Copyright: © Palm, Inc. 2002. All rights reserved.


New Photo Command
Add Photos Command

Purpose	Displays an Open dialog box, where you can select a photo file, .jpg, .jpeg, and .bmp files, on your computer and add the photo to Palm™ Photos.

Location	File menu
Right-click a Palm Photos view.


Edit Photo Command

Purpose	Opens the selected photo in the Photo Editor, where you can crop a photo, enhance it, zoom in or out, or remove the red-eye effect.

Location	File menu
Right-click a selected photo.


Revert to Original
Revert to Original Command

Purpose	Displays a dialog box that enables you to use the original version of the photo you selected.

Location	File menu


Delete Photo
Delete Photo Command

Purpose	Deletes the selected photo(s). When you delete a photo from Palm™ Photos, it deletes the photo from the handheld at next HotSync® operation. Photos that you took with your handheld's internal camera remain in the backup folder. Palm Photos doesn't delete the original photos from the Windows desktop but removes the photos from the Palm Desktop software.

Location	Edit menu


Export Command

Purpose	Displays the Export As dialog box, where you select the folder for exporting the selected photo. Palm™ Photos exports the photo as a .jpg file and saves a full-size desktop image, not a thumbnail, of the photo.

Location	File menu


Delete Command

Purpose	Deletes the selected album or photo. If you delete an album, the photos in the album are moved to the Unfiled album.

Location	Right-click an album in the Albums bar.
Right-click a photo.


Rename Command

Purpose	Lets you change the name of the selected album or photo.

Location	Right-click an album in the Albums bar.
Right-click a photo.


Change Album Command

Purpose	Moves the selected photo to the album you chose from the menu.

Location	Right-click a selected photo.


Send to Card Command

Purpose	Adds the selected file to Palm™ Quick Install, where you can install files on an expansion card. The selected file is added to the Expansion Card file list in Palm Quick Install. Palm™ Photos makes a copy on your handheld as well as sending a copy to the expansion card. See the Palm Quick Install Help for more information about sending files to the expansion card on your handheld.

Location	Edit menu


Find Command

Purpose	Displays the Find dialog box, where you can search for a photo in Palm™ Desktop by entering the photo's name. You can select the options: Match whole word only, Match case, or Search extensions.

Location	Edit menu

Tip   Because Palm™ Photos is a Palm Desktop extension, select the Search Extensions check box to search for the information in Palm Photos.


Sort By Command

Purpose	Sorts the photos in the current view by name, size, date modified, resolution, or album name.

Location	View menu


New Album Command

Purpose	Displays a dialog box in which you enter the new name for the album you want to create. Album names can be a maximum of 15 characters.

Location	Tools menu
Right-click the Albums bar.


Edit Albums Command

Purpose	Displays a dialog box in which you can create a new album, delete an existing album, or rename an album.

Location	Tools menu
Right-click the Albums bar.


Photo Command

Purpose	Starts Palm™ Photos in the Palm™ Desktop software.

Location	View menu


Edit Albums Dialog Box

Displays all the albums in alphabetical order that were created in Palm™ Photos. You can create a new album, delete an existing album, or rename an album.


Preferences Command

Purpose	Displays the Preferences dialog box that displays the name of the folder where the photos from your handheld's internal camera are stored . If you use the Revert to Original command, Palm Photos takes the original photo from the default folder, My Pictures\Palm\Username\Handheld. Username is your actual username, such as JSmith. Click Browse to select a different backup folder.

Location	Tools menu


Preferences Dialog Box

Displays the Palm™ Photos Preferences dialog box, where you can select a folder for storing the backup copies of the original photos captured on the handheld's internal camera. The default folder is My Pictures\Palm\Username\Handheld folder. Click Browse to select a different folder.


Copyright and Trademarks

© 2002 Palm, Inc. All rights reserved. The HotSync logo and the Palm logo are registered trademarks of Palm, Inc. HotSync and Palm are trademarks of Palm, Inc. All other brands are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.


Using the Photo Editor

The Photo Editor displays a full-size image of a photo and has tools for editing the current photo. You can crop part of a photo, change the brightness and contrast, rotate a photo, or reduce the red-eye effect if it occurs. On the right side of the editor, it displays a preview of the changes as you make them and shows a preview of the image on the handheld.

Click the illustration to learn about the Photo Editor.

What do you want to do?

 Open a photo in the Photo Editor

 Crop a photo

 Rotate a photo

 Reduce red-eye effect

 Zoom in or out on a photo

 Enhance a photo for viewing on the handheld


Opening a Photo in the Photo Editor

To open a photo in the Photo Editor

1.	Double-click a photo in the List, Thumbnail, or Details view.

Tip   You can also select the photo and then click the Editor icon on the toolbar.

2.	Use the tools on the Image Editing toolbar to edit your photo.

	Crop. Trims a photo on all four sides to remove the parts you don't want. This is useful when preparing the photo for viewing on the handheld.
	900 Right. Turns the photo 90 degrees clockwise.
	900 Left Turns the photo 90 degrees counterclockwise.
	Red-eye. Removes the red from the selected area. The red-eye effect can occur when you take a picture using a flash. Use the drop-down arrow to change the brush size of the Red-eye tool.
	Enhance. Adjusts the brightness and contrast in a photo.
	Undo. Undoes the last edit made in the Photo Editor.
	Redo. Restores the last edit that was undone in the Photo Editor.
	Delete. Removes the current photo from Palm™ Photos.
Note  If you change a photo using the Crop, Enhance, Red-eye, and Rotate tools, the changes appear in the photo on the handheld after a HotSync® operation. However, Palm Photos doesn't change the original photo.

3.	Use the magnification tools to increase or decrease the size of the photo.

	Zoom In. Increases the magnification of the photo.
	Zoom Out. Decreases the magnification of the photo.
	Magnification. Displays the amount of magnification that is selected when you click the Zoom In or Zoom Out tool.
4.	Use the Pan tool to move the photo around in the Photo Editor so that you can display the area to work with. When you zoom in on a photo so that it extends past the screen area, the Pan tool is automatically available.


Cropping a Photo

If you want only part of a photo, you can crop the photo and save the part you want. When you crop a photo, the selected part remains, but the rest is removed.

To crop a photo

1.	Open the photo in the Photo Editor.

2.	Click the Crop icon on the Image Editing toolbar.

When you click the Crop icon, a square dotted box appears in center of the photo.

3.	To move the box, place the pointer in the middle of the dotted box, and then click and drag the box.

4.	Drag the sides or corners of the box to select the area you want to keep.

Preview on Palm Handheld shows how the cropped photo looks on the handheld.

Tip  To deselect the Crop tool, click anywhere outside the dotted box.

5.	To crop the photo and save the part you want, click Crop Photo.

6.	Click OK and save the changes to the photo.

Tip  If you click any other icon in the Image Editing toolbar when the Crop icon is selected, a message asks if you want to crop the photo before you can continue.


Rotating a Photo

You can rotate a photo to the right  or left 90 degrees using the Rotate icons on the toolbar.

To rotate a photo in the Photo Editor or any view

1.	In List, Thumbnail, or Details view, select the photo.

2.	To rotate the photo 90 degrees to the right, click the Rotate 90o Right icon on the toolbar.

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To rotate the photo 90 degrees to the left, click the Rotate 90o Left icon on the toolbar.

3.	Click the rotate icons until you are satisfied with the changes.

4.	If you are working in the Photo Editor, click OK after you have finished editing the photo.


Reducing Red-Eye Effect

The red-eye effect can often occur when you photograph people or animals with a flash or with minimal light. You can select the affected area and reduce or remove the red eye with the Red-eye tool.

Tip   Click the Zoom In icon to magnify the area you want to fix.

To reduce the red-eye effect

1.	Open the photo in the Photo Editor.

2.	Click the Red-eye icon on the Image Editing toolbar.

The cursor changes to an eye with a pointer when the Red-eye tool is selected.

3.	(Optional) To change the brush size, click the arrow on the Red-eye icon, and then drag the slider to make the brush size larger or smaller.

4.	Select the area that you want to fix.

5.	Click the Red-eye icon again to save the Red-eye changes.

6.	Click OK and save the changes to the photo.


Enhancing a Photo for the Handheld

You can use the Enhance icon to adjust the brightness and contrast on a photo. Use the Preview on Palm Handheld to see a representation of how the photo looks on the handheld.

To enhance a photo

1.	Open the photo in the Photo Editor.

2.	Click the Enhance icon on the Image Editing toolbar.

Note  Clicking the Enhance icon again doesn't change the photo.

3.	Click OK and save the changes to the photo.


Zooming In or Out on a Photo

To crop a specific area of a photo or reduce the red-eye effect, you may have to zoom in or out on the photo by using the Zoom In or Zoom Out icon.

Note  Zooming in or out does not affect how the photo will look on the handheld.

To zoom in or out on a photo

1.	Open the photo in the Photo Editor.

2.	Click the Zoom In or Zoom Out icon.

Tip  To display the photo at actual size, choose 100% from the Magnification tool.


Viewing Details or Adding Notes for Photos

The Details view displays the date a photo was created, the size of the file in bytes (B), kilobytes (KB), or megabytes (MB), and the name of the album where the photo is stored. You can also add notes about a photo in the Details view, such as who is in the photo and where it was taken.

To view details for photos

1.	Click the album you want in the Albums bar.

2.	Click the Details tab.

The following sample shows a photo in the Details view.

Tip  Select an album from the Album drop-down list if you want to move this photo to another album.

To add or edit notes for a photo

1.	Click the Notes text box, and then type the text of the note.

You can type any new text including carriage returns, or edit any existing text in the note.

2.	Click another photo to save the note that you added or edited.


Photo View

Displays the photo you are viewing in the Photo Editor.


Crop Photo Button

Click this button after selecting the area to crop, so that only the part of the photo you want to save is what remains in the Photo Editor.


Preview on Palm Handheld

Displays a preview of how the photo looks on the handheld. Below the preview of the photo is the photo's name, properties, and creation date. The properties displays the width and height of the photo. The preview doesn't show exactly how the photo looks on your handheld because the display settings on your desktop computer and your handheld are different.


Managing Photos in Albums

You can use albums to visually organize your photo files into collections that have unique names. You can create new albums, rename existing ones, and move photos between albums. You can also view album photos in distinct ways, such as in the Thumbnail view, where a small preview image appears for each photo in the current album.

Note  You cannot place and organize photos that came from an expansion card into albums in Palm™ Photos.

What do you want to do?

 View the photos in an album

 Create a new photo album

 Move a photo to an album

 Name or rename a photo album

 Delete a photo album

 Back up your photos


Viewing Photo Albums

The All album displays all the photos currently stored in Palm™ Photos. After you organize photos into albums, you can select an album to view the photos in it.

To view the photos in a photo album

•	Click the album icon that you want on the Albums bar.

Click the illustration to learn more about the Albums bar.


Moving a Photo to an Album

You can move photos you have in one album to another album. For example, if you have vacation photos, you can create an album for each vacation and then move the photos to the appropriate album. When you get photos from the handheld camera, Palm™ Photos automatically places them in the Camera album. In addition, the photos also appear in the All album.

Note  When you display the All album, a small icon on the photo shows if the photo is stored in a particular album.

To move a photo to another album

1.	On the Albums bar, click the album icon that has the photo you want to move.

2.	Drag and drop the photo onto the new album on the Albums bar.

You can select multiple photos at one time and move all of them to a specific album.

3.	Click the album icon to display the album with the photo you moved.

Tip  In the List or Details view, you can click the Album drop-down arrow, and then select the name of the album where you want to move the photo.


Creating a New Photo Album

You can store and organize your photos into separate albums that have unique names. As you get more photos on the desktop, you can quickly access photos from a specific album.

You can create a new album in Palm™ Photos, and when you perform a HotSync® operation, that album is synchronized to the handheld. New albums created on the handheld are synchronized to the desktop during a HotSync operation.

To create a new photo album

1.	From the Tools menu, choose New Album.

2.	Enter an album name using up to 15 characters.

Two albums cannot have the same name, and you can create a maximum of 16 albums.

3.	Click OK.


Naming or Renaming Photo Albums
Renaming Photo Albums

To rename a photo album

1.	From the Tools menu, choose Edit Albums.

2.	Click the album name you want to rename.

3.	Click Rename.

4.	Enter the new album name, using up to 15 characters.

Two albums cannot have the same name.

5.	Click OK twice.


Deleting a Photo Album

When you delete a photo album, the photos in that album are moved to the Unfiled album.

To delete a photo album

1.	From the Tools menu, choose Edit Albums.

2.	Click the album name you want to delete.

3.	Click Delete.

4.	Click Yes.

5.	Click OK.


Viewing Photos in a Photo Album

You can view all the photos in Palm™ Photos by opening the All album, or you can view photos in a specific album.

To view the photos in a photo album

•	On the Albums bar, click the album icon that represents the photos you want to view.

Click the illustration to learn more about the Albums bar.

Note  After a HotSync® operation, the Camera album displays photos that you captured on the handheld's internal camera.


Current Album

This album is selected and its contents are displayed.


Available Albums

Displays the current albums available in Palm™ Photos. When you select an album, its photos appear in the current view.


Using Palm Photos
Using Palm™ Photos

The Palm™ Photos window is where you can view the photos in various albums, moves photos between albums, and manage photos.

Click the illustration below to learn about the Palm Photos window.


Starting Palm Photos
Starting Palm™ Photos

To start Palm™ Photos

1.	Start the Palm™ Desktop software.

2.	On the Launch bar, click the Palm Photos icon.


Getting Photos into Palm Photos
Getting Photos into Palm™ Photos

With Palm™ Photos, you can manage and work with photos that you captured from your handheld's internal camera, photos you captured with the internal camera and saved to an expansion card, or photos saved on the Windows desktop. For more information about how to get these photos, click one of the following:

•	Get photos from the handheld's internal camera

•	Get photos that you captured on the handheld's internal camera and saved to an expansion card (if one is installed on the handheld)

•	Add a photo file, .jpg, .jpeg, or .bmp files, from the Windows desktop


Getting Photos from the Camera on the Handheld
Getting Photos from the Handheld's Internal Camera

When you capture photos on the your handheld's internal camera, you can manage and view the photos in Palm™ Photos by performing a HotSync® operation. By default, the HotSync Manager is set to synchronize all photo files. If you do turn off the synchronization option in the HotSync Manager, you can use these steps to turn it back on.

Note  Any photos captured directly to the expansion card are not displayed in Palm Photos but are copied to the backup folder after the next HotSync operation. See Viewing Photos from an Expansion Card for more information.

To get photos from the handheld's internal camera

1.	Click the HotSync Manager icon [image] ™ in the taskbar.

2.	Choose Custom.

3.	Select Photos, and then click Change.

4.	Make sure the HotSync action is set to Synchronize the files, and then click OK.

5.	Click Done.

6.	Perform a HotSync operation.

Note  For certain Palm™ handhelds, the Camera album displays any new or updated photos that you took on your handheld's internal camera.

Note   When you capture photos on the camera built into your handheld and synchronize to the desktop, the photos will have a size of 640 x 480 that is set by the handheld camera software. Any other photos from the handheld are automatically scaled down to 320 x 320.


Viewing Photos from an Expansion Card

If you capture photos from your handheld's internal camera and store them on an expansion card on your handheld, the photos are copied to a special backup folder after the next HotSync® operation. Other photos or images that are stored on the expansion card but that were not taken with your handheld's internal camera will not appear in Palm™ Photos.

The Card Photos icon appears on the toolbar when new photos are available from the expansion card on your handheld:

Note  For more information about installing or using an expansion card, see the handbook that came with your handheld.

To view photos from an expansion card

1.	Click the Card Photos icon on the toolbar.

A message box shows how many photos were added to the Card Photos folder.

2.	Click Open Windows Explorer to start Explorer and view the files in the Card Photos folder.

The Card Photos folder shows all camera photos saved on the expansion card.

Note  Photos you didn't capture with the handheld's internal camera do not appear in Palm Photos.


Viewing Photos

You can view photos in three distinct views: List, Thumbnail, or Details. You can also see a full-size image of a photo in the Photo Editor, where you can edit a photo and preview how it looks on your handheld.

To change how you view photos

•	Click a View tab: List, Thumbnail, or Details.

To display a photo in the Photo Editor

•	Double-click a photo in the List, Thumbnail, or Details view.


Sorting Items in Views

In any view, you can display photos in a different order, such as by name, date modified, or file size.

To sort photos in any view

1.	Click tab of the view you want.

2.	From the View menu, choose Sort By, and then choose the appropriate Sort command, such as Name or Date Modified.

Tip  In List view, click the column heading to sort the list in that order. For example, to sort the list by Date Modified, click the Date Modified heading.


Adding a Photo from Windows Explorer

You can take a .jpg, .jpeg, or .bmp file that you have on your computer and add these files to Palm™ Photos. The next time you perform a HotSync® operation, these photos get synchronized to your handheld where you can view them.

You can add a .jpg, .jpeg, or .bmp file by doing the following:

•	Clicking the Add Photos icon on the toolbar.

•	Dragging and dropping a file or folder onto Palm Photos.

To add a photo in Palm Photos

1.	Click the Add Photos icon on the toolbar.

2.	Select the file you want to add, and then click OK.

To drag and drop a .jpg, .jpeg, or .bmp file from Windows Explorer

•	From Windows Explorer, drag and drop the file onto Palm Photos, which should be open in the Palm™ Desktop software. You can also drag a folder that contains the photo files onto Palm Photos.

If a specific album is open, the photo goes into that album.

Note  If you drag a nonsupported file type onto Palm Photos, a No symbol indicates that the file is not compatible.


Deleting a Photo

If you delete a photo in Palm™ Photos, the original photo that Palm Photos saved on the Windows desktop is not touched.

To delete a photo

1.	In any view, select the photo(s) you want to delete.

2.	Click the Delete icon on the toolbar.

3.	Click Yes.


Renaming a Photo

You can rename a photo in the List view or the Thumbnail view. If you enter a name that is already being used, a number is added to the end of the name of the second photo, such as Holiday and Holiday(1).

To rename a photo

1.	In the List view or the Thumbnail view, select the photo you want to rename.

2.	Click the name of the photo.

3.	In the name text box, type the new name, and then press Enter.


Backing Up Your Photos
Backing Up Your Original Photos

In the Preferences, you can select the backup folder where the original copies of the photos that came from your handheld's internal camera will be stored.

To specify a backup folder for your original photos

1.	From the Tools menu, choose Preferences.

2.	Click Browse, and then select the folder you want.

3.	Click OK.


Attaching Photos to E-Mail

You can select one or more photos in Palm™ Photos and have them attached to an e-mail message. For example, realtors might use this feature to e-mail clients photos of houses that are new on the market.

To attach the selected photos you want to an e-mail message

1.	In List, Thumbnail, or Details view, select the photo you want to send as an attachment.

To select multiple photos, press Ctrl+Click to select each photo you want to send.

2.	Click the E-mail icon on the toolbar.

Palm Photos starts your e-mail application and attaches the .jpg file(s) to the new e-mail message.

3.	Complete the e-mail message as you normally would, and send it.

Note   The file name that Palm Photos assigns to the photo may not be exactly the same as the photo name in Palm Photos because certain special characters, such as <, >, +, or /, are not allowed in file names.


Preparing a Photo for Viewing on the Handheld

In the Photo Editor, you can crop, rotate, or enhance a photo and preview how the photo looks on the handheld.

To prepare a photo for viewing on the handheld

1.	In the Photo Editor, click the Enhance icon on the Image Editing toolbar.

This adjusts the brightness and contrast for handheld viewing.

Note  If you click the Enhance icon again, the photo doesn't change.

2.	(Optional) Use the tools on the Image Editing toolbar to edit the photo.

For more information, see Opening a Photo in the Photo Editor.

3.	Use the Preview on Palm Handheld to make sure you are satisfied with the changes.


View Tabs

Displays photos in the View pane in any of the following formats: List, Thumbnail, or Details. Click the associated tab to change the view.


View Pane

Displays photos in three distinct formats: List, Thumbnail, or Details. List view displays a list of photos by name, the date modified, file size, resolution, or album name. Click a column heading in List view to sort the photos in the list, or use Sort By commands on the View menu. Thumbnail view, the default view, displays a small thumbnail image of each photo. Details view displays the photo's thumbnail, creation date, file size, resolution, album location, and any notes.

Tip  To view a photo in the Photo Editor, double-click it.


Image Editing Toolbar

Displays tools for editing photos in the Photo Editor. For example, you can rotate a photo, enhance a photo for viewing on the handheld, crop an image, or reduce the red-eye effect.


Magnification Tools

Increases or decreases the size of the image in the Photo Editor. You can display the photo at actual size by choosing 100% from the Magnification tool.


Album Bar
Albums Bar

Displays the photo albums that are available. Click an album to display the photos in it. The All album contains all photos currently available in Palm™ Photos.

Note  The Camera album appears automatically for certain Palm™ handhelds and displays the photos from the camera on your handheld.


Columns

Displays the heading for the information in that column, such as Name, Date Modified, Size, and Album. Click a heading to sort by the List view by that column.


Toolbar

Displays icons for editing, adding, and managing photos in List, Thumbnail, or Details view.


Pan Tool

Moves the photo around in the Photo Editor window so that you can select a specific area to crop or get a better view of one area.


OK

Saves the changes made to the photo in the Photo Editor and closes it.


Cancel

Closes the Photo Editor without saving the changes.


Getting Backed-Up Photos

Palm™ Photos stores the original photos that came from your handheld's internal camera in the folder specified in the Preferences. By default, the original photos are stored in the My Pictures\Palm\Username\Handheld folder as .jpg files, but you can select a different folder for storing them.


Getting Photos to the Handheld

After you have added photos or edited existing photos in Palm™ Photos, you can synchronize these photos to the handheld by performing a HotSync® operation. By default, the HotSync Manager synchronizes the files. If you do turn off the synchronization option in the conduit, you can use these steps to turn it on again.

To turn on the synchronization option in the Palm Photos conduit

1.	Select the HotSync Manager icon [image] ™ in the Windows taskbar.

2.	From the HotSync Manager menu, choose Custom.

3.	Select the Palm Photos conduit.

4.	If the conduit is not set to synchronize the files, click Change, and then select Synchronize the files.

5.	Click OK.

6.	Click Done.

7.	Perform a HotSync operation.


Expansion Card

An expansion card (sold separately) increases the variety of tasks that you can do and the amount of space you have for storing software applications and data on your handheld. You can insert an SD or MultiMediaCard expansion card in your handheld to add more software and photos. For information about how to use an expansion card on your handheld, see the handbook that came with your handheld.


Palm Photos Overview
Palm™ Photos Overview

Palm™ Photos is a photo management tool for getting photos that you captured on the camera on your Palm™ handheld and saved to the handheld's memory or an expansion card (if one is installed).

With Palm Photos, you can do the following:

•	View all photos in three distinct views: List, Thumbnail, and Details.

•	Use the Photo Editor to view the full image and preview the photo for viewing on the handheld.

•	Use the image-editing tools in the Photo Editor to crop, rotate, or enhance a photo.

•	Drag and drop files, including .jpg, .jpeg, and .bmp files, from the Windows desktop into Palm Photos.

•	Enter detailed notes about photos, such as the subject of the photo and where it was taken.

•	Create photo albums with unique names for organizing your photos.

•	Attach photos to e-mail messages.

What do you want to do?

 Start Palm Photos

 Learn about the Palm Photos window

 Learn how to use the Photo Editor

 Get photos into Palm Photos

 View photos

 View photo albums

 Manage photos in albums

 View details or add notes for photos