Digital Video Software Version 20 Instruction Manual E Contents Read This First ........................................................................................................... 4 Checking Supplied Accessories ............................................................................ 5 System Requirements ............................................................................................... 6 What is Digital Video Software.................................................................................. 7 Windows ..................................................................................................................... 8 CameraWindow ..................................................................................................... 8 [Acquire Images] Tab ........................................................................................ 8 [Print] Tab .......................................................................................................... 9 [Set to Camera] Tab ........................................................................................ 10 Camera Browser Window ................................................................................11 Browser Window.................................................................................................. 12 [Image Viewer] Window ....................................................................................... 17 [Trim Image] Window ...................................................................................... 18 [Color/Brightness Adjustment] Window ........................................................... 18 [Red Eye Correction] Window ......................................................................... 19 [Insert Text] Window ........................................................................................ 19 [Level Adjustment] Window ............................................................................. 20 [Tone Curve Adjustment] Window ................................................................... 20 [Sharpness] Window ....................................................................................... 21 [Auto Adjustment] Window .............................................................................. 21 Installing the Digital Video Software ...................................................................... 22 Before Downloading Images................................................................................... 25 Connecting the Camcorder to a Computer .......................................................... 25 CameraWindow Automatic Launch Setting ......................................................... 26 Downloading Images (ImageBrowser) ................................................................... 27 Using the Computer to Download Images ........................................................... 28 Auto-downloading ........................................................................................... 28 Applying Auto-downloading Settings .............................................................. 29 Downloading the Selected Images ................................................................. 32 Using a Card Reader/Writer ............................................................................ 34 Using the Camcorder to Download Images (Direct Transfer Function) ............... 35 Setting the Direct Transfer Download Destination Folder ............................... 35 Printing Still Images................................................................................................. 37 Printing Still Images Recorded on the Memory Card........................................... 37 Printing Still Images Downloaded to the Computer ............................................. 41 [One Photo per page Print] ............................................................................. 41 [Index Print] ..................................................................................................... 42 [Layout Print] ................................................................................................... 43 Multiple Page Printing ..................................................................................... 44 Organizing Images ................................................................................................... 46 Applying Star Rating ............................................................................................ 46 Specifying the Keywords...................................................................................... 47 Classifying the Images......................................................................................... 48 Sort by the Shooting Date ............................................................................... 48 Sort by the Star Rating .................................................................................... 49 Renaming Multiple Files ...................................................................................... 51 Searching for Images........................................................................................... 52 Playing Back and Editing Movies ........................................................................... 54 2 Contents Playing Back Movies............................................................................................ 54 Editing Movies ..................................................................................................... 55 Exporting Images ..................................................................................................... 58 Changing the File Type and Save........................................................................ 58 Extracting Still Images from Movies..................................................................... 61 Adding Still Images from Your Computer to the Memory Card ............................ 63 Adding Still Images to the Memory Card ......................................................... 63 Adding Sample Images to the Memory Card .................................................. 64 Using Various Functions ......................................................................................... 67 Attaching Images to E-mail Messages ................................................................ 67 Running a Slide Show ......................................................................................... 70 Adding Sound to a Still Image.............................................................................. 71 Reviewing and Changing the Owner Name of the Camcorder............................ 72 Uninstalling the Software ........................................................................................ 73 Uninstalling ImageBrowser .................................................................................. 73 Troubleshooting ....................................................................................................... 74 E Contents 3 Macintosh Read This First Disclaimer · While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this guide is accurate and complete, no liability can be accepted for any errors or omissions. Canon reserves the right to change the specifications of the hardware and software 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 into any language in any form, by any means, without the prior written permission of Canon. · Canon makes no warranties for damages resulting from corrupted or lost data due to mistaken operation or malfunction of the camcorder, the software, memory cards (SD Memory Cards), personal computers, or peripheral devices, or due to use of a memory card not initialized by a Canon camcorder. Trademark Acknowledgments · Macintosh and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. · iPhoto and QuickTime are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. · Other names and products not mentioned above may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies. © Canon Inc. 2006 All rights reserved. Safety Precautions Do not play the supplied CD-ROM(s) in any CD player that does not support data CD-ROMs. Playing the CD-ROM(s) in an audio CD player (music player) could damage the speakers. It is also possible to suffer from hearing loss from listening with headphones to the loud sounds of a CD-ROM played on a music CD player. 4 Read This First Checking Supplied Accessories Use the following accessories to download recorded images from a memory card to your computer. · IFC-300PCU USB Cable · DIGITAL VIDEO SOLUTION DISK E The explanations in this manual use mainly Mac OS X version 10.3 screen shots. The steps and windows may vary depending on your computer. Read This First 5 Macintosh System Requirements OS: Computer Model: CPU: RAM: Interface: Free Hard Disk Space: Display: Mac OS X (version 10.2/10.3/10.4) Computers that come with above OS preinstalled PowerPC G3/G4/G5 256 MB or more USB Canon Utilities ImageBrowser 200 MB or more 1024 768 pixels/32,000 colors or better Proper operation is not guaranteed on a user-built PC. Proper operation is not guaranteed on any particular system, even if it meets the requirements outlined above. ImageBrowser does not operate on disks initialized with the Unix File System (UFS). A CD-ROM drive is required to install the software. 6 System Requirements What is Digital Video Software The following software will be installed by installing the Digital Video Software. ImageBrowser · · · · · · · · · · Viewing downloaded images Categorizing, organizing, and searching large volumes of images Editing still images Editing movies recorded on a memory card and capturing still images from movies Changing the data for still images and save them as new files Attaching still images to E-mail Viewing still images in a slide show Adding sound to an image Printing downloaded still images with background, frame, title and comments Printing indexes E CameraWindow · Downloading images from a memory card to your computer · Printing still images recorded on the memory card without downloading the still images to the computer · Viewing images recorded in a memory card This instruction manual explains how to install the software, what you can do with the main features and how to operate them. For more detailed operational instructions, refer to the Help menu of each software program. What is Digital Video Software 7 Macintosh Windows CameraWindow CameraWindow is a program created to download still images from the memory card to the computer. Furthermore, you can print still images recorded on the memory card without having the images downloaded to the computer ( 37). Refer to CameraWindow Automatic Launch Setting ( 26) for launching the software. Remote capture function is not supported by the camcorder. Click the [CameraWindow] icon in the Dock (bar appearing at the bottom of the desktop) if the Camera Control window does not appear. When the [CameraWindow] icon is not in the Dock, double click the [Canon Utilities] folder on the drive where the program was installed, followed by the [CameraWindow] folder and the [CameraWindow] icon. [Acquire Images] Tab This tab is used for downloading still images recorded on the memory card by connecting a camcorder or a card reader/writer to the computer. Camera Control window Selects a function in the Camera Control window. Specify the image type to be downloaded and the destination folder. Images in the camcorder are displayed allowing you to select images. Images will be downloaded to the computer, and ImageBrowser starts. 8 Windows [Print] Tab This tab is used for printing still images on the memory card without having the images downloaded to the computer. The window varies depending on the selected printing type. Refer to Printing Still Images Recorded on the Memory Card ( 37). Camera Control window Prints all still images in the card one image per page. E Displays a list of the still images in the card, allowing you to select which ones to print. Prints according to the DPOF print settings set by the camcorder. Prints all still images in the card as an index page (rows of images on one page). Windows 9 Macintosh [Set to Camera] Tab This tab is used for confirming and changing the camcorder settings and uploading the images to the card. My Camera function is not supported by the camcorder. Camera Control window Uploading the images from the computer. Enter or change the name of the camcorder's owner. 10 Windows Camera Browser Window Camera Browser window Still image information and a histogram E Starts ImageBrowser. Prints the selected still images. Selects the still image ...