1. There are many ways to save your digital images. Three of the most obvious are to save them to:

· Your computer

· A CD

· A memory stick

We will talk about each one in turn FOR A PC. The techniques are different for the MAC users and they will be dealt with separately.

2. SAVING TO YOUR COMPUTER

· EASIEST WAY (OR THE HARDEST WAY IS TO FOLLOW YOUR CAMERA’S MANUAL)

· ANOTHER, MORE GENERIC WAY IS TO FOLLOW THESE STEPS: IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY PLEASE STOP ME

· FIRST – CREATE A FOLDER IN YOUR “My Pictures” folder:

i. Go to “Windows Explorer” on your desktop

ii. Click on folder “My Pictures”

iii. Then click on “File” in upper left hand corner

iv. Then click on “New” then slide the mouse to the right and click on “Folder”

v. Then type in a folder name such as “september 2006”

vi. Then press “Enter” on the keyboard

vii. NOW YOU HAVE SET UP THE FOLDER TO HOLD THIS SET OF IMAGES. YOU CAN SET UP AS MANY DIFFERENT FOLDERS AS YOU WANT.

viii. ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? OK

· SECOND – PREPARE TO LOAD THE IMAGES

i. Plug the camera cable into the computer

ii. Plug the cable into the camera

iii. Turn on the camera

iv. Click on “Windows Explorer” on your desktop

v. Click on folder “My Computer”

vi. Click on folder “Memory Stick” or some other folder that looks like it refers to your camera

vii. Click on folder “ DCIM”

viii. Click on folder “101MSDCF” – this will display your image files in the right panel of “Windows Explorer”

ix. If you don’t see the images, click ANYWHERE on the right side panel, then click on “View” on the tool bar, and select “Thumbnails” – this will now display images.

· THIRD – SAVE THE IMAGES TO THE FOLDER THAT YOU CREATED

i. Highlight each image that you want to save by holding down the “CTRL” key and clicking on each image to be saved.

ii. Release the “CTRL” key

iii. Click on any of the images to be saved and drag it to the folder that you created (i.e. september 2006)

iv. The images are now in the folder. To check this, click on the new folder and the images should appear in the right side panel, if not start over with i. above.

· FOURTH – DISCONNECT THE CAMERA

i. Highlight each image that you want to save by holding down the “CTRL” key and clicking on each image to be saved.

ii. Unplug the cable from the camera and the computer

iii. If desired, recharge the battery

3. SAVING TO A CD

· FIRST – LOAD AN UNUSED, BLANK CD

i. Place a CD into your read/write disc drive

ii. When the Blue Panel appears, simply click “X” in upper right corner to get rid of it

· SECOND – PREPARE TO LOAD THE IMAGES

i. Plug the camera cable into the computer

ii. Plug the cable into the camera

iii. Turn on the camera

iv. Click on “Windows Explorer” on your desktop

v. Click on folder “My Computer”

vi. Click on folder “Memory Stick” or some other folder that looks like it refers to your camera

vii. Click on folder “ DCIM”

viii. Click on folder “101MSDCF” – this will display your image files in the right panel of “Windows Explorer”

ix. If you don’t see the images, then click ANYWHERE on the right side panel, then click on “View” on the tool bar, then selects “Thumbnails” – this will now display images.

· THIRD – SAVE THE IMAGES TO THE CD

i. Highlight each image that you want to save by holding down the “CTRL” key and clicking on each image to be saved.

ii. Release the “CTRL” key

iii. The click on any of the images to be saved and drag it to the CD. Most likely it is labeled as “CD Drive (D: )”

iv. A bubble will appear in the lower right of the screen. Click on it. On the left side of the new screen, select “Write these files to a CD” and follow the instructions that appear.

v. The images are now on the CD, to check this, click on the “(D:)” and the images should appear in the right side panel, if not start over with i. above

· FOURTH – DISCONNECT THE CAMERA

i. Highlight each image that you want to save by holding down the “CTRL” key and clicking on each image to be saved.

ii. Unplug the cable from the camera and the computer

iii. If desired, recharge the camera battery

4. SAVING TO A MEMORY STICK

· FIRST – INSERT YOUR MEMORY STICK

i. PLACE YOUR MEMORY STICK INTO A USB PORT – probably on the front of your computer if you have a Dell desk top machine

ii. IF the Blue Panel appears, simply click “X” in upper right corner to get rid of it

· SECOND – PREPARE TO LOAD THE IMAGES

i. Plug the camera cable into the computer

ii. Plug the cable into the camera

iii. Turn on the camera

iv. Click on “Windows Explorer” on your desktop

v. Click on folder “My Computer”

vi. Click on folder “Memory Stick” or some other folder that looks like it refers to your camera

vii. Click on folder “ DCIM”

viii. Click on folder “101MSDCF” – this will display your image files in the right panel of “Windows Explorer”

ix. If you don’t see the images, then click ANYWHERE on the right side panel, then click on “View” on the tool bar, then selects “Thumbnails” – this will now display images.

· THIRD – SAVE THE IMAGES TO THE MEMORY STICK

i. Highlight each image that you want to save by holding down the “CTRL” key and clicking on each image to be saved.

ii. Release the “CTRL” key

iii. The click on any of the images to be saved and drag it to the MEMORY STICK.

Most likely it is labeled as “Removable Disc (H:)”

iv. The images are now on the CD, to check this, click on the “(D:)” and the images should appear in the right side panel, if not start over with i. above

· FOURTH – DISCONNECT THE CAMERA

i. Highlight each image that you want to save by holding down the “CTRL” key and clicking on each image to be saved.

ii. Unplug the cable from the camera and the computer

iii. If desired, recharge the battery

After you have saved or printed your images, it would be a good idea to delete the images in your camera in order to save space on the memory card. From there, you can print them on your own printer.

This presentation will provide detailed steps to download your images from you computer’s hard drive to your PC or Apple computer.

The PC Computer

On a PC saving digital images is more complicated than saving a simple data file. Once you save images to a CD you can’t place anymore images on that disc.

Many of the image editing programs allow you to save your images directly to a CD so you can simply follow the instructions that the program provides. You may however save your finished images to the hard drive and then later transfer them to a CD/DVD.

That said here are the steps involved:

1. Put an unused CD in the drive.

Please note: a) your disc drive must be able to WRITE as well as read, b) the CD should be labeled – CD-R or CD-RW or DVD-R or DVD-RW or DVD-RAM

2. Open WINDOWS Explorer

Please note: If you don’t have Windows Explorer on your desktop the following will get it there:

..Click START on the lower left of the screen

..Click PROGRAMS

..Click ACCESSORIES

..Drag and drop WINDOWS EXPLORER to your desktop

..Click on WINDOWS EXPLORER to open it up

3. Click on MY COMPUTER in the left panel of the screen and find the pictures that you want to transfer. They are most likely in a folder called MY PICTURES.

4. Click on that folder to open up the folder.

Please note if you don’t see thumbnail images of the files, do this:

.. Click on VIEW on the toolbar at the top of the screen

.. Click on THUMBNAILS on the drop down box. Now you can see the images in that folder

5. Back in WINDOWS EXPLORER you need to select the images that you want to transfer with the following process:

..Hold down the CTRL (control) key

..Left click on each image that you want to transfer – remember keep holding down the CTRL key – don’t let go.

6. When you have made all your selections, let go of the CTRL key and then DRAG AND DROP the group of photos to the CD DRIVE on the left side panel.

7. A bubble will pop up on the screen saying: YUOU HAVE FILES WAITING TO BE WRITTEN TO THE CD.

8. A new panel appears and it shows the files to be copied. On the left panel, click on the order WRITE THESE FILES TO CD

9. Then simply follow the instructions provided by the CD WRITING WIZARD.

10. YOU ARE NOW DONE! A little long but once you do it a few times, it’s quite easy.

DON’T FORGET THAT YOU CAN’T ADD ANY MORE FILES TO THE CD

The Apple Computer

On an Apple saving digital images is more complicated than saving a simple data file but easier than on a PC. Once you save images to a CD you can’t place anymore images on that disc.

Apple has an image editing program called I PHOTO that you will use for this process. That said here are the steps involved:

1. Put an unused CD in the drive.

Please note: a) your disc drive must be able to WRITE as well as read, b) the CD should be labeled – CD-R or CD-RW or DVD-R or DVD-RW or DVD-RAM

2. Open up I PHOTO. Please note you may find it in the RECENT ITEMS box

3. Look for the folder of images that you want to transfer

4. Select the images to transfer by click on the image while holding down the SHIFT key or the APPLE key.

5. Once all images have been selected, click on ORAGANIZE

6. Click on BURN, click on BURN again

7. Click on BURN in the pop up window if it appears.

8. YOU ARE NOW DONE! A little long but once you do it a few times, it’s quite easy.

DON’T FORGET THAT YOU CAN’T ADD ANY MORE FILES TO THE CD

Rossmoor Camera Club

Walter A. Braun

Tim Christoffersen