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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents (1/2) Chapter 1 Try It! ImageBrowser Chapter 4 Viewing Images Starting ImageBrowser -------------------------------------------------- 4 Selecting Folders ------------------------------------------------------- 28 Importing Images to Your Computer --------------------------------- 6 Opening Images --------------------------------------------------------- 29 Printing Images ------------------------------------------------------------ 9 Changing the Magnification ------------------------------------------ 30 Supplementary Information ------------------------------------------ 10 Editing Images ----------------------------------------------------------- 31 Editing Images with Other Programs ------------------------------ 35... - Page 3 Table of Contents (2/2) Appendices Using Non-USB Connections ---------------------------------------- 63 Supported File Formats ----------------------------------------------- 64 Preventing ImageBrowser from Starting Automatically ------- 65 Customizing Preferences --------------------------------------------- 66 Playing Movie ------------------------------------------------------------ 70 Converting RAW Images ---------------------------------------------- 71 Setting up Slide Shows on the Camera --------------------------- 73 Setting up DPOF Prints ----------------------------------------------- 74 Troubleshooting --------------------------------------------------------- 76 Index...
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Page 4: Chapter 1 Try It! Imagebrowser
Chapter 1 Starting ImageBrowser (1/2) Try It! ImageBrowser Connect a camera to your computer using a USB cable. This chapter covers the basic operations of ImageBrowser. It explains how to start ImageBrowser, import images from a For information on how to connect a camera to your computer, camera, and then print the images. - Page 5 In this case, start ImageBrowser by double-clicking on the application using the following sequence. Double-click the [Canon ImageBrowser] icon on the desktop. Locate and open the [Canon Utilities] folder, then open the ImageBrowser starts. [ImageBrowser] folder and double-click on the [ImageBrowser] icon.
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Page 6: Importing Images To Your Computer
Explorer View Section. If you make the camera ready for communication with your computer and the Camera Window does not appear, click [Canon Camera] at the lower left of the Browser Window. 6 ImageBrowser Software Guide... - Page 7 Chapter 1 Importing Images to Your Computer (2/3) Try It! ImageBrowser On the [File] menu, click [New Folder]. Importing Images to Your Computer A new folder is created. Use the following procedure to import (copy) images to the newly created folder on your computer. Click the Camera Window to bring it to the front.
- Page 8 Chapter 1 Importing Images to Your Computer (3/3) Try It! ImageBrowser The selected images are copied into the [My Favorite Pix] Try to import all the images that you want. folder. Thumbnails for the corresponding images appear in the Browser Area of the Browser Window. Image imported from the camera Next, let’s try to print the images.
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Page 9: Printing Images
Chapter 1 Printing Images Try It! ImageBrowser Click [Print]. This section explains how to print the images that you imported into a folder. Click the image that you want to print. A blue frame appears around the image. REFERENCE You can select several images by holding down the [Shift] key and clicking the images that you want to print. -
Page 10: Supplementary Information
(Note that this operation may differ depending on the camera.) The Camera Window then appears. If the Camera Window does not appear, click [Canon Camera] in the Browser Window. However, if the Camera Window is already open, click [Connect Camera] in the window. -
Page 11: Chapter 2 What Is Imagebrowser
Chapter 2 What Can ImageBrowser Do? What is ImageBrowser ? This chapter explains the various basic skills required to By using other applications: master ImageBrowser. Let’s begin with an overview of the main ImageBrowser gives you additional power when you use it features of ImageBrowser. -
Page 12: Storing Images
Chapter 2 Storing Images What is ImageBrowser ? What happens to the image file when you import images from However, when you select [My Favorite Pix] from the Browser a camera, or move or copy them using ImageBrowser? Window, images are displayed as follows: Where are images stored? You can use the following procedure to locate images. -
Page 13: Understanding The Browser Window
Chapter 2 Understanding the Browser Window What is ImageBrowser ? This section describes the various parts of the Browser Window display. Explorer View Section: Browser Area: Displays the disks and This is the area where folders that you can use on thumbnails of images in the your computer. -
Page 14: Changing The Browser Window Display
Chapter 2 Changing the Browser Window Display (1/2) What is ImageBrowser ? You can change the way the Browser Window displays information to make it easier to use. This section describes how to do this. Changing the size of thumbnails By clicking you can change the size of the thumbnails displayed in the Browser Area. - Page 15 Chapter 2 Changing the Browser Window Display (2/2) What is ImageBrowser ? Using the Display menu For example, you can display the Browser Window as follows: You can use the [Display] menu to fine tune the Browser Window display settings. Allows you to select the size of thumbnails.
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Page 16: Using Contextual Menus
Chapter 2 Using Contextual Menus What is ImageBrowser ? When you hold down the [control] key and click the mouse A contextual menu is, as its name implies, a menu whose button, a menu is displayed. This is a contextual menu. option vary according to the context within which it is used. -
Page 17: Chapter 3 Managing Images
Chapter 3 Moving and Copying Images (1/3) Managing Images This section describes how to move and copy images between folders. REFERENCE • Moving or copying images in ImageBrowser affects the actual location in which those images are stored on your computer. - Page 18 Chapter 3 Moving and Copying Images (2/3) Managing Images Moving or copying images using two Browser Windows REFERENCE You can display a second Browser Window by clicking [New • To copy an image, proceed as above, but press and hold the Browser Window] on the [Display] menu.
- Page 19 Chapter 3 Moving and Copying Images (3/3) Managing Images Moving or copying images in the Finder More ways of moving and copying images You can move or copy images displayed in the Finder by Moving or copying multiple images dragging them into the Browser Window. You can select several images that you want to move or copy all at once.
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Page 20: Deleting Images
Chapter 3 Deleting Images Managing Images This section describes how to delete images that you no longer REFERENCE need. You can recover images that you accidentally delete. Double- click the [Trash] icon to open it, and use the drag and drop REFERENCE function to return the file to its original folder. -
Page 21: Rotating Images
Chapter 3 Rotating Images Managing Images This section describes how to rotate images to the desired REFERENCE orientation. This is useful for images taken by holding the [90 degrees right] is a clockwise rotation and [90 degrees camera sideways. left] is a counterclockwise rotation. IMPORTANT More ways of rotating images •... -
Page 22: Duplicating Images
Chapter 3 Duplicating Images Managing Images This section describes how to duplicate images (create an More ways of duplicating images exact copy of an image file). Duplicating multiple images How to duplicate an image You can select several images at once by holding down the [shift] key and clicking the images that you want to duplicate. -
Page 23: Renaming Images
Chapter 3 Renaming Images Managing Images This section describes how to rename images. How to rename an image Click the name of the image that you want to rename. After a moment you can type the new name of the image. Type the new name and press [return]. -
Page 24: Viewing Image Information
Chapter 3 Viewing Image Information Managing Images You can click images and look at the various shooting The File Information dialog box contains such information as information about them. the camera model, the date the image was shot, and the camera settings at the time of shooting. -
Page 25: Creating Folders
Chapter 3 Creating Folders Managing Images This section describes how to create folders in a disk or its REFERENCE folders. • For details on how to change the folder name, see the next page. How to create a folder • When you create a new folder in ImageBrowser, a new folder of the same name appears in the Finder. -
Page 26: Renaming Folders
Chapter 3 Renaming Folders Managing Images This section describes how to rename folders. REFERENCE Renaming a folder in ImageBrowser changes the name of How to rename a folder the folder itself on your computer. In the Explorer View Section, click the name of the folder that you want to rename. -
Page 27: Deleting Folders
Chapter 3 Deleting Folders Managing Images Another way to delete folders This section describes how to delete unnecessary folders. REFERENCE Deleting a folder from the [File] menu Deleting a folder in ImageBrowser moves the folder itself to You can delete folders from the [File] menu. Click the folder that the Trash folder on your computer. -
Page 28: Chapter 4 Viewing Images
REFERENCE • If you want, you can click [Canon Camera] in the Explorer View Section to open the Camera Window. (This is possible only if the camera is connected and ready to communicate with your computer.) •... -
Page 29: Opening Images
Chapter 4 Opening Images Viewing Images This section describes how to open images using the REFERENCE thumbnails displayed in the Browser Area. • After selecting a thumbnail, you can also click (Display Image) to open the image. How to open an image •... -
Page 30: Changing The Magnification
Chapter 4 Changing the Magnification Viewing Images This section describes how to change the magnification of an How to change the zoom ratio using the Display menu image. You can change the zoom ratio by clicking one of the zoom ratios on the [Display] menu, or by clicking [Enlarge] or How to change the zoom ratio with the buttons in [Reduce]. -
Page 31: Editing Images
Chapter 4 Editing Images (1/4) Viewing Images This section describes how to edit open images. REFERENCE • After you edit an image, it is possible that the result might not Editing functions satisfy you and so want to go back to the previous step. In Using ImageBrowser, you can perform the following editing this case, click [Undo] on the [Edit] menu to cancel the operations. - Page 32 Chapter 4 Editing Images (2/4) Viewing Images Cropping REFERENCE Use this function to extract only part of an image, leaving out When an area is selected for cropping, the following the parts that you do not want. Place the mouse pointer within information is displayed at the bottom of the window.
- Page 33 Chapter 4 Editing Images (3/4) Viewing Images Adjusting colors You can change the appearance of an image by adjusting its colors. Click (Adjust Color) to display the Adjust Color dialog box. In the dialog box, you can adjust the hue, saturation and lightness, and click [OK].
- Page 34 Chapter 4 Editing Images (4/4) Viewing Images Saving images REFERENCE After you have modified an image, you can save it under a After you have modified an image, if you try to close the different name so that the original image remains intact. In this image window without saving your changes, a message case, click (Save).
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Page 35: Editing Images With Other Programs
REFERENCE • If you have not installed an image editing program such as the one that may have been supplied with your Canon digital camera, then you cannot select this function. If this is the case, you need to install the program. Also, if you want to use... -
Page 36: Chapter 5 Using The Camera Window
[Canon USB Camera] on the [Control Panels]. Double-clicking Canon Camera in the Explorer View Click here. Section In the Explorer View Section, double-click [Canon Camera] to REFERENCE open the Camera Window. • If the “No camera detected” message appears, refer to the Troubleshooting section in the Appendices for information on how to solve the problem. -
Page 37: Importing Images
Chapter 5 Importing Images (1/2) Using the Camera Window This section describes how to import images stored on the REFERENCE camera (CF card) to your PC. • The image is imported into the library or folder currently selected in the Browser Window. How to import an image •... - Page 38 Chapter 5 Importing Images (2/2) Using the Camera Window Other ways of importing images REFERENCE • If an image is taken in the Stitch Assist mode (some camera Double-click models do not come with this feature), it appears in the You can double-click the thumbnail of an image in the Camera Camera Window as follows: Window.
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Page 39: Deleting Images On The Camera
Chapter 5 Deleting Images on the Camera Using the Camera Window This section describes how to delete images stored on the Other ways of deleting images camera (CF card). Deleting multiple images How to delete an image on the camera You can select several images by holding down the [shift] key and clicking the images that you want to delete. -
Page 40: Rotating Images
Chapter 5 Rotating Images Using the Camera Window This section describes how to rotate images (stored on the REFERENCE camera) to the desired orientation. • 90 degrees left is a counterclockwise rotation and 90 degrees right is a clockwise rotation. How to rotate an image •... -
Page 41: Copying Images To A Camera
Chapter 5 Copying Images to a Camera (1/2) Using the Camera Window This section describes how to copy images from your computer When the “Save to Camera” dialog box appears, set up all the to the camera (CF card). Then you can display the images on necessary options. - Page 42 File Formats section in the Appendices. Other ways of copying images Using the menu You can copy images to a camera by clicking [Upload Images] on the [Canon Camera] menu. Click this button to apply the current settings to subsequent images. 42 ImageBrowser Software Guide...
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Page 43: Checking And Modifying The Camera Settings
Chapter 5 Checking and Modifying the Camera Settings Using the Camera Window Type the name of You can check and modify the camera settings from your the owner of the computer. This section describes how. camera here. How to check or modify the camera settings Use this button to synchronize the Click... -
Page 44: Other Functions Of The Camera Window
Chapter 5 Other Functions of the Camera Window Using the Camera Window This section describes the additional functions of the Camera Window that you can use. On the [Setup Options] menu, Click this button to re- Click this button to print the Click this button to Click this button to run a camera- click [Communication Setting]. -
Page 45: Chapter 6 Using Images
Chapter 6 Creating Images for E-mail (1/2) Using Images Click [Next]. This chapter describes how you can use the images stored in ImageBrowser in various situations. First, let’s begin with how The Create Image for Email dialog box appears. (However, if you can reduce image files so they can be attached to e-mail. - Page 46 Chapter 6 Creating Images for E-mail (2/2) Using Images Save the image and select whether you want to start your • When you click [Finish], if you have selected “Start email e-mail program. application after closing” in step 7, your e-mail program starts automatically.
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Page 47: Running Slide Shows
Chapter 6 Running Slide Shows (1/2) Using Images This section describes how to use images to run slide shows, displaying images in sequence in full-screen mode. Setting up a slide show First, you need to specify how to run the slide show, as follows: On the [Display] menu, click [Slide Show Options] to set up the options. - Page 48 Chapter 6 Running Slide Shows (2/2) Using Images How to run a slide show If you selected “Control with Mouse or keypad” in the Slide Show Options dialog box, you can control the slide show as First, in the Browser Area, select images that you want to use follows: (You can use this method even if you selected “Auto in the slide show.
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Page 49: Adding Sound To Images
Chapter 6 Adding Sound to Images Using Images You can add sound to your images and play the sound later as The following mark appears when an image is accompanied by necessary. sound. REFERENCE To add sound to images using ImageBrowser, you must use your Mac OS recording function. -
Page 50: Printing Images
Chapter 6 Printing Images (1/7) Using Images The following sections describe how to print images. Displaying the print layout After you select the images that you want to print in the Browser Area, click (Print Layout). The Print window opens and the selected images are automatically laid out. - Page 51 Canon Perforated Paper You can only use Canon Perforated Paper in some Canon BJ printers that support Canon Perforated Paper media. You can obtain photo-like prints by simply separating images at the perforations.
- Page 52 Chapter 6 Printing Images (3/7) Using Images Moving or changing the size of an image Reorganizing and rotating images, and specifying the number of images per page When the layout type is “Free”, you can move or change the size of an image. To do so, perform the following procedure. When the layout type is “Free”, you can use the following functions: Specify the number...
- Page 53 Chapter 6 Printing Images (4/7) Using Images Typing a caption The location of the caption differs depending on what kind of layout you have selected. You can type captions for individual images. Select an image and on the [Edit] menu, click [Edit Caption]. The Edit Caption Free layout: window appears.
- Page 54 Chapter 6 Printing Images (5/7) Using Images Typing text Text surrounded by a frame is called a “text box.” You can control text boxes as follows: You can type text anywhere you want in the layout. First, make sure that no images are selected and on the [Edit] Moving text boxes menu, click [Add Text].
- Page 55 Chapter 6 Printing Images (6/7) Using Images Typing a header Duplicating images You can type a page header. You can duplicate images by selecting the image that you want, First, make sure that no images are selected and on the [Edit] and clicking [Copy Image] on the [Edit] menu.
- Page 56 Chapter 6 Printing Images (7/7) Using Images Printing When the Print dialog box appears, make your print settings and start printing. Once you have finished making all the adjustments that you want in the Print window, click (Print). IMPORTANT The time it takes to print depends on the number and size of your images.
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Page 57: Multiple Page Printing
Chapter 6 Multiple Page Printing Using Images This section describes how to divide images for multiple page Adjust the print settings in the dialog box illustrated below and printing. click [Print] to launch the print job. Multiple page printing allows you to divide panoramic images, that you created using PhotoStitch, and print them on several pages. -
Page 58: Sorting Images By Date And Time (Timetunnel) (1/2
Chapter 6 Sorting Images by Date and Time (TimeTunnel) (1/2) Using Images This section describes how to use TimeTunnel to sort images by date and time, like arranging images in a time tunnel. Point an image and wait a moment. The information Displaying TimeTunnel about the image is displayed. - Page 59 Chapter 6 Sorting Images by Date and Time (TimeTunnel) (2/2) Using Images Using the Control Panel menu Making settings from the Display menu The Control Panel menu allows you to control TimeTunnel. You can make TimeTunnel settings from the [Display] menu. To do so, on the [Display] menu, point to [TimeTunnel View Setting] and click any option that you want to change.
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Page 60: Stitching Panoramic Images With Photostitch
Chapter 6 Stitching Panoramic Images with PhotoStitch Using Images The following sections describe how to open and use programs Then, follow the instructions on the upper part of the in ImageBrowser. If you have several images of the same PhotoStitch window, and stitch your images together. scene with only a slight difference, you can use PhotoStitch to connect the images together to make a panoramic image. -
Page 61: Operating The Shutter From Your Computer (Remotecapture)
Chapter 6 Operating the Shutter from Your Computer (RemoteCapture) Using Images This section introduces RemoteCapture, a program that Using the RemoteCapture functions enables you control, from your computer, the shutter of the camera connected to your computer. Displays a list of IMPORTANT pictures taken. -
Page 62: Using Other Programs
Plug-In Module, read the Plug-ins, PhotoDeluxe and Plug-In Module Photoshop Help. By installing a Canon Digital Camera Plug-In Module for the Canon camera, you can use programs such as Adobe PhotoDeluxe and Adobe Photoshop to directly import images stored on the camera. -
Page 63: Appendices
USB connection. Connecting the camera using a serial port You can connect some Canon digital cameras to your computer through its serial port. When the connection is set up correctly and the communication between the camera and computer is ready, subsequent operations are identical to when you are using a USB connection. -
Page 64: Supported File Formats
RAW files This format is a proprietary file format provided by Canon. It allows the output of the image pixels from a digital camera without any deterioration in the quality of the image. Some cameras might not support this file format. -
Page 65: Preventing Imagebrowser From Starting Automatically
Program Name list. (Apple menu), point to [Control Panels] and click [Canon USB Camera]. Clear the selection from “The application However, if no other programs supported by the camera are program below will start.”... -
Page 66: Customizing Preferences
Appendices Customizing Preferences (1/4) ImageBrowser provides a variety of preferences that you can Browser tab customize to make ImageBrowser work the way you like. This section introduces some of the major preferences that you can change. Opening the Preferences dialog box On the [Edit] menu, click [Preferences] to open the Preferences dialog box. - Page 67 Appendices Customizing Preferences (2/4) Thumbnail Cache tab Camera tab When you select a folder from a peripheral, such as a CD-ROM or CD-R, in the Explorer View Section, ImageBrowser creates a file in a predetermined folder for the thumbnail displayed in the Browser Area. However, when viewing a CD-ROM or a CD-R containing a large number of files, the number of thumbnails also increases, resulting in less free hard disk space on your computer.
- Page 68 Appendices Customizing Preferences (3/4) File Format tab Print tab Use this to specify the output format to Use this to select the information use when converting RAW images. displayed as the caption for each Note that only some cameras support image when you open the Print the “TIFF 16bits/channel”...
- Page 69 Appendices Customizing Preferences (4/4) Units tab Use this to set the units used for measuring the paper size in the Print window. 69 ImageBrowser Software Guide...
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Page 70: Playing Movie
Appendices Playing Movie If your camera can shoot movie, you can use ImageBrowser to handle the movie files. After shooting movie, connect your camera to your computer. When you open the Camera Window, it displays a thumbnail (the first frame of the movie) and a movie mark. You can import movie files in the Browser Area the same way you do images. -
Page 71: Converting Raw Images
Appendices Converting RAW Images (1/2) If your camera supports RAW files, you can obtain high quality How to convert a RAW image (simple method) images. However, programs cannot open RAW files. You must In the Browser Area, select a RAW image. On the [File] menu, convert them to a format that can be used by programs. - Page 72 Appendices Converting RAW Images (2/2) How to convert a RAW image (and adjusting image quality) When the following dialog box appears, adjust the image quality and click [OK] to start the conversion. You can convert a RAW image and adjust the image quality, using the following procedure.
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Page 73: Setting Up Slide Shows On The Camera
Appendices Setting up Slide Shows on the Camera If the camera comes with a slide show feature, you can use From the image list on the left, drag images to the right area ImageBrowser to edit slide shows. and arrange their sequence for the slide show. REFERENCE For detailed information on how to use a slide show and display images, refer to the documentation that comes with... -
Page 74: Setting Up Dpof Prints
Appendices Setting up DPOF Prints (1/2) If the camera comes with the DPOF feature, you can use When the following window appears, select the “Print Order ImageBrowser to save images and the number of copies that (DPOF)” option that appears on the upper left part of the you want to print on a CF card. - Page 75 Appendices Setting up DPOF Prints (2/2) Standard printing Index printing The number under each image indicates the number of copies To include images in an index print, select the check box under to print. Use the arrows to select the number of copies that you the image.
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Page 76: Troubleshooting
Appendices Troubleshooting This section describes how to troubleshoot problems. Check your computer Automatic launching of ImageBrowser upon connection to the The event dialog box does not appear. camera via interface cable is only supported on Macintosh If the event dialog box does not appear, even though the computers that are equipped with a built-in USB port. -
Page 77: Index
Movie mode ..........38 Canon Camera ......... 36 Explorer View Section ......6, 13 Multiple Page Print ........57 Canon Perforated Paper ......51 Multiple Page Print Options ...... 57 Caption ............. 53 CF card reader .......... 63 Clipping ............. 55 File Format tab .......... - Page 78 Index Index (2/2) PC card reader ......... 63 Saturation ..........33 Zoom ratio ..........30 PhotoDeluxe ..........62 Save image ..........34 Photoshop ..........62 Save to Camera ........41 PhotoStitch ..........60 Select folder ..........28 PICT file ............ 64 Send to Trash ........
- Page 79 • 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 anyerrors or omissions. Canon Inc. reserves the right to change the specifications of the hardware and software described herein at any time without prior notice.