Contents Browser Software for COOLPIX Digital Cameras Nikon View Ver.
Overview • camera drivers for COOLPIX digital cameras, which allow you to connect your camera to either the USB port or the serial port (SC-EW3 cable sold separately) of a computer and access the camera’s memory card in much the same way as you would an ordinary disk drive • a browser function that makes it possible to preview at a glance all the image files stored in your camera’s memory card, and to select items for editing, deletion, or transfer to disk Terminology used in this manual A new feature of
The Manual Layout The contents of each chapter are outlined below. With Different Operating Systems The illustrations and explanations in this manual are for Windows 98. Display and operation may differ under Windows 2000,Windows 98,Windows 98SE,Windows NT 4.0,Windows 95, or when Active Desktop is used with Windows 95. Refer to the manuals provided with your operating system.
To make it easier to find the information you need, the following symbols and conventions are used: A table of contents appears on the first page of the 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 indicated chapter or section. Click this icon at the bottom right corner of each page for an explanation of the symbols and conventions used in this manual.
Browsing Image Files 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 camera, from a compact flash-memory card reader, or from disk.
Closing the window The Digital Camera window will close automatically if you do any of the following: • Turn the camera off • Remove the memory card from the camera • Disconnect the USB cable Reopening the window The Digital Camera window will re-open automatically if you do any of the following: • Turn the camera off and then on • Remove and re-insert the memory card • Disconnect and re-connect the USB cable Nikon View supports one camera, attached to a USB port or serial (COM 1–4) port.
2 After turning on your computer, double-click the Nikon 3 Double-click the Digital Camera icon. 7 View icon in the My Computer window. Caution! The borders of the shutter-speed/aperture display in the camera’s control panel flash on and off in a “marching ants” marquee while the computer communicates with the camera. The display continues for up to sixty seconds after the transfer of data is complete. Do not disconnect the camera until the borders of the display stop flashing.
4 Folders saved in the camera’s memory card are represented by a roll film icon. Folder Names When displayed in Nikon View, folders created with the camera are prefixed by a three digit folder number. 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”).
After clicking OK to close the dialog box, check to be sure that: • the camera is correctly connected to the computer • the camera’s selector dial is not set to OFF • the USB or serial cable is connected correctly as described in the documentation provided with the computer and the camera • no other hardware is connected to the selected port • the camera’s batteries are inserted correctly • the batteries are not exhausted or dead • if you are using the AC adapter (sold separately), it is properly connected
Browsing Image Files From a Card Reader 2 Double-click the Removable Media icon. Follow these steps to view image files stored on a flash-memory card. 1 Double-click the Nikon View icon in the My Computer window. Folders in the card are represented by roll film icons. The Nikon View window will open.
3 Double-click the folder icon. From this thumbnail view, still images can be viewed at full resolution, printed, copied or deleted. In addition, movie files can be played, copied or deleted. See the following chapter for details. Nikon View automatically detects the drive containing the flash-memory card. When more than two drives are mounted (PC card slot or a compact flash-memory card reader), Nikon View selects the drive containing the memory card.
Browsing Image Files on Disk 2 Double-click the Hard Disk icon. Follow these steps to view image files on disk. 1 Double-click the Nikon View icon in the My Computer window. You can browse the folder you selected in your last session of Nikon View. The image files will appear as thumbnail images. The Nikon View window will open. Browsing Image Files: Browsing Image Files on Disk Nikon View can be used to browse image files on disk even when the camera is not connected.
Browsing image files in another folder… To browse image files in another folder, choose Select Folder from the View menu, or click the Select Folder button in the toolbar. If the button is hidden, enlarge the window to bring it into view. 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. Select the folder that you want to browse, and click OK.
Displaying Image Files as a List The list-style display is shown below. To view the image files as thumbnail previews again, select Thumbnail View from the View menu or click the Thumbnail View button. Click the right mouse button in an empty area of the window and choose List View from the right-button menu. Depending on the resolution of your display, the right-edge tool buttons may not be visible, even when you maximize the image to fill the screen.
Browsing Image Files: Browsing in the Windows Explorer Select Nikon View, from Explorer’s My Computer folder list to display the Digital Camera, Removable Media, and Hard With Nikon View installed, you can also browse image files Disk icons. 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.
Folders in the camera’s memory card can be displayed by clicking the Digital Camera icon. Browsing Image Files: Browsing in the Windows Explorer 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. Operating procedures are the same as those for browsing in My Computer.
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.
Selecting Thumbnails To select multiple thumbnails, hold down the Ctrl key on the keyboard while clicking each thumbnail in turn. Selected thumbnail Press A on the keyboard while holding down the Ctrl key, or click the right mouse button in an empty area of the window and choose Select All from the right-button menu. Working with Image Files: Selecting Thumbnails To copy, print, or delete an image file, select the desired thumbnail by clicking it once.
Opening photographs in image windows Double-click the thumbnail you wish to view. Once transfer is complete, the photograph is opened in an image window. Select the thumbnail with the right mouse button and choose Preview from the right-button menu. 19 Working with Image Files: Viewing Photographs While image data are being copied to the image window, the following indicator is displayed. Click Cancel to abort the Photographs can be viewed at full resolution in image win- operation. dows.
Rotate Zoom In Click to zoom the image view in Zoom Out Click to zoom the image view out Scroll slider Scroll bar Arrow button To close an image window, click the close button ( ) at the right end of the title bar. Rotation and zoom operations performed in the image window are not reflected in the thumbnail images in the browsing window.
Playing Movies While movie data are transferred, the following indicator is displayed. Click Cancel to abort the operation. Playing movies with QuickTime Player Double-click the thumbnail of the movie file you wish to play. Once transfer is complete, the movie is opened in a movie window in QuickTime Player. Select the thumbnail with the right mouse button and choose Preview from the right-button menu.
Rotating Photograph Thumbnails Rotating the selected thumbnail. Working with Image Files: Rotating Photograph Thumbnails Selected photograph thumbnails in the browsing window can be rotated ninety degrees to the left by selecting Rotate Selected from the Edit menu or clicking the Rotate Selected button in the toolbar. (Movie file thumbnail can not be rotated.) 22 Select the thumbnail with the right mouse button and choose Rotate from the right-button menu.
Deleting Image Files and Folders A confirmation dialog box will appear. Follow these steps to delete selected image files. 1 Select the image files you wish to delete and choose De- 2 Click Yes to delete the selected image files. Click No to return to the browsing window without deleting the image files. lete Selected from the Edit menu, or click the Delete button in the toolbar.
Printing Photographs The Print dialog box will appear. Follow these steps to print selected photographs. 1 Select the photograph(s) (JPEG or TIFF format files) you wish to print and then choose Print… from the File menu, or click the Print button in the toolbar. 2 After making changes to printer settings, click OK to print the selected photographs. Print dialog box options: Printer Name Gives the name of the active printer.
Selection With this command, only the photographs currently selected in the browsing window are printed. Number of images per page Single image per page With this command, each photograph is printed on a separate sheet. Two images per page With this command, two photographs are printed on each sheet. Four images per page Select this command to print four photographs per sheet. Contact Sheet This command prints selected photographs as thumbnails.
To update the thumbnails, select Refresh from the View menu or click the Refresh button in the toolbar. Click the right mouse button in an empty area of the window and choose Refresh from the right-button menu. Caution! Do not disconnect the camera until the borders of the data-transfer display stop flashing. (The data transfer display varies according to your camera model.
Viewing Image File Information The General panel gives the file name, file size, capture date, and dimensions of the selected image file. Protected and Hidden attributes set in the camera’s playback mode can be The Properties dialog box is displayed. The Properties dialog changed using the Attribute check boxes. The Photo panel box contains three panels, General, Photo and Extra.
Copying Image Files and Folders to Disk Copying an image file Copying image files and folders using a drag-anddrop operation Select the image files or folders you wish to copy by clicking their thumbnails or icons (to select multiple image files or folders, hold down the Ctrl key on the keyboard while clicking each), then drag the thumbnail or icons to the destination folder and release the mouse button.
Browsing window 29 Working with Image Files: Copying Image Files and Folders to Disk The progress indicator will be displayed while the items are Copying image files and folders using a copy-andcopied to disk. Click Cancel to abort the operation. paste operation Follow these steps to copy image files and folders to disk using Once all items have been copied to disk, the progress indicaa copy-and-paste operation. tor will disappear.
Digital Camera window 2 Open the destination folder and select Paste from the 30 folder’s Edit menu. The selected items will be copied to the destination folder. Once all image files or folders have been copied, the progress When copying a thumbnail to disk, if an image file with the same filename indicator will disappear.
2 Open the destination folder and select Paste from the folder’s Edit menu. 1 Select the Digital Camera icon by clicking its icon, then select Copy from the Edit menu. The progress indicator will be displayed while the items are transferred. Click Cancel to abort the operation. Press C while holding down the Ctrl key on the keyboard, or click a thumbnail with the right mouse button and choose Copy from the right-button menu.
Use the same process to copy the entire contents of the The progress indicator will be displayed while the items are memory card when using a card reader. The complete Hard copied to the clipboard. Click Cancel to abort the operation. Disk folder can be copied in the same manner. 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.
Opening Image Files in Another Application The image files will be opened in the host application. Opening image files by drag-and-drop Image files that have been selected in the browsing window can be opened in another application by dragging the thumbnails over an open application window and releasing the mouse button. Use the host application’s Save As… command to save the image files in the appropriate folder.
3 Double-click the icon of the source of the desired image file. 1 You can open image files in another application by selecting the open command from the host application’s File menu. 2 In the host application’s Open dialog box, select NikonView from the drives listed under My Computer and click Open. If you chose Digital Camera, or Removable Media, more folders from the memory card are displayed. Hard Disk displays a Select Folder dialog box.
4 Select a folder. The dialog box shown above is the standard Windows Open dialog box for 32-bit applications. The contents of the dialog box may vary depending on the host application. The selected image file will be opened in a window within the host application. Use the Save As… command to save the image file in the appropriate folder.
Inserting Images into Documents Inserting images using a drag-and-drop operation Drag the image file you wish to insert over an open document window in another application. 36 Working with Image Files: Inserting Images into Documents Nikon View supports OLE 2.0, which allows you to insert photographs taken with the COOLPIX digital cameras into documents created by any OLE 2.0 application that supports the JPEG (“.JPG”) or TIFF (“.TIF”) image format.
Follow these steps to insert images using the insert object command. 1 In the insert object dialog box, choose Create from File, and then click Browse…. Next, open the host application and display the document window 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.
2 In the Browse dialog box, select NikonView from the drives 3 Double-click the icon of the source of the desired image file. If you chose Digital Camera, or Removable Media, more The Digital Camera, Removable Media, and Hard Disk folders from the memory card are displayed. Hard Disk disicons are displayed. plays a Select Folder dialog box. Working with Image Files: Inserting Images into Documents listed under My Computer in the Look in pop-up menu, and then click Insert.
4 Select a folder. 5 Select the image file you wish to insert and click the Insert button to return to the insert object dialog. Click OK to insert the selected image file in the document. Working with Image Files: Inserting Images into Documents 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).
Preference Preference This chapter covers camera type, connection port and data transfer rate settings adjustment.
The following Digital Camera Settings dialog box will be displayed. The camera used with Nikon View, the connection port, and the data transfer rate (port speed) can be changed after installation. Follow these steps to change settings. 1 In the NikonView window, select Settings… from the View menu, or click the Settings button in the toolbar. 2 Make the desired settings changes and click OK. Digital Camera Settings dialog box options: Camera The name of the camera currently connected is displayed.
If you consistently connect your camera to just one serial port, select the appropriate port number, rather than AUTO, to speed processing. 42 Preference: Changing Camera Type, Port and Rate Settings Remote Connection Speed Type If Serial is selected as the port type, clicking the arrow Options available in the Type option vary depending on the button to the right of this field displays a list of supported camera connected. If you’ve selected Nikon CoolPix, you speeds (data-transfer rates).
Nikon View Reference 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 Properties Displays the properties for the selected image file in the Properties dialog box. You can also choose this command by clicking the Properties button in the toolbar. Menu bar Format Initializes the camera’s memory card. Work Offline Allows you to perform work while you are offline. The File Menu Browsing window Nikon View window This command can only be used in the Nikon View window. These commands can only be used in the browsing window.
The Edit Menu Browsing window Digital Camera window Paste This command is unavailable from Nikon View. Rotate Selected Rotates selected image file(s) ninety degrees, counterclockwise. You can also choose this command by clicking the Rotate Selected button in the toolbar. Delete Selected/Delete The selected image file or folder is deleted from the source currently being browsed. You can also access this command to delete the selected image file(s) by clicking the Delete button in the toolbar.
Browsing window Nikon View window This command can only be used when browsing a hard disk. Toolbar Choose this command to determine the type of toolbar that will be displayed. Status Bar Choose this command to display the status bar at the bottom of the Nikon View window. Explorer Bar Choose this command to determine the type of Explorer bar that will be displayed. Refresh Updates the image files in the browsing window.
The Favorites Menu A standard Windows menu command. Refer to your Windows manual for details. The Help Menu About Windows 98 Displays Windows 98 version information. About NikonView Opens the Nikon View splash window, which gives copyright information for the program. 47 Nikon View Reference:The Menu Bar The Go Menu A standard Windows menu command. Refer to your Windows manual for details.
The Toolbar 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. Drag this arrow to enlarge the window. Depending on the resolution of your display, the right-edge tool buttons may not be visible, even when you maximize the image to fill the screen.
The commands accessible from the toolbar are outlined below. Function Updates the image files in the window. 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. Deletes the selected image file(s).
The Right-Button Menus Clicking the right mouse button in an empty part of the window displays the menu shown below. Click a thumbnail with the right mouse button to select the image file and display a menu of command shortcuts. These menus allow quick access to the commands in the menu bar and toolbar. 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.
Right-clicking the Digital Camera icon in the Nikon View window displays the menu shown below. Nikon View Reference:The Right-Button Menus Right-clicking a folder icon in the Digital Camera window displays the menu shown below.
