HP TouchSmart 300-1000 Getting Started - Page 99

Slideshows, Hiding photos, Creating (burning) a CD or DVD of photos, HP TouchSmart Canvas

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Slideshows Be sure you name your slideshow and then tap Save, or the slide show will not be saved. To make a slideshow: 1 From the HP TouchSmart homepage, tap the Photo tile. 2 Choose the source location for your slideshow: Dates, Folders, All Photos, or Removable Drive. 3 If you want specific photos in your slideshow, create a folder that contains those photos only. 4 Tap the Play Slideshow button in the lower menu. As you watch the slideshow, onscreen controls disappear. Tap the screen to make them reappear. 5 Adjust slideshow settings by tapping the Settings button, and selecting your settings. Examples of HP TouchSmart Photo settings include a feature that fades or moves the photo while transitioning to the next photo, and timing between photos (the default is 5 seconds). 6 Enter a name for the slideshow in the text box. 7 Tap Save. Hiding photos You can hide some of your photos so they do not show up in HP TouchSmart Photo. 1 From your Windows desktop, browse to the photo or folder you do not want to show in the Photos tile in HP TouchSmart Photo. 2 Right-click the photo, and click Properties. 3 Click the General tab, and Attributes, click Hidden. You can still see hidden folders in Windows if you want, by following these steps: 1 Click the Start button. 2 Click Control Panel, and then click Appearance and Personalization. 3 Click Folder Options. 4 Click the View tab. 5 Under Advanced settings, click Show hidden files and folders, and then click OK. Creating (burning) a CD or DVD of photos See "Creating (burning) a CD or DVD of music or photos" on page 36. HP TouchSmart Canvas The Canvas tile is a virtual interactive collage. Open the Canvas tile and create collages of photographs. Share collages with family, make a poster, or use a collage as your computer desktop background. At the lower part of the tile, tap one of the folders of photos. Tap the fly-out menu that comes up, and drag the picture you want onto the canvas to add it to the collage. Use a two-finger touch to rotate or resize photos. Tap a free area on the canvas, and draw a circle around several photos. Then, use the tag feature to tag the photos. This is an efficient method of tagging a variety of photos at once. Tap the top color bar to open a screen to manipulate photos. After you create a collage, be sure to save it. Software Overview 33

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Software Overview
33
Slideshows
Be sure you name your slideshow and then tap
Save
, or the slide show will not be saved. To make a
slideshow:
1
From the HP TouchSmart homepage, tap the
Photo
tile.
2
Choose the source location for your slideshow:
Dates
,
Folders
,
All Photos
, or
Removable
Drive
.
3
If you want specific photos in your slideshow, create a folder that contains those photos only.
4
Tap the
Play Slideshow
button in the lower menu.
As you watch the slideshow, onscreen controls disappear. Tap the screen to make them reappear.
5
Adjust slideshow settings by tapping the
Settings
button, and selecting your settings.
Examples of HP TouchSmart Photo settings include a feature that fades or moves the photo while
transitioning to the next photo, and timing between photos (the default is 5 seconds).
6
Enter a name for the slideshow in the text box.
7
Tap
Save
.
Hiding photos
You can hide some of your photos so they do not show up in HP TouchSmart Photo.
1
From your Windows desktop, browse to the photo or folder you do not want to show in the Photos tile
in HP TouchSmart Photo.
2
Right-click the photo, and click
Properties
.
3
Click the
General
tab, and
Attributes
, click
Hidden
.
You can still see hidden folders in Windows if you want, by following these steps:
1
Click the
Start
button.
2
Click
Control Panel
, and then click
Appearance and Personalization
.
3
Click
Folder Options
.
4
Click the
View
tab.
5
Under Advanced settings, click
Show hidden files and folders
, and then click
OK
.
Creating (burning) a CD or DVD of photos
See “Creating (burning) a CD or DVD of music or photos” on page 36.
HP TouchSmart Canvas
The Canvas tile is a virtual interactive collage. Open the Canvas tile and create collages of photographs.
Share collages with family, make a poster, or use a collage as your computer desktop background. At the
lower part of the tile, tap one of the folders of photos. Tap the fly-out menu that comes up, and drag the
picture you want onto the canvas to add it to the collage. Use a two-finger touch to rotate or resize photos.
Tap a free area on the canvas, and draw a circle around several photos. Then, use the tag feature to tag
the photos. This is an efficient method of tagging a variety of photos at once.
Tap the top color bar to open a screen to manipulate photos. After you create a collage, be sure to save it.