E2 Browser for Windows
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1. Causes the next image to be displayed The image currently displayed will not be saved Cancels the save operation and returns you to the Main window 14 Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual 6 E2 Browser Operation 6 3 Deleting images This section explains how to delete selected images Save Delete II Attribute Information Deliver Images Delete icon Select images to be deleted from the Main window then select Delete from the right button pop up menu or click the Delete icon in the Main widow The Delete window will be displayed If two or more thumbnails are selected the Browser will delete the files in the order recorded Deleting files Delete this file Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual 15 6 E2 Browser Operation 16 6 4 Delete window buttons Delete Deletes the image currently previewed in the Delete window Delete All Deletes all selected images Skip When two or more items remain to be deleted clicking Skip allows you to move to the next item without deleting the image currently previewed in the Delete window Cancel Cancels the operation and returns to the Main window The images that have been deleted before pressing Cancel will not be restored Attribute information Attribute information for each image is recorded on the E2 E2s PC memory card This section explains how to display the attribute information for2. JOSMOIG ZJ Nikon Corporation Electronic Image Engineering Division Fuji Bldg 2 3 Marunouchi 3 chome 6ME40600 Chiyoda ku Tokyo 100 Japan Printed in Japan 95 4 Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual Introduction Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Nikon E2 Browser for Windows This manual explains how to install the software and how to use it Please read this manual thoroughly to ensure a good understanding of its contents Cautions ii e The reproduction of all or part of this manual without permission is prohibited e The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice e We have made every effort to produce an accurate manual but should you find any mistakes we would be grateful if you would kindly let us know e We shall take no responsibility for consequences resulting from the operation of this product despite the terms mentioned above Trademark Information IBM and IBM PC AT are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Adobe and Adobe Photoshop are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation Other brand or product names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 E2 Browser Functions ssscssscsssssssssccssccsssccssscssssessscssscessecees 1 Ze Package
3. application Click this button to adjust the monitor gamma and to specify the application that will be used to open image files Updates the thumbnail images in the Main window Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual 6 E2 Browser Operation 6 6 1 E2 Browser Operation To operate each function click the icon button or use the pop up menu Confirm that the PC card drive is connected to the computer Displaying images This section explains how to select the drive and directory containing the Source folder icon images to be displayed Click the Source folder icon in the Main window to display the Disk drive directory change window Disk drive directory change File Name Directories d pictures fed fr pictures List Files of Format Type JPEG amp TIFF Select the drive and directory containing the images to be displayed and click Read from here Once a drive and directory have been selected thumbnail previews of the files in that location will be displayed in the Main window Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual 11 6 E2 Browser Operation Functions of the items in the Disk drive directory change window List Files of Format Type Directories Drives Read from here Cancel 6 2 Saving images Files of the selected type are displayed in the File Name list box Select either JPEG amp TIFF or All Files Se
4. Browser Functions The E2 Browser for Windows makes it possible to transfer to IBM PC AT compatible computers images recorded on image memory cards using the Nikon E2 E2s digital still camera Images recorded by the E2 E2s can be read using a PC card drive The E2 Browser supports the following functions e thumbnail listing of all images stored in an image memory card e display of image attribute information transfer of image files from image memory cards to local disk where they can be saved for future reference e deletion of image files from image memory cards e multi display support e storage of image files e delivery of selected images to other applications which support JPEG and BMP formats these applications can be started from within the browser e support of uncompressed images 2 Package Contents The E2 Browser for Windows package contains the items listed below Check that nothing is missing from your package If there are any items missing please contact your dealer immediately e User s manual 1 Install disk 1 Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual 1 3 System Requirements 3 System Requirements In order to operate the E2 Browser for Windows the following system environment and software are necessary e an IBM PC AT compatible computers with i386 i486 or Pentium CPU e MS DOS 5 0 or higher e Windows 3 1 e SMB memory minimum over 16MB is recommended If other applications are to
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6. selected images Save Delete Attribute Information Deliver Images Information icon In the Main window select the images for which you want attribute information Then select Attribute information from the right button pop up menu or click the Information icon in the Main window The Attribute information window will be displayed When two or more images are selected the Browser will display the attribute information for each image in succession starting from the earliest image and continuing in the order the images were recorded The Attribute Information window gives the file name and date and time of recording as well as the image quality Hi Fine Normal Basic shutter speed and aperture settings used to record the image Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual 6 E2 Browser Operation Filename DSC00003 JPG Date Time 1994 11 17 13 21 22 Image quality mode Normal Shutter speed 17180 sec Aperture f11 Attribute information window buttons Ok Clicking this button displays the attribute information for the next image selected if any Cancel Closes the Attribute information window and returns you to the Main window 6 5 Preferences The Preferences window provides options which allow you to adjust monitor gamma and to specify the application to which images will be delivered Clicking the Preferences icon in the Main window opens the Preferences w
7. the text box causes that application to appear in the text box The directory containing the target application can be chosen from this list The drive containing the target application can be chosen from this pop up menu Select either Execute file EXE or All files The application displayed in the File Name text box will be selected as the target applica tion returning you to the Main window Cancels any changes to settings and returns you to the Main window 19 6 E2 Browser Operation Display Gamma Adjustment window When Adjust display Gamma is selected in the Preferences window the window shown below will be displayed when the OK button is clicked This window is used to adjust the monitor gamma so that images as displayed in the E2 Browser more closely match the image data recorded in the camera Display Gamma Adjustment Gamma 2 20 To ensure accurate gamma your display should first be set to 640X480 prior to making this adjustment Functions of the items in the Display Gamma Adjustment Window Scroll bar Drag the slider or click the arrow buttons to adjust the monitor gamma so that the area above the bar shows a single pattern with no striped areas Gamma value Gives the gamma value represented by the position of the slider bar Ok Returns you to the Main window All images in the browser will be displayed under the new gamma setting Canc
8. 5 2 Selecting images Click a thumbnail image once to select it To cancel the selection click the selected thumbnail image again while pressing the Ctrl key or click another thumbnail image To select two or more thumbnail images click each image in succession while pressing the Ctrl key To select all thumbnail images pull down the Control menu and choose Select All Move Minimize Close Alt F4 Switch To CtrltEsc Select All Ctrl A Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual 7 5 Main Window 5 3 Quitting the Browser To quit the browser select Close from the Control menu or double click the control menu box Move Minimize Close Alt F4 Switch To CtrltEsc Select All Ctri A 5 4 Main window functions Title bar Control menu Icon buttons Total number of images Thumbnail images Drag the title bar to move the window Offers the following functions Move Minimize Close Switch to and Select All The icon buttons can be used to access most Browser functions Displays the total number of files in the selected folder Displays thumbnail previews of image files recorded using the Nikon E2 E2s digital still camera Depending on the size of the monitor up to 20 or 30 images are displayed at one time from left to right and top to bottom in the order recorded Up to 999 thumbnail images can be displayed in one folder 8 Nikon
9. E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual 5 Main Window Date and Time Gives the date Month Day and time Hour Minute Second the file was created Scroll bar When all files cannot be displayed at one time click the scroll bar or arrow buttons to view the remaining thumbnails Nikon logo Clicking the Nikon logo displays the About dialog The About dialog gives a list of icon buttons together with a brief description of their functions see the About Dialog section on page 22 of this manual 5 5 Pop up menu Clicking a selected image with the right mouse button brings up the pop up menu shown below making it possible to perform the operations listed in the menu by selecting the relevant item instead of using the icon buttons Save Delete Attribute Information Deliver Images Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual 9 5 Main Window 5 6 Icon buttons The icon buttons are listed below together with their functions Click the icon button once to perform the associated operation Li Source folder icon NE Duplicate icon Delete icon Ep Information icon Ea Open with icon RI Preferences icon A Refresh thumbnail icon 10 Click this button to choose the image folder to be displayed in the Main window Saves selected images Deletes selected images Gives the attribute information for selected images Click this button to open selected images in another
10. be launched from the browser there must be enough free memory to support these applications while the browser is running e 4MB minimum available hard disk space over 40MB is recom mended Note that applications launched from the browser may require addi tional working hard disk space e 640 x 480 pixels e a color monitor of 640 x 480 pixels or more and which supports 16 7 million 64K 32K or 256 colors e a Nikon ED 10 PC card drive e an ADAPTEC AHA 1542CF SCSI card e ADAPTEC Inc s ASPIDISK software included with the Nikon ED 10 PC card drive e an application to which images can be delivered any application such as Adobe Photoshop which supports JPEG and BMP formats Note The version of ASPIDISK SYS included with the Nikon ED 10 PC card drive must be used Note A detailed description of the proper settings for ASPIDISK SYS may be found in the manual which comes with the ED 10 Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual 4 Installation Confirm that the Install disk is write protected and then install the E2 Browser for Windows as described below Step 1 Start up Windows Step 2 Insert the install disk into the floppy disk drive Step 3 Open the Program Manager window Step 4 Pull down the File menu and choose the Run command New Open Delete Del Properties Alt Enter Run Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual 3 4 Installation Step 5 The Run window will ap
11. ctions 1 Icon buttons 8 10 Attribute information 16 Information icon 10 16 Delete icon 10 15 Duplicate icon 10 12 Open with icon 10 21 Preferences icon 10 17 Refresh thumbnail icon 10 22 Source folder icon 10 11 Install disk 3 Installation 3 N Nikon logo 9 22 O Operation 11 P Package Contents 1 Pop up menu 9 Attribute Information 16 Delete 15 Deliver Images 21 Save 12 Preferences 17 Preferences window 18 Q Quitting the Browser 8 R Refreshing the thumbnail images 22 S Save Files as Type 13 Saving images 12 Saving images dialog 12 Scroll bar 9 select all thumbnail images 7 select two or more thumbnail images 7 Selecting images 7 SETUP EXE 4 Starting up the Browser 6 System Requirements 2 Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual 25 T Target Application Selection window 19 Thumbnail images 8 Title bar 8 Total image number 8 Troubleshooting 23 26 Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual
12. el Returns you to the Main window without changing the gamma adjustment value 20 Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual 6 E2 Browser Operation 6 6 Delivering images to other applications Selected images can be delivered to an application such as Adobe Photoshop which supports JPEG and BMP formats If the application is not running at the time the images are delivered it will be launched automatically The destination application for this operation is set through the Target Application Selection window in the Preferences dialog see 6 5 Preferences Save Delete Attribute Information Deliver Images Open with icon In the Main window select the images to be delivered to the other applica tion Select Deliver Images from the right button pop up menu or click the Open with icon in the Main window Copies of the selected images will then be opened in the destination application Note So that the original image files will not be affected the Browser saves copies of the images to a directory located in the same directory as the E2 Browser and named To_application the application portion of the directory name gives the first five letters of the target application s name These copies are then opened in the target application Note The copies delivered to the target application remain as back ups after the application has closed These files must be deleted manu ally when no l
13. indow Preferences icon Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual 17 6 E2 Browser Operation Preferences Select image delivery target Application Adjust display Gamma Preferences window buttons Option buttons Choose either Select image delivery target Application or Adjust display Gamma Ok Opens a window which allows you to change the settings for the option specified using the option buttons see below Cancel Closes the Preferences window 18 Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual 6 E2 Browser Operation Target Application Selection window When Select image delivery target Application is selected in the Prefer ences window the window shown below will be displayed when the OK button is clicked Using this window the application to which images are to be delivered can be selected Target Application Selection File Name photoshp exe List Files of Type Execute file EXE Functions of the items in File Name Directories Drives List Files of Type OK Cancel Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual Directories c photoshp fc E gt photoshp FI 3rdparty brushes FI calibrat EJ duotones palettes Drives E cimdos e the Target Application Selection window The name of the target application can be entered in this text box Clicking the name of one of the files in the list below
14. lect the directory containing the images to be displayed from this list Selects the drive containing the images to be displayed from the pop up menu Displays the images in the currently selected drive and directory Closes the window without changing the selected drive and directory This section explains how to save selected images Delete E Attribute Information Duplicate icon Deliver Images Select images to be saved from the Main window then select Save from the right button pop up menu or click the Duplicate icon in the Main window The Saving images window will be displayed 12 Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual 6 E2 Browser Operation Saving images File Names Automatic Manual No file name change File Name Directories Cantel c e2brws E cS amp gt e2brwse Save Files as Type Drives No conversion I 2 E e ibmdos e If two or more thumbnail images are selected the Browser saves the images in the order recorded Select the drive and directory to which the images are to be saved and if Manual has been selected from the File Names list of radio buttons enter a file name in the File Name text box Clicking Save then saves the file in the specified location Functions of the items in the Saving Images window Save Files as Type Specifies the format under which the current image will be saved One of No conversio
15. n TIFF TIF or BITMAP BMP can be chosen if No file name change has been selected from the File Names list of radio buttons however the only option avail able will be No conversion Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual 13 6 E2 Browser Operation File Names Automatic Manual No file name change File Name Directories Drives Save Save All Skip Cancel Specifies how file names will be assigned The following options are available A name is automatically assigned according to the computer s internal clock calendar and the format JPG TIF BMP in use at the time the file is saved A user specified file name is used Files are saved under the name assigned by the E2 E2s when the image was originally recorded A file name can be entered in this text box if Manual has been chosen from the File Names list of radio buttons Clicking one of the file names displayed in the list box causes the selected file name to appear in the text box The directory to which the currently displayed image is to be saved can chosen from this list The drive to which the currently displayed image is to be saved can chosen from this pop up menu Saves the image currently displayed If more images remain to be saved the Save Images window will reappear after this button is clicked Saves all selected images
16. nail does not represent the actual image file Thumbnails will be refreshed Message This program cannot support over 999 images Some images may not be displayed Message The current operation cannot continue due to insufficient disk space Action Increase space on the hard disk by erasing unnecessary files Message Cannot save Filename The target disk drive or the file to be saved is locked Message Cannot delete Filename The target disk drive or the file to be deleted is locked Message Drive Drive is not ready Insert a disk or a card and then try again Message Cannot read Filename The file may be damaged Action Confirm whether the selected file exists or not Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual 23 7 Troubleshooting 24 Message Action Message Action Message Message Message Message Message Message Message Message Message Message Message Message Cannot find Filename Confirm whether the selected file exists or not Cannot automatically generate Filename The same file name already exist in the current disk drive directory Save the file manually The same file name as Filename already exists Over write it The same file name as Filename already exists The file to be overwritten is a copy and not the original file Over write it Failed to launch Filename Se
17. onger needed Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual 21 6 E2 Browser Operation 6 7 Refreshing the thumbnail images Updates the thumbnail previews in the Main window A Refresh thumbnail icon To update the display click the Refresh thumbnail icon in the Main window 6 8 About dialog The About dialog can be displayed by clicking the Nikon logo in the Main window About the Nikon E2 Browser c 1995 Nikon corporation Q BD I amp Fw Fees Duplicate Delete Information Hren Preferences Refresh with folder umbnail Windows version 1 0E 22 Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual 7 Troubleshooting When an error occurs one of the following error messages will be dis played Take the action prescribed in the message or in the table below Message An unexpected error occurred Contact Nikon Technical Support Message Cannot load files necessary for program execution E2 Browser will quit Please install the Nikon E2 Browser again Message Cannot find settings file Click OK use factory default Action Follow the messages on the screen to take necessary measures Message Cannot find E2 image files in Filename Please change to the disk drive directory where the file is stored If you have moved the file to the current disk drive directory click the refresh button Message Cannot find displayed thumbnails Thumbnails will be refreshed Message The displayed thumb
18. pear In the Command Line text box enter the drive letter of the floppy disk drive followed by SETUP EXE if for example the install disk were in drive A you would enter A SETUP EXE Command Line A SETUP_EXE CJ Run Minimized Browse Click OK An initialization message will be displayed and then the following dialog will appear Nikon E2 Browser Installer r Welcome to the Nikon E2 Browser Installer Step 6 Clicking Continue causes the following window to be displayed Path Selection for Files s The setup program will copy all files into the r following directory Path C E2BRWS When the installation is completed a new program group will be added to the Program Manager 4 Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual 4 Installation Enter the path to the directory in which you wish to install the E2 Browser if no other path is chosen the program will be installed in the directory C VE2BRWS and click Continue The following message will appear while the browser is being installed Nikon E2 Browser Installer Source File A XBC402RTL DLL Destination File C E2BRWS BC402RTL DLL 11 To stop installation click Cancel Step 7 When installation is complete the following window will appear Nikon E2 Browser Installer ra The installation is completed Click OK to finish the installation Note When you fir
19. st start the E2 Browser after installation the message Cannot find E2 image files in C E2BRWS will appear and thumbnail images will not be displayed in the Main Window Click the Source Folder icon shown on page 11 to select the drive and directory containing the image files you wish to display Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual 5 5 Main Window 5 1 Starting up the Browser The Browser can be started by double clicking the E2 Browser icon shown at right The Main s window will then appear When you first start the E2 Browser after installation thumbnail images will not be displayed Refer to Section 6 1 for information on selecting the images to be displayed Control menu Total Icon buttons Title bar Nikon logo number of images box Nikon E2 Browser 0 B i J fa Nikon 2 Images 11 17 13 21 11 17 13 34 i Ai Thumbnail image 2 Scroll bar Month Day Hour Minute 6 Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual 5 Main Window The maximum number of images which can be displayed in the window at one time depends on the resolution of the monitor If the monitor is larger than 800 x 600 pixels up to 30 thumbnail images can be displayed A maximum 20 thumbnail images can be displayed when the monitor is smaller than 800 x 600 pixels while if the monitor is exactly 800 x 600 pixels either 20 or 30 thumbnails will be shown depending on what font has been chosen as the system font
20. t up target application in Preferences Target application does not support Drag amp Drop Set up new target application in Preferences File name is illegal Input new file name again Cannot save Filename The destination disk drive directory is the same as the source disk drive directory Please reset the destination disk drive directory Cannot read Filename The file may be damaged Cannot display the thumbnail of this file The current operation cannot continue due to insufficient memory Please quit other applications Program execution cannot continue due to insufficient memory Try setting a smaller size font or quit other applica tions to make more memory available E2 Browser may have problems Due to incorrect Filename library is used by other application Please quit other application and then re start E2 Browser Quit E2 Browser E2 Browser cannot run using this version of Windows Please use Windows 3 1 Target application does not support Drag amp Drop Set up new target application in Preferences Nikon E2 Browser for Windows User s Manual Index A About dialog 22 Attribute information window 16 C cancel the selection 7 Control menu 8 D Date and Time 9 Delete window 15 Deleting images 15 Delivering images to other applications 21 Display Gamma Adjustment window 20 Displaying images 11 drive directory change window 11 E E2 Browser icon 6 F Fun
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