Pentax Optio 33LF User manual

Viewing Your Digital
Camera Images
On Your PC
(PC Connection Manual)

Introduction
This booklet explains how to view the images you took with the
PENTAX Optio 33LF on your PC. Keep this manual in a safe place.
Regarding copyrights
Images taken using the Optio 33LF that are for anything other than personal
enjoyment cannot be used without permission according to the rights as
specified in the Copyright Act. Please take care, as there are even cases
where limitations are placed on taking pictures even for personal enjoyment
during demonstrations, industrial enterprise or as items for display. Images
taken with the purpose of obtaining copyrights also cannot be used outside
the scope of use of the copyright as laid out in the Copyright Act, and care
should be taken here also.
Regarding trademarks
• The SD logo is a trademark.
• PENTAX is a trademark of PENTAX Corporation.
• Optio is a trademark of PENTAX Corporation.
• All other brands or product names are trademarks of registered trademarks
of their respective companies.
• Apple, the Apple logo, AppleScript, the Apple Store, Mac, the Mac logo,
Mac OS, Macintosh, and QuickTime are trademarks of Apple Computer,
Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
• This product supports PRINT Image Matching II.
When used in combination, PRINT Image Matching II enabled digital still
cameras, printers and software help photographers to produce images
more faithful to their intentions.
Copyright 2001 Seiko Epson Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
PRINT Image Matching is a trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation.
• Symbols used in this manual have the following meanings:
The PC screenshots in this booklet may differ from your PC, depending on
your model.
Gives page numbers explaining related operations.
Gives information that is useful to know.
Gives cautions and notes about the operation.

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Your Digital Camera: From Image Capture to Photo Prints ...2
Viewing Digital Camera Images on a Windows PC...............4
System Requirements ............................................................... 4
Installing the image processing software (ACDSee for
PENTAX) ..................................................................................... 6
Displaying and Copying Images on your PC........................... 8
Disconnecting the Camera from your PC.............................. 12
Viewing Digital Camera Images on a Macintosh.................14
System Requirements ............................................................. 14
Installing the image processing software (ACDSee for
PENTAX) ................................................................................... 15
Displaying and Copying Images on your Macintosh............ 16
Disconnecting the Camera from your Macintosh ................. 17
About ACDSee for PENTAX ..................................................19
Launching ACDSee for PENTAX ............................................ 19
Viewing using the Browser ...................................................20
About the Browser................................................................... 20
Viewing images in other folders............................................. 24
Sorting image files................................................................... 25
Setting detailed display categories ........................................ 26
Viewing a large version of an image (Viewer) .....................27
About the Viewer...................................................................... 27
Panorama Image Stitching with ACD photostitcher ...........29
Printing an image ...................................................................32
Printing from the Browser....................................................... 32
Printing from the Viewer.......................................................... 32
Creating and Printing contact sheets .................................... 33
E-mailing your images from ACDSee for PENTAX .............34
About ACDInTouch ................................................................35
Contents

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Your Digital Camera: From Image Capture
to Photo Prints
Connect your camera to a TV with
an AV cable to enjoy your pictures
on the screen.
Optio 33 LF Operating Manual
(P.82)
Is your computer…
• equipped with a standard USB interface?
• using Windows Me / 2000 / XP as your OS?
Mac OS 9.0 or later?
Connect your camera
and computer with a
USB cable, and copy
the camera images.
Have prints made from your
card images at a photo shop.
Transfer your images using the
built-in card slot + PC card
adaptor or a card reader.
• Set DPOF settings on your
camera, and have prints
made at your photo shop.
Optio 33 LF Operating
Manual (P.83)
• Select images to print.
Here are some ways to use the images
captured with your digital camera.
View on TV
Have prints made
Is your computer…
• using Windows 95 / 98 SE / NT?
Mac OS 8.6, or earlier?
• Remove the card from the
camera. When transferring
images on the card to a PC
with another device, make
sure to review the user manual
accompanying that device.

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• See the operating manual of your
email software for details on how to
make attachments to emails.
• See the operating manual of the
software you are using for details on
how to use images on your
homepage.
Print images from your
computer to your printer.
Some printers can print
directly from cards.
• For details, see the
operating manual of the
printer you are using.
Images sent to the computer can be
saved onto a CD-R or other media.
Use your printer
ACDSee for PENTAX
Use your e-mail software to attach images to e-mails, or
use them on your homepage.
Internet
* These operations also can be performed using
commercially available image editing software. See
the instructions provided with the software for more
details.
P.19-35
• View Images
• Edit Images
• Save processed images
• E-mail Images
• Manipulate images
• Print images

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Viewing Digital Camera Images on a
Windows PC
You can use the provided USB cable (I-USB2) or a card reader to
transfer your digital camera’s images to the PC, and you can edit and
print your images using the image viewing software. Here, the method
for viewing images with the provided software (S-SW12) is explained.
The following software is included in the CD-ROM (S-SW12) provided.
• Image viewing / editing software (ACDSee for PENTAX)
• QuickTime
USB connection
• OS: Windows Me / 2000
Windows XP Home Edition / Professional
• USB mass storage class (USB 1.1)
• Installation of the driver is not necessary.
Application Software
1. ACDSee for PENTAX
(7 languages: Japanese, English, German, French, Spanish,
Italian, Chinese)
• OS: Windows 98 / Me / NT (latest version) /
2000
Windows XP Home Edition / Professional
• CPU: Pentium or higher recommended
• Memory: 64MB minimum
• Hard Disk space: 40MB minimum
•
Display adapter capable of displaying a minimum of 256 colors
• Internet Explorer 4.0.2 or later
• Some formats may require viewing with QuickTime 6.0 or
later and DirectX 8.0 or later.
• To install ACDSee, Windows Installer Service Version 2.0
may be required.
Software Provided
System Requirements

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2. QuickTime
(6 languages: Japanese, English, German, French, Spanish,
Italian)
• OS: Windows 98 / NT / Me / 2000
Windows XP Home Edition / Professional
• CPU: Pentium or higher recommended
• Memory: 128MB minimum
Movie Pictures
• AVI (Motion JPEG) compliant
• You may play movie pictures taken using the provided
software [ACDSee for PENTAX] (QuickTime required).
We recommend using the AC Adapter D-AC5 when connecting your
camera to your PC. Your image data could be corrupted if the
batteries in your camera run out during image transfer.

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This section describes the procedures for installing ACDSee for
PENTAX which lets you view and edit recorded images on your
computer.
1Turn your computer on.
2Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW12) into your CD-ROM drive.
3Double-click [My Computer] on the desktop.
4Double-click the [CD-ROM drive (S-SW12)] icon.
5Double-click the [Setup.exe] icon.
6Click your applicable
language.
You can choose the language from
the following: English, French,
German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese
and Chinese.
7Click [ACDSee™].
Installing the image processing software
(ACDSee for PENTAX)
When multiple accounts have been setup in Windows 2000 or
Windows XP, login by the authority of the administrator before
installing the software.

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The Setup screen will appear.
Follow the on-screen guidance and
enter the registration information.
Reboot your PC after installation is
complete.
• Click [Install QuickTime] to first
install QuickTime 6.0 when a
message such as the one shown
on the right is displayed.
The panoramic image software [ACD photostitcher], the image
layout and printing software [FotoSlate], and the image editing
software [FotoCanvas] also are installed when you install ACDSee
for PENTAX.

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An explanation of how to display / copy images using ACDSee for
PENTAX is shown below.
1Turn your computer on.
2Turn your camera off and connect it to the PC with the
USB cable.
When copying or displaying images recorded on a SD Memory
Card / MultiMediaCard, please check that the card is inserted in
the camera before connecting.
When copying or displaying images recorded in the internal
memory, please check that any cards have been removed from the
camera before connecting to your PC.
3Turn your camera on.
The Device Detector screen is displayed automatically.
If the Device Detector screen is not displayed, display / copy the
images following the steps in “When the Device Detector screen is
not displayed.” on page 9.
4Confirm that [Copy images to
hard drive] and [Launch
ACDSee] are checked, and
click [Next].
Displaying and Copying Images on your PC