Canon PowerShot S60 PowerShot S60 Quick Start Guide - Page 2

6 Preparing to Download Images to a Computer ➜ Camera User Guide, Software Starter Guide Never connect the camera to the computer before the software is installed. c. Select [Easy Installation] and click [Next]. List of Things to Prepare • Camera and Computer • Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk provided with the camera • Interface Cable (use the cable provided with the camera) A.Confirm that the computer meets the system requirements. See the Camera User Guide. B. Install the software. a. Place the Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk into your computer's CD-ROM drive. Proceed with the installation while reviewing installation settings. d.When the installation is complete, select [Yes, I want to restart my computer now.] in the screen below, and click [Finish]. C. Connect the camera to the computer. a. Connect the supplied interface cable to the computer's USB port and the camera's DIGITAL terminal. 1. Open the terminal cover with your fingernail. 2. Securely insert the cable into the DIGITAL terminal and the USB port. Once connected, the camera and the computer will be able to automatically communicate. Terminal cover USB port Interface cable ■ Windows XP After a few moments, the dialog box shown to the right will appear and the USB driver provided with your Windows OS will automatically be installed. ■ Windows 2000 / Windows Me / Windows 98 After a few moments, the Add New Hardware Wizard will appear and automatically install the USB driver. To DIGITAL terminal • With Mac OS X, double-click the CD-ROM icon, followed by the [Mac OS X] and [Canon Digital Camera Installer] ( ) icons. • With Mac OS 9, double-click the CD-ROM icon, followed by the [Mac OS 9] and [Canon Digital Camera Installer] ( ) icons. b.Click the Digital Camera Software [Install] button and click [Next]. Once the installation is complete, click [Quit]. e. Remove the disk from the CD-ROM drive after restarting. ■ Mac OS X a. If iPhoto or Image Capture are running, click on in the upper left corner of the window to close the application. b. Double-click the [Canon ImageBrowser] icon on the desktop. c. Click [Canon Camera] in the Explorer View section. ■ Mac OS 9 a. Confirm that [Display Images] is selected and click the [OK] button. Explorer View Once [Communication Settings] appears, click the [Set] button. The name of your camera model or [Canon Camera] and the USB port number (e.g. @1) will appear here. 7 Downloading Images to a Computer ➜ Camera User Guide, Software Starter Guide A.Select [Canon CameraWindow] and click [OK]. C. Select the image downloading method in the "CameraWindow - Download Image(s)" window. Downloading Images Using Camera Operations (Direct Transfer) D.Confirm that the blue. button lights E. Confirm that (All Images) is selected in the Direct Transfer menu in the camera's LCD monitor and press the button. If the event dialog does not appear, click the [Start] menu, then select [Programs] or [All Programs], followed by [Canon Utilities], [CameraWindow] and [CameraWindow - Set Auto-Launch]. B. Click [Set] in the [CameraWindow - Set Auto-Launch] window. You can confirm information such as the destination folder for images. Downloading Images Using Computer Operations D.Click [Start Image Download]. All the images on the camera's memory card will download. To selectively download images, use the Direct Transfer menu. The downloaded images will appear as thumbnails (tiny versions) in the main window of ZoomBrowser EX. Downloaded images are saved in separate folders according to the date on which they were shot. You can change the settings for the images to be downloaded and the downloading destination by clicking the [Camera] menu in ZoomBrowser EX's main window and selecting [Auto-download setting]. Thumbnail 7 Downloading Images to a Computer ➜ Software Starter Guide A.From the Explorer View section of the window, click the folder into which the images are to be downloaded. Explorer View B. Click the Camera Window, making it active. Click the images you wish to download A blue frame will appear around the selected images. Camera Window C. Click [Download]. Downloaded images will appear as thumbnails (tiny versions) in the Browser area of ImageBrowser. Thumbnail Image download is complete. Getting the Most out of the Software ➜ Software Starter Guide, ZoomBrowser EX / ImageBrowser Software User Guide What you can do with ZoomBrowser EX (Windows) / ImageBrowser (Macintosh) ■ Downloading Images to a Computer You can easily download images saved in the camera to a computer. ■ Checking Images You can magnify images and check the information on them (the shooting date and time, the shooting settings, etc.) ■ Sending Images by E-mail You can start your e-mail program from ZoomBrowser EX (Windows) / ImageBrowser (Macintosh) and attach images to e-mail messages that you send. ■ Shooting with a Computer You can operate the camera's shutter and take pictures from a computer. ■ Editing Movies (Only on Mac OS X when using ImageBrowser) You can create and edit movies: link movies and stills that have been downloaded to your computer, add background music, superimpose titles and other text, and apply various effects to the movies. ■ Converting RAW images* to General File Formats RAW images downloaded into a computer can be converted and saved to general file formats, such as TIFF and JPEG. * High-quality images in which the pixels from the CCD are recorded as is, without any deterioration in image quality. ■ Using the My Camera Settings Your favorite images and sounds can be registered as startup-up images and sounds with My Camera Settings. What you can do with other software You can use this software in even more advanced ways by linking it with other software. ■ Printing Images with Different Layouts With PhotoRecord (Windows)/ ImageBrowser (Macintosh), you can lay out images as desired and then print them. ■ Stitching Panoramic Images With PhotoStitch, you can connect or "stitch" multiple images together into a seamless panoramic view. A Guide to the Manuals ■ Basic Methods: Software Starter Guide ■ Advanced Methods: PDF Manuals The manuals in PDF format shown below are available on the Canon website. Please download them from the following URL: http://web.canon.jp/Imaging/information-e.html • ZoomBrowser EX Software User Guide (Windows) • ImageBrowser Software User Guide (Macintosh) Viewing the PDF Manuals The software application Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the PDF manuals. If one of these applications is not already installed on your computer, download it from the following website. http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html