User manual NIKON VIEW 4 REFERENCE MANUAL

[. . . ] Nikon View 4 Reference Manual For Version 4. 1. 1 Overview Getting Started Tutorial Preferences Appendices (pp. 43­51) Overview About This Manual Welcome to Nikon View 4!Using Nikon View 4, you can connect your Nikon digital camera to a computer or insert the camera memory card in a card reader or PC card slot and browse photographs or save them to disk. Images can be transferred directly from the camera to the computer via an IEEE 1394 or USB connection, or you can insert the camera memory card in a card reader or PC card slot and copy images to disk. [. . . ] The Macintosh version of Nikon View 4 can be used to change the protect status of images, but not their hidden status. Printing the Thumbnail list and Saving It to Disk To print the currently selected thumbnails, choose Print Thumbnail list from the File menu. The file name and date and time of recording will be printed below each thumbnail. Any rotations will be reflected when the thumbnail is printed. If desired, this output can be saved to disk as a JPEG file by selecting Copy thumbnail list to file from the File menu. The file will automatically be assigned the name Sheet+(page number). JPG. Displaying the Image Transfer Window Hide sub-menu Protect sub-menu In Nikon View 4 version 4. 1. 1, the Image Transfer window can be opened from the Thumbnail list window by selecting Display Small Transfer Window from the View menu. When a thumbnail size of 128 × 128 or more is selected, icons indicating marked and protected status appear to the left of the file name. A movie icon appears in the case of movie files. No icon appears in the case of hidden images. Hidden image status can be confirmed in the settings section of the Thumbnail List window (Windows only). Click here Protect icon Icon Marked file Protected file Movie file Tutorial: The Thumbnail list Window Description File name 25 Working with Images This section describes the operations that can be performed on images. Saving Images After selecting the image or images you wish to save from the thumbnail list, click the "Save copy" button. A dialog will appear where you can navigate to the volume (disk) and folder to which you wish to save copies of the images. The original image will remain on the memory card inserted in the camera, card slot, or card reader. "Save copy" button Transferring Images to the Computer In the thumbnail list area, select the image or images you wish to transfer. Copies of the images will be transferred to the computer when the "Transfer" button is clicked. Transfer does not affect the originals on the memory card inserted in the camera, card slot, or card reader. "Transfer" button A progress window will be displayed as described above under Step 5 of "Transferring Images Using the Image Transfer Window" ( 18). Depending on user settings, any rotations and size changes may apply when the images are transferred, and transferred images may be catalogued using the selected image database software. Select the folder to which you wish to save the copies and click OK. Copies of the selected images will be saved in the selected folder. In the Macintosh version, select the desired folder and click Save. Printing Images In the thumbnail list area, select the image or images you wish to print. Click the "Print" button to print the images at their original size. "Print" button The copies created by this operation are identical to the original images on the memory card, and do not reflect rotations or size changes made in the Thumbnail list window. Captions and keywords are not included, and the images will not be catalogued or registered in a database as they are saved. In the Macintosh version of Nikon View 4, a thumbnail icon will be created for display in the Finder. Copying Images to Disk by Drag and Drop Images can also be copied to disk by dragging and dropping the selected thumbnails onto the desktop or another folder. Tutorial: The Thumbnail list window 26 Rotating Images Select the image or images you want to rotate from the thumbnail list and click the "90° CCW" or "90° CW" button. [. . . ] Format the memory card inserted in the camera, card slot, or card reader. Cascade Rotate Help Center Arrange the Thumbnail List window Display Mac OS help. Rotate the selected image(s) ninety and image windows so that they overdegrees clockwise or counter-clockShow/Hide Balloons lap. Thumbnail list Protect Nikon View 4 Help Activate the Thumbnail List window Change the protected status of the Open the Nikon View 4 help file. [. . . ]