S OFTWARE M ANUAL M ODE D’EMPLOI DU LOGICIEL S OFTWARE- A NLEITUNG DIGITAL STILL CAMERA PDR-M21
DIGITAL STILL CAMERA PDR-M21 ENGLISH S OFTWARE M ANUAL
IMPORTANT You should read this first before you use this software. Notice and Request Regarding Software and Instruction Manual (1) Copying or duplication of the software and Instruction Manual packaged with this Software Application in part or in whole is not allowed without the prior permission of Toshiba Corporation. (2) Use of the software and Instruction Manual packaged with this Software Application is allowed only on one personal computer.
Before Reading This Manual Getting Ready This Instruction Manual describes how to install the software provided and a brief explanation of how to use the Software Application. To ensure that you use this Software Application correctly, read this Instruction Manual carefully before you start using the Software Application.
Before Reading This Manual (continued) Operations in Image Expert When Using Windows Getting Ready Abbreviations Used In This Manual • Windows 98 This refers to the Microsoft® Windows® 98 operating system. • Windows 2000 This refers to the Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional operating system. • Windows ME This refers to the Microsoft® Windows® ME operating system. • Images This refers to still images.
Before Reading This Manual (continued) Make sure that you have all of the items below before you start using your software application. Getting Ready When Using Windows CD-ROM (1 disk) USB cable (1.8 m <5.
Contents Getting Ready Getting Ready Operations in Image Expert ■ Before Reading This Manual ........................ 1 ■ Button Functions ........................................ 24 ■ Contents ....................................................... 4 ■ Pasting Images to Other Applications (Windows) .................................................. 26 ■ Features of This Software Application .......... 5 ■ About Files ................................................... 6 ■ About the Software ............
Features of This Software Application If you install the software and drivers on your personal computer, you can perform the following: • Editing Images You can edit imported images using Image Expert, or print them out on a printer connected to the personal computer you are using. Getting Ready • Importing Images You can import images taken on the Toshiba PDR-M21 Digital Still Camera into your personal computer.
About Files File Structure of SmartMedia™ Getting Ready The images taken on the Toshiba PDR-M21 Digital Still Camera are stored to the SmartMedia™ as shown below. root DCIM 100TOSHI PDRM0001.JPG PDRM0002.JPG PDRM0003.JPG When Using Windows PDRM0004.JPG .. Picture data 101TOSHI PDRM0001.JPG PDRM0002.JPG PDRM0003.JPG Operations in Image Expert PDRM0004.JPG .. ..
About Files (continued) About Picture Data Getting Ready On the PDR-M21, image data is saved in Exif format. This format is JPEG data that includes a thumbnail image and the photographic settings.
About the Software • Image Expert This software allows you to edit and print imported still images. • USB driver Install this driver when you use the USB connector on your personal computer to import images. Install this driver when you are using the USB Software Application (CD-ROM).
Pre-installation Checks To install the software supplied on the CD-ROM, your personal computer must conform to the system requirements in the table below. Check the following items before you install the software. Windows CPU OS i486 or higher processor Getting Ready Minimum system requirements Windows 98/2000/ME Memory 16 MB min. Free space on hard disk 20 MB min. Color monitor 256 or more colors (640 x 480 dot min.
Installation Procedure (for Windows) When Using Windows Getting Ready Installing Image Expert Insert the CD-ROM supplied with this software package into the CD-ROM drive. The screen for selecting the display language appears. Click “English”. Click “Install Image Expert”. Follow the on-screen instructions to continue the setup. Operations in Image Expert ? Memo • To install Image Expert from floppy disk, click the “Make Image Expert Disks” button in the screen at step 3.
Installation Procedure (for Windows) (continued) Installing the USB Driver (for Windows 98, Windows 2000 or Windows ME) Insert the CD-ROM supplied with this software package into the CD-ROM drive. The screen for selecting the display language appears. Click “English”. Getting Ready Install this driver when the USB cable (provided) is used. When Using Windows Click “Install PDR-M21 driver”. Follow the on-screen instructions to continue the setup.
Getting Ready Using USB Cables (Windows 98/2000/ME) To enable importing of images on the PDR-M21 to your personal computer, the PDR-M21 must be connected to your personal computer by USB cable (provided). When you connect the PDR-M21 to your personal computer by USB cable, the connection can only be made with both the PDR-M21 and your personal computer turned ON. The PDR-M21 Mode Dial must be turned to the PC Connection Setting for the computer to recognize the camera USB connection.
Using USB Cables (Windows 98/2000/ME) (continued) Set the mode dial to [ ]. The “Add New Hardware Wizard” screen appears. Getting Ready When Using Windows Perform the following operation with Windows 98/2000/ME already booted up. on the Windows task bar) recognizes that the When the Camio Viewer applet (the small camera icon USB cable is connected, the “Camio Viewer Startup Options” screen appears.
Using USB Cables (Windows 98/2000/ME) (continued) Set Connect Via to “Serial/USB”, Port in Connection Settings to “USB” and click OK. Operations in Image Expert When Using Windows Getting Ready Click “Connection” in the Camera menu.
Using USB Cables (Windows 98/2000/ME) (continued) Download the images. In the “Camio Viewer Startup Options” screen, make sure that “Copy all images from the Camera to the Computer” check box is checked, and click OK. All images stored on the PDR-M21 are downloaded to the personal computer. When Using Windows When downloading is completed, the screen on the right appears asking you whether or not to delete all pictures in the camera. To delete all pictures, click Yes.
When Using Windows Getting Ready Using USB Cables (Windows 98/2000/ME) (continued) After the images are downloaded to the album, they are displayed on the right side of the monitor. An album folder is created in the \MyDocuments\Image Expert Images folder using the current date as the folder name (standard setting). Operations in Image Expert In the Camio Viewer Startup Options screen, make sure that “View images in the Camera” check box is checked, and click OK.
Using the Floppy Disk Adapter (Windows 98/2000/ME) ☞ For details ➲ Instruction Manual for Floppy Disk Adapter Getting Ready You can use a sold separately floppy disk adapter (FlashPath) to import images stored on SmartMedia™ to your personal computer from the floppy disk drive. The floppy disk adapter is a 3.5" adapter for SmartMedia™ that is to be inserted into the floppy disc drive on your personal computer.
Using the Floppy Disk Adapter (Windows 98/2000/ME) (continued) Getting Ready Click “Connection” in the Camera menu. Operations in Image Expert When Using Windows Set Connect Via to “FlashPath” and click OK. The camera icon on the tool bar changes to the icon. FlashPath JPEG images taken with another camera or stored under a different folder name can also be downloaded using this method.
Using the Floppy Disk Adapter (Windows 98/2000/ME) (continued) Double-click that image you want to import, and click Open in the Select Album screen. Starting Up Camio Viewer and Importing Images Getting Ready The images are imported and downloaded to the album you selected. In Windows, you can also start up Camio Viewer to import images. Perform steps 1 to 5 of “Starting Up Image Expert and Importing Images” (P. 17 to P. 18). icon on the task bar.
Getting Ready Using the PC Card Adapter (Windows 95/98/2000/ME) You can use a sold separately PC Card Adapter to quickly import images stored on SmartMedia™ into your personal computer from the PC Card. The PC Card Adapter is an adapter for the SmartMedia™ that is to be inserted into the PC Card slot on your personal computer. ☞ For details ➲ Please refer to the instructions of your PC Card adapter.
Using the PC Card Adapter (Windows 95/98/2000/ME) (continued) Click or . Double-click that image you want to import, and click Open in the Select Album screen. The images are imported and downloaded to the album you selected. Getting Ready The images in the SmartMedia™ are displayed. Starting Up Camio Viewer and Importing Images Insert the PC Card Adapter into the PC Card slot on your personal computer.
Changing the Camio Viewer Settings Operations in Image Expert When Using Windows Getting Ready You can change the Camio Viewer settings by right-clicking the “Options...” from the pop-up menu. icon on the Windows task bar and selecting Floppy Disk Adapter (sold separately: FlashPath) View images in FlashPath The images stored on the PDR-M21 are displayed on screen without being downloaded to the personal computer’s hard disk. If you double-click one of the images, the Select Album screen appears.
Changing the Camio Viewer Settings (continued) PC Card Adapter (sold separately) Getting Ready When Using Windows View images in the PC Card Adapter The images stored on the PDR-M21 are displayed on screen without being downloaded to the personal computer’s hard disk. If you double-click one of the images, the Select Album screen appears. In this screen, you can select the album to download the image to or create a new album. Clicking Open transfers the images to the album.
Getting Ready Button Functions • New Album button ( ) This button displays the New Album screen. When you create a new album name, a window opens so that you can add images. • Open Album button ( ) This button displays the Open Album screen. It allows you to open any specific album from the albums currently saved on your personal computer. You can also easily browse albums on other drives or devices connected on a network.
Button Functions (continued) When Using Windows • Crop button ( ) This button allows you to trim unwanted parts of an image and leave only the required part. This is called “cropping.” First, open the image you want to edit using the Open Album or Open Image buttons. To select the required part of the image, drag across the image using the drawing tool (Select Rectangle, Select Ellipse, Select Freehand). The area you selected will be indicated by a dotted frame.
Getting Ready Pasting Images to Other Applications (Windows) If you have another application that is OLE-compatible, you can easily paste images in the Image Expert and Camio Viewer album’s into that application by dragging-and-dropping them. If you double-click the image pasted into the OLE-compatible application, the application will be replaced with the Image Expert menu bar and tool bar, and you can correct the image.
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NOTICE This CD-ROM contains the following important items: • USB Drivers for the PDR-M21 Digital Camera. • The complete Operation Manual for the PDR-M21 in PDF file format. The complete operation manual is provided as an Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF file. Please install the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to access the operation manual, unless it is already installed in your system.
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