Pentax Optio Optio MX User manual
Enjoying Your Digital
Camera Images
On Your PC
(PC Guide)
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Introduction
This booklet explains how to view the images you took with the
PENTAX Optio MX on your PC. Keep this manual in a safe place.
Regarding copyrights
Images taken using the Optio MX 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
• The SD logo is a trademark.
• PENTAX is a trademark of PENTAX Corporation.
• Optio is a trademark of PENTAX Corporation.
• All other brands or product names are trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective companies.
• Apple, the Apple logo, AppleScript, the Apple Store, Mac, the Mac logo,
Mac OS, Macintosh, and QuickTime™ are trademarks of Apple Computer,
Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
• This product supports PRINT Image Matching II.
When used in combination, PRINT Image Matching II enables digital still
cameras, printers and software help photographers to produce images
more faithful to their intentions.
Copyright 2001 Seiko Epson Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
PRINT Image Matching is a trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation.
• 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:
The PC screenshots in this booklet may differ from your PC, depending on
your model.
1Gives page numbers explaining related operations.
Gives information that is useful to know.
Gives cautions and notes about the operation.
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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
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
Contents
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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.
Connect your camera to
the computer with the USB
cable to transfer the
camera images.
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.113)
• Select the images for prints.
Use your photo shop
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.
Connect your camera directly to a
printer that is compatible with
PictBridge using the USB cable, and
print images.
1Camera Operating Manual (p.116)
Direct Print
Your computer is...
•
equipped with a standard USB interface.
•
using Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000/XP
as your OS. Or Mac OS 9.2/10.1 or later.
Your computer is...
• using Windows 95/NT,
Mac OS 8.6.
Connect your camera and TV with the
AV cable to display images and
movies on the TV.
1Camera Operating Manual (p.102)
View images on a TV
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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.
Use your image data
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.
• 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.
Images transferred to the computer can be
saved onto a CD-R or other media.
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.
Use your printer
Save your image data
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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.
The following software is included in the CD-ROM (S-SW17) 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 6.0
• DirectX 9.0
Macintosh
• ACDSee for PENTAX (Image viewing software)
• ACD photostitcher (Panorama image editing software)
Software Provided
Use the USB cable (I-USB17) provided to connect the camera to
your computer.
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The following system requirements must be met for you to fully enjoy the
images and movies captured with a digital camera on your computer.
USB connection
• OS: Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000/XP (Home Edition/
Professional) (USB driver must be installed on Windows
98/98SE)
• USB port 2.0 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 98/98SE/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 6.0 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 PENTAX is also installed when performing
standard installation of ACDSee for PENTAX (if ACD Showtime! for
PENTAX meets system requirements).
System Requirements
Windows System Requirements
• The software cannot be used on Windows 95.
• USB port 1.1 connection is possible to playback images but frame
skipping may occur when playing back movies. If a movie does not
play back smoothly, transfer the data to your computer and then
play the movie.
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<ACD Showtime! for PENTAX>
(6 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese)
• OS: Windows 98/98SE/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 6.0 or later
• Windows Media Player 7.1 or later (Windows Media Player 9.0
or later recommended)
• DirectX 9.0 or later
<QuickTime 6.0>
(6 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese)
• OS: Windows 98/98SE/Me/NT/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-SW17). 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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USB connection
• OS: Mac OS 9.2/10.1-10.3
• USB port 2.0 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 8.6 or higher (requires QuickTime
6.0 or higher 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 higher.
* Operation is not guaranteed on all Macintosh computers meeting the
system requirements.
Macintosh System Requirements
USB port 1.1 connection is possible to playback images but frame
skipping may occur when playing back movies. If a movie does not
play back smoothly, transfer the data to your computer and then play
the movie.
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The procedures for installing the necessary software are explained.
1Turn on your computer.
2Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW17) into your CD-ROM drive.
The PENTAX Software Installer screen is displayed on the
desktop.
3Click your applicable
language.
You can choose the languages from
the displayed screen.
A selection screen to install your
desired software is displayed.
4Click [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.
Installing the Software (for Windows)
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 (Windows 98/98SE only)
• 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-SW17)] icon.
3) Double-click [Setup.exe].
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