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How to Use Currys Online Developing Software Suite

With the Currys Online Developing Software Suite you can easily organise and edit your pictures and order professional quality glossy prints. You can choose from a wide variety of photo sizes and even get your favourite shots printed onto T-shirts and mousemats.

Download and install the free software by clicking on the button to the left or on the link below.

We recommend you close all your windows before download.

Instructions For Installation

  1. Click here and download the software onto your machine. Make a note of which directory or folder you have downloaded it to.
  2. After the download has completed (approximately 20 minutes on a 56k modem), close all the windows you have open. Go to the place on your PC where you saved it, and double click the install.exe file
  3. Follow the on screen instructions for installation.
  4. Reboot your machine.

To launch the application, simply double-click on the Currys Online Developing Software Suite desktop icon and select the images you wish to print. The on-screen guide will help you at every step, making editing your pictures and building your printing order easy.

Finally, complete your name, address, credit card and delivery details, and upload your order. Your prints are then delivered to your home within 5 working days (photo merchandise will be delivered within 10 working days, Albums within 28 days).

For further help click here, if you have a problem click here.

Photoshoot Picture Management

(Note: The picture management application Piccolo2 is not available for download. To obtain this aplication along with Online Developing Software Suite, visit your local Currys store and buy the software for only £19.99 or receive it free when you buy a digital camera).

Piccolo 2, which is an easy to use image management program that helps you organise and edit pictures that you've saved on your PC. To launch the Piccolo Control Centre, click on the red, green and blue pixels icon in the System Tray, normally located in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. (Alternatively, click 'Start-Programs-Pixology Piccolo-Start Control Centre'.)

Piccolo's basic photo editing and manipulating tools allow you to enhance and adjust your pictures on screen - before you send them to print, so you get good results every time. It also helps you locate and view your pictures fast by organising them into picture folders. Clicking on any folder will bring up a Thumbnail View which displays the contents.

See the chart below for other Piccolo features:

Features
Benefits
File Formats Automatically convert one or many pictures to other formats
Slide show See all pictures automatically
Describe / annotate Makes it easy to locate pictures
Edit link to photo suites For more sophisticated manipulation
Resize Resize pictures but retain ratio - good for e-mail, documents or web pages
Local Prinitng Print pictures from home or office on your PC printer
Sound Options Add quirky recordings
Quick Album Easily label albums for easy viewing
Simple Editing Brightness, contrast, saturation
Drag and drop to other applications Add life to e-mail, documents and presentations