5.0 1 ZoomBrowser EX Software User Guide Table of Contents (1/2) Chapter 1 What is ZoomBrowser EX? What Can ZoomBrowser EX Do? .............................................. 4 Guide to the ZoomBrowser EX Windows ................................. 5 Task Buttons and Main Window Features ................................ 7 Chapter 4 Viewing Images Selecting Folders ..................................................................... 50 Changing the Display Mode .................................................... 52 Changing the Displayed Folder ............................................... 55 Changing the Main Window Display Mode ............................58 Checking Images in a Pop-Up Window ................................... 62 Opening Images ...................................................................... 63 Using the Viewer Window ...................................................... 64 Chapter 2 Downloading and Printing Images Downloading Images to a Computer ...................................... 11 Printing Images ....................................................................... 19 Chapter 3 What You Can Do with a Camera Connected Camera Control Window ........................................................ 25 Downloading Images Automatically--Camera Operations ....26 Downloading Images Automatically--Computer Operations 27 Checking Images in the Camera before Downloading ............30 Deleting Images from the Camera .......................................... 32 Other Features of the Camera Browser Window ....................33 Setting the My Camera Settings .............................................. 34 Setting up Slide Shows on the Camera .................................... 41 Setting the DPOF Print Settings ............................................... 42 Checking and Changing Camera Settings ............................... 44 Copying Images to the Camera ............................................... 45 Operating the Camera Shutter from the Computer ................46 Chapter 5 Organizing Images Selecting Images ...................................................................... 67 Setting Star Ratings ................................................................. 68 Assigning Keywords ................................................................ 70 Classifying Images ................................................................... 72 Renaming Images .................................................................... 73 Searching Images .................................................................... 75 Moving or Copying Images ..................................................... 77 Deleting Images ...................................................................... 81 Rotating Images ...................................................................... 83 Viewing Image Properties ....................................................... 84 Creating Folders ...................................................................... 86 Refreshing Folders ................................................................... 87 2 ZoomBrowser EX Software User Guide Table of Contents (2/2) Chapter 6 Using Supplementary Features Editing Images ......................................................................... 88 Editing Images with Other Programs ...................................... 93 Sending Images by E-mail ........................................................ 94 Exporting Images in Different Formats ................................... 96 Running a Slide Show .............................................................. 99 Adding Sounds to Images ...................................................... 101 Creating a My Camera Sound ................................................ 102 Playing Movies ...................................................................... 104 Editing Movies ....................................................................... 105 Exporting Movies .................................................................. 109 Converting RAW Images ....................................................... 111 Stitching Panoramic Images - PhotoStitch ............................. 116 Saving Images to CD-R/RW Disks (Windows XP Only) ............ 117 Appendices Supported File Formats ......................................................... 118 Customizing Preferences ....................................................... 119 Customizing Menus ............................................................... 121 Troubleshooting .................................................................... 122 Index ..................................................................................... 127 NOTE · This manual uses Windows XP screen shots and procedures in the explanations. The screen shots and procedures may appear slightly different if you are using another version of Windows. · In this manual, the term "memory card" is used for CF cards, SD cards and PC cards. 3 ZoomBrowser EX Software User Guide Chapter 1 What is ZoomBrowser EX? What Can ZoomBrowser EX Do? Use the Additional Features Print images. Edit images and movies. Stitch panoramas together. Convert RAW format images to standard formats (only available on some models). · Format images as screensaver and wallpaper files. · Export image shooting information as a text file. · Copy images to CD-R/RW disks (Windows XP only). REFERENCE · The Canon CD-ROM supplied with the camera contains several prepared My Camera Settings files. These files are automatically copied to your computer when ZoomBrowser EX is installed. This section provides a brief explanation of the ZoomBrowser EX features. What You Can Do with a Camera Connected · Download images from the camera to the computer. · Save computer images to the camera. · Operate the camera shutter remotely from the computer (only on models supporting remote shooting). · Set up camera slide shows or DPOF print settings (only available on some models). · Check and change camera settings. · Set the My Camera Settings (start-up image, start-up sound, operation sound, self-timer sound and shutter sound). · · · · View Images · Display the downloaded images and their shooting information. · Switch between display modes (zoom, scroll and preview). Organize Images · Assign a Star Rating or keywords to images. · Organize images according to their shooting dates. · Perform image searches. 4 ZoomBrowser EX Software User Guide Chapter 1 What is ZoomBrowser EX? Guide to the ZoomBrowser EX Windows (1/2) Main Window This window opens when you start ZoomBrowser EX. The Main Window is for displaying and organizing downloaded images. This section briefly introduces the purposes and features of the two main windows for operating ZoomBrowser EX. Camera Control Window The Camera Control Window is the window that automatically opens when you connect a camera to the computer or insert a memory card into a memory card reader. You can download the camera or memory card images in a few easy steps. You can also use the computer to change some camera settings. 5 ZoomBrowser EX Software User Guide Chapter 1 What is ZoomBrowser EX? Guide to the ZoomBrowser EX Windows (2/2) A shortcut menu is a convenient collection of the most common window buttons and menu commands that apply to a given situation. The right-click allows you to use ZoomBrowser EX more efficiently. After you become familiar with ZoomBrowser EX, try right-clicking in many situations and you will be impressed with its convenience. Using the Right-Click in Operations With ZoomBrowser EX you can access many useful functions by using the right mouse button (right-click). For example, you can position the mouse pointer over an image in the Browser Area and right-click to display a menu like the following. Right-click anywhere on the image to display a shortcut menu. 6 ZoomBrowser EX Software User Guide Chapter 1 What is ZoomBrowser EX? Task Buttons and Main Window Features (1/4) The following menus appear when you click each respective task button. Task Area and Task Buttons There are six task buttons in the Main Window's Task Area. In the Main Window, you use these buttons to start performing tasks. Acquire & Camera Settings Use this button to open the Camera Control Window, which allows you to perform tasks requiring a connection to the camera, such as downloading, changing the My Camera Settings, changing camera settings and remote shooting. View & Classify Use this button to display slide shows of Browser Area images, classify images into folders and perform image searches. Edit Use this button to edit images and movies, stitch panoramas together and convert RAW images. REFERENCE · To switch between tasks, click the corresponding task button. · A scroll button will appear at the right when there are too many menu items to display at once in the Task Area. Export Use this button to export images and image information in various formats or back up images to a CD. Print Click this to print images. Internet Click this to attach images to e-mail messages. 7 ZoomBrowser EX Software User Guide Chapter 1 What is ZoomBrowser EX? Task Buttons and Main Window Features (2/4) Gray Buttons (Black Letters) This is the step that you can select at the present time. You can switch to it by clicking the button. However, if you have already finished selecting an image and you switch to the [Select Captions for Printing] task, you must click [Select Images] again to reselect the image. Using the Task Windows When you select an item in the menu, the related steps appear in the Task Area. Orange Button This color marks the current step. Follow the instructions in the right-hand side of the window to proceed. Once you finish a procedure, click a different button to proceed to the next step. Grayed Out Buttons (Gray Letters) REFERENCE · In general, you are recommended to proceed through the steps in order. You can return to the previous step by clicking the button for that step. · To return to the first menu, click [Return to Main Menu], which appears below the menu items. Grayed out buttons indicate tasks that are not available at the time. When you finish the task underway, the buttons will once again become selectable. 8 ZoomBrowser EX Software User Guide Chapter 1 What is ZoomBrowser EX? Task Buttons and Main Window Features (3/4) Display Modes Use the tabs to switch between Browser Area display modes. Function Buttons The following buttons are available in the Main Window. View Image Button Displays the selected image in a viewer window. Display Control Panel The display control panel offers the following buttons. Properties Button Displays the shooting information and other data for the selected image in the Properties window. Slide Show Button Starts a slide show of the selected images. Back Button Returns to the view of the Browser Area displayed immediately prior. Search Button Searches images using criteria such as the Star Rating, revision date, shooting date, comments or keywords. Forward Button Returns to the view of the Browser Area displayed prior to use of the Back button. Delete Button Deletes selected images or folders from the computer. Up Button Advances to a higher level folder when you have navigated to a lower level folder. Rotate Button Rotates the selected image. Choose between 90° Left, 90° Right or 180°. Selection Menu Use this menu to select or deselect all of the images in the Browser Area at once. You can also use it to select bracketed images (images shot with the camera's AEB function). 9 ZoomBrowser EX Software User Guide Chapter 1 What is ZoomBrowser EX? Task Buttons and Main Window Features (4/4) Show/Hide Image Information Menu Use this to show or hide image information--such as the file name, shooting date or Star Rating--below the thumbnail. Filter Images Extracts only the images that are assigned a special Star Rating and displays them in the Browser Area. The task buttons and other function buttons are discussed in more detail from Chapter 4 onward. Selection Tool (Operative only in Zoom Mode) Restores the mouse pointer to a "pointer" when the Zoom In or Zoom Out button is being used. Zoom In Button (Operative only in Zoom Mode) Zooms in to folders or images in the Browser Area. Zoom Out Button (Operative only in Zoom Mode) Zooms out from folders or images in the Browser Area. Display Size (Operative only in Zoom or Scroll Mode) In Zoom mode, it changes the display magnification of the entire Browser Area. In Scroll mode, it changes the thumbnail display size. 10 ZoomBrowser EX Software User Guide Chapter 2 Downloading and Printing Images Downl ...