Casio Exilim Ex V8 Users Guide

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■Removing the Camera from the USB Cradle
Windows Vista/XP/98SE/98 Users
Press the USB cradle [USB] button. After making sure that the 
cradle’s USB lamp is not lit, remove the camera from the cradle.
Windows 2000/Me Users
Click card services in the task tray on your computer screen, and 
disable the drive number assigned to the camera. Next, press 
the USB cradle [USB] button. After making sure that the cradle’s 
USB lamp is not lit, remove the camera from the cradle.
Transfer of Images from the Camera and 
Management of Images on the Computer
To manage images on your computer, you need to install the 
Photo Loader with HOT ALBUM application from the CD-ROM 
that comes with the camera.
Photo Loader with HOT ALBUM lets you import images from the 
camera to your computer automatically, to arrange images by 
recording date, and to display images in a calendar format.
■Installing Photo Loader with HOT ALBUM
1.Start up your computer, and place the bundled 
CD-ROM into its CD-ROM drive.
•Use the CD-ROM that has “Photo Loader with HOT 
ALBUM” on its label.
•Normally, this should cause the menu screen to appear 
automatically. If your computer does not display the menu 
screen automatically, navigate to the CD-ROM on your 
computer and then double-click the “AutoMenu.exe” file.
2.On the menu screen, click the “Language” 
down arrow button and then select the 
language you want.
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3.Click “Photo Loader with HOT ALBUM 3.1” to 
select it and then click “Read me”.
•“Read me” files contain important information about 
installation, including installation conditions and computer 
system requirements.
4.Click “Install” for Photo Loader with HOT 
ALBUM.
5.Follow the instructions that appear on your 
computer screen to install Photo Loader with 
HOT ALBUM.
Checking Your Computer’s DirectX Version
In order to manage images using Photo Loader with HOT 
ALBUM, your computer also needs to have Microsoft DirectX 9.0 
or higher installed. You can check the installed version of 
Microsoft DirectX using your PC’s DirectX Diagnostic Tool.
1.On your computer, click “Start”, “All 
Programs”, “Accessories”, “System Tools” 
and then “System Information”.
2.On the “Tools” menu, select “DirectX 
Diagnostic Tool”.
3.On the “System” tab, check to make sure that 
the “DirectX Version” is 9.0 or higher.
4.Click “Exit” to exit the DirectX Diagnostic 
Tool.
•If your PC already has Microsoft DirectX 9.0 or higher 
installed, you do not need to install Microsoft DirectX 9.0c 
from the bundled CD-ROM.
•If your computer does not have Microsoft DirectX 9.0 or 
higher installed, install Microsoft DirectX 9.0c from the 
bundled CD-ROM.
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Playing Movies
You can play back movies on a computer that 
has QuickTime 7 or higher installed. To play 
back a movie, first copy it to your computer 
and then double-click the movie file.
1.Start up your computer, and place the bundled 
CD-ROM into its CD-ROM drive.
•Use the CD-ROM that has “QuickTime 7” on its label.
•Normally, this should cause the menu screen to appear 
automatically. If your computer does not display the menu 
screen automatically, navigate to the CD-ROM on your 
computer and then double-click the “AutoMenu.exe” file.
2.On the menu screen, click the tab for the 
language you want.
3.Click “QuickTime 7” to select it and then click 
“Read me”.
•“Read me” files contain important information about 
installation, including installation conditions and computer 
system requirements.
4.Click “Install” for QuickTime 7.
5.Follow the instructions that appear on your 
computer screen to install QuickTime 7.
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■Minimum Computer System Requirements 
for Movie Playback
The minimum system requirements described below are 
necessary to play back movies recorded with this camera on a 
Windows computer.
IMPORTANT!
•The above is the recommended environment. Configuring 
this environment does not guarantee proper operation.
•Even if your computer meets the minimum requirements 
described above, certain settings and other installed 
software may interfere with proper playback of movies.
Uploading Movie Files to YouTube
To simplify uploading of movie files you recorded with the “For 
You Tube” BEST SHOT scene, install YouTube Uploader for 
CASIO from the CD-ROM that comes with the camera. 
What is YouTube?
YouTube is a site managed by YouTube, LLC. At YouTube, you 
can upload movies you recorded and view movies that have 
been uploaded by others. You need to register as a YouTube 
user before you can upload movies there. 
■Installing YouTube Uploader for CASIO
1.Start up your computer, and place the bundled 
CD-ROM into its CD-ROM drive.
•Normally, this should cause the menu screen to appear 
automatically. If your computer does not display the menu 
screen automatically, navigate to the CD-ROM on your 
computer and then double-click the “AutoMenu.exe” file.
2.On the menu screen, click the “Language” 
down arrow button and then select the 
language you want.
Operating System : Windows XP/2000
Memory : Pentium M, 1GHz or higher
Pentium 4, 2GHz or higher
Required Software : QuickTime 7
DirectX 9.0c
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3.Click “YouTube Uploader for CASIO” to select 
it and then click “Read me.”
•“Read me” files contain important information about 
installation, including installation conditions and computer 
system requirements.
4.Click “Install” for YouTube Uploader for 
CASIO.
5.Follow the instructions that appear on your 
computer screen to install YouTube Uploader 
for CASIO.
■Uploading a movie file to YouTube
IMPORTANT!
•Before you can use YouTube Uploader for CASIO, you 
need to go to the YouTube website 
(http://www.youtube.com/) and register as a user there.
•Do not upload any video that is copyrighted (including 
neighboring copyrights) unless you yourself own the 
copyright or you have obtained the permission of the 
applicable copyright holder(s).
1.Record the movie you want to upload using 
the “For YouTube” BEST SHOT scene.
2.If it isn’t already, connect your computer to the 
Internet.
3.Connect the camera to your computer.
•See page 235 for information about connecting the 
camera to your computer.
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4.Press the USB cradle’s [USB] button.
•YouTube Uploader for CASIO will start up automatically. 
•The first time you start up YouTube Uploader, a dialog 
box will appear and ask you to enter your YouTube user 
ID and your password, and to configure network 
environment settings. Follow the instructions on the 
dialog box and then click the [OK] button.
5.The left side of the display will have an area 
for inputting a title, category, and other 
information required for uploading to 
YouTube. Enter the required information.
6.The right side of the display shows a list of 
movie files in camera memory. Select the 
check box next to the movie file you want to 
upload.
7.After everything is the way you want, click the 
[Upload] button to upload the file.
•After uploading is complete, click the [Exit] button to exit 
the application.
IMPORTANT!
•The maximum file size for upload to the YouTube website 
is 100MB.
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Editing a Movie
In order to edit movies on your PC, you need to install Movie 
Wizard 3.2 SE VCD from the bundled CD-ROM.
NOTE•The Movie Wizard 3.2 SE VCD application that comes on 
the bundled CD-ROM can create Video-CDs, but it cannot 
created DVDs. If you want to be able to create DVDs, you 
need to upgrade to the commercial version of the software. 
See the Movie Wizard 3.2 SE VCD “Read me” file on the 
CD-ROM for information about and what you need to do to 
upgrade to the commercial version.
■Installing Movie Wizard 3.2 SE VCD
1.Start up your computer, and place the bundled 
CD-ROM into its CD-ROM drive.
•Use the CD-ROM that has “Movie Wizard 3.2 SE VCD” 
on its label.
•Normally, this should cause the menu screen to appear 
automatically. If your computer does not display the menu 
screen automatically, navigate to the CD-ROM on your 
computer and then double-click the “AutoMenu.exe” file.
2.On the menu screen, click the “Language” 
down arrow button and then select the 
language you want.
3.Click “Movie Wizard 3.2 SE VCD” to select it 
and then click “Read me”.
•“Read me” files contain important information about 
installation, including installation conditions and computer 
system requirements.
4.Click “Install” for Movie Wizard 3.2 SE VCD.
5.Follow the instructions that appear on your 
computer screen to install Movie Wizard 3.2 
SE VCD.
For more powerful editing capabilities, install the trial version 
of VideoStudio 10 Plus for CASIO, which is a 30-day trial 
version.
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Transferring Images to the Camera
In order to return images from your computer memory back to 
the camera, install Photo Transport on your computer from the 
CD-ROM that comes with the camera.
■Installing Photo Transport
1.Start up your computer, and place the bundled 
CD-ROM into its CD-ROM drive.
•Use the CD-ROM that has “Photo Transport” on its label.
•Normally, this should cause the menu screen to appear 
automatically. If your computer does not display the menu 
screen automatically, navigate to the CD-ROM on your 
computer and then double-click the “AutoMenu.exe” file.
2.On the menu screen, click the “Language” 
down arrow button and then select the 
language you want.
•Regardless of the language you select, the English 
version of Photo Transport is installed.
3.Click “Photo Transport” to select it and then 
click “Read me”.
•“Read me” files contain important information about 
installation, including installation conditions and computer 
system requirements.
4.Click “Install” for Photo Transport.
5.Follow the instructions that appear on your 
computer screen to install Photo Transport.
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■Transferring image files to the camera
1.First, connect the camera to your computer.
•See page 235 for information about connecting the 
camera to your computer.
2.On your computer, click “Start”, “All 
Programs”, “Casio” and then “Photo 
Transport”.
This starts up Photo Transport.
3.Drop the image data you want to transfer to 
the camera onto the Photo Transport Transfer 
button.
Move your mouse pointer to the image file you want to 
transfer, and then hold down your mouse button. Keeping 
your mouse button depressed, drag the mouse pointer and 
the image file along with it to the Photo Transport Transfer 
button, and then release the mouse button.
Transfer buttonHelp button
Settings button Exit button
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4.Follow the instructions that appear on the 
display to transfer the image file to the 
camera.
•The image transfer method and detailed image settings 
used depend on the Photo Transport settings. For details, 
see Photo Transport help (page 251).
IMPORTANT!
•Certain types of images may not be able to be transferred.
•You cannot transfer movies to the camera.
•Only image files of the following formats can be transferred 
to the camera: JPG, JPEG, JPE, and BMP. The transfer 
operation converts BMP files to JPEG format.
■Transferring screen captures to the camera
1.First, connect the camera to your computer.
•See page 235 for information about connecting the 
camera to your computer.
2.On your computer, click “Start”, “All 
Programs”, “Casio” and then “Photo 
Transport”.
This starts up Photo Transport.
3.Display the screen whose screen capture you 
want to transfer.
4.Click the Photo Transport Capture button.
Capture button
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