Sony PictureGear User guide

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PictureGear

Version 4.1 Lite

User's Guide

PictureGear, Memory Stick is a trademark of Sony Corporation.

Microsoft, MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation (USA) in the USA and in other countries.

This product contains the software product of FUJIFILM "Exif Toolkit For Windows Ver.2.3" (Copyright © 1998 FUJI PHOTO FILM CO.,LTD.). Exif is the image file format standard for digital still cameras stipulated by JEIDA (Japan Electronic Industry Development Association).

This application uses the MGI, Inc. enhanced Toolkit for the FlashPix™ format. FlashPix is a trademark of Digital Imaging Group.

Portions copyright Digital Imaging Group, 1996 and copyright MGI, 1996.

This FlashPix format uses Microsoft's OLE Structured Storage.

Portions are copyrighted by Eastman Kodak Company, 1996

Portions are copyrighted by Hewlett-Packard, 1996

Other system names and product names appearing in this document are generally registered trademarks or trademarks of their manufacturers, although ™ and ® marks are not shown in this document.

Before using this software, please read the Software License Agreement that is displayed during the software's installation.

Copying all or part of the contents of this software and Operating Manual, or renting the software without authorization are prohibited by copyright laws.

The Company cannot accept liability for damage or loss resulting from the use of this software, or for any claim from a third party.

The Company assumes no responsibility aside from the replacement of the media due to manufacturing fault.

This software must not be used in a system other than that specified.

The software specifications may be subject to change without notice.

Table of Contents
Before Use
Program Features ........................................................................................	4
Precautions for Use .....................................................................................	6
About the Operating Environment ....................................................	6
About Color Display Settings .............................................................	6
How to Use this Manual ............................................................................	7
Installing PictureGear .................................................................................	8
Installing the Movie Support Library ..............................................	10
Basic Operation
Starting the Program .................................................................................	11
Closing PictureGear ...........................................................................	12
Viewing Slides ...........................................................................................	13
Displaying Sample Slides in the View Area ...................................	13
Display Slides other than the Samples ............................................	14
Viewing a Slide Enlarged ..................................................................	15
Playing a Movie ..................................................................................	15
Using with External Devices
Using a Video Camera ..............................................................................	16
Connections and Settings ..................................................................	16
Using the First Time ...........................................................................	18
Storing Images ....................................................................................	18
Using a Digital Still Camera or Memory Stick Serial Port Adaptor
(for Handycams) ........................................................................................	19
Using the Memory Stick Slot ...................................................................	20
Loading Images ...................................................................................	20
Saving Images .....................................................................................	20
Storing Images from External Devices ...................................................	21
Miscellaneous
How to Uninstall PictureGear .................................................................	22
In Case of Trouble .....................................................................................	23

Before Use

Program Features

PictureGear Version 4.1 Lite (hereafter referred to simply as PictureGear) is a software application that makes it easy to list, manage, and display image files stored in “Memory Stick” or on a computer’s hard disk. In PictureGear, each displayed image is called a slide.

Note

The example screens in this document are for the English version. However, to use this software, the language selected during installation should match the language of the operating system installed on the PC.

Languages that can be selected during installation are as follows.

Japanese / English / German / French / Italian / Spanish

If the language of your operating system is other than the above, select a language from among the above. The default selection is English.*

*Please note: Operation is not assured with operating systems for languages other than the above.

List View and Zoom View

Slides within a selected folder are displayed in the List View. The List View can be zoomed in and out between 12 and 800% using the Zoom Bar, so any slide can be quickly selected.

As long as a slide is in an image format that can be handled by PictureGear, even if its format differs from other slides, it appears in the same List View together with the other slides. Slides in the List View can be displayed in order by date, name, etc.

Copy and Move Slides

Slides can be copied and moved by simple operations in the PictureGear window.

Zoom Display of a Slide

A slide selected in the List View can be displayed zoomed in a separate window (Single-Image View). Slides displayed in Single-Image View can be magnified, reduced and scrolled.

Print Slides

Slides can be printed, either singly or as multiple slides per page.

Play Movies in the Movie Playback Window

MPEG1 and AVI format movie files can be played in separate windows. A corresponding still image appears in the List View.

Use with Video and Digital Still Cameras

By connecting a Sony video or digital still camera to the PC, photographic images can be transferred between PictureGear and the camera.

Use a “Memory Stick”

You can view and save slides on a PC that has been equipped with a Memory Stick Slot. If the PC you are using does not have a Memory Stick Slot, you can view and save slides by connecting a serial port adaptor (for MS) from Sony.

z Hint

The on-line help shows which image formats are supported by PictureGear.

Note

The functions described in this document are only applicable to the devices with which this software is bundled (or with the devices for which the accessory kit bundle is intended).

Use Before

Precautions for Use

About the Operating Environment

The hardware and software requirements for using PictureGear are as follows:

IBM PC/AT or compatible with the following capabilities.

–Minimum 90 MHz Pentium CPU (166 MHz or faster recommended)

–Minimum 32 MB main memory (64 MB or more recommended)

–Minimum 30 MB available hard disk space (for Standard installation)

–Minimum 640 × 480 pixel Hi Color (16-bit color) display driver capability.

Operating System

Microsoft® Windows 95/98/98 Second Edition, or Windows NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 3 or greater).

About Using with Windows NT4.0

•PictureGear must be installed with a supervisory-level login user name, such as “Administrator”.

•PictureGear may require about 150 MB of real and virtual memory combined. If PictureGear is run under Windows NT4.0 with too little memory, a message such as “Your system is running low on virtual memory. Please close some applications.” may appear. In this case, close PictureGear immediately, login with a supervisory level user name, double click the System icon in the Control Panel and increase the maximum size of virtual memory with the Performance setting.

Note

To view movies with PictureGear Version 4.1 Lite, the Microsoft DirectX Media Runtime Version 5.2 (or later) movie support library is required. If no movie support library is present, it can be installed from the PictureGear CD-ROM. See page 10 for details.

About Color Display Settings

•When using PictureGear, the color palette of the screen should be at least Hi Color (16-bit color) for proper display.

•The display color settings are made by double clicking the Display icon in the Windows Control Panel.

How to Use this Manual

This manual describes how to get PictureGear up and running. Refer to the PictureGear on-line help to learn more about specific program operations. Help is accessible by running PictureGear and selecting How to Use PictureGear in the Help menu.

Information too new to be included in the operating manual is available in the ReadMe file located under Start menu - Programs - PictureGear 4.1Lite. Please be sure to read it.

Displaying the Help Contents

PictureGear on-line help is displayed by clicking How to Use PictureGear in the Help menu, or by clicking the button on the toolbar.

•Double click to display the items within it.

•Double click to display the description of that item.

Use Before

Installing PictureGear

1Insert the PictureGear CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

When the CD-ROM drive access lamp turns off, the Choose Setup Language dialog box appears.

Note

If this dialog box does not appear when the CD-ROM is inserted, start the Windows Explorer and double click on the installation file (SETUP.EXE) on the CD-ROM.

2Click to select the language to use from the displayed language list, and click [OK].

The Question dialog box appears.

3Make sure all other applications are closed and then click [Yes].

The Welcome dialog box appears.

4Click [Next].

The End User License Agreement appears. Please read it before proceeding to the next step.

5Click [Yes] after reading the End User License Agreement and agreeing to the terms.

The Choose Destination Location dialog box appears with “C:\Program Files\Sony\PictureGear4.1Lite” as the installation destination.

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