Casio Exilim EX V8 User Manual
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241USING THE CAMERA WITH A COMPUTER ■Removing the Camera from the USB Cradle Windows Vista/XP/98SE/98 Users Press the USB cradle [USB] button. After making sure that the cradle’s USB lamp is not lit, remove the camera from the cradle. Windows 2000/Me Users Click card services in the task tray on your computer screen, and disable the drive number assigned to the camera. Next, press the USB cradle [USB] button. After making sure that the cradle’s USB lamp is not lit, remove the camera from the cradle. Transfer of Images from the Camera and Management of Images on the Computer To manage images on your computer, you need to install the Photo Loader with HOT ALBUM application from the CD-ROM that comes with the camera. Photo Loader with HOT ALBUM lets you import images from the camera to your computer automatically, to arrange images by recording date, and to display images in a calendar format. ■Installing Photo Loader with HOT ALBUM 1.Start up your computer, and place the bundled CD-ROM into its CD-ROM drive. •Use the CD-ROM that has “Photo Loader with HOT ALBUM” on its label. •Normally, this should cause the menu screen to appear automatically. If your computer does not display the menu screen automatically, navigate to the CD-ROM on your computer and then double-click the “AutoMenu.exe” file. 2.On the menu screen, click the “Language” down arrow button and then select the language you want. Downloaded From camera-usermanual.com Casio Manuals
242USING THE CAMERA WITH A COMPUTER 3.Click “Photo Loader with HOT ALBUM 3.1” to select it and then click “Read me”. •“Read me” files contain important information about installation, including installation conditions and computer system requirements. 4.Click “Install” for Photo Loader with HOT ALBUM. 5.Follow the instructions that appear on your computer screen to install Photo Loader with HOT ALBUM. Checking Your Computer’s DirectX Version In order to manage images using Photo Loader with HOT ALBUM, your computer also needs to have Microsoft DirectX 9.0 or higher installed. You can check the installed version of Microsoft DirectX using your PC’s DirectX Diagnostic Tool. 1.On your computer, click “Start”, “All Programs”, “Accessories”, “System Tools” and then “System Information”. 2.On the “Tools” menu, select “DirectX Diagnostic Tool”. 3.On the “System” tab, check to make sure that the “DirectX Version” is 9.0 or higher. 4.Click “Exit” to exit the DirectX Diagnostic Tool. •If your PC already has Microsoft DirectX 9.0 or higher installed, you do not need to install Microsoft DirectX 9.0c from the bundled CD-ROM. •If your computer does not have Microsoft DirectX 9.0 or higher installed, install Microsoft DirectX 9.0c from the bundled CD-ROM. Downloaded From camera-usermanual.com Casio Manuals
243USING THE CAMERA WITH A COMPUTER Playing Movies You can play back movies on a computer that has QuickTime 7 or higher installed. To play back a movie, first copy it to your computer and then double-click the movie file. 1.Start up your computer, and place the bundled CD-ROM into its CD-ROM drive. •Use the CD-ROM that has “QuickTime 7” on its label. •Normally, this should cause the menu screen to appear automatically. If your computer does not display the menu screen automatically, navigate to the CD-ROM on your computer and then double-click the “AutoMenu.exe” file. 2.On the menu screen, click the tab for the language you want. 3.Click “QuickTime 7” to select it and then click “Read me”. •“Read me” files contain important information about installation, including installation conditions and computer system requirements. 4.Click “Install” for QuickTime 7. 5.Follow the instructions that appear on your computer screen to install QuickTime 7. Downloaded From camera-usermanual.com Casio Manuals
244USING THE CAMERA WITH A COMPUTER ■Minimum Computer System Requirements for Movie Playback The minimum system requirements described below are necessary to play back movies recorded with this camera on a Windows computer. IMPORTANT! •The above is the recommended environment. Configuring this environment does not guarantee proper operation. •Even if your computer meets the minimum requirements described above, certain settings and other installed software may interfere with proper playback of movies. Uploading Movie Files to YouTube To simplify uploading of movie files you recorded with the “For You Tube” BEST SHOT scene, install YouTube Uploader for CASIO from the CD-ROM that comes with the camera. What is YouTube? YouTube is a site managed by YouTube, LLC. At YouTube, you can upload movies you recorded and view movies that have been uploaded by others. You need to register as a YouTube user before you can upload movies there. ■Installing YouTube Uploader for CASIO 1.Start up your computer, and place the bundled CD-ROM into its CD-ROM drive. •Normally, this should cause the menu screen to appear automatically. If your computer does not display the menu screen automatically, navigate to the CD-ROM on your computer and then double-click the “AutoMenu.exe” file. 2.On the menu screen, click the “Language” down arrow button and then select the language you want. Operating System : Windows XP/2000 Memory : Pentium M, 1GHz or higher Pentium 4, 2GHz or higher Required Software : QuickTime 7 DirectX 9.0c Downloaded From camera-usermanual.com Casio Manuals
245USING THE CAMERA WITH A COMPUTER 3.Click “YouTube Uploader for CASIO” to select it and then click “Read me.” •“Read me” files contain important information about installation, including installation conditions and computer system requirements. 4.Click “Install” for YouTube Uploader for CASIO. 5.Follow the instructions that appear on your computer screen to install YouTube Uploader for CASIO. ■Uploading a movie file to YouTube IMPORTANT! •Before you can use YouTube Uploader for CASIO, you need to go to the YouTube website (http://www.youtube.com/) and register as a user there. •Do not upload any video that is copyrighted (including neighboring copyrights) unless you yourself own the copyright or you have obtained the permission of the applicable copyright holder(s). 1.Record the movie you want to upload using the “For YouTube” BEST SHOT scene. 2.If it isn’t already, connect your computer to the Internet. 3.Connect the camera to your computer. •See page 235 for information about connecting the camera to your computer. B Downloaded From camera-usermanual.com Casio Manuals
246USING THE CAMERA WITH A COMPUTER 4.Press the USB cradle’s [USB] button. •YouTube Uploader for CASIO will start up automatically. •The first time you start up YouTube Uploader, a dialog box will appear and ask you to enter your YouTube user ID and your password, and to configure network environment settings. Follow the instructions on the dialog box and then click the [OK] button. 5.The left side of the display will have an area for inputting a title, category, and other information required for uploading to YouTube. Enter the required information. 6.The right side of the display shows a list of movie files in camera memory. Select the check box next to the movie file you want to upload. 7.After everything is the way you want, click the [Upload] button to upload the file. •After uploading is complete, click the [Exit] button to exit the application. IMPORTANT! •The maximum file size for upload to the YouTube website is 100MB. Downloaded From camera-usermanual.com Casio Manuals
247USING THE CAMERA WITH A COMPUTER Editing a Movie In order to edit movies on your PC, you need to install Movie Wizard 3.2 SE VCD from the bundled CD-ROM. NOTE•The Movie Wizard 3.2 SE VCD application that comes on the bundled CD-ROM can create Video-CDs, but it cannot created DVDs. If you want to be able to create DVDs, you need to upgrade to the commercial version of the software. See the Movie Wizard 3.2 SE VCD “Read me” file on the CD-ROM for information about and what you need to do to upgrade to the commercial version. ■Installing Movie Wizard 3.2 SE VCD 1.Start up your computer, and place the bundled CD-ROM into its CD-ROM drive. •Use the CD-ROM that has “Movie Wizard 3.2 SE VCD” on its label. •Normally, this should cause the menu screen to appear automatically. If your computer does not display the menu screen automatically, navigate to the CD-ROM on your computer and then double-click the “AutoMenu.exe” file. 2.On the menu screen, click the “Language” down arrow button and then select the language you want. 3.Click “Movie Wizard 3.2 SE VCD” to select it and then click “Read me”. •“Read me” files contain important information about installation, including installation conditions and computer system requirements. 4.Click “Install” for Movie Wizard 3.2 SE VCD. 5.Follow the instructions that appear on your computer screen to install Movie Wizard 3.2 SE VCD. For more powerful editing capabilities, install the trial version of VideoStudio 10 Plus for CASIO, which is a 30-day trial version. Downloaded From camera-usermanual.com Casio Manuals
248USING THE CAMERA WITH A COMPUTER Transferring Images to the Camera In order to return images from your computer memory back to the camera, install Photo Transport on your computer from the CD-ROM that comes with the camera. ■Installing Photo Transport 1.Start up your computer, and place the bundled CD-ROM into its CD-ROM drive. •Use the CD-ROM that has “Photo Transport” on its label. •Normally, this should cause the menu screen to appear automatically. If your computer does not display the menu screen automatically, navigate to the CD-ROM on your computer and then double-click the “AutoMenu.exe” file. 2.On the menu screen, click the “Language” down arrow button and then select the language you want. •Regardless of the language you select, the English version of Photo Transport is installed. 3.Click “Photo Transport” to select it and then click “Read me”. •“Read me” files contain important information about installation, including installation conditions and computer system requirements. 4.Click “Install” for Photo Transport. 5.Follow the instructions that appear on your computer screen to install Photo Transport. Downloaded From camera-usermanual.com Casio Manuals
249USING THE CAMERA WITH A COMPUTER ■Transferring image files to the camera 1.First, connect the camera to your computer. •See page 235 for information about connecting the camera to your computer. 2.On your computer, click “Start”, “All Programs”, “Casio” and then “Photo Transport”. This starts up Photo Transport. 3.Drop the image data you want to transfer to the camera onto the Photo Transport Transfer button. Move your mouse pointer to the image file you want to transfer, and then hold down your mouse button. Keeping your mouse button depressed, drag the mouse pointer and the image file along with it to the Photo Transport Transfer button, and then release the mouse button. Transfer buttonHelp button Settings button Exit button Downloaded From camera-usermanual.com Casio Manuals
250USING THE CAMERA WITH A COMPUTER 4.Follow the instructions that appear on the display to transfer the image file to the camera. •The image transfer method and detailed image settings used depend on the Photo Transport settings. For details, see Photo Transport help (page 251). IMPORTANT! •Certain types of images may not be able to be transferred. •You cannot transfer movies to the camera. •Only image files of the following formats can be transferred to the camera: JPG, JPEG, JPE, and BMP. The transfer operation converts BMP files to JPEG format. ■Transferring screen captures to the camera 1.First, connect the camera to your computer. •See page 235 for information about connecting the camera to your computer. 2.On your computer, click “Start”, “All Programs”, “Casio” and then “Photo Transport”. This starts up Photo Transport. 3.Display the screen whose screen capture you want to transfer. 4.Click the Photo Transport Capture button. Capture button Downloaded From camera-usermanual.com Casio Manuals