Contents Overview Setting up the Camera as a Drive Mounting the Camera Camera Drive Settings Unmounting the Camera Notes on Using the Camera as a Drive Browser Software for Nikon D1 Digital Cameras Nikon View DX for Macintosh Reference Manual Working with Images Viewing the Items in the Camera’s Memory Copying Images to Disk Deleting Images from the Camera Opening Images in Another Application Nikon View Browser Browsing Images in Your Camera Browsing Compact Flash-Memory Cards Browsing Images on Disk
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Overview Welcome to Nikon View DX for Macintosh (below, Nikon View), a browser program for the Nikon D1 digital camera. Nikon View allows you to connect your camera to a Macintosh for quick retrieval and browsing of the images stored in your camera. Once Nikon View is installed on your Macintosh, the camera can be used like any other drive, allowing free access to images in the camera via standard Mac OS file operations.
This manual will guide you, step-by-step, through the process of using Nikon View with your digital camera. For details on Nikon View installation and system requirements, refer to the ”Quick Start Guide.” To Users of Other Versions of Mac OS Contents of This Manual The illustrations and explanations in this manual are for Mac OS 8.6. Display and operation may differ slightly in other versions of Mac OS. Refer to the System Software manual for the version you are using.
Setting up the Camera as a Drive 2 The Nikon View Control window will then appear. Once you have installed the Nikon View software, you can mount the camera the camera as a drive. (See “Quick Start Guide” for details on how to install Nikon View.) The mounted camera drive icon is displayed on the desktop, just as with any other drive. This chapter describes how to mount the camera, choose option settings, and unmount the camera.
Nikon View Control Settings You can make changes to the following settings: • If the Create Thumbnails box is checked, thumbnail previews of the images in the camera will be created when the camera is first connected as a drive. When you open the Image Folder in the Nikon D1 camera drive, image files are displayed as thumbnail icons. These thumbnails will be displayed in Nikon View Browser, and in the Open dialog box when viewing files on the Nikon D1 camera drive.
Connection errors If the computer cannot communicate with the camera, check the following points: • Have the camera and the computer been connected as described in the documentation provided with the camera and the computer? • Is the computer running? • Is the camera on? • Is the camera in sleep mode? (Half-pressing the shutterrelease button will end sleep mode.
Creating thumnail images If the Create Thumbnails box is checked, thumbnail previews of the images in the camera will be created when the camera is first connected as a drive. When you open the Image Folder in the Nikon D1 camera drive, image files will be displayed as thumbnail icons. These thumbnails will also be displayed in Nikon View Browser, and in the Open dialog box when viewing files on the Nikon D1 camera drive.
Other ways to unmount the camera The camera will be unmounted automatically if you do any of the following: • Turn the camera off • Let the camera go into sleep mode • Remove the compact flash-memory card from the camera • Set the camera to a mode other than “PC” mode When the camera is unmounted, the folders containing images recorded by the camera will close and the Nikon DI icon will disappear from the desktop.
If you have installed Nikon View for the Nikon CoolPix series of digital camera, Nikon CoolPix Mounter will appear in the Apple menu ( ) and the Nikon CoolPix CSM item menu will appear in the Control Strip, but these items can only be used with the CoolPix series of digital camera. For details on using cameras in the CoolPix series, see the Nikon View documentation for your CoolPix digital camera.
Working with Images The Nikon D1 camera drive window opens, and the folders stored in the camera’s memory are displayed. Once the camera has been connected as a drive as described in the preceding sections, you can use the camera’s memory with Nikon View in much the same way that you would use any other drive under Mac OS. This chapter describes how to copy images taken with the Nikon D1 digital camera to disk, and how to open them for editing in other applications.
The images in the selected folder will appear as thumbnail file icons. Caution: Do not attempt to replace on image file on the camera’s memory card with another image file with the same name. Even if you click OK in the dialog that appears when a file with the same name is copied to the camera drive, the file will not be overwritten but will instead be erased from the camera’s memory.
Copying Images to Disk Before copying images to disk, locate or create the destination folder. To copy images to disk, select the images you wish to copy by clicking their icons (you can select multiple images by holding down the shift key while clicking each image in turn), then drag any of the selected icons over the destination folder and release the mouse button. Note: Because the camera functions as a read-only drive, images can only be copied, not moved, even if the option key is not held down.
Deleting Images from the Camera To delete an image from the camera’s memory, move the thumbnail icon for the image to be deleted from the browser window to the Trash. When images in the camera are dropped into the Trash, an alert dialog will appear. If you click OK, the image will be permanently deleted without being stored temporarily in the Trash.
Opening Images in Another Application The application will start and the selected images will be opened in windows within the application. The images can be opened in the associated application either by double-clicking the image icon or by selecting Open from the Finder’s File menu. Images can also be opened directly from any application that supports the file formats used by the camera. Note: TIFF-YCbCr image files are different from normal TIFF image files.
Opening selected images by drag and drop You can open selected images in any application that supports the file formats used by the camera by dragging their thumbnails over the application’s icon or alias and releasing the mouse button. Opening images from the application’s Open dialog Images in the camera can be opened from any application that supports the file formats used by the camera by choosing Open… or Open File… from the application’s File menu.
Nikon View Browser The browser windows for all folders in the camera’s memory will open and the images will appear as thumbnails. Nikon View Browser is a utility that allows you to browse the images in the camera’s memory as thumbnail previews. It also incorporates many Finder functions, making it easy to copy or open images while viewing them in preview.
Another way of starting Nikon View Browser Follow these steps to start Nikon View Browser and view thumbnail previews of the images in the camera’s memory: Nikon View Browser will open to the Nikon D1 window, where the folders in the camera’s memory will be displayed. 1 Drag the Nikon D1 icon over the Nikon View Browser icon and release the mouse button. Note: Nikon View Browser may be found in the path “(Installation Disk)|(Installation Folder)| NikonSoftware| Nikon View|Nikon View Browser.
Browsing Compact Flash-Memory Cards 2 Drag the “DCIM” folder icon over the Nikon View Browser icon and release the mouse button. If your computer is equipped with a Type II PCMCIA card drive, you can read camera memory cards using a compact flashmemory adapter (available separately from Nikon). Memory cards can also be read using a compact flash card-reader.
The folders on the card are displayed. Another way of starting Nikon View Browser You can also start Nikon View Browser by double-clicking the Nikon View Browser icon. A dialog will appear prompting you to select a folder to browse. Select desired folder and click Select. 3 Double-click the icon for the folder that you want to browse. The browser window will open, showing thumbnail previews of the images in the selected folder.
Browsing Images on Disk The browser window will open, showing thumbnail previews of the images in the selected folder. Nikon View Browser can also be used to browse JPEG or TIFF images on disk. Select the folder containing the images you wish to browse, drag it over the Nikon View Browser icon and release the mouse button. Note: Nikon View Browser may be found in the path “(Installation Disk)|(Installation Folder)| NikonSoftware|Nikon View| Nikon View Browser.
Another way of starting Nikon View Browser Nikon View Browser can also be started by double-clicking the Nikon View Browser icon. Selecting images Images in the browser window can be printed or copied to disk. The images on which such operations are to be performed can be selected by clicking the image you wish to use. Selected images are highlighted. You can also select images using the tab A dialog will appear prompting you to select a folder to browse. or arrow (↓, ←, ↑, → ) keys.
Viewing Images with the Built-in Viewer Click the Viewer tab to open Viewer panel. Select Open images with built-in viewer and click OK. Images previewed in Nikon View Browser can be viewed at full resolution using the browser’s built-in viewer. The viewer also offers zoom-in, zoom-out, and scroll functions. Follow these steps to view images with the browser’s built-in viewer.
The selected images will be opened at full resolution in separate image windows. The image can also be zoomed in and out by clicking the zoomin and zoom-out buttons at its lower left corner. Clicking the zoom-out button zooms the image out and reduces the size of the window to fit the image. Clicking the zoom-in button zooms the image in and enlarges the window to fit the image. Zoom ratio Zoom-in button Zoom-out button Note: Zoom operations have no effect on the thumbnails in the browser window.
Scrolling and resizing image windows When the entire image does not fit in the image window, you can view the hidden portion by dragging the scroll boxes at the right and bottom of the window, or by clicking the scroll bars or scroll arrows. If you move the cursor over the image, the cursor will take the shape of a hand ( ), and the image can be scrolled by dragging it.
Deleting Images When browsing images in the camera, on disk, or on a compact flash-memory card, you can delete images by moving their associated thumbnails to the trash. Note: When images in the camera are dropped into the Trash, an alert dialog will appear. If you click OK, the image will be permanently deleted without being stored temporarily in the Trash. Image files will be permanently deleted, so be sure to check the image being deleted before carrying out this step.
Printing Images Images selected in the browser window can be printed by choosing the Print command from the File menu. Images displayed in the built-in viewer can also be printed from the image window as described below. Printing from the image window Images displayed in image windows in the built-in viewer can be printed by selecting Print Window… from the File menu. Printing images from the browser window To print images, select the associated thumbnails and choose Print from the File menu.
Changing the Appearance of Thumbnails By default, thumbnail previews in the browser window are displayed in the “No border” style frame. You can choose to display images in a document-style frame or with no frame at all. 1 Select Preferences… from the Edit menu. The Preferences dialog will be displayed. 2 Click the Appearance tab to open Appearance panel. 3 Choose a frame from the list of Thumbnail Border radio buttons.
Viewing Image Information You can view information on selected images. After selecting the thumbnails, select Get Info from the File menu. A window with information on the selected image appears. The Get Info window provides general information, photo information and extra photo information. You can switch between the three using the Show pop-up menu.
Copying Images to Disk Selected images in the browser window can be copied to disk by dragging any of the selected thumbnails over the destination folder and releasing the mouse button. Note: Because the camera functions as a read-only drive, images can only be copied, not moved, even if the option key is not held down. Tip All images taken with the camera are assigned file names of the form “DSC_nnnn.xyz,” where “nnnn” is a four-digit file number and “xyz” is a three-letter extension (JPG, TIF, or NEF).
Opening Images in Another Application When a thumbnail is double-clicked or a thumbnail is selected and Open chosen from the browser File menu, the image will be opened in the application specified for the purpose in the Nikon View Control window. Images can also be opened directly from any application that supports the file formats used by the camera. Check that the application being used supports the same format as the image.
2 In the browser window, select the images you wish to open by clicking their thumbnails, then double-click any of the selected thumbnails or choose Open from the File menu. Note: If you have Adobe Photoshop 4.0 or later with a plug-in for TIFF-YCbCr format image files installed on your computer, you can open TIFF-YCbCr image files in Photoshop. In the case of Adobe Photoshop 4.0, images can be opened from the File menu when the plug-in for TIFF-YCbCr is installed. If you have Adobe Photoshop 5.
Opening selected images by drag and drop Selected images can be opened in any application that supports the file formats used by the camera by dragging their thumbnails over the application’s icon or alias and releasing the mouse button. Opening images from the application’s Open dialog Images in the camera can be opened from any application that supports the file formats used by the camera by choosing Open… or Open File… from the application’s File menu.
Nikon View Reference This chapter provides a brief reference guide to Nikon View’s windows and menus. Refer to this guide when you want to know the meaning of a command. The Browser Window This is the Nikon View Browser window. The browser window shows image files in the camera’s memory, compact flash-memory cards, or any other drive or folder as thumbnail previews. Images can be opened by double-clicking a thumbnail or copied to disk by drag-and-drop. Window operations are detailed in “Nikon View Browser.
The Menus The File Menu The menus in the menu bar allow you to manage images in the camera’s memory or in other folders. The commands available in each menu are outlined below. A more complete description of the tasks that may be performed using the menu commands may be found in the chapter, “Nikon View Browser.” The Apple Menu ( ) In addition to the usual Apple menu items, the Apple menu contains an About Nikon View Browser… option when the browser window is active.
Print ( P) Selected images will be opened in the creating application, and the application’s Print dialog will be opened allowing you to make changes to printer settings and print the image. Move to Trash Moves selected images to the Trash. If this command is used for images in camera memory, an alert dialog will appear. Close Window ( W) Closes the browser window. Clicking the close box at the left end of the title bar has the same effect.
The Edit Menu The View Menu Can’t Undo ( Z) Cut ( X) / Copy ( C) / Paste ( V) / Clear These commands are not available in the browser window. as Icons / as Buttons / as List as Window / as Pop-up Window / Clean Up These commands can not be accessed from the browser window. Select All ( A) Selects all the images in the browser window for copying, printing, or deletion. Arrange Orders the thumbnails in the browser by name, date modified, date created, size, kind, or label.
The Special Menu The Help Menu About Balloon Help… Provides an explanation of the Finder’s “Balloon Help” function. Empty Trash… Deletes all items in the Trash. Show Balloons/Hide Balloons Turns Balloon Help on or off. Eject Disk This command is not available in the browser window. Erase Disk… This command is not available in the browser window. Sleep Puts the system into sleep mode. Normal operation can be restored by pressing any key on the keyboard.
