LumaPix::FotoFusion v4 Help

Contents | Index


Introduction to FotoFusion
Learning Materials
Introduction to FotoFusion V4
Licensing, Installation and Purchasing
Activating FotoFusion (Online, Lite, CD, Offline)
Prepurchase: Which version is right for me?
Reinstalling and multiple installations
What is FotoFusion Lite?
What is YearbookFusion?
Updating FotoFusion
What's New in Version 4
The Basics
The FotoFusion Interface
Welcome Screen
The Start Zone
The Menu Bar
Tabs
Hovers and Hover Docks
What is a Frame?
Adding Images to the Canvas
Moving and Resizing Frames
Frame Numbers & Status
What is the Dropper?
What is a Tool Box?
What is an Editor?
Creating new editor defaults and presets
New Projects
Starting from Scratch
Starting from a Template
AutoTools
AutoCollage
AutoPopulate
AutoDistribute
AutoDuplicate (Extreme and Yearbook only)
AutoFlip (Extreme and Yearbook only)
The Create Tab
Canvas Tools
Canvas & Project Settings
Defining a new canvas
Resizing your current page or project
Canvas guidelines (safe, bleed, gridlines)
Canvas background options
Refreshing the canvas
Selection, navigation and layers
Zooming & panning the canvas
Selection tools
Working with layers
The Tree hover (Extreme, Yearbook only)
Search Hovers: Locating graphics & templates
Image Frame Tools
Adding & Moving Frames, Images
Adding, duplicating & deleting frames
Moving and resizing frames
Adjusting the frame's position with snaps
Cropping and panning images
Locking aspect ratio, position and size
Rotating, flipping, tilting and spinning
Swapping images between frames
Grid options: splitting & merging frames
Arranging & distributing frames
Frame order
Grouping frames (Enhanced, Extreme only)
The Frame Editor
Border options
Frame inset in detail
Matte options
Building custom mattes
Gradients (Enhanced, Extreme, Yearbook only)
Frame position & size
The Image Editor
Changing the appearance of your images
Background color and patterns
Use Canvas as frame background
The Shadow Editor
Gallery of effects using frames
Red-Eye removal tool
Cutting a matte
Viewing original images
Adding hotlinks to images
Text Frame Tools
Text Content (incl. tags, exif)
Font Attributes
Text Alignment & Spacing
Text & Outline Appearance
Text Matte Options
Watermarking with text
Multi-Page Project Management (Extreme, Yearbook only)
Page numbering and other multi-page features
Flipping Layouts
The Organize Tab
Searching in the Organizer
Using buckets to move between tasks
Organizing by category
Tagging with keywords
The Share Tab
Configuring email
Watermarks & Banners (Enhanced, Extreme)
Themes
The Output Tab
Rendering to a file (eg. jpg)
Color Management (Extreme only)
PDF and PSD (Extreme, Yearbook only)
Publishing to your web site
Printing
Configuring print options
Working with page layout guides
Page Segments & Region References (Extreme Only)
The Community Tab
FotoScraps online gallery
File & Project Management
Saving, loading and deleting projects
Understanding basic Windows file management
Remote Storage (YearbookFusion only)
Archiving and Transfering Project Files
Image info overlay & Used image list
Maintaining the Project Database
Important Files & Folders
The Marketplace
Free, Premium and Purchased items
What are Smart Elements?
What is a Kit?
Downloading dotScrap for offline use
Using other graphic resources
Pro Project Tutorials
Multipage album design (Extreme users)
Contact sheets
Proofing document
Group Composites
Image editing with other applications
DPI & Resolution Warnings
Reference
Keyboard shortcuts
Terminology
Previous version build history
Credits and Dedication

2008 LumaPix Inc.