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Chapter 10
Working with Digital Photographs and Music
Understanding Digital Images • Digital pictures made by digital cameras are created by light striking an optical sensor. The image is then stored on digital storage media within the camera. • Windows 7 enables you to transfer images from a digital camera to your PC’s hard disk. • You can organize and share your images with your PC. • Digital storage is cheap compared with film.
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Transferring Pictures • Connect the camera via USB cable, power it on, and select the Transfer or Playback mode. Or insert the removable media in a connected card reader. • Click Import pictures and videos using Windows in the AutoPlay dialog box. • Enter a tag (label) in the Import Pictures and Videos dialog box, and click Import.
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Viewing Pictures in the Pictures Library • By default, Windows 7 places the imported pictures in a subfolder of the My Pictures folder in your personal folder, meaning they will also appear in the Pictures library by default. • Click Start and then click Pictures to open the Pictures library. • After you double-click a subfolder, the icon for each picture shows a preview of the image. 5
Pictures Library
Selected picture
Details
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Showing a Slide Show of Pictures • You can play back the images stored in any subfolder of your Pictures library as a slide show on the desktop. • In Pictures library, navigate to the desired folder, and click the Slide Show button on the command bar. • Right-click the slide show to view playback controls. 7
Starting and Exiting Windows Live Photo Gallery • Windows Live Photo Gallery provides a centralized location where you can view, organize, and fix digital images. Download and install it for free from download.live.com. • Choose Start, All Programs, Windows Live, Windows Photo Gallery to start the program. • Photo thumbnails appear in the Gallery list at right. • Choose File, Exit or click the window Close (X) button to close the program. 8
Windows Live Photo Gallery
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Importing Images • You can import images directly from a digital camera or scanner. • Connect the camera via USB cable, power it on, and select the Transfer or Playback mode. Or, connect and power on the scanner. • Click File and then click Import from a camera or scanner. • Select the camera or scanner in the Import Pictures and Videos dialog box and click Import. When importing from a scanner, choose scan settings. • Select images to import.
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Adding a Folder of Images • You can add images into Windows Live Photo Gallery no matter where they are stored on the hard disk or network. • You can then work with the images in Windows Live Photo Gallery. • Click File and click Include a folder in the Gallery. • Navigate to and select the desired folder. 11
Viewing Images • By default, photos are organized by year taken. • Use the left pane to select photos to view by date or other criteria. The gallery adjusts accordingly. • Move the mouse pointer over an image to see a larger preview. • Click a thumbnail to select the image. 12
Organizing Images • Use the folder tree under All photos and videos to create folders for organizing photos. • Right-click a folder or subfolder, click Create new folder, type a folder name, and press Enter. • To copy or move a picture to a folder, display the photo in the Gallery list, expand the destination folder in the left pane, and drag the photo thumbnail over the folder. 13
Fixing a Photo • Select the photo and click Fix on the command bar. • Use one of the choices in the Fix pane at the right.
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Applying Tags, Ratings, and Other Info • You can apply a tag (identifying property) or star rating to a selected picture in Windows Live Photo Gallery. • Click to the right of Tags in the Details pane, type or click the tag, and click Save. • Point to the desired star rating in the Details pane, click it, and click Save. • Right-click a picture and click Properties to work with other settings on the Details tab. 15
Printing an Image • You can print the selected image from Windows Live Photo Gallery or the Pictures library window. Click the Print button on command bar. In Photo Gallery, click Print again in the menu. • Use the Print Pictures dialog box that appears to select print settings and preview the print job. 16
E-Mailing an Image • You can e-mail the selected image from Windows Live Photo Gallery. Click the E-mail button on the command bar. In the Pictures library, right-click the image, point to Send to, and click Mail recipient. • If prompted, select the desired Picture size in the Attach files dialog box and click Attach. • Complete and send the e-mail message. 17
Starting and Exiting Media Player • Windows Media Player enables you to listen to digital music and watch digital video. • Choose Start, All Programs, Windows Media Player to start the program. Or, clicks its taskbar icon. • The navigation pane appears at left. Playback controls appear at the bottom. • Choose File, Exit or click the window Close (X) button to close the program. 18
Media Player
Navigation pane
Playback controls
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Adding Files to the Library • Media Player tracks all your digital music and other media in its Player Library. • To display the music in the Player Library, click Music under Library tab in the navigation pane. • Media Player automatically adds digital content you place in your libraries (such as your Music library) to its library.
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Adding Files to the Library • Media Player also adds songs that you play from other folders or the Internet, or songs you add from a CD, to the library. • Media Player supports the Windows Media Audio (.wma), MP3 (.mp3), and WAV (.wav) file formats.
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Browsing Songs • Use the navigation pane choices and the tabs at the top of the Media Player window to move between functions. • Click a choice under Library in the navigation pane to choose how the library lists songs, such as by Artist or Album. • Double-click a choice in the list that appears to see songs. • Click a song to select it or double-click a song to play it. 22
Rating Songs • You can apply a rating to a song. • Browse to the song and click the desired number of stars.
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Ripping a CD • Use Windows Media Player to rip music from a CD and store the music in digital format. • Songs are saved in the Windows Media audio (.wma) file format by default. • Within the My Music folder in your personal folder, Media Player creates a folder for each artist, and then within that folder, a folder for each CD (album). • Make sure the system has a live Internet connection so that accurate song information can be applied. • Copy files already converted to MP3 rather than ripping them. 24
Ripping a CD • Insert an audio CD. Click the Rip CD button on the command bar. The rip process starts. • Close the AutoPlay dialog box if it appears. • Rip status appears as the operation progresses.
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Understanding Playlists • A playlist sets the order in which a group of songs plays. • A playlist can combine songs from different albums and artists. It can be as short or long as you want.
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Creating a Playlist • Click the Play tab and click Clear list. • Navigate to the desired songs and drag them to the list pane at the right. • Drag songs up and down in the List pane to specify playback order. • Click Save list, type a playlist name, and press Enter.
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Playing a Playlist • Double-click Playlists in the navigation pane, and then double-click the name of the playlist to play. • If you try to play a song that was licensed from another source and your system does not have the correct permissions or logon installed, playback stops and a Media Usage Rights Acquisition error message appears. 28
Syncing with a Portable Device • Windows Media Player supports a wide variety of portable devices to which you can transfer your music and other files. • Connect the device, power it on, start Media Player, and click the Sync tab. • Click the Start sync button in the Sync tab at right if the sync doesn’t start automatically. • When the sync finishes, eject and disconnect the device. 29
Burning a Playlist to CD-R or DVD-R • You can burn a playlist’s songs to a CD-R for your own personal use on other PCs and audio devices. • Respect copyright laws that apply to digital music. • Click the Burn tab, and insert a blank CD-R. Close the AutoPlay dialog box if it appears. • Drag the desired playlist(s) and songs to the list at right. Click Start burn. 30
Working with Media Streaming • Windows Media Player can stream music over a network. • To turn on streaming, click the Stream button on the command bar, and then click Turn on home media streaming. If you previously set up a homegroup and made music sharing available, streaming may already be turned on, and that command won’t appear. • Next, determine which other devices and users can access your system’s content. 31
Streaming Music • Once the media on another computer is shared for streaming, that computer will appear in the navigation pane in Windows Media Player. • Double-click the name of the other library to open it, and then select and play music just as you would on the library stored on your own computer. 32
Wrap Up • Windows 7 automatically prompts you to import pictures when you attach and power up a digital camera to its playback or transfer mode. • Open your Pictures library to work with pictures. • Click Slide Show to display an onscreen slide show of pictures in a folder. • Download and use Windows Live Photo Gallery to organize and fix digital pictures. • You can apply tags and ratings to pictures.
• You can adjust color and exposure, crop, or fix red eye. • When you print a picture, you can choose quality, paper type, and layout. • Windows Media Player enables you to organize and play digital songs. • Ripping songs from a CD converts them to digital format and stores them in your Music folder. • Create custom playlists to play the songs you want. • Stream music shared from another computer. 33
