Downloading Images To A Computer - Canon Powershot A95 Quick Start Manual

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Preparing to Download Images to a Computer
Never connect the camera to the computer before the
software is installed.
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.
• 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].
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Downloading Images to a Computer

A.
Select [Canon CameraWindow] and
click [OK].
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.
Getting the Most out of the Software
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.
■ Using the My Camera Settings
You can register images and sounds that you like for use as start-up
images and sounds with the My Camera Settings.
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c.
Select [Easy Installation] and click
[Next].
Proceed with the installation while reviewing
installation settings.
If the Digital Signature Not Found window
appears, click [YES].
d.
When the installation is complete,
select [Yes, I want to restart my
computer now.] in the screen below,
and click [Finish].
Once the installation is complete, click
[Quit].
e.
Remove the disk from the CD-ROM
drive after restarting.
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C.
Select the image downloading method in the "CameraWindow - Download Image(s)"
window.
You can confirm information such as the
destination folder for images.
Downloading Images Using
Computer Operations
D.
Click [Start Image Download].
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].
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Software Starter Guide,
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 with
DIGITAL terminal and the USB port.
b.
Slide the mode switch to
button to turn the camera on (
The camera and computer will be ready to communicate with each other.
If the Digital Signature Not Found window appears, click [Yes].
The USB driver will automatically finish installing onto the computer when you attach the camera and open a connection.
■ 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.
Explorer View
Downloading Images Using
Camera Operations (Direct Transfer)
D.
Confirm that the button lights
blue.
E.
Confirm that (All Images) is selected
in the Direct Transfer menu in the
camera's LCD monitor and press the
button.
All the images on the camera's memory card
will download. To selectively download images,
use the Direct Transfer menu.
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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.
USB port
facing up into the
Interface cable
(Playback) ( )and press the ON/OFF
).
■ Mac OS 9
a. Confirm that [Display Images] is selected and
click the [OK] button.
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.
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A.
From the Explorer View section
of the window, click the folder
into which the images are to
be downloaded.
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.
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A Guide to the Manuals
■ Basic Method: Software Starter Guide
■ Advanced Method: 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
Terminal cover
To DIGITAL
terminal
Explorer View