Pentax Optio S40 - Optio S40 4MP Digital Camera Instruction manual

Viewing Your Digital
Camera Images
On Your PC
(PC Connection Manual)
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Introduction
This booklet explains how to view the images you took with the
PENTAX Optio S40 on your PC. Keep this manual in a safe place.
Regarding copyrights
Images taken using the Optio S40 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 or 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 enables 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.
• “PictBridge” allows the user to connect the printer and digital camera
directly, using the unified standard for the direct printout of images. You
can print images directly from the camera through a few simple operations.
• Symbols used in this manual have the following meanings:
The PC screenshots in this booklet may differ from your PC, depending on
your model.
1Gives page numbers explaining related operations.
Gives information that is useful to know.
Gives cautions and notes about the operation.
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How to Use the Captured Images 2
Viewing Digital Camera Images on a Windows PC 4
System Requirements ............................................................... 4
Installing the Image Processing Software
(ACDSee for PENTAX) ............................................................... 6
Copying Images to your PC ...................................................... 9
Disconnecting the Camera from your PC .............................. 14
Viewing Digital Camera Images on a Macintosh 16
System Requirements ............................................................. 16
Installing ACDSee for PENTAX............................................... 17
Installing ACD Photostitcher .................................................. 18
Displaying Images on your Macintosh................................... 20
Disconnecting your Camera from your Macintosh............... 22
About ACDSee for PENTAX 23
Launching ACDSee for PENTAX ............................................ 23
Viewing Using the Browser 24
About the Browser................................................................... 24
Viewing Images in Other Folders ........................................... 28
Sorting Image Files.................................................................. 29
Setting Detailed Display Categories....................................... 30
Viewing a Large Version of an Image (Viewer) 31
About the Viewer...................................................................... 31
Panorama Image Stitching with ACD Photostitcher 33
Panorama Image Stitching on a Windows PC....................... 33
Panorama Image Stitching on a Macintosh........................... 36
Printing an Image 39
Printing from the Browser....................................................... 39
Printing from the Viewer.......................................................... 39
Creating and Printing Contact Sheets ................................... 40
E-mailing your Images from ACDSee for PENTAX 41
About ACDInTouch 42
Contents
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How to Use the Captured Images
Is your computer…
• equipped with a standard USB interface?
• using Windows Me/2000/XP as your
OS? Or Mac OS 9.0-9.2/10.1 or later?
Have prints made from your
card images at a photo shop.
• Set DPOF settings on your
camera, and get prints from
your photo shop.
1Camera Operating
Manual (p.94)
• Select the images for prints.
Transfer your images using
a built-in card slot + PC card
adapter or a card reader.
• 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.
Here are some ways to use the images captured with your digital camera.
Use your photo shop
Is your computer…
• using Windows 95/98/98 SE/NT,
Mac OS 8.6?
Connect your camera
and computer with the
USB cable, and copy
the camera images.
Connect your camera and a printer that is
compatible with “PictBridge” directly with
the USB cable, and print images.
1Camera Operating Manual (p.97)
Direct Print
Connect your camera and
TV with the AV cable and
display images on the TV.
View images on a TV
1Camera Operating Manual (p.93)
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• See the operating manual of your
e-mail software for details on how to
make attachments to e-mails.
• 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 1p.23-41
• View Images • Edit Images
• Save processed images • E-mail Images
• Manipulate images • Print images
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.
Save your image data
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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-SW16) is
explained.
The following software is included in the CD-ROM (S-SW16)
provided.
• Image viewing / editing software (ACDSee for PENTAX)
• QuickTime™ 6.0
USB connection
• OS: Windows Me / 2000
Windows XP Home Edition / Professional
• USB port must be standard equipment
* Installation of the driver is not necessary.
Application Software
<ACDSee for PENTAX>
(9 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian,
Chinese [traditional and simplified], Korean, Japanese)
• OS: Windows 98 / 98 SE / 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
Software Provided
System Requirements
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* Some formats may require viewing with QuickTime 6.0 or
later and DirectX 8.0 or later.
* To install ACDSee for PENTAX, Windows Installer Service
Version 2.0 may be required.
i
<QuickTime>
(6 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese)
• OS: Windows 98 / 98 SE / Me /
NT (latest version) / 2000
Windows XP Home Edition / Professional
• CPU: Pentium or higher recommended
• Memory: 128MB minimum
* Operation is not guaranteed on all PCs meeting the system
requirements.
You may play moving pictures using the provided software
[ACDSee for PENTAX] (QuickTime 6.0 or later required).
You can download DirectX and Windows Installer Service from
the following website.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/
howitworks/management/installer.asp
• The software cannot be used on Windows 95.
• We recommend using the AC Adapter D-AC5 (optional) when
connecting your camera to your PC. Your image data could be
corrupted if your batteries 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-SW16) into your CD-ROM drive.
The PENTAX Software Installer screen is displayed on the desktop.
3 Click your applicable language.
You can choose the languages from
the displayed screen.
A selection screen to install your
desired software is displayed.
4Click [ACDSee™].
Installing the Image Processing Software
(ACDSee for PENTAX)
If you are using Windows 2000 or Windows XP, please login as an
administrator user before starting installation. Refer to your PC’s
operating manual for instructions on how to login.
• When the PENTAX Software Installer screen is not displayed
Display the PENTAX Software Installer screen following the steps
below.
1) Double-click [My Computer] on the desktop.
2) Double-click the [CD-ROM drive (S-SW16)] icon.
3) Double-click [Setup.exe].
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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
finished.
• If QuickTime 6.0 or later is not
already installed in your PC, a
message such as the one shown
on the right is displayed before
the Setup screen appears. Click
[Install QuickTime] to first install
QuickTime 6.0.
The panoramic image software “Photostitcher”, the image layout
and printing software “FotoSlate”, and the image editing software
“FotoCanvas” are also installed when you install ACDSee for
PENTAX.
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Please click [Product Registration] on
the CD-ROM screen in step 4 on page 6
of this PC manual.
A world map for Internet Product
Registration is displayed.
If your PC is connected to the Internet,
click the displayed country or region and
then follow the instructions to register
your product.
Thank you very much for your cooperation.
Product Registration on the Internet
Only customers in displayed countries and regions can register their
products on the Internet Product Registration.
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An explanation of how to copy images using ACDSee for PENTAX
is shown below.
Refer to the “About ACDSee for PENTAX” (1p.23) to view or edit the
copied images.
1Press the MENU button.
The [ARec. Mode] menu or the [QPlayback] menu will be
displayed.
2Press the four-way controller (5) to display the
[BSet-up] menu.
3Use the four-way controller (23)
to select [USB Connection].
4Press the four-way controller (5).
The screen for selecting the USB
connection mode appears.
5Use the four-way controller (23)
to select [PC] .
6Press the OK button twice.
Copying Images to your PC
Setting the USB Connection mode to [PC]
Brightness Level
Video Out
USB Connection
Auto Power Off
Fn Setting
Reset
Set-up
NTSC
3min
MENU
OK
OK
O K
OK
Exit
E x i t
Exit
PC
PictBridge
USB Connection
MENU
OK
OK
O K
OK
Exit
E x i t
Exit
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1Turn your computer on.
2Turn your camera off and connect it to the PC with the
USB cable.
Confirm that the SD Memory Card is inserted in the camera when
the images in the SD Memory Card are copied.
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 12.
4Confirm that [Copy images to
hard drive] and [Launch
ACDSee] are checked, and
click [Next].
Copying Images to your PC
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5Click [Browse].
The [Browse For Folder] screen is
displayed.
6Select a destination folder and
click [OK].
7Click [Next].
The image is copied to the PC, and
the ACDSee for PENTAX Browser
starts.
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When the Device Detector screen is not displayed
4Double-click the [ACDSee for
PENTAX] icon on the desktop.
5Double-click [My Computer].
6Double-click [Removable Disk]
(If the SD Memory Card has a
volume label name, then select
that name).
7Double-click the [DCIM] folder.
8Click the [xxxPENTX] folder.
(xxx is a three-digit number.)
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9Select [Copy To…] from the
[Edit] menu.
The Copy Files screen is displayed.
10 Click [More>>] and select the
destination folder.
11 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 [Unplug or Eject Hardware]
screen will appear.
2Confirm that [PENTAX USB
DISK Device] is selected and
click [Stop].
The [Stop a 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
• If the camera (removable disc) is being used by an application
such as ACDSee, the camera cannot be disconnected until the
application is closed.
• In the event that an error message is displayed in Step 4, confirm
that the viewfinder lamp is not blinking 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.
Windows XP
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Viewing Digital Camera 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 Mac, and you can edit and
print your images using the image viewing software. Here, the method
for viewing images with the provided software (S-SW16) is explained.
The following software is included in the CD-ROM (S-SW16) provided.
• Image viewing / editing software (ACDSee for PENTAX)
• Panoramic image software (ACD Photostitcher)
USB connection
• OS: Mac OS 9.0-9.2/10.1 or higher
• USB port must be standard equipment
* Installation of the driver is not necessary.
Application Software
<ACDSee for PENTAX and ACD Photostitcher>
(6 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese)
• OS: Mac OS 8.6 or higher
(requires QuickTime 4.0 or higher and the
latest version of CarbonLib)
• CPU: Power Macintosh 266MHz or higher
• Memory: 8MB minimum
• Hard Disk space: 6MB minimum
* The classic system is necessary when using ACD
Photostitcher with Mac OS X or higher.
* Operation is not guaranteed on all Macintosh computers
meeting the system requirements.
You may play movie pictures taken using the provided software
[ACDSee for PENTAX] (QuickTime 4.0 or later required).
Software Provided
System Requirements
We recommend using the AC Adapter D-AC5 (optional) when
connecting your camera to your Mac. Your image data could be
corrupted if your batteries 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 Macintosh on.
2Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW16) in the CD-ROM drive.
3Double-click the CD-ROM (S-SW16) icon.
4Double-click the [Install ACDSee™] icon.
The PENTAX Software Installer screen is displayed on the desktop.
Double-click the [Master Installer] icon to display [PENTAX
Software Installer] screen.
5Click your applicable
language.
You can choose the languages from
the displayed screen.
A selection screen to install your
desired software is displayed.
6Click your applicable Mac OS.
The software selection screen will
appear.
7Click [ACDSee™].
The setup screen will appear.
Follow the on-screen guidance to
input registration information and
install the software.
Installing ACDSee for PENTAX
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This section describes the procedures for installing ACD
Photostitcher which lets you join a number of images together to
form a panorama picture.
1Double-click [ACD
photostitcher].
The licensing agreement will appear
on the screen. When you have read
it, click [Agree] to accept the terms of
the agreement.
2Choose a destination for the
software and click [Install].
Installation starts. When the
message appears telling you that
the software has been successfully
installed, click [Quit].
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 appears when this function expansion file is not
present or when an old version of the file is present.
The latest version of the CarbonLib is available on the Apple
website. Download the file and then install it.
Apple website: http://www.apple.com
Contact Apple for detailed information on how to use CarbonLib.
Installing ACD Photostitcher
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