Kodak EasyShare Software Guide for Macintosh Operating Systems
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY Rochester, New York 14650 © Eastman Kodak Company, 2005 Kodak and EasyShare are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company.
Table of Contents 1 Overview.............................................................................................................................1 Supported File Formats........................................................................................................1 System Requirements...........................................................................................................2 Key Features ........................................................................................
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Removing and Deleting Pictures .......................................................................................34 Removing Pictures from a Collection............................................................................34 Deleting Pictures from a Collection...............................................................................34 Menu Options for Pictures ...............................................................................................
Sync And Transfer .............................................................................................................97 Sync and Transfer Manager .........................................................................................100 Sync and Transfer ........................................................................................................106 Backup and Restore .........................................................................................................
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 1 Overview Kodak EasyShare software lets you view, share, and work with your digital pictures. The first time you use EasyShare software, you can create a collection of pictures in the Pictures folder on your home directory. Whenever you transfer pictures from a supported device connected to your computer, those pictures are automatically added to your collection. You can also save other pictures to your hard disk and add them to your collection.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X System Requirements Minimum Hardware Requirements • • • • • Power Mac G3, G4, G5, G4 Cube; iMac; PowerBook G3, G4; or iBook computer 16-bit color (thousands or millions) 1024 x 768 display 128 MB RAM 200 MB storage available Operating system requirements • • Mac OS X v10.3 or later Internet access for online printing, sharing pictures, and emailing Required Apple Software • QuickTime 6.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Advanced searching of pictures • Search by caption and file name • Search by date ranges • Search by Favorite • Search by File extension and kind of file (picture, movie) • Create “Smart Albums” that automatically organize pictures based on your search criteria Kodak EasyShare camera support • • • • • • Tagged pictures for printing and/or email Tagged pictures as favorites Camera address book On-camera albums Camera Favorites Album Wireless support Kodak Pict
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X • Custom page layout – Allows up to 8 pictures per page – Move, Resize and Rotate pictures on the page – Add text to page and customize the font, size and color – Rotate both pictures and text to any angle Express Upload • • • • Upload pictures to an Kodak EasyShare Gallery account Create new albums or add to existing albums (created in EasyShare software) After uploading, order prints or share the online album with friends and family One Touch Upload to Kodak
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Burn pictures to CD or DVD • Select a set of pictures and burn them to writeable CD or DVD.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Task History List • Automatically records executed tasks – Print at Home – Email – Burn CD – Slide show – View, delete or perform any task previously executed User Feedback • Provide user feedback to Kodak directly from EasyShare software Crash Reporter • 6 Automatically send crash report to Kodak December 2005
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 2 Installing, Starting, Maintaining, and Updating EasyShare Software Installing EasyShare Software from a CD IMPORTANT: Before installing EasyShare software, make sure the camera and/or camera/printer dock are disconnected from the computer. Otherwise, the software may not install properly. To install Kodak EasyShare software: 1. Close all applications running on your computer, including virus protection applications. 2.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 5. Click Continue The following window appears. 6. Click Continue.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X The License Agreement appears. 7. Click Continue The following window appears. 8. Click Agree.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X The following window appears. 9. Change the destination, if needed, then click Continue. The following window appears. 10. Click Customize (to install just some components). The packages listed in this window are automatically installed.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 11. Click the arrow in front of One Touch to Better Pictures A list of printers appears. NOTE: You may deselect or select one or more of the printers in the list, then click Upgrade to install only the components you selected. However, in this exercise, you will install everything. 12. Click Easy Install (to install all of the software components). 13. After clicking Upgrade/Easy Install The following window appears.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 14. Type the Administrator’s name and password; click OK then Continue Installation. The Progress window appears. 15. If you would like EasyShare software to automatically open when a device or KODAK Picture CD is detected, click Yes; if not, click No. The Install screen continues to show the progress. A screen notifies you when the software is successfully installed.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X The Registration screen appears. 16. Click Yes to register EasyShare software. 17. After the EasyShare software is successfully installed, click Restart.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Downloading and Installing EasyShare Software 1. On the Web, go to www.kodak.com/go/easysharesw. 2. Click Macintosh download at the bottom of the page. 3. Select a language (if necessary), then click EasyShare Software. 4. Follow the instructions on the screen. NOTE: The web download does not offer a custom install option. Printer dock drivers and One Touch to Better Pictures are not included in the web download. Go to www.kodak.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Starting EasyShare Software After you install Kodak EasyShare software on your computer, you can launch it in several different ways: From the Dock 1. Move your cursor to the bottom of the desktop until the Dock appears. NOTE: Some computers are set up so the Dock is visible all the time. 2. Click . The Kodak EasyShare software opens. From the Desktop 1. Double-click the Macintosh hard drive icon . The Macintosh HD window opens. 2. Click Applications.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X A list of applications appears. 3. Double-click in the list of applications. The Kodak EasyShare software opens. Uninstalling EasyShare Software To uninstall EasyShare software, 1. Place the Kodak EasyShare software CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. Double-click the Kodak program CD mounted on your desktop. 3. In the window that opens, double-click screen.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X First time launch The first time that you open EasyShare software, a Software set-up assistant launches. 1. Click Continue. A Software set-up assistant dialog box appears. 2. Select the country in which you reside from the drop-down list and click Continue. NOTE: You should be connected to the Internet to continue setup. After the country is selected, EasyShare software checks to see if the country is in a Kodak EasyShare Gallery service area.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X • If you would like to set up a Kodak EasyShare Gallery account, choose and click Continue. Enter the required information and click Start. • If you already have a Kodak EasyShare Gallery account, choose and click Continue. Enter the required information and click Start.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X • If you do not want to set up a Kodak EasyShare Gallery account at this time, choose and click Start. (You may set up an account later through the Preferences window.) The EasyShare software opens. Any photographs that you previously had in the application appear in My Collection. Checking version number To check the version number of the EasyShare software currently installed on your computer: • From the menu bar, select Kodak EasyShare > About Kodak EasyShare.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Updating EasyShare Software You can check for updates for EasyShare software automatically. Checking for Updates Automatically The Updater checks for new versions of the EasyShare software. If a new version is found, it a message is displayed which brings you the Web page to download the software. 1. From the menu bar, choose Kodak EasyShare > Preferences. The Preference window opens to the General preferences. 2. Click . The following window appears.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 3. Select Daily, Weekly, or Monthly from the drop-down menu. 4. Click the red close button. Checking for Updates with the Software Updater Make sure that you are connected to the Internet, then select Kodak EasyShare > Update Kodak EasyShare. • If you are using the latest version, you will see the following message: • If there is a more recent version of EasyShare software available, a message appears, “A new version of Kodak EasyShare software is available.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Setting EasyShare Program Preferences You can change many of the settings that control the features and functions of Kodak EasyShare software to suit your preferences. 1. Select Kodak EasyShare > Preferences. The following window appears. 2. Click each of the icons across the top of the window to view and change different Preference settings as needed. NOTE: For information on Preferences settings, click .
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Transfer Transfer settings let you choose to: • • • • make One-Touch Transfer your default transfer method set the time delay; change the destination folder on your hard disk synchronize the camera date and time to your computer Tagged Picture Tagged Pictures lets you choose how to act on pictures tagged to be printed and emailed.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Software Update Software Update lets you set whether and how often (daily, weekly, or monthly) to automatically check for updates to the EasyShare software. Wireless Wireless lets you enable a wireless connection and select devices available for a wireless connection. Backup Reminder Backup Reminder lets you set up a reminder to perform periodic backups of your collection and to view when the last backup was created.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 3 General Functionality Adding Pictures to My Collection Add pictures to My Collection from your: • Digital camera • Hard drive • Picture card reader • Removable media (CD, DVD, zip disk, floppy disk, Kodak Picture CD) Adding pictures from your digital camera 1. Place your EasyShare camera into its Dock and press the Transfer button, or connect your digital camera to the computer through a USB port and turn on the camera’s power. 2.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X The pictures appear in the window as they are transferred. Adding pictures from other sources 1. Start Kodak EasyShare software. 2. Click the My Collection tab at the top of the window, if needed. 3. Click (Import pictures to the collection) or choose File > Import Pictures. 4. Navigate to and click the drive and folder from which you want to add pictures. 5. To add all the pictures in the folder, click Open.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Dragging and dropping into EasyShare software An easy way to add pictures to your collection in EasyShare software is to drag and drop them from your hard disk or desktop. 1. In EasyShare software, click on the My Collection tab (if it’s not selected). 2. On your desktop or in a folder on your hard drive, select the pictures you want to add. NOTE: To select more than one picture, hold down the Command (Apple) key as you click the image files. 3.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Adding Pictures from iPhoto You can add pictures from iPhoto software into your EasyShare collection using iPhoto’s export function. 1. Open iPhoto software. 2. Select the picture(s) you want to add to your EasyShare collection. The selected pictures have a blue box around them. 3. Select File > Export. The Export Images dialog box appears. 4. Click Export. A dialog box asks where you want to export to. 5. Click OK.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Changing Thumbnail Size of Pictures Change the size of the thumbnails with the slider at the bottom of the window. • Click and hold down the blue Select the thumbnail size (or zoom) slider, and move your mouse to the right until the thumbnails are the size you want. • To turn slide mount off, View>Slide Mount Frames. Full-Screen view To see a picture in the Full-Screen viewer, double-click a picture in the My Collection workspace or in the task window drawer.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Displays the previous picture (if more than one was selected) Displays the next picture (if more than one was selected) Rotates the picture 90 degrees in the direction of the arrow Displays the picture in the Edit window Quick Print 30 December 2005
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Selecting Pictures Selected pictures have a yellow border. You can select or deselect pictures in the My Collection screen using several different methods. A single picture To select just one picture, click the picture you want. The frame around the picture turns yellow. When you select another picture, the previous picture is deselected.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Adjacent pictures Click the first picture, hold the Shift key, then click the last picture in the desired range. The frames around all the selected pictures turn yellow. • Using a selection box 1. Place the cursor in the white space above the first picture you want to select. Then click and hold down the mouse button, and drag across the other pictures you want to select. 2. Release the mouse button. The frames around all the selected pictures turn yellow.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X All pictures • From the EasyShare menu, select Edit > Select All. • Or press Command-A The frames around all the pictures turn yellow to indicate they are selected.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Deselecting Pictures A single picture • Hold down the Command key and click the picture. The frame around the picture turns gray to indicate that it’s not selected. Part of a group of pictures • To deselect a single picture in a selected group, hold down the Command key and click the picture. The frame around the picture turns gray. All Pictures • To deselect all the selected pictures, from the EasyShare menu choose Edit > Deselect All.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Menu Options for Pictures Using the Menu bar The menu bar at the top of the screen provides many choices for viewing, editing, organizing, and saving your pictures. Many of the options in the menus are also available by clicking buttons on the EasyShare window or through normal keyboard shortcuts (such as Command-X for Cut and Command-Z for Undo). • Click each of the menus (File, Edit, View, Gallery, Tools and Window) and review the available options.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Using the My Collection Drawer The My Collection Drawer on the right side (can also appear on left) of the EasyShare window contains selected pictures. You can gather the pictures that you want to edit, print, or email. You can open and close the drawer by clicking (Show/hide selected images).
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Burning a CD/DVD If you have a writeable CD-ROM (or DVD) device, you can use Kodak EasyShare software to write .tif, .bmp, .jpg, .avi, and .mov files to CD-R and CD-RW (or DVD) compact discs. 1. In My Collection, select the pictures that you want to write to a CD/DVD. 2. Place a CD-R or CD-RW into your computer’s writeable CD-ROM drive. 3. Click window. or choose Tools > Burn CD/DVD from Collection in the My Collection The Burn Disc window opens.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Protecting Pictures Protecting a picture prevents you from overwriting the original when you edit the picture. IMPORTANT: This does not protect a picture from being deleted. To protect a picture: 1. Select a picture in My Collection. 2. Click The Info window for that picture appears. 3. Click the box in front of Protected. A check mark appears. 4. Click the red close button.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X A lock appears in the upper right side of the picture frame to indicate that it’s protected. NOTE: You can also protect pictures in certain cameras. See your Kodak EasyShare camera manual for details.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Editing Pictures EasyShare software provides a set of tools for editing your pictures. Selecting pictures for editing You may select a single picture, or several pictures for editing. The selected pictures appear, one at a time, in the editing window. 1. In My Collection, select the picture or pictures you want to edit. The selected picture(s) appear(s) in the My Collection Drawer. 2. Click 40 to display the Edit window.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 3. Move the blue zoom slider to the right to enlarge the picture. When the picture is enlarged, you can move it around the window using either the blue scroll bars on the right and bottom, or by moving the cursor over the picture. When the cursor turns into a hand, you can click and drag the picture around the window. You can apply a single editing effect or several effects. After each change: • To accept the change, click Apply. • To undo the edit, click .
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Editing tools EasyShare software provides a set of editing tools that you can apply by clicking buttons across the top of the Edit window. Rotate Rotate 90º counterclockwise/clockwise Click the left side of the button to rotate the picture 90 degrees counterclockwise. Click the right side of the button to rotate the picture clockwise.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Enhance Automatically enhance the picture – Click to change the color balance and contrast automatically. EasyShare applies its “best guess” at the optimal color and contrast. If you place the cursor over the dotted line, it turns into a double-sided arrow. You can then click and drag the line right or left so you can see the effect of the change on a larger or smaller part of the picture.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Crop Crop picture – Removes unwanted parts of your picture. Photo size lets you select a standard size print from a menu of standard sizes. Click on the blue up/down arrows next to the photo size, then select the size you want from the list. Note that this procedure crops your image to the correct proportions of the print size in the list. Free form cropping places a crop box around the picture.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Red eye Remove red eye from picture – Gets rid of red eye with a single click. To remove red eye, 1. Use the zoom slider to enlarge the eye area. 2. Position the cross hair over the red eye area and click the mouse button. The red eye is removed. 3. Repeat for each red eye in the picture.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Brightness/contrast Adjust brightness/contrast – Changes the brightness and contrast of your picture. • Drag the brightness slider to the right to make all colors lighter or to the left to make them darker. Drag the contrast slider to the right to increase contrast or to the left to decrease contrast.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Exposure Adjust exposure – Brightens dark areas and lightens dark ones. • Drag the exposure slider to the right to lighten dark areas or to the left to darken light areas.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Apply effects Apply effects to your picture – Click one of the buttons to change your picture to black-and-white or sepia or add a vignette. You can vary the vignette size. Each additional time the vignette button is pressed makes the oval/rectangular vignette smaller.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Or you can do a combination of effects.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Saving Pictures/Videos After you edit each picture/video, you must save it to keep the change(s) you made. You have the option to Save or Save As. Save Generally, when you save a picture, the new picture overwrites the original picture file on the hard drive. However, in EasyShare software, when you save a picture, you are saving your edits under the same file name, yet you still have the opportunity to restore the original (see “Restoring Originals”) at a later time.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X A dialog box appears for renaming your picture. 3. Type a new name for the picture, then click Save. The edited picture is saved under the new file name. 4. Click Close. Notice that in your collection, there are now two copies of the picture that you edited – one original and the other edited. The new, edited picture is selected and has a green check mark.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Restoring Originals Even after saving edits to your picture, you can still restore the original picture. EasyShare software automatically stores the digital original of your picture. The original pictures are located HD>Users>username>Library>Application Support>Kodak EasyShare>Originals. 1. In My Collection, select the edited picture you want to restore. 2. From the menu bar, choose File > Restore Original.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 3. In the message that comes up, click Restore. The picture is restored to its original appearance and all previous edits are lost.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Editing Videos You can trim video clips (MOV and AVI file formats). When you save an edited video, a copy of the original is saved. To return the original video to your collection, choose File → Restore Original. To trim a video: 1. Select the video clip in My Collection. 2. Click . The Edit video window opens. 3. Click to display the Trim buttons. 4.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X The part of the video that you trimmed will no longer appear in the video clip. 5. Click . 6. Type a new file name in the File name field and click December 2005 .
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Running a slide show You can view a slide show of selected pictures from your collection. The pictures change automatically on the screen. In My Collection, select the pictures you want in your slide show. You may also include video clips. When the slide show gets to a video clip, the entire clip plays before going on to the next picture. NOTE: To select all the pictures in an album, select the album in the left pane, and from the menu bar, select Edit > Select All.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 4. Click the up or down arrow to set the time delay. 5. Click the Loop checkbox if you want the slides to loop (that is, automatically repeat after reaching the end). 6. Click the Show captions checkbox if you want your captions to appear on the screen during the slide show 7. Add music if desired selecting a music file. • Music from your iTunes Library. To play a complete playlist, select it in the Playlist column.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Controls for running a slide show Controls for the slide show appear in the bottom right corner of the screen. NOTE: You may have to move the mouse for these controls to appear.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Organizing Your Pictures EasyShare software provides different ways for you to organize your pictures so you can find the picture(s) you need easily. You can organize by subject matter (in albums), by date, by selecting as a favorite, by captions you assign, and more. Using Albums Albums provide a logical way of organizing pictures in your collection. Create albums to keep pictures of the same subject or event together.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 2. In the New Album dialog box, type a name for your album in the text field. 3. Click OK. The album name appears in the View list box in the task options pane. Creating an Album by dragging pictures 1. Select pictures for your new album in My Collection workspace. The selected pictures have a yellow frame around them. 2. Click and drag the pictures to the white space under the current albums.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X The name becomes highlighted. 5. Type a new name for this album and press the Enter key. The new album is renamed. Adding Pictures to an Album To add pictures to an album: 1. Select the pictures for the album in My Collection workspace. The selected pictures have a yellow frame around them. 2. Click and drag the pictures to an album name in the task options pane until a box appears around the album you want.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 3. Release the mouse button. The pictures are added to the album. Viewing Pictures in an Album • 62 Click the name of an album in the left pane to view thumbnails of the pictures in that album.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Manually arranging pictures in an Album You can manually click and drag the thumbnails of your pictures into any order that you want. This is helpful if you want to arrange the pictures into a particular order for a slide show or if you want all the pictures of a certain subject together. It’s helpful to make the thumbnails as small as possible so that you can see more slides and rearrange the pictures more easily into the position you want.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 3. Click Remove Album. Although the album is removed, the pictures in this album remain in your collection. Creating a Smart Album Smart albums contain only pictures that match the criteria you define. 1. Select File > New Smart Album. A Smart Album window appears. 2. In the Smart Album name field, select the default name and type your album name. 3. In the Match criteria field, click the up/down arrow. A drop-down list shows two choices.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 6. In the Add Criteria… field, click the up/down arrow. A drop-down list of choices appears. You may select a variety of other search criteria. 7. After the criteria are selected for the Smart Album, click Create. An album will be added containing pictures or movie files based on the criteria. Updating a Smart Album Smart albums are automatically updated whenever you make a change in your EasyShare collection.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Viewing Modes You can view you collection in different viewing modes. Viewing filenames - To see the filenames of your pictures, select View > Show Filenames. The filenames appear below the thumbnails. NOTE: Selecting View > Show Filenames toggles the filenames on and off. Viewing captions - To see the captions for your pictures, select View > Show Captions. The captions, if there are any, appear below the thumbnails.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 2. Click Tag as Favorite. A heart appears in the upper left side of the picture frame to indicate that it’s a favorite. From the full-screen viewer 1. Double-click a picture in My Collection. The picture opens in a full-screen viewer.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 2. Click . A check mark appears in the Tag as Favorite button. 3. Click Done. From the Get Info window 1. Select a picture in My Collection. 2. Click . The Info window for that picture appears. 3. Click the box in front of Favorite. A check mark appears.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X NOTE: The Info window gives a lot of information about the photograph – when it was taken, which camera was used, and more. Take a moment to look at the information that’s in this window. 4. Click the red close button. A heart appears in the upper left side of the picture frame to indicate that it’s a favorite.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X My Favorites is located in the left hand navigation pane with the icon. My Favorites population: ♥ Any picture or video tagged as a favorite will be displayed in this album.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Manually adding to the album: • Select pictures and drag to the My Favorites Album. • After approximately 1 minute, a message will be displayed at the bottom of the collection noting pictures are being synced with the Gallery. • The icon is used to stop the sync. To view the My Favorites album at the Gallery, click the My Gallery Home link. The My Favorites album on the Gallery is identified with the icon.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 1. Initiate a transfer from a camera/picture viewer with picture tagged as favorite. 2. After transfer My Favorites album is automatically synced. Activity message is displayed in lower right. On completion of sync a message is displayed to view favorites at the Gallery. Syncing My Favorites Album from the Gallery to EasyShare software ♥ Changes made to your favorite EasyShare software.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Adding Captions to Pictures Captions provide meaningful descriptions of each picture. Captions are displayed below the slide frame in the Thumbnails view and in the Caption text filed in the Get Info window. You can sort by captions and thus you can use captions as a means of categorizing your pictures so you can later find the picture(s) you are looking for. You can enter a caption in two ways. Entering a caption in the Get Info window 1.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Entering a caption in My Collection This method of entering captions is more convenient if you want to enter captions for a lot of pictures. 1. Position the cursor below a slide frame and click once. The caption text field appears (a light blue box), if View Captions is on. 2. Type your caption. NOTE: Captions can be up to 250 characters long, including letters, numbers, and special characters. To delete a caption, highlight the text and press the Delete key.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Sorting Pictures You can sort pictures by various attributes. To sort the pictures in your collection, choose View > Sort and select the category by which you’d like to sort.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Finding Pictures in your collection EasyShare software provides two easy ways to find a particular picture or set of pictures: Quick Search and Find Pictures • Using Quick Search - Quick search locates a picture or pictures with a caption or file name that matches a keyword that you type. Quick search applies only to the current view. 1. Select Entire collection in the left pane. All the pictures in your collection are displayed. 2. Select View >Quick Search.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 3. Make your selection 4. In the Match criteria field, click the up/down arrow. A drop-down list shows two choices. 5. In the text field, click the up/down arrow. A drop-down list of choices appears. You can specify that the picture text (caption and filename) contains or does not contain, etc., certain words. The buttons to the right of the text field allow you to add (or delete) additional search criteria for pictures. You can add up to three text criteria.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Locating Missing Files If you use the file system (instead of EasyShare software) to rename, move, or delete pictures after they’re in your collection, the path to the pictures is broken. EasyShare software cannot locate the file; the thumbnail of the picture with a broken link is reflected with a red question mark. Missing pictures will not be displayed in slide shows, in the Full-Screen viewer, or for tasks, such as printing or emailing.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X The broken link is repaired and the picture appears on your screen in the Full-Screen Viewer. 4. Click Done. Avoiding Broken Links To avoid breaking the link to pictures, use EasyShare software to do the following: Rename pictures – Use File > Save As to rename a picture or change the file format. Move pictures – Use File > Save As to save a picture in a different folder on your hard disk drive.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 4 Additional Functionality Emailing and Using an Address Book Creating an Address Book In some EasyShare camera models, you can tag pictures in your camera to place them automatically in the EasyShare software’s Email tab. First, however, you must create an Address Book on your computer, and then copy commonly used addresses to your camera. See Sync and Transfer Manager on how to copy addresses to your camera.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X (View Card and Column button) so that you see the expanded view of the 3. Click the Address Book. NOTE: If there are already addresses in your Address Book, you will see them in this window. 4. Click in the Name column. Fields appear for adding a new email listing. 5. Type the First name, press the TAB key, type the Last name, then click on Email and type an email address. You may also enter other information, such as phone numbers and address, if you wish. 6.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X A feature of EasyShare software is options to send email; email with attachments and email sharing powered by Kodak EasyShare Gallery. When using email sharing your pictures are automatically uploaded to Kodak EasyShare Gallery and your message, plus an invitation to view your pictures on Kodak EasyShare Gallery, is sent to the email recipient. This way you can tell a story with as many pictures as you like without sending bulky attachments.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 4. In the Optimize my pictures for section on the left side of the window, select – High speed (the default) to maintain the original file size, which may take longer to upload, or – Dial up, which reduces the file size and takes less time to send. 5. If you want your recipients to view your pictures without signing in to Kodak EasyShare Gallery, clear the following check box. 6. Click Send. EasyShare software notifies you that it’s sending your pictures.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Thumbnails appear in the My Collection Drawer. 2. Click the Email tab. 3. Select the picture file size for the pictures you are sending. EasyShare software defaults to Best for email: NOTE: Select “Original” only if the recipient is going to print your pictures. 4. Click to display the Address Book. The Address Book opens. Make sure that you are in the View Card and Column view. 5.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Output After you have your digital pictures in EasyShare software, you can print them, have them printed through an online print service, email them to family and friends, or share them through online albums. EasyShare software helps automate all these procedures.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 3. In the My Collection Drawer, under each thumbnail, choose the number of copies you want of each print by clicking the up or down arrow. 4. Click Change Paper Size, and in the Page Setup window, choose the appropriate settings, then click OK.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 5. Click the arrow next to the print layout button and choose your print layout. The pictures on the screen reflect your selection. 6. Click to view the next page(s) of your pictures. 7. Click Print. The Print dialog box appears. 8. In the Print dialog box, click Print. Your pictures are printed.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 2. Do the following, as appropriate: In the Adjust picture in the layout to section, choose either Fill or Fit. – Fill (the default) places the picture so that it fills the entire space of the paper size that you selected, even if it means cutting off a portion of the image itself.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X resulting message. The update Installer is downloaded to your desktop. Doubleclick the Installer icon to install the One Touch to Better Pictures update. 3. Click the red close button in the top left corner of the Select Options window to close it. Creating a custom layout 1. Click the Custom layout button. Tools to create the custom layout are now displayed: a rotate dial, rotate text box, selection for pictures per page, and an Add Text button. 2.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 4. Click on any picture. Notice the handles that appear in the four corners. 5. Click and drag on any of the handles to resize the picture, then click in the center of the picture and drag it to another position. 6. Move and resize the five pictures. You may overlap the pictures. NOTE: When a picture is selected, you may use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move the picture. 7. Select one or more pictures, and rotate using the rotate dial angle.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 4. To change the font attributes, from the menu bar, select Edit > Font > Show Fonts. The Fonts window appears. 5. Select the Font Family Typeface and Size that you want. 6. To change the font color, click Extras, then select Color from the pop-up menu. (Or you can select Edit > Font > Colors from the menu bar.) 7. Select a text box and rotate using the rotate dial or by typing in an angle. 8.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Creative Ideas for Custom Layout: Saving print job as a PDF You can save your custom layout as a PDF so that you can print that layout again and again at a later time. To save your custom layout as a PDF, 1. Click Print. The Print window appears. 2. Click Save As PDF… A Save to File window appears. 3. Type a name for your PDF file in the Save As field. 4. Select a different folder in which to save your new file.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 5. Click Save. Adding print jobs to a To Do list You may print your custom layout right away by clicking Print, or you may add it to a “To Do” list and print it later. To add to the To Do list, 1. Click Create To Do. A pop-up window notifies you that the pictures and print settings will be placed on the To Do List. 2. Click OK. The custom layout you created is added to the To Do list. (To access the To Do List, select Tools > To Do List… from the menu bar.) 3.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Sharing Pictures Online – Uploading to Kodak EasyShare Gallery Express uploading albums to Kodak EasyShare Gallery To upload pictures to Kodak EasyShare Gallery, you need an Internet connection and a Kodak EasyShare Gallery account. EasyShare software lets you upload an entire album of photos to Kodak EasyShare Gallery in one click. 1. Select an album by highlighting it in the Album list on the left pane. 2. Click (Express upload album).
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X The Kodak EasyShare Gallery album you just uploaded is displayed in your Internet browser (Safari, FireFox, etc.). The Express Upload icon changes to the album has been uploaded to Kodak EasyShare Gallery. to indicate that NOTE: There is a limit to 300 pictures per album for uploading. Updating your Kodak EasyShare Gallery album If you add pictures to your EasyShare album, you can automatically update your corresponding online Kodak EasyShare Gallery album. 1.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X A progress bar in a window shows the pictures as they are added. When the upload is complete, a message informs you that your pictures are now available online in a secure album at Kodak EasyShare Gallery and asks whether you want to view them now. Creative Projects Use Kodak EasyShare Gallery to create personalized photo gifts.* To start a creative project, you require Internet access and an EasyShare Gallery account.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Sync And Transfer The Sync and Transfer Assistant help you set up your Sync and Transfer preferences for a camera the first time that you use it with your computer and EasyShare software. Attach your camera to the computer and turn on the camera, or if you’re using a camera dock, press the Transfer button. The Sync and Transfer Setup window appears with two choices: Quick Setup and Custom Setup. Custom Setup 1. Select and click . The Custom Setup window appears. 2.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 5. Click . The Internal Memory window appears. Use the slider in this window to select the percent of your camera’s internal memory you want to assign to your Camera Favorite Album. 6. Adjust the slider and click . The Fill Mode window appears. In this window, select the way you want pictures added to your camera’s internal Camera Favorites album: 7.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Quick Setup 1. With the default of Quick Setup selected, click . The Quick Setup window appears. Based on your camera and settings, synchronization can include the following. • Pictures in the Camera Favorites Album on the camera are synchronized with those in your EasyShare collection. For some cameras, this can also include all captions, album names, album associations, and protected and Favorite designations.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Sync and Transfer Manager After you add your camera to EasyShare software through the Sync and Transfer Assistant, you can go back and make changes through the Sync and Transfer Manager. The Sync and Transfer Manager lets you configure and manage one or more devices so they work with EasyShare software. You can make these changes anytime. You can change most settings in the Sync and Transfer Manager either with or without the device connected.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Selecting No, only transfer my pictures deletes the Camera Favorites Album from the EasyShare collection. • Remove pictures. To remove all pictures on the device after transfer, except those in your Camera Favorites Album and protected pictures, select Always remove unprotected pictures from device after transfer. • Set device date and time. To synchronize date and time settings on the device with those on your computer, select Set date and time.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X – – – Automatically add the pictures I select and the most recently captured pictures tagged as Favorites. Add only pictures I select - Use this option to select pictures in your collection and drag-and-drop them into the Favorites Album in the Collection navigation pane. Custom - Use this option when you want to select specific criteria. Info The Info pane shows information about the connected camera. • Click the Info tab on the Camera Center window.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Email addresses Some devices let you create and edit email addresses and groups on the device. This feature is available only when the selected device supports sending email addresses or groups to the device. 1. Click the Email Addresses tab. Click the down arrow by Synchronize device with. A drop-down list appears. 2. Select Entire Mac Address book, a group, or None. Your device may limit the number of addresses in the Device address book.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Album Names This feature is available only when the selected device supports sending album names to the device. Only EasyShare album names are sent. Pictures in the album are not sent to the device. Use this procedure to select the EasyShare album names synchronized with the device. You can select album names for the device either with or without the device connected The Album Names pane lets you copy albums names from your computer to the camera.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Files The Files panel lets you send pictures, videos, firmware and other files to your camera. This pane is available only if the connected camera supports this feature. Before you select a file to send to the camera, make sure that the file name is compatible.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Sync and Transfer When you connect and turn on a camera or press the Transfer button of a camera dock, the following occurs. Pictures are transferred from the device to your hard disk. • Your Camera Favorites Album, email addresses, EasyShare album names, album associations, and date and time settings are synchronized (unless you selected the transfer only option in the General tab of the Sync and Transfer manager).
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Backup and Restore The Backup/Restore contains pictures cataloged by EasyShare software along with any organizational data that you entered. You can create a backup of the entire collection on a CD, DVD or disk location (local or networked). When needed, you can restore from your backup and replace the pictures and metadata in the current collection. Backing up your collection 1. Select Tools > Backup. The Backup Collection window opens. 2.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X EasyShare software calculates how much space you will need to back up your files. If you selected Burn to CD/DVD, a message indicates the approximate number of discs required to complete the backup. If you selected Write to folder, a message indicates the amount of disk space required to complete the backup. A message asked if you want to create the backup. 6. Click . A window shows the progress and thumbnails of the pictures as they are back up.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Restoring from the Hard Drive 1. Select Tools > Restore. 2. Navigate to the folder that contains the backup collections. 3. Select [filename.esb] and click 4. Click December 2005 . to restore the backup to your collection.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Sharing Albums EasyShare software provides a way to share albums with other EasyShare software users on a single computer or on a network. Both you and the user sharing albums must have EasyShare software running in order to share. To share your album(s): 1. Select Kodak EasyShare >Preferences. The Preferences window opens. 2. Click . The Sharing options appear. 3. Do any of the following, as appropriate: • Find shared pictures/video. Select • • . Share pictures.
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Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Plug Events A plug event occurs when Kodak EasyShare software detects a new camera connection or a picture transfer attempt. Kodak EasyShare software automatically opens the appropriate screens needed to help facilitate the transfer process.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Managing Tagged Pictures If you have an EasyShare camera that allows tagging, use the camera’s Share feature to tag your pictures for after-transfer printing or emailing. You can also tag video files, if your camera supports video. By default, tagged pictures transferred to your computer are displayed according to the tagging selected on the camera. Pictures tagged for • Printing are displayed in the Print at Home window.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Pictures Tagged for Emailing NOTE: You must create a camera address book to use this feature unless your camera supports creating email addresses. 1. Take a picture using the Kodak EasyShare camera, then tag the picture for emailing. NOTE: See your Kodak EasyShare camera manual for details. 2. Connect the camera to the computer with a USB cable, or initiate a plug event (see “Plug Events” earlier in this chapter, or your Kodak EasyShare camera manual for details).
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X To Do List Printing Pictures from the To Do List 1. From the menu bar, select Tools > To Do List. The To Do List window shows all the tasks that you added to the list, the date you added them, and the pictures selected for the task 2. Click the print task you want to complete. The task becomes highlighted in yellow. 3. Click Do It. The task is removed from the To Do List and the Print at Home window appears with the print job.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 3. Click Do It. The task is removed from the To Do List and the Email window appears. You may edit the note at this time. 4. Click Send to email the note. A progress indicator appears while your message is being prepared, followed by a message showing that the mail is being sent.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Task History The Task History shows all the recent emails you sent, prints you made, and slide shows that you ran. Instead of wondering exactly which slides you used for a show, rewriting the same email, or laying out the same prints again, you can simply select that task from the Task History window and run it again. The tasks in Task History remain there indefinitely until you delete them.
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Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Providing Feedback to Kodak This feature allows the customer to provide feedback to Kodak directly from EasyShare software. Select Kodak EasyShare > Provide Feedback to Kodak. This launches your Internet browser and takes you to the EasyShare Software FAQs screen where you should fill in a feedback/question form. NOTE: You must be connected to the Internet to use this feedback feature.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Using Kodak EasyShare Center The Kodak EasyShare center provides educational information about EasyShare software. The Welcome page includes links to several sites that may be of interest to you. Some releases of EasyShare software may not include this tab. 1. Connect to the Internet. Some links are available only if you are connected to the Internet. 2. In My Collection, click the Kodak EasyShare center tab. The Welcome page is displayed in the task workspace.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Crash Reporter When EasyShare software fails usually a crash report is generated. The crash report provides Kodak with system details of a fatal software error as it happens and helps Kodak to identify areas of concern with the EasyShare software application. To see what the report contains, click on the arrow by “Crash report details”. The crash report includes: Kodak EasyShare.crash.log (path: HD>Users>Username>Library>Log >Crash Report > Kodak EasyShare.crash.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Getting Help If you need more information or help on some task, check EasyShare Help. There are several ways to get help. Using the Table of Contents to get Help To open EasyShare Help and search its contents, 1. Choose Help > Kodak EasyShare Help. The Help window opens: 2. Click a topic under Contents.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 3. Click the topic that interests you. 4. Continue drilling down until you find the information you need. To go back to your previous screen, click Opening Help related to a task • To open Help associated to a task that you are performing (for example, emailing pictures), click .
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Asking a question in Help Another way to find help on a topic is to type a question or subject into the Help screen. • Type a subject or question in the Ask a Question field, and press the Return key. A list of topics appears. NOTE: Be aware that this type of search returns results not just for EasyShare software, but also for all the software programs loaded on the hard drive computer.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X 5 References Checking your OS version number To check the version number of the Operating System (OS) running on your computer, choose Apple > About This Mac. The version number appears in the About This Mac window.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Default Locations of EasyShare Folders The default location of Kodak EasyShare Software catalog folder is: HD\Users\username\Library\Application Support\Kodak EasyShare The default location of the Kodak Picture folder is: HD\Users\username\Pictures\Kodak Pictures 126 December 2005
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Installing a Printer Dock IMPORTANT: Before installing EasyShare software or drivers, make sure the printer dock is disconnected from the computer. Otherwise, the drivers may not install properly. Step 1: Install drivers The printer dock drivers are installed when EasyShare software is installed from a CD using the Easy Install. If Custom is selected when EasyShare software is installed, you can install just the printer dock drivers.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Step 2: Add Printer Dock to Print Center 1. Connect the printer dock to the computer. 2. Go to the Printer Set-up Utility. 3. Click the double arrow to display the printer options. Select the Kodak printer dock. For Mac OS X 10.4, click More Printers. Then use the double arrows to select Kodak printer dock. NOTE: If the USB is displayed in the selection box, an error message that the driver is not supported or is not installed will be displayed. 4.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X EasyShare Software keyboard shortcuts Menu Menu Item Keyboard shortcut Kodak EasyShare Preferences… a, Kodak EasyShare Hide Kodak EasyShare aH Kodak EasyShare Hide Others a Option H Kodak EasyShare Quit Kodak EasyShare aQ File Import pictures… aO File New Album aN File Get info… aI File Save aS File Save As… Shift a S File Remove Album / from Album / from Collection / from Drawer Delete key File Move to Trash a Delete File Page Setu
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X EasyShare Software Support Pages EasyShare Software Support is available on the Web in several languages: English: Italian: Japanese: German: Spanish: French: 130 www.kodak.com/go/easysharesupport_english www.kodak.com/go/easysharesupport_italiano www.kodak.com/go/easysharesupport_japanese www.kodak.com/go/easysharesupport_deutsch www.kodak.com/go/easysharesupport_espanol www.kodak.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X Troubleshooting On the EasyShare Software Support page, scroll down to access link to Troubleshooting information.
Kodak EasyShare Software for Mac OS X FAQs To access the FAQs, on the EasyShare software support page, www.kodak.com/go/easysharesw, click FAQs – under EasyShare Software Support.
