John Francis wrote: >It's never necessary to load Zoom Browser et al. onto your machine. >The only part of the installation that you might have needed on an >old machine (one running Windows 98, say) would have been drivers >for whatver you were using to connect the camera to the computer. >It would have been possible to just install that piece, but it's a >whole lot easier to install everything. > ahah!
>With Windows XP the drivers are already built in, so just plugging >the cable in is enough. But that just makes the camera look like >an additional disk drive - you won't get any file renaming unless >you use a file upload utility. > So for my purposes I DO need it... > Zoom Browser is one possibility >(although I wouldn't let you load it onto my machine, personally; >in my experience it doesn't play well with others), but there is >a pretty good upload-and-rename interface in Photoshop Elements. > I'm hoping someone else uses elements and has a pc :) :) and that their lap top allows me to put a mousie on it. OTOH I may decided I don't have anything worthy of entering the contest and won't have to pester anyone. Thanks, John ann > > >On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 10:39:13PM -0400, ann sanfedele wrote: > > >>Welll I got software with the Canon through which I load the pics - >>don't have a card reader, actually >> >>I did need it on my old dell -- maybe I don't need it on the XP and >>with Elements 5.0 >> >>but it includes a raw viewer and converter - although now I'm using the >>raw converter in elements 5.0 >> >>Of course I'll accept any help I can get just to get it done quickly.... >> >>I almost never use drag and drop - I list the stuff on the card, >>highlight the frames I want, go into >>the download window of the canon zoom browser and make a directory and a >>file prefix. >>after they are on the computer I open selections in elements. >> >> and that reminds me -- I need to bring my mini-mouse with me if I have >>to use a laptop. >> >> Of course in my wildest dreams I hope someone has a pc :) >> >>BUt be it mac or pc, dealing with a laptop thingy that is supposed to be >>a mouse is stress city - >>I can't control it... my hands just don't work that way. >> >>ann the ludite >> >>Cotty wrote: >> >> >> >>>On 14/3/07, ann sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>I hope someone will let me use their adobe photoshop 5.0 and has or can >>>>let me load my >>>>canon software on their machine so I can actually participate in the >>>>contest. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Why would you need to load Canon software on someone's machine? I have >>>been using Both Canon and Pentax DSLRs for several years and have never >>>loaded any Canon or Pentax software on my Macs. I simply insert a card >>>into the reader and then drag and drop the files onto the hard drive. >>>>From there, I rename files (ReNamer For Mac) and view/adjust in CS. It >>>would be easy enough to do this to anyone's pics on a memory card, I can >>>do this for you if you like. Of course, you can adjust your own pics, >>>it's plenty easy on a Mac. >>> >>>I'll bring a burner, although it will be a standalone unit (my PowerBook >>>doesn't have a burner). >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>PDML@pdml.net >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
