bar

Slideshow Storyboard

Photo Explorer Viewer
Photo Explorer has a built-in Viewer integrated with the Browser. You can use the built-in Viewer to:
Get a full-size or full-screen view of images. Navigate through images using the keyboard, toolbar buttons, or menu commands, or let Viewer automatically step through the images. Copy, rename or delete an image file. Copy an image for pasting onto your desired image editor. Rotate, flip and edit images, and then save the changes. Create wallpapers and screen savers using your images.
Photo Explorer's built-in Viewer

Ulead Instant Viewer

A standalone image viewer, the Ulead Instant Viewer, also comes with Photo Explorer. It is a simpler, independent application and its sole purpose is only for displaying images. Use Ulead Instant Viewer when you want to compare two or more full-size images. Each image will be opened in a separate window. You can also associate file types like JPG, GIF and BMP image files so that they will automatically display in the Ulead Instant Viewer.
Note: Refer to the section, "Viewing images", on page 33 for more information on these two different types of Viewer.
Ulead Instant Viewer windows

About file format types

Ulead Photo Explorer supports quite a number of file formats. Many image formats can be edited in Photo Explorer, and most of the popular video and audio formats can be previewed. Photo Explorer provides a proprietary file format for creating multimedia slideshows. Photo Explorer can also output in HTML and create auto-run CDs.

Editable formats

Images: BMP, CLP, EPS, FPX, ICO, IFF, IMG, JP2 (JPEG 2000 with Exif ), JPC/J2K (JPEG 2000), JPG (Exif properties are displayed), JPEG, JPE, PCX, PNG, PPM, PSD, PXR, RAS, SCT, TGA, UPI, WMV Digital camera images: Exif information can be edited and saved back to digital camera images.

Viewable formats

Images: 001, BMP, CLP, CUR, DCS, DCX, EPS, FAX, FPX, GIF, ICO, IFF, IMG, JP2, JPC, JPG (Exif properties are displayed), JPEG, JPE, MAC, MSP, PBM, PCD, PCX, PGM, PIC, PNG, PPM, PSD, PSP (single-layer), PXR, RAS, RLE, SCI, SCT, SHG, TGA, TIF, UPI, WMV Video and audio: AVI, MPG, QVT, WAV, AVA, MID, MP3

Proprietary format

Slideshow: UES (Ulead Photo Explorer slideshow )

Output formats

Web pages: HTML, JPG (for thumbnails), EXE For output to CD: UES (Ulead Photo Explorer slideshow), EXE (auto-run CD), INF (auto-run HTML)
Customizing Photo Explorer
When using any application, it is important for you to set up a work environment that's comfortable and convenient for you. Photo Explorer provides many options that can change the look and feel of what's on-screen to suit your needs. You can also make Photo Explorer as your default image viewer and editor, or configure other programs to open and edit your images.
Setting up your work environment
The Preferences command in the File menu allows you to define settings specific to Photo Explorer. The Preferences dialog box lists different categories which determine the behavior of Photo Explorer, its overall appearance, and the way thumbnails and images are presented. Settings specific to your digital camera can also be configured to ensure accuracy in the information that is acquired from your camera. Click a category to view and change its settings in the Preferences dialog box. The View menu provides commands that determine the layout of Photo Explorer as well as thumbnail display settings. You can also access the Viewer from this menu. Use the available commands to change the way files are displayed and organized so that you can quickly identify your files, or open up the Viewer to display your images.

Tips: Choose which information you want to display with thumbnails by selecting File: Preferences - Browser. Display options are listed under the Browse Pane display options group in the Preferences dialog box.

Thumbnail mode

When in List mode, click a column heading to sort the column in ascending or descending order. To display more file information in List mode, right-click a column heading and select Columns. Digital camera (Exif ) information such as the date picture was taken, shutter speed, and other camera settings can be added as columns.

List mode

Speeding up thumbnail display
If you have a large number of multimedia files in a folder, it may take Photo Explorer some time to generate thumbnails for the files and display them on-screen. Instead of regenerating thumbnails each time the same files are accessed, Photo Explorer stores them in a cache folder. The next time you access your files, Photo Explorer simply loads the thumbnails. The process of saving thumbnails is known as thumbnail caching.

Thumbnail caching

By default, the thumbnail caching feature is enabled in the Cache category in the Preferences dialog box. This allows Photo Explorer to create a separate cache file to store thumbnails for each visited folder. To specify where to store cache files, select one of these options :
Save thumbnails in a central cache folder Saves all cache files in a common folder. When selected, specify the Cache folder to use. You can limit this folder to a fixed Cache size, or select the No cache size limit option for unlimited caching. Grouping all cache files in a single folder enables easy deletion of cache files. Simply click the Clear Cache button to delete all cache files and recover disk space. Save thumbnails in same folder as images Creates a cache file in the visited folder to store thumbnails for media files (images, videos, and animated GIFs) in that folder. Storing cache files in their respective folders allows you to include them with media files when burning media files on CDs. When you browse a CD, Photo Explorer will load thumbnails from the cache files on CD.
Displaying embedded thumbnails in digital camera images
Since many digital cameras can now automatically create thumbnails when taking photos, you can customize Photo Explorer to just get the thumbnails from the JPEG (Exif ) image files instead of generating them. For such images, select the Use thumbnail from JPEG (Exif ) file option in the Preferences dialog box under the Camera and Exif category. This will give a considerable improvement in thumbnail display speed. However, thumbnails created by cameras are fixed in size (160x120) and cannot be further enlarged. Also, the display quality of the thumbnails may not be as good.

Image files -- Zoom in to get a larger preview, or zoom out to see a more complete view of the image. JPEG files with Exif format -- Many new digital cameras can store extra information (such as the date when a photo was taken and camera settings) and even include audio. You can view such JPEG images in the Preview Pane, access the embedded Exif information and play audio attachments. Audio and Video files -- Play back sound and video, and easily move backward or forward within a media file. UES files -- These are slideshow projects created in Photo Explorer. Preview a slideshow or open its project file in the Slideshow Storyboard for editing.
Notes: Animated GIFs can only be viewed in their original size. The buttons in the Preview Pane varies, depending on the type of file being viewed. For other file types, select the file and click the Open button in the Preview Pane. The file will be opened in its associated program. You can also open folders from the Preview Pane.
Working with folders and files
Photo Explorer does more than just organize folders and files in your computer. Archiving files into zip folders and reading contents of zip folders can be directly done in Photo Explorer. What's more, images and media files contained in CDs can be cataloged for faster and convenient browsing.

The Folder Pane

The Folder Pane, found on the left-hand side of the Photo Explorer window, is where you access disk drives and manage folders in your computer. In addition, the Folder Pane provides tabs that allow you to switch between different folder views, search for files, and view digital camera (Exif ) information.
Folders tab Everytime you run Photo Explorer, the Folders tab is selected and displays the Folder Tree. The Folder Tree shows a hierarchical view of all the drives and folders in your computer. The Folder Tree also displays virtual folders. See page 22 for more details. Favorites tab The Favorites tab displays the Favorites List. For quicker access to frequently visited folders, favorite folders that will link to the actual folders can be added to the Favorites List. See page 23 for details. Recent tab The Recent tab lists which folders have been accessed most recently and lets you return to them quickly.
Find tab The Find tab lets you search for files by name, rating, description, or date. See page 24 for details.

Find tab

Tip: Select Edit: Undo Last Delete to recover the previously deleted file, or select Edit: Redo Last Delete to delete again the previously selected file. (Other file operations cannot be undone or redone.)

Archiving files

To archive files into a zip folder, select files in the Browse Pane and then select File: Add to Zip. To add files to an existing zip folder, simply dragand-drop more files to the folder. You can also copy, paste, or delete files in a zip folder. If you edited image files in a zip folder, the changes will be saved to their corresponding files in the folder. 24
Dragging files onto a zip folder
Working with digital cameras and scanners
Images can come from different sources. With Photo Explorer, photos that were taken with a digital camera can be transferred to your PC. If you have a scanner device, you can also transform photo prints or documents into images directly in Photo Explorer. Once you have all your desired images, easily rename the files and resequence them based on your own numbering scheme.
Setting up auto-detection of digital camera or memory card
If you selected to add the Camera Memory Card Detector to the Windows Taskbar while you were installing Ulead Photo Explorer, Camera Memory Card Detector will, by default, always be launched and enabled in the system tray of the Taskbar everytime you enter Windows. Camera Memory Card Detector is a program that auto-detects digital camera connection or the presence of an inserted memory card. Camera Memory Card Detector can be manually enabled or disabled from the Windows Taskbar or in Preferences - Browser. To always enable this program in the Taskbar, make sure the Automatically detect digital camera or memory card option is selected. You can also configure Photo Explorer to automatically open one of the following when Camera Memory Card Detector detects a digital camera connection or memory card insertion:
Open Digital Camera Wizard -- Opens the Digital Camera Wizard dialog box, which allows you to easily get images from your digital camera or card reader. Or, Open camera folder in Browse Pane -- Opens the DCIM camera folder (that is, the folder that stores images, video and audio). 25

Digital Camera Wizard

Getting images from a digital camera can be much faster and simpler if you use the Digital Camera Wizard. Use this tool to get images from a digital camera, or retrieve images from a flash memory card that's inserted in a memory card reader. To get images using the Digital Camera Wizard:
1. Select File: Digital Camera Wizard. 2. Select one of the options under Get images from then click the link next to the selected option to choose the imaging device from which to get images. There are three options for choosing the imaging device: Digital camera -- Allows you to select your digital camera model. If your camera is not listed, select Generic. Camera drive or card reader -- Select this option if your digital camera or card reader is detected by Windows as a removable drive. The digital camera or card reader will be indicated by a drive letter just like any disk drive. Image folder -- Allows you to manually select an image folder (in a memory card, disc, or local drive) from which to copy images.

To zoom in or out of an image, use the following View menu commands or keyboard shortcuts. You can also click on the available toolbar buttons to change the viewing size of an image.
View Menu Commands Fit to Screen Zoom In/Out 1:1 Shortcuts Ctrl+F "+" / "-" Ctrl+1 Description Switches to the Fit to Screen mode. Zooms in/out. Displays an image in its original size.
Viewer Pane Shortcuts Shift+Click Shift+Click+Drag Z+Click Z+Shift+Click Z+Click+Drag Z+Shift+Click+Drag
Description Zooms in. Zooms in a specific area. Zooms in. Zooms out. Zooms in a specific area. Zooms out.

Editing images

Images, especially those that came from a digital camera or scanner, often need some adjustments. Photo Explorer provides tools for you to do quick touch-ups to your images.

Image editing tools

Photo Explorer has all the basic tools that can help you adjust your images. You can access these image editing tools from the Photo menu of the Browser and built-in Viewer (or by clicking the corresponding toolbar buttons).
Rotate commands let you turn images left or right in a fixed 90 or 180 degree rotation. Flip commands create mirror images by turning them upside down (Flip Vertically) or inside out (Flip Horizontally). Adjust Image helps you correct and enhance images by fixing the color, removing unwanted areas, and more. Remove Red Eye removes the 'red eye' effect caused by camera flash. Prepare Photo of Text for E-mail or Printing enhances images containing text which were captured using a digital camera or scanner. Split Multi-frame Image retrieves each image contained in a multi-frame TIF or animated GIF file and saves them as individual files. Add Text to Image includes greetings and any text that you want on images. Add Stamp provides common captions which you can stamp onto images.
Tips: For more detailed image editing, select File: Preferences - Image Editor and add up to 3 image editing applications of your choice. Then, select one of the Photo: Edit in commands to edit images in your preferred image editor. Select Tools: Convert Image Files to transform images into other file formats.

Adjusting images

Sometimes, images from a camera may appear too dark or their color did not come out right due to inadequate lighting conditions when taking them. Images may also appear crooked, especially when the camera was not held in the upright position. You can fix such basic problems by selecting Photo: Adjust Image. What's special about Photo Explorer is that image adjustments can be applied to multiple selected images. When making adjustments to several image files, you can choose to edit them one file at a time or apply the same adjustments to all the selected images. Click the following tabs in the Adjust Image dialog box to make your adjustments:

Rotate -- Adjusts an image that is slanted and makes it straight. Crop -- Cuts out unnecessary parts from an image. Contrast -- Makes an image look lighter or darker. Balance -- Adjusts the existing colors in an image to make it look more accurate or to change the overall tone of the image. Hue -- Shifts colors to come up with a different range of colors for the image and also adjusts the intensity (or strength) of the colors. Focus -- Makes an image look sharper or more blurry. Histogram -- Lets you correct color imbalances by adjusting the Master channel or the individual Red, Green, or Blue channel. Tone -- Applies sepia, duotone, and monochrome effects to images. Effects -- Applies artistic effects to images. Lens Distortion -- Corrects the distortion in images. 39

Removing red eye

After taking photos with a camera flash, you sometimes see a red-eye effect on the images. If you have such images, Photo Explorer can quickly correct this problem. Select Photo: Remove Red Eye to remove the red-eye effect from an image. You can either decrease the level of red, or replace it with a more natural color. Click the Help button in the Remove Red Eye dialog box for more information.
Enhancing images that contain text
If you have some digital camera photographs of meeting room whiteboards and paper documents, the image may appear to have an uneven grayish background color. Select Photo: Prepare Photo of Text for E-mail or Printing to adjust the contrast level and clear the background to white. A higher contrast level will make the text in the image look darker and more distinct.
Note: Select the Create white background only option in the dialog box if you intend to print the images. For sending by e-mail, select the other options to convert the images to black and white file formats (similar to fax documents) and come up with even smaller file sizes.

Sample result

Printing
Once you are satisfied with your images, it's time to print them out. Photo Explorer offers a variety of formats for printing images.
Fun prints you can create
With a variety of layouts and printing options available, creating prints with your images can be much fun in Photo Explorer. Select File: Print to choose the type of output that you want. The different types of output you can have in Photo Explorer include the following:

Photo prints

Print images on paper, or create actual photo prints with a photo printer. Choose to print images in actual or custom sizes, or print them in standard sizes (3.5, 4, 5, 6, 8, or 2 wallet size).

Thumbnail prints

Print a complete catalog of all the images in a folder by printing them as thumbnails. Specify how many thumbnails to print per row and column on a page, and choose the information to print with the thumbnails.

Sample print out of thumbnails
Print a half fold or quarter fold greeting card using your image.

Half-fold greeting card

Special Layouts
Print varying sized images at the same time. Choose from the available image size combinations.
Tip: Select Photo: Add Text to Image to add your own text greetings on an image.

Working with video

Sending video greetings or fun videos by e-mail can be entertaining for your distant family and friends. With Photo Explorer, capture short video clips, trim them or transform them into smallersize file formats, and then send them by e-mail. You can also capture a single image or a series of snapshots from video.
Capturing and trimming video
If you have a PC camera or camcorder, you can connect it to your computer and use Photo Explorer to capture video clips into your computer hard drive. After capturing, trim the video clip, if necessary, by cutting out the beginning or end part of the clip.
Notes: If you are using a DV camcorder, you need to have an IEEE-1394 capture card installed in your computer. Analog video cameras also require the use of a video capture card. Make sure that the capture card driver has been properly installed before you start capturing. Use a capture card that supports the DirectShow driver.

To capture a video clip:

1. Connect your video camera and turn it on. 2. Select Video: Switch Capture Plug-in and choose the appropriate capture driver for the video camera you are using. 3. Select Video: Capture Video. You will see live video from the camera on your screen. 4. Click the Setup button and select Option. Then, specify how you want video to be captured: Frame rate -- Enter the number of scenes or "frames" to capture per second. A high frame rate (30 fps) provides more natural motion, while a low frame rate may result in a more "jerky" effect.
Tip: Capturing at 15 fps should be good enough to have a continuous motion video, especially when the video dimensions are small.
Frame size -- Select the desired video dimensions. 320 x 240 is typical. Smaller sizes are good for use on the Web or for sending by email. 5. Select the Capture audio option to capture both video and sound. Click the Audio Format button to choose sound quality. 6. Click the Record button to capture. 7. Click the Save button to save the captured clip as an *.AVI video file. 8. Click the Live button to change back to the live video display.

duration affects images only. Video files play according to their actual clip duration.) 6. To add description, sound annotation, or set varying durations for each image, select images individually and click the Slide Options button. 7. To specify descriptive information about the selected image, type your text in the Description window. 8. Select Enable sound annotation to add sound to the current image. Then, select one of the following types of sound to be added: Embedded sound -- This option is enabled only when the selected photo contains embedded sound. Select this option to use its embedded sound. Select sound file -- Allows you to select an audio file (MP3, MPA, and WAV) to add to the image. Recorded sound -- Allows you to record ambient sound or your voice narration and add it to the image. 9. Determine the length of time to display the selected image in the slideshow by selecting one of these options: Default duration -- Displays the image at the preset duration defined in the Slideshow Options dialog box. Custom -- Specify the desired length of time for displaying the image. Same as sound annotation -- If the image is added with sound, synchronize the duration of both image and sound by selecting this option. 10.You can also add background music to the slideshow. (See page 46 for more details.) 11.Click Save. Next time you want to make changes, just open the *.UES project file again in the Slideshow Storyboard.
Tips: Right-click on the Slideshow Storyboard to open a pop-up menu and access more commands. If you have Ulead Cool 360 software installed, click the Stitch Panorama button on the storyboard toolbar to transform a series of images into a 360 degree or wide-angle panorama. Refer to the Cool 360 online help for more information.
Note: A *.UES project file stores information such as file sequence, file names and their location, as well as slideshow options. The actual image, video and sound files are not saved in the project.

Adding background music

To add background music starting at a certain image in the slideshow, select music file(s) in the Browse Pane then drag the file(s) onto the desired image in the Slideshow Storyboard. Or, drag the selected music file(s) onto the music track beneath the starting image. Each time you add music, be it single or multiple selected files, the selected music will be inserted as a single clip in the Music track beneath the the range of images which it will play alongside with.
A music clip may contain single or multiple background music.
To append more music files to a music clip, hold down the [Ctrl] key and drag selected files from the Browse Pane onto the starting image of the music clip. Also use the [Ctrl] key when you want to merge a music clip to another clip in the music track. To rearrange the sequence of files in a music clip, right-click the music clip and select Arrange Music Order. If an image was added with sound annotation, you may want to pause the background music, especially if the sound annotation does not blend well with the music. Right-click the music clip and select Disable Background Music to temporarily pause the background music. If the duration of a music clip is shorter than the total duration of the range of images which it was applied to, the music will continuously be replayed until its corresponding images have all been displayed. To avoid replaying music, try to synchronize the duration of images with the duration of the music by adjusting the display duration of the images. (Click Slide Options to adjust image duration.)

Arranging the order of files in a music clip
Music clip has been disabled

Packaging files

The multimedia files which you selected to include in a slideshow may have come from various folders. If you want to distribute your slideshow (by e-mail, for instance), it would be easier to share the project and media files by first collecting and copying them to the same location. To copy the slideshow files to the same location:
1. Click the Package button on the storyboard toolbar. 2. Enter the slideshow project file name (*.UES). You can enter the same file name or specify another name. 3. Select the drive and folder where to copy the slideshow project file and multimedia files into. 4. Click OK to copy the files to the specified location.

Viewing a slideshow

View the slideshow in full screen. After creating a project file in the Slideshow Storyboard, click the Show button on the storyboard toolbar. To manually run the slideshow, use the mouse or keyboard shortcuts. You can also right-click on the screen to access commands from a pop-up menu.
Mouse control Next Slide Previous Slide First Slide Last Slide Black Screen White Screen Pause End Show Left-click Keyboard shortcut Space, PgDn, Right Arrow, Down Arrow PgUp, Left Arrow, Up Arrow Home End D W P ESC, X

Burning slideshow discs

After composing your slideshow, you can burn slideshow discs using your disc burner in either of these formats: Photo Explorer slideshow CD (for PC viewing), or slideshow disc of VCD, SVCD or DVD format (for TV viewing).

For PC viewing

The CD that is created for PC playback will contain the Photo Explorer slideshow project file (*.UES) and the image, video and sound files that are used in the slideshow. You can choose to create an auto-executable CD that will automatically run the slideshow when it is inserted into the CD-ROM drive. A slideshow player (Uesviewer.exe) will be included on the CD. To burn Photo Explorer slideshow on CD:
1. In the storyboard toolbar, click Burn PC Slideshow. 2. To create an auto-executable CD, make sure the Make CD start automatically when inserted into drive option is selected. 3. Specify the Disc volume to record on disc. 4. Select a Temporary working folder where to save files on the hard disk before burning them to CD. 5. Click Next. 6. Select the CD burner and recording speed to use for burning the CD. 7. Finally, click Record CD to start burning the CD.

For TV viewing

To burn a slideshow disc of VCD, SVCD or DVD format (depending on the output format that is available in your Ulead Photo Explorer program version), click Burn TV Slideshow in the storyboard toolbar. Follow the on-screen instructions or refer to the program's online help for details on how to complete the burning process.
Tip: To burn a Photo Explorer slideshow (*.UES) or media files that are selected in the Browse Pane and make them into a slideshow disc, select Tools: Burn PC Slideshow or Tools: Burn TV Slideshow, depending on your desired output format.
Other fun projects you can create
Photo Explorer allows you to create interesting projects for your desktop:

Wallpaper

Use your favorite image as your Windows desktop wallpaper. Heres how:
1. Select an image file, then click Tools: Wallpaper. 2. Select Enable wallpaper. 3. Choose to display the image at the Center of the screen, or show several duplicates of it by specifying Tile options.

Sample wallpaper

Calendar
Create a monthly calendar to remind you of important and special dates. To create one:
1. Select an image file, then click Tools: Calendar. 2. In the Template section, choose the orientation (portrait or landscape) for the calendar and select a template to use. 3. Select the Month and Year for the calendar. To add text, double-click the text box in the preview window and type in your text. Click the Font and Color button to choose font style and color. 4. Click the Wallpaper button to make the calendar as your Windows desktop wallpaper.

Sample calendar

Screen Saver
Another interesting way of displaying images is through a screen saver. A screen saver is automatically activated whenever the computer has been inactive for a specified length of time. In Photo Explorer, you can use a slideshow project as your screen saver. Click the Screen Saver button on the storyboard toolbar to set a slideshow to be the screen saver. (See page 44 for details.)
Note: To activate the wallpaper, calendar or screen saver which you created in Photo Explorer, right-click on your Windows desktop and select Properties. Then, select Ulead Photo Explorer in the Display Properties dialog box (or, restart your computer.)

Working on the Internet