Casio K800PSM2DMX manual

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    Photo Loader V er sion 3.0 CASIO LCD Digital Camera Image Loading Software Windo ws ver sion Instruction manual K800PSM2DMX E[...]

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    2 • The SD logo is a registered trademark. • Windows is a tr ademark of Microsoft Cor poration. • CompactFlash and the logo are trademarks of SanDisk Cor por ation. • MultiMediaCard TM is a trademark of Infineon T echnologies A G in Ger many , and is licensed to MMCA (MultiMediaCard Association). • Other company and product names are tr a[...]

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    3 T able of contents Intr oduction ................................................................... 5 ■ T o first-time user s of Photo Loader ....................................... 5 ■ Features of Photo Loader ....................................................... 5 A utomatically loads recorded images from a digital camera or memor y card[...]

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    4 ■ Mo ving a library ..................................................................... 33 ■ Editing a library ...................................................................... 35 Changing the title of a librar y ................................................... 35 Reb uilding a libr ar y .............................................[...]

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    5 Intr oduction This document describes how to use the CASIO LCD digital camer a image loading software , Photo Loader (hereafter called Photo Loader in this document). Photo Loader is a software application that runs on Windows . This document does not describe how to use Windows . This document assumes that Photo Loader users are f amiliar with t[...]

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    6 Important! Photo Loader can be used to capture the following types of multimedia files. • Image files saved in JPEG format • Video files sav ed in A VI f or mat (including those without sound) • A udio files sav ed in W A V format Linked still images (JPEG) and audio files (W A V) can also be managed in link ed f or m b y Photo Loader . Han[...]

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    7 ■ Ho w to read this instruction man ual Operation con ventions All operations on this man ual are described f or Windows XP . The descr iption assumes that a mouse is used. In this document, the b uttons in dialog bo xes are described as f ollows . Displa y screens • The displa y screens in this document are from Windows XP and ma y diff er s[...]

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    8 Star ting Photo Loader Photo Loader must be installed on y our PC bef ore star ting. If not yet installed, install Photo Loader on y our PC . 1. Switch on y our PC to star t Windo ws. 2. Select “All Pr ograms” → → → → → “Casio” → → → → → “Photo Loader” → → → → → “Photo Loader 3.0E”. Photo Loader star [...]

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    9 Using Photo Loader This section describes how to use Photo Loader . ■ Loading an image This sub-section describes how to load image data onto y our PC using Photo Loader . Y ou can choose from “Loading images automatically” and “Loading images manually”. * Photo Loader can be used to capture the f ollowing types of multimedia file . •[...]

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    10 Note • It is recommended that the peripheral de vices listed abov e be used to automatically load images recorded with digital cameras . T o load images not from a digital camera, see “Loading images other than those recorded by digital camer as” on page 18. • Images can be automatically loaded from the f ollowing cameras in addition to [...]

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    11 2. Clic k the <Load images> tab. 3. Select “A utomatic loading ON( N)” from “Set up automatic loading”. • “A utomatic loading ON( N)” is specified as the default. • Select “A utomatic loading OFF( F)” to disable automatic loading.[...]

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    12 4. Restar t Photo Loader b y c lic king [Exit] (Restarting is not necessary unless the settings have been c hanged). This completes the automatic loading settings . Images will be automatically loaded after star ting Windo ws, when y ou connect the digital camera to the USB por t of your PC , or when y ou mount the memor y card used to record pi[...]

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    13 5. Connect the digital camera to the USB port or mount the memory card used to recor d pictures on your PC. • The confir mation dialog will be displa y ed. • If the confir mation dialog is not required, change the setting b y ref err ing to page 41. 6. Clic k the [OK] b utton to start automatic loading. • Images will be loaded from the dig[...]

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    14 8. Clic k the [Load( G)] b utton. • Images will be loaded in the selected image f older . • Clic k the [Cancel] b utton to cancel image loading. • When “Sor t by date ( P)” is selected, the loading date confir mation dialog bo x will be displa yed. Specify a date with the pull-do wn button and clic k [OK]. • If the f ollowing message[...]

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    15 9. Enter a library name for the loaded ima ges. • Only v alid when loading with “Sor t by date ( P)” selected. • Operation 10 screen will be displa yed when loaded using “Sor t b y recording date ( R)”. • See “Librar y sor t method” on page 39 f or “Sor t b y recording date ( R)”. • Y ou can enter up to 40 char acters. ?[...]

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    16 • T o use the calendar f or mat displa y , click the Pull-do wn b utton ne xt to “List Style” at the top r ight of the screen and select the calendar f ormat. • See “Vie wing a librar y” on page 23 f or details of viewing a librar y . • Change the setting of “Excute [View libr ar y] after saving” if y ou do not want to displa y[...]

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    17 1. Clic k the [Load ima ge] button fr om the function b uttons. 2. Select the “Load image in camera” option based on the connection between the digital camera (or memory car d) and y our PC. 3. Clic k the [Load ima ge in camera...] button. 4. Subsequent operations are the same as those f or operation 7 on page 13. Note If the digital camera [...]

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    18 Loading images other than those recor ded b y digital cameras Loads image data other than that tak en with a digital camera into Photo Loader . Image data sa v ed in JPEG f or mat, video data sa ved in A VI f or mat, and audio data sa v ed in W A V f or mat can be captured from the hard disk of the PC or from per ipheral units connected via a ne[...]

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    19 3. Select the f older containing the image data to be loaded into Photo Loader and c lic k the [Add( A)] b utton. T o reselect an image to be loaded, select the image data from the f older list and click the [Delete( D)] b utton. Then, reselect an image to be loaded. Names of the images to be loaded are displa yed in the f older list. 4. Select [...]

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    20 5. Clic k the [Load( G)] b utton. • Images will be loaded from the f older selected. • Clic k the [Cancel] b utton to cancel image loading. • When “Sor t by date ( P)” is selected, the loading date confir mation dialog bo x will be displa yed. Specify a date with the pull-do wn button and clic k [OK]. • If the f ollowing message appe[...]

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    21 Important! ● About movie images and panor ama images recorded using a digital camera 1 Mo vie recor ding T o repla y movie images (A VI files) recorded in “Movie recording mode” on a CASIO LCD digital camera on Windo ws 98 computer , Microsoft DirectX9.0c or later , or QuickTime 4.0 or later , is required. 2 P anorama recording CASIO LCD d[...]

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    22 1 Select “Sor t by date inf ormation of a file”. • Sor t images on the file date inf or mation and create a library . • T o load images b y specifying a date instead of using the file date inf or mation, select “Sor t by date”, clic k the [OK] b utton, and then proceed to step 3 . • Clic king the [Cancel] b utton loads the file wit[...]

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    23 ■ Vie wing a library Photo Loader handles the f older saving image files as “Librar y”. This section describes how to list images in a librar y on the PC screen. Vie wing a library from Photo Loader 1. Clic k the [View] b utton from the function b uttons. The calendar is displa yed f or the years in which the image data w as sa v ed. The m[...]

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    24 2. Clic k the month f or the libraries to be displa y ed. List Style Calendar Style F or more inf or mation about how to toggle betw een “List Style” and “Calendar Style”, see page16.[...]

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    25 3. Clic k the date or title f or the libraries to be displa y ed. List Style Calendar Style[...]

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    26 The librar y selected is displa yed. This windo w is used f or various views and functions . • Slide show ................. Displa ys images contained in a libr ar y one b y one. Clic k [MANU AL] to manually bro wse through images one b y one. Clic k [A UT O] to displa y the ne xt images e v er y 5 seconds. • INDEX ........................ D[...]

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    27 Retouching and Printing Ima ges/Attaching with E-mail Images can be retouched, printed, and attached with e-mail. 1 . Follo w the pr ocedure as far as Step 3 in “Viewing a library fr om Photo Loader” on page 23. 2 . Click the ima g e to be display ed. The selected image is displa yed. [MAIL] b utton • Clic king the b utton launches the e-m[...]

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    28 • F or details about the [PRINT] button, see “Adding/Removing the optional b uttons to the Libr ar y” on page 44. Note • This function is a v ailab le only with Inter net Explorer . • F or details on using Photohands , please consult the Photohands manual contained in the provided CD-R OM. [ ] b utton • Pla ys image files with sound [...]

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    29 2. Select the library to be deleted. Clic king the [Select all] b utton selects all the libraries. 3. Clic k the [ Delete...] button. The librar y selected is deleted. • It ma y tak e a significant length of time to update the librar y . Deleting images one b y one This section describes how to delete images one b y one. 1 . Click the [Delete][...]

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    30 3 . Clic k [ H H H H H Bac k] or [ Ne xt J J J J J ] b utton to displa y the image file to be deleted. 4 . Clic k the [ Select/Cancel...] b utton. • appears ne xt to the image to be deleted. Clicking the [ Select/Cancel...] b utton again remo v es the . 5 . Clic k the [D elete ...] b utton. The images in the librar y selected are displa yed.[...]

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    31 6 . Clic k the [OK] button. • Image files marked with are deleted. • Clic k the [Cancel] b utton to cancel deletion. • When all image files within a librar y ha v e been erased, delete the librar y . • It ma y tak e a significant length of time to update the librar y . ■ Cop ying a library This sub-section describes how to cop y a Phot[...]

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    32 2 . Select the library to be copied. • Clic king the [Select all] b utton selects all the libraries. • Checking “Display pre vie w images( P)” displa ys the images in the librar y selected. 3. Clic k the [ Copy ...] b utton. 4. Specify the target f older . The capacity of the selected librar y is displa yed. The images in the librar y se[...]

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    33 5. Clic k the [OK] b utton. • The librar y selected is copied to the specified f older . • Clic k the [Cancel] b utton to cancel cop ying. • “HTML f older”, “Libr ar y f older”, “autor un.inf ”, and “Library .htm” are copied to the specified f older . If y ou cop y these f our f olders and files to the root director y (topm[...]

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    34 2. Select the library to be moved. • Clic king the [Select all] b utton selects all the libraries. • Checking “Display pre vie w images( P)” displa ys the images in the librar y selected. 3. Clic k the [Mo ve...] button. 4. Specify the target f older . Displa ys the selected libr ar y capacity and drive space . Files cannot be copied if [...]

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    35 5. Clic k the [OK] b utton. • The librar y selected is mov ed to the specified f older . • Clic k the [Cancel] b utton to cancel mo ving. • “HTML f older”, “Libr ar y f older”, “autor un.inf ”, and “Library .htm” are copied to the specified f older . If y ou cop y these f our f olders and files to the root director y (topmo[...]

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    36 2 . Select the library to change the title. • Titles cannot be changed if multiple libr aries are selected. • Checking “Display preview images( P)” displays the images in the librar y selected. 3. Clic k the [Change title ...] button. 4. Enter a title and c lic k the [OK] b utton. • The title will change to the ne w title entered. • [...]

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    37 Note Rebuilding the file list can tak e a long time if y our e xisting librar y contains a large number of files . If JPEG data and W A V data ha v e the same file names, both images will be displa yed. If there is no data with the same file name , only the W A V data will be displa yed. 1. Click the [Setting] button from the function buttons. ?[...]

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    38 3. Select the library to be rebuilt. • Clic king the [Select all] b utton selects all the libraries. • Checking “Display pre vie w images( P)” displa ys the images in the librar y selected. • When clicking the date, title, number of image, template or location in the “Librar y list( L)”, sor ting is perf or med accordingly . • Wh[...]

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    39 Changing Photo Loader preferences This sub-section describes the various Photo Loader pref erences. Photo Loader pref erences are broadly divided into f ollowing f our types. ● General ● Load images ● Options ● V er sion ■ General 1. Clic k the [Preferences] b utton from the function b uttons. 2. Clic k the <General> tab. 3. Set [...]

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    40 Folder to sa ve library Specifies the f older for loading images to . Clic k on [Bro wse...] b utton and specify the f older for loading to . Librar ies pre viously loaded will all be transf erred to the ne w f older once specified. • If y ou specify a librar y located on the hard drive other than internal one, the application ma y not wor k p[...]

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    41 Select Displa y Style Specify how libr aries are displa y ed. F or details of how to change the displa y , see page 16. • List Style ······ displa ys five images at a time based on date . • Calendar Style ······ displa ys the first image shot on the corresponding date in the monthly calendar . ■ Load ima g es 1. Clic k the [Pre[...]

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    42 Con ver t image aspect based on r otation inf ormation Sets whether or not to con v er t the image aspect when loading images . If “Con v er t aspect( C)” is selected, a por trait image will be loaded as por trait image based on the rotation inf or mation, where applicab le . ■ Options 1 . Clic k the [Preferences] function button. 2 . Clic[...]

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    43 Selecting the e-mail software Set the mailing software with which an image file is to be attached. If you do not use the mailing function, select “Do not set mailing software”. Compatib le e-mail software: Outlook Express (IE5.5 or 6.0), Outlook 2000 Important! • Y ou need to install e-mail software compatib le with this function on your P[...]

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    44 Adding/Remo ving the optional buttons to the Library Adds the [PRINT] b utton used when printing an image in “Retouching and Printing Images/Attaching with E-mail” on page 27. Also , adds or remov es the [MAIL] b utton used when attaching an image to an e-mail. 1 . Clic k the [ Apply ...] b utton. • If [Y es( D)] is selected in “Adding P[...]

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    45 Star ting the Photohands retouching/printing software Photohands must be installed on y our PC bef ore it can be star ted. There are three methods f or star ting Photohands from Photo Loader : • Star t from the function b utton • Star t from the librar y inde x • Star t from the image vie wing screen This section describes how to star t Ph[...]

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    46 Vie wing help 1. Clic k the [Help] b utton fr om the function b uttons. 2. Double-c lick the desired item. The item selected opens . Exiting fr om Photo Loader 1. Clic k the [Exit] b utton fr om the function b uttons. • Photo Loader progr am ends . T r oubleshooting If a prob lem occurs during use, see “Help”.[...]

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    47 Glossary This section describes ter ms used in this document that are especially difficult to understand. ● DCF This stands f or Design r ule f or Camera File system. This is a r ule to unify image data sa ving f or mat to allo w image data tak en b y a digital camera to be e xchanged betw een digital cameras and peripheral units of v ar ious [...]

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