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    Viewing Your Digital Camera Images On Your PC (PC Connection Manual) • Printed on r ecycled pape r • Specifica tions and exte rnal dimensi ons are subject to change withou t notice. 57379 Copyright © PENTAX Co rporation 2 004 01-200404 Pr inted in Phil ippines PENTAX Corporation 2-36-9,Maeno-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 174-8639, JAPAN (http://www.[...]

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    Memo Introduction This booklet explains how to view the images you took with the PENTAX Digital Camera on your PC. Keep this manual in a safe place. This manual contains e xplanations on the operation of both the Optio S40 a nd the Optio S30. To differentiate the two models, the S40 is referred to as th e “Optio S40” and the S30 is referred to [...]

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    1 How to Use the Captured Images 2 Viewing Digital Camera Images on a Windows PC 4 System Requirements ............ .............. .............. .............. ......... 4 Installing the Im age Processing Software (ACDSee for PENTAX) ............ .............. .............. .............. ......... 6 Copying Images to your PC ................. .[...]

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    2 How to Use the Captured Images Is your comput er… • equipped with a s tandard USB interface? • using Windows Me/2000/XP as your OS? Or Mac OS 9.0-9.2/10.1 or later? Have print s made from your card images at a phot o shop. • Set DPO F settings on your camera, and ge t prints from your photo sh op. 1 Camera Oper ating Manual ( p .94) • S[...]

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    3 • See the operati ng manual of you r e-mail sof tware for details on h ow to make attachmen ts to e-mails. • See the operati ng manual of th e software you ar e using for det ails on how to us e images on your homepage. Print imag es from your computer t o your pr inter. Some printe rs can prin t directly from card s. • For details , see th[...]

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    4 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 in[...]

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    5 * 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 [...]

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    6 This section describes the procedures for installing ACDSee for PENTAX which lets you view and edit recorded images on your computer. 1 Turn your computer on. 2 Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW1 6) into your CD-ROM drive. The PENT AX Software Installer screen is displayed on the desktop. 3 Click your applicable language. Y ou can choose the languages from[...]

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    7 The Setup screen will appear . Follow the on-screen guidance and enter the registra tion 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 instal[...]

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    8 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 Regi[...]

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    9 An explanation of how to copy images using ACDSee for PENTAX is shown below. Refer to the “About ACDSee for PENTAX” ( 1 p.23) to view or edit the copied images. 1 Press the MENU button. The [ A Rec. Mode] menu or the [ Q Playback] men u will be displayed. 2 Press the four-way contr oller ( 5 ) to display the [ B Set-up] menu. 3 Use the four-w[...]

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    10 1 Turn your computer on. 2 Turn your camera off and connec t it to the PC with the USB cable. Confirm tha t the SD Memo ry Card is inse rted in the camera when the images in the SD Memory Card are copied. 3 Turn your camera on. The Device Detector screen is displa yed automatically . If the Device Detector screen is not displayed, display / cop [...]

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    11 5 Click [Browse]. The [Browse For Folder] screen is displayed. 6 Select a desti nation fold er and click [OK]. 7 Click [Next]. The image is copied to the PC, and the ACDSee for PENT AX Browser start s. e_00_pc_kb376.boo k Page 11 Thursday, April 8, 20 04 1:25 PM[...]

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    12 When the Device Detector screen is not d isplayed 4 Double-click the [ACDSee for PENTAX] icon on the desktop. 5 Double-click [My Computer]. 6 Double-click [Removable Disk] (If the SD Memory Card has a volume label name, then select that name). 7 Double-click the [DCIM] folder. 8 Click the [xx xPENTX] folder. (xxx is a three-digit number.) e_00_p[...]

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    13 9 Select [Copy To…] from the [Edit] menu. The Copy Files screen is displayed. 10 Click [Mor e>>] and select the destination folder. 11 Click [OK]. The image is cop ied to the PC. e_00_pc_kb376.boo k Page 13 Thursday, April 8, 20 04 1:25 PM[...]

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    14 1 Double-click the [Unplug or eject hardware] icon in the task bar recognized area. The [Unplug or Eject Hardware] screen will appear. 2 Confirm that [PENTAX USB DISK Device ] is selected and click [Stop]. The [S top a Hardware device] screen will appear . 3 Confirm that [PENTAX USB DISK Device ] is selected and click [OK]. A message will appear[...]

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    15 1 Double-click the [Safely Remove Hardware] icon in the task bar recognized area. 2 Click [PENTA X USB DISK Device] and click [St op]. 3 Click [PENTA X USB DISK Device] and click [OK] . 4 When a message is displayed permitting removal, tur n the camera off and disconne ct the USB cable from your camera and PC. Windows XP e_00_pc_kb376.boo k Page[...]

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    16 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 me thod for viewing image s with the provided software (S-SW16 ) is explained. The following software i[...]

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    17 This section describes the procedures for installing ACDSee for PENTAX which lets you view and edit recorded images on your computer. 1 Turn your Macintosh on. 2 Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW16) in the CD-R OM drive. 3 Double-click the CD-ROM (S-SW1 6) icon. 4 Double-click the [Install ACDSee™] icon. The PENT AX Software Installer screen is displaye[...]

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    18 This section describes the procedures for installing ACD Photostitcher which lets you join a number of images together to form a panorama picture. 1 Double-click [ACD photostitcher]. The licensing agreement will appear on the screen. When you have read it, click [Agree] to accept the t erms of the agreement. 2 Choose a destination for the softwa[...]

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    19 Please click [Product Registration] on the CD-ROM screen in step 7 on page 17 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 Re[...]

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    20 1 Press the MENU button. The [ A Rec. Mode] menu or the [ Q Playback] men u will be displayed. 2 Press the four-way contr oller ( 5 ) to display the [ B Set-up] menu. 3 Use the four-way controller ( 23 ) to select [USB Conn ection]. 4 Press the four-way contr oller ( 5 ). The screen for selecting the USB connection mode appears. 5 Use the four-w[...]

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    21 1 Turn your Macintosh on. 2 Turn your camera off and connec t it to the Macintosh with the USB cable. Confirm tha t the SD Memo ry Card is inse rted in the camera when the images in the SD Memory Card are displayed. 3 Turn your camera on. The camera is recog nized as [untitled] ([ NO_NAME] in Mac OS X) on t he desktop . The fold er name can be c[...]

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    22 7 Select the i mage to view from the image lis t. 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. 1 Drag [untitled] (or th e volume label name on the SD Memory Card) to your trash. 2 Disconnec [...]

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    23 About ACDSee for PENTAX “ACDSee for PENTAX” is an int egrated software pac kage that ac quires, organizes, d isplays, processes an d shares digi tal camera images. You can use the Browser ( 1 p.24) to acquire digital camera images efficiently. You then can organize them in your favorite way and even display them as thumbnails. You can use th[...]

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    24 Viewing Using the Browser In “ACDSee for PENTAX”, you c an view images using either the Browser, which displays a list of images, or the Viewer, which displays one image at a time. The Browser is displayed when you launch “ACDSee for PENTAX.” Here, explanations are provided r egarding Browser configuration as well as names and functions [...]

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    25 d Browser toolbar Browser toolbar includes shortcut buttons for commonly used functions and tools. These buttons open dialog boxes or display further activity buttons. You can customize the toolbar for easy use by turning the button labels on or off, adding or removing buttons, and changing the size of the buttons. e Navigation pane Navigation p[...]

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    26 c Menu bar You can select and execute the various functions and settings of the ACDSee for PENTAX by choosing the menu items from the menu bar. d Browser toolbar Browser toolbar includes shortcut buttons for commonly used functions and tools. These buttons open dialog boxes or display further activity buttons. e Navigation pane Navigation pane d[...]

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    27 g File pane File pane displays the contents of a folder selected in the Navigation pane as a list of files or as thumbnails. You can sort your images by such criteria as file name, file size, file date, etc. You can select any of the following 6 methods to display lists of images in the Browser. Select [Mode] in the [View] menu and then select a[...]

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    28 To view images stored in other folders, select a folder from the folder tree in the Browser Navigation pane or directly specify a folder in the path box. Folders selected from the folder tree are designated as the current folder and images from that folder are displayed in the File pane. is displayed next to the fol der icon of folders that cont[...]

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    29 You can change the order of image files displayed in the File pane. Select [Sort] from the [View] menu and then select a sort key category from the submenu. You can choose from the following categories. Extension, Name, Size, Type, Date, Image Properties, Description Select [Sort] from the [View] menu and then select [Forward] or [Reverse] from [...]

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    30 You can specify items displayed in the list as well as change the category order when the File pane is set to Details display. Select [Columns] from the [View] menu and then select a display category from the submenu. You can choose from the following categories. Size, Type, Date, Image Properties, Description Select another category to remove c[...]

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    31 Viewing a Large Version of an Image (Viewer) Double-click on a single image file selected in the Browser to display a full-screen view of that image. Here, explanations are provided r egarding Viewer configuration as well as names and functions within the Viewer. c Menu bar You can select and execut e the various function s and settings of the A[...]

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    32 d Viewer toolbar Viewer toolbar includes shortcut buttons for commonly used functions and tools such as the Zoom tools. You can customize the toolbar for easy use by turning the button labels on or off, adding or removing buttons, and changing the size of the buttons. e Viewer pane Viewer pane displays your images one at a time in full resolutio[...]

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    33 Panorama Image Stitching with ACD Photostitcher With ACD Photostitcher installed on a Windows PC, you can panorama stitch the images you took in Panorama Assist mode. The folder and image names displayed on the explanatory screenshots will differ according to the setup of your PC. 1 Run ACDSee for PENTAX. An image list is displayed. 2 Select the[...]

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    34 3 Correct the image positioning. ACD Photostitcher starts, and the selected images are displayed in panorama format. Move the mouse pointer ont o the image. It changes into a e symbol. Hold down the left mouse bu tton an d drag the images to ad just the stitching position. When the position is adju sted, click the [STITCH] button. 4 Select the s[...]

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    35 5 Trim the image. Move the mouse poi nter onto an image. It cha nges into a  symbol. Hold down the left mouse button and d rag the dotted lines to adjust the image trimming position. When the position is adju sted, click the [Trimming] button. 6 Save the image. After confirming your trimming, click th e [Save] button to save the image. T o ca[...]

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    36 1 Run ACD Photostitcher. 2 Click the [Load] button. The folder selection screen is displayed . 3 Select the folder for panorama st itching, and then click the [Choose] button. The image files i n the selected folder are displayed. 4 Select all the images for panorama stitch ing and then click the arrow on the right. The selected images are disp [...]

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    37 6 Click the [Automatic alignment] button. The selected images are displayed in panorama format. 7 Correct the image positioning. Click the image you want to move and display it in a red frame. Hold down the mouse button and drag the image to adju st the stitching position. For easier adjustment of two image s that are next to each other , click [...]

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    38 9 Trim the image. Click the [Trim] button to displa y the dotted lines around the image. Move the mouse pointer onto the dotted lines. It changes into a  symbol. Hold down the mouse button and drag the dotted lines to adjust the image tri mming position. When the position is adju sted, click the [Trim] button again. T o cancel the trimming, c[...]

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    39 Printing an Image You can print image files from the Browser or the Viewer. You can print images from the Browser. 1 Select one or mo re images. T o print several images, hold the [Ctrl] key on the keyboard while clicking on all the pictures you want to print. 2 Select [Print Images] from the [ File] menu. The Print dialog box is displayed. 3 Se[...]

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    40 You can insert the date into an image file and print it. Date insertion settings are done in the Print dialog box. 1 Select the [Caption] tab in the Print dialog box. 2 Check the [Print image capture date in the corn er of images] check box . You can create and print contact sheets (thumbnails) of your images. You can add captions to each image,[...]

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    41 E-mailing your Images from ACDSee for PENTAX You can send images directly from the ACDSee for PENTAX without using an external e-mail application. Image files are converted to JPEG format then attached to an e-mail and sent. Images are compressed before transmission when the file size is large but no changes are made to the original image. (E-ma[...]

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    42 About ACDInTouch ACDInTouch is an Internet-based service that provides the latest information about ACDSee™. You can obtain information about special offers and free digital imaging materials as well as subscribe to the latest news and tips. 1 Select [ACDInTouch] from the [Help] menu . The Connect to ACDInT ouch dialog box is displayed. 2 Clic[...]

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