Pentax MX User Manual

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Enjoying Your Digital

Camera Images

On Your PC

(PC Guide)

Introduction

This booklet explains how to view the images you took with the

PENTAX Optio MX on your PC. Keep this manual in a safe place.

Regarding copyrights

Images taken using the Optio MX 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.

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.

Gives page numbers explaining related operations.

Gives information that is useful to know.

Gives cautions and notes about the operation.

Enjoy Your Digital Camera Pictures and Movies on Your

Computer 2

Preparations for Enjoying Your Digital Camera Pictures

and Movies 4

Software Provided ..................................................................... 4

System Requirements ............................................................... 5

Installing the Software (for Windows)...................................... 8

Installing the Software (for Macintosh).................................. 13

Setting Up Your Digital Camera.............................................. 16

Transferring Digital Camera Images and Movies 17

Transferring Images to a Windows PC .................................. 17

Transferring Images to a Macintosh ...................................... 23

Viewing Images and Movies 25

Starting ACDSee for PENTAX................................................. 25

Displaying a List of Images and Movies ................................ 26

Viewing a Full-Size Image or Movie........................................ 33

Editing Images and Movies 36

Editing Images ......................................................................... 36

Panorama Image Stitching...................................................... 40

Editing Movies.......................................................................... 46

Sharing Your Images and Movies 57

Printing an Image..................................................................... 57

E-mailing Your Images from ACDSee for PENTAX............... 61

Playing Your Movies Created with ACD Showtime! for

PENTAX .................................................................................... 62

Making the Most of ACDSee for PENTAX 63

Using Help ................................................................................ 63

About ACDInTouch.................................................................. 64

Contents

Enjoy Your Digital Camera Pictures and

Movies on Your Computer

You can use a computer to organize and edit the pictures and movies

captured with your digital camera.

Connect your camera to

the computer with the USB

cable to transfer the

camera images.

You can have prints made from

images recorded on your card

at a photo shop.

• Set DPOF settings on your

camera, and get prints from

your photo shop.

1Camera Operating Manual

(p.113)

• Select the images for prints.

Use your photo shop

You can 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 computer with

another device, make sure

to review the user manual

accompanying that

device.

Connect your camera directly to a

printer that is compatible with

PictBridge using the USB cable, and

print images.

1Camera Operating Manual (p.116)

Direct Print

Your computer is...

•

equipped with a standard USB interface.

•

using Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000/XP

as your OS. Or Mac OS 9.2/10.1 or later.

Your computer is...

• using Windows 95/NT,

Mac OS 8.6.

Connect your camera and TV with the

AV cable to display images and

movies on the TV.

1Camera Operating Manual (p.102)

View images on a TV

You can use your e-mail software to attach and send images and

movies by e-mail, or post the images and movies on your website.

Use your image data

You can use your printer to

print images transferred to

your computer.

Some printers can print

directly from cards.

• For details, see the

operating manual of the

printer you are using.

• 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 and movies on your

website.

Images transferred to the computer can be

saved onto a CD-R or other media.

ACDSee for PENTAX 1p.25-64

• View images • Play back movies

• Print images • Edit images and movies

• Organize and save images and movies

• Send images and movies by e-mail

• Post images and movies on a website

• These operations also can be performed using

commercially available image editing software. See

the instructions provided with the software for more

details.

Use your printer

Save your image data

Preparations for Enjoying Your Digital

Camera Pictures and Movies

You can transfer images and movies captured with a digital camera to

your computer and then organize, edit, print, and share them by

installing the software recorded on the provided CD-ROM to your

computer and connecting your digital camera to your computer with the

USB cable. This section explains how to install the provided software

“ACDSee for PENTAX” and the other necessary preparations for

enjoying your digital camera pictures and movies on your computer.

The following software is included in the CD-ROM (S-SW17) provided.

Windows

• ACDSee for PENTAX (Image viewing/editing software)

ACD FotoCanvas (Image editing software)

ACD photostitcher (Panorama image editing software)

FotoSlate (Image layout and printing software)

ACD Showtime! for PENTAX (Movie editing software)

• QuickTime 6.0

• DirectX 9.0

Macintosh

• ACDSee for PENTAX (Image viewing software)

• ACD photostitcher (Panorama image editing software)

Software Provided

Use the USB cable (I-USB17) provided to connect the camera to

your computer.

The following system requirements must be met for you to fully enjoy the

images and movies captured with a digital camera on your computer.

USB connection

• OS: Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000/XP (Home Edition/

Professional) (USB driver must be installed on Windows

98/98SE)

• USB port 2.0 must be standard equipment

Application Software

<ACDSee for PENTAX, ACD FotoCanvas, ACD photostitcher and

FotoSlate>

(9 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian,

Chinese [traditional and simplified], Korean, Japanese)

• OS: Windows 98/98SE/Me/NT/2000/

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 5.5 or later

* Some formats may require viewing with QuickTime 6.0 or later and

DirectX 9.0 or later.

* To install ACDSee for PENTAX, Windows Installer Service Version

2.0 may be required.

* ACD Showtime! for PENTAX is also installed when performing

standard installation of ACDSee for PENTAX (if ACD Showtime! for

PENTAX meets system requirements).

System Requirements

Windows System Requirements

• The software cannot be used on Windows 95.

• USB port 1.1 connection is possible to playback images but frame

skipping may occur when playing back movies. If a movie does not

play back smoothly, transfer the data to your computer and then

play the movie.

(6 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese)

• OS: Windows 98/98SE/Me/NT/2000/

XP (Home Edition/Professional)

• CPU: Pentium III 500MHz or higher (Pentium 4

2.0GHz or higher recommended)

• Memory: 128MB minimum (512MB or higher

recommended)

• Hard Disk space: 50MB minimum

• Display adapter capable of displaying a minimum of 256 colors

• Internet Explorer 5.5 or later

• QuickTime 6.0 or later

• Windows Media Player 7.1 or later (Windows Media Player 9.0

or later recommended)

• DirectX 9.0 or later

(6 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese)

• OS: Windows 98/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP (Home Edition/

Professional)

• CPU: Pentium or higher recommended

• Memory: 128MB minimum

* QuickTime 6.0 or later is required to play movies with the provided

software ACDSee for PENTAX or ACD Showtime! for PENTAX

* Operation is not guaranteed on all PCs meeting the system

requirements.

The versions of Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player and Windows Installer

Service required for use of ACDSee for PENTAX and ACD Showtime! for

PENTAX are not included in the provided CD-ROM (S-SW17). These can be

downloaded from the following sites and installed.

• Internet Explorer

http://www.microsoft.com/ie

• Windows Media Player

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/

• Windows Installer Service

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;292539

USB connection

• OS: Mac OS 9.2/10.1-10.3

• USB port 2.0 must be standard equipment

* Installation of the driver is not necessary.

Application Software

(6 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese)

• OS: Mac OS 8.6 or higher (requires QuickTime

6.0 or higher and the latest version of

CarbonLib)

• CPU: PowerPC 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.

Macintosh System Requirements

USB port 1.1 connection is possible to playback images but frame

skipping may occur when playing back movies. If a movie does not

play back smoothly, transfer the data to your computer and then play

the movie.

The procedures for installing the necessary software are explained.

1 Turn on your computer.

2 Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW17) 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.

4 Click [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 (for Windows)

When multiple accounts have been setup in Windows 2000 or

Windows XP, log on with an account that has administrative rights

before installing the software.

Installing the USB Driver (Windows 98/98SE only)

• If the PENTAX Software Installer screen does not appear

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-SW17)] icon.

3) Double-click [Setup.exe].

5 Click [Finish].

Reboot your computer after the screen closes.

Turn your camera off and plug the provided USB cable

into your camera and into an available USB port on your

computer.

7 Turn your camera on.

Your computer will automatically detect the camera as new

hardware and window will display a notification confirming

[Hardware Found : PENTAX OPTIO MX] (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.

8 Double-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.

Confirm that the USB Connection mode is set to [PC] before

connecting the USB cable. (1p.16)

In the case of Windows XP, if the SD Memory Card has a volume

label attached, the volume label name will be displayed instead of

[Removable Disk]. If the SD Memory Card is new and has not been

formatted, the manufacturer and capacity of the card may be

displayed.

This section describes the procedures for installing ACDSee for

PENTAX, which lets you view and edit images transferred to your

computer.

1 Turn your computer on.

2 Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW17) into your CD-ROM drive.

The PENTAX Software Installer screen appears.

3 You can choose the languages

from the displayed screen.

The software selection screen

appears.

4 Click [ACDSee™].

Installing the Image Processing Software (ACDSee for PENTAX)

When multiple accounts have been setup in Windows 2000 or

Windows XP, log on with an account that has administrative rights

before installing the software.

• If the PENTAX Software Installer screen does not appear

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-SW17)] icon.

3) Double-click [Setup.exe].

If QuickTime and DirectX are not

already installed in your PC, a

message such as the one shown on

the right appears before the Setup

screen appears. Click [OK] to first

install them. When installing

QuickTime or DirectX, other settings

are not necessary during installation

(leave other settings at default and

click [Next]).

Follow the on-screen guidance and

enter the registration information when

the Setup screen appears.

Reboot your PC after installation is

finished (Other settings are not

necessary during installation).

The panoramic image software “ACD photostitcher”, the image layout

and printing software “FotoSlate”, the image editing software “ACD

FotoCanvas”, and the movie editing software “ACD Showtime! for

PENTAX” are also installed when you install all program features of

ACDSee for PENTAX (complete installation).

Please click [Product Registration] on the

software selection screen in step 4 on

page 10 of this PC guide.

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.

This section describes the procedures for installing the necessary

software for Macintosh.

This section describes the procedures for installing ACDSee for

PENTAX, which lets you view and edit images transferred to your

computer.

1 Turn your Macintosh on.

2 Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW17) in the CD-ROM drive.

3 Double-click the CD-ROM (S-SW17) icon.

4 Double-click the [Install ACDSee™] icon.

The PENTAX Software Installer screen appears.

Double-click the [Master Installer] icon to display the PENTAX

Software Installer screen.

5 You can choose the languages

from the displayed screen.

A selection screen to install your

desired software appears.

6 Click your applicable Mac OS.

The software selection screen

appears.

Installing the Software (for Macintosh)

Installing the Image Processing Software (ACDSee for PENTAX)

7 Click [ACDSee™].

The setup screen appears. Follow the

on-screen guidance to input

registration information and install the

software.

This section describes the procedures for installing ACD photostitcher, a

software application that lets you join a number of images together to

form a panorama picture.

1 Double-click [ACD

photostitcher].

The licensing agreement appears on

the screen. After reading it, click

[Agree] to accept the terms of the

agreement.

If the message [CarbonLib-xxxxx could not be found] appears

during installation;

You must add the extension file “CarbonLib” to the Extension

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 extension file does not

exist or when an older version of the file exists.

The latest version of the CarbonLib file 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 the

CarbonLib file.

Installing ACD photostitcher

2 Select [Install Location] and

click [Install].

Installation starts. When the message

appears telling you that the software

has been successfully installed, click

[Finish].

Please click [Product Registration] on the

software selection screen in step 7 on

page 14 of this PC guide.

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

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.

After installing the necessary software on your computer, you must now

set up your digital camera to transfer images from the camera to your

computer.

1 Press the MENU button.

The [A Rec. Mode] menu or the [Q Playback] menu appears.

2 Press the four-way controller (5) to display the

[B Set-up] menu.

3 Use the four-way controller (23)

to select [USB Connection].

4 Use the four-way controller (45)

to select [PC].

5 Press the OK button.

Setting Up Your Digital Camera

Setting the USB Connection Mode to [PC]

• Do not connect the camera to your PC while [PictBridge] is

selected for the USB Connection mode.

• Do not connect the camera to your PC while [PC] or [PC-F] is

selected for the USB Connection mode.

If image or sound data does not transfer successfully, switch [USB

Connection] to [PC-F].

PCPC

NTSCNTSC

Set-up

Screen Setting

Brightness Level

Video Out

USB Connection

Sleep Timeout

Auto Power Off

1min1min

min

Exit

Transferring Digital Camera Images and

Movies

Once you have made the necessary preparations for using your digital

camera pictures and movies with your computer, you can begin

transferring pictures and movies to your computer.

When the digital camera is connected to your Windows PC and the

camera is turned on, the PC automatically recognizes the camera and

begins transferring images.

1 Turn your PC on.

2 Turn your camera off and connect it to the PC with the

USB cable.

Make sure the SD Memory Card is inserted in the camera.

3 Turn your camera on.

The Device Detector screen appears automatically.

If the Device Detector screen does not appear, display and copy the

images following the steps in “When the Device Detector screen does

not appear” on page 19.

Transferring Images to a Windows PC

Connecting the Camera and PC

During USB Connection mode, the self-timer lamp lights to show the

digital camera is communicating with your computer.

4 Confirm that [Copy images to

hard drive] and [Launch

ACDSee] are checked, and

click [Next].

5 Click [Browse].

The [Browse For Folder] screen

appears.

6 Select a destination folder and

click [OK].

7 Click [Next].

If the digital camera is connected to your computer in [PictBridge]

USB Connection mode, the digital camera will not be properly

recognized as a storage device. In that case, disconnect the USB

cable from your camera and PC, follow the instructions in “Setting

Up Your Digital Camera” (1p.16) to set the USB Connection mode

to [PC], and then reconnect the USB cable.

Transferring Images

The image is copied to the PC, and the

ACDSee for PENTAX Browser (1p.26)

starts.

When the Device Detector screen does not appear

4 Double-click the [ACDSee for

PENTAX] icon on the desktop.

5 Double-click [My Computer].

6 Double-click [Removable

Disk].

The first time ACDSee for PENTAX is run, [Components missing]

“ACDSee has detected that you do not have the following software

installed on your computer: Ghostscript 7.0 (or later)” may appear. If

you will only display or edit images inside the digital camera, it is not

necessary for Ghostscript 7.0 to support ACDSee for PENTAX.

Click [Close] to close the message window.

If the SD Memory Card has a volume label, the volume label name

appears instead of [untitled]. A new unformatted SD Memory Card

may show the manufacturer name or model number.

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