Working With Digital Cameras; Nautilus And Digital Cameras; Using Gthumb - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 4 - STEP BY STEP GUIDE Manual

Working with Digital Cameras

Digital cameras have recently grown in popularity because of their increasing image quality and easy
interaction with desktop PCs. Digital cameras create high-quality images that you can to others over
the Internet or print on a color printer. Red Hat Enterprise Linux supports several brands of digital
cameras and has applications that help you access, view, and modify your digital photographs.

11.1. Nautilus and Digital Cameras

Nautilus has the built-in ability to work with USB devices. If your digital camera connects via a USB
connection, Red Hat Enterprise Linux may not require special software or configuration to access the
images stored on your camera.
To use Nautilus to access your camera:
1. Plug the USB cable into your camera and to your computer.
2. Turn your camera on and put it in the settings recommended by your manufacturer for connect-
ing to a computer.
3. If Nautilus recognizes your camera, a new icon appears on the Desktop. This icon will be named
Type of memory card Removable Media.
4. You can browse through this folder as with any other directory; double-click on the icon to open
the folder.
5. Your images may exist a few directories down, inside the initial directory. Recall that Nautilus
displays images as thumbnails, so your pictures are easy to recognize.
6. To save the images to your computer, copy and paste the thumbnails to your preferred directory.
7. When you are finished, right-click on the icon and select Unmount Volume before disconnect-
ing your camera.

11.2. Using gThumb

Red Hat Enterprise Linux supports over 100 digital camera models. So, whether your camera uses
a USB or serial port to communicate with your computer, it is likely that Red Hat Enterprise Linux
supports it.
gThumb is a graphical application that allows you to interface with your digital camera. gThumb
works directly with your digital camera, allowing you to open, view, save, and delete images directly.
You can also download the images to your computer and modify them with image manipulation
programs such as The GIMP (refer to Chapter 12 Working with Images for more information about
image manipulation tools).
To start gThumb, choose Applications (the main menu on the panel) => Graphics => Photo Tool.
You can also start gThumb by typing
Before you begin using gThumb, configure it to work with your digital camera. From the File menu,
select Import Photos.... The Import Photos window opens. On the left is an icon of a camera. If
you have not configured gThumb before, the icon has a red slash through it and the label No camera
detected. Click on the icon to open the Camera Model window. This window was two drop-down
menus: the first allows you to select your camera model from an extensive list, and the second allows
you to select the type of port your camera uses to connect to your computer. Make your selections and
at a shell prompt.
gthumb
Chapter 11.