LAUNCHING THE SOFTWARE
OPERATING THE CAMERA WITH THE COMPUTER
Start the Camera Access application.
Select Twain from the File menu, then Acquire... from the submenu.
The QTIC Main Panel will appear.
In the QTIC Main Panel:
• Control the Dimâge V functions (recording, flash mode, image quality mode, self-timer) with the computer.
• Format SmartMedia.
• Display the camera status (frames remaining, frames taken, and low battery warning).
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See page 61 for more information.
Select Record Mode from the Camera menu.
Set the flash mode and select the image quality, then click on Capture.
Open the viewer panel and double-click on the thumbnail of the captured image.
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The image will be displayed in the Image panel.
In the Image Panel:
• Edit images (crop, adjust brightness/contrast, adjust color balance, flip, rotate, change bit depth, retouch, invert, and resize).
• Magnify or reduce the view of images.
• Print the displayed image.
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See page 39 for more information.
Select Save As... from the File menu.
Enter the new file name.
Select the folder/directory where the file is to be saved.
Select the format and image depth for the file.
Click on Save/OK.
The image will be saved in the selected file format.
Once the image is saved:
• Display the thumbnail preview of the image.
• Open the image with another application software.
• Incorporate the image into an original post card or calendar using
Adobe PhotoDeluxe™, included in this package.
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STARTING THE APPLICATION
1. Connect the camera to the computer (p. 8).
2. Turn the camera on.
3. Turn the computer on.
4. From the Start button, select Programs, then select FlashPoint from the submenu and Camera
Access from the second submenu.
• The Camera Access window will open.
5. Select TWAIN from the File menu and Select
source from the submenu.
6. Select QTIC from the TWAIN source list, then click on Select.
7. Select TWAIN from the File menu and Acquire... from the submenu.
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STARTING THE APPLICATION
• The QTIC Main Panel will appear after the "Connecting to the camera.
Please wait..." message is gone.
DIMMED OPTIONS
If the buttons, Capture, and Viewer... are dimmed (appear grey instead of black and do not function when clicked), the camera is either turned off or is not connected to the computer correctly.
Check the following points when the options are dimmed, then quit and restart the application (p. 20).
• The Dimâge V is turned on.
• The serial cable has been securely plugged into both the camera and the computer (pp. 8-9).
• An image memory card is in the camera.
• The camera has been connected to the correct serial port (p. 8).
If the the options are still dimmed after restarting, reinstall the software.
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If only Viewer… is dimmed, there are no images on the image memory card.
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