User manual PENTAX ACDSEE FOR PENTAX

[. . . ] User Guide Enjoying Your Digital Camera Images On Your PC About This Guide This guide describes the basic procedures for using ACDSee for PENTAX. Refer to the online help for a more detailed description of each function. Welcome to ACDSee for PENTAX Thank you for choosing ACDSee, the world's top digital imaging software. ACDSee is the ideal all-round application for acquiring, organizing, viewing, editing and sharing images. With the image browser, you can search for, organize and preview images and media files stored in the computer. [. . . ] To browse the folder in which the retrieved file is stored, click the path in the [Location:] field. When searching a folder for a file based on [With the text:] and [With the filename pattern:], the item must contain both conditions to obtain a match. 32 [Quick Search] Options With the text: Find all words Find whole words only Search in Caption Search in Keywords Search in Notes Search in Categories With the filename pattern: Images only The item must match all the letters. Search for image files only. [Filter] options affect which items are displayed in the search results. Depending on the filter, the retrieved file may be hidden. Narrowing Down a Search You can narrow down the search results based on categories, folders, file properties and metadata. To define a narrowed-down search: 1 2 3 Enter a keyword, phrase or wild card in the [With the text:] or [With the filename pattern:] field and click [Within folder/category selection below]. To use the current browse settings in the [Categories and Folders] area, click [Sync to browser settings]. Click the [Add. . . ] button below the [In any of the following categories:] area in the [Categories and Folders] area. 33 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 In the [Choose Category] dialog box, choose a category to be included in the search and click the [OK] button. To search the subcategories, click the [5] button and select [Include sub-categories]. Click the [Add. . . ] button below the [In any of the following folders:] area in the [Categories and Folders] area. In the [Choose Folder] dialog box, choose a folder to be included in the search and click the [OK] button. To search the subfolders, click the [5] button and select [Include sub-folders]. If you want to limit the search only to the database rather than searching all or part of the hard disc, select the [Search cataloged items only] check box. In the [Add Search Criterion] dialog box, choose a property to be included in the search and click the [OK] button. In the [Properties] area, click the hyperlink to define the condition command for each property. Click the [Start] button. The search results appear in the File List pane. You can check the storage location of the file by displaying the file information from the Properties pane. To browse the folder where the file is, click on the path in the [Location:] field. 34 Searching by Filename Pattern You can enter a pattern in the [With the filename pattern:] field of the Search pane and conduct a search by filename. The pattern can range from a simple pattern, such as part of a filename, to a more sophisticated pattern containing a wild card. Prevents use of other wild cards containing letters used in filenames, like brackets ([). asterisk (*) and question mark (?) are not recognized as filenames and cannot be used with this function. Example ca?. jpg tallies with cat. jpg, cap. jpg and car. jpg, but not with cats. jpg. cat [a-f0-9] tallies with cata. jpg, catb. jpg, . . . , catf. jpg and cat0. jpg, cat1. jpg, . . . , cat9. jpg. As brackets are a wild card, to search for a filename containing brackets, the brackets are combined with a back slash (\). [. . . ] Click [Flip Vertical] or [Flip Horizontal]. 71 3 Do one of the following: · Click [Save] from the [File] menu. The flipped image is saved as a separate file from the original image. The tool is closed without flipping the image. Photostitcher You can use the photostitcher function to join several images together to create a single panorama image. To use the photostitcher function: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Double-click the [ACD Photostitcher alias] icon on the desktop. [. . . ]