Picturegear – Sony PCG-SR33K User Manual
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PictureGear
PictureGear software is a digital image management application that allows you to see all the images stored in any
directory on your notebook. 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.
1.
Click the Folder tab and browse to locate your pictures.
2.
Select the pictures you want to have in a collection.
3.
From Collection menu, select Create New Collection.
4.
Enter a name for the collection and then click OK.
Creating a photo album
1.
Select the pictures you want to use to make an album.
2.
From the Utilities menu, select Album Maker.
3.
Choose the type of Album you want and click OK.
4.
Now add more pictures, frames, text, and effects.
5.
When you are finished, select Create Album in File menu or click the Create Album icon on the toolbar.
6.
Designate the folder where you want to save the Album.
7.
Enter the Target Album name, select Thumbnails and click OK.
8.
The 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 percent.
How to stitch a panoramic picture:
1.
Gather the source images into the same folder or collection.
2.
Select the images you want to use.
Sony recommends using 12 landscaped or 16 portrait pictures.
3.
From the Utilities menu select Panorama Maker.
4.
Select the correct lens and click OK. (If 35mm lens is selected, the prompt does not appear; to select a
different lens, click the lens icon.)
5.
Click the panoramic icon, near the bottom of the window.
6.
Click Full Stitch.
Making still images and panoramic from MPEG
1.
Select the MPEG file.
2.
From the Movie/Sound menu, select Scene break down. Then select Movie Stitch, to create a panoramic
picture.
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