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Downloading Images 1.  Plug one end of USB to computer. 
2.  Power on the camera. 
3. Switch the Mode Dial to Computer mode
. 
4.  Plug the other end of USB to the camera. 
5. Double-click My Computer icon on the desktop and find the Removable Disk. 
6.  Drag and drop the images in the removable disk mentioned above to the folder in your 
hard disk. 
7.  Once the copy process has been completed, the images then successfully have 
downloaded from the camera to your computer. 
Editing Images Using MGI Photo Suite 
MGI Photo Suite is a very user-friendly image-editing program. With Photo Suite, you 
can breezily retouch, compose and organize your images in just seconds. It contains a 
variety of templates, such as photo frames, birthday cards, calendars and other fun stuffs. 
Get your images ready and go explore this amazing program.  
						

							 
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To use the program, follow the steps below: 
1.  Launch MGI Photo Suite. 
 
2.  Click the large Get button on the Welcome screen, or the Get button on the 
Navigation bar. 
3.  Choose a photo source (e.g. computer) and click the Open button. (See below)  
						

							 
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4.  Now you are able to process your images with all the tools provided by Photo Suite. 
Using MGI Photo Vista 
MGI Photo Vista is an easy-to-use program that lets you create spectacular 360
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panoramic images in a snap. When you view these panoramas, you get the experience of 
being totally immersed in a realistic environment. Photo vista’s powerful engine quickly 
and automatically stitches images together, and its intuitive interface will let even a 
novice get great results in minutes. 
To use the program, follow the steps below: 
  
						

							 
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1.  Open Source Images in MGI Photo Vista   
MGI Photo Vista requires some overlap of 
source images to properly align them before 
a stitch. For best results, use a 20% to 50% 
overlap. The number of photos you need to 
shoot to achieve this overlap depends on the 
lens type you’re using. 
 
2.  Select the Lens 
Click the Select Lens icon. The Select Lens 
dialog box appears. Select the proper lens 
type. 
  
						

							 
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3.  Preview the Stitch 
Click the Stitch Panorama icon. The Stitch Options 
dialog box appears. Click Preview Stitch button. 
 
4.  View the Panorama In Action 
Choose Show Viewer from the Panorama menu. The 
Stitch Preview window changes to viewer mode.    Press 
and drag the pointer over the panorama vertically and horizontally. Press SHIFT to 
zoom in or press CTRL to zoom out. Close the viewer window when you’re done to 
return to the preview stitch. 
      
  
						

							 
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5.  Create a Full Stitch 
Click the Stitch Panorama icon. The Stitch 
Options dialog box appears. Click Full Stitch 
button. The Stitch Progress dialog box 
displays the progress of the stitch. Follow the 
procedure in Step 4 to view the panorama in 
action. 
 
 
6.  Save a Panorama 
After Step 5, you can save the 
panorama from the Stitched Result 
window as a BMP, Flashpix (FPX), 
or JPEG file. MGI Photo Vista also 
automatically creates an IVR file for 
you, which you use to play the 
panorama. 
  
						

							 
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Installing the Camera Driver for Mac 1. Insert CD-ROM. 
Click the Digital Camera Driver Installer and Camera Driver Installation for Mac 
will start.   
2. Select Install Location and click Install. 
3. Click Cancel and installation will be cancelled. 
 Click Continue and the installation will progress. 
4.  Installation is successful. 
 Click Continue for additional installation. 
 Click Restart to restart the computer. 
5.  After restarting computer, a new folder will be made automatically on the desktop 
when you connect camera to Mac.  
						

							 
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Additional Information Parts Names and Functions Viewfinder Window 
The optical Viewfinder is the real-image type with 85+5% or 85-5% alignment 
tolerance. 
LCD Monitor 
When you are about to take a picture, you may use the LCD Monitor to frame the image. 
Press the Display button
  to turn on/off the LCD Monitor.  
						

							 
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Display Button   
The LCD button is only active in Record
 and Play modes
. While in Record 
mode
, press the Display button
  will toggle the LCD Monitor on and off. In Play 
mode
, press the Display button
  to review the images in the following 3 modes: 
 
1.  Single image display 
2.  Single image display with image information overlay 
3.  Multi-image (3x3 thumbnail) display 
Menu Button   
The Menu button is active in Record
/ Play
/ Delete
  modes. Press the Menu 
button
  to turn on the Record/ Play/ Delete menus. To access the Record/ Play/ 
Delete menu, simply rotate the Mode Dial to Record
/ Play
/ Delete
 modes and 
press the Menu button
. To turn off the menu, press the Menu button
 again. 
OK Button 
The OK button is active any time a menu or dialog is displayed. Use the button to 
select/confirm the currently highlighted item.  
						

							 
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Power Button   
Press the Power button
  to turn on/off the camera. While the camera is powered on and 
there is no button activity or host communication for about 90 seconds, the camera will 
automatically turn itself off to conserve battery power (standby) meanwhile press any 
button or rotate the Mode Dial will bring the camera back immediately. If there is no any 
activity for 3 minutes, the system power will be off and you will have to press the Power 
button
  to turn it on. 
Shutter Button 
The Shutter button is only active in Record mode
. You may press the button in 
Record mode
  for image capturing, processing and storing. Before photo shooting, 
please make sure that your camera has available free space for image storage and there is 
appropriate light for a successful image capturing. 
Self-Timer Button   
The Self-Timer button
  is active only in Record mode
. When the Self-Timer 
button
  is pressed, the 10-second self-timer is enabled. To disable the self-timer 
function, do any of the following: