HP Photosmart A636 User Manual

Draw on photos
The Draw creative option lets you draw on the current photo with the stylus. You can
change the color and line weight or switch to an eraser tool to edit drawings you have
already made on the photo.
To use the Draw creative option
1.Touch Home on the quick touch frame to return to the Photosmart Express menu,
if necessary.
2.Touch View and Print or Create on the Photosmart Express menu.
NOTE:If you select Create, you cannot save your creative project to the memory
card. To save your...

Add clip art
The Clip Art creative option lets you add clip art to the current photo. You can select from
several categories, including: Seasons, Kids, Daily Life, and Special Events.
To use the Clip Art creative option
1.Touch Home on the quick touch frame to return to the Photosmart Express menu,
if necessary.
2.Touch View and Print or Create on the Photosmart Express menu.
NOTE:If you select Create, you cannot save your creative project to the memory
card. To save your creative project, select View...

You can apply various special effects including Brightness, Contrast, Saturation,
Slimming, Retro, and Posterize depending on the category you choose. You can also
modify the effect by changing the settings available for that effect.
To use the Design Gallery creative option
1.Touch Home on the quick touch frame to return to the Photosmart Express menu,
if necessary.
2.Touch View and Print or Create on the Photosmart Express menu.
NOTE:If you select Create, you cannot save your creative project to the...

Create Greeting Cards
The Greeting Cards option lets you make a personalized greeting card with your photos.
You can modify the effect by changing the settings available for that effect.
To use the Greeting Card creative option
1.Touch Home on the quick touch frame to return to the Photosmart Express menu,
if necessary.
2.Touch View and Print on the Photosmart Express menu.
3.Navigate to the photo you wish to edit, and then touch Create when viewing a photo
in 1-up view.
4.Touch the Greeting Cards...

Create Photo Layouts
The Photo Layouts creative option lets you print several photos on a single sheet of
paper.
To use the Photo Layouts creative option
1.Touch Home on the quick touch frame to return to the Photosmart Express menu,
if necessary.
2.Touch Create on the Photosmart Express menu.
3.Touch the Photo Layouts creative option. Use the onscreen arrows to navigate to
this option if it is not visible.
4.Touch the desired layout type, and then select the photos you want to print using that
layout....

4.Touch anywhere on the touch screen to pause the slideshow. Touch Resume to
continue the slideshow.
To change slideshow settings, touch the Settings icon before touching Slideshow.
For information on slideshow settings, see the slideshow section of “
Setup Menu”
on page 16.
5.Touch Home to stop the slideshow.
To print from a slideshow
1.When the photo you want to print is displayed, touch anywhere on the touch screen
to pause the slideshow.
2.Touch Print to print the photo. The slideshow resumes after...

NOTE:Photo sticker paper is not available in all countries/regions.
Load a single sheet of 16-up photo sticker paper at a time.
To use Photo Stickers mode
1.Touch Home on the quick touch frame to return to the Photosmart Express menu,
if necessary.
2.Touch Create on the Photosmart Express menu.
3.Touch Photo Stickers. Use the onscreen arrows to navigate to this option if it is not
visible.
4.Browse through your photos, touch one to open it in 1-up view, and touch it again to
select it.
Navigate to...

5.Browse through your photos and touch one to open it in 1-up view.
While the Passport Photos mode is on, the printer displays photos in the selected
aspect ratio. This means only part of each photo appears. To change the area of the
photo that prints, touch the photo to open it in 1-up view, and then touch Edit, and
then touch Crop. The entire photo is displayed, but the crop box is in the selected
aspect ratio. Move the crop box around the photo with the stylus to select the area of
the photo you want...

Use Photo Fix
Photo Fix automatically enhances your photos using HP Real Life Technologies that:
• Sharpen photos.
• Improve the dark areas of a photo without affecting the light areas of a photo.
• Improve the overall brightness, color, and contrast of photos.
• Auto-align photos. Many digital cameras record images at a size that does not fit
standard photo paper sizes, such as 10 x 15 cm (4 x 6 inches). If necessary, printers
crop or trim an image to fit the paper size. The auto-align feature senses...

3.Touch Red Eye Removal.
4.Touch On to remove red eye from all photos. Touch Off to undo red eye removal from
all photos.
Use Pet Eye Fix
Using Pet Eye Fix, you can reduce the glow in the eyes of your pets that can occur in
photos taken with a flash.
To use the Pet Eye Fix feature
1.Touch Edit when viewing a photo in 1-up view.
2.Touch Pet Eye Fix.
Adjust photo brightness
You can adjust the brightness of a photo to add a shine, or to make subtle or extreme
adjustments to it.
To adjust photo brightness...