Digital Video Software 
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Instruction Manual
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Checking Supplied Accessories ............................................................................ |
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Applying Star Rating ............................................................................................ |
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Specifying the Keywords...................................................................................... |
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Classifying the Images......................................................................................... |
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Sort by the Shooting Date ............................................................................... |
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Renaming Multiple Files ...................................................................................... |
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Searching for Images........................................................................................... |
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Playing Back and Editing Movies........................................................................... |
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Playing Back Movies............................................................................................ |
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Editing Movies ..................................................................................................... |
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Changing the File Type and Save........................................................................ |
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Adding Sample Images to the Memory Card .................................................. |
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Attaching Images to E-mail Messages ................................................................ |
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Disclaimer
•While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this guide is accurate and complete, no liability can be accepted for any errors or omissions. Canon reserves the right to change the specifications of the hardware and software described herein at any time without prior notice.
•No part of this guide may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form, by any means,
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Checking Supplied Accessories
Use the following accessories to download recorded images from a memory card to your computer.
• IFC-300PCU USB Cable |
• DIGITAL VIDEO SOLUTION DISK |
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What is Digital Video Software
The following software will be installed by installing the Digital Video Software.
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•Viewing downloaded images
•Categorizing, organizing, and searching large volumes of images
•Editing still images
•Editing movies recorded on a memory card and capturing still images from
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CameraWindow
CameraWindow is a program created to download still images from the memory card to the computer. Furthermore, you can print still images recorded on the memory card without having the images downloaded to the computer (
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Specify the image type to be downloaded and the destination folder.
Images in the camcorder are displayed allowing you to select images.
Images will be downloaded to the computer, and ImageBrowser starts.
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Prints all still images in the card one image per page.
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[Set to Camera] Tab
This tab is used for confirming and changing the camcorder settings and uploading the images to the card. My Camera function is not supported by the camcorder.
Camera Control window
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Camera Browser Window
Camera Browser window
Still image information and a histogram
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Browser Window
ImageBrowser is a software program used for organizing, printing and editing the downloaded images. To start ImageBrowser, click the [ImageBrowser] icon in the Dock. If the ImageBrowser icon is not in the Dock, double-click the [Canon Utilities] folder on the drive on which the program was installed, followed by the [ImageBrowser] folder and the [ImageBrowser] icon.
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This area displays the images contained in the selected folder.
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You can select a view mode of images in the Browser Area.
[Preview]: The thumbnail images are displayed at the bottom of the Browser Area, and the Information Panel is displayed in the upper part.
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[TimeTunnel]: The images are displayed in the chronological order.
The date/time at which the images were shot appears on the red line. You can change this date/time by double-clicking it on the display. A window similar to the one below appears. Specify the new date/time.
Move the slider up or down to move backward or forward in time.
Makes the TimeTunnel look curved.
Allows you to specify the date for the images displayed.
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[File Information]
When the view mode is set to [List] or [TimeTunnel], select [Get Info] from the [File] menu to display the following window.
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2Enlarge/Reduce Enlarges/reduces the thumbnails in the Browser Window.
3Selecting Images Allows to select all images and deselects images.
4Display Pattern Allows to change the appearances of the Browser
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[Image Viewer] Window
The [Image Viewer] window appears when you select an image and click [View Image] or double click an image.
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[Trim Image] Window
Select [Trim Image] from the 
icon located at the bottom of the [Image Viewer] window. Either drag the mouse on the image or specify the cropping area, and click [Trim Image].
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[Red Eye Correction] Window
Select [Red Eye Correction] from the 
icon located at the bottom of the [Image Viewer] window. Use this to correct images in which peoples’ eyes appear red.
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[Level Adjustment] Window
Select [Level Adjustment] from the 
icon located at the bottom of the [Image Viewer] window. Use this to adjust the levels in an image to change its appearance.
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[Sharpness] Window
Select [Sharpness] from the 
icon located at the bottom of the [Image Viewer] window. Use this to emphasize and clarify the outlines of people and objects.
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Installing the Digital Video Software
Before you connect the camcorder to the computer with the USB cable for the first time, you must install the Digital Video Software.
Your digital video camcorder is equipped with the standard Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP). This protocol enables you to download images by simply connecting the camera to a computer with the USB cable (using software such as iPhoto or Image Capture preinstalled on Mac OS X).
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