Pentax Optio 555 Instruction manual

Viewing Your Digital

Camera Images

On Your PC

(PC Connection Manual)

Introduction

This booklet explains how to view the images you took with the

PENTAX Optio 555 on your PC. Keep this manual in a safe place.

Regarding copyrights

Images taken using the Optio 555 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 of 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 enabled digital still

cameras, printers and software help photographers to produce images

more faithful to their intentions.

PRINT Image Matching is a trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation.

• Symbols used in this manual have the following meanings:

The PC screenshots in this booklet may differ from your PC, depending on

your model.

Gives page numbers explaining related operations.

Gives information that is useful to know.

Gives cautions and notes about the operation.

Your Digital Camera: From Image Capture to Photo Prints 2

Viewing Digital Camera Images on a Windows PC 4

System Requirements ............................................................... 4

Installing the Software............................................................... 5

Displaying and Copying Images to your PC.......................... 12

Disconnecting the Camera from your PC.............................. 16

Viewing Digital Camera Images on a Macintosh 18

System Requirements ............................................................. 18

Installing the Software............................................................. 18

Displaying Images on your Macintosh................................... 20

Disconnecting your Camera from your Macintosh............... 21

About ACDSee™ 22

Launching ACDSee™ .............................................................. 22

Viewing using the Browser 23

About the Browser................................................................... 23

Viewing images in other folders............................................. 27

Sorting image files................................................................... 28

Setting detailed display categories ........................................ 29

Viewing a large version of an image (Viewer) 30

About the Viewer...................................................................... 30

Panorama Image Stitching with ACD photostitcher 32

Printing an image 35

Printing from the Browser....................................................... 35

Printing from the Viewer.......................................................... 35

Creating and Printing contact sheets .................................... 36

E-mailing your images from ACDSee™ 37

About ACDInTouch 38

Contents

Your Digital Camera: From Image Capture

to Photo Prints

Connect your camera to a TV with

an AV cable to enjoy your pictures

on the screen.

Camera Operating Manual

(P.100)

Is your computer…

• equipped with a standard USB interface?

• using Windows 98/98 SE/Me/2000/XP as your OS?

Or Mac OS 9.0 or later?

• Connect your camera

and computer with a

USB cable, and copy

the camera images.

• Connect your camera

and printer that is

compatible with

“PictBridge” directly.

Have prints made from your

card images at a photo shop.

Transfer your images using a

built-in card slot + PC card

adaptor or a card reader.

• Set DPOF settings on your

camera, and get prints from

your photo shop.

Camera Operating Manual

(P.101)

• Select the images for prints.

Here are some ways to use the images

captured with your digital camera.

Use your monitor

Use your photo shop

Is your computer…

• using Windows 95/NT,

Mac OS 8.6, or an earlier OS?

• Remove the card from the

camera. When transferring

images on the card to a PC

with another device, make

sure to review the user manual

accompanying that device.

• See the operating manual of your

email software for details on how to

make attachments to emails.

• See the operating manual of the

software you are using for details on

how to use images on your

homepage.

Print images from your

computer to your printer.

Some printers can print

directly from cards.

• For details, see the

operating manual of the

printer you are using.

Images sent to the computer can be

saved onto a CD-R or other media.

Use your printer

ACDSee™ P.22-38

Use your e-mail software to attach images to e-mails, or

use them on your homepage.

Use your image data

* These operations also can be performed using

commercially available image editing software. See

the instructions provided with the software for more

details.

• View Images

• Edit Images

• Save processed images

• E-mail Images

• Manipulate images

• Print images

Viewing Digital Camera Images on a

Windows PC

You can use the provided USB cable (I-USB7) or a card reader to

transfer your digital camera’s images to the PC, and you can edit and

print your images using the image viewing software. Here, the

method for viewing images with the provided software (S-SW13) is

explained.

The following software is included in the CD-ROM (S-SW13)

provided.

• USB driver

• Image viewing / Editing software (ACDSee™)

• QuickTime™

• OS: Windows 98 / 98 SE / Me / 2000

Windows XP Home Edition / Professional

• CPU: Pentium or higher recommended

• Memory: 64MB minimum

• Hard Disk space: 40MB minimum

• USB port must be standard equipment

To play movie pictures, you need DirectX 8.0 or higher and Media

Player (standard equipment with your OS), or QuickTime 6.0 or

higher. (Media Player alone is sufficient on Windows Me / XP)

You can download DirectX from the following website.

www.microsoft.com/windows/directx

Software Provided

System Requirements

• The software cannot be used on Windows 95/NT.

• We recommend using the AC Adapter D-AC7 when connecting

your camera to your PC. Your image data could be corrupted if

your batteries run out during image transfer.

This section describes the procedures for installing the necessary

software.

If you are using Windows 2000, Windows Me or Windows XP, you

do not need to install the USB driver. When you connect the camera

to your computer with the USB cable, your computer will

automatically detect the camera as [Removable Disk].

1Turn your computer on.

2Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW13) into the CD-ROM drive.

3Make sure the camera is turned off and connect it to

your computer with the USB cable.

Confirm that the SD Memory Card / MultiMediaCard is inserted in

the camera.

4Turn your camera on.

Your computer will automatically detect the camera as new

hardware and the Wizard screen will appear.

Installing the Software

Installing the USB driver p.5

Installing the image processing software (ACDSee™) p.10

Installing the USB driver on Windows 98/98 SE only

5Click [Next].

6Select [Search for the best

driver for your device] and

click [Next].

7Select [CD-ROM drive] and

click [Next].

If another item has been selected,

click the box to deselect it.

8Confirm that [PENSSTOR.INF]

is displayed and click [Next].

Installation of the driver starts.

9Click [Finish].

When installation is finished,

installation of the driver for the new

hardware starts.

10 Click [Next].

11 Select [Search for the best

driver for your device] and

click [Next].

12 Select [CD-ROM drive] and

click [Next].

If another item has been selected,

click the box to deselect it.

13 Confirm that [PENSPDR.INF]

is displayed and click [Next].

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