Absolute Beginners Guide to Windows XP Media Center

Opening Photos with Picture It!

After you have installed the photo-enhancement software, you have multiple options for getting started. Either of the following methods will get you going:

• Open the Picture It! program from the Windows XP Start menu; then choose from one of the photos displayed under the Recent Files heading, or choose Open and browse to the image file you want to work on.

• Open the My Pictures directory from the Windows XP Start menu, find the image file you want, and right-click on it. Choose Open With, and then select Picture It! 7.0 (see Figure 20.2).

  Figure 20.2. The right-click method is one of the easiest ways to open a digital image file in Picture It!.

After you have opened an image in this fashion, you'll be viewing a screen with the image you selected displayed on the main screen, and a pane on the left listing several common tasks . Here you'll find the Touchup option, which guides you through some of the most basic yet powerful features contained in the Picture It! program.