Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product View DX Nikon
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- 1 - Br o wser Softw are f or Nikon D1 Digital Camer as Nik on V ie w DX f or Macintosh Reference Manual Contents Ov er view Setting up the Camera as a Drive Mounting the Camer a Camera Drive Setting.
- 2 - Notices Concerning the Manuals Provided with This Product • Reproduction, in whole or in part, of any of the manuals provided with your Nikon product requires prior permission from Nikon. • The information contained in these manuals is subject to change without notice.
- 3 - Overview Ov er view Welcome to Nikon View DX for Macintosh (below, Nikon View ), a browser program for the Nikon D1 digital camera. Nikon View allows you to connect your camera to a Macintosh for quick retrieval and browsing of the images stored in your cam- era.
- 4 - Overview This manual will guide you, step-by-step, through the process of using Nikon View with your digital camera. For details on Nikon View installation and system requirements, refer to the ” Quick Start Guide. ” Contents of This Manual The contents of each chapter are outlined below.
- 5 - Setting up the Camera as a Drive: Mounting the Camera Setting up the Camera as a Driv e Once you have installed the Nikon View software , you can mount the camera the camera as a drive. (See “ Quick Start Guide ” for details on how to install Nikon View.
- 6 - Setting up the Camera as a Drive: Mounting the Camera Nikon View Control Settings You can make changes to the following settings: • If the Create Thumbnails box is checked, thumbnail previews of the images in the camera will be created when the camera is first connected as a drive.
- 7 - Setting up the Camera as a Drive: Mounting the Camera Connection errors If the computer cannot communicate with the camera, check the following points: • Have the camera and the computer been .
- 8 - Setting up the Camera as a Drive: Camera Drive Settings Creating thumnail images If the Create Thumbnails box is checked, thumbnail pre- views of the images in the camera will be created when the camera is first connected as a drive.
- 9 - Setting up the Camera as a Drive: Unmounting the Camera Other ways to unmount the camera The camera will be unmounted automatically if you do any of the following: • Turn the camera off • Le.
- 10 - Setting up the Camera as a Drive: Notes on Using the Camera as a Drive If you have installed Nikon View for the Nikon CoolPix series of digital camera, Nikon CoolPix Mounter will appear in the .
- 11 - Working with Images: Viewing the Items in the Camera’s Memory W orking with Imag es Once the camera has been connected as a drive as described in the preceding sections, you can use the camera’s memory with Nikon View in much the same way that you would use any other drive under Mac OS.
- 12 - Working with Images: Viewing the Items in the Camera’s Memory The images in the selected folder will appear as thumbnail file icons. Images can be copied to disk or opened for editing in an- other application using standard Finder operations, as de- scribed below.
- 13 - Working with Images: Copying Images to Disk Cop ying Imag es to Disk Before copying images to disk, locate or create the destination folder. To copy images to disk, select the images you wish t.
- 14 - Working with Images: Deleting Images from the Camera Deleting Ima g es from the Camera To delete an image from the camera’s memory, move the thumbnail icon for the image to be deleted from the browser window to the Trash.
- 15 - Working with Images: Opening Images in Another Application Opening Ima ges in Another Application The images can be opened in the associated application either by double-clicking the image icon or by selecting Open from the Finder’s File menu.
- 16 - Working with Images: Opening Images in Another Application Opening selected images by drag and drop You can open selected images in any application that supports the file formats used by the camera by dragging their thumbnails over the application’s icon or alias and releasing the mouse button.
- 17 - Nikon View Browser : Browsing Images in Your Camera Nikon Vie w Br o wser Nikon View Browser is a utility that allows you to browse the images in the camera’s memory as thumbnail previews. It also incorporates many Finder functions, making it easy to copy or open images while viewing them in preview.
- 18 - Nikon View Browser : Browsing Images in Your Camera Another way of starting Nikon View Browser Follow these steps to start Nikon View Browser and view thumbnail previews of the images in the camera’s memory: 1 Drag the Nikon D1 icon over the Nikon View Browser icon and release the mouse button.
- 19 - Nikon View Browser : Browsing Compact Flash-Memory Cards Br o wsing Compact Flash-Memor y Cards If your computer is equipped with a Type II PCMCIA card drive, you can read camera memory cards using a compact flash- memory adapter (available separately from Nikon).
- 20 - Nikon View Browser : Browsing Compact Flash-Memory Cards The folders on the card are displayed. 3 Double-click the icon for the folder that you want to browse. The browser window will open, showing thumbnail previews of the images in the selected folder.
- 21 - Nikon View Browser : Browsing Images on Disk Br o wsing Imag es on Disk Nikon View Browser can also be used to browse JPEG or TIFF images on disk. Select the folder containing the images you wish to browse, drag it over the Nikon View Browser icon and release the mouse button.
- 22 - Nikon View Browser : Browsing Images on Disk Selecting imag es Images in the browser window can be printed or copied to disk. The images on which such operations are to be performed can be selected by clicking the image you wish to use. Selected images are highlighted.
- 23 - Nikon View Browser : Viewing Images with the Built-in Viewer Viewing Ima ges with the Built-in Vie wer Images previewed in Nikon View Browser can be viewed at full resolution using the browser’s built-in viewer. The viewer also offers zoom-in, zoom-out, and scroll functions.
- 24 - Nikon View Browser : Viewing Images with the Built-in Viewer The image can also be zoomed in and out by clicking the zoom- in and zoom-out buttons at its lower left corner. Clicking the zoom-out button zooms the image out and reduces the size of the window to fit the image.
- 25 - Nikon View Browser : Viewing Images with the Built-in Viewer Scrolling and resizing image windows When the entire image does not fit in the image window, you can view the hidden portion by dragging the scroll boxes at the right and bottom of the window, or by clicking the scroll bars or scroll arrows.
- 26 - Nikon View Browser : Deleting Images Deleting Ima g es When browsing images in the camera, on disk, or on a compact flash-memory card, you can delete images by moving their associated thumbnails to the trash. Note: When images in the camera are dropped into the Trash, an alert dialog will appear.
- 27 - Nikon View Browser : Printing Images Tips In order to open images in compact flash-memory cards mounted without Nik on View , you will need to use Macintosh PC Exchange or a similar control panel to associate the DOS file suffix es (extensions) “.
- 28 - Nikon View Browser : Changing the Appearance of Thumbnails Changing the Appearance of Thumbnails By default, thumbnail previews in the browser window are displayed in the “No border” style frame. You can choose to display images in a document-style frame or with no frame at all.
- 29 - Nikon View Browser : Viewing Image Information The General Information panel includes information such as file name, file size, capture date, dimensions, and Camera ID (as- signed by Nikon Capture) of the selected image. Further, you can change the image’s protected setting for camera playback using the Locked check box.
- 30 - Nikon View Browser : Copying Images to Disk Cop ying Imag es to Disk Selected images in the browser window can be copied to disk by dragging any of the selected thumbnails over the destination folder and releasing the mouse button. Tip All images taken with the camera ar e assigned file names of the form “DSC_nnnn.
- 31 - Nikon View Browser : Opening Images in Another Application Opening Ima ges in Another Application When a thumbnail is double-clicked or a thumbnail is selected and Open chosen from the browser File menu, the image will be opened in the application specified for the purpose in the Nikon View Control window.
- 32 - Nikon View Browser : Opening Images in Another Application 2 In the browser window, select the images you wish to open by clicking their thumbnails, then double-click any of the selected thumbnails or choose Open from the File menu. The selected images will be opened in windows within the associated application.
- 33 - Nikon View Browser : Opening Images in Another Application Opening selected images by drag and drop Selected images can be opened in any application that supports the file formats used by the camera by dragging their thumbnails over the application’s icon or alias and releasing the mouse button.
- 34 - Nikon View Reference: The Browser Window This is the Nikon View Browser window. The browser window shows image files in the camera’s memory, compact flash-memory cards, or any other drive or folder as thumbnail previews. I mages can be opened by double-clicking a thumbnail or copied to disk by drag-and-drop.
- 35 - Nikon View Reference: The Browser Window The Menus The menus in the menu bar allow you to manage images in the camera’s memory or in other folders.
- 36 - Nikon View Reference: The Browser Window Print ( P) Selected images will be opened in the creating application, and the application’s Print dialog will be opened allowing you to make changes to printer settings and print the image. Move to Trash Moves selected images to the Trash.
- 37 - Nikon View Reference: The Browser Window The Edit Menu Can’t Undo ( Z) Cut ( X) / Copy ( C) / Paste ( V) / Clear These commands are not available in the browser win- dow. Select All ( A) Selects all the images in the browser window for copying, printing, or deletion.
- 38 - Nikon View Reference: The Browser Window The Special Menu Empty Trash… Deletes all items in the Trash. Eject Disk This command is not available in the browser window. Erase Disk… This command is not available in the browser window. Sleep Puts the system into sleep mode.
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