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Sony DSC-F1 Operating Instructions

1. Sremo AGS Maceo IMAGEOO2 IMAGE003 Desktop J j IMAGEOO4 2 Selectthe Image file you want toopenand click Open Theselected image is displayed in fullsize i see Ne ATA i aBeu ue Bulunjde gt l Closing an image Click Close in the File menu continued Capturinganimage 111 el Opening an image file directly Saving in a different drive Click Desktop to display the available drives in thelist from which youcanselect the desired drive Making a new album folder Click New The dialog todefineanewalbum foldernameappears Type the new folder name and click Create Selecting the file type Click the downarrow button next to FileType and select the desired file type from the pull down list Notes Whenthedestination albumalready has image files the order oftheimagebeing copied dependson the existing filenames Incase the filename of animagetobecopied isthesameas thatof anexisting image file thedialog boxasking tochangethe filename oftheimagetobe copied appears 112 Capturing animage Saving the opened image in album Youcansave theimageonthehard diskinanalbum inthesame wayas the camera images Refer to Opening and saving the camera images of the Saving the cameraimagesinalbum onpage98 Saving the opened image as another file format 1 Select Save As inthe File menu The destination folder Clicking the downarrow displays pull down l
2. 82 Step 2 Connecting the Digital Still Camera icscctscsccesisivessnsssnscssestseesesees 84 Step 3 Setting up the Digital Still Camera iieis 85 Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Capturing an image Starting Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility 0 86 About the menus a Using the tool bar Setting the Preferences aii Opening the camera images 05 94 Opening the image from the album oo cece 94 Opening the image directly 97 Saving the camera images in album 98 Opening and saving the camera TIMAQES iain eeta enai 98 Saving all the camera images without opening them 004 100 Saving the selected camera images without opening them 005 101 Saving the camera images as another file typ e 103 Opening and saving the camera images norisa i eessen siiin 103 Saving all the camera images without opening them 105 Saving the selected camera images without opening them s s s 106 Opening an album of the hard disk 109 Opening an image file directly 111 Editing an image Changing the comment 113 Sorting the images scsesseserseseeeeee 114 Copying an image to another ALBUM os esscannitesscscetess hbadtapecentes 115 Deleting images 116 Printing images cceeeceeeesesseeseees 117 Changing the image display size 119 Rotating an image sssceeeen 120 Reviewing the image information 121 Transferring an image to the
3. 47 48 Opening an album of the hard disk Switching the comment and date display of an image Select either Show Caption or Show Date in the Option menu You can change the caption Displaying other thumbnails When hidden pages exist the scroll bar appears To scroll rows on a page click either up or down arrow To scroll page by page click somewhere between the arrow and the handle To display the desired page quickly drag the handle Status bar The status bar shows program information such as the progress of a time consuming task Depending on window content information such as file path name number of images and image siz is displayed Capturing an image 3 Double click the desired album thumbnail The image list of the selected album appears Status bar Caption or date display Image number Serial number of the images store in the hard disk The following icons on an image stand for kt Selected as album front cover You can change the album front cover with Set Album Cover in the Option menu see page 54 Protected from accidental erasure and editing see page 66 Click the image s you want to open the selected image frame becomes yellow and select Open Selected Album or Image in the File menu Or double click the image or click A on the tool bar For various ways to select images in the image list refer to page 33 The selected images are displayed in
4. Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility if it has been started You cannot start the Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 while the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility is accessing the camera 1 Select Select Source in the File menu The file menu name differs depending on the application The Select Source dialog box appears 2 Select Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 and click Select 3 Select Acquire in the File menu The file menu name differs depending on the application The Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 main menu window appears continued Using the TWAIN data source anos e ep NIVML 243 Buisn 69 Transferring a camera image to an application which supports the TWAIN protocol 4 dick ma The image list appears immediately Transfer button 5 Click the images which you want to transfer to the application then click The selected images are transferred to the application and the application window appears again To transfer another image Repeat steps 3 through 5 70 Using the TWAIN data source Others Troubleshooting Note The SERIAL menu defines the serial speed via the connecting cable After trying the following remedies if the problem persists please consult Sony Customer Technical Support Also refer to the operating instructions of the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 An error occurs during data transmission via cable e The connecting cable between the PC an
5. When you select JPEG file type and click OK the dialog box to define the image quality compression ratio appears You can select the image quality within the range from 1 to 100 Gag E om 100 Usually the larger number you select the lower compression ratio with the better image quality you get The file size however becomes larger Click OK to save the image Saving the selected camera images without opening them 1 Select Export Camera Images in the Camera menu or click on the tool bar The following dialog box appears E port amera Imar Drie Eser CATEMPNE _ _ 2 NEWDLG C Al baages G Selected lnages Select Range C Seket Last Image Only Currently selected folder The total number of images stored in the camera Displays the folders of one level upper the currently selected folder in the list box 2 Click the option button of Selected Images in the Selection block 3 Select the images to be saved Select Month Click up or down arrow or directly input Day Year the date All the images stored in the date are to be saved Select Range Click up or down arrow or directly input the image numbers of the first From and last To images to be saved All the images between the specified numbers are to be saved If you want to save only one image specify the same image number for both the boxes Select Last The last image stored is to be sav
6. face to face so that you can transmit image data from the camera to the PC or vice versa Controllable area is about 4 12 inches 10 30 cm in terms of straight line distance and 15 degrees right left up and down each in terms of conical angle O Check the Status tag of the Infrared Monitor in the Control Panel to see if the infrared device is detected O The figure above is an example of connecting the Digital Still Camera with a PC with the built in infrared communications device You can also use a PC equipped with an infrared adapter continued Setting up dn Burnes 21 Connecting via infrared port Notes Do not set the POWER Function dial to CAMERA which may occur data transmission error During the data communication in process do not change the position of the POWER Function dial 22 Setting up To resume data transmission In case the data transmission is interrupted and the Digital Still Camera becomes disabled resume the transmission as follows 1 Close all the windows of Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility being displayed on the PC monitor The buttons of the Digital Still Camera become enabled 2 Turn the POWER Function dial of the Digital Still Camera to OFF 3 Turn the POWER Function dial to CAMERA 4 Transmit the data again 5 Setting up the Digital Still Camera Before you start data communications between the PC an
7. Capturing animage Opening the image directly 1 Select Open Camera s Image in the Camera menu The following dialog box appears O Image List open Image H The total number of images The image currently displayed on the camera 2 Click Image and input the image number which you want to open in the Image No box 3 Click Open The selected images are displayed in full size Closing an album list image list or image Select Close in the File menu or click the close button The selected window is closed Capturing an image abew ue Burunjde gt i 97 Saving the camera images in album The order of the images to be saved Theimagesaresavedin thealphanumerical order of the filenames When the filenameor recorded dateis displayed underneath eachimage theimages areautomatically named IMAGE001 IMAGE002 and saved inthesameorder asinthecamera Whenthecommentis displayed the commentofeachimage becomesits filename and theimagesare stored inthe alphanumericalorder ofthecomments Youcanchange the order of theimages later page 114 Notes e Youcanselectallthe images ofall the pages withoutregard tothe pagebeing displayed Forhow toselect multipleimages see page96 98 Capturing an image Toquickly handleand process cameraimageson your PC save theselected camera imagesinalbum of the hard disk with or without opening them Opening and saving th
8. Diminishing an image 64 Drag and drop 56 Drag pointer 56 E Edit frame 67 Enlarging an image 64 F G H Features 8 File type 40 Image 10 Image filing system 9 Image information 66 Image list 10 Infrared Device Wizard 20 Infrared Monitor 19 71 Installer 8 Installing 14 Microsoft Windows 95 Infrared Communications Drive 19 PhotoStudio 16 Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility 14 J JPEG 40 M N Making a new album 36 Making a new album folder 36 Making a new folder 41 Menu Camera menu 25 Display menu 26 Edit menu 25 File menu 24 Help menu 28 Image menu 26 Options menu 27 Window menu 28 Moving albums or images 56 O Opening the camera images 31 Opening an image file directly 50 Opening an image list of the hard disk 47 Opening and saving the camera images 35 Operation flow chart 11 P PIC_CAM 9 Print Setup 62 Printing 62 Protection setting 66 Q Quittingthe Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility 23 R Rotating an image 65 S Saving Opening and saving the camera images 35 40 Saving all the camera images without opening them 37 43 Saving an image as another file format 51 Saving the camera images as anther file format 40 Saving the camera images in album 35 Saving in JPEG file type 42 Saving the selected camera images without opening them 38 45 Searching for images 61 Selecting an image 33 Selecting multipl
9. Open Single Image Open image number Theimagetobedisplayed atthe beginning The total number of the images stored in thecamera 2 Click Open Image List and input the image number which you wanttostart theimagelist within the Start with image number box Use thenumerickeystospecify theimagenumber orclickuparrow toincrease or downarrow to decreasethenumber 3 Click Open Theselected imagesare transferred from the camera the camera iconis displayed inred and theimagelist of thecamera is displayed continued Capturing an image abew ue Buunydep 31 32 Opening the camera images Switching the comment and date display of an image Selecteither Show Caption or Show Date inthe Options menu Youcanchange the caption Displaying other thumbnails When hidden pagesexist thescroll barappears Toscroll rows ona page click either upordown arrow Toscrollpageby page clicksomewhere between thearrowand thehandle Todisplay the desired page quickly drag the handle Status bar Thestatusbarshows programinformation suchas the progress ofa timeconsuming task Depending onwindow content informationsuch as file pathname numberofimagesand imagesizeis displayed Capturing animage Image number Caption or date display Status bar Camera icon The following icons onanimagestand for og Selected as album frontcover Youcanchange thealbum frontcover with Set Album Cover in the Option me
10. Option tag The hardware port number and simulation port number differ Set each port number correctly Others An error occurs during infrared data transmission The WIRELESS setting of the Digital Still Camera is not proper gt Select ON in the WIRELESS menu of the Digital Still Camera page 22 e The power of the Digital Still Camera is not turned on or set to CAMERA gt Set the POWER Function dial of the Digital Still Camera to PLAY page 22 e The infrared device or driver is not properly installed gt Check to see if the infrared hardware is built in your PC or an infrared adapter is properly connected to the proper hardware port number gt Check to see if the infrared driver is installed in the hard disk You can check the driver by opening the Option tag of the Infrared Monitor in the Control Panel The Serial Port in the Settings dialog box is not properly assigned gt Assign the proper simulation port in the Infrared Device Wizard page 20 gt Check to see that the Serial Port in the Settings dialog box of the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility is properly assigned page 30 The infrared ports of the Digital Still Camera and the PC are not properly oriented gt Place the two ports within the controllable area Remove an obstacle which may interrupt the infrared communications if any Also check the Status tag of the Infrared Monitor in the Contro
11. Rotates the image 180 degrees ewi ue Burnydep l Window menu Ye w File Edit Camera Display imege Go to Fifst Page Go lo Previous Page Go to Next Page Go to Last v image List in Album TestAlbum Go to First Page Displays the first page of the image list Go to Previous Page Displays one page before the current page of the image list Go to Next Page Displays one page after the current page of the image list Go to Last Page Displays the last page of the image list continued Capturinganimage 89 90 About the menus Option menu File Edit Camera Display Image Window Siiaanign Image nformation 1 Shaw Filename Show Recorded Dete Show Comment Delete Image Select Representative Update to Current Album Preferences Image Information Displays the image information window of the currently displayed image Show Filename Displays the file name for each image of the image list Show Recorded Date Displays the date recorded by the Digital Still Camera for each image of the image list Show Comment Displays the comment for each image of the image list Delete Image Delete the image s selected in the image list Select Representative Register the representative image of an album Update to Current Album Displays the updated image list Select this command after you turn off the Digital Still Camera record the images and then turn it on Prefe
12. Save To Album in the Camera menu or click on the tool bar The following dialog box appears Selected bnages Esaeet A O H C Select Range Fem r DH C Select Last Image Only Specifying the images to be stored Album cover thumbnail 2 Click the option button of Selected Images in the Selection block 3 Select the images to be saved Select Month Click up or down arrow or directly input Day Year the date All the images stored in the date are to be saved Select Range Click up or down arrow or directly input the image numbers of the first From and last To images to be saved All the images between the specified numbers are to be saved If you want to save only one image specify the same image number for both the boxes Select Last The last image stored is to be saved Image Only Deleting and renaming an album folder Select the desired album folder in the Folder list box and click Delete or Rename Stopping saving midway Press the Esc key You cannot stop saving in the infrared data communication Note After saving an image do not change the name of the file or folder nor delete them with the Explore Doing so will prevent displaying an album on the monitor When you should delete an image select Delete in the Edit menu of the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Making a new album folder In the Folder list box album folders contained
13. another port for either the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility or the communication software The Apple Talk is set to ON gt Turn off the Apple Talk to use the printer port Another communication software quits without releasing the model or printer port and the port becomes disabled gt Restart the Macintosh There may be some problem with the application Macintosh or Digital Still Camera gt Quit the application and turn off your Macintosh and the Digital Still Camera And turn on the Macintosh and the Camera Then start the application to see if the application works properly The memory space allocated to the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility is too small gt Allocate a larger memory space to the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility continued Others 125 OE a ee A Troubleshooting The Plug in does not work properly e The memory space allocated to the Plug in is too small gt Allocate a larger memory space to the application The Plug in may be incompatible with some of the extensions gt Start up your Macintosh holding down the Shift key to disable all extensions Check that the application works properly with System only Then restart your Macintosh holding down the Space bar to display the Extensions Manager control panel Turn off or on problematic extensions in the panel to verify which is incompatible with the Plug in Cannot open the camera imag
14. as follows Colors Move the scroll bar to the point where you can find that the colors of the right and left sides match as much as possible for red green and blue Contrast rate of gamma Usually set to 1 0 When you adjust the color of the monitor the rate of gamma that is specifically for the monitor can be adjusted to a certain Capturinganimage 27 Printing images Youcan printanalbumlist animage list oranimage 1 Turn onthe power of the printerand makeit ready for printing 2 Display the window you wantto print To print Do this an album list Select Open Camera in the Camera menu or Open Folder in the File menu or click or in the tool bar an image list Double click the desired album in the album list an image Double click the desired image in the image list or select Open File in the File menu or click in the tool bar to designate the image file to be opened Note Before youstartprinting 3 Select Print Setup in the Filemenu the printer drivershould A beinstalledin your hard The Print Setup dialog boxappears Set each disk itemaccording to your printer T 7 Print Setup Setting more details Click Options to display the Printer Properties window where youcan setmore details of the printer s specifications Printer The printer whose driver is selected is displayed as the Default printer Usually select Default printer To select another printer click Specific prin
15. camera Displays the folders of one level upper the currently selected folder in the list box 2 Click the option button of All Images in the Selection block 3 Select the destination drive and folder in which the images are to be saved and file type To select the drive Click the desired drive in the Drive list box To select the folder Double click the desired folder in the Folder list box so that the folder is displayed as currently selected folder above the list box To select the file type Click the file type in the Save as type drop down list box continued Capturinganimage 43 44 I sl Saving the camera images as another file format Stopping saving midway Press the Esc key You cannot stop saving in the infrared data communication Note If you select TIFF the file is created in Class R Capturing animage Making a new folder In the Folder list box folders contained in the currently selected folder are listed To add a new folder to the list click Create New Folder In the Set Folder Name dialog box input the new folder name and click OK Click OK Each image is stored in the specified folder in the specified file type with a file name psn serial number The file is automatically numbered in serial starting from one larger number than the largest number of the files already stored in the currently selected folder Saving in JPEG file type
16. customer services complete and return the registration card included in your package For the latest information For the latest information on this product refer to the following For Windows readme txt file on the supplied CD ROM using the Windows Notepad program You can open the file by clicking Start Programs Sony and then Supplement For Macintosh ReadMe file on the supplied CD ROM using the Simple Text Trademarks IBM and PC AT are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation e Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation registered in the U S A and other countries e Apple Macintosh and Power PC are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc registered in the U S A and other countries e QuickTime is a trademark of Apple Computer Inc Adobe and Photoshop are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated PhotoStudio is a registered trademark of ArcSoft Inc All other trademarks and registered trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders About this manual This instruction manual is divided into two sections ASRS _ sic Ve The former section explains how to use the PC Connecting Kit for Windows Before you begin page 8 Explains features of the PC connecting kit Also explains the system requirements for using this product Setting up page 13 Ex
17. driver Usually use the default port number In the Settings dialog box of an infrared communications application such as the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility the same port number as set here should be specified Notes Place the infrared ports of the camera and PC within the controllable area Do not place them too far nor too close which may interrupt transferring or cause noises Do not cover the infrared ports with your hand or any other objects Infrared rays cannot pass through a wall opaque glass etc If they pass through glass etc the controllable distance becomes short Do not turn off the power of the camera or interfere with communication during transmitting the data which may cause a transmission failure We suggest you use the Digital Still Camera with the AC power adapter Also refer to the online manual of the Infrared Data Communications Driver Uninstalling the software When the software becomes unnecessary remove all the software files from your hard disk as follows 1 Select Add Remove Programs in the Control Panel 2 Select Infrared Support for Windows 95 Version 2 0 in the Add Remove Programs Properties and double click Add Remove 4 Connecting the Digital Still Camera Your PC Digital Still Camera DSC F1 Infrared port O Place the infrared port located on the front panel of the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 and that of your PC
18. for details 2 Click the comment box of the image whose comment you want to change The comment box is highlighted eae m Q a 3 Q D 5 3 Comment box Q 3 Type the comment in the comment box 4 Press the enter or return key The comment is changed Changed comment Editinganimage 113 Sorting the images How the file name of each image is named When the camera images are copied onto the hard disk each image is named as follows When the file name or recorded date is displayed underneath each image in the image list the images are automatically named IMAGEO001 IMAGE002 according to the order stored in the camera When the comment is displayed the comment of each image becomes its file name and the images are stored in the alphanumerical order of the comments Tips for inputting a comment as a file name You can input up to 14 numbers and letters in a comment To manage the image files we suggest you mix the letters and numbers For example use letters to divide the images into groups and use numbers to sort them within each group as follows Childreno01 Children002 Children003 Sea001 Sea002 Sea003 Sky001 Sky002 Sky003 Editing animage The images in album of the hard disk are positioned according to the alphanumeric order of their file names You can rename and sort them using the following two methods Sorting the images by renaming
19. formatis sssesrssirssariesisiinsasi 40 Opening and saving the camera UMA BOS 22 sccscteisscietsscavesseetatictesecescoasuse 40 Saving all the camera images without opening them 0 43 About this manual cece 3 Getting started occ eccesseeeereeeetenees 6 Saving the selected camera images without opening them 45 Opening an album of the hard disk 47 Opening an image file directly 50 Capturing an image from TWAIN devj e aa 53 Editing an album Changing the album front cover 54 Changing the caption sescesenee 55 Moving albums or images drag and drop scessesseeneeees 56 Copying an image to another album 57 Copying with the File menu 59 Deleting images or albums 0 60 Searching for images sceeeeseees 61 Printing images ccsceeseeseeereesesees 62 Changing the image display size 64 Rotating an image scseeccesessesessseeses 65 Reviewing the image information 66 Transferring an image to the camera wcsccss cecsssesseitersiaccguyseeevtax 67 Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 Using the TWAIN data source Transferring camera images to an application which supports the TWAIN protocol oo eee 69 Others Troubleshooting cccceeseseeesenee 71 Index Before you begin Feat t eSenior nnn ann 78 System requirements ssccseseeeeeee 81 Setting up Step 1 Installing the software
20. full size Closing an album list image list or images Click Close in the File menu Saving the image You can save the images in album or other file types Refer to Saving the camera images in album to save them in album format or Saving the camera images as another file format to save them in standard file type including BMP TIF and JPEG Capturing an image 6ew ue Burunjde gt i 49 Opening an image file directly You can open an image stored in the hard disk by designating its file name In addition to a PMP album format file you can open a BMP TIF or JPEG file 1 Select Open File in the File menu or click gBfin the tool bar The following dialog box appears r The selected folder 2 Select the image file you want to open To select the drive Click the desired drive in the Drives drop down list box To select the folder Click the desired folder in the Directories list box To select the file type Click the desired file type in the List Files of Type drop down list box The files of the selected file type are listed in the File name list box Select All Files to display the files of all the types To select the file name Click the desired file name in the File Name list box or input the file name directly in the text box 3 Click OK The selected image is displayed in full size 50 Capturing an image Closing an image Select Close in t
21. image is compressed in a small data size but the original image cannot be perfectly reproduced The file extension is jpg Opening and saving the camera images 1 Follow the steps 1 through 3 of Opening the camera images page 31 to display the image list i of the camera 40 Capturing an image 2 Click the thumbnails of the desired images To save all the images select Select All in the Edit menu The frame of the selected image is highlighted in yellow 3 Select Export Images in the File menu or click on the tool bar The following dialog box appears Felder C TEMP Currently selected folder Displays the folders of one level upper the currently selected folder in the list box 4 Select the destination drive and folder in which the images are to be saved and file type To select the drive Click the desired drive in the Drive list box To select the folder Double click the desired folder in the Folder list box so that the folder is displayed as currently selected folder above the list box To select the file type Click the file type in the Save as type drop down list box Making a new folder In the Folder list box folders contained in the currently selected folder are listed To add a new folder to the list click Create New Folder In the Set Folder Name dialog box input the new folder name and click OK continued Capturing an image abe u
22. images on your PC use the installer to install Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility and Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 The installation process is the same as that for connecting via cable Follow the steps explained in pages 14 and 15 dn Bunjas 2 Installing PhotoStudio To edit the Digital Still Camera images on your PC use the installer to install PhotoStudio onto your hard disk The installation process is the same as that for connecting via cable Follow the steps explained in page 16 3 Installing Microsoft Windows 95 Infrared Communications Driver To perform infrared communications with the Digital Still Camera use the installer to install Microsoft Windows 95 Infrared Communications Driver Version 2 0 Install this driver software if it is not installed on the Windows 95 of your PC You can use this driver under Windows 95 only When using Window 3 1 do not install this driver Under Windows 95 1 Turn on your PC and start up Windows 95 2 Insert the supplied CD ROM into the CD ROM drive on your PC The Sony DSC Setup dialog box appears 3 Click Cancel The screen returns to Windows 95 4 Click the Start button and then click Run The Run dialog box appears continued Settingup 19 20 DN rs 5 el Connecting via infrared port Note If the built in infrared communications device is set to OFF you cannot set the port number on the screen Refer to the PC
23. in the Dscalbum folder of the root directory are listed with the album caption To add a new album folder to the list click New under the list box In the Album Title dialog box input the new folder name and click OK Making a new album In the Album list box albums contained in the selected album folder are listed Each album folder can store the maximum of 30 albums including no more than one empty album Therefore you can add only one new album namely an empty album without album cover thumbnail To make the new album PIC number click New under the list box Select the destination album folder and album to which the images are saved and click OK Each image is stored in the specified album with a file name psn number Capturing an image afew ue Burunjde gt i 39 Saving the camera images as another file format To quickly handle and process camera images on your PC save the selected camera images as standard file format including BMP TIFF or JPEG with or without opening them Selecting the file type BMP The bitmap format supported generally by Windows The file extension is bmp TIFF Stands for Tagged Image File Format which is widely used to store a bitmap image of various resolutions The file extension is tif JPEG Stands for the group named Joint Photographic Experts Group who standardized the compression system of the still image The
24. pecial 20 4 install PhotoStudio DSC sl When you are using the Power Macintosh copy the PhotoStudio Photostudio SC for PewerrC DSC for PowerPC folder to your hard disk When you are using the 68K protested for 6x0 Macintosh copy the PhotoStudio DSC for 680x0 folder to your hard disk For the details on installation refer to the PhotoStudio DSC online documentation 82 Setting up Note The folder name to which the Sony Digital Still Camera Plug in is copied differs depending on the application you use For example when you use Adobe PhotoShop 3 0 the plug in should be copied onto the Acquire Import folder of the Plug ins folder For the details refer to the user s manual of the application Fg Sor mea File Edit View Label Special 5 Install the Sony Digital Still Camera Plug in Open the PhotoStudio DSC for PowerPC makil ma or PhotoStudio DSC for 680x0 Ea folder and then open the Plug ins mann aE ta folder Phig ins Drag the Sony Digital Still Camera Plug in icon _ onto the Acquire folder Ci in the Plug ins folder With the Sony Digital Still Camera Plug in copied you can capture images from the Sony Digital Still Camera DSC F1 Photostudio OSC oo 3 Ta Am Ee Gi Tet N for PowerPC PhotoStudio DSC for 680x0 Ss ontine rarer BSC for me a PhotoStudio 0SC PhotoStudio Bro
25. rotate an image review the image information print and transfer an image and other editing features Sony Digital Still Camera Plug in Using the Plug in page 123 Explains how to transfer a camera image into the application which supports Adobe Photoshop Plug in Others page 125 Gives additional information Explanations in this manual assume that you are familiar with basic Windows and Macintosh operations For how to use your computer and operating systems please refer to the respective manuals Table of contents Before you begin etast EAEE EEE 8 System requirements csseeeeee 12 Setting up Determining how to connect the Digital Still Cametacviscacanenesacndeceen 13 Connecting via cable cscceescees 14 Connecting via infrared port 19 Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Capturing an image Starting Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility ees About the menus Using the tool bar Changing system settings 04 30 Opening the camera images 31 Opening the image from the album slektini 31 Opening the image directly 34 Saving the camera images in album 35 Opening and saving the camera Images aspris rtt sere eiiiai ian 35 Saving all the camera images without opening them 00 37 Saving the selected camera images without opening them 4 38 Saving the camera images as another file
26. selected image s to an application Closes the window 3 Select the image to be transferred Depending on the application you can transfer multiple images at a time When you transfer multiple images press and hold down the shift key as you click the desired images or double click one of the selected images The selected image is or images are transferred to the application To transfer other images Repeat steps 2 and 4 Using the Plug in Others Troubleshooting Note The SERIAL menu defines the serial speed via the connecting cable After trying the following remedies if the problem persists please consult Sony Customer Technical Support Also refer to the operating instructions of the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 An error message appears or an error occurs e The connecting cable between your Macintosh and the Digital Still Camera is not fitted properly gt Connect the cable properly page 84 e The power of the Digital Still Camera is not turned on gt Set the POWER Function dial of the Digital Still Camera to PLAY page 85 The WIRELESS and SERIAL menu settings of the Digital Still Camera is not proper gt Select OFF in the WIRELESS menu and 38400 in the SERIAL menu of the Digital Still Camera page 85 The same modem or printer port may be used by another communication software gt Check which port the communication software uses and assign
27. themenuortool the imageis rotated 90 degreesin thecounterclockwise direction Rotation an image 180 degrees Select Flip in the Image menu or click iin the tool bar Each time youselect the menuortool theimageis rotated 180degrees Editinganimage 65 i ee EN Reviewing the image information Youcanview theimageinformationand revisesome of theitems 1 Display theimageorselect theimageintheimage list whose information you want toreview See Opening the camera images page31 or Openinganalbum of the hard disk page 47 for details 2 Select Informa tion in the Image menu or click inthe toolbar The following dialog boxappears Image Quality standard Shutter Speed i Flash OFF Recerded Date 06 02 1997 10 31 BaitedDate OF z p9 to Br cim Oii Protected 3 Reviewthe settings when theimageis recorded Image Quality The image quality mode compression ratio when the image is recorded FINE STANDARD SNAPSHOT Shutter Speed The shutter speed when the image is recorded Flash The flash is used ON or not used OFF when the image is recorded Recorded Date The date when the image is recorded Edited Date You can manually input the date when the image is transferred or edited Caption You can input a caption in the text box Protected Check to set the protection Do not check to release the protection to edit or delete the im
28. O port on the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 For a Macintosh with the built in modem use the printer port To resume data transmission In case the data transmission is interrupted and the Digital Still Camera becomes disabled resume the transmission as follows 1 Close all the windows of Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility being displayed on the Macintosh monitor The buttons of the Digital Still Camera become enabled 2 Turn the POWER Function dial of the Digital Still Camera to OFF 3 Turn the POWER Function dial to PLAY 4 Transmit the data again Step 3 Setting up the Digital Still Camera The SERIAL menu defines the serial speed via the connecting cable 38400 means 38 400 bps Note During the data communication in process do not change the position of the POWER Function dial Before you start data communications between the PC and the Digital Still Camera set up the Digital Still Camera as follows For the details refer to the instruction manuals of the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 MENU EXECUTE POWER Function jog dial Digital Still Camera DSC F1 1 Set the POWER Function dial to PLAY 2 To activate the data transmission via the connecting cable set the menu as follows Menu Select WIRELESS OFF SERIAL 38400 CAMERA MENU CAMERA MENU SERIAL SPEED WI ees 9600 ON 19200 _ The Digital Still Camera is ready for commun
29. Open Selected Image in the File menu Or double click the image The selected images are displayed in full size continued Capturing an image unde l aBewi ue Buin 95 Opening the camera images How to select and cancel images in the image list O Selecting an image Click the desired thumbnail of the image list the image is selected Click another thumbnail and that image is selected instead of the previous image To cancel the selection click somewhere in the background without an thumbnail O Selecting multiple images To select multiple images Press and hold down the Shift key as you click the desired images To select all the images in the image list Select Select All in the Edit menu To cancel the selection Press and hold down the Shift key as you click the selected images The selection is canceled To cancel the selection of all the images select Select None in the Edit menu To open all the selected images While pressing the Shift key double click one of the selected images Or select Open Selected Image in the File menu Closing an album list image list or image Select Close in the File menu or click the close button The selected window is closed Switching the active window You can switch the active window using the following methods e Click a part of the desired window Click the desired file listed in the Window menu The image files currently opened 96
30. PC the selectableserialspeeds bps are limited Before you begin Your PCandsystemsoftware must meet the following minimumrequirements to use this product e IBM PC AT or compatible CPU 80386SX 66MHzand above RAM 16MBor more OS Microsoft Windows3 1 or Windows95 e Hard diskspace 40MB or more depending onthe sizeand numberof images you store e Acolormonitor witha video board or video driver todisplay640 480 pixelsand 256 colors orbetter A video board with 16 770 000 colorsis recommended e CD ROM drive e RS 232Cport serialspeedselectableamong 9600bps 19200bps 38400bps or infrared port Setting up Determining how to connect the Digital Still Camera Before using this software to capture the Digital Still Camera Images onto your PC the Camera and your PC should be properly connected and the necessary software modules should be correctly installed in your Operation flow in connecting via cable 1 Installing the Sony Digitai Still Camera Album Utility Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 and PhotoStudio Connecting the Digital Still Camera Setting up the Digital Still Camera setting the menu and making the camera ready for communication Operation flow in connecting via infrared port 1 Installing the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 and PhotoStudio Installing Microsoft Windows 95 Infrared Communications Driver Connectin
31. S ONY 3 859 881 13 1 e PC Connecting Kit Operating Instructions For the latest information on this product For Windows Refer to the readme txt file on the supplied CD ROM For Macintosh Refer to the ReadMe file on the supplied CD ROM 1997 by Sony Corporation Notice for users Program 1997 Sony Corporation Documentation 1997 Sony Corporation All rights reserved This manual or the software described herein in whole or in part may not be reproduced translated or reduced to any machine readable form without prior written approval from Sony Corporation IN NO EVENT SHALL SONY CORPORATION BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES WHETHER BASED ON TORT CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MANUAL THE SOFTWARE OR OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN OR THE USE THEREOF By breaking the seal of the envelope of the CD ROM package you accept all the terms and conditions of this agreement If you do not accept these terms and conditions please return this disk envelope unopened along with the rest of the package immediately to the dealer where you obtained it Sony Corporation reserves the right to make any modification to this manual or the information contained herein at any time without notice The software described herein may also be governed by the terms of a separate user license agreement User registration To receive the
32. a new album In the Album list box albums contained in the selected album folder are listed Each album folder can store the maximum of 30 albums including no more than one empty album Therefore you can add only one new album namely an empty album without album cover thumbnail To make the new album PIC number click New under the list box Select the destination album folder and album to which the images are to be saved and click OK Each image is stored in the specified album with a file name psn number Note When the image list or images of the camera are displayed close them before selecting Save To Album Deleting and renaming an album folder Select the desired album folder in the Folder list box and click Delete or Rename Saving all the camera images without opening them 1 Select Save To Album in the Camera menu or click gj on the tool bar The following dialog box appears C Selected Images f Sckect Month Day Year i Select Range Select Last Image Only i All Images i i 1 H L The total number of the images stored in the camera Album cover thumbnail 2 Click the option button of All Images in the Selection block and click OK Making a new album folder In the Folder list box album folders contained in the Dscalbum folder of the root directory are listed with the al
33. age You cannot change from the PC 4 dick OK to close the window 66 Editing animage Transferring an image to the camera Note Whentransferringa smallerimage select Best Fit640 x480 inthe Imagemenu Transferring an image in the image list Intheimagelist select theimage s tobe transferred Thenselect Copy toCamera inthe Camera menu The selected imageisor imagesareadded tothe camera withlandscape position Rotatethe image ifnecessary You can transfer a BMP TIFF JPEG or PMP image file tothecamera Since the image being stored in the cameraislimitedto640 x480pixels alargerimage should be diminished or trimmed 1 Display theimageto be transfertothecamera 2 eTo adjust the image to fit 640 x 480 pixels Select BestFit640 480 intheImagemenu or click Jin the tool bar The image is resized to 640 x 480 pixels Skip thesteps3and 4 e To trim the image to 640 x 480 pixels or smaller Select Show Edit Frame or click Elin the tool bar Theeditframeappears 3 Movetheedit frametoassign theareatobe transferred Toadjust the framesize drag its corner Tomove theframeitself dragsomewhereon the frame except forcorners continued Editing an image abew ue Hunip3 l 67 68 Transferring an image to the camera Note Fortheimage quality refer totheinstruction manualof the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 Editing animage 4 Select Copy in the Edit menu or click onthe tool bart
34. anager to move the software files Uninstalling the software When the software becomes unnecessary remove all the software files from your hard disk as follows 1 2 3 Follow the steps 1 and 2 on page 14 to display the Sony DSC Setup dialog box Click Uninstall The component files are deleted from your hard disk Click Exit Under Windows 3 1 1 2 Turn on your PC and start up Windows 3 1 Insert the supplied CD ROM into the CD ROM drive on your PC Open the Program Manager or File Manager and choose Run in the File menu The Run dialog box appears In the command line entry box type the drive letter for your CD ROM drive followed by a colon and a backslash and the word setup exe For example if your CD ROM drive is on drive D d setup exe Click OK The dialog box closes and the Sony DSC Setup dialog box appears Click Install Setup program starts up The confirmation dialog appears Click Yes The dialog notifying that the installation is completed appears i 8 Click OK Uninstalling the software Follow the steps of Uninstalling the software of Windows 95 above continued Setting up dn Bunas l 15 e eain n E a a u Connecting via cable 2 Installing PhotoStudio To edit the Digital Still Camera images on your PC use the installer to install PhotoStudio onto your hard disk Under Windows 95 T Turon y
35. and copying to a new album 1 Display the image list on the hard disk See Opening an album of the hard disk page 109 for details 2 Select Show Comment in the Option menu or click y on the tool bar 3 Input comments page 113 The comment for each image will become its file name when it is copied to an album Inputa comment so that the image will be placed in the desired position when sorted first in the numerical order and then in the alphabetical order A Select Select All in the Edit menu All the images are selected 5 Select Save in Album in the File menu The Select Album Folder window appears 6 Click New define a folder name and then click Create A new album folder is created T Click Select All the images are sorted according to the file name and copied to the new album Drag and drop the unnecessary album into the trash Renaming the files in the finder You can also change names of the image files in the Macintosh finder Click the file name and type a new file name so that the file is placed in the desired position in the album Copying an image to another album Tip You can use the File menu to copy the selected item s In step 3 select Save in Album or Save as File in the File menu For the details refer to Saving the camera images in album page 98 or Saving the camera images as another file type page 103 Note The position where the i
36. animagelist window andan image windoware displayed incascade You can switch theactive window the window selectedand displayed front using the following e Click the desired window listed in the Option pull downmenu e Clicka part of the desired window You can easily select the window by selecting Tile inthe Window menu to display all the windowsintile e Pointto in thealbum list and image list windowsor in animagewindow inthetitlebar and click NexfWindow until the desired window displaysactive Capturing an image continued abe ue Bulanyde gt H 33 Opening the camera images Opening the image directly 1 Select Open Camera in the Camera menu or click Ajon thetoolbar The following dialog boxappears Open Camera C Open Image List Start with image numb er amp Qpen Single Image Theimagecurrently displayed on thecamera 2 Click Open Single Image and input theimage number which you wantto open inthe Open imagenumber box Use thenumerickeys tospecify theimage number orclick uparrow toincrease or downarrow to decrease thenumber 3 Click Open Theselectedimagesare displayed in fullsize 34 Capturing an image Saving the camera images in album To quickly handle and process camera images on your PC save the selected camera images in album of the hard disk with or without opening them The album is stored in the album folder of the Dscalbum folder in the each drive s
37. bum caption To add a new album folder to the list click New under the list box In the Album Title dialog box input the new folder name and click OK Making a new album In the Album list box albums contained i the selected album folder are listed Each album folder can store the maximum of 30 albums including no more than one empty album Therefore you can add only one new album namely an empty album without album cover thumbnail To make the new album PIC number click New under the list box continued Capturing an image afew ue Buiinyde gt 37 38 a a a a a eR CS ae Saving the camera images in album Stopping saving midway Press the Esc key You cannot stop saving in the infrared data communication Note After saving an image do not change the name of the file or folder nor delete them with the Explore Doing so will prevent displaying an album on the monitor When you should delete an image select Delete in the Edit menu of the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Note When the image list or images of the camera are displayed close them before selecting Save To Album Capturing an image 3 Select the destination album folder and album to which the images are saved and click OK Each image is stored in the specified album with a file name psn number Saving the selected camera images without opening them 1 Select
38. camera ececssesesserreveesessesnsens 122 Sony Digital Still Camera Plug in Using the Plug in Transferring camera images to your application ceseeeceeereeseeereeeeee 123 Others Troubleshooting 0 125 INndO X sath aaa ie ntet 127 Getting started The items used in this product are supplied in the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 package together with the other supplied accessories Unpack the package and pick up the following items i Hybrid CD ROM for IBM PC AT compatible PC and Macintosh including PhotoStudio 1 Operating instructions for PC Connecting Kit 1 Registration card 1 For Windows Operating Instructions Before you begin i 5 Features The PC Connecting Kit for Windows comprises the connecting cableand the CD ROM which includes thefollowing H Installer Setup exe Installs the following O Application software Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Version 1 5 Capturesimages from theSony Digital Still Camera DSC F1 and edits them e Captures Digital Still Camera images with or without opening themand copies themonto the hard diskin the desired file format Offersa variety ofalbumandimageediting functions moves the position ofanimageinan album copiesimages toanotheralbum deletes images searches forimages zoomsand rotates images prints animage and transfersan image froma hard disk You canalso capturean image froma TWAIN device suchas a digital i
39. ces Customizing the menu Assigning a special operational purpose to a menu is called Customizing In the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility you can customize the two menu items Open Camera s Image and Save Camera s Image by specializing the images to be opened and saved QuickTime decompresses JPEG images more quickly than the original software does In case colors of the image are not displayed normally use the original software Capturing an image Before you start using the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility set the preferences to comply the software with the Sony Digital Still Camera DSC F1 You can select the software to decompress a JPEG image the way an image is transferred to the camera and customise some menu items In case colors of the image captured are not displayed normally or a communication error occurs frequently check the preferences 1 Select Preferences in the Option menu The Preferences window appears genera Use QuickTime for decompressing index image RA Use QuickTime for decompressing full size image QI Fit in size on saving small image 2 Click the general tab to set the following O Use QuickTime for decompressing index image Check the check box when you use QuickTime to decompress JPEG images and to display the image list on the monitor Do not check when you use the original software O Use QuickTim
40. d the Digital Still Camera is not fitted properly gt Connect the cable properly page 17 e The power of the Digital Still Camera is not turned on gt Set the POWER Function dial of the Digital Still Camera to PLAY page 18 e The WIRELESS setting of the Digital Still Camera is not proper gt Select OFF in the WIRELESS menu of the Digital Still Camera page 18 The serial speed of your computer does not match that of the Digital Still Camera gt Select the same serial speed in the Settings dialog box as set in the SERIAL menu of the Digital Still Camera page 18 gt Check that the serial speed selected in the Settings dialog box matches that of your PC Some PC does not support all of the serial speed options page 30 e The Serial Port in the Settings dialog box is not properly assigned gt Assign the Serial Port to which the connecting cable is inserted page 30 e The Serial Port selected in the Settings dialog box may be used by another communication software gt Check which serial port the communication software is used and assign another serial port for either the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility or the communication software continued Others S190 71 72 Troubleshooting Notes e You can check the simulation port number and the port which the infrared device is installed Double click the Infrared Monitor icon in the Control Panel and click the
41. d the Digital Still Camera set up the Digital Still Camera as follows For the details refer to the instruction manuals of the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 MENU EXECUTE POWER Function jog dial Digital Still Camera DSC F1 1 Set the POWER Function dial to PLAY 2 To activate the data transmission via the infrared port set the WIRELESS menu to ON Setting with the SERIAL menu is not necessary CAMERA MENU WIRELESS OFF The Digital Still Camera is ready for communication via cable Starting Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Using Windows 95 1 Start up Windows 95 on your PC 2 Clickthe Start button onthetaskbar 3 Pointto Programs and to Sony and thenclick 8 y Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility The Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility startsup SONY Digital Stil Catnera Album Ulilifya e Themain window appears Quitting the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Select Exit inthe File menu Using Windows 3 1 1 Start Windows3 1 and run the Program Manager and double click Sony group 2 Double click Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility iconand select Open in the Icon menu Quitting the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Select Exit in the Filemenu Capturing an image abew ue Burunyde gt i 23 24 About the menus The Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility consists of the
42. e follow the steps 2 and 3 Edit frame Transferring a small image When the option Fit in size ort saving small image is checked in the Preferences window a small image will be enlarged to 640 x 480 pixels and transferred to the camera When the option is not checked a small image will be transferred as it is Using the Plug n i i Transferring camera images to your application You can transfer Digital Still Camera images directly to the supplied software PhotoStudio or other applications which support the Adobe PhotoShop Plug in Before you start e Make sure you have done the necessary preparations as described in pages 82 through 85 e Set the application memory as large as possible The minimum Memory Requirements the Suggested size plus 3000KB to the Preferred size 1 Start up PhotoStudio or other application 2 Select Acquire and then Sony Digital Still Camera in the File menu Menu names differ depending on the application After your Macintosh accesses the Digital Still Camera the image list window appears ul Bnjq ay Buisp Date or comment display continued Using the Plug in 123 124 SE ee Transferring camera images to your application Using the tool bar Displays the first page Displays the previous page Displays the next page Displays the last page Displays the recorded or imported date Displays the comment of the image Transfers the
43. e images 33 SERIAL menu 18 Serial port 17 30 Serial speed 30 Setting up the Digital Still Camera 18 22 Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 69 Starting Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility 23 Status bar 32 Stopping saving midway 36 Switching the active window 33 Switching the comment and date display of an image 32 System requirements 12 System settings 30 T Thumbnail 10 TIFF 40 Tile 57 Transferring an image to the camera 67 Transferring an image in an image list 67 Transferring camera images to a TWAIN application 69 Troubleshooting 71 TWAIN 53 69 U Using the tool bar 29 Z Zoom In 64 Zoom Out 64 Others 1940 l 75 For Macintosh Operating Instructions Before you begin Features What is Plug in The Plug inisan interface whichallowsimagedata transfer fromaninput devicesuchasadigital scannerand digital still camera toanapplication Tocaptureanimageofa particulardeviceintoa particularapplication youneed toinstall the Plug in module compatible with both the deviceand the application Before you begin The PC Connecting Kit for Macintosh comprises the connecting cableand the CD ROM whichincludes the following Ta Application software Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility DSC F1 Album Capturesimages fromtheSony Digital Still Camera DSC F1 and edits them e Captures Digital Still Cameraimages with or without opening themand copies them onto
44. e inthe Camera menu The following window appears All images i O Selected images Image No O Only Last Image O Recorded Date f i f 2 Select All Images and click OK The following window appears Select Folder to Save Thedestination folder where thecamera imagesare tobesaved When youclick New anew folderis created under this folder 3 Selectthedestination folderand filetypein which theimagesare to besaved and click Select Theselected cameraimagesaresaved inthe destinationalbum folderasa specified filetype with a name IMAGE serial number Stopping saving midway Pressthe Jand keystogether continued Capturing an image aGBew ue Bulunjde gt l 105 Saving the camera images as another file type Note When theimagelistor images of thecameraare displayed closethem before selecting Saveas File 106 Capturing an image Saving in JPEG file type When youselect JPEG filetype the window to define theimage quality compression ratio appears O Maximum Quality Larg O High Quality Standard Quality O Low Quality Smell filesizewith thelowercompressionratio you get Selecttheimage quality optionand click OK Saving the selected camera images without opening them 1 Select SaveasFile in the Camera menu The SaveCamera Image window appears 2 Click Selected Images and select one of the three op
45. e Buiinyde gt 41 42 SSS SS a a a L Saving the camera images as another file format Stopping saving midway 5 Click OK Press the Esc key You Each i isstoredinth ified folder in th cannot stop saving in the ach image is stored in the specified folder in the infrared data specified file type with a file name psn communication serial number The file is automatically numbered in serial starting from one larger Note number than the largest number of the files If you select TIFF the file already stored in the currently selected folder is created in Class R Saving in JPEG file type When you select JPEG file type and click OK the dialog box to define the image quality compression ratio appears You can select the image quality within the range from 1 to 100 Usually the larger number you select the lower compression ratio with the better image quality you get The file size however becomes larger Click OK to save the image Capturing an image Saving all the camera images without opening them 1 Select Export Camera Images in the Camera menu or click H on the tool bar The following dialog box appears older CATEMPN EI_5_2 NEWDLG abewi ue Buuunjde gt A Select Manth DayiVear GH GH GH From CH r CH G Select Range G Sekei Last Image Only Currently selected folder The total number of images stored in the
46. e camera album You can open the image from the album or open the image directly by specifying its image number Before you start Make sure you have done the necessary preparations as described in pages 82 through 85 Opening the image from the album 1 Select Open Camera s Image in the Camera menu The following window appears Image List Image Image No Total number of pages Page number Image numbers 2 Click Image List and click the down arrow button to select the page to be displayed in the pull down page number list On the right of the page number the image numbers contained in the page are displayed 3 Click OK The images on the selected page are transferred from the camera and displayed Switching the file name recorded date and comment display of an image Select either Show Filename Show Recorded date or Show Comment in the Option menu Or click the corresponding icon on the tool bar You can change the comments Displaying other thumbnails When hidden pages exist select Go to First Page Go to Previous Pagel Go to Next Page or Go to Last Page in the Window menu Or click the corresponding icon on the tool bar Comment file name or date display If image is protected from accidental erasure and edition the protect icon is attached here 4 Click the image s you want to open the selected image frame becomes yellow and select
47. e camera images 1 Followthe steps 1 through3 of Opening the camera images page 94 todisplay theimagelist of thecamera 2 Click the thumbnails of the desired images To saveall the images select Select All inthe Edit menu The frame of theselected imageis highlightedin yellow SBMA 8h ALi db t Saving in a different drive Click Desktop to display theavailabledrives inthe list from which youcan select the desired drive Making a new album folder Click New The dialog todefineanewalbum foldernameappears Typethenew foldername and click Create Note When the commentis displayedin theimage list thecommentofeach imagebecomesthefile nameand theimagesare copied and placed inthe hard diskaccording tothe alphanumerical order of their filenames 3 Select Savein Album in the File menu The following window appears Macintosh HD Desktop The destination folder where thecamera imagesaretobesaved When youclick New a new folderis created under this folder 4 Select the destinationalbum folderand click Select Theselected camera images aresaved in the destinationalbum folder witha filename IMAGE serial number Stopping saving midway Pressthe Jand keystogether continued Capturing an image ew ue Huunyzdez 99 Saving the camera images in album Note When theimagelistor imagesofthecameraare displayed close them beforeselectin
48. e clipboard Select All Selects all the images in the image list Select None Cancels the selection in the album list or image list Camera menu File Edit EEN Display image Window Option 3 e Open Camera s Image Save tn Album Save as File Save to Camera Open Camera s Image Opens and displays the camera images on the monitor Save in Album Saves all the images or selected images of the camera to the album on the hard disk in the album format without opening them Save as File Saves all the images or selected images of the camera to the desired folder on the hard disk in JPEG or PICT file type without opening them Save to Camera Transfers the images on the hard disk to the camera Capturing an image Display menu File Edit Camera Image Window Option Zoom tn Zoom Out Zoom In Enlarges the image display size Zoom Out Reduces the image display size Image menu Lad File Edit Camere Display Display Frame 649 450 Display Frame 480 x 640 Rotate Clockwise 90 degrees Rotate Counter Clockwise 90 degrees Rotate 160 degrees Display Frame 640 x 480 Displays the frame for trimming an image in landscape Display Frame 480 x 640 Displays the frame for trimming an image in portrait Rotate Clockwise 90 degrees Rotates the image 90 degrees clockwise Rotate Counter Clockwise 90 degrees Rotates the image 90 degrees counterclockwise Rotate 180 degrees
49. e for decompressing full size image Check the check box when you use QuickTime to decompress a JPEG image and to display the image in full size on the monitor Do not check when you use the original software O Fit in size on saving small image Check the check box when you fit a small image to 640 x 480 pixels to transfer it to the camera 3 Click the others tab to set the following 0 EEE others O Customize the menu Open Camera s Image Always last image in play mode Always last page in play mode O Customize the menu Save Camera s Image Always fram last one in play made ta lase one O Always last image O Customise the menu Open Camera s Image When this option is checked the dialog box specifying the images to be opened with the Open Camera s Image menu will not appear Select the images to be always opened among the two image options O Customise the menu Save Camera s Image When this option is checked the dialog box specifying the images to be saved with the Save Camera s Image menu will not appear Select the images to be always saved among the two image options 4 Click OK to close the preferences window Capturing an image aBew ue Huunzdep 93 Opening the camera images Note If there is only one page stored the pull down list does not appear 94 Capturing an image To view images in the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 open th
50. ears You can select the image quality within the range from 1 to 100 Usually the larger number you select the lower compression ratio with the better image quality you get The file size however becomes larger Click OK to save the image Opening an album of the hard disk Important notice to the users who have used the previous version Version 1 0 of the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility The folders created by the previous version of the software cannot be located with the Open Folder command To locate the folders select Find Folder in the Option menu Changing the drive Click the desired drive in the Drive list box so that the album folders contained in the selected drive are listed in the Folder list box Deleting and renaming an album folder Select the desired album folder in the Folder list box and click Delete or Rename gt You can open the image from the album folder stored from the Digital Still Camera onto the hard disk in the album format 1 Select Open Folder in the File menu or click on the tool bar The following dialog box appears 2 Click the desired album folder in the Folder list box and click OK The album thumbnails of the selected album folder are displayed Thumbnail of the album contained in the selected album folder continued Capturing an image ewu ue Bulanjde gt
51. ed Image Only continued Capturing an image oGew ue Burinyde gt 45 46 a a a E ee en Saving the camera images as another file format Stopping saving midway Press the Esc key You cannot stop saving in the infrared data communication Note If you select TIFF the file is created in Class R Capturing an image 4 Select the destination drive and folder in which the images are to be saved and file type To select the drive Click the desired drive in the Drive list box To select the folder Double click the desired folder in the Folder list box so that the folder is displayed as currently selected folder above the list box To select the file type Click the file type in the Save as type drop down list box Making a new folder In the Folder list box folders contained in the currently selected folder are listed To add a new folder to the list click Create New Folder In the Set Folder Name dialog box input the new folder name and click OK Click OK Each image is stored in the specified folder in the specified file type with a file name psn serial number The file is automatically numbered in serial starting from one larger number than the largest number of the files already stored in the currently selected folder Saving in JPEG file type When you select JPEG file type and click OK the dialog box to define the image quality compression ratio app
52. er Orientation Select the orientation of the paper when printed Enlarge Reduce When you want to print an image enlarged or reduced input the factor in percentage 4 Click OK continued Editing an image abeu ue Gunipy l 117 Printing images 5 Select Print in the File menu The following window appears Sony DPP M55 Ver 1 0 5 Page No fi To O AH Printaty 1 andering Photo Matchi ute BE S C OcColorSyne amp r H sten 88 STE 2 Pinter Satie song DH H D Fit to Page The window is an example It differs depending on the printer selected with the Chooser 6 Set the necessary items for printing 118 Page No Print Qty Fit to page Preview Option Specify the ranges of pages to be printed Input the first and the last pages to be printed To print all the pages select All Specify the number of copies to be printed Check this option when you want to print an image to best fit in the paper size selected in the Print Setup window Check this option to display the thumbnail of the images to be printed Check this option when you want to set in more details for the printer s specifications Click OK Printing starts up Editing an image Changing the image display size You can enlarge zoom in and reduce zoom out an image displayed on the monitor Display the full sized image of a camera or hard disk
53. es e You cannot access the Digital Still Camera from two or more applications at a time gt Quit the other applications once and start the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Then try to access the camera Cannot select multiple images in an image list e The caps lock key is depressed gt Release the caps lock key Cannot display part of thumbnail gt Click part of the thumbnail 126 Others Index A B Album format 79 C Comment 113 121 Connecting the Digital Still Camera 84 Copying an image 115 Customizing the menu 92 D Deleting images 116 DIGITALI O port 84 Displaying other thumbnails 95 E Edit frame 122 Enlarging an image 119 FG H Features 78 File type 103 l Image filing system 79 Image information 121 Installing the software 82 J K L JPEG 103 M N Making a new album folder 99 Menus 87 Camera menu 88 Display menu 89 Edit menu 88 File menu 87 Image menu 89 Option menu 90 Window menu 89 O Opening an album of the hard disk 109 an image file directly 111 the camera image directly 97 the camera image list 94 Operation flow chart 80 P PhotoStudio DSC 78 PICT 103 Plug in 78 123 Preferences 92 Printing images 117 Protect setting 121 Q QuickTime 92 R Reducing an image 119 Rotating an image 120 S Saving Opening and saving the camera images 98 103 Saving the camera images without opening them 100 105 Saving the ca
54. eved Yourcomputerand systemsoftwaremust meet the following minimumrequirements to use this product e AnApple Macintosh computer witha 68030 processor or later model PowerPC 601 or later model e OS Applesystem software version7 1 or higher e Extension QuickTime version 1 5 orhigher for the Sony Digital Still Camera Plug in e RAM 8MBor more for Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility 16MBis recommended Application memory for the Sony Digital Still Camera Plug in theapplication s Suggested size plus 3000KB to the Preferred sizeof the Memory Requirements e 40MBor moreavailable hard disk space Acolormonitor witha video board or video driver todisplay640 x480pixelsand 256 colors or better 16 770 000 full colorisrecommended e Modemor printer port e CD ROM drive Before you begin ulbaqnoAaiojag 81 Setting up a a a a a a ET Step 1 Installing the software To transfer Digital Still Camera images onto your PC install the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility and or Sony Digital Still Camera Plug in and PhotoStudio DSC onto your hard disk T Start up your Macintosh 2 Insert the CD ROM supplied into the CD ROM drive 3 Install the Digital Still Camera Album Utility Drag the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility icon onto your hard disk DSC Ft Album Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility icon r File Edit View Label
55. following menus For frequently used menuitems you canusethetool barbuttons page 29 File menu Open Folder Opensanalbum folder thatis stored in the hard diskor MO diskand displaysimages of the album Open Selected Album or Image Opensand displays the selected album s orimage s ata time Open File Opensand displays an image file from the hard diskor MO a disk The available file types are BMP TIFF JPEG and PMP Album Close Closes the currently active window Save i Saves theimage rotated inthealbum Save As Saves thecurrently selected image with another filename onto theselected folder Theavailable filetypes are BMP TIFF and JPEG Save To Album Saves theimage s selected in the image list ora BMP TIFF or JPEG file onto the album in the hard disk ExportImages Saves the image s selected in theimagelistonto the desired folder The available file types are BMP TIFF and JPEG Acquire Acquires animage file from the TWAIN source SelectSource Selectsa TWAIN source such asa digital scanner PrintSetup Selects the model name of the printer paper and other settings The printer driverneeds tobe installed priorto printing Print Displays the dialog boxto printanalbum list imagelist and image Exit Exits Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Capturing an image Edit menu D Copy Copies the selected image to theclipboard 3 Paste Pastesanimageof theclipboard Yo
56. g Savein Album Saving in a different drive Click Desktop to display theavailable drivesinthe list from which youcan select thedesired drive Making a new album folder Click New The dialog todefineanew album foldernameappears Typethenew folder nameandclick Create Note When thecommentis displayed intheimage list thecommentofeach imagebecomes the file nameand theimagesare copied and placedin the hard diskaccording to thealphanumericalorder of their filenames Capturing animage Saving all the camera images without opening them 1 Select Savein Album intheCamera menu The following window appears h All Images Selected Images Image Ho O only Last image O Fecorded Date 2 Select All Images and click OK The following window appears Select Album Folder Thedestination folderwhere thecamera imagesaretobesaved When youclick New a new folderis created under this folder 3 Select the destinationalbum folderand click Select Theselected camera images are saved inthe destinationalbum folderwitha filename IMAGE serial number Stopping saving midway Pressthe Jand L keys togeth r Note When theimagelistor imagesofthecameraare displayed close them beforeselecting Savein Album Saving the selected camera images without opening them 1 Select Savein Album inthe Camera menu The Save Camera Image window appears 2 Cl
57. g cable carefully into the port making sure that the port goes in straight and is firmly seated When inserting the cable into the Digital I O port of the Digital Still Camera match the A mark of the cable with that of the port Keep metal objects away from the connector pins to avoid short circuits We suggest you use the Digital Still Camera with the AC power adapter 3 Connecting the Digital Still Camera Digital Still Camera DSC F1 Connecting cable supplied i to DIGITAL 1 0 port to serial port Your PC Use the supplied connecting cable to connect the serial port on your PC and the DIGITAL I O port on the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 To resume data transmission In case the data transmission is interrupted and the Digital Still Camera becomes disabled resume the transmission as follows 1 Close all the windows of Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility being displayed on the PC monitor The buttons of the Digital Still Camera become enabled 2 Turn the POWER Function dial of the Digital Still Camera to OFF 3 Tur the POWER Function dial to CAMERA or PLAY 4 Transmit the data again continued Setting up dn uas 17 eae se es eee ee eee S eT ey Connecting via cable 4 Setting up the Digital Still Camera Before you start data communications between the PC and the Digital Still Camera set up the Digital Still Camera as fol
58. g the Digital Still Camera Setting up the Digital Still Camera setting the menu and making the camera ready for communication PC As illustrated below there are two connecting the Digital Still Camera with options for your PC Determine which option you use and follow the necessary steps Connecting via cable Use the connecting cable supplied to connect the Digital I O port of the Digital Still Camera with the serial port of your PC Digital Still Camera DSC F1 Connecting cable supplied ArNe to DIGITAL to serial port 1O port Your PC Follow the steps explained in Connecting via cable page 14 Connecting via infrared port Use the infrared ports to transfer the images between the Digital Still Camera and the PC Digital Still Camera DSC F1 Follow the steps explained in Connecting via infrared port page 19 Setting up dn Buinas 13 14 Connecting via cable Important notice to the users who have installed the previous version Version 1 0 of Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Before installing the Version 1 5 of the software make sure to uninstall the Version 1 0 of the software with the CD ROM supplied with the Version 1 0 If the Sony DSC Setup dialog box does not appear 1 Click the Start button on the taskbar point to Settings and then click Control Panel 2 Double click the Add Remove Prog
59. ge is rotated 90 degrees in the clockwise direction Rotating an image in counterclockwise direction Select Rotate Counter Clockwise 90 degrees in the Image menu or click in the tool bar Each time you select the menu or tool the image is rotated 90 degrees in the counterclockwise direction Rotation an image 180 degrees Select Rotate 180 degrees in the Image menu or click gj in the tool bar Each time you select the menu or tool the image is rotated 180 degrees Reviewing the image information Note You can display the image information for an album image only For a PICT or JPEG image file you cannot display the information You can review settings when the image is recorded in the Image Information window You can also set the protection revise the edited date or input comments 1 Display the full sized image whose information you want to review See Opening the camera images page 94 or Opening an album of the hard disk page 109 for details 2 Select Image Information in the Option menu or click in the tool bar The following window appears Orie Mmeye Inite ITE Berea tig be to ia iW b s o e Hitwise i olda w y A aiy mei reri be Nor wt w 3 Review or revise the settings Protect Check to set the protection Do not check to release the protection to edit or delete the image Image Quality The image quality mode compression ratio when the image
60. ging the caption Tips e Youcaninputupto14 characters foracaption e Youcanalsoinputa captionintheImage Information dialog box To display thedialog box select Information in the Image menu or click onthe toolbar When the date is displayed Select Show Caption in the Option menu The datedisplay is replaced withthecaption display Youcanchange thecommentofalbumsorimages The procedure below describes how tochangethe imagecomment Youcanchangethealbum commentinthesame way 1 Display theimage list ofa camera or diskalbum See Opening the camera images page31 or Opening analbum of the hard disk page 47 for details Click the captionbox underneath theimage thumbnail whosecaption you wanttochange The Image Caption dialog boxappears Image Caption dialog box Caption box Type the caption in the dialog box and click OK Thecaptionis changed Editing an image afew ue bunipyz 55 Moving albums or images drag and drop Note Youcannotmovea cameraimage Exchanging two images Inthestep 2 drag the imagewhile pressing the Ctrlkey The twoimages thedraggedimageand theoriginalimage ofthe destination exchange positions moving no otherimages Note When youselect Notify whenimage is Dropped inthe Settings dialog box page30 theconfirmation dialog boxappearsin the step 3 Click OK to drop thealbumortheimage Editing animage Youcanc
61. hange the positionofanalbuminthealbum list or animagein theimage list stored inthe hard disk The procedure below describes how tomovean image Youcanmoveanalbuminthesame way 1 Display theimageliststored in the hard disk See Opening analbum of the hard disk page 47 for details 2 Drag thedesiredimage Thedrag pointer ymovesaccording to the dragging direction Accordingtothepointer movetothe position where you wanttodropthe image 3 Droptheimage Theimageis moved tothe position pushing forward or backward the originalimageand the otherimages Copying an image to another album You cancopyanimage ofanalbum toanotheralbum Whencopying arrangethe twoalbum windowsin ile 1 Display theimage list of the camera or hard disk whichincludes theimage to be copied and then theimagelist to which you wanttocopy the image See Opening the camera images page31 or Opening analbumof the hard disk page 47 for details Thetwoimagelist windowsare displayed in cascade 2 Select Tile inthe Window menu Thetwoimagelist windowsare displayed intile continued Editing an image abew ue Bunipz 57 Copying an image to another album 3 Drag the desired image Note When youselect Notify whenimageis Dropped 4 Move thedragging pointer amp tothealbumto baa ae dialog box which you want tocopy theimage thendrop the contnnstiondidles box lee ad appearsinthestep3 Theimageis co
62. he File menu or click the close button The selected window is closed 6ew ue Buuunyde gt Saving the image in album You can save the image on the hard disk in an album in the same way as the camera images Opening and saving the camera images of the Saving the camera images in album on page 35 Saving the image as another file format Select Save As in the File menu The following dialog box appears The selected folder 2 Select the destination drive and folder in which the images are to be saved and file name To select the drive Click the desired drive in the Drives drop down list box To select the folder Click the desired folder in the Directories list box continued Capturinganimage 51 52 a ee a r ee ee au a TS Opening an image file directly Capturing an image To select the file type Click the desired file type in the List Files of Type drop down list box To select the file name Click the desired file name in the File Name list box or input the file name directly in the text box Click OK The image is saved in the selected destination folder in the fie format Saving in JPEG file type When you select JPEG file type and click OK the dialog box to define the image quality compression ratio appears You can select the image quality within the range from 1 to 100 Usually the larger number you select the lower compression ratio with the bette
63. himagein thelist stands fora PMP file You canselectand openany image Image Theselectedimageis displayed in fullsize Other file formats Thumbnail Album icon You canalsosaveor display theimagesinstandards file formats BMP bitmap TIFF and JPEG formats Operation flow chart Setting Up page 13 eel Connect the Digital Still Camera with the PC via cable or infrared portand a install thesoftware T lt a o e 5 Start the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Start a TWAIN page 23 application page 69 Open the Camera Image Store the Camera Image page 31 without Opening it Select the Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 m Select the images to be Store all the Store only stored in the hard disk camera selected Transfer camera images images images to a TWAIN application Save Save To Album page 35 Select the file type page 40 Save in BMP TIFF or JPEG Open the image stored in the hard disk page 47 Selecttheimageintheimagelistorspecify theimage file tobe opened Edit an image Print an image Transfer an image to the Camera page 54 Youcaneditanimage changing album thumbnail moving copying deleting printing animage enlarging and diminishing animage rotating animage Youcanalsotransfer animage tothe Digital Still Camera Beforeyoubegin 11 12 System requirements Note Depending on the
64. ication via cable Setting up dn 6unjas 85 Capturing an image J Starting Sony Digital Still Camera Album H H n Uti I ity To capture images from the Digital Still Camera into your Macintosh start the Sony Digital Still Camera Note Album Utility When using the Sony Digital Still Camera Plug Tip in module to transfer To open as many windows as possible we suggest you camera images into an allocate as much memory as possible to the Sony Digital application which Still Camera Album Utility supports the PhotoShop Plug in protocol the steps 1 Start up Macintosh here are not necessary see page 123 2 Double click the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility icon f File Edit view Label Special o nmm Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility icon The Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility starts up SONY Digital Stil Camera Albur Ulilifiva The menu bar of the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility appears r w File Edit Album Image Window i p Quitting the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Select Quit in the File menu 86 Capturing an image About the menus Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility consists of the following menus You can also use the tool bar icons to proceed with part of the menu operations page 91 File menu Open Album Open Selected Image Open Image File 0 Save in Alb
65. ick Selected Images and select oneof the three options tospecify theimages tobesaved O Image No Input theimage numbers of the firstand last images to besaved Alltheimages between thespecified imagenumbersaresaved ET Save Comera Imoo g O All Images Selected Images Image No No of Images 22 Only Last Image O Recorded Date O Only Last Image Theimagerecorded most recently issaved SSS Save Coomera Imoge SESS O All Images Selected Images O Image No Only Last Image Recorded Date O Recorded Date Input the date month day year Allthe imagesrecorded on thespecified dateare saved O All Images ox Selected images Image No Only Last Image Recorded Date k continued Capturing an image ew ue Hunnydep l 101 I 22 EE Saving the camera images in album 3 Click OK The following window appears Saving in a different drive Select Album Folder Click Desktop to display theavailable drivesin the Eject list from which youcan select the desired drive Making a new album r folder spots uk Click New The dialog d todefineanew album cpm foldernameappears Typethenew foldername and click Create The destination folderwherethecamera imagesare tobesaved When youclick New a new folderis created under this folder Note 4 Selectthedestinationalbum folder and click When thecommentis Select displayed i
66. is recorded FINE STANDARD SNAPSHOT Recorded date The date when the image is recorded Edited date You can manually input the date when the image is transferred or edited Shutter speed The shutter speed when the image is recorded Flash The flash is used ON or not used OFF when the image is recorded Comment You can input a comment in the text box You cannot change from your Macintosh 4 Click OK to close the window Editing an image abeu ue 6ulj1py l 121 122 Transferring an image to the camera Note For the image quality refer to the instruction manual of the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 Editing animage You can transfer a PICT JPEG or an album type image file to the camera 1 Display the full sized image to be transfer to the camera 2 Select Save to Camera in the Camera menu The window defining the image quality FINE STANDARD and SNAPSHOT appears 3 Select the image quality and click OK The image is compressed in the selected image quality and transferred to the camera Transferring a large image Since the image being stored in the camera is limited to 640 x 480 pixels a larger image is reduced automatically and transferred to the camera To cut out part of the image without reducing select Display Frame 640 x 480 in landscape or Display Frame 480 x 640 in portrait in the Image menu Move the edit frame to crop the area to be transferred and th
67. istof folders list of other folders Theimagesstored in the destination folder 2 Select the destination folderand filenamein which theimagesare to be saved and click OK The image is saved in the destination folderin the selected fie format Saving in JPEG file type When youselect JPEG filetype the window to define theimage quality compression ratio appears High Quality Standard Quality na O Low Quality Small ok Usually the higher image quality youselect thelarger filesize with the lower compression ratio you get Select theimage quality optionand click OK Ed gan image l Changing the comment When the date or file name is displayed Select Show Comment in the Album menu or click BBB on the tool bar The display is replaced with the comment Tips e You can input up to 14 letters and numbers in a comment e When a full size image is displayed you can also input comments in the Image Information window To display the window select Image Information in the Option menu or click on the tool bar e You can copy and paste the comment After inputting the comment select Copy Then click the destination comment box and select Paste in the Edit menu You can change the comment of images 1 Display the image list of a camera or hard disk See Opening the camera images page 94 or Opening an album of the hard disk page 109
68. l Panel to see if the infrared device is detected page 21 The application does not work properly gt Turn of the Digital Still Camera and quit the application Then turn on the Camera and restart the application to see if the software and the Camera work properly Cannot open the camera album e You cannot access the Digital Still Camera from two or more applications at a time gt Quit the other applications once and start Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Then try to access the camera The Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 does not work properly when the screen saver is working gt Do not use the screen saver when you use Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 If the screen saver is working the screen will not be updated while transferring camera images However this is not a malfunction and the screen will return to normal after the transfer Others s1 470 73 Index A Adjusting the colors and the contrast of the monitor 27 Adjusting the image to fit 640 x 480 pixels 67 Album format 9 Album list 10 B BMP 40 C Caption 55 66 Capturing an image from TWAIN device 53 Cascade 57 Changing the album front cover 54 Changing the caption 55 Changing the system settings 30 Connecting via cable 17 via infrared port 21 Copying an image 57 Copying with the File menu 59 Others D Deleting and renaming an album folder 36 Deleting images or albums 60 DIGITALI O port 17
69. lows For the details refer to the instruction manuals of the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 MENU EXECUTE POWER Function jog dial Digital Still Camera DSC F1 1 Set the POWER Function dial to PLAY 2 To activate the data transmission via the connecting cable set the menu as follows Menu Select WIRELESS OFF The SERIAL menu SERIAL The same serial speed as selected in defines the serial speed the Settings dialog box of the Sony yia the connecting Digital Still Camera Album Utility cable CAMERA MENU CAMERA MENU SERIAL SPEED WIRELESS oF es Note 138400 During the data communication in process do not change the position The Digital Still Camera is ready for A ye POWER Function communication via cable lal 18 Setting up Connecting via infrared port Important notice to the users who have installed the previous version Version 1 0 of Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Before installing the Version 1 5 of the software make sure to uninstall the Version 1 0 of the software with the CD ROM supplied with the Version 1 0 Tip You can check to see if this driver software is installed by opening the Control Panel and looking for Infrared Monitor Note You need the infrared communication device to use this driver software 1 Installing Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility and Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 To handle Digital Still Camera
70. mage is copied depends on its file name You can copy an image of an album to another album 1 Display the image list of the camera or hard disk which includes the image to be copied and then the image list to which you want to copy the image See Opening the camera images page 94 or Opening an album of the hard disk page 109 for details 2 Select the image to be copied To copy multiple images press and hold down the Shift key as you click the desired images Dragging pointer 3 Drag the selected image 4 Move the dragging pointer amp to the album to which you want to copy the image then drop the image The image is copied to the destination album Copying in the finder You can also copy images or albums in the Macintosh finder Press and hold down the option key and drag them to the destination folder Editing animage abew ue Hunip3 i 115 Deleting images Notes e When deleting an image double check that it is the right image Once deleted the image is lost forever e You cannot delete protected images To delete them first cancel the protect setting in the Image Information dialog box page 121 Note When you delete images or albums in the finder the protected images are also deleted 116 Editinganimage You can delete images in an album 1 Display the image list of a camera or hard disk which includes the image s to be deleted See O
71. magescanner CO TWAIN data source driver Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 Enablesdirectcapturingofimages fromthe DigitalStillCameraintoanapplication which supports the TWAIN protocol E Installer Infrared Setup exe Installs the following O Microsoft Windows 95 Infrared Communications Driver Version 2 0 Enablesinfrared datacommunication between the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 and your PC which isequipped withtheinfrared communication hardware oradapter Please install this driverifit isnotinstalled onthe Windows 95 operating system of your PC Forinformation using the driversoftware see the releasenotes or Help onlinedocument 8 Before youbegin Notes Donotdelete nor changethenamesof folders or filesunder the PIC_CAM directory Doing so willpreventthecontrol fileinside thedirectory fromactivating and the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility fromdisplaying the image Incase the Dscalbum folder is renamed or moved toanother directory itcannotbe located with Open Folder in the File menuofthe Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility You canlocate the folder with Find Folder in the Option menu E Installer Pstudio Setup exe Installs the following OThe image editing program PhotoStudio See the PhotoStudio Helpand Readme online documents forthesoftwarecontentsand operations whicharenotincluded inthis manual Image filing system of the Album Utility The Sony Digi
72. manual to set it to ON Setting up 5 Inthe command line entry box type the drive letter for your CD ROM drive followed by a colon and a backslash and the word infrared setup exe For example if your CD ROM drive is on drive D d infrared setup exe 6 Click OK The Infrared Device Wizard starts up Follow the instructions on your screen referring to the Setting the infrared device wizard on the following to continue the setup process Setting the Infrared Device Wizard OHardware manufacturer and the model name When using a lap top or desktop PC with the built in infrared communications device select Lap top Desktop built in infrared port e When using a PC with an infrared adapter connected to the RS 232C port select the manufacturer and model names of the adapter e When you cannot find your adapter in the list select Disk In case no disk is attached contact the manufacturer of the adapter OPort to which the infrared driver is installed Select the port to which the infrared device is physically connected When using a lap top or desktop PC with the built in infrared communications device select the port number allocated to the infrared communications device e When using a PC with an infrared adapter connected to the RS 232C port select the RS 232C port number Simulation virtual port Select the port number supported by the infrared communications
73. mera images as another file type 103 Saving the camera images in album 98 Saving the opened image as another file format 112 Selecting images 96 SERIAL menu 85 Setting up the Digital Still Camera 84 85 Sorting the images 114 Starting the software 86 System requirements 81 T The order of the images to be saved 98 103 Thumbnail 79 Transferring an image to the camera 122 a camera images to Plug in application 123 U V Using the tool bar 91 124 W X Y Z WIRELESS 85 Others 127
74. mment display of an Theimagelist of theselected albumappears image 7 i Selecteither Show Filename Show Recorded date or Show Comment in the Option menu Or click the correspondingicononthe toolbar Youcanchange thecomments Displaying other thumbnails When hidden pages exist select Goto First Page Goto Previous Page a Go to Next Page or Go Comment file name or recorded date to Last Page inthe Image number l Window menu Orclick Serial number of the images store inthe hard disk thecorresponding iconon 3 thetoolbar Select theimage s you wanttoopen The frame of theselected image becomes yellow For various ways to select imagesin the image list referto page 96 continued Capturing an image abeu ue Burinjde gt 109 ESET eee eee ene eee ey Opening an album of the hard disk 4 Select OpenSelected Image in the File menu or double click theimage Theselectedimagesare displayed in fullsize Closing an image Click Close in the File menu 110 Capturing an image Opening an image file directly Changing the drive Click Desktop to display theavailabledrivesinthe list from which youcan select the desired drive Youcanopenanimagestored inthe hard diskby designatingits filename Inadditiontoa fileofan album format you can open a PICT or JPEG file 1 Select Open Image File in the Filemenu The following dialog boxappears
75. n theimage list thecommentofeach Theselected cameraimagesare saved in the imagebecomes the file destinationalbum folder witha filename nameand theimagesare IMAGE serial number copied and placed in the hard diskaccording to the i alphanumericalorderof Stopping saving midway their filenames Pressthe Jand keystogether 102 Capturing an image Saving the camera images as another file type The order of the images to be saved Theimagesaresavedin thealphanumericalorder ofthe filenames e Whenthe filenameor recorded dateis displayed underneath eachimage thetmages areautomatically named IMAGE001 IMAGE002 and savedinthesameorder asinthecamera e Whenthecommentis displayed thecomment ofeachimage becomes its filenameand the imagesare stored inthe alphanumericalorder ofthecomments Youcanchangethe order oftheimages later page 114 Notes e Youcanselectall the images ofall the pages withoutregard tothe pagebeing displayed Forhow toselect multipleimages see page 6 Toquickly handleand process camera images on your PC savetheselected cameraimagesas standard file type PICT or JPEG with or without opening them Selecting the file type PICT The image format supported generally by Macintosh Most of the Macintosh image editing applications support this type JPEG Stands for the group named Joint Photographic Experts Group who standardized the compression system
76. nes theserialspeed Youcanalsoselect Manual and select the viatheconnecting availableCOM port which the camerais cable connected Whenusingtheinfrared port Youmaynotbeableto selectthesameportnumberas the selecttheserialspeed imulati ifiedintheInfrared fromtheavailable simu anon portspecified in the Infrare optionsaccording to Device Wizard your PC Refer to your SerialSpeed Settheserialspeed asselected inthe PC s manual forthe SERIAL menu of the DSC F1 when availableserialspeeds connecting via cable Certain setting may e Whenusing the bedisabled due tolimitationinherentto S ____yourcomputersystem O OOOO O SerialSpeed Imagesper Selectthenumberofthe thumbnailimages List displayed perrow inthe album listand imagelist Usually select Automatic to display as many imagesas possible You canalso select Manual toselect the number Notifywhen Check thecheckbox to display the imageis confirmation message when you Dropped dragand dropanimage 3 Click OK 30 Capturing an image Thesettingsarechanged Opening the camera images To view images in the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 openthecamera images Youcanopentheimages directly by specifying theimagenumber Before you start Makesureyou havedonethenecessary preparations as described in pages 13 through 22 Opening the image from the album 1 Select Open Camera inthe Camera menu or click jon thetoolbar Thefollowingdialogboxappears Hopen Camera C
77. nu see page 54 amp Protected fromaccidental erasureand editing seepage 66 Click theimage s you wantto open theselected image framebecomes yellow and select Open Selected Album or Image in the Filemenu Or double click the image or click onthe tool bar Theselected images are displayed in fullsize How to select images in the image list O Selecting an image Click the desired thumbnail of theimage theimage isselected Clickanother thumbnailand that imageisselected instead of the previousimage O Selecting multiple images Toselect theimages each isolated Press and hold down the Ctrl key as youclick the leftbutton of themouseon thedesired images Toselect theimagesinsuccession Pressand hold down the Shift key as you click theleftbutton of themouseon the desired images Toselectall theimages in the imagelist Select Select All in the Edit menu Tocancel theselection Click the right button of themouseontheselected image Select Select None inthe Edit menu to cancel theselection ofalltheimages Toopenthemultipleselected images Double click the left button of themouseon one ofthe selected imagesas you hold down theShift or Ctrlkey Or select Open Selected Album Image in the Filemenu all theselected imagesareopened Closing an album list image list or image Select Close inthe File menu orclick the closebutton Theselected windowis closed Switching the active window Analbumlist window
78. o copy theimageinside the edit frame to theclipboard Then select Paste in the Edit menu or click on thetool bar to paste theclipboard image to the window The edited image is displayed Select Copy to Camera in the Camera menu or click ia on the tool bar The dialog box defining the image quality FINE STANDARD and SNAPSHOT appears Select theimage quality Theconfirmation window appears Click OK Theimageis compressed in theselected image quality and transferred to the camera Transferring camera images to an application which supports the TWAIN protocol What is TWAIN TWAIN is the standards software protocol for communication between an application software and a picture capturing device such as a scanner For access to the camera from the TWAIN application refer to the users manual of the application you are using Checking the system settings Click m on the tool bar The settings window appears where you can check to see that the items are set according to the system settings you use See Changing system settings on page 30 By switching the data source driver to Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 you can transfer a camera image directly to the PhotoStudio or another application which supports the TWAIN protocol Before you begin e Do the necessary preparations as described in pages 13 through 22 e Start the application and display its main menu window e Quit the
79. of the still image The image is compressed in a small data size but the original image cannot be perfectly reproduced Opening and saving the camera images T Followthe steps 1 through3 of Opening the camera images page94 to display the image list ofthecamera menu The frame of theselected imageis highlightedin yellow Click the thumbnails of the desired images To saveall theimages select Select All in the Edit Capturing an image yde gt l a6ew ue Hunn 103 104 Saving the camera images as another file type Saving in a different drive Click Desktop to display theavailabledrivesinthe list from which you can select the desired drive Making a new album folder Click New The dialog todefineanewalbum folder nameappears Typethenew foldername and click Create Selecting the file type Click the downarrow buttonnextto FileType and select the desired file type fromthe pull down list Note Whenthecommentis displayed intheimage list thecommentofeach imagebecomes the file nameand theimagesare copied and placed inthe hard diskaccording to the alphanumerical orderof their filenames Capturing an image 3 Select Saveas File in the File menu The following window appears Select Folder to Save amp Sen Francisco Y amp Macintosh HD The destination folderwherethecamera imagesaretobesaved When youclick New anew folderis created under this folde
80. omvinfactorcan Select Zoom In in the Image menu or click inthe beeither 200 400 toolbar Thedisplay size of theimageis enlarged 800 or 1600 The zoom out factoris either50 or25 However if youselect highrateofpercentage some images may not be properly displayed duetothedisplay driver s limit e When youzoominand outanimage only the image displayed onthe monitoris changed but ae net eae theoriginalimagedoes Diminishing an image notchange Select Zoom Out in the Image menu or click in thetool bar The display size of the imageis reduced 64 Editing animage Rotating an image Note When yourotatean image only theimage displayed on themonitor isrotated butthe original image doesnotchange Tosavetheoriginalimage rotated select Savelin the Filemenu Youcanrotatean image whichis useful to view an imagerecorded withthe camera oriented side ways Display the image ofa camera or hard disk which you wantto change theangle See Opening thecamera images page31 or Opening analbum of the hard disk page 47 for details abeu ue Gulyipz I Rotating an image in clockwise direction Select RotateRight in the Image menu or click in the toolbar Each timeyou select the menu or tool the imageisrotated 90 degreesin theclockwise direction Rotating an image in counterclockwise direction Select Rotate Left inthe Image menu or click gin the tool bar Each time you select
81. oredited date Selectthe searchingoptionamong On thesamedate Before beforethedate and After after the date 5 Click Find Thesearchingstarts up Theimagessearched are listed in the box withits recorded date edited Images Ay Meath Day Year Le ce COn C Before After l r ara COn CBefpre C Afer g O EE Recorded Daie Edited Date Caption 6 Click OK to close the dialog box Editing an image afew ue 6uiyipy l 61 Options menu Set Album Cover Show Date Displays the recorded date foreachimage when theimage listis Show Caption Find Images Find Folder Touchup Settings Sets the selected image intheimagelistas the album s front cover Youcan onlyselectasingleimage for the cover displayed inthe window abeu ue Burunjde gt Displays the caption for eachimageinanalbum when theimage listis displayed in the window Searches forimages from yourimage list by entering thesearch keys Searches foralbum folders created using older version of this software Adjusts the colors and contrastof the monitor to eliminate the colordifferences between theimagedataand themonitor Sets theapplication preferences suchas the serial portand speed Adjusting the colors and the contrast of the monitor Usually no adjustment is necessary Only when the color balance degrades under the conditions of use such as climate and time adjust the color and contrast
82. our PC and start up Windows 95 2 Insert the supplied CD ROM into the CD ROM drive on your PC The Sony DSC Setup dialog box appears 3 Click Cancel The screen returns to Windows 95 4 Click the Start button and then click Run The Run dialog box appears 5 Inthe command line entry box type the drive letter for your CD ROM drive followed by a colon and a backslash and the word pstudio setup exe For example if your CD ROM drive is on drive D d pstudio setup exe 6 Click Install The PhotoStudio Installation starts up After the installation is completed the Setup Exit Message appears T Click OK Under Windows 3 1 T Tumon your PC and start up Windows 3 1 2 Insert the supplied CD ROM into the CD ROM drive on your PC 3 Open the Program Manager or File Manager and choose Run in the File menu The Run dialog box appears Follow the steps 5 and 6 of installing under Windows 95 16 Setting up Notes Turn off the power on your PC and Digital Still Camera before connection Do not turn off the power of the camera nor disconnect the cable during transmitting the data which may cause a transmission failure Use only the supplied connecting cable Other brands of cables may cause malfunctions The supplied connecting cable is for the Sony Digital Still Camera DSC F1 only It cannot be used to connect other cameras Insert the connectin
83. pening the camera images page 94 or Opening an album of the hard disk page 109 for details 2 Select the image s to be deleted in the image list The frame of the selected image becomes yellow To delete multiple images press and hold down the Shift key as you click the desired images Selected image 3 Select Delete Image in the Option menu The confirmation window appears 4 Click OK The images are deleted Deleting in the finder You can also delete images or albums by dragging them to the trash in the Macintosh finder Printing images Note Before you start printing the proper printer driver should be installed in the hard disk You can print a full sized image The explanations here are based on the case when the Sony Digital Color Printer DPP M55 is used When using a different printer refer to the manual of your printer 1 Tum on the power of the printer and select the printer with the Chooser 2 Display the full sized image to be printed See Opening the camera images page 94 or Opening an album of the hard disk page 109 for details 3 Select Print Setup in the File menu The following window appears Set each item according to your printer Sony DPP MS5 Ver 1 0 5 me Paper Standard Sticker H orientation HE Enlarge Reduce r00 2 EE cert The window is an example It differs depending on the printer selected with the Choos
84. pied as thelastimageofthe Click OK to drop the destinationalbum albumortheimage Displaying the windows in cascade again Select Cascade in the Window menu Copied image 58 Editing an image Copying with the File menu 2 Display the album list or image list and click the thumbnail which you wanttocopy Select Save To Album in the File menu or click Hon thetoolbar Thefollowingdialogboxappears PICO0000 PIC00002 PICUBUU3 Albumcover thumbnail Making a new album folder Inthe Folder listbox album folders containedin the Dscalbum folder of theroot directory arelisted withthealbumcaption Toaddanewalbum folder to the list click New under the listbox In the Album Title dialog box input thenew folder nameand click OK Making a new album Inthe Album list box albums contained in the selected album folderarelisted Eachalbum folder canstore themaximum of 30albums including no morethanoneempty album Therefore you can add only onenewalbum namely anemptyalbum withoutalbum cover thumbnail Tomakethenew album PIC number click New under thelistbox Select the destinationalbum folderand album to which the images are to besaved and click OK Eachimageisstored inthe specified album witha filename psn number Editing an image abeu ue Gulipz l 59 60 Deleting images or albums Notes Whendeletingan image double check tha
85. plains how to install the software set the Digital Still Camera and connect the Camera to your PC Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Capturing an image page 23 Explains how to save the camera images onto hard disk in album or another file format and then display the images on the hard disk Also explains how to acquire an image from the devices which support TWAIN protocol into your PC Editing an image page 54 Explains how to change album thumbnail and comments copy and delete an image print and transfer an image and other editing features Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 Using the TWAIN data source page 69 Explains how to transfer a camera image to an application which supports TWAIN protocol Others page 71 Gives additional information Note The latter section explains how to use the PC Connecting Kit for Macintosh Before you begin page 78 Explains features of the PC connecting kit Also explains the system requirements for using this product Setting up page 82 Explains how to connect the software to your Macintosh Also explains how to set the Digital Still Camera and connect the Camera to you Macintosh Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Capturing an image page 86 Explains how to save the camera images onto hard disk in album or another file format and then display the images on the hard disk Editing an image page 113 Explains how to sort the images change a comment zoom and
86. r A Select thedestinationfolderand file typeinwhich theimagesaretobesaved and click Select Theselected camera images aresaved in the destinationalbum folderasaspecified filetype witha name IMAGE serial number Stopping saving midway Pressthe Jand keys together Saving in JPEG file type When youselect JPEG file type the window to define theimage quality compression ratio appears Maximum Quelity Larg O High Quality H Standard Quality O Low Quality Small Usually the higher image quality youselect thelarger filesize with the lower compression ratio you get Select theimage quality optionand click OK Note When theimage list or images of thecameraare displayed closethem beforeselecting Saveas File Saving in a different drive Click Desktop to display theavailable drivesinthe list from which youcan select thedesired drive Making a new album folder Click New The dialog todefineanewalbum foldernameappears Typethenew foldername and click Create Selecting the file type Click thedownarrow buttonnextto FileType and select the desired file type fromthe pull down list Note When the commentis displayedintheimage list thecommentofeach imagebecomesthefile nameand theimagesare copied and placed inthe hard diskaccording tothe alphanumericalorder of their filenames Saving all the camera images without opening them 1 Select Saveas Fil
87. r image quality you get The file size however becomes larger Capturing an image from TWAIN device What is TWAIN TWAIN is the standards software protocol for communication between an application software and a picture capturing device such as a scanner You can capture an image from a device that supports TWAIN protocol 1 Select Select Source in the File menu The Select Source dialog box appears 2 Select the desired device and click Select 3 Select Acquire in the File menu 4 Follow the users manual of the TWAIN device to acquire an image Capturing an image afew ue Buunydez 53 Sony Digital Stil Editing an image TRO Ne Changing the album front cover Intheimagelistwindow thethumbnail with the iconisassigned as thealbum front cover You can changethealbumfrontcoveras follows 1 Display theimage list stored inthe camera or hard disk whosealbum front cover you want to change See Opening the cameraimages page31 or Opening analbum of thehard disk page 47 for details 2 Clickthethumbnail you want toassignas the album front coverimage Theselected thumbnailis highlighted 3 Select Set Album Cover inthe Option menu The wlicon representing thealbum frontcover isattached totheselected image 4 Display the Album list window Theselected image instep 2 is displayedasalbum frontcover Changed album front cover 54 Editing an image Chan
88. ra imagesare tobesaved When youclick New a new folder is created under this folder Select the destination folderand filetypein which theimages are to besaved and click Select Theselected cameraimagesare saved inthe destinationalbum folderasa specified filetype witha name IMAGE serial number Stopping saving midway Pressthe Jand keys together continued Capturing an image ew ue Bulinjde gt l 107 DONN G i a af Saving the camera images as another file type Saving in JPEG file type When youselect JPEG filetype the window to define theimage quality compression ratio appears Maximum Quality Larg Cencel O High Quality Standard Quality O Low Quality Small Usually thehigherimagequality you select the larger filesize with thelowercompressionratio you get Select the image quality optionand click OK 108 Capturing an image Opening an album of the hard disk Youcanopentheimage from thealbum folder stored from the Digital Still Camera onto the hard diskin the album format Changing the drive 1 Select Open Album in the Filemenu Click Desktop to The following dialog boxappears display theavailable i drives inthe list from Select Album Folder which youcanselect the desired drive E Inaceoot la gp INAGEOO7 Theselected album holder Switching the file name 2 Clickthedesired album folderand click Select recorded date and co
89. ra or thehard disk is displayed You canselectany image Image Theselected imageis displayed in fullsize Before you begin ulbaq noAaiojag 79 80 a ee y y A Features Operation flow chart Setting Up page 82 Connect the Digital Still Camera with the PC and install the software Start the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Start a Plug in page 86 application page 123 Open the Camera Image Store ae Tro Image Select the Sony without Opening it page 94 oe Digital Still Camera Plug in Store all the Store only camera selected images images Transfer camera images to a Plug in application Select the images to be stored in the hard disk Save To Album page 98 Select the file type page 103 Save in PICT or JPEG Open the image stored in the hard disk page 109 Selecttheimagein theimage listor specify theimage file tobe opened Edit an image Print an image Transfer an image to the Camera page 113 Youcaneditanimage changingimagecomments moving copying deleting printinganimage enlargingand diminishing animage rotating animage Youcanalso transfer animage to the Digital Still Camera Before you begin System requirements Note Forstableoperationof thesoftware wesuggest youuse thelatest version of theoperating system especiallyinserial communication a remarkableimprovement hasbeenachi
90. rams icon 3 Click Install 4 Click Install Program Setting up 1 Installing Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility and Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 To handle Digital Still Camera images on your PC use the installer to install Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility and Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 Under Windows 95 Turn on your PC and start up Windows 95 2 Insert the supplied CD ROM into the CD ROM drive on your PC The Sony DSC Setup dialog box appears 3 Select the drive and directory in which the album utility software is installed The destination drive and directory The drive and directory are by default set to C SONY_DSC Usually use the default ones If you want to install the software to another drive or directory type the drive or directory name in the text box The install options Copying all programs Usually select this option Copying only selected program Select this option when you install necessary program only or the disk space is limited 4 Click Install The confirmation window for installation appears 5 Click Yes Installation starts up When all or selected files and programs are copied the dialog box appears 6 Click OK The installation is completed Note In case you move the software to another drive or directory after it is installed make sure to uninstall the software and then install it again Do not use the Explorer or File M
91. rences Displays the window to set the software to decompress the camera images select the image transfer method and customize some menu items Keyboard shortcuts The key descriptions next to the file menu stand for keyboard shortcuts Capturing an image Using the tool bar You can change the display size only you cannot save an image zoomed in or out To undo the zooming select Undo in the Edit menu To save the image rotated select Save in the File menu To undo the rotation select Undo in the Edit menu The tool bar shortcuts to frequently used menu items When an image list is displayed Tool Bar Image List in Camera PICO0000 S 01702 Displays the first page waj Displays the previous page JEg Displays the next page Displays the last page Displays the file name for each image of the image list Displays the recorded date for each image of the image list Displays the comment for each image of the image list afew ue Huunydez When an image is displayed Tool Bar Displays an Image Information dialog box of the image currently displayed or selected in the image list window FI Zooms in an opened image E Zooms out an opened image Rotates an image 90 degrees in the clockwise direction Rotates an image 90 degrees in the counterclockwise direction Rotates an image 180 degrees Capturinganimage 91 Setting the Preferen
92. root directory Opening and saving the camera images 1 Follow the steps 1 through 3 of Opening the camera images page 31 to display the image list of the camera 2 Click the thumbnails of the desired images To save all the images select Select All in the Edit menu The frame of the selected image is highlighted in yellow 3 Select Save To Album in the File menu or click on the tool bar The following dialog box appears continued Capturing an image afew ue Busnyde gt 35 36 Saving the camera images in album Deleting and renaming an album folder Select the desired album folder in the Folder list box and click Delete or Rename Stopping saving midway Press the Esc key You cannot stop saving in the infrared data communication Note After saving an image do not change the name of the file or folder nor delete them with the Explore Doing so will prevent displaying an album on the monitor When you should delete an image select Delete in the Edit menu of the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Capturing an image Album cover thumbnail Making a new album folder In the Folder list box album folders contained in the Dscalbum folder of the root directory are listed with the album caption To adda new album folder to the list click New under the list box In the Album Title dialog box input the new folder name and click OK Making
93. tal Still Cameraalbum Utility handles theimagesinauniquealbum filing system Album format You canalso handletheimagesas standard file formats such as BMP TIFF or JPEG Album format When the Digital Still Camera images are copied onto the hard disk or otherstorage device they arestored in the original filing system shown below whichis called the Album format The Album format enablessaving animageinasmall filesize without degrading its picture quality Since the Album formatisthe original filing system you cannot open an Album format file with otherapplications Dscalbum folder located onthe rootdirectory The list of files contained inthe selectedalbum ne mm Hr hw ne aragi ba aer ne b Hr ba re Ld Ll Fr Gad haf Laa Albums Each foldercan containupto200 image files pmp Album folder The folder named withan8 digit numbercontainingthemaximumof 30 PIC folders Itis the only folder whose nameuserscan register Before you begin uibaq nod aiojag i 9 10 Features Thumbnail Stands foreachimagein thealbum listorimage list Before you begin The Albumis displayed as follows Album list Albumicons contained in thealbum folder arelisted withthe _ thumbnail Eachalbumin the liststands forthe PIG folder Image list Thethumbnails of images contained in theselected album folder PIC are listed Eac
94. ter and select the one from the drop down list box Orientation Select the orientation of the paper when printed between Portrait and Landscape Paper Select the paper size in Size the paper feeder cassette type or manual feeder in Source 62 Editing animage 4 Click OK 5 Select Print in the File menu or click in the toolbar The Print dialog boxappears Thumbnailimage Setthe following ebeu ue Hurypa Size Select the output size between Fit to Page printing as large as the print paper allows and Actual Size printing as shown in the thumbnail image Sheets Select the print quantity by clicking the up arrow button to increase the number and the down arrow button to decrease the number Brightness Usually use the default level 0 When the image is too dark click the right arrow button or drag the handle to the right to increase brightness To decrease brightness click the left arrow button or drag the handle to the left Initialize Set the Brightness to the default level 0 6 Click OK Printing starts up Editinganimage 63 Changing the image display size Youcanenlarge zoomin and reduce zoom out an imagedisplayed on themonitor Display the image ofa camera or hard disk which you wanttochangethe display size See Opening the camera images page31 or Opening analbum of thehard disk page 47 for details Enlarging an image Notes Thezo
95. the hard disk in the desired file type PICT JPEG or thesoftware original album CAMS filetype e Thesoftware offersa variety ofalbumand image editing functions moves the position of imagesinanalbum copiesimages toa different album deletesimages and zoomsand rotates images Plug in module Sony Digital Still Sony Digital StiN Camera Camera Plug in Enables direct capturing of images from the Digital Still Camera into PhotoStudio oranother application whichsupports Photoshop Plug in ey Image editing software chet etc PhotoStudio DSC See the PhotoStudio Helpand Readme online documents forthesoftwarecontentsand operations whichare not included in this manual Thumbnail Stands foreachimagein thealbum listorimage list Image filing system of the Album Utility The Sony Digital Still Camera album Utility handles theimagesinauniquealbum filing system Album format You canalso handle theimagesas standard file formats JPEG and PICT Album format When the Digital Still Camera images are copied onto thehard disk or otherstoragedevice they arestored in the original filing systemshown below whichis called the Album format The Album format enables displaying theimagesasshownbelow The folder containing theimages inthis albumstructureis called a Album Folder Image list A pagecontaining fifteen thumbnails of thealbum contained in the Digital Still Came
96. the image to fit into 640 x 480 pixels The image is enlarged or reduced without changing its aspect ratio 26 Capturing an image I i About the menus Window menu Cascade Displays windowslike cascades Tile Displays windowslike tiles Help menu Fegor Help Calls up the online Help window Search for Helpon Searches for Help on the keywords and topics youenter About Album Utility Displays the versionnumber of this program Keyboard shortcuts The descriptions including Ctrl C Shift F5 and Alt F4 next to the file menu stand for keyboard shortcuts means pressing thetwo buttonsat the same timeand F meansa function key 28 Capturing an image Using the tool bar The toolbarshortcuts to frequently used menu items Opens and displays the camera images on the monitor Saves the camera images to thealbumon the hard disk in thealbum format without opening them Saves the camera images to the desired folder onthe hard diskin the BMP TIFF or JPEG format withoutopening them ac Pa Transfers theimages to thecamera Opens and displays the album stored in the hard disk 6ew ue Buinyde gt Opensand displays the multiple images selected in the image list simultaneously Opens and displays the image file of the PMP album BMP TIFF or JPEG file type stored in the hard disk Saves theselected image to thealbum on thehard disk om EN al 4 f Saves
97. theselected image in the desired folderon the hard diskin the BMP TIFF or JPEG file type is Displays the dialog box to printan image image list or album list Copies theselected image to the clipboard Pastesan image of theclipboard You cannotuse this command ifnoimageisin the clipboard GY Displays the information about the opened image orselected imagein the imagelist Rotates animage90 degreesin thecounterclockwisedirection Rotates animage90 degrees in theclockwisedirection Rotateanimage 180 degrees fal Enlarges thedisplayed imagesize Reduces thedisplayed imagesize Displays the frame fortrimmingapartoftheimage FA Adjusts the size of the image to fit into 640 x 480 pixels The image is magnified or reduced without changing its aspect ratio Tosavetheimagerotated select Save in the File menu Youcanchangethedisplay sizeonly youcannotsaveanimagezoomed inor out Capturing animage 29 Changing system settings Set the programsettings according to yourPCand monitor T Startthe Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility 2 Select Settings inthe Optionmenu The Settings dialog boxappears Set theitems Serial Pert Axiomatic detection C Maweal COML COM2 com3 COMA COMS T Notify when image is Dropped Notes SerialPort Select Automaticdetection to The SERIAL menu automatically set the properserial port defi
98. tions tospecify theimages to besaved D Image No Input theimage numbers of the firstand last images tobesaved Alltheimages between the specified image numbersaresaved Save Camera Image 3 O All Images Selected Images Image No No of Images 22 Only Last Image Recorded Date O Only Last Image Theimagerecorded mostrecently issaved eee Sove Camera mage EE O All images Selected Images image No Only Last image O Recorded Date Saving in a different drive Click Desktop to display theavailabledrivesin the list from which youcan select thedesired drive Making a new album folder Click New The dialog todefineanewalbum foldernameappears Type thenew folder name and click Create Selecting the file type Click the downarrow button nextto FileType and select the desired file type from the pull down list Note When thecommentis displayed in theimage list thecomment ofeach imagebecomes the file nameand theimagesare copied and placed inthe hard diskaccording tothe alphanumerical order of their filenames O Recorded Date Input the date month day year All the imagesrecorded on thespecified dateare saved eet Seve Camere mage EERS O All Images f Selected Images Cancel Oai Only Last Image Recorded Date EO E ta 3 Click OK The following window appears Select Folder to Save Thedestination folderwherethecame
99. titis theright image Once deleted theimageis lost forever Youcannotdelete protected images To delete them firstcancel the protectsetting in theImage Information dialog box page66 Editing animage Youcandeletealbums orimagesinanalbum 1 Openthealbumlist orimagelist of the camera or hard disk whichincludes the album s or the image s tobedeleted See Opening the camera images page31 or Opening analbum of the hard disk page47 for details Todeleteanalbum click the desired album thumbnail inthe album list todeleteanimage click the desired image thumbnail in theimage list Youcanselect multiple thumbnails ata time The selected albums orimagesare highlighted Select Delete in the Edit menu Theconfirmation dialog boxappears Click Yes Thealbumsorimagesaredeleted Searching for images Youcansearch forimages using the searching keys of recorded dateand edited date 1 Open theimage list of the camera or hard disk which includes theimage you wanttosearch See Opening the camera images page31 or Opening analbumof the hard disk page 47 for details 2 Select Find Images intheOptionmenu The Find Images dialog box appears i Month Day Year Ld Barorisi GOa C Before C Afer 1997 Dow Societe car CICI a Recorded Date Edited Date Caption 3 Selectthesea rching key by clicking Recorded Date and or Edited Date 4 Inputtherecorded
100. u cannotuse this command S ifnoimageisin theclipboard B Delete Deletes theselected albumsorimagesofanalbum Select All Selects all the albumsin the album listorall the images in the 5 imagelist ry Q SelectNone Cancels theselectionin thealbumlistorimage list D Camera menu Open amera Opensand displays the camera imagelist or the image on the monitor Copy To Album Savesall theimages orselected images of the camera tothe i albumonthehard diskin thealbum format without opening them Export Camera Images Savesall the images or selected images of thecamera tothe desired folder on the hard disk in the BMP TIFF or JPEG file type withoutopening them Copy toCamera Transfers the images from the hard disk to the camera continued Capturinganimage 25 5 S About the menus Display menu Tool Bar Displays with acheck mark or hide withouta check mark the tool bar Status Bar Displays witha check mark or hide without a check mark the statusbar Image menu When an image is displayed Information Displays theinformationabout the opened imageorselected imageintheimagelist Rotate Left Rotatestheimage 90 degrees counterclockwise Rotate Right Rotates theimage90 degreesclockwise Flip Rotates the image 180degrees Zoom In Enlarges the displayed imagesize Zoom Out Reduces thedisplayed imagesize Show Edit Frame Displays the frame for trimming a partof the image Best Fit640 x480 Adjusts the size of
101. um Sove as File AEE Print Q E g a Open Album Opens an album that is stored in the hard disk or MO disk and w displays images of the album 53 Open Selected Image Opens and displays the selected image s in the image list at a 3 time Open Image File Opens and displays an image file from the hard disk or MO P disk The available file types are PICT JPEG and Album CAMS Close Closes the currently active window Save File Saves the image rotated in the album Save As Saves the currently selected image with another file name as a PICT or JPEG file onto the selected folder Save in Album Saves the image s selected in the image list onto the album in the hard disk Save as File Saves the currently selected image in the image list as a PICT or JPEG file onto the desired folder Print Setup Selects the model name of the printer paper and other settings The printer driver needs to be installed prior to printing Print Displays the dialog box to print an image Quit Exits Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility continued Capturinganimage 87 Se ee About the menus Edit menu we File PUES Camera Display Image Window Option v4 fj Copy Paste Select Atl Undo Undoes the most recent zooming or rotation command Copy Copies the selected image or comment to the clipboard Paste Pastes the comment of the clipboard You cannot use this command if nothing is in th
102. which you want to change the display size See Opening the camera images page 94 or Opening an album of the hard disk page 109 for details Note Enlarging an image When you zoom in or out Select Zoom In in the Display menu or click g in an image only the image the tool bar The display size of the image is enlarged displayed on the monitor n is changed You cannot save the image zoomed in or out See ee ae abew ue Hupa l Undoing the zooming Select Undo in the Edit menu Select Zoom Out in the Display menu or click gi the tool bar The display size of the image is reduced Editinganimage 119 120 Rotating an image Note When you rotate an image only the image displayed on the monitor is rotated but the original image does not change To save the original image rotated select Save File in the File menu Undoing the rotation Select Undo in the Edit menu Editing an image You can rotate an image which is useful to view an image recorded with the camera oriented side ways Display the full sized image of a camera or hard disk which you want to change the angle See Opening the camera images page 94 or Opening an album of the hard disk page 109 for details Rotating an image in clockwise direction Select Rotate Clockwise 90 degrees in the Image menu or click in the tool bar Each time you select the menu or tool the ima
103. wser oOo Piugins ins Eee Acquire folder Setting up dn Bum s 83 84 Step 2 Connecting the Digital Still Camera Notes Turn off the power on your computer and Digital Still Camera before connection Do not turn off the power of the camera nor disconnect the cable during transmitting the data which may cause a transmission failure Use only the supplied connecting cable Other brands of cables may cause malfunctions The connecting cable supplied is for the Sony Digital Still Camera DSC F1 only It cannot be used to connect other cameras Insert the connecting cable carefully into the port making sure that the port goes in straight and is firmly seated When inserting the cable into the Digital I O port of the Digital Still Camera match the A mark of the cable with that of the port Keep metal objects away from the connector pins to avoid short circuits We suggest you use the Digital Still Camera with the AC power adapter Also refer to the instructions manual of your Macintosh Setting up Digital Still Camera Connecting cable supplied Your Macintosh d to DIGITAL 1 0 port Connect the connecting cable to the cable adapter supplied and then to the modem or printer port printer port Connecting cable Cable adapter Use the supplied connecting cable to the modem printer port via the cable adapter to the DIGITAL I

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