Canon PowerShot SX10 IS Software Guide for Macintosh
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- Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 1
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Click a tab to jump to that chapter. Software User Guide for Macintosh • ImageBrowser • PhotoStitch How to Use This Manual New Features in This Version 1 - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 2
tips for your convenience. Read them as necessary. Operating Environment • This manual uses Mac OS X v10.4 screen shots and procedures in the explanations. upon the camera or printer model in use. • The explanations in this guide are based on the premise that a Canon compact camera will be used with - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 3
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices This page and the next present the basic functions of ImageBrowser as well as some of its special features. To Download Downloading (p. 10) Download images with a single click. - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 4
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices To Edit Adjusting Color and Brightness (p. 22) Inserting Text (p. 23) TEXT Converting RAW Images RAW (p. 29) Formatting Images as Wallpaper (p. 31) Resizing Images (p. 30) To - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 5
Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Table of Contents About this Manual...2 Basic Functions & Features 3 Things to Remember 7 The Two ImageBrowser Windows 7 Download Window/Organizing Window 7 Browser Window...8 How to - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 6
Changing the Shutter Sound and Start-Up Image 43 Uploading Images...45 Uploading Images to a Camera 45 Preference Settings...46 Customizing ImageBrowser 46 Appendices 47 Supported Image Types 47 New Features in This Version 48 6 - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 7
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices The Two ImageBrowser Windows Download Window/Organizing Window The following two windows are the main ones used for ImageBrowser procedures. Download window, which opens when a - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 8
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Browser Window How to Display the Browser Window The Browser Window will display after camera images are downloaded and CameraWindow closes. You can also display it by clicking the - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 9
Perform Tasks Selecting and Using Functions You can use many ImageBrowser functions by selecting them from the Control Panel or a menu and then following the instructions in the window that opens. 1 Select a function from the Control Panel or a menu. 2 Follow the - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 10
the Camera to a Computer Download the camera images to the computer. IMPORTANT • The instructions in this software manual assume that you have correctly installed the software. See the guides supplied with your product package for software installation procedures. • If CameraWindow fails to open - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 11
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices When you click [OK] in the dialog that indicates the transfer is complete, the downloaded images will display in the Main Window. You can select the newly downloaded images by their - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 12
Commands You can use the camera's (Print/Share) button to download the images to the computer (Direct Transfer). See the Camera User Guide for Direct Transfer settings and procedures. Downloading from a Memory Card Reader ImageBrowser will start when you insert a memory card into the memory - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 13
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Printing Printing a Single Image on a Single Page Prints one image per page. 1 Select images for printing. 2 Click [Print & Email], and [Photo Print]. 13 - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 14
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices 3 Set the categories as desired. Sets the printer, paper size and borderless printing settings. Sets the shooting date/time imprint settings. 4 Click [Print]. Print window will - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 15
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Index Print Prints an index of the images. 1 Select images for printing. 2 Click [Print & Email], and [Index Print]. 15 - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 16
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices 3 Set the categories as desired. Sets the printer, paper size and number of print copies settings. Select an image to rotate or trim. Sets the number of rows or columns. Configures - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 17
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices How to Use CameraWindow First Window to Open This is the first screen to appear in CameraWindow. Downloads all images that have not yet been downloaded. Closes this window and opens - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 18
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Screen Showing the Image Index List and Image View The Thumbnail Window on the left of the screen displays the images on the memory card in the camera as "thumbnails" or small - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 19
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices How to Use the Browser Window Browser Window This is the main window for performing tasks in ImageBrowser. Last Acquired Image/Folder Area Selects a folder to display. • You can - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 20
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Browser Area Tasks Display Mode Selects a display mode for the Browser Area. Preview Mode: allows the image information to be read while viewing the image. List Mode: allows - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 21
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Viewer (View Image) Window Double-clicking a thumbnail image in the Browser Window displays it in this window. Shooting information Change the display magnification. Zooming in - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 22
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Editing Images IMPORTANT • The original image will be overwritten after an image is edited unless the file name is changed before saving it. To preserve the original image intact, - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 23
appearance to the original color when light reflected from the flash makes them appear red. • Click [Start] when Auto Mode is selected. • Switch to Manual Mode if Auto Mode cannot correct the image and select the location of the eye to correct. Procedures 1 Double-click an image. 2 [Edit] and - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 24
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Correcting Levels You can adjust the highlights (brightest portions), shadows (darkest portions) and midtone levels of an image while viewing its histogram. Level Adjustment - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 25
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Adjusting Sharpness-Emphasizing Outlines Makes images appear sharper by emphasizing the outlines of subjects, such as people and objects. Sharpen Procedures 1 Double-click an - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 26
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Using Other Editing Software If you register another image editing program with ImageBrowser in advance, you can use that software to edit an image selected in ImageBrowser. - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 27
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Attaching Sounds You can add sound to images and play back the sounds. Adding Sound Symbol displayed on image thumbnails to which sound files have been added. Procedures 1 Select - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 28
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Creating Panoramic Images-PhotoStitch You can create wide panoramic images by moving the camera slightly when recording a series of images and merging them into one image. Procedures - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 29
be captured on certain camera models that list "RAW" as one of the data types included in the "Specifications" section of the Camera User Guide. • Only RAW images compatible with Digital Photo Professional can be processed. Check the Data Type item of the Specifications section of the Camera User - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 30
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Exporting Changing Image (Stills) Sizes and Types You can change an image's size and format when exporting it so that it can be published on the Internet or attached to an email - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 31
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Creating Computer Screen Saver Images You can export images to serve as computer screen savers. Procedures 1 Select an image. 2 [File] and [Export Image]. 3 [Export as a Screensaver] - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 32
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Email Attaching Images to Email You can send images as email file attachments. You can configure the image size and quality settings. Procedures 1 [Print & Email] and [Create - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 33
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Slide Shows Viewing Images in Slide Shows A multiple selection of images can be shown at full size on the screen in succession as a slide show. You can freely configure the - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 34
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Image Management Changing File Names in Batches You can change the file names of multiple images in one procedure. Name + Number Shooting Date + Number Name + Shooting Date + - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 35
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Classifying Images Into Star Ratings Folders You can classify images according to their Star Ratings into separate folders. You can organize the images you have recorded according - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 36
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Configuring Image Information Settings Setting Star Ratings You can set the Star Ratings used in searching and displaying images in the index list. : Ultimate : Moderate : Okay - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 37
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Assigning Keywords You can set Keywords for use in image searches. Procedures 1 Select an image. Family, Animals Family, Trips Select keywords Friends, Holidays 2 Switch to [ - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 38
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Searching, Filtering and Sorting Images Searching Images You can search images using parameters extracted from the information associated with them. Procedures 1 [File] and [Search - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 39
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Filtering Images You can use filters to display only images meeting the selected parameters in the Browser Area. Procedures 1 [Filter Tool] Star Ratings My Category This section - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 40
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Comparing Images Comparing Multiple Images When a good photo opportunity arises, you can shoot the same subject using different shutter speeds and exposures. In ImageBrowser, it is - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 41
one of the features in the "Specifications" section of the Camera User Guide. • Ensure that you turn off your computer's Sleep feature before you button, the camera's buttons and switches, including the zoom, cannot be manually operated while the camera is being remotely controlled. • The time lag - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 42
the subject while shooting remotely. Click the [Camera] menu and select [Camera Display Settings]. See the Camera User Guide for TV connection instructions. Shooting Without Worrying about Memory Card Capacity Clicking the [RemoteCapture DC] menu and selecting [Preferences] opens the Preferences - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 43
] icon. IMPORTANT • My Camera Settings are only available with certain camera models that list them as features in the "Specifications" section of the Camera User Guide. • Do not interrupt the connection between the camera and computer when My Camera Settings are being transmitted between them. 43 - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 44
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices You can register the start-up image, start-up sound, shutter sound, operation sound and self-timer sound collectively if you select [Theme]. My Camera Settings in the computer. My - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 45
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Uploading Images Uploading Images to a Camera You can upload images from a computer to a memory card in a camera. Procedures 1 Connect the camera to the computer. 2 Turn on the - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 46
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices Preference Settings Customizing ImageBrowser You can configure ImageBrowser to operate according to your preferences. • Overall coloring, such as window appearances • Processing - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 47
by non-Macintosh programs (such as Windows). BMP (Windows Bitmap) This image type comes standard with Windows. Most Windows programs support it. AVI (.AVI) Standard Windows movie image type. The movie thumbnail and a movie icon show in ImageBrowser's Browser Area. MOV (.MOV) Movie image type - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 48
Basic Functions & Features Contents Things to Remember Mastering the Basics More Advanced Techniques Appendices New Features in This Version The following features were added or changed in this version of ImageBrowser. Changes from Ver. 6.1 to 6.2 [Cut Movie] Button Added [Cut Movie] button - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS | Software Guide for Macintosh - Page 49
has been made to ensure that the information contained in this guide is accurate and complete, no liability can be accepted for any described herein at any time without prior notice. • No part of this guide may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated
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Software User Guide
• ImageBrowser
• PhotoStitch
How to Use This Manual
New Features in This Version
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