Pentax OPTIO S4 Instruction 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 S4 on your PC. Keep this manual in a safe place.
Regarding copyrights
Images taken using the Optio S4 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 software ............................................................... 5
Displaying and Copying Images to your PC............................ 8
Disconnecting the Camera from your PC.............................. 12
Viewing Images on a Macintosh 14
System Requirements ............................................................. 14
Installing the Software............................................................. 14
Installing the image processing software (ACDSee™) ........ 16
Displaying Images on your Macintosh................................... 17
Disconnecting your Camera from your Macintosh............... 18
About ACDSee™ 19
Launching ACDSee™ .............................................................. 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™ 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.
Camera Operating Manual
Is your computer…
• equipped with a standard USB
interface?
• using Windows 98 / 98 SE /
Me / 2000 / XP as your OS?
Or Mac OS 8.6 or later?
Connect your camera
and computer with a
USB cable, and copy
the entire folder of
camera images to
your computer.
Have prints made from your
card images at a photo shop.
Transfer your images using a
built-in card slot + PC card
adaptor or a card reader.
• Set DPOF settings on your
camera, and get prints from
your photo shop.
Camera Operating Manual
• Select the images for prints.
Here are some ways to use the images
captured with your digital camera.
Use your monitor
Use your photo shop
Is your computer…
• using Windows 95 / NT or a Mac
OS earlier than 8.6?
• 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™ p.19-35
Use your e-mail software to attach images to e-mails, or
use them on your homepage.
Use your image data
* These operations also can be performed using
commercially available image editing software. See
the instructions provided with the software for more
details.
• 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-USB7) 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-SW14) is
explained.
The following software is included in the CD-ROM (S-SW14)
provided.
• USB driver
• Image viewing / editing software (ACDSee™)
• QuickTime™
• OS: Windows 98 / 98 SE / Me / 2000
Windows XP Home Edition / Professional
• CPU: Pentium or higher recommended
• Memory: 64MB minimum
• Hard Disk space: 40MB minimum
• USB port must be standard equipment
To play movie pictures, you need DirectX 8.0 or higher and Media
Player (standard equipment with your OS), or QuickTime 6.0 or
higher. (Media Player alone is sufficient on Windows Me / XP)
You can download DirectX from the following websites.
www.microsoft.com/windows/directx
Software Provided
System Requirements
• The software cannot be used on Windows 95 / NT.
• We recommend using the AC Adapter D-AC8 when connecting
your camera to your PC. Your image data could be corrupted if
your battery run out during image transfer.

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The procedures for installing the necessary software are explained.
1Turn on your computer.
2Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW14) into your CD-ROM drive.
The PENTAX Software Installer screen will appear.
3Click your applicable
language.
You can choose the language from
the following: English, French,
German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese
and Chinese.
4Click the [USB Driver] on the
Software Installer screen.
The InstallShield Wizard screen will
appear.
Follow the instruction on the screen.
Complete InstallShield Wizard
screen will appear.
Installing the software
If you are using Windows 2000 or Windows XP (Professional),
Please Login as an administrator user before starting installation.
Refer to your PC’s operating manual for instructions on how to login.
• If the PENTAX Software Installer screen is not displayed
Follow the procedure below to display the screen.
1) Double click the [My Computer] icon on the desktop.
2) Double click the [CD-ROM Drive (S-SW14)] icon.
3) Double click the [Setup.exe] icon.
Installing the USB Driver

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5Click [Next] and then click [Finish].
Reboot your computer after the screen closes.
6Turn your camera off and plug the USB cable into your
camera and into an available USB port on your
computer.
7Turn your camera on.
Your computer will automatically detect the camera as new
hardware and window will display a notification confirming
[Hardware Found : PENTAX OPTIO S4] (Windows XP) or [Search
for the best driver for your device (Recommended)] (Windows 98 /
98SE / Me / 2000) in the task bar recognized area to begin the
installation.
8Double click [My Computer] on the desktop.
When the installation is completed, your camera can then be found
in the [My Computer] window as [Removable Disk].
Make sure that “Removable Disk” is displayed in the [My computer]
window.
In the case of Windows XP, if the SD Memory Card /
MultiMediaCard has a volume label attached, the content of the
volume label will be displayed instead of [Removable Disk]. If the SD
Memory Card / MultiMediaCard is new and has not been formatted,
the manufacturer and capacity of the card may be displayed.

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This section describes the procedures for installing ACDSee™
which lets you view and edit recorded images on your computer.
1Turn your computer on.
2Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW14) into your CD-ROM drive.
3Double-click [My Computer] on the desktop.
4Double-click the [CD-ROM drive (S-SW14)] icon.
5Double-click [Setup.exe].
6Click your applicable language.
You can choose the language from the following: English, French,
German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese and Chinese.
7Click [ACDSee™].
The Setup screen will appear.
Follow the on-screen guidance and
enter the registration information.
Reboot your PC after installation
finish.
• If a message such as the one
shown on the right is displayed,
click [Install Quick Time] to first
install Quick Time 6.0.
Installing the image processing software (ACDSee™)
When multiple accounts have been setup in Windows 2000 or
Windows XP, login by the authority of the administrator before
installing the software.
The panoramic image software “Photostitcher”, the image layout
and printing software “FotoSlate”, and the image editing software
“FotoCanvas” also are installed when you install ACDSee™.

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An explanation of how to display / copy images using ACDSee™ is
shown below.
1Turn your computer on.
2Turn your camera off, and connect it to the PC with the
USB cable.
To view images recorded on a card, insert the SD Memory Card /
MultiMediaCard into the camera.
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 the 9 page.
4Confirm that [Copy images to
hard drive] and [Launch
ACDSee™] are checked, and
click [Next].
Displaying and Copying Images to your PC

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5Confirm that [My Pictures] is
selected for [Create folder in:],
and click [Next].
The image is copied to the PC, and
the ACDSee™ Browser starts.
When the Device Detector screen is not displayed.
4Double-click the [ACDSee™]
icon on the desktop.
5Double-click [My Computer].
6Double-click [Removable Disk]
(If the SD Memory Card /
MultiMediaCard has a volume
label name, then select that
name).

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7Double-click the [DCIM] folder.
8Double-click the [xxxPENTX]
folder.
(xxx is a 3-digit number.)
9Select the image you wish to
view from the Browser.
Double-click the image to enlarge
(Viewer).
10 Select the image you wish to copy from the Browser or
Viewer.
(Browser)
(Viewer)

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11 Select [Copy To…] from the
[Edit] menu.
The Copy Files screen will appear.
12 Click [More>>], and select the
target folder.
13 Click [OK].
The image is copied to the PC.

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1Double-click the [Unplug or
eject hardware] icon in the task
bar recognized area.
The [Remove Hardware] screen will
appear.
2Confirm that [PENTAX USB
DISK Device] is selected and
click [Stop].
The [Stop Hardware Device] screen
will appear.
3Confirm that [PENTAX USB
DISK Device] is selected and
click [OK].
A message will appear.
4Click [OK].
5Turn off the camera and
disconnect the USB cable from
your camera and PC.
Disconnecting the Camera from your PC
Windows 2000 / Me
The computer is downloading the camera’s image data with the
camera is connected to the computer and the camera flash status
lamp (red) is flashing. Image data may be damaged if you disconnect
the camera during such conditions.
In the event that an error message is displayed in Step 4, confirm that
the flash status lamp has turned off and then disconnect the camera.

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1Double-click the [Safely
Remove Hardware] icon in the
task bar recognized area.
2Click [PENTAX USB DISK
Device] and click [Stop].
3Click [PENTAX USB DISK
Device] and click [OK].
4When a message is displayed
permitting removal, turn the
camera off and disconnect the
USB cable from your camera
and PC.
For Windows 98, there is no Hot Plug icon. To disconnect the
camera, turn the camera off and remove the USB cable.
Windows XP
Disconnecting the camera from your PC (Windows 98 / 98 SE)

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Viewing Images on a Macintosh
You can use the provided USB cable (I-USB7) 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-SW14) is
explained.
The following software is included in the CD-ROM (S-SW14) provided.
• Image viewing / editing software (ACDSee™)
• OS: Mac OS 9.0 or higher
(requires QuickTime 6.0 or higher)
• CPU: PowerPC 266MHz or higher
• Memory: 8MB minimum
• Hard Disk space: 6MB minimum
• USB port must be standard equipment
Install the required software as follows.
1Turn on your Macintosh.
2Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW14)
into your Mac’s CD-ROM drive.
3Double click the [CD-ROM (S-
SW14)].
The title screen will appear on your
desktop.
Software Provided
System Requirements
We recommend using the AC Adapter D-AC8 when connecting your
camera to your PC. Your image data could be corrupted if your
battery run out during image transfer.
Installing the Software

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4Double Click the [Master Installer].
5Double-click the [Master Installer] alias icon.
The PENTAX Software Installer screen will appear.
6Click your applicable
language.
You can choose the language from
the following: English, French,
German, Spanish, Italian and
Japanese.
7Click [USB Driver].
The USB driver will be installed.
When installation is completed, reboot your Macintosh.
Installing the USB driver (Mac OS 8.6 only)

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1Turn your Macintosh on.
2Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW14) in the CD-ROM drive.
3Double-click the CD-ROM (S-SW14) icon.
4Double-click the [Install ACDSee™] icon.
5Click your applicable language.
You can choose the language from the following: English, French,
German, Spanish, Italian and Japanese.
6Click [ACDSee™].
The Setup screen will appear.
Follow the on-screen guidance to input registration information and
install the software.
When installation is complete, reboot your Macintosh.
Installing the image processing software
(ACDSee™)
If the message [CarbonLib-xxxxx could not be found] is displayed
during installation, you must add the function expansion file called
“CarbonLib” to the function expansion folder in the system folder in
order to install the provided software in Mac OS 8.6 - 9.2.
This error message is appeared when this function expansion file is
not present or when an old version of the file is present.
The latest version of the Carbon Lib is available on the Apple
website. Download the file and then install it onto Mac OS.
Apple website: http://www.Apple.com
Contact Apple for detailed information on how to use Carbon Lib.

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1Turn your Macintosh on.
2Turn your camera off, and connect it to the Macintosh
with the USB cable.
To view images recorded on a card, insert the SD Memory Card /
MultiMediaCard into the camera.
3Turn your camera on.
The camera is recognized as [untitled] ([NO_NAME] in
OS X) on the desktop. The folder name can be
changed.
4Double-click the [ACDSee™] folder on the desktop.
5Double-click the [ACDSee™] program icon.
An image list (Browser) is displayed.
6Open the camera folder.
The camera images are in the [untitled] (or volume label name if
the SD Memory Card has one) →[DCIM] →[XXXPENTX] (XXX is
a three-digit number) folder.
An image list of the camera is displayed.
Displaying Images on your Macintosh
Displaying images on your Macintosh

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7Select the image to view from the image list.
Double-click the image you selected. A full-size image is displayed
(Viewer).
See your Macintosh user’s manual for how to copy or move files.
Please copy images to your Macintosh before editing them.
1Drag [untitled] (or the volume label name on the SD
Memory Card / MultiMediaCard) to your trash.
2Disconnect the USB cable from your camera and your
Macintosh.
If the SD Memory Card / MultiMediaCard has a volume label, the
volume label name will be displayed instead of “untitled”. A new SD
Memory Card / MultiMediaCard unformatted may show the
manufacturer name or model number.
Copying images to your Macintosh.
Disconnecting your Camera from your Macintosh