Nikon 25243 MAC User Guide - Page 31

Opening Images in Another Application When a thumbnail is double-clicked or a thumbnail is selected and Open chosen from the browser File menu, the image will be opened in the application specified for the purpose in the Nikon View Control window. Images can also be opened directly from any application that supports the file formats used by the camera. Check that the application being used supports the same format as the image. NEF files containing raw image data from the camera's CCD can be viewed using Nikon Capture (sold separately). Opening selected images from the browser Follow these steps to open images with the specified application. 1 To change settings so that images are opened using the designated application, choose Preferences... from the browser Edit menu. Tip When images are read directly from the camera, the creator program is set to the application specified in the Nikon View Control window. If the specified application is installed on your system, double-clicking images in the camera will open them in the application. When read directly from flashmemory cards mounted without Nikon View, however, images are treated as DOS files with no creator. In order to open such images with a double click, you will need to use Macintosh PC Exchange or a similar control panel to associate the DOS file suffixes (extensions) ".JPG" and ".TIF" with suitable application. The same restriction applies to images copied directly from flash-memory cards. Nikon View Browser: Opening Images in Another Application The Preferences dialog will appear. Click the Viewer tab to open Viewer panel. Select Open images with their normal application and click OK. - 31 -