Pentax S51 User Manual

(PC Connection Manual)

Enjoying Your Digital

Camera Images

On Your PC

Introduction

This manual explains how to view the images you took with the PENTAX Digital Camera on your PC. Keep this manual in a safe place.

Regarding copyrights

Images taken using the PENTAX Digital Camera 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

• PENTAX, Optio and smc PENTAX are trademarks of PENTAX Corporation.

• The SD logo is a trademark.

•QuickTime license. QuickTime is a registered trademark in the United States 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 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 manual may differ from your PC, depending on your model.

and QuickTime logo are trademarks that can be used under

allows the user to connect the printer and digital camera directly,

Gives page numbers explaining related operations.

Gives information that is useful to know.

Gives cautions and notes about the operation.

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 Software (for Windows)...................................... 8

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

Transferring Digital Camera Images and Movies 17

Setting Up Your Digital Camera.............................................. 17

Transferring Images to a Windows PC .................................. 18

Transferring Images to a Macintosh ...................................... 24

Viewing Images and Movies 27

Starting ACDSee for PENTAX ................................................. 27

Displaying a List of Images and Movies (Browser) .............. 28

Viewing a Full-Size Image or Movie (Viewer)......................... 35

Editing Images and Movies 38

Editing Images ......................................................................... 38

Panorama Image Stitching...................................................... 42

Editing Movies.......................................................................... 48

Sharing Your Images and Movies 59

Printing an Image..................................................................... 59

E-mailing Your Images from ACDSee for PENTAX............... 64

Playing Your Movies Created with ACD Showtime! for

PENTAX .................................................................................... 65

Making the Most of ACDSee for PENTAX 66

Using Help ................................................................................ 66

About ACDInTouch.................................................................. 67

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. 1“Optio S5i” Operating Manual (p.109)

Your computer is...

equipped with a standard USB interface.

•

View images on a TV

Connect your camera and TV with the AV cable to display images and movies on the TV.

using Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000/XP as your OS. Or Mac OS 8.6 - 9.2/10.1 or later.

Connect your camera to the computer with the USB cable to transfer the camera images.

1“Optio S5i” 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. 1“Optio S5i” Operating Manual (p.112)

• Select the images for prints.

Your computer is...

• using Windows NT.

You can transfer images to your computer using a builtin card slot and a 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.27-67

• 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 using 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 on a CD-R or other recording media.

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-SW25) 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

• DirectX 9.0

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.

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.

• Frame skipping may occur when playing back movies. If a movie does not play back smoothly, transfer the movie data to your computer and then play the movie.

USB connection

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

• USB port 1.1 or later must be standard equipment

• USB mass storage class

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 (latest version)/

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 PENTAXis also installed when performing

standard installation of ACDSee for PENTAX (if ACD Showtime! for PENTAX meets system requirements).

<ACD Showtime! for PENTAX> (6 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese)

• OS: Windows 98/98SE/Me/NT (latest version)/

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

<QuickTime 6> (8 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese [traditional and simplified], Korean, Japanese)

• OS: Windows 98/98SE/Me/NT (latest version)/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-SW25). 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

Macintosh System Requirements

• Frame skipping may occur when playing back movies. If a movie does not play back smoothly, transfer the movie data to your computer and then play the movie.

USB connection

• OS: Mac OS 8.6 - 9.2 / 10.1 or later

• USB port 1.1 or later must be standard equipment

• USB mass storage class

* IInstallation of the driver is necessary for Mac OS 8.6

Application Software

<ACDSee for PENTAX and ACD photostitcher> (6 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese)

• OS: Mac OS 9.0 or later (requires the latest version of CarbonLib)

• CPU: PowerPC 266MHz or higher

• Memory: 8MB minimum

• Hard Disk space: 6MB minimum

• QuickTime 6.0 or later

* 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.

Movie with sound

• AVI (Motion JPEG) compliant

• You may play movies made using the provided software

[ACDSee for PENTAX] (QuickTime required).

Installing the Software (for Windows)

The procedures for installing the necessary software are explained. The procedures below are based on Windows XP unless specified otherwise.

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

1 Turn on your computer. 2 Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW25) 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) Click [Start], then select [My Computer].

2) Double-click the CD-ROM Drive (S-SW25) icon.

3) Double-click [Setup] (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.

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.

Confirm that the USB Connection mode is set to [PC] before connecting the USB cable. (1p.17)

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 S5i] (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 Click [Start], then select [My Computer].

When using Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000, 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.

Refer to “Disconnecting the Camera from Your PC” on page 22 for instructions on how to disconnect the camera from your computer.

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.

Installing the Image Processing Software (ACDSee for PENTAX)

This section describes the procedures for installing ACDSee for PENTAX, which lets you view and edit images transferred to your computer.

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.

1 Turn your computer on. 2 Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW25) into your CD-ROM drive.

The PENTAX Software Installer screen appears.

• If the PENTAX Software Installer screen does not appear

Display the PENTAX Software Installer screen following the steps below.

1) Click [Start], then select [My Computer].

2) Double-click the CD-ROM drive (S-SW25) icon.

3) Double-click [Setup] (Setup.exe).

3 You can choose the languages

from the displayed screen.

The software selection screen appears.

4 Click [ACDSee™].

5 Follow the on-screen guidance to install ACDSee for

PENTAX.

Follow the on-screen guidance and enter the registration information when the Setup screen appears. If any messages appear during installation, follow the procedures below. 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).

When QuickTime or DirectX need to be installed

If QuickTime and DirectX have not been installed on your PC yet or if the versions of the software already installed are old, a message to install each piece of software from the CDROM will appear. Click [OK] to start installation.

When installing QuickTime or DirectX, other settings are not necessary during installation (leave other settings at default and click [Next]).

When the version of Internet Explorer or Windows Media Player is old

A message will appear during installation of ACDSee for PENTAX. In that case, click the button on the software to download a new version from the Internet and install it on your PC.

* The screens used to explain the

procedures here are those for Windows 2000.

If you cannot download the software from the Internet, click [Return] to return to the Setup Type window and choose [Custom Setup]. When the Custom Setup window appears, set the function of ACD Showtime! for PENTAX unavailable.

* The screens used to explain the

procedures here are those for Windows 2000.

Product Registration on the Internet

Please click [Product Registration] on the software selection screen in step 4 on page 11 of this manual. 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.

Only customers in displayed countries and regions can register their products on the Internet Product Registration.

Installing the Software (for Macintosh)

This section describes the procedures for installing the necessary software for Macintosh. The procedures below are based on Mac OS X (ver.10.3) unless specified otherwise.

Installing the USB driver (Mac OS 8.6 only)

1 Turn on your Macintosh. 2 Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW25) into your Mac’s CD-ROM

drive.

3 Double-click the [CD-ROM (S-SW25)] icon. 4 Double-click the [Install ACDSee] icon.

The PENTAX Software Installer screen will appear. Double-click the [Master Installer] icon to display [PENTAX Software Installer] screen.

5 Click your applicable language.

You can choose the languages from the displayed screen. A selection screen to install your desired software is displayed.

6 Click [Mac OS 8.6].

The software selection screen will appear.

7 Click [USB Driver].

The USB driver will be installed. When installation is completed, reboot your Macintosh.

Installing the Image Processing Software (ACDSee for PENTAX)

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-SW25) in the CD-ROM drive. 3 Double-click the CD-ROM (S-SW25) 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.

7 Click [ACDSee™].

The setup screen appears. Follow the on-screen guidance to input registration information and install the software.

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 9.0 - 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 Computer website. Download the file and then install it. Apple Computer website: http://www.apple.com

* Contact Apple Computer for detailed information on how to use

the CarbonLib file.

Installing ACD photostitcher

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 Click [ACD photostitcher].

The licensing agreement appears on the screen. After reading it, click [Agree] to accept the terms of the agreement.

2 Select [Install Location] and

click [Install].

Installation starts. When the message appears telling you that the software has been successfully installed, click [Quit].

To install ACD photostitcher on Mac OS X or later, you need the Classic environment. Refer to the operating manual supplied with the Macintosh you are using for details on the Classic environment.

Product Registration on the Internet

Please click [Product Registration] on the software selection screen in step 7 on page 15 of this manual. A world map for Internet Product Registration is displayed.

If your Macintosh 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.

Only customers in displayed countries and regions can register their products on the Internet Product Registration.

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.

Setting Up Your Digital Camera

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.

Setting the USB Connection Mode to [PC]

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.

Video Out USB Connection Sleep Timeout Auto Power Off Custom Function QUICK Button

Exit

Set-up

NTSC

1 min 3 min

EV Compensation

Green mode

• Do not connect the camera to your PC while [PictBridge] is selected for the USB Connection mode.

• Do not connect the camera to your printer while [PC] is selected for the USB Connection mode.

While the camera is connected to your computer, the LCD monitor of the camera is turned off.

Transferring Images to a Windows PC

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.

We recommend using a AC Adapter D-AC8 (optional) when connecting your camera to your computer. Your image data could be corrupted if your batteries run out during image transfer.

Connecting the Camera and PC

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

USB cable.

When you connect your camera to the PC without a SD Memory Card in the camera, the images in the built-in memory will be transferred to the PC.

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 20.

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.17) to set the USB Connection mode

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

Transferring Images to PC

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 the destination folder

and click [OK].

7 Click [Next].

The image is copied to the PC, and the ACDSee for PENTAX Browser (1p.28) starts.

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.

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].

If the SD Memory Card has a volume label, the volume label name appears instead of [Removable Disk]. A new unformatted SD Memory Card may show the manufacturer name or model number.

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