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Photo Loader
Version 3.0
CASIO LCD Digital Camera Image Loading
Software
Windows version
Instruction manual
K800PSM2DMX
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Table of contents Introduction ................................................................... 5 ■ To first-time users of Photo Loader ....................................... 5 ■ Features of Photo Loader ....................................................... 5 Automatically loads recorded images from a digital camera or memory card. .......................................................................... 5 Handling high-volume image data as a library ........................... 6 Automati
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■ Moving a library ..................................................................... 33 ■ Editing a library ...................................................................... 35 Changing the title of a library ................................................... 35 Rebuilding a library .................................................................. 36 Changing Photo Loader preferences ........................ 39 ■ General.................................................................
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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 following basic operations. • Mouse operations such as clicking, double-clicking, dragging, dragging and dropping • Menu operation using the mouse • Charac
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Important! Photo Loader can be used to capture the following types of multimedia files. • Image files saved in JPEG format • Video files saved in AVI format (including those without sound) • Audio files saved in WAV format Linked still images (JPEG) and audio files (WAV) can also be managed in linked form by Photo Loader. 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
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■ How to read this instruction manual Operation conventions All operations on this manual are described for Windows XP. The description assumes that a mouse is used. In this document, the buttons in dialog boxes are described as follows. [View] button [Load image] button [Edit] button [Delete] button [Copy] button [Move] button [Preferences] button [Print] button [Help] button [Exit] button Display screens • The display screens in this document are from Windows XP and may differ slightly from ot
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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 “All Programs” → → → “Casio” → → → “Photo Loader” → → → “Photo Loader 3.0E”. Photo Loader starts and the function buttons are displayed. Photo Loader function buttons Note Always select the “Yes” button on the “Construct Calendar Data” dialog box that appears when you start Photo Loader for the first t
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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. You can choose from “Loading images automatically” and “Loading images manually”. * Photo Loader can be used to capture the following types of multimedia file. • Image files saved in JPEG format • Video files saved in AVI format (including those without sound) • Audio files saved in WAV format Linked still images (JPEG) and audio
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Note • It is recommended that the peripheral devices listed above be used to automatically load images recorded with digital cameras. To load images not from a digital camera, see “Loading images other than those recorded by digital cameras” on page 18. • Images can be automatically loaded from the following cameras in addition to this camera. DCF-compatible digital cameras or memory cards* (JPEG files only) memory cards* of QV-7000SX and QV-5500SX (JPEG and AVI files) * Must be mounted on PC as
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2. Click the 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. 11
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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 the digital camera. It will be turned “ON”. Important! • Always restart Photo Loader after you have changed the automatic loading setting. Otherwise, the
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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 41. 6. Click the [OK] button to start automatic loading. • Images will be loaded from the digital camera, and a library will be created. • Click the [Suspend] button to disable automatic loading. 7. Select the folder containing the image data to be loaded and cl
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8. Click the [Load(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]. Pull-down button • 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 21. 14
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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 39 for “Sort by recording date (R)”. • You can enter up to 40 characters. • You can enter a library name when “Yes” is set for “Enter title after loading”. The default is set to “No”. • See “Enter title after loading” on page 40 for library name entry settings. 10. Cli
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• To use the calendar format display, click the Pull-down button next to “List Style” at the top right of the screen and select the calendar format. • See “Viewing a library” on page 23 for details of viewing a library. • Change the setting of “Excute [View library] after saving” if you do not want to display a library after loading images. See “Changing Photo Loader preferences” on page 39 to 40. Note If you start the program with automatic loading set on, the “Photo Loader supervisory” menu wi
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1. Click the [Load image] button from the function buttons. 2. Select the “Load image in camera” option based on the connection between the digital camera (or memory card) and your PC. 3. Click the [Load image in camera...] button. 4. Subsequent operations are the same as those for operation 7 on page 13. Note If the digital camera (or memory card) has only one image folder, subsequent operations are the same as those for operation 9 on page 15. 17
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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 AVI format, and audio data saved in WAV format can be captured from the hard disk of the PC or from peripheral units connected via a network. 1. Click the [Load image] button from the function buttons. 2. Click the [Load other image...] button. The folders below the desktop will be displayed. If “Display p
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3. Select the folder containing the image data to be loaded into Photo Loader and click the [Add(A)] button. To 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. Sample images 4. Select the method for loading images from “Specify saving”. • “Copy(C)” ................... The source image data will be retained after the image is loaded.
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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]. Pull-down button • 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 21. 6. Subsequent operations ar
