Canon 6864A001AA - PowerShot A20 2MP Digital..., Manual

Page 1: ...1 ImageBrowser Software Guide ...

Page 2: ...g Folders 27 Chapter 4 Viewing Images Selecting Folders 28 Opening Images 29 Changing the Magnification 30 Editing Images 31 Editing Images with Other Programs 35 Chapter 5 Using the Camera Window Opening the Camera Window 36 Importing Images 37 Deleting Images on the Camera 39 Rotating Images 40 Copying Images to a Camera 41 Checking and Modifying the Camera Settings 43 Other Functions of the Cam...

Page 3: ...Supported File Formats 64 Preventing ImageBrowser from Starting Automatically 65 Customizing Preferences 66 Playing Movie 70 Converting RAW Images 71 Setting up Slide Shows on the Camera 73 Setting up DPOF Prints 74 Troubleshooting 76 Index Index 77 Table of Contents 2 2 ...

Page 4: ...n you connect the camera to your computer through a USB port When you connect the camera through a serial port or use a card reader see the Using Non USB Connections section in the Appendices REFERENCE You can prevent ImageBrowser from starting automatically For setting details see Preventing ImageBrowser from Starting Automatically in the Appendices 1 Connect a camera to your computer using a USB...

Page 5: ... again after you exit it Double click the Canon ImageBrowser icon on the desktop ImageBrowser starts REFERENCE Depending on the selections you make during installation the Canon ImageBrowser icon may not appear on the desktop In this case start ImageBrowser by double clicking on the application using the following sequence Locate and open the Canon Utilities folder then open the ImageBrowser folde...

Page 6: ...computer and the Camera Window does not appear click Canon Camera at the lower left of the Browser Window Creating a destination folder Let s begin with how to create a new folder to use as the destination folder for images imported from the camera 1 Click the Browser Window to bring it to the front 2 In the Explorer View Section click the disk where you want to create new folders as shown in the ...

Page 7: ...ntered Importing Images to Your Computer Use the following procedure to import copy images to the newly created folder on your computer 1 Click the Camera Window to bring it to the front 2 Click the image that you want to import A blue frame appears around the image REFERENCE You can select several images by holding down the Shift key and clicking the images that you want to copy To download all i...

Page 8: ...nding images appear in the Browser Area of the Browser Window Try to import all the images that you want Next let s try to print the images REFERENCE For detailed information on how to use the Camera Window see Chapter 5 If you want to use a CF card reader CompactFlash card reader or a computer card reader see the Using Non USB Connections in the Appendices Image imported from the camera ...

Page 9: ...ect several images by holding down the Shift key and clicking the images that you want to print 2 Click Print Layout The Print options window opens and the print layout is displayed automatically For the moment just print the images without making any changes 3 Click Print The Print Settings dialog box appears Select the print options that you want and start printing REFERENCE For details on print...

Page 10: ...t 5 minutes with a camera still connected to your computer a message appears to ask you whether you wish to stay connected or cut the connection This feature is designed to help save the power of the camera batteries If you want to stay connected click Yes To cut the connection click No If you do not respond to the message within approximately one minute the connection is automatically cut After d...

Page 11: ...mages in sequence in full screen mode Use the TimeTunnel feature to display images in a tunnel like arrangement in the order of their shooting dates By using other applications ImageBrowser gives you additional power when you use it together with the following applications You can start these applications from within ImageBrowser PhotoStitch You can use this application to stitch multiple images t...

Page 12: ...containing a folder that you created earlier 2 Double click the folder that you created Image files appear in the folder as shown below However when you select My Favorite Pix from the Browser Window images are displayed as follows As you can see they have exactly the same names Thus the images displayed in the Browser Area of ImageBrowser are actually the files in the folder that you selected abo...

Page 13: ...an switch between collapsing and expanding the contents of that folder You can drag this line to change the position of the boundary between the Explorer View Section and the Browser Area Browser Area This is the area where thumbnails of images in the selected folder are displayed Image Name This is where the file names of each individual images are displayed You can drag this part of the frame to...

Page 14: ...he BrowserWindow Display 1 2 You can change the way the Browser Window displays information to make it easier to use This section describes how to do this Changing the size of thumbnails By clicking or you can change the size of the thumbnails displayed in the Browser Area ...

Page 15: ...to enlarge and reduce the size of thumbnails Allows you to specify the information displayed under the thumbnail Control Panel Allows you to hide or display the control panel in the lower part of the Browser Area Sound Panel Allows you to hide or display the sound panel This panel allows you to record and play back voice messages Display Preview Allows you to hide or display the Display Preview ab...

Page 16: ... vary according to the context within which it is used It is a collection of the most commonly used buttons and commands that apply to a given situation Contextual menus allow you to use ImageBrowser more efficiently When you feel comfortable with ImageBrowser try using the contextual menus in different situations and you will be impressed with their convenience Note that in general this manual do...

Page 17: ...mageBrowser is open those changes might not be reflected in the ImageBrowser window To remedy this click Refresh on the Display menu Moving or copying in the Explorer View Section When you want to move an image you first need to display it in the Browser Area Then drag that image to the destination folder in the Explorer View Section When you want to copy an image proceed as above but press and ho...

Page 18: ... copy images between folders by displaying different folders in two Browser Windows then dragging images from one Browser Window to another REFERENCE To copy an image proceed as above but press and hold the option key before releasing the mouse button to drop the image Up to two Browser Windows can be open simultaneously The first Browser Window 2 Drop it at the desired location The Second Browser...

Page 19: ...the same basic procedure as explained above Moving or copying a complete folder Instead of selecting individual images you can select an entire folder for moving or copying Drag the folder that you have chosen in the Explorer View Section and drop it into another folder Copying to a camera You can copy images to a camera When you open the Camera Window and drag an image from the Browser Area into ...

Page 20: ...to Trash REFERENCE You can recover images that you accidentally delete Double click the Trash icon to open it and use the drag and drop function to return the file to its original folder More ways of deleting images Deleting multiple images You can select several images at once by holding down the Shift key and clicking the images that you want to delete When you have selected all the images that ...

Page 21: ...e it to JPEG format after rotation has been completed How to rotate an image Click the image that you want to rotate On the Edit menu point to Rotate and click the desired rotation angle REFERENCE 90 degrees right is a clockwise rotation and 90 degrees left is a counterclockwise rotation More ways of rotating images Rotating multiple images You can select several images at once by holding down the...

Page 22: ...and clicking the images that you want to duplicate When you have selected all the images that you want to duplicate perform the duplication operation and all the selected images are duplicated at once Duplicating a complete folder Instead of duplicating single images you can select an entire folder for duplication Select the folder in the Explorer View Section make sure no images are selected in t...

Page 23: ...his section describes how to rename images How to rename an image Click the name of the image that you want to rename After a moment you can type the new name of the image Type the new name and press return Click here and wait a moment then type the new name and press return ...

Page 24: ...ation dialog box for that image The File Information dialog box contains such information as the camera model the date the image was shot and the camera settings at the time of shooting To close the File Information dialog box click OK REFERENCE When an image taken by the camera is modified and saved by another program information about the camera might be lost 1 Click the image for which you want...

Page 25: ...k or its folder where you want to create the new folder On the File menu click New Folder to create a new folder called Untitled Folder REFERENCE For details on how to change the folder name see the next page When you create a new folder in ImageBrowser a new folder of the same name appears in the Finder Click the folder where you want to create a new folder then click New Folder on the File menu ...

Page 26: ...xplorer View Section click the name of the folder that you want to rename After a moment you can type the new folder name Type the new name and press return REFERENCE Renaming a folder in ImageBrowser changes the name of the folder itself on your computer Click the name of the folder and wait a moment Type the new name for the folder and press return ...

Page 27: ...ined in the folder are also deleted To delete the folder completely after performing this operation click Empty Trash on the Special menu How to delete a folder Click the folder that you want to delete and click Send to Trash Another way to delete folders Deleting a folder from the File menu You can delete folders from the File menu Click the folder that you want to delete On the File menu click S...

Page 28: ...g a folder You can use the and buttons to collapse or expand a disk or a folder Clicking the button to collapse a disk or a folder hides its subfolders On the other hand clicking the button to expand the disk or folder displays its subfolders REFERENCE If you want you can click Canon Camera in the Explorer View Section to open the Camera Window This is possible only if the camera is connected and ...

Page 29: ... Image on the Display menu to open the image Opening several images When you want to open several images at the same time you can use any of the following methods In the Browser Area hold down the shift key and click the thumbnails of the images that you want to open Then click Display Image to open all the selected images Closing an image Click Close button on the image window to close the image ...

Page 30: ...m ratio with the buttons in the image window You can change the zoom ratio by clicking or directly in the image window How to change the zoom ratio using the Display menu You can change the zoom ratio by clicking one of the zoom ratios on the Display menu or by clicking Enlarge or Reduce REFERENCE You can select a zoom ratio of 25 to 200 Reduce Enlarge Current zoom ratio ...

Page 31: ...ce of an image by adjusting its hue saturation and lightness Save After you have modified an image you can save it under a different name with this function REFERENCE After you edit an image it is possible that the result might not satisfy you and so want to go back to the previous step In this case click Undo on the Edit menu to cancel the operation and return to the previous step Keep clicking U...

Page 32: ...to crop Drag the mouse to form a rectangular frame Then click Crop to extract the area within the frame REFERENCE When an area is selected for cropping the following information is displayed at the bottom of the window This is the size of the area that you selected horizontal vertical in pixels These are the coordinates of the mouse pointer in the cropped area 1 Drag to frame the area that you wan...

Page 33: ...ge the appearance of an image by adjusting its colors Click Adjust Color to display the Adjust Color dialog box In the dialog box you can adjust the hue saturation and lightness and click OK Click here Decrease Hue Decrease Saturation Decrease Lightness Increase Hue Increase Saturation Increase Lightness ...

Page 34: ...age file you can save it under the same file name overwriting the original image To do this type the original file name of the image under Save File in the save dialog box then click Save REFERENCE After you have modified an image if you try to close the image window without saving your changes a message appears to prompt you to save the edited image To save the changes click Save In the save dial...

Page 35: ...n the camera that you are using the program supplied with the camera might vary Some camera models do not come with an image editing program How to edit an image with the image editing program provided Select an image that you want to edit On the Edit menu click Adobe Photoshop where Adobe Photoshop is the name of the program which depends on the camera model you are using This starts the image ed...

Page 36: ...ally REFERENCE The Camera Window does not open automatically if The application program below will start is not checked in Canon USB Camera on the Control Panels Double clicking Canon Camera in the Explorer View Section In the Explorer View Section double click Canon Camera to open the Camera Window Opening the Camera Window Using the Canon Camera button Click Canon Camera to display the Camera Wi...

Page 37: ...rt from the camera and click Download REFERENCE The image is imported into the library or folder currently selected in the Browser Window The name of the camera you are using as well as thumbnails of the images on the camera appear in the Camera Window Therefore your computer screen may differ to the one that appears in this guide 1 Select an image 2 Click here Image imported from the camera Camer...

Page 38: ...are selected perform the importation All the images that you selected are imported Importing all the images Click Select and click Select All on the menu All the images of the folder are selected and when you perform the importation procedure they are all imported at once REFERENCE If an image is taken in the Stitch Assist mode some camera models do not come with this feature it appears in the Cam...

Page 39: ...click OK The image is deleted Other ways of deleting images Deleting multiple images You can select several images by holding down the shift key and clicking the images that you want to delete When you have selected all the images to be deleted perform the deletion All the selected images are deleted Deleting all the images Click Select and click Select All on the menu When you proceed with the de...

Page 40: ...he camera is not changed at all However when you import the image the change is reflected in the actual file stored on your computer Some image degradation may result when rotating a JPEG file with ImageBrowser This is because the JPEG file is decompressed prior to rotation then is recompressed to restore it to JPEG format after rotation has been completed Another way to rotate images Rotating mul...

Page 41: ...uter to create a presentation copy it to the camera and use the camera to give a presentation to your clients How to copy an image to the camera Click Upload A dialog box appears In the dialog box select an image you want to copy to the camera and click Open When the Save to Camera dialog box appears set up all the necessary options Then click Save to Camera The selected image is copied to the cam...

Page 42: ...t when stored on the camera For detailed information on file formats see the Supported File Formats section in the Appendices Other ways of copying images Using the menu You can copy images to a camera by clicking Upload Images on the Canon Camera menu Drag and drop In the Browser Area drag an image that you want to copy into the Camera Window You can also use this method to copy several images al...

Page 43: ... The Camera Settings dialog box appears Use it to change the settings as shown in the figure on the right After you have checked the camera settings and made the necessary changes click OK Click Camera Settings on the Setup Options menu Use this button to synchronize the camera clock and your computer clock Use this button to format the CF card on the camera Depending on the camera model you may n...

Page 44: ...camera and your computer Click this button to re establish the connection between the camera and your computer after breaking it Click this button to print the selected image For detailed information on this operation see the Printing Images section in Chapter 6 Click this button to check the various shooting information Click this button to run a camera based slide show or to perform DPOF prints ...

Page 45: ...mail dialog box appears However if you selected the Send image s without compression option the Send Email dialog box appears and you can proceed to step 7 5 Specify the reduction ratio and the image quality 6 Click Next The last window appears Use this option when you do not want to reduce the size of the image Normally we recommend that you select this option Specify the reduction ratio relative...

Page 46: ...d by opening a new e mail and attaching the image to the e mail message With Outlook Express or other types of e mail programs you can attach images to e mail messages simply by dragging them from the Browser Area to the new message window REFERENCE With Mac OS 8 6 or later you can change the e mail program so that this procedure starts automatically To do so click the Internet icon in the Control...

Page 47: ...de show to proceed automatically and go to the next slide after a predetermined number of seconds Select the Control with Mouse or keypad option if you want to control the progress of the slide show manually When you have completed the slide show settings click OK Select the transition effect to be used when moving from one slide to another When you click an effect you can get a preview of how the...

Page 48: ...Select All If you selected Control with Mouse or keypad in the Slide Show Options dialog box you can control the slide show as follows You can use this method even if you selected Auto Play To move to the next image Press the return or key Click the image To return to the previous image Press the key Hold the shift key and click the image To end the show Press the esc key To display the contextual...

Page 49: ...end recording click Stop To add the sound to the image that you selected click Save The sound is added to the image The following mark appears when an image is accompanied by sound How to play sound added to an image Select the image for which you want to play the sound On the Sound menu click Play The sound is played Further you can control playback by clicking Pause or Stop on the Sound menu REF...

Page 50: ...tically laid out REFERENCE To select several images hold down the shift key and click the images that you want Further you can select all of the images in a folder by clicking the Select All button You can also start printing by clicking the Print Layout button in the Camera Window When either Shooting Date or File Name are selected on the Print tab of the Preferences dialog box on the Edit menu t...

Page 51: ...s Free Allows you to specify the size and location of the images freely Fixed Photo Size All images are laid out at standard photo print size Since the images are printed without gaps between them they look like photo prints when they are cut with a cutting knife Canon Perforated Paper You can only use Canon Perforated Paper in some Canon BJ printers that support Canon Perforated Paper media You c...

Page 52: ...ype is Free you can use the following functions REFERENCE You can also select a rotation angle on the Rotate submenu on the Edit menu Drag the image that you want to move Drag any side of the frame of the image to change its size Click to reorganize the images according to their file size Specify the number of images that you want to see on each page If you change this value the images are reorgan...

Page 53: ...appears Type your caption and specify the font and its size as well as any styles that you want Click OK The location of the caption differs depending on what kind of layout you have selected Specify the font typeface Specify the size of the font Specify the alignment of the text Specify the style of the font Specify spacing between characters Specify the color of the characters Free layout Fixed ...

Page 54: ...ars in the center of the page Text surrounded by a frame is called a text box You can control text boxes as follows Moving text boxes You can move text boxes by dragging them Changing the size of text boxes You can change the size of a text box by dragging its left or right edge The number of lines in the text box changes automatically according to its size 0 Editing text boxes First select a text...

Page 55: ... as any styles that you want Click OK The header appears at the top of the page Duplicating images You can duplicate images by selecting the image that you want and clicking Copy Image on the Edit menu The image is duplicated Clipping images You can clip part of an image Select an image and click Clipping on the Edit menu When the image appears specify the area for clipping by dragging a box aroun...

Page 56: ... all the adjustments that you want in the Print window click Print When the Print dialog box appears make your print settings and start printing IMPORTANT The time it takes to print depends on the number and size of your images REFERENCE To start printing on the File menu point to Print and click Print Click here ...

Page 57: ...gether Multiple page printing In the Browser Area select an image and on the File menu click Multiple Page Print Adjust the print settings in the dialog box illustrated below and click Print to launch the print job Setting the print size To set the print size on the File menu click Multiple Page Print Options The Options dialog box appears The smaller you make the resolution the larger the image i...

Page 58: ...nd wait a moment The information about the image is displayed The date time at which the images were shot appears on the red line You can change this date time by double clicking it on the display A window similar to the one below appears Specify the new date time Double click a thumbnail to display it in another window Control Panel Move the slider up or down to respectively move backward or forw...

Page 59: ...at you want to change Click to display the tool panel Enables or disables Auto Cruise When Auto Cruise is active the time movement continues even after you have moved and released the bar Click to play sound that accompanies an image that you selected Exit TimeTunnel and return to the previous screen Select this option to make the TimeTunnel rings octagonal Allows you to change the number of TimeT...

Page 60: ...o stitch images REFERENCE For detailed information on how to use PhotoStitch refer to PhotoStitch Help accessible from the Help menu If the camera has the Stitch Assist mode you can use this mode to take pictures that can later be stitched together more easily Opening PhotoStitch In the Browser Area select the images that you want to stitch together On the Edit menu click PhotoStitch Then follow t...

Page 61: ...tion on how to use RemoteCapture read the RemoteCapture Help accessible from the Help menu Opening RemoteCapture Make sure that your camera is connected to your computer and that communication between them is ready On the Edit menu click RemoteCapture When the message indicating that connection with the camera is ready appears click OK Using the RemoteCapture functions Displays a list of pictures ...

Page 62: ... camera you can use programs such as Adobe PhotoDeluxe and Adobe Photoshop to directly import images stored on the camera Click this button to display the images stored on the camera REFERENCE For detailed information on how to operate and start the Plug In Module read the Plug ins PhotoDeluxe and Photoshop Help Click to download the selected images to your computer A list of the images stored on ...

Page 63: ...the Explorer View Section and double click the DCIM folder When the Camera Window appears the images stored on the CF card are displayed Subsequent operations are identical to when you are using a USB connection Using Non USB Connections Connecting the camera using a serial port You can connect some Canon digital cameras to your computer through its serial port When the connection is set up correc...

Page 64: ...ary file format provided by Canon It allows the output of the image pixels from a digital camera without any deterioration in the quality of the image Some cameras might not support this file format PICT files This is the standard file format for Macintosh This file format is supported by most Macintosh software TIFF files This is a relatively popular format It is widely supported by non Macintosh...

Page 65: ...ra Clear the selection from The application program below will start in the dialog box When you have cleared the selection click the Close box to close the dialog box REFERENCE You can change the program that starts automatically when you connect the camera to your computer and make it ready for communication between them In the dialog box illustrated above click the program that you want to start...

Page 66: ...it menu click Preferences to open the Preferences dialog box Then use the tabs to customize the preferences Browser tab Click here Allows you to set the background color of the Preview window Allows you to set the color of each area in the Browser Area Specifies the program s displayed on the Start Application submenu on the Edit menu You can add programs using the Add button on the right If you s...

Page 67: ...uter In this case you can use this tab to delete unnecessary thumbnails thumbnails for file on a CD ROM or a CD R that you have already looked at and probably will not look at again To delete the thumbnails mentioned above click the appropriate disk on this tab The thumbnails for that particular disk are deleted The thumbnails are not actually deleted until the next time you start ImageBrowser Cam...

Page 68: ...e Format tab Print tab Use this to specify the output format to use when converting RAW images Note that only some cameras support the TIFF 16bits channel format Use this to select the information displayed as the caption for each image when you open the Print Layout window ...

Page 69: ...69 ImageBrowser Software Guide Appendices Customizing Preferences 4 4 Units tab Use this to set the units used for measuring the paper size in the Print window ...

Page 70: ...this case a thumbnail and a movie mark appear in the Browser Area When you double click the thumbnail QuickTime Player starts and plays the movie REFERENCE If you drag a movie for importation in the Browser Area from a window other than the Camera Window depending on the computer environment and movie format the thumbnail might not appear at once In this case you can double click the QuickTime mov...

Page 71: ... very high quality images with no degradation during compression RAW files are converted to TIFF files that you can change on the File Format tab of the Preferences dialog box and saved in the same folder as the original RAW file While it depends on the power of your computer generally the conversion takes a bit of time to complete How to convert a RAW image simple method In the Browser Area selec...

Page 72: ...ea select a RAW image On the File menu click Convert RAW Images with User Defined Parameters When the following dialog box appears adjust the image quality and click OK to start the conversion 1 Select a RAW image 2 Click this command Specify the white balance overall color tone contrast between bright and dark spots sharpness emphasis of outline and color saturation If you want to adjust the whit...

Page 73: ...e top left part of the window Then use the list below to select a slide show number From the image list on the left drag images to the right area and arrange their sequence for the slide show When you are done arranging the slide sequence click Save to Camera to save the slide show setup REFERENCE If you want to change the sequence of some images just drag them to the right place in the area on th...

Page 74: ...op or a DPE operator to print the images on the CF card For details on DPOF refer to the documentation that comes with your camera How to make DPOF print settings In the Camera Window click Slide DPOF When the following window appears select the Print Order DPOF option that appears on the upper left part of the window Then from the list below select the print type Standard Print Prints the specifi...

Page 75: ...mera to save the information REFERENCE The procedure described above also applies when the print type is Both Standard Index Index printing To include images in an index print select the check box under the image Clearing the check box excludes the image from the index print When you are done with your selections click Save to Camera to save the information Allows you to specify the number of copi...

Page 76: ... not available through the computer s serial port and it is not guaranteed when connecting through a USB hub Refer to the documentation that comes with the camera for a listing of compatible Macintosh computers and Mac OS versions Check the connection between the camera and the computer Make sure that the camera and the computer are connected correctly with a USB cable For information on the conne...

Page 77: ... 16 Control Panel 13 Convert 71 Convert RAW images 71 Copy image 17 Create folder 25 Crop 32 D DCIM 63 Delete folder 27 image 20 39 Display Preview 15 Download 37 DPOF 74 Duplicate image 22 E E mail 45 Edit Caption 53 Image 31 Text 54 Enlarge 30 Explorer View Section 6 13 F File Format tab 68 Fixed Photo Size 51 Format CF card 43 Free 51 H Header 55 Help 10 Hue 33 I Image information 24 Import ima...

Page 78: ...RAW mode 38 Record sound 49 Reduce 30 Refresh 17 RemoteCapture 61 Rename folder 26 image 23 Rotate 21 40 S Saturation 33 Save image 34 Save to Camera 41 Select folder 28 Send to Trash 20 27 Serial port 63 Setup Options 43 Shooting Settings 61 Slide Show on Camera 73 on Computer 47 Slide Show Options 47 Sound 49 Standard print 75 Start 4 Stitch Assist mode 38 T Thumbnail Cache 67 Thumbnails 14 TIFF...

Page 79: ...akes no warranties for damages resulting from corrupted or lost data due to a mistaken operation or malfunction of the camera the software the CompactFlash cards CF cards personal computers peripheral de vices or use of non Canon CF cards Trademark Acknowledgments Canon and PowerShot are trademarks of Canon Inc Adobe PhotoDeluxe and Photoshop are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incor porated CompactFl...