Pentax OPTIO S4 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 S4 on your PC. Keep this manual in a safe place.

Regarding copyrights

Images taken using the Optio S4 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............................ 8

Disconnecting the Camera from your PC.............................. 12

Viewing Images on a Macintosh 14

System Requirements ............................................................. 14

Installing the Software............................................................. 14

Installing the image processing software (ACDSee™) ........ 16

Displaying Images on your Macintosh................................... 17

Disconnecting your Camera from your Macintosh............... 18

About ACDSee™ 19

Launching ACDSee™ .............................................................. 19

Viewing using the Browser 20

About the Browser................................................................... 20

Viewing images in other folders............................................. 24

Sorting image files................................................................... 25

Setting detailed display categories ........................................ 26

Viewing a large version of an image (Viewer) 27

About the Viewer...................................................................... 27

Panorama Image Stitching with ACD photostitcher 29

Printing an image 32

Printing from the Browser....................................................... 32

Printing from the Viewer.......................................................... 32

Creating and Printing contact sheets .................................... 33

E-mailing your images from ACDSee™ 34

About ACDInTouch 35

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

Is your computer…

• equipped with a standard USB

interface?

• using Windows 98 / 98 SE /

Me / 2000 / XP as your OS?

Or Mac OS 8.6 or later?

Connect your camera

and computer with a

USB cable, and copy

the entire folder of

camera images to

your computer.

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

• 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 or a Mac

OS earlier than 8.6?

• 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.19-35

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-SW14) is

explained.

The following software is included in the CD-ROM (S-SW14)

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 websites.

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-AC8 when connecting

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

your battery run out during image transfer.

The procedures for installing the necessary software are explained.

1Turn on your computer.

2Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW14) into your CD-ROM drive.

The PENTAX Software Installer screen will appear.

3Click your applicable

language.

You can choose the language from

the following: English, French,

German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese

and Chinese.

4Click the [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

If you are using Windows 2000 or Windows XP (Professional),

Please Login as an administrator user before starting installation.

Refer to your PC’s operating manual for instructions on how to login.

• If the PENTAX Software Installer screen is not displayed

Follow the procedure below to display the screen.

1) Double click the [My Computer] icon on the desktop.

2) Double click the [CD-ROM Drive (S-SW14)] icon.

3) Double click the [Setup.exe] icon.

Installing the USB Driver

5Click [Next] and then click [Finish].

Reboot your computer after the screen closes.

6Turn your camera off and plug the USB cable into your

camera and into an available USB port on your

computer.

7Turn your camera on.

Your computer will automatically detect the camera as new

hardware and window will display a notification confirming

[Hardware Found : PENTAX OPTIO S4] (Windows XP) or [Search

for the best driver for your device (Recommended)] (Windows 98 /

98SE / Me / 2000) in the task bar recognized area to begin the

installation.

8Double click [My Computer] on the desktop.

When the installation is completed, your camera can then be found

in the [My Computer] window as [Removable Disk].

Make sure that “Removable Disk” is displayed in the [My computer]

window.

In the case of Windows XP, if the SD Memory Card /

MultiMediaCard has a volume label attached, the content of the

volume label will be displayed instead of [Removable Disk]. If the SD

Memory Card / MultiMediaCard is new and has not been formatted,

the manufacturer and capacity of the card may be displayed.

This section describes the procedures for installing ACDSee™

which lets you view and edit recorded images on your computer.

1Turn your computer on.

2Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW14) into your CD-ROM drive.

3Double-click [My Computer] on the desktop.

4Double-click the [CD-ROM drive (S-SW14)] icon.

5Double-click [Setup.exe].

6Click your applicable language.

You can choose the language from the following: English, French,

German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese and Chinese.

7Click [ACDSee™].

The Setup screen will appear.

Follow the on-screen guidance and

enter the registration information.

Reboot your PC after installation

finish.

• If a message such as the one

shown on the right is displayed,

click [Install Quick Time] to first

install Quick Time 6.0.

Installing the image processing software (ACDSee™)

When multiple accounts have been setup in Windows 2000 or

Windows XP, login by the authority of the administrator before

installing the software.

The panoramic image software “Photostitcher”, the image layout

and printing software “FotoSlate”, and the image editing software

“FotoCanvas” also are installed when you install ACDSee™.

An explanation of how to display / copy images using ACDSee™ is

shown below.

1Turn your computer on.

2Turn your camera off, and connect it to the PC with the

USB cable.

To view images recorded on a card, insert the SD Memory Card /

MultiMediaCard into the camera.

3Turn your camera on.

The Device Detector screen is displayed automatically.

If the Device Detector screen is not displayed, display / copy the

images following the steps in “When the Device Detector screen is

not displayed.” on the 9 page.

4Confirm that [Copy images to

hard drive] and [Launch

ACDSee™] are checked, and

click [Next].

Displaying and Copying Images to your PC

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