Pentax Optio 33WR Operating Manual
(PC Connection Manual)
Viewing Your Digital
Camera Images
On Your PC
Introduction
This booklet explains how to view the images you took with the
PENTAX Optio 33WR on your PC. Keep this manual in a safe place.
Regarding copyrights
Images taken using the Optio 33WR 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 of 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 enabled 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.
• Symbols used in this manual have the following meanings:
Gives page numbers explaining related operations.
Gives information that is useful to know.
Gives cautions and notes about the operation.
The PC screenshots in this booklet may differ from your PC, depending on
your model.
Contents
Your Digital Camera: From Image Capture to Photo Prints 2
Viewing Digital Camera Images on a Windows PC 4
System Requirements ............................................................... 4
Installing the Software ............................................................... 5
Displaying and Copying Images to your PC.......................... 12
Disconnecting the Camera from your PC .............................. 16
Viewing Digital Camera Images on a Macintosh 18
System Requirements ............................................................. 18
Installing the Software ............................................................. 18
Displaying Images on your Macintosh................................... 20
Disconnecting your Camera from your Macintosh............... 21
About ACDSee™ 22
Launching ACDSee™ .............................................................. 22
Viewing using the Browser 23
About the Browser................................................................... 23
Viewing images in other folders ............................................. 27
Sorting image files ................................................................... 28
Setting detailed display categories ........................................ 29
Viewing a large version of an image (Viewer) 30
About the Viewer...................................................................... 30
Panorama Image Stitching with ACD photostitcher 32
Printing an image 35
Printing from the Browser....................................................... 35
Printing from the Viewer.......................................................... 35
Creating and Printing contact sheets .................................... 36
E-mailing your images from ACDSee™ 37
About ACDInTouch 38
1
Your Digital Camera: From Image Capture
to Photo Prints
Here are some ways to use the images
captured with your digital camera.
Is your computer…
• equipped with a standard USB
interface?
• using Windows 98/98 SE/Me/
2000/XP as your OS?
Or Mac OS 9.0 or later?
Use your monitor
Connect your camera to a TV with
an AV cable to enjoy your pictures
on the screen.
Camera Operating Manu al
Use your photo shop
Have prints made from your
card images at a photo shop.
• Set DPOF settings on your
camera, and get prints from
your photo shop.
Camera Operating Manual
• Select the images for prints.
2
Connect your camera
and computer with a
USB cable, and copy
the entire folder of
camera images to
your computer.
Is your computer…
• using Windows 95/NT,
Mac OS 8.6, or an earlier OS?
Transfer your images using a
built-in card slot + PC card
adaptor or a card re ader.
• Remove the card from the
camera. When transferring
images on the card to a PC
with another de vice, make
sure to review the user manual
accompanying that device.
Use your image data
Use your e-mail software to attach images to e-mails, or
use them on your homepage.
• See the operating manual of your
• See the operating manual of the
ACDSee™ P.22-38
• View Images
• Edit Images
• Save processed images
• E-mail Images
• Manipulate images
• Print images
* These operations also can be performed using
commercially available image editing software. See
the instructions provided with the software for more
details.
email software for details on how to
make attachments to emails.
software you are using for details on
how to use images on your
homepage.
Use your printer
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 a re using.
Images sent to the computer can be
saved onto a CD-R or other media.
3
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-SW13) is
explained.
Software Provided
The following software is included in the CD-ROM (S-SW13)
provided.
• USB driver
• Image viewing/editing software (ACDSee™)
• QuickTime™
System Requirements
• OS: Windows 98 / 98 SE / Me / 2000
Windows XP Home Edition / Professional
• CPU: Pentium or higher recommended
• Memory: 64MB minimum
• Hard Disk space: 40MB minimum
• USB port must be standard equipment
To play movie pictures, you need DirectX 8.0 or higher and Media
Player (standard equipment with your OS), or QuickTime 6.0 or
higher. (Media Player alone is sufficient on Windows Me / XP)
You can download DirectX from the following website.
www.microsoft.com/windows/directx
• The software cannot be used on Windows 95/NT.
• We recommend using the AC Adapter D-AC5 when connecting
your camera to your PC. Your image data could be corrupted if
your batteries run out during image transfer.
4
Installing the Software
This section describes the procedures for installing the necessary
software.
Installing the USB driver p.5
Installing the image processing software (ACDSee™) p.10
Installing the USB driver on Windows 98/98 SE only
If you are using Windows 2000, Windows Me or Windows XP, you
do not need to install the USB driver. When you connect the camera
to your computer with the USB cable, your computer will
automatically detect the camera as [Removable Disk].
1 Turn your computer on.
2 Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW13) into the CD-ROM drive.
3 Make sure the camera is turned off and connect it to
your computer with the USB cable.
Confirm that the SD Memory Card / MultiMediaCard is inserted in
the camera.
4 Turn your camera on.
Your computer will automatically detect the camera as new
hardware and the Wizard screen will appear.
5
5 Click [Next].
6 Select [Search for the best
driver for your device] and
click [Next].
7 Select [CD-ROM drive] and
click [Next].
If another item has been selected,
click the box to deselect it.
6
8 Confirm that [PENSSTOR.INF]
is displayed and click [Next].
Installation of the driver starts.
9 Click [Finish].
When installation is finished,
installation of the driver for the new
hardware starts.
10 Click [Next].
7
11 Select [Search for the best
driver for your device] and
click [Next].
12 Select [CD-ROM drive] and
click [Next].
If another item has been selected,
click the box to deselect it.
13 Confirm that [PENSPDR.INF]
is displayed and click [Next].
8
14 Click [Finish].
When installation is finished, the
Wizard window is exited.
15 Double-click [My Computer]
on the desktop.
A removable disk will be added.
9
Installing the image processing software (ACDSee™)
This section describes the procedures for installing ACDSee™
which lets you view and edit recorded images on your computer.
When multiple accounts have been setup in Windows 2000 or
Windows XP, login by the authority of the administrator before
installing the software.
1 Turn your computer on.
2 Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW13) into your CD-ROM drive.
3 Double-click [My Computer] on the desktop.
4 Double-click the [CD-ROM drive (S-SW13)] icon.
5 Double-click [Setup.exe].
6 Click your applicable
language.
You can choose the language from
the following: English, French,
German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese
and Chinese.
7 Click [ACDSee™].
10
The Setup screen will appear.
Follow the on-screen guidance and
enter the registration information.
Reboot your PC after installation
finish.
• Click [Install Quick Time] to first
install Quick Time 6.0 if a
message such as the one shown
on the right is displayed.
The panoramic image software “Photostitcher”, the image layout
and printing software “FotoSlate”, and the image editing software
“FotoCanvas” also are installed when you install ACDSee™.
11
Displaying and Copying Images to your PC
An explanation of how to display / copy images using ACDSee™ is
shown below.
1 Turn your computer on.
2 Turn your camera off, and connect it to the PC with the
USB cable.
Confirm that the SD Memory Card / MultiMediaCard is inserted in
the camera.
3 Turn 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 the 13 page.
4 Confirm that [Copy images to
hard drive] and [Launch
ACDSee™] are checked, and
click [Next].
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