Nikon Digital Camera Ver 3 User Manual

Browser Software for

COOLPIX Digital Cameras

Overview

Nikon View Ver.3

for Macintosh

Setting Up the Camera Drive

Working with Image Files

NikonView Browser

NikonView Reference

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This manual will guide you, step-by-step, through the process

of using NikonView with your COOLPIX digital camera. For

details on Nikon View installation and system requirements,

refer to the Quick Start Guide.

With Different Operating Systems

The illustrations and explanations in this manual are for Mac

OS 8.6. Display and operation may differ slightly in other ver-

sions of Mac OS. Refer to the system software manual for the

version you are using.

The Manual Layout

The contents of each chapter are outlined below.

Working Knowledge

This manual assumes a basic understanding of common Mac

OS operations. If you are in doubt about the meaning of terms

used here, refer to your Mac OS manual.

Overview

Describes NikonView’s features and outlines the contents

of this manual

Setting Up the Camera Drive

Explains how to mount and unmount the camera

Working with Image Files

Explains how to access image files stored in the camera’s

memory card, open them in other applications for editing,

and copy them to disk

NikonView Browser

Describes how to display image files as thumbnails, view

image files,and copy them to disk using NikonView Browser

NikonView Reference

A handy reference guide to NikonView’s windows and menus

Printing this manual

For ease of reference, this Reference Manual can be printed using the

Print… command in the Adobe Acrobat Reader File menu.

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ing symbols and conventions are used:

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About

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 indi-

cated chapter or section.

Click this icon at the bottom right corner of each

page for an explanation of the symbols and con-

ventions used in this manual.

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the product. These indications are placed in sec-

tions that should be read before operation to pre-

vent damage to the product.

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read before using your camera.

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find helpful when using your camera.

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Setting Up the Camera Drive

Once you have installed the NikonView software as described

in the Quick Start Guide, you can mount the camera. The

mounted camera drive icon is displayed on the desktop,just as

with any other drive. This chapter describes how to mount

the camera, choose settings, and unmount the camera.

Mounting the Camera from a USB Port

Mounting the Camera from a Modem/Printer Port

Camera Drive Settings

Unmounting the Camera

Notes on Using the Camera as a Drive

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The following window will be displayed (if the CoolPix panel

is displayed, click the Settings tab to switch panels).

Mounting the Camera from a USB Port

Follow these steps to mount your camera as a drive from a

USB port.

Choose NikonView Control from the Control Panels

submenu of the Apple menu ( ).

NikonView Control Settings

You can make changes to the following settings:

•

if the Create Thumbnails box is checked, thumbnail

previews of the image files in the camera’s memory card

will be created when the camera is first connected as a

drive.

Select Open Nikon View Control… from the Nikon View item menu

on the control strip. The NikonView Control window will be displayed.

• the application used to open photographs (the default is

the built-in viewer in NikonView Browser)

• alternate drives,mounting card readers or PCMCIA card

adapters in place of the camera

After making changes to settings, close the dialog box.

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Connect the camera to the USB port on your Macintosh,as

described in the documentation provided with your

COOLPIX digital camera.

When the camera is mounted, the Nikon E990 camera

icon will appear at the right side of the desktop, along with

the icons for other drives.

The camera will be mounted automatically if:

• The computer is running

• NikonView has been properly installed

• The camera is on

• A compact flash-memory card is inserted in the camera

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. (The data-transfer

display varies according to your camera model.)

For more information on:

Setting Up the Camera Drive: Camera Drive Settings

If you are mounting the camera using the settings in effect during the

previous session, you do not need to open the NikonView Control win-

dow. If you change settings while the camera is mounted, these changes

will be applied the next time you mount the camera.

Data-transfer display

(COOLPIX 990)

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Connection Error

Mounting the Camera from a Modem/

If Nikon View is unable to locate the camera, an alert dialog

will appear. After clicking OK in the dialog,check the following

points:

Printer Port

(SC-EM3 cable sold separately)

• Have the camera and computer been connected as de-

scribed in the documentation provided with each?

• Are both camera and computer on?

• Has a memory card been inserted in the camera?

• Are the camera’s batteries inserted correctly?

• Are the batteries exhausted or dead?

• If you are using the AC adapter (sold separately), is it

properly connected?

Follow these steps to mount your camera as a drive from your

computer’s modem/printer port.

Connect the camera to your Macintosh as described in the

documentation provided with your COOLPIX digital cam-

era.

After turning on your Macintosh,choose NikonView Con-

trol from the Control Panels submenu of theApple menu

• Is the camera the only peripheral connected to the USB

port?

( ).

Refer to the ReadMe file for the latest information on connec-

tion errors.

Select Open Nikon View Control… from the Nikon View item menu

on the control strip. The NikonView Control window will be displayed.

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From the Port option pop-up menu, choose the appropri- Setting camera drive options

ate connection port (Modem Port or Printer Port).

The following options are available:

• if the Create Thumbnails box is checked, thumbnail

previews of the image files in the camera’s memory card

will be created when the camera is first connected as a

drive.

• the application used to open photographs (the default is

the built-in viewer in NikonView Browser)

• alternate drives,mounting card readers or PCMCIA card

adapters in place of the camera

Setting Port Speed

The data-transfer rate used when the camera is connected to

the computer via the modem/printer port can be selected from

the Port Speed option pop-up menu. Choose Auto to have

Nikon View automatically select a speed suited to your

Macintosh.

For more information on:

Setting Up the Camera Drive: Camera Drive Settings

Depending on your set-up, auto data-rate detection may not perform as

expected. Should you experience problems reading the data stored in the

PowerBook users who have connected the camera to the printer/exter- camera, select a new speed in the CoolPix panel. If you still experience

nal modem port should turnAppleTalk off and then select Modem Port in difficulties at the highest available rate, choose successively lower speeds

the Port option.

until you find one that works.

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Once any changes to settings have been made,click Mount

Camera Now to mount the camera.

Once the camera has been mounted as a drive, the Nikon

CoolPix camera icon will appear at the right side of the

desktop, along with the icons for other drives.

The following message will be displayed while the computer

mounts the camera.

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. (The data-transfer

display varies according to your camera model.)

Data-transfer display

(COOLPIX 990)

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Mounting the camera without changing port or

settings

Connection error

If Nikon View is unable to locate the camera, an alert dialog

Once you have connected the camera using the Nikon View will appear. After clicking OK in the dialog,check the following

Control window to specify connection port and other set- points:

tings, the Nikon CoolPix Mounter can be used to mount the

camera, applying the settings that you last chose in the Nikon

View Control window. To connect directly to the camera,

choose Nikon CoolPix Mounter from the Apple menu ( ).

• Have the camera and computer been connected as de-

scribed in the documentation provided with each?

• Are both camera and computer on?

• Has a memory card been inserted in the camera?

• Are the camera’s batteries inserted correctly?

• Are the batteries exhausted or dead?

• If you are using the AC adapter (sold separately), is it

properly connected?

Refer to the ReadMe file for the latest information on connec-

tion errors.

From the Nikon View item menu on the Control Strip, choose Mount

Camera Now.

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Creating thumbnail icons

Camera Drive Settings

If the Create Thumbnails box is checked, thumbnail pre-

views of the image files in the camera’s memory card will be

created when the camera is first connected as a drive. When

you open the image folder in the mounted camera drive,image

files are displayed as thumbnail icons. These thumbnails will be

displayed in Nikon View Browser (see below), and in the

Open dialog box when viewing image files on the camera drive.

You can choose camera drive settings when you mount the

camera.

The following window will be displayed (if the CoolPix panel is

displayed, click the Settings tab to switch panels).

Assigning the application used to open photographs

You can choose the application used to open photographs

browsed with Nikon View. The application used by default is

NikonView Browser (the built-in viewer). You can also choose

a third-party host application to open photographs. Movie

files will be opened with QuickTime Player regardless of Nikon

View Control settings.

the application used to open photographs

The following settings can be adjusted from the Settings panel.

To use a different application, click the Change… button. In

the dialog that appears,navigate to a folder containing an appli-

cation that supports the photograph formats used by the cam-

era (JPEG orTIFF). Select the application and click Open.

With the COOLPIX 900 connected through the modem port, and mo-

dem speed set to AUTO, you can not delete files or format the PC card.

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Mounting card readers or PC card adapters

When the Mount Camera PC-Cards using Nikon View

check box is selected, you can read compact flash-memory

cards from a flash-memory card adapter or from a flash-memory

card reader. If a card containing image files recorded with a

COOLPIX digital camera is inserted in either device, you can

browse its contents with NikonView. The memory card will

be mounted as the Nikon Digital Camera drive and you can

complete image file operations just as when you mounted the

camera.

Unmounting the Camera

When you turn off your Macintosh, the camera will be un-

mounted automatically. To unmount the camera without turn-

ing off the computer,use one of the methods explained below.

Drag the camera icon to theTrash

The camera can be unmounted by dragging the camera icon to

theTrash.

If the Mount Camera PC-Cards using NikonView check

box is not selected, the following icon will be displayed on

your Macintosh’s desktop when the memory card containing

image files recorded with a COOLPIX digital camera is

mounted.

Camera drive folders will close and the camera icon will disap-

pear from the desktop.

Click the camera icon then select Put Away ( Y) from the File menu.

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Alternative USB unmounting and remounting

Unmounting the camera

Alternative modem/printer port unmounting

Select Nikon CoolPix Mounter from the Apple menu ( ).

The camera will be unmounted automatically if you do any of The following message will be displayed.

the following:

• Turn the camera off

• Remove the memory card from the camera

• Disconnect the USB cable

When the camera is unmounted, the folders containing image

files recorded by the camera will close. Drag the camera icon

to theTrash.

Camera drive folders will close and the Nikon CoolPix icon

will disappear from the desktop.

Remounting the camera

The camera will be remounted if you do any of the following:

• Turn the camera off and then on

Alternatively,you can choose NikonView Control from the

Control Panels submenu of the Apple menu ( ) and click

Unmount Now in the NikonView Control window.

• Remove and reinsert the memory card

• Disconnect and reconnect the USB cable

Select Unmount Camera Now from the NikonView item menu on the

Control Strip.

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The camera’s memory card is “read-only”:

Notes on Using the Camera as a Drive

The camera’s memory card functions as a“read-only” volume

when mounted as a disk, so that files can not be copied to the

camera’s memory card, nor can files be saved to the memory

card after being edited in another application.Should you wish

to change a file name, do so after copying the file to the hard

disk. Once a file has been changed in any way, it can not be

copied back to the image folder in the camera drive. (New

Folder and Duplicate in the File menu are enabled for the

camera volume. However, you can not create new folders or

duplicate files on the camera’s memory card.)

Nikon View allows the camera’s memory card to be used in

much the same way that you would use any other drive. Note,

however, that certain limitations apply as listed below.

Only one camera is supported at a time:

Even if two or more cameras are connected, only one camera

can be mounted at any one time. If you are using a USB port,

the first camera to be recognized by the computer will be the

one that is mounted. If you are using both the modem and

printer port,you can switch between cameras using the Nikon

View Control window.

The camera can not be shared over a network:

The camera will not function as a network drive. Consequently

the camera icon will not be visible to other computers.

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Working with Image Files

Once the camera is connected as a drive, as described in the

previous sections,you can use the camera’s memory card with

Nikon View in much the same way that you would use any

other drive under Mac OS. This chapter describes how to

copy image files captured with a COOLPIX digital camera to

disk, and how to open them for editing in other applications.

These operations are much the same as standard Finder op-

erations; consult your Mac OS manual for details.

Browsing Image Files

Copying Image Files to Disk

Deleting Image Files from the Camera

Opening Image Files in Another Application

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The camera window opens,and folders saved in the camera’s

memory card are displayed.

Browsing Image Files

Follow these steps to view image files stored in your camera’s

memory card.

Double-click the camera icon at the right side of the desk-

top.

(The camera name varies depending

on the connection type.)

Folder Names

When displayed in NikonView, folders created with the camera are pre-

fixed 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 images. If

this number is exceeded, the camera will create a new folder with the When the camera functions as a drive, it is treated as a “read-only” disk.

same name but a different prefix (e.g.,“101NIKON”). When viewed on a Files can not be copied or saved to the camera. Similarly,the Finder com-

computer, folders with the same name but a different prefix appear as mands New Folder, Duplicate,and MakeAlias can not be used on the

separate folders. When viewed from the camera menus, however, folders camera or the image files it contains. Even if you choose to display image

with the same name appear to be the same folder, although the full folder files as a list or as buttons from the Finder’s View menu, this information

name with prefix appears in the photo information display in playback will not be saved, and image files will again be viewed as icons the next

mode.

time you mount the camera.

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Double-click the folder icon that you want to browse.

The image files in the selected folder will appear as thumb-

nails icons.

Image files can be copied to disk or opened for editing in

another application using standard Finder operations,as de-

scribed in the following sections.

Caution!

Do not try to replace an image file on the camera’s memory card with

another image file with the same name. Even if you click OK, the file can

not be overwritten, but will be erased from the memory card.

The ReadMe file in the camera window contains important information

for using NikonView. This ReadMe file can be deleted by dragging the file

into the Trash. Once deleted, the file is permanently erased from the

camera window. If, after deleting the ReadMe file, you would like to re-

view the information provided there,drag the NikonView Preferences

file (found in the path “System Folder > Preferences >NikonView Prefer-

ences”) to theTrash and restart your computer.

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Copying Image Files to Disk

Before copying image files to disk,locate or create the destina-

tion folder. To copy image files to disk, select the image files

you wish to copy by clicking their icons (you can select mul-

tiple files by holding down the shift key while clicking each

image file in turn),then drag any of the selected icons over the

destination folder and release the mouse button.

All image files captured with the camera are assigned file names in nu-

merical order beginning with “DSCN0001.JPG” (or “.TIF” or “.MOV”).

Likewise, all image files saved in folders in the camera’s memory card are

assigned file names in numerical order beginning with “DSCN0001.JPG”

(or “.TIF” or “.MOV”).Thus, to prevent overwriting when copying an im-

age file to disk, change the filename after copying the file, or create a new

folder for each camera folder.

Because the camera functions as a“read-only” volume,image files can only

be copied from the memory card to disk, not moved, even if the option

key is not held down.

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When image files in the camera are dropped into theTrash,an

alert dialog will appear. If you click OK, the file will be perma-

nently deleted without being stored temporarily in theTrash.

Deleting Image Files from the Camera

Image files can be deleted from the camera’s memory.

Image files can be deleted by dragging their associated thumb-

nails over theTrash icon and releasing the mouse button.

To delete all image files stored in the camera’s memory card,

you can initialize the disk. To do this,select the camera icon on

the desktop, and then choose Erase Disk from the Special

menu.If you click the Erase button in the confirmation dialog

box which appears, the camera’s memory card will be initial-

ized and all data stored in the memory card will be perma-

nently erased.

Image files can be deleted by selecting their thumbnails in the

browser window and choosing Move toTrash from the File

menu.

Image files are permanently deleted in this way, so be sure to verify the

image file being deleted before carrying out this step.

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The application will start and the selected image file(s) will be

opened in windows within that application.

Opening Image Files inAnotherApplication

Image files can be opened in the host application by either

double-clicking the image file icon or by choosing the icon and

selecting Open from the Finder’s File menu. Image files can

also be opened directly from any application that supports the

file formats (JPEG orTIFF for photographs and QuickTime for

movies) used by the camera.

Opening selected image files from the image folder

To open image files,click the icon of the image file you wish to

open (multiple image files can be selected by holding down the

shift key while clicking each image file in turn), then double-

click any one of the selected thumbnails. You can also choose

Open from the File menu after selecting the image file(s) you

want to open.

The application used to open photograph is the one that you selected in

the NikonView Control window’s Settings panel when you mounted the

camera. If you selected the default, NikonView Browser, it will start, and

you can view photographs at full resolution. If you chose another applica-

tion, that application will start, and open the photographs. If the specified

application is not installed when you attempt to open an image file, a dia-

log will appear prompting you to choose the application to be used. Choose

a suitable application from the dialog box. To view photographs,the appli-

cation must support JPEG and/orTIFF formats. If you double-click“.MOV”

format files, the host application is QuickTime Player regardless of Nikon

View Control settings.

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Opening selected image files using drag-and-drop

Opening image files from the application’s Open

You can open selected image files in any application that sup- dialog

ports the file formats used by the camera by dragging their Image files in the camera can be opened from any application

thumbnails over the application’s icon or alias and releasing that supports the file formats used by the camera by choosing

the mouse button.

Open… or Open File… from the application’s File menu.

In the Open dialog,navigate to the Desktop,select the camera

drive, and click the Open button. The folders in the camera’s

memory card are displayed;choose the one you want and click

the Open button. The image files in the selected folder will be

listed. If the application’s Open dialog supports preview dis-

play, a preview of the image file currently selected will appear

in the dialog box.

The application will start and the selected image files will be

opened in windows within the host application.

Select the image file you wish to open and click the Open

button to open the image file in the host application.

Previews are only displayed in the Open dialog box if the CreateThumb-

nails item in the Nikon View Control window was checked when the

camera was mounted.

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NikonView Browser

NikonView Browser is an application that allows you to browse

the image files in the camera’s memory card as thumbnail pre-

views. It also incorporates many Finder functions, making it

easy to copy or open image files while previewing them. This

chapter describes how to browse image files using NikonView

Browser, how to display image files in the browser’s built-in

viewer,how to copy image files to disk,and how to open image

files for editing in other applications.

Deleting Image Files

Browsing Image Files From Your Camera

Browsing Image Files From a Card Reader

Browsing Image Files on Disk

Selecting Image Files

Printing Photographs

Changing the Appearance ofThumbnails

Viewing Image File Information

Copying Image Files to Disk

Viewing Photographs with the Built-inViewer

Playing Movies

Opening Image Files in Another Application

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The browser windows for all folders in the camera memory

card will open and the image files will appear as thumbnails.

Browsing Image Files FromYour Camera

To start NikonView Browser and view thumbnail previews of

the image files in the camera’s memory card, double-click the

BrowseThumbnails icon in the camera window.

From the browser window, still images can be viewed at full

resolution, printed, copied or deleted. In addition, movie files

can be played, copied or deleted. These operations are de-

tailed in the sections that follow.

The BrowseThumbnails icon is only visible if the CreateThumbnails

item in the Nikon View Control window was checked when the camera

was mounted.

You can select image files using the tab key or the arrow keys.

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Another way of starting NikonView Browser

The camera window opens, and folders saved in the camera’s

Follow these steps to start Nikon View Browser and view memory card are displayed.

thumbnail previews of the image files in the camera’s memory

card.

Drag the camera icon over the NikonView Browser icon

and release the mouse button.

Double-click the folder icon that you want to browse.

Nikon View Browser will start, and the browser window

will show thumbnail previews of the image files in the se-

lected folder.

NikonView Browser can also be started by double-clicking the

NikonView Browser icon.

A dialog will appear prompting you to select a folder to browse.

Navigate to the desired folder and click Select.

NikonView Browser may be found in the path (Installation Disk) > (Instal-

lation Folder) > Nikon Software > NikonView > NikonView Browser.

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Drag the DCIM folder icon over the NikonView Browser

icon and release the mouse button. (Folder names on the

flash-memory card vary depending on which model

COOLPIX digital camera you are using.)

Browsing Image Files From a Card Reader

If your computer has a Type II PCMCIA card drive, you can

read compact flash-memory cards using a flash-memory card

adapter (available separately from Nikon), or by using a com-

pact flash memory card reader. If a card containing image files

captured with a COOLPIX digital camera is inserted in either

device, you can browse its contents with NikonView.

After inserting the card in a card slot or card reader, follow

these steps to browse image files stored on a compact flash-

memory card.

Double-click the drive icon on the desktop (Mount Cam-

era PC-Cards using NikonView check box not selected).

The folders on the card are displayed.

The drive window will open on the desktop.

If a compact flash-memory card reader or card drive is mounted as the

Nikon Digital Camera drive (by selecting the NikonView Control window

Mount Camera PC-Cards using NikonView check box when mount-

ing the camera), you can use the same operations as when browsing the

camera’s memory card. See the preceding section,

NikonView Browser may be found in the path (Installation Disk) > (Instal-

lation Folder) > Nikon Software > NikonView > NikonView Browser.

“Browsing Image Files FromYour Camera.”

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Double-click the folder icon that you want to browse.

The browser window will open,showing thumbnail previews You can also start NikonView Browser by double-clicking the

Another way of starting NikonView Browser

of the image files in the selected folder.

NikonView Browser icon.

A dialog will appear prompting you to select a folder to browse.

Navigate to the desired folder and click Select.

If you copy the Browse Thumbnails icon from the camera folder to a

folder containing image files,you can start NikonView Browser by double-

clicking the copy of the BrowseThumbnails icon.

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The browser window will open, showing thumbnail previews

of the image files in the selected folder.

Browsing Image Files on Disk

NikonView Browser can also be used to browse JPEG,TIFF or

QuickTime image files on disk. Select the folder containing

the image files you wish to browse, drag it over the Nikon

View Browser icon and release the mouse button.

You can rename image files while browsing the PC card or the hard disk.

You can select image files using the tab key or the arrow keys.

NikonView Browser may be found in the path (Installation Disk) > (Instal-

lation Folder) > Nikon Software > NikonView > NikonView Browser.

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Another way of starting NikonView Browser

NikonView Browser can also be started by double-clicking the

NikonView Browser icon.

Selecting Image Files

Thumbnail images displayed in the browser window can be

printed or copied to disk. The image files on which such op-

erations are to be performed can be selected by clicking the

thumbnail image you wish to use. Selected image files are high-

lighted.

A dialog will appear prompting you to select a folder to browse.

Choose the desired folder, and then click Select.

Selected image

Multiple image files can be selected by holding down the shift

key on the keyboard while clicking each thumbnail in turn. All

image files in the camera’s memory card can be selected by

choosing Select All from the Edit menu.

If you copy the Browse Thumbnails icon from the camera folder to a

folder containing image files,you can start NikonView Browser by double-

clicking the copy of the BrowseThumbnails icon.

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Click the Viewer tab to open theViewer panel. Select Open

Viewing Photographs with the Built-inViewer

images with built-in viewer and click OK.

Photographs (JPEG andTIFF format files) 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.

Follow these steps to view photographs with the browser’s

built-in viewer.

To select the built-in viewer as the application used when

opening photographs from the browser, choose Prefer-

In the browser window,select the photographs you wish to

view and double click any of the photographs or choose

Open from the File menu to start the built-in viewer.

ences… from the browser’s Edit menu.

The Preferences dialog will appear.

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The selected photographs will be opened at full resolution, The photograph can also be zoomed in and out by clicking the

each in a separate image window.

zoom-in and zoom-out buttons in the lower left corner of the

image window. Clicking the zoom-out button reduces the size

of the window to fit the image. Clicking the zoom-in button

enlarges the window to fit the image.

Zoom ratio (magnification)

Zoom-in button

Zoom-out button

Zooming the photographs in and out

When moved over an image window with the command ( )

key held down,the cursor takes the shape of a magnifying glass

( ). Click anywhere on the image with the command ( ) key

held down to zoom the photograph in. Pressing the option

key on the keyboard changes the cursor to a magnifying glass

containing a minus sign ( ). Clicking anywhere on the image

while holding down the option key will zoom the image out.

Zoom operations have no effect on the thumbnails in the browser win-

dow.

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Scrolling and resizing image windows

If there is enough space on the desktop,the entire photograph

When the entire photograph does not fit in the image window, can be viewed at its current zoom ratio by clicking the zoom

you can view hidden portions by dragging the scroll boxes at box at the top right corner of the image window. The image

the right and bottom of the image window, or by clicking the window will be either enlarged to show the entire image or, if

scroll bars or scroll arrows. If you move the cursor over the the image is larger than the desktop, enlarged to fill the desk-

photograph, the cursor will take the shape of a hand ( ), and top.

the photograph can be scrolled by dragging it.

Zoom box

Scroll box

Scroll bar

Scroll arrow

Size box

Alternatively,you can enlarge the image window itself dragging

the size box at its lower right corner.

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Once transfer is complete, the movie is opened in a movie

window in QuickTime Player.

Playing Movies

Movies thumbnails (QuickTime format files) displayed in Nikon

View Browser can be played back using QuickTime Player. In

the thumbnail view of the browser window,only the first frame

of a movie file will be displayed.

Playing movies with QuickTime Player

Double-click the thumbnail of the movie file you wish to play.

If you double-click“.MOV” format files, the host application is QuickTime

Player regardless of NikonView Control settings. If QuickTime Player is

not installed,a dialog box will open and ask you for a substitute application

to be used. If you don’t already have QuickTime Player installed, you can

install it from the NikonViewVer.3 CD.

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Image files can also be moved to the Trash by selecting their

thumbnails in the browser window and choosing Move To

Trash from the File menu.

Deleting Image Files

When browsing image files on disk or on a compact flash-

memory card,you can delete image files by moving their asso-

ciated thumbnails to theTrash.

Image files can be moved to theTrash by dragging their associ-

ated thumbnails over the Trash icon and releasing the mouse

button.

To permanently delete the image files, select Empty Trash

from the Special menu.

When image files in the camera are dropped into theTrash,an alert dialog

will appear. If you click OK, the image file will be permanently deleted

without being stored temporarily in the Trash. Image files can be perma-

nently deleted in this way, so be sure to verify the image file being deleted

before carrying out this step.

When you select Move To Trash, and you are sure that you want to

delete the image file(s) from the camera, click OK in the alert dialog.

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Printing from the image window

Printing Photographs

Photographs displayed in image windows in the built-in viewer

can be printed by selecting Print Window… from the File

menu.

Photographs selected in the browser window can be printed

by choosing the Print command from the File menu. Photo-

graphs displayed in the built-in viewer can also be printed from

the image window as described below.

Printing photographs from the browser window

To print photographs, select the associated thumbnail(s) and

choose Print from the File menu.

If you are opening photographs currently stored in, or that

have been copied from the camera’s memory card,the applica-

tion specified in the NikonView Control window will start and

the Print dialog will be displayed. Make such changes to printer

settings as are necessary and print the photographs.

The print dialog box for the printer currently selected in the

Chooser will be displayed. Print the image after adjusting printer

settings. If multiple image windows are open,only the image in

the currently active window will be printed.

In order to open image files in compact flash-memory cards,you will need

to use Macintosh PC Exchange or a similar control panel to associate the

DOS file suffix (extension)“.JPG” or“.TIF” with a suitable application. See

“NikonView Browser: Opening Image Files in Another Application”.

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Choose a frame from the list of Thumbnail Border radio

buttons.

Changing the Appearance ofThumbnails

By default,thumbnail previews in the browser window are dis-

played in the “No border” style frame. You can choose to

display image files in a document-style frame or with no frame

at all.

(No border)

When this button is selected,

thumbnails will be displayed

without a frame.

Select Preferences… from the Edit menu.

(Document border)

When this button is selected,

thumbnails will be displayed in

a document-style frame, as

shown at right.

(Film-strip border)

When this button is selected,

thumbnails will be displayed in

a film-strip frame.

The Preferences dialog will be displayed.

After choosing the desired style, click OK.

2^{Click the Appearance tab to open theAppearance panel.}

The thumbnails in the browser window will be displayed in

the selected frame.

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Viewing Image File Information

You can view information on selected image files. After select-

ing the thumbnails, select Get Info from the File menu.

General Information includes file size,file location,capture date,

and dimensions of the selected photograph or movie. Further,

you can add comments in the Comments box. Photo Infor-

mation contains information on camera settings such as cam-

era model, image quality and metering mode at the time the

photograph was taken. Extra Photo Information contains cam-

era control settings information such as exposure deviation,

sensitivity and tone curves. The Photo Information and Extra

Photo Information panels are not available for movie files.

A window with information on the selected image file appears.

You can find general information,photo information and extra

photo information in the Get Info window. You can switch

between the three by using the Show pop-up menu.

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Copying Image Files to Disk

Selected image files in the browser window can be copied to

disk by dragging any of the selected thumbnails over the desti-

nation folder and releasing the mouse button.

All image files recorded with the camera are assigned file names of the

form“DSCN_nnnn.xyz,” where“nnnn” is a four-digit file number and“xyz”

is a three-letter extension (“JPG”,“TIF”, or “MOV”). Similarly, all image

files saved in folders in the camera’s memory card are assigned file names

of the same type. To prevent image files already copied to disk from being

Because the camera functions as a “read-only” drive, image files can only overwritten, change the filename after copying an image file, or create a

be copied, not moved, even when the option key is not held down. new folder for each folder on the camera.

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Opening selected photographs from the browser

Follow these steps to open photographs with the assigned ap-

plication.

Opening Image Files inAnotherApplication

When a thumbnail is double-clicked or a thumbnail is selected

and Open chosen from the browser File menu,the image file

will be opened in the application specified in the Nikon View

Control window’s,Settings panel. Image files can also be opened

directly from any application that supports the file formats used

by the camera.

To choose settings so that photographs are opened using

the designated application,choose Preferences… from the

browser’s Edit menu.

The Preferences dialog will appear.

Click the Viewer tab to open theViewer panel. Select Open

images with their normal application and click OK.

When image files are read directly from the camera, the creator program

is set to the application specified in the Nikon View Control window. If

the specified application is installed on your system, double-clicking image

files in the camera’s memory card will open them in the application. When

read directly from the camera’s flash-memory card, however, image files

are treated as DOS files with no creator. In order to open such image files

with a double click, you will need to use Macintosh PC Exchange or a

similar control panel to associate the DOS file suffix (extension) “.JPG”,

“.TIF” or“.MOV” with a suitable application. The same restriction applies

to image files copied directly from flash-memory cards.

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In the browser window,select the photographs 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 photographs will be opened in windows within

the host application.

The application used to open photographs is the one that you selected in