Pentax OPTIO MX4 PC Connection Manual
(PC Connection Manual)
Enjoying Your Digital
Camera Images
On Your PC
Introduction
This booklet explains how to view the images you took with the
PENTAX Optio MX4 on your PC. Keep this manual in a safe place.
Regarding copyrights
Images taken using the Optio
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
• PENTAX, Optio and smc PENTAX are trademarks of PENTAX
Corporation.
• The SD logo is a trademark.
• QuickTime and QuickTime logo are trademarks used under license. The
QuickTime logo is registered in U.S. and other countries.
• All other brands or product names are trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective companies.
This product supports PRINT Image Matching III. PRINT Image Matching
enabled digital still cameras, printers and software help photographers to
produce images more faithful to their intentions. Some functions are not
available on printers that are not PRINT Image Matching III compliant.
Copyright 2001 Seiko Epson Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
PRINT Image Matching is a trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation.
The PRINT Image Matching logo is a trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation.
Regarding PictBridge
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:
MX4 that are for anything other than personal
1 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
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 USB Driver and 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
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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.
Direct Print
Connect your camera directly to a
printer that is compatible with
PictBridge using the USB cable, and
print images.
1Camera Operating Manual (p.118)
View images on a TV
Connect your camera and TV with the
AV cable to display images and
movies on the TV.
1Camera Operating Manual (p.104)
Use your photo shop
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.115)
• Select the images for prints.
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Your computer is...
• equipped with a standard USB interface.
•
using Window s 98/98SE/Me/2000/XP as your
OS. Or Mac OS 9.2/X (Ver. 10.1, 10.2, 10.3).
Connect your camera to
the computer with the USB
cable to transfer the
camera images.
Your computer is...
• using Windows 95/NT,
Mac OS 8.6.
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.
Use your image data
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.
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.
• 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 usin g for details on how
to use images and movies on your
website.
Use your printer
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.
Save your image data
Images transferred to the computer can be
saved onto a CD-R or other media.
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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.
Software Provided
The following software is included in the CD-ROM (S-SW23) 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
Macintosh
• ACDSee for PENTAX (Image viewing software)
• ACD photostitcher (Panorama image editing software)
Use the USB cable (I-USB7) provided to connect the camera to your
computer.
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System Requirements
The following system requirements must be met for you to fully enjoy the
images and movies captured with a digital camera on your computer.
Windows System Requirements
The software cannot be used on Windows 95.
USB connection
• OS: Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000/XP (Home Edition/
Professional) (USB driver must be installed on Windows
98/98SE)
• USB port 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 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 or later,
DirectX 9.0 or later and Windows Media Player 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).
* Operation is not guaranteed on all PCs meeting the system
requirements.
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<ACD Showtime! for PENTAX>
(6 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese)
• OS: Windows 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 or later
• Windows Media Player 7.1 or later (Windows Media Player 9.0
or later recommended)
• DirectX 9.0 or later
<QuickTime 6>
(6 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese)
• OS: Windows 98/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP (Home Edition/
Professional)
• CPU: Pentium or higher recommended
• Memory: 128MB minimum
* QuickTime 6 or later is required to play movies with the provided
software ACDSee for PENTAX or ACD Showtime! for PENTAX.
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-SW23). 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
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Macintosh System Requirements
USB connection
• OS: Mac OS 9.2/X (Ver. 10.1, 10.2, 10.3)
• USB port must be standard equipment
* Installation of the driver is not necessary.
Application Software
<ACDSee for PENTAX and ACD photostitcher>
(6 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese)
• OS: Mac OS 9.2 or later (requires QuickTime 6 or
later 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 later.
* Operation is not guaranteed on all Macintosh computers meeting the
system requirements.
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Installing the USB Driver and the Software (for
Windows)
This section describes the procedures for installing the USB driver
and the necessary software.
Installing the Image Processing Software (ACDSee for PENTAX) 1p.10
Installing the USB Driver (Windows 98/98SE only)
1 Turn on your computer.
2 Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW23) into your CD-ROM drive.
The PENTAX Software Installer screen is displayed on the
desktop.
• 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-SW23)] icon.
3) Double-click [Setup.exe].
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.
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5 Click [Finish].
Reboot your computer after the screen closes.
6 Turn your camera off and plug the provided USB cable
into your camera and into an available USB port on your
computer.
Confirm that the USB Connection mode is set to [PC] before
connecting the USB cable. (1p.16)
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 MX4] (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.
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 model number may be displayed.
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