Casio BK862PSM3DMX manual

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    Photo Loader V ersion 2.1 CASIO LCD Digital Camera Image Loading Software Windows version Instruction manual K862PSM3DMX E B[...]

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    2 • Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. • CompactFlash and the logo are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation. • MultiMediaCard TM is a trademark of Infineon T echnologies AG in Germany , and is licensed to MMCA (MultiMediaCard Association). • Other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective[...]

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    3 T able of contents Introduction ................................................................... 5 ■ T o first-time users of Photo Loader ....................................... 5 ■ Features of Photo Loader ....................................................... 5 Automatically loads recorded images from a digital camera or memory card. ..[...]

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    4 ■ Deleting Images ..................................................................... 32 Deleting a library ...................................................................... 32 Deleting images one by one .................................................... 33 ■ Copying a library .........................................................[...]

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    5 Introduction This document describes how to use the CASIO LCD digital camera image loading software, Photo Loader (hereafter called Photo Loader in this document). Photo Loader is a software application that runs on Windows. This document does not describe how to use Windows. This document assumes that Photo Loader users are familiar with the fol[...]

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    6 Handling high-volume image data as a library Loaded image files will be managed in a folder by date, which is handled as a library . Automatically creates an HTML file in which recorded images can be searched in calendar format. An HTML file will be automatically created to allow searching of recorded images loaded manually or automatically and f[...]

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    7 ■ How to read this instruction manual Operation conventions All operations on this manual are described for Windows 98. The description assumes that a mouse is used. In this document, the buttons in dialog boxes are described as follows. [Copy] button [View] button [Load image] button [Edit] button [Delete] button [Move] button [Preferences] bu[...]

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    8 Starting Photo Loader Photo Loader must be installed on your PC before starting. If not yet installed, install Photo Loader on your PC. 1. Switch on your PC to start Windows. 2. Select “ Programs” → “Casio” → “Photo Loader” → “Photo Loader 2.1E”. Photo Loader starts and the function buttons are displayed. Photo Loader functi[...]

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    9 ■ Checking communication status between digital camera and Photo Loader (for RS-232C connection) Important! • RS-232C connection is not possible with some digital cameras. For details, see the user ’ s manual of the digital camera. • Before loading image data from a digital camera, check that communication between the digital camera and P[...]

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    10 3. Click the [Setting(S)] button. Click the [Cancel] button to cancel the operation. • Check that the number of the RS-232C terminal (serial port) on your PC connected by the cable is the same as the port number (COM1-COM9) displayed by the communication port setting in the preferences dialog box. • Read the instruction manual of your PC for[...]

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    11 Using Photo Loader This section describes how to use Photo Loader . ■ Loading an image This sub-section describes how to load image data onto your PC using Photo Loader . Y ou can choose from “ Loading images automatically ” and “ Loading images manually ” . * Photo Loader can be used to capture the following types of multimedia file. [...]

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    12 Note • It is recommended that the peripheral devices listed above be used to automatically load images recorded with digital cameras. T o load images not from a digital camera, see “ Loading images other than those recorded by digital cameras ” on page 23. • Images can be automatically loaded from the following cameras in addition to thi[...]

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    13 2. Click the <Load images in camera> tab. 3. Select “ Automatic loading ON( N) ” from “ Set up automatic loading ” . • “ Automatic loading ON( N) ” is specified as the default. • Select “ Automatic loading OFF( F) ” to disable automatic loading.[...]

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    14 4. Restart Photo Loader by clicking [Exit] (Restarting is not necessary unless the settings have been changed). This completes the automatic loading settings. Images will be automatically loaded after starting Windows, when you connect the digital camera to the USB port of your PC, or when you mount the memory card used to record pictures with t[...]

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    15 5. Connect the digital camera to the USB port or mount the memory card used to record pictures on your PC. • The confirmation dialog will be displayed. • If the confirmation dialog is not required, change the setting by referring to page 44. 6. Click the [OK] button to start automatic loading. • Images will be loaded from the digital camer[...]

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    16 8. Click the [Loading( G)] button. • Images will be loaded in the selected image folder . • Click the [Cancel] button to cancel image loading. • When “ Sort by date ( P) ” is selected, the loading date confirmation dialog box will be displayed. Specify a date with the pull-down button and click [OK]. • If the following message appear[...]

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    17 9. Enter a library name for the loaded images. • Only valid when loading with “ Sort by date ( P) ” selected. • Operation 10 screen will be displayed when loaded using “ Sort by recording date ( R) ” . • See “ Library sort method ” on page 42 for “ Sort by recording date ( R) ” . • Y ou can enter up to 40 characters. • [...]

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    18 Note If you start the program with automatic loading set on, the “ Photo Loader supervisory ” menu will be added to Windows “ Start ” → “ Programs ” → “ StartUp ” . Loading an Image Manually (for Card/USB connection) Image data recorded using a digital camera will be loaded into Photo Loader . When RS-232C connection is selec[...]

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    19 2. Select the “ Load image in camera ” option based on the connection between the digital camera (or memory card) and your PC. • Select “ Card/USB connection( U) ” . 3. Click the [Load image in camera...] button. 4. Subsequent operations are the same as those for operation 7 on page 15. Note If the digital camera (or memory card) has o[...]

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    20 Loading an Image Manually (for RS-232C connection) Image data recorded using a digital camera will be loaded into Photo Loader . See “ Loading an Image Manually (for Card/USB connection) ” on page 18 if you have selected card/USB connection. Important! • RS-232C connection is not possible with some digital cameras. For details, see the use[...]

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    21 3. Click the [Load image in camera...] button. 4. Select either “ Batch( A) ” or “ Specified folder( F) ” from “ T ransfer unit ” . • Select “ Batch( A) ” to load all images saved in the digital camera. • Select “ Specified folder( F) ” to specify a folder to load images saved in the digital camera. 5. If you select “ S[...]

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    22 • If the following message appears when loading with “ Sort by recording date ( R) ” , see “ Handling image loading errors (for “ Sort by recording date( R) ” ) ” on page 26. • See “ Checking communication status between digital camera and Photo Loader (for RS-232C connection) ” on page 9 for Communication settings. 7. Subseq[...]

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    23 Loading images other than those recorded by digital cameras Loads image data other than that taken with a digital camera into Photo Loader . Image data saved in JPEG format, video data saved in A VI format (including those without sound), and audio data saved in W A V format can be captured from the hard disk of the PC or from peripheral units c[...]

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    24 3. Select the folder containing the image data to be loaded into Photo Loader and click the [Add( A)] button. T o reselect an image to be loaded, select the image data from the folder list and click the [Delete( D)] button. Then, reselect an image to be loaded. Names of the images to be loaded are displayed in the folder list. 4. Select the meth[...]

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    25 5. Click the [Load( G)] button. • Images will be loaded from the folder selected. • Click the [Cancel] button to cancel image loading. • When “ Sort by date ( P) ” is selected, the loading date confirmation dialog box will be displayed. Specify a date with the pull-down button and click [OK]. • If the following message appears when l[...]

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    26 Important! ● About movie images and panorama images recorded using a digital camera 1 Movie recording T o replay movie images (A VI files) recorded in “ Movie recording mode ” on a Casio LCD digital camera on Windows 95/98/NT computer , DirectX8a or later , or QuickT ime 4.0 or later , is required. 2 Panorama recording CASIO LCD digital ca[...]

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    27 1 Select “ Sort by date information of a file ” . • Sort images on the file date information and create a library . • T o load images by specifying a date instead of using the file date information, select “ Sort by date ” , click the [OK] button, and then proceed to step 3 . • Clicking the [Cancel] button loads the file with the c[...]

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    28 ■ V iewing a library Photo Loader handles the folder saving image files as “ Library ” . This section describes how to list images in a library on the PC screen. V iewing a library from Photo Loader 1. Click the [V iew] button from the function buttons. The calendar is displayed for the years in which the image data was saved. The months i[...]

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    29 2. Click the month for the libraries to be displayed. 3. Click the date or title for the libraries to be displayed.[...]

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    30 The library selected is displayed. This window is used for various views and functions. • Slide show ................. Displays images contained in a library one by one. Click [MANUAL] to manually browse through images one by one. Click [AUTO] to display the next images every 5 seconds. • INDEX ........................ Displays thumbnails of[...]

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    31 Retouching and Printing Images/Attaching with E-mail Images can be retouched, printed, and attached with e-mail. 1 . Follow the procedure as far as Step 3 in “ V iewing a library from Photo Loader ” on page 28. 2 . Click the image to be displayed. The selected image is displayed. [MAIL] button • Clicking the button launches the e-mail soft[...]

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    32 • For details about the [PRINT] button, see “ Adding/Removing the optional buttons to the Library ” on page 47. Note • This function is available only with Internet Explorer . • For details on using Photohands, please consult the Photohands manual contained in the provided CD-ROM. [ ] button • Plays image files with sound or the soun[...]

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    33 2. Select the library to be deleted. Clicking the [Select all] button selects all the libraries. 3. Click the [ Delete...] button. The library selected is deleted. Deleting images one by one This section describes how to delete images one by one. 1 . Click the [Delete] function button. 2 . Select the library that contains the image to be deleted[...]

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    34 3 . Click [ H H H H H Back] or [ Next J J J J J ] button to display the image file to be deleted. 4 . Click the [ Select/Cancel...] button. • appears next to the image to be deleted. Clicking the [ Select/Cancel...] button again removes the . 5 . Click the [Delete...] button. The images in the library selected are displayed.[...]

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    35 6 . Click the [OK] button. • Image files marked with are deleted. • Click the [Cancel] button to cancel deletion. • When all image files within a library have been erased, delete the library . • It may take a significant length of time to update the library . ■ Copying a library This sub-section describes how to copy a Photo Loader lib[...]

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    36 2 . Select the library to be copied. • Clicking the [Select all] button selects all the libraries. • Checking “ Display preview images( P) ” displays the images in the library selected. 3. Click the [ Copy ...] button. 4. Specify the target folder . 5. Click the [OK] button. • The library selected is copied to the specified folder . ?[...]

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    37 ■ Moving a library This sub-section describes how to move a Photo Loader library . “ Library saving folder ” allows the library to be moved from the active drive to a dif ferent drive. The library moved will not be visible in Photo Loader . 1. Click the [Move] button from the function buttons. 2. Select the library to be moved. • Clickin[...]

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    38 3. Click the [Move...] button. 4. Specify the target folder . 5. Click the [OK] button. • The library selected is moved to the specified folder . • Click the [Cancel] button to cancel moving. ■ Editing a library This sub-section describes how to modify a Photo Loader library . The following two operations are supported. ● Changing the ti[...]

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    39 2 . Select the library to change the title. • T itles cannot be changed if multiple libraries are selected. • Checking “ Display preview images( P) ” displays the images in the library selected. 3. Click the [Change title...] button. 4. Enter a title and click the [OK] button. • The title will change to the new title entered. • Click[...]

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    40 Note The rebuilding process takes a significant length of time if the library contains a large number of files. <Reference> If the library contains 1000 image files, it will take 30 minutes to rebuild the library using a PC with a Crusoe 600 MHz CPU. If JPEG data and W A V data have the same file names, both images will be displayed. If th[...]

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    41 2. Select the library to be rebuilt. • Clicking the [Select all] button selects all the libraries. • Checking “ Display preview images( P) ” displays the images in the library selected. 3. Click the [Rebuild...] button. 4. Click the [OK] button. • The library selected is rebuilt. • Click the [Cancel] button to stop library rebuilding[...]

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    42 Changing Photo Loader preferences This sub-section describes the various Photo Loader preferences. Photo Loader preferences are broadly divided into following four types. ● General ● Loading images in a camera ● Options ● V ersion ■ General 1. Click the [Preferences] button from the function buttons. 2. Click the <General> tab. 3[...]

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    43 Folder to save library Specifies the folder for loading images to. Click on [Browse...] button and specify the folder for loading to. Libraries previously loaded will all be transferred to the new folder once specified. Enter title after loading Y ou can choose to enter a library title after loading images. If “ Y es( I) ” is selected, a dia[...]

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    44 ■ Loading images in camera 1. Click the [Preferences] button from the function buttons. 2. Click the <Load images in camera> tab. 3. Set the preferences as required. <Load images in camera> includes the following preferences. Set up automatic loading * 1 Specifies whether or not to load images automatically . If “ Automatic loadi[...]

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    45 Convert image aspect based on rotation information Sets whether or not to convert the image aspect when loading images. If “ Convert aspect( C) ” is selected, a portrait image will be loaded as portrait image based on the rotation information, where applicable. ■ Options 1 . Click the [Preferences] function button. 2 . Click the <Option[...]

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    46 Selecting the e-mail software Set the mailing software with which an image file is to be attached. If you do not use the mailing function, select “ Do not set mailing software ” . Compatible e-mail software: Outlook Express (IE5.0, 5.5 or 6.0), Outlook 2000 Important! • Y ou need to install e-mail software compatible with this function on [...]

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    47 Adding/Removing the optional buttons to the Library Adds the [PRINT] button used when printing an image in “ Retouching and Printing Images/Attaching with E-mail ” on page 31. Also, adds or removes the [MAIL] button used when attaching an image to an e-mail. 1 . Click the [Rebuild...] button. • If [Y es( D)] is selected in “ Adding Print[...]

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    48 Starting the Photohands retouching/printing software Photohands must be installed on your PC before it can be started. There are three methods for starting Photohands from Photo Loader: • Start from the function button • Start from the library index • Start from the image viewing screen This section describes how to start Photohands from t[...]

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    49 V iewing help 1. Click the [Help] button from the function buttons. 2. Double-click the desired item. The item selected opens. Exiting from Photo Loader 1. Click the [Exit] button from the function buttons. • Photo Loader program ends. T roubleshooting If a problem occurs during use, see “ Help ” .[...]

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    50 Glossary This section describes terms used in this document that are especially difficult to understand. ● DCF This stands for Design rule for Camera File system. This is a rule to unify image data saving format to allow image data taken by a digital camera to be exchanged between digital cameras and peripheral units of various manufacturers. [...]