VAIO Digital Studio™ Computer User Guide

PictureGear™

PictureGear is a digital image management application that allows you to see all the images stored in any directory on your computer. Thumbnail views provide quick reminders of your pictures. Brighten, contrast, enhance, resize, crop, and color-correct your pictures. Create panoramic views, animations, screen savers, wallpaper, still pictures from MPEG, and even html photo albums.

Managing Your Pictures

Use the collection feature to manage your pictures.

1Click the Folder tab and browse to locate your pictures.

2Select the pictures you want to have in a collection.

3From Collection menu, select Create New Collection.

4Enter a name for the collection and then click okay.

Creating a Photo Album

1Select the pictures you want to use to make an album.

2From the Utilities menu, select Album Maker.

3Choose the type of Album you want and click Okay.

4Now add more pictures, frames, text, and effects.

5When you are finished, select Create Album in File menu or click the Create Album icon on the toolbar.

6Designate the folder you where want to save the Album.

7Enter the Target Album name, select Thumbnails and click Okay.

8The new album can be viewed using most internet browsers.

Using Panorama Maker

Panorama Maker stitches a group of still images into a 360 degree panoramic picture. The source images should be the same size and overlap 20%.

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Sony PCV-R553DS, PCV-R558DS, PCV-R556DS PictureGear, Managing Your Pictures, Creating a Photo Album, Using Panorama Maker