Pentax OPTIO 555 PC Connection 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 555 on your PC. Keep this manual in a safe place.

Regarding copyrights

Images taken using the Optio 555 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

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?

• Connect your camera and computer with a USB cable, and copy

Use your monitor

Connect your camera to a TV with an AV cable to enjoy your pictures on the screen.

Camera Operating Manual (P.100)

the camera images.

• Connect your camera and printer that is compatible with “PictBridge” directly.

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 (P.101)

• Select the images for prints.

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 reader.

• Remove the card from the camera. When transferring images on the card to a PC with another device, 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 are using.

Images sent to the computer can be saved onto a CD-R or other media.

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-AC7 when connecting your camera to your PC. Your image data could be corrupted if your batteries run out during image transfer.

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 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.

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].

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].

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.

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™].

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 when 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™.

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