User manual NIKON VIEW 2.5 REFERENCE MANUAL FOR MACINTOSH

[. . . ] Contents Overview Setting Up the Camera Drive Mounting the Camera Camera Drive Settings Unmounting the Camera Notes on Using the Camera as a Drive Companion Software for COOLPIX Digital Cameras Working with Images Viewing the Items in the Camera's Memory Copying Images to Disk Deleting Images from the Camera Opening Images in Another Application Nikon View Ver. 2 for Macintosh Version 2. 5 Nikon View Browser Browsing Images in Your Camera Browsing Compact Flash-Memory Cards Browsing Images on Disk Selecting Images Viewing Images with the Built-in Viewer Deleting Images Printing Images Changing the Appearance of Thumbnails Viewing Image Information Copying Images to Disk Opening Images in Another Application -1- Reference Manual Nikon View Reference Nikon View Control Strip Item The Browser Window Contents -2- Overview Welcome to Nikon View Ver. 2 for Macintosh (below, Nikon View), a companion program for the COOLPIX 700, COOLPIX 800, COOLPIX 900 Series, and the COOLPIX 950 (below, "COOLPIX digital cameras"). Nikon View allows you to connect your camera to a Macintosh for quick retrieval and browsing of the images stored in your camera. Once Nikon View is installed on your Macintosh, the camera can be used like any other drive, allowing free access to images in the camera via standard Mac OS file operations. Nikon View Browser is also provided, making it possible to display the contents of the camera's memory as thumbnail images. [. . . ] See the preceding "Browsing Images in Your Camera" section. Nikon View Browser: Browsing Compact Flash-Memory Cards - 20 - The folders on the card are displayed. Another way of starting Nikon View Browser You can also start Nikon View Browser by double-clicking the Nikon View Browser icon. A dialog will appear prompting you to select a folder to browse. Select the desired folder and click Select. Note: If you copy the Browse Thumbnails icon from the Nikon CoolPix folder to a folder containing images, you can start Double-click the folder icon that you want to browse. The browser window will open, showing thumbnail previews Nikon View Browser by double-clicking the copy of the Browse Thumbnails icon. of the images in the selected folder. 3 Nikon View Browser: Browsing Compact Flash-Memory Cards - 21 - Browsing Images 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. The browser window will open, showing thumbnail previews of the images in the selected folder. Note: Nikon View Browser may be found in the path (Installation Disk) : (Installation Folder) : Nikon Software : Nikon View 2 : Nikon View Browser. Note: You can rename images while browsing the PC card or the hard disk. Tip You can select images using the tab key or the arrow keys. Nikon View Browser: Browsing Images on Disk - 22 - Another way of starting Nikon View Browser Nikon View Browser can also be started by double-clicking the Nikon View Browser icon. Selecting Images 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. A dialog will appear prompting you to select a folder to browse. Choose the desired folder, and then click Select. Note: If you copy the Browse Thumbnails icon from the CoolPix folder to a folder containing images, you can start Nikon View Browser to view the images in the folder by double-clicking the copy of the Browse Thumbnails icon. Selected image Multiple images can be selected by holding down the Shift key on the keyboard while clicking each image in turn. All images in the camera can be selected by choosing Select All from the Edit menu. Nikon View Browser: Browsing Images on Disk - 23 - Viewing Images with the Built-inViewer 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. Follow these steps to view images with the browser's built-in viewer. Click the Viewer tab to open the Viewer panel. Select Open images with built-in viewer and click OK. 1 To select the built-in viewer as the application used when opening images from the browser, choose Preferences. . . from the browser Edit menu. 2 In the browser window, select the images you wish to view and double click any of the images or choose Open from the File menu to start the built-in viewer. The Preferences dialog will appear. Nikon View Browser: Viewing Images with the Built-in Viewer - 24 - The selected images will be opened at full resolution in separate image windows. The image can also be zoomed in and out by clicking the zoomin 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. Clicking the zoom-in button zooms the image in and enlarges the window to fit the image. Zoom ratio (magnification) Zoom-in button Zoom-out button Note: Zoom operations have no effect on the thumbnails in the browser window. Zooming the image 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 image in. Pressing the option key on the keyboard changes the cursor to a magnifying glass containing a minus sign ( ). Clicking anywhere in the image while holding down the option key will zoom the image out. Nikon View Browser: Viewing Images with the Built-in Viewer - 25 - 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. If you move the cursor over the image, the cursor will take the shape of a hand ( ), and the image can be scrolled by dragging it. Zoom box If there is enough space on the desktop, the entire image can be viewed at its current zoom ratio by clicking the zoom box at the top right corner of the image window. [. . . ] Duplicate ( D) Creates copies of the selected files or folders. Note however that as the camera functions as a read-only disk, this command is not available for images in camera memory. Nikon View Reference: The Browser Window Make Alias ( M) Creates an alias for the selected files or folders. Note however that as the camera functions as a read only-disk, this command is not available for images in camera memory. [. . . ]