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  • Page 1 ImageBrowser Software User Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents (1/2) Chapter 1 What is ImageBrowser ? Chapter 4 Viewing Images What Can ImageBrowser Do? ..........5 Starting ImageBrowser ............43 Guide to the ImageBrowser Windows ........6 Selecting Folders ..............44 Changing the Display Mode ............ 46 Chapter 2 Downloading and Printing Images Changing the Browser Window Display ........
  • Page 3 Table of Contents (2/2) Chapter 6 Using Supplementary Features Editing Images ................. 72 Editing Images with Other Programs ........76 Creating Images for E-mail ............77 Exporting Images ..............79 Running Slide Shows ............... 82 Adding Sounds to Images ............85 Printing Images ...............
  • Page 4 Notations and Conventions Symbol Usage Terminology Usage This guide uses the following symbols. The following terms are used in this guide as indicated below. • CF card, SD card, PC card, multimedia card ➜ memory card Information essential to operations, such as explanations of functions or terminology, follows this symbol.

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 What Is Imagebrowser

    • Check and modify camera settings. REFERENCE • Set the My Camera Settings (start-up image, start-up sound, • The Canon CD-ROM supplied with the camera contains My operation sound, self-timer sound and shutter sound). Camera Settings files. These files are automatically copied to your computer when ImageBrowser is installed.

  • Page 6: Guide To The Imagebrowser Windows

    Chapter 1 Guide to the ImageBrowser Windows (1/2) What is ImageBrowser? This section briefly introduces the purposes and features of the two Browser Window main windows for operating ImageBrowser. This window opens when you start ImageBrowser. The Browser Camera Control Window Window is for displaying and organizing downloaded images.
  • Page 7 Chapter 1 Guide to the ImageBrowser Windows (2/2) What is ImageBrowser? A contextual menu is, as its name implies, a menu whose Using Contextual Menus options vary according to the context. It is a collection of the most commonly used buttons and commands that apply to a When you hold down the [control] key and click the mouse given situation.

  • Page 8: Chapter 2 Downloading And Printing Images

    [Open]. IMPORTANT CameraWindow is found by opening the [Applications] folder, followed by the [Canon Utilities] and [CameraWindow] folders. • You must perform this step before connecting the camera to a computer for the first time. Click [OK] and close Image Capture.
  • Page 9 Applications folder. In the [Hot Plug Action] list box, select [Other]. Select [CameraWindow] in the application selection window. CameraWindow is found by opening the [Applications] folder, followed by the [Canon Utilities] and [CameraWindow] folders. Close Image Capture. ImageBrowser Software User Guide...
  • Page 10 Chapter 2 Downloading Images to Your Computer (3/6) Downloading and Printing Images Connecting the Camera to Download Using Camera Commands to Download Images This section describes two methods for downloading images You can download images using camera commands if your shot with the camera to a computer.
  • Page 11 Chapter 2 Downloading Images to Your Computer (4/6) Downloading and Printing Images Some camera models must have settings, such as the Playback The images will begin to download. The downloaded images mode, set to communicate with the computer. If your camera will be saved into folders according to the shooting date.
  • Page 12 Chapter 2 Downloading Images to Your Computer (5/6) Downloading and Printing Images REFERENCE Using Computer Commands to Download Images • If you are using a memory card reader, you can set it using the same procedures as with the camera to have the Camera Connect the camera to the computer with the Control Window open automatically.
  • Page 13 Chapter 2 Downloading Images to Your Computer (6/6) Downloading and Printing Images REFERENCE All the images that have yet to be downloaded will start to download. • A dialog will appear if multiple memory card readers are con- When downloading is complete, ImageBrowser's Browser nected and loaded with memory cards, or if a camera and a Window will open and display the downloaded images.

  • Page 14: Printing Images

    Chapter 2 Printing Images (1/2) Downloading and Printing Images This section explains the procedures for printing downloaded images on In the Layout Options dialog, leave the [Custom layout a printer. printing] option selected and click [Next]. REFERENCE Print Window • Images recorded in the Adobe RGB color space will appear unsaturated when printed using PhotoRecord.
  • Page 15 Chapter 2 Printing Images (2/2) Downloading and Printing Images If the Page Setup window appears, set the settings as If the Print dialog appears, click [Print]. appropriate and click [OK]. REFERENCE The Layout Options dialog will close. • You cannot click [Print] in the Print window while the Layout In the Print window, click [PRINT].

  • Page 16: Chapter 3 What You Can Do With A Camera Connected

    Or you can check the • Depending on the selections you make during installation, the images and then Canon CameraWindow icon may not appear on the desktop. In download them using this case, open the Camera Control Window by double-clicking computer procedures.
  • Page 17 Camera Connected To open the Camera Control Window from ImageBrowser’s Closing the Camera Control Window Browser Window , click [Canon Camera] in the Explorer Panel section or on the Control Panel. Click [Quit] to close the Camera Control Window. You can also open the Camera Control Window by clicking the [File] menu and selecting the [Canon Camera] submenu, followed by [Connect to Camera].

  • Page 18: Downloading Images Automatically-Camera Operations

    Chapter 3 Downloading Images Automatically—Camera Operations What You Can Do with a Camera Connected Select [Change direct transfer download destination Starting Auto Downloading folder] and click [Next]. Set the Direct Transfer settings on the camera, and start the direct transfer. This will download images automatically to the computer.

  • Page 19: Downloading Images Automatically-Computer Operations

    Chapter 3 Downloading Images Automatically—Computer Operations (1/3) What You Can Do with a Camera Connected Starting Auto Downloading Changing the Auto Download Settings Change the type of image to download or the destination Click [Starts to download images] in the Camera folder.
  • Page 20 Chapter 3 Downloading Images Automatically—Computer Operations (2/3) What You Can Do with a Camera Connected Select the type of image to download and click [Next]. Set the process to initiate after the images are downloaded and click [Next]. To simply display the images in ImageBrowser's Browser Window, select [Display the folder at the save destination].
  • Page 21 Chapter 3 Downloading Images Automatically—Computer Operations (3/3) What You Can Do with a Camera Connected To initiate the selected auto download process immediately after the camera and computer are connected, place a check mark beside [Images are automatically downloaded to computer while camera is connected].

  • Page 22: Checking Images In The Camera Before Downloading

    Chapter 3 Checking Images in the Camera before Downloading (1/2) What You Can Do with a Camera Connected Select images for downloading in the Camera Browser Selecting Images and Initiating the Download Window. A blue frame displays around selected images. Click [Lets you select and download images] in the You can select multiple images by pressing and holding the [shift] key or [ ] (command) key while you click on successive...
  • Page 23 Chapter 3 Checking Images in the Camera before Downloading (2/2) What You Can Do with a Camera Connected Set whether or not to change the file name, specify a destination folder and click [Start Download]. The image will be saved. To change the file name, set the text characters for the file prefix and the...

  • Page 24: Deleting Images From The Camera

    Chapter 3 Deleting Images from the Camera What You Can Do with a Camera Connected This section explains how to use the Camera Browser Window to delete Select images for deleting in the Camera Browser images from the camera. Window. A blue frame displays around selected images.

  • Page 25: Other Features Of The Camera Browser Window

    Chapter 3 Other Features of the Camera Browser Window What You Can Do with a Camera Connected This section explains the other features of the Camera Browser REFERENCE Window. • You can also download images displayed in the Camera Browser Window by dragging and dropping them into ImageBrowser’s Browser Area or Explorer Panel section.

  • Page 26: Saving The "My Camera Settings" To The Camera

    Chapter 3 Saving the “My Camera Settings” to the Camera (1/8) What You Can Do with a Camera Connected This section explains how to save the “My Camera Settings” on your Displaying the My Camera window computer to the camera or vice versa. Display the existing My Camera Settings supplied with What are the My Camera settings? ZoomBrowser EX.
  • Page 27 • You can also open the My Camera window when the settings types. ImageBrowser's Browser Window is open by clicking the [File] menu and selecting [Canon Camera], followed by [My Camera] from the submenu. • The theme in the [Type] list box contains a start-up image, start- up sound, operation sound, selftimer sound and shutter sound regrouped as a set.
  • Page 28 Chapter 3 Saving the “My Camera Settings” to the Camera (3/8) What You Can Do with a Camera Connected In the [Computer] list, select a setting you would like Saving the My Camera Settings to the camera to add to the camera. When you select [Theme]: This topic explains how to save the previously prepared My When you select a setting, the image will preview in the area to...
  • Page 29 Chapter 3 Saving the “My Camera Settings” to the Camera (4/8) What You Can Do with a Camera Connected In the [Camera] list, select a setting that you would Click the [Save to Camera] button. like to change and click The settings files in the Camera list are saved to the camera.
  • Page 30 Chapter 3 Saving the “My Camera Settings” to the Camera (5/8) What You Can Do with a Camera Connected REFERENCE Adding new files to the My Camera Settings • To delete settings files in the Camera list, select the file and click the [Delete] button.
  • Page 31 Chapter 3 Saving the “My Camera Settings” to the Camera (6/8) What You Can Do with a Camera Connected Open the My Camera window and select the settings Create new files before adding them type in the [Type] list box. Create an image or sound file that will become the camera start-up image or sound setting and save it to the computer.
  • Page 32 Chapter 3 Saving the “My Camera Settings” to the Camera (7/8) What You Can Do with a Camera Connected Select the file you created in the Open dialog and click [Open]. The selected file will appear in the Computer list. The newly added settings will appear here.
  • Page 33 Chapter 3 Saving the “My Camera Settings” to the Camera (8/8) What You Can Do with a Camera Connected Click [ Saving the Settings to the Computer You can copy the My Camera Settings from the camera to the Assign a name to the settings file and click [OK]. computer.

  • Page 34: Setting Up Slide Shows On The Camera

    Chapter 3 Setting up Slide Shows on the Camera What You Can Do with a Camera Connected You can edit a camera slide show from the computer (if your camera Drag an image from the list on the left and drop it supports the slide show function).

  • Page 35: Setting The Dpof Print Settings

    Chapter 3 Setting the DPOF Print Settings (1/2) What You Can Do with a Camera Connected You can use ImageBrowser to register print settings on a memory card, Click the [Print Order (DPOF)] button at the top left of including the images to print and the number of copies. the next window and select the print type.
  • Page 36 Chapter 3 Setting the DPOF Print Settings (2/2) What You Can Do with a Camera Connected Standard printing Index printing Use the arrows next to the boxes to select the number Select the check box under the image to include it in of copies you want.

  • Page 37: Checking And Modifying The Camera Settings

    Chapter 3 Checking and Modifying the Camera Settings What You Can Do with a Camera Connected You can check and modify the camera settings from the computer. Click the [Set to Camera] tab in the Camera Control Window. Type the name of Click [Confirms/changes camera settings].

  • Page 38: Adding Computer Images To The Camera

    Chapter 3 Adding Computer Images to the Camera What You Can Do with a Camera Connected You can copy images (JPEG only) from the computer to the camera (or If a window similar to the following opens, select an memory card). option as required and click [Add].

  • Page 39: Operating The Camera Shutter From A Computer

    Chapter 3 Operating the Camera Shutter from a Computer (1/4) What You Can Do with a Camera Connected This section explains the procedures for remote shooting, the process of Remote Shooting Procedures operating the camera shutter remotely from a connected computer. Begin the procedure with the camera connected to the IMPORTANT computer and placed in the correct mode for connection.
  • Page 40 Chapter 3 Operating the Camera Shutter from a Computer (2/4) What You Can Do with a Camera Connected Features of the RemoteCapture Task Window Selects the image’s recording size and resolution Sets the rotation setting of the image being recorded. This setting cannot be adjusted if your camera’s Auto Rotate function is set to [On].
  • Page 41 Chapter 3 Operating the Camera Shutter from a Computer (3/4) What You Can Do with a Camera Connected ■ Saving and Recalling Shooting Settings Other Remote Shooting Features You can save the current zoom settings and the settings in the “Field angle/flash”...
  • Page 42 Chapter 3 Operating the Camera Shutter from a Computer (4/4) What You Can Do with a Camera Connected ■ [Release Hotkey] Tab Remote Shooting Default Settings You can display the default settings for remote shooting by clicking the [RemoteCapture Task] menu and selecting [Preferences].

  • Page 43: Chapter 4 Viewing Images

    [ImageBrowser] in the Camera Browser Window. REFERENCE • Depending on the selections you make during installation, the Canon ImageBrowser icon may not appear on the desktop. In this case, start ImageBrowser by double-clicking the [Applica- tions] folder, followed by the [Canon Utilities] and [ImageBrowser] folders, and double-click the [ImageBrowser] icon.

  • Page 44: Selecting Folders

    Chapter 4 Selecting Folders (1/2) Viewing Images In this section, you will learn how to use the Explorer Panel Section to [Favorite] and [All] choose a folder containing the images that you want to see. Two buttons, entitled [Favorite] and [All], display in the upper How to select a folder portion of the Explorer Panel section.
  • Page 45 Chapter 4 Selecting Folders (2/2) Viewing Images Registering a Folder as a Favorite Folder Deregistering a Favorite Folder Select [Favorite], then the folder you wish to deregister, and ■ Favorites Selected click [Remove] at the bottom of the Explorer Panel section. Click [Add] at the bottom of the Explorer Panel section, select a folder in the window that opens and click [Select].

  • Page 46: Changing The Display Mode

    Chapter 4 Changing the Display Mode (1/2) Viewing Images You can change the display mode in the Browser Window and Browser ■ Preview Mode Area for ease of use. Displays the images as thumbnails (tiny versions) at the bottom of the Browser Area and the selected thumbnail and the Information Panel (display image information) in the upper part.
  • Page 47 Chapter 4 Changing the Display Mode (2/2) Viewing Images ■ ■ List Mode TimeTunnel Mode Uses the entire Browser Area to display image thumbnails (tiny Displays image thumbnails (tiny versions) chronological order on versions). a concentric grid that looks like a time tunnel. Use this Control Panel to move the display.

  • Page 48: Changing The Browser Window Display

    Chapter 4 Changing the Browser Window Display (1/2) Viewing Images This section explains how to switch between showing and REFERENCE hiding each panel in the Browser Window and how to display • You can also switch between showing/hiding each panel by information other than file names by the thumbnails.
  • Page 49 Chapter 4 Changing the Browser Window Display (2/2) Viewing Images Setting the Information Displayed with Thumbnails Sorting Thumbnails You can set the image information that displays beneath thumbnails You can select the criteria for the display order when the when the display mode is set to the Preview or List mode. display mode is set to the Preview or List mode.

  • Page 50: Opening Images

    Chapter 4 Opening Images Viewing Images This procedure involves opening the Viewer Window from the Browser REFERENCE Window to open images. • You can also open an image by selecting it in the Browser Area and clicking [View Image] in the Control Panel, or by clicking How to open an image the [View] menu and selecting [View Actual Image].

  • Page 51: Using The Viewer Window

    Chapter 4 Using the Viewer Window (1/4) Viewing Images This section explains how to use the Viewer Window. Using the Full Screen Display Opening the Previous or Next Image You can display an image at the full screen size by clicking [Full Screen] in the Viewer Window.
  • Page 52 Chapter 4 Using the Viewer Window (2/4) Viewing Images When multiple images are displayed in the Viewer Window, Displaying Multiple Images clicking the [Back] and [Next] buttons replaces all the images with the next set of images ahead or behind. You can display two to four images at once in the Viewer Window by using the [Number of Displays] menu.
  • Page 53 Chapter 4 Using the Viewer Window (3/4) Viewing Images Displaying the Autofocus Frame Converting and Displaying RAW Images When you click the [Show AF Frame] button, an autofocus When a RAW image is displayed in the Viewer Window, the frame showing the focus position at the time of shooting will [Display Original Image] button displays beneath the image.
  • Page 54 Chapter 4 Using the Viewer Window (4/4) Viewing Images Playing Movies Closing the Viewer Window You can also play a movie in the Viewer Window. Click to close the Viewer Window, or click the [File] menu and select [Close]. REFERENCE •...

  • Page 55: Chapter 5 Organizing Images

    Chapter 5 Selecting Images Organizing Images This chapter explains the features in ImageBrowser for managing Selecting All the Images images. Select all the images in a folder at once by clicking [Selecting In this section we reintroduce the methods for selecting images in the Images] in the Control Panel in the Browser Window and Browser Area as one of the basic image management procedures.

  • Page 56: Setting Star Ratings

    Chapter 5 Setting Star Ratings (1/2) Organizing Images This section explains the procedures for setting Star Ratings used in Other Settings Methods for Star Ratings image searches and to display subsets of images. ■ Menu Method What is a Star Rating? Select the image in the Browser Area, click the [Edit] menu and You can assign one of three ratings [✩✩✩], [✩✩], [✩] to an select [Change Star Rating] in the submenu, followed by your...
  • Page 57 Chapter 5 Setting Star Ratings (2/2) Organizing Images ■ ■ Viewer Window Method Slide Show Method Display the image in the Viewer Window and set the Star While a slide show is in play, use the menu at the bottom of the Rating in the list box.

  • Page 58: Assigning Keywords

    Chapter 5 Assigning Keywords (1/2) Organizing Images This section explains the procedures for assigning keywords to images Place a check mark beside appropriate words in the for searches. various categories, such as People, Places, Events or Others, and click [OK]. Keywords A keyword is information used to perform searches on images.
  • Page 59 Chapter 5 Assigning Keywords (2/2) Organizing Images Add, delete or restore keywords. Other Ways to Assign Keywords ■ Menu Method Select an image in the Browser Area, click the [Edit] menu and select the [Keyword] submenu, followed by [Settings]. ■ File Information Dialog Box Method Set the display mode to List or TimeTunnel.

  • Page 60: Sorting Images

    Chapter 5 Sorting Images (1/2) Organizing Images You can sort selected images into folders by the shooting dates or by Sorting by Shooting Dates Star Ratings. Set the options and click [OK]. Selecting a Sorting Method The program will start sorting the images. Select the images to sort in the Browser Area.
  • Page 61 Chapter 5 Sorting Images (2/2) Organizing Images Sorting by Star Ratings Set the options and click [OK]. The program will start sorting the images. Select the Star Ratings of the images that will be copied (or moved). Select the destination folder. Select [Copy] to retain the file in its original location or [Move] to shift it to the new location.

  • Page 62: Renaming Images

    Chapter 5 Renaming Images (1/2) Organizing Images This section describes how to rename images. Renaming Images Click the name of the image that you want to rename. After a moment you can type the new name. Type the new name and press [return]. ImageBrowser Software User Guide...
  • Page 63 Chapter 5 Renaming Images (2/2) Organizing Images Changing Multiple Image File Names Renaming Folders You can rename multiple image files at once. In the Explorer Panel, click on the folder name. Select the images you wish to rename in the Browser After a moment, you can type the new name.

  • Page 64: Searching Images

    Chapter 5 Searching Images (1/2) Organizing Images You can search images using such criteria as Star Ratings, shooting Set the search criteria. dates, keywords or comments. Place a check mark beside your chosen criterion and set its individual settings. REFERENCE •...
  • Page 65 Chapter 5 Searching Images (2/2) Organizing Images This concludes the search. Click [Search Now] when you finish setting the criteria. When you click [OK] in the confirmation dialog, the “Search Results” folder is created in the Explorer Panel section and A list of images found by the search will display.

  • Page 66: Moving And Copying Images

    Chapter 5 Moving and Copying Images (1/2) Organizing 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 67 Chapter 5 Moving and Copying Images (2/2) Organizing Images REFERENCE Moving or copying images using two Browser Windows • To copy an image, press and hold the [option] key before releasing the mouse button to drop the image. You can display a second Browser Window by clicking [New •...

  • Page 68: Deleting Images

    Chapter 5 Deleting Images Organizing Images This section explains how to delete images and folders (send them to Deleting Folders the Trash). Select the folder in the Explorer Panel section. How to delete an image Click the [Send to Trash] button in the Control Panel. Select an image in the Browser Area to delete.

  • Page 69: Rotating Images

    Chapter 5 Rotating Images Organizing Images This section describes how to rotate images to the desired orientation. REFERENCE This is useful for images taken by holding the camera vertically. • [90 degrees right] is a clockwise rotation and [90 degrees left] is a counterclockwise rotation.

  • Page 70: Viewing Image Information

    Chapter 5 Viewing Image Information Organizing Images You can click images and look at the various shooting information The File Information dialog box contains such information as about them. the camera model, the date the image was shot, and the camera settings at the time of shooting.

  • Page 71: Creating Folders

    Chapter 5 Creating Folders Organizing Images This section describes how to create folders within disks or other folders. REFERENCE • See the Renaming Images (2/2) for the procedures for renaming How to create a folder folders. • See the Deleting Images for the procedures for deleting folders. •...

  • Page 72: Chapter 6 Using Supplementary Features

    Chapter 6 Editing Images (1/4) Using Supplementary Features This chapter explains the methods for handling images managed by ■ Trimming ImageBrowser. You can extract part of an image, leaving out parts that you don’t need. This section explains the procedures for editing images displayed in the Viewer Window.
  • Page 73 Chapter 6 Editing Images (2/4) Using Supplementary Features Click [Trimming]. Trimming The specified area is trimmed. Use this to delete unnecessary portions of the image and leave Check the trimmed image and click [Finish]. only the necessary portions. This completes the trimming procedure. Click [Edit] in the Viewer Window and select [Trimming].
  • Page 74 Chapter 6 Editing Images (3/4) Using Supplementary Features REFERENCE Adjusting Color • You can also start the color adjustment procedure by clicking the [Edit] menu and selecting the [Edit Still Images] submenu, This function adjusts the chroma, luminance and lightness of followed by [Adjust Color].
  • Page 75 Chapter 6 Editing Images (4/4) Using Supplementary Features REFERENCE Saving images • If you do not save the image after editing and close its window, a confirmation dialog will display to confirm whether or not you Save the edited image under a different name. wish to save it.

  • Page 76: Editing Images With Other Programs

    Chapter 6 Editing Images with Other Programs Using Supplementary Features This section explains how to start other image editing programs to edit How to start other image editing programs an image selected in ImageBrowser. REFERENCE Click [Edit] in the Viewer Window, select [Edit with •...

  • Page 77: Creating Images For E-Mail

    Chapter 6 Creating Images for E-mail (1/2) Using Supplementary Features This section explains how to create email with image or movie Click [Next]. attachments. The Create Image for Email dialog box appears. (However, if you selected the “Send without changing the file size” option, the Send Email dialog box appears and you can proceed to step 7.) How to send an image by e-mail Specify the reduction ratio and the image quality.
  • Page 78 Chapter 6 Creating Images for E-mail (2/2) Using Supplementary Features • When you click [Finish], your e-mail program starts Click [Next]. automatically if you have selected “Start email application The last window appears. after closing” in Step 7. Please note that some e-mail programs may not support auto startup.

  • Page 79: Exporting Images

    Chapter 6 Exporting Images (1/3) Using Supplementary Features This section explains how to change the size, resolution or data type of Exporting Images a selected image and write it to a new file, and to export the shooting information to a text file. Select the image(s) in the Browser Area.
  • Page 80 Chapter 6 Exporting Images (2/3) Using Supplementary Features Editing and Saving Images Exporting Shooting Properties Click [Finish] after specifying the settings. Click [Finish] after specifying the settings. Place check marks beside the export You can insert or remove Changes the Changes the Changes the categories you want.
  • Page 81 Chapter 6 Exporting Images (3/3) Using Supplementary Features Exporting as a Screen Saver Exporting an Image as Wallpaper Click [Finish] after specifying the settings. Click [Finish] after specifying the settings. Selects a display method for the image. Input a screen saver name. REFERENCE •...

  • Page 82: Running Slide Shows

    Chapter 6 Running Slide Shows (1/3) Using Supplementary Features This section describes how to use slide shows that display multiple selections of images in sequence at full screen size. IMPORTANT • RAW images and movies cannot be shown in slide shows. Setting up a slide show First, you need to specify how to run the slide show.
  • Page 83 Chapter 6 Running Slide Shows (2/3) Using Supplementary Features How to run a slide show Slide Show Control Panel While running a slide show, you can use the control buttons at Select the images for the slide show in the Browser the bottom of the window to control the show.
  • Page 84 Chapter 6 Running Slide Shows (3/3) Using Supplementary Features If you selected “Control with Mouse or keypad” in the Slide Show If you selected Hides Buttons in the Slide Show Options Options dialog box, you can control the slide show as follows: window, you can display the control menu while a show is in progress by pressing and holding the [control] key while clicking ■...

  • Page 85: Adding Sounds To Images

    Chapter 6 Adding Sounds to Images (1/2) Using Supplementary Features You can add sounds to your images and play them later. To stop recording, click [Save]. The sound is added to the image. IMPORTANT The following mark appears when an image is accompanied by sound.
  • Page 86 Chapter 6 Adding Sounds to Images (2/2) Using Supplementary Features REFERENCE How to play sound added to an image • You can also play sounds by clicking in the Information Panel when the display mode is set to Preview or in the File Select an image with a sound attached.

  • Page 87: Printing Images

    Chapter 6 Printing Images (1/8) Using Supplementary Features This section explains the procedures for printing. Displaying the print layout Select an image in the Browser Area. Click [Print] in the Control Panel and select [Layout Printing] from the displayed menu. The Layout Options dialog and Print window will open.
  • Page 88 Chapter 6 Printing Images (2/8) Using Supplementary Features Selecting a layout Select a layout type from among the following, and click [Next]. Layout options will vary according to your printer model. ■ Custom layout printing Allows you to specify the size and location of the images freely. ■...
  • Page 89 Chapter 6 Printing Images (3/8) Using Supplementary Features REFERENCE In the following dialog, select more detailed settings. The available settings will vary with the layout option selected. • To open the Layout Options dialog again, click the (LAYOUT OPTIONS) button in the Print window. Set settings here (the available settings will vary with the layout...
  • Page 90 Chapter 6 Printing Images (4/8) Using Supplementary Features Moving or changing the size of an image Reorganizing and rotating images, and specifying the number of images per page When [Custom layout printing] is selected in the [LAYOUT OPTIONS] dialog, you can move or change the size of an image. When [Custom layout printing] is selected in the [LAYOUT OPTIONS] dialog, you can use the following functions.
  • Page 91 Chapter 6 Printing Images (5/8) Using Supplementary Features The location of the caption differs depending on what kind of Typing a caption layout you have selected. Custom Layout Example You can type captions for individual images. Select an image and on the [Edit] menu, click [Edit Caption]. The Edit Caption window appears.
  • Page 92 Chapter 6 Printing Images (6/8) Using Supplementary Features Text surrounded by a frame is called a “text box.” You can Typing text control text boxes as follows: ■ You can type text anywhere you want in the layout. Moving text boxes First, make sure that noting is selected and on the [Edit] menu, You can move text boxes by dragging them.
  • Page 93 Chapter 6 Printing Images (7/8) Using Supplementary Features Typing a header Duplicating images You can type a page header. After selecting an image, click the [Edit] menu and select [Copy First, make sure that noting is selected and on the [Edit] menu, Image] to display the copy dialog.
  • Page 94 Chapter 6 Printing Images (8/8) Using Supplementary Features Initiating Printing Printing for Better Results Once you have finished making all the adjustments you want in ImageBrowser supports the Exif 2.2 (nicknamed Exif Print) the Print window, click (Print). standard. This feature can generate better print results because it automatically corrects images.

  • Page 95: Printing Images Over Multiple Pages

    Chapter 6 Printing Images over Multiple Pages Using Supplementary Features This function prints images, such as panoramic images created with Adjust the print settings in the dialog box illustrated PhotoStitch, over several pages. You can paste the printed pages below and click [Print]. together after printing to create one large print.

  • Page 96: Sorting Images By Date And Time - Timetunnel

    Chapter 6 Sorting Images by Date and Time - TimeTunnel (1/2) Using Supplementary Features This section describes how to use TimeTunnel to sort images by date and time, like arranging images in a time tunnel. Displaying images in TimeTunnel Point at an image and wait a moment.
  • Page 97 Chapter 6 Sorting Images by Date and Time - TimeTunnel (2/2) Using Supplementary Features Using the Control Panel menu Adjusting settings from the Display menu The Control Panel menu allows you to control TimeTunnel. On the [View] menu, you can also select the [View Settings] submenu to adjust the settings.

  • Page 98: Playing Movies

    Chapter 6 Playing Movies Using Supplementary Features ImageBrowser supports movies. The Viewer Window will open and display the movie if you double-click the thumbnail. You can also play the movie in the You can download movie files and display them in the Browser Viewer Window.

  • Page 99: Editing Movies

    Chapter 6 Editing Movies (1/3) Using Supplementary Features You can create movies by adding various effects: linking movies and still Follow these steps to Guidance Click this button for detailed help proceed, switching between with operating procedures. images that have been downloaded to a computer, superimposing titles tabs as appropriate.
  • Page 100 Chapter 6 Editing Movies (2/3) Using Supplementary Features Features of the [1. Arrange] Window Features of the [2. Effect] Window Superimposes titles and other text on the image selected in the Plays the entire movie Moves the selected image one storyboard area.
  • Page 101 Chapter 6 Editing Movies (3/3) Using Supplementary Features Features of the [3. Audio] Window Features of the [4. Save] Window You can link MP3, AIFF and WAV format audio files as background music Proceeds to a window for setting or sound effects. the file name and destination.

  • Page 102: Converting Raw Images

    Chapter 6 Converting RAW Images (1/5) Using Supplementary Features If your camera supports RAW images you can handle higher quality Converting RAW Images images. However, since they are a special type of image, they cannot be opened by many image editing programs. It is first necessary to convert them Select a RAW image in the Browser Area.
  • Page 103 Chapter 6 Converting RAW Images (2/5) Using Supplementary Features ■ Navigator Window Adjust the image quality as required in the Image Quality Adjustment Window. Click the [2. Save] tab in the main window, set the You can change the area of a image type and save destination, and then click preview image that is zoomed in the main window by clicking...
  • Page 104 Chapter 6 Converting RAW Images (3/5) Using Supplementary Features Features of the Image Quality Adjustment Window Scrolling Tab Titles Click the arrowhead to display the other tab titles. Click The adjustable categories may vary according a tab title to change tabs and access the other settings. to your camera model.
  • Page 105 Chapter 6 Converting RAW Images (4/5) Using Supplementary Features Registering Custom Color Schemes (My Color) When the Create My Color window displays, click [Next]. If you register a custom color scheme as a “My Color” scheme, you can apply this scheme easily to additional images when you convert RAW images.
  • Page 106 Chapter 6 Converting RAW Images (5/5) Using Supplementary Features Click [Select] beside the target image, select the post- Check the [Preview My Color Applied to the image] adjustment image (target image that you have and click [Next]. modified with an image editing program), and click Type a name or comment and click [Finish].

  • Page 107: Stitching Panoramic Images - Photostitch

    Chapter 6 Stitching Panoramic Images - PhotoStitch Using Supplementary Features If you have several images of the same scene with only a slight difference, you can use PhotoStitch to connect the images together to make a panoramic image. This section describes how to use this program to stitch images.

  • Page 108: Appendices

    Exif JPEG is an image type that adds information such as shooting data to a JPEG image. ■ This is a proprietary image type 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 image type.

  • Page 109: Customizing Preferences

    Customizing Preferences (1/3) Appendices You can simplify many ImageBrowser procedures by changing the Browser Window Dialog Preference settings. This section explains the main features that can be adjusted in the Preferences dialog. Allows you to set the background color of the Preview window. Opening the Preferences Dialog Allows you to set the color of Change the category here.
  • Page 110 Customizing Preferences (2/3) Appendices To delete the thumbnails, click the appropriate disk name in this Confirmation Dialog dialog. The thumbnails for that particular disk are deleted. (The thumbnails are not actually deleted until the next time you start This sets whether confirmation dialog boxes show or remain ImageBrowser.) hidden when the following actions are taken.

  • Page 111: Color Management

    Customizing Preferences (3/3) Appendices REFERENCE Print Dialog • To print with the date included, place a check mark beside the Selects whether or not to activate image correction to enhance printing results [Shooting Date] option in the [Items to Print in Caption] (even better results can be obtained with images recorded by an Exif 2.2 category.

  • Page 112: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Appendices This section describes how to troubleshoot problems. ■ Check the Camera Confirm that the camera is on and in the correct mode to Camera is not detected or recognized transfer data. See your Camera User Guide since the methods for setting the camera and computer to the communication mode vary between camera models.

  • Page 113: Index

    Duplicating Images 67 Information Panel 48 Camera Control Window 6, 10, 12, 16 Interval Timer Shooting 41 Camera Settings 37 Editing Images 72 Canon Camera 17 Editing Movies 99 Caption 91 JPEG 108 Editing Text 92 Chroma 72, 74 Enlarge (Display Magnification) 51...
  • Page 114 Index (2/2) Index Moving Images 66 RAW 53, 102, 108 Text Alignment 91 Multiple Page Print 95 Recording Sounds 85 Text Color 91 My Camera Settings 26 Reduce (Display Magnification) 51 Theme 27 My Camera Window 27 Refresh 66 Thumbnails 46 My Color 105 Registering as a Favorite Folder 45 TIFF 108...
  • Page 115 • 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.

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