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- Page 1 Browser Software for COOLPIX Digital Cameras Nikon View Ver.3 for Windows Reference Manual Overview Browsing Image Files Working with Image Files Preference Nikon View Reference Click to go...
- Page 2 Terminology used in this manual A new feature of Nikon View Ver.3 is its ability to support movie files created with the COOLPIX 990 digital camera. As you read this Reference Manual, keep in mind that most functions introduced apply to both still image files and movie files.
- Page 3 This manual will guide you, step-by-step, through the process of using Nikon View with your COOLPIX digital camera. For details on Nikon View installation and system requirements, refer to the Quick Start Guide. The Manual Layout The contents of each chapter are outlined below.
- Page 4 To make it easier to find the information you need, the follow- ing symbols and conventions are used: A table of contents appears on the first page of the About Reference Manual. In addition, each chapter begins with an outline of the topics covered. Click on the heading to open the Reference Manual to the indi- cated chapter or section.
- Page 5 Browsing Image Files Once you have installed the Nikon View software as described in the Quick Start Guide, Nikon View allows you to use the camera’s memory card in much the same way that you would use any other drive. This chapter describes how to browse the image files in the camera’s memory card directly from the...
- Page 6 Connect the camera to your computer as described in the documentation provided with your camera. Nikon View supports one camera, attached to a USB port or serial (COM 1–4) port. It does not support multiple connected cameras or port-ex- tension boards.
- Page 7 After turning on your computer, double-click the Nikon View icon in the My Computer window. The Nikon View window will open. The camera will not function as a network drive. Consequently, the Nikon View icon will not be visible to other computers. Double-click the Digital Camera icon.
- Page 8 Thus, the default folder, which when viewed from the camera menus has the name “NIKON” is displayed in Nikon View as “100NIKON”. Each folder can hold up to 999 image files. If this number is exceeded, the camera will create a new folder with the same name but a different prefix (e.g., “101NIKON”).
- Page 9 Connection error If the computer is unable to establish connection with the cam- era, the following dialog box will appear. After clicking OK to close the dialog box, check to be sure that: • the camera is correctly connected to the computer •...
- Page 10 If your computer has a Type II PCMCIA card drive, you can read compact flash-memory cards using a flash-memory adapter (available separately from Nikon), or by using a compact flash memory card reader. If a card containing image files captured with a COOLPIX digital camera is inserted in either device, you can browse its contents with Nikon View.
- Page 11 When more than two drives are mounted (PC card slot or a com- pact flash-memory card reader), Nikon View selects the drive containing the memory card. If you want to browse another drive, select Hard Disk in the Nikon View window, and use the Select Folder command to select the desired drive.
- Page 12 Browsing Image Files on Disk Nikon View can be used to browse image files on disk even when the camera is not connected. Follow these steps to view image files on disk. Double-click the Nikon View icon in the My Computer window.
- Page 13 See the following chapter for details. As there are no previously browsed image files when you initially install Nikon View, the Browse for Folder dialog box will appear when you double-click the Hard Disk icon for the first time.
- Page 14 Displaying Image Files as a List To view information on an image file’s date of recording, a list- style display is available by selecting List View from the View menu or by clicking the List View button in the toolbar. If the button is hidden, enlarge the window to bring it into view.
- Page 15 Browsing in the Windows Explorer With Nikon View installed, you can also browse image files saved in the camera’s memory card using Windows Explorer. Click the Start button in the taskbar and select Windows Explorer from the Programs sub-menu. Select Nikon View, from Explorer’s My Computer folder list to display the Digital Camera, Removable Media, and Hard Disk icons.
- Page 16 Folders in the camera’s memory card can be displayed by click- ing the Digital Camera icon. Image files in the camera’s memory card can be browsed by clicking the icon for the desired folder. You can also use these commands to browse image files when working from a card reader or disk.
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Page 17: Working With Image Files
Working with Image Files In browsing with Nikon View, you can use the same standard operations that you would with other files under Windows. This chapter describes how to preview image files, copy them to disk, and open them for editing in other applications. -
Page 18: Selecting Thumbnails
Selecting Thumbnails To copy, print, or delete an image file, select the desired thumb- nail by clicking it once. Selected thumbnails are indicated by a dark gray border. Selected thumbnail To select multiple thumbnails, hold down the keyboard while clicking each thumbnail in turn. To select all thumbnails, choose Select All from the Edit menu. -
Page 19: Viewing Photographs
Viewing Photographs Photographs can be viewed at full resolution in image win- dows. Photographs in image windows can be rotated and zoomed in or out using the controls on the image window toolbar. Any number of image windows may be open at one time. - Page 20 Rotating photographs and zooming photographs in and out The photograph in the image window can be rotated or zoomed in or out using the buttons in the image window toolbar. Rotate The image view is rotated ninety degrees to the left each time this button is clicked Zoom In Click to zoom the image view in Zoom Out Click to zoom the image view out...
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Page 21: Playing Movies
If QuickTime Player is not installed, a dialog box will open and ask you for the application to be used. If you don’t already have QuickTime Player installed, you can install it from the Nikon View Ver.3 CD. While movie data are transferred, the following indicator is displayed. - Page 22 Rotating Photograph Thumbnails Selected photograph thumbnails in the browsing window can be rotated ninety degrees to the left by selecting Rotate Se- lected from the Edit menu or clicking the button in the toolbar. (Movie file thumbnail can not be ro- tated.) Select the thumbnail with the right mouse button and choose Rotate from the right-button menu.
- Page 23 Deleting Image Files and Folders Image files can be deleted from the camera’s memory card when no longer needed. Note that image files can not be recovered from the Recycle Bin after deletion; be sure to back up any image files you would like to keep. Follow these steps to delete selected image files.
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Page 24: Printing Photographs
Printing Photographs Nikon View allows you to print selected photographs or all the photographs in the browsing window. Follow these steps to print selected photographs. Select the photograph(s) (JPEG or TIFF format files) you wish to print and then choose Print… from the File menu,... - Page 25 Properties Click this button to bring up the Properties dialog box for the selected printer; here you can change paper size and graphics settings. The specific contents of the Properties dialog box depend on the printer selected. Print range With this command, all photographs displayed in the brows- ing window are printed.
- Page 26 Refreshing Thumbnails and Folders Nikon View does not immediately recognize changes made to the memory card from the camera. If you add, copy or delete image files from a folder, or add or delete folders from the memory card using the camera controls, you must refresh the thumbnails and folders for Nikon View to recognize those changes.
- Page 27 Viewing Image File Information Information on selected image files can be viewed. After choos- ing a thumbnail, select Properties from the File menu or click the Properties button in the toolbar. Select a thumbnail with the right mouse button and choose Properties from the right-button menu.
- Page 28 Copying Image Files and Folders to Disk Image files and folders can be copied to disk by using a drag- and-drop or copy-and-paste operation. Before copying image files or folders to disk, locate or create a destination folder. Copying image files and folders using a drag-and- drop operation Select the image files or folders you wish to copy by clicking their thumbnails or icons (to select multiple image files or fold-...
- Page 29 The progress indicator will be displayed while the items are copied to disk. Click Cancel to abort the operation. Once all items have been copied to disk, the progress indica- tor will disappear. Copying image files and folders using a copy-and- paste operation Follow these steps to copy image files and folders to disk using a copy-and-paste operation.
- Page 30 Digital Camera window The progress indicator will be displayed while the items are copied to the clipboard. Click Cancel to abort the opera- tion. Once all image files or folders have been copied, the progress indicator will disappear. Press while holding down the Ctrl key on the keyboard, or click a thumb- nail with the right mouse button and choose Copy from the right-button...
- Page 31 Copying all contents to disk Follow these steps to copy the entire contents of the camera’s memory card to disk from the Nikon View window. Select the Digital Camera icon by clicking its icon, then select Copy from the Edit menu.
- Page 32 Once the contents of the memory card have been copied, the progress indicator will disappear. The Digital Camera folder is located in the destination folder and contains the complete contents of the memory card. Use the same process to copy the entire contents of the memory card when using a card reader.
- Page 33 Opening Image Files in Another Application You can open the photographs recorded with your coolpix camera in any application that supports JPEG (“.JPG”) or TIFF (“.TIF”) formats. Photographs can be opened directly from the application or by using a drag-and-drop operation. You can use the same operations to play movies in applications that support the QuickTime movie (“.MOV”) format.
- Page 34 You can open image files in another application by selecting the open command from the host application’s File menu. In the host application’s Open dialog box, select Nikon View from the drives listed under My Computer and click Open. The Digital Camera, Removable Media, and Hard Disk icons are displayed.
- Page 35 Select a folder. Thumbnail previews of the image files in the selected folder will be displayed (to change to a list display, right-click in an empty area by the thumbnails, and select List View from the menu). The dialog box shown above is the standard Windows Open dialog box for 32-bit applications.
- Page 36 Inserting Images into Documents Nikon View supports OLE 2.0, which allows you to insert pho- tographs taken with the COOLPIX digital cameras into docu- ments created by any OLE 2.0 application that supports the JPEG (“.JPG”) or TIFF (“.TIF”) image format. Photographs can...
- Page 37 Inserting images using a copy-and-paste operation In the browsing window, select the image file you wish to in- sert and select Copy from the Edit menu. Next, open the host application and display the document win- dow into which you wish to insert the image file. Paste the image file into the document by positioning the cursor, and selecting Paste from the host application’s Edit menu.
- Page 38 In the Browse dialog box, select Nikon View from the drives listed under My Computer in the Look in pop-up menu, and then click Insert. The Digital Camera, Removable Media, and Hard Disk icons are displayed. Double-click the icon of the source of the desired image file.
- Page 39 Select a folder. Thumbnail previews of the image files in the selected folder will be displayed (to change the list display, right-click in an empty area next to the thumbnails, and select List View from the menu). Select the image file you wish to insert and click the Insert button to return to the insert object dialog.
- Page 40 Preference This chapter covers camera type, connection port and data transfer rate settings adjustment. Changing Camera Type, Port and Rate Settings Click to go...
- Page 41 Digital Camera Settings dialog box options: Camera The name of the camera currently connected is displayed. If you have installed Nikon View DX, you can also select the Nikon D1 digital camera. For more information, see the Nikon View DX Reference Manual. Choose Nikon CoolPix...
- Page 42 Serial or USB (though USB is a select- able option, it is only functional when the COOLPIX 990 is connected to your computer’s USB port). If you've selected Nikon D1, the Remote Connection Type indicator will read 1394 (IEEE 1394 interface). Port...
- Page 43 Nikon View Reference This chapter provides a brief reference guide to Nikon View’s menu bar and toolbar. Refer to this guide when you want to know the meaning of a command or button. The Menu Bar The Toolbar The Right-Button Menus...
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Page 44: The Menu Bar
The Menu Bar When you browse image files in Nikon View, Nikon View com- mands are added to the standard Windows menu commands. The commands available in each menu are outlined below. Menu bar The File Menu Browsing window Nikon View window This command can only be used in the Nikon View window. - Page 45 The image file can then be pasted into another folder or application using the Windows paste command. Paste This command is unavailable from Nikon View. Rotate Selected Rotates selected image file(s) ninety degrees, counter- clockwise. You can also choose this command by click-...
- Page 46 Displays the Digital Camera Settings dialog box, where you can make changes to port settings. You can also choose this command by clicking the the toolbar. This command may only be used in the Nikon View window. Thumbnail View Displays the image files as thumbnails. You can also choose this command by clicking the the toolbar.
- Page 47 A standard Windows menu command. Refer to your Win- dows manual for details. The Help Menu About Windows 98 Displays Windows 98 version information. About NikonView Opens the Nikon View splash window, which gives copy- right information for the program.
- Page 48 The Toolbar The buttons in the toolbar allow you to manage image files in the browsing window and perform various operations. Toolbar Enlarge the window in order to view all of the command buttons in the toolbar. When you locate the cursor on the window frame, it changes into a bi-directional arrow.
- Page 49 Function Returns to the previous window. Proceeds to the next window. Opens the folder one level up in the file hierarchy (in the case of the Nikon View folder, the My Computer folder). Rotates the selected image file(s) 90º counter-clockwise.
- Page 50 Similarly, you can use these right-button menus with the open dialog and the browse dialog when browsing the Nikon View window from another application. (Only, however, in the standard Windows dialog box for a 32- bit application.)
- Page 51 Right-clicking the Digital Camera icon in the Nikon View window displays the menu shown below. Right-clicking a folder icon in the Digital Camera window dis- plays the menu shown below.