Software Guide for Windows

Basic Functions
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Contents
Things to
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Mastering
the Basics
More Advanced
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Appendices
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Supported Image Types
ThefollowingisalistofimagetypessupportedbyZoomBrowserEX.
JPEG (.JPG)
Mostcamerasusethisimagetype.Itcompressesatveryhighratios,takingadvantage
ofthecharacteristicsofthehumaneye.However,becauseitisanirreversible
compressionmethod(partofthedataislostduringcompression),ifyouprocessand
saveanimagerepeatedlyusingthismethod,theimagemaybecomerougher.
RAW (.CRW/.CR2)
ThisisaproprietaryimagetypeprovidedbyCanon.Itsavestheoutputoftheimage
pixelsfromadigitalcamerawithoutanydeteriorationinthequalityoftheimage.
Somecamerasmightnotsupportthisimagetype.
Windows bitmap (.BMP)
ThisimagetypecomesstandardwithWindows.MostWindowsprogramssupportit.
TIFF (.TIF)
Thisisarelativelypopularimagetype.Itiswidelysupportedbynon-Windows
programs(suchasMacintosh).
PhotoCD (.PCD)
ThisistheimagetypeusedforPhotoCDs.
Video clip (.AVI)
StandardWindowsmovieimagetype.Themoviethumbnailandamovieiconshowin
ZoomBrowserEX’sBrowserArea.
QuickTime (.MOV)
ThisisamoviewhichdisplaysasamovieiconintheBrowsingAreaofZoomBrowserEX.
MPEG4 (.ASF)
Moviesthatintegratemultimediadata,suchasvideo,audioandtext.Primarilyused
byWindowsprograms.TheMPEG4compressiontechnologyallowsforcompactfile
sizesanddeliveryovernetworks.
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