Opening the camera images. Sony DSC-F1, Cyber-shot DSC-F1

Opening the camera images

To view images in the Digital Still Camera DSC-F1, open the camera images.

Before you start

Make sure you have done the necessary preparations as described in pages 13 through 22.

Opening the image from the image list window

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Select [Open Camera] in the Camera menu or click

on the tool bar.

The following dialog box appears.

The image to be displayed at the beginning.

The total number of the images stored in the camera

2

Click [Open Image List] and input the image number which you want to start the image list with in the [Start with image number] box.

Use the numeric keys to specify the image number or click up arrow to increase or down arrow to decrease the number.

3

Click [Open].

The selected thumbnail images are transferred from the camera (the camera icon is displayed in red) and the image list of the camera is displayed.

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Switching the caption and date display of an image

Select either [Show

Caption] or [Show Date] in the Options 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 size is displayed.

Image number

Caption or date display

Status bar

Camera icon

(Communication starts with camera.)

The following icons on an image stand for:

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).

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Click the thumbnail(s) you want to open (the selected thumbnail frame becomes yellow) and select [Open Selected Album/Image] in the File menu. Or, double-click the image or click on the tool bar.

The selected images are displayed in full size.

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How to select images in the image list

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Selecting an image

Click the desired thumbnail of the image; the image is selected. Click another thumbnail and that image is selected instead of the previous image.

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Selecting multiple images

To select the images each isolated: Press and hold down the Ctrl key as you click the left button of the mouse on the desired images.

To select the images in succession: Press and hold down the Shift key as you click the left button of the mouse on the desired images.

To select all the images in the image list: Select

[Select All] in the Edit menu.

To cancel the selection: Click the right button of the mouse on the selected image. Select [Select

None] in the Edit menu to cancel the selection of all the images.

To open the multiple selected images: Doubleclick the left button of the mouse on one of the selected images as you hold down the Shift or

Ctrl key. Or select [Open Selected Album/

Image] in the File menu; all the selected images are opened.

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

An album list window, an image list window and an image window are displayed in cascade. You can switch the active window (the window selected and displayed front) using the following:

• Click the desired window listed in the Window pulldown menu.

• Click a part of the desired window. You can easily select the window by selecting [Tile] in the Window menu to display all the windows in tile .

• Point to in the album list and image list windows or in an image window in the title bar and click [Next Window] until the desired window displays active.

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