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Types of digital cameras from each school Memory sticks/cards and Multi USB Card Readers Printers (PictBridge) How do I get, save, resize, crop, insert and my photos/movies? –Publisher, Power Point, Movie Maker, Schoolwires, & Groupwise Camera lessons and Digital Projects Digital Cameras

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W55

Canon PowerShot S410

Canon PowerShot A540

Fujifilm FinePix F40fd

Canon PowerShot A460

Canon PowerShot A85

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W70

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W55

Power Button Located left of the Shutter button on the camera's top panel, this button turns the camera on and off. A green LED surrounds the button, and lights when the camera is powered on.

Zoom Lever and Shutter Button Surrounding the Shutter button on top of the camera –controls optical zoom and, when enabled via the Setup menu, Sony's Smart Zoom or Precision Zoom options. In Playback mode, this button controls the digital enlargement of a captured image, which can go as high as 5x. –(Very handy for checking focus or the expressions on people's faces in group shots.) Also in Playback mode, the wide- angle end of the button activates the Index Display mode, which displays nine thumbnail images on the screen at one time, making for faster browsing through your captured images. Shutter Button –Surrounded by the Zoom lever, this button sets focus and exposure when halfway pressed, and fires the shutter when fully pressed.

Playback Button To the right of the optical viewfinder eyepiece on the rear panel, this button enables the camera's Playback mode when pressed. A second press returns the camera to Record mode (as does a half- press of the Shutter button).

Mode Dial Crowning the top right corner of the rear panel, this ribbed dial sets the camera's operating mode, offering –Auto –Program –Movie –Snow –Beach –Landscape –Twilight –Twilight portrait –Soft snap –High sensitivity modes.

Display Button Below the Mode dial, this button controls the LCD display, cycling through the image with information display, the image with information and live histogram display, the image with limited information display, and no image display at all (in all Record modes). In Playback mode, it cycles through a similar series, but does not disable the LCD display. Another handy feature is that you can brighten or darken the LCD screen by pressing and holding the Display button in either Record or Playback mode.

Menu Button Just beneath the Display button, this button activates the settings menu in any camera mode. The Menu button also turns off the menu display, as does half- pressing the shutter button.

Five-Way Arrow Pad Located in the lower right corner of the rear panel, this control features four arrow buttons, each pointing in a different direction (up, down, left, and right), and a Set or OK button in the middle In all settings menus, these arrow keys navigate through menu options. Pressing the center of the button confirms selections. In any record mode (except Movie and Twilight modes), the Up button controls the Flash mode, cycling through Auto, Forced, Slow-Sync, and Suppressed modes. (Available options vary depending on the mode you're in.) The Right arrow turns the Macro (close-up) mode on and off, and the Left arrow accesses the Exposure Compensation menu. The Down arrow accesses the Self-Timer modes (two- and 10-second options). In Playback mode, the Right and Left arrows scroll through captured images. When Playback zoom is enabled, all four arrows scroll around within the enlarged view, while pressing the center button returns to the normal, 1x display.

Image Resolution / Erase Button Lower left of the Five-way Arrow pad, this button displays the available resolutions in any record mode. Choices are –7m(3,072 x 2,304) –3:2(3,072 x 2,048) –5m(2,592 x 1,944) –3m(2,048 x 1,536) –2m(1,632 x 1,224) –VGA(640 x 480) –16:9(1,920 x 1,080) –Movie resolutions are 640 x 480, and 160 x 112 pixels. In Playback mode, this button lets you erase the currently displayed image.

Multi USB Card Reader InternalExternal Does it support your type... –CompactFlash Type I –CompactFlash Type II –Microdrive –CF Card –SmartMedia Card (SM) –Secure Digital (SD) Card –MultiMediaCard (MMC) –Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO –Memory Stick Duo –xD-Picture Car Kingston USB flash memory card readerKingston USB flash memory card reader

PictBridge allows images to be printed directly from digital cameras to a printer, without having to connect the camera to a computer. What is PictBridge?What is PictBridge? Card Reader PictBridge

Software that comes with the camera Ie: Picture Motion Browser for Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W55Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W55

Memory port (where you put the memory card) Memory Card Manager

Photo editing software Adobe Photoshop Elements

How do I save my photos? Folders –Creating under H: –Naming (ie: Images 07-08) Convert images to and save as thumbnails (not full size images

How do I resize a photo? Left click on photo Resize from corners

How do I crop a photo? Left click on photo Picture toolbar should appear –If not View > toolbar > picture Crop from center/middle of photo

How do I insert/import my photos into Microsoft Publisher (object based) Microsoft Publisher From a file –On the Objects toolbar, click Picture Frame, and then click Picture from File. –Drag the mouse diagonally until you have the size picture frame you want. –In the Insert Picture dialog box, locate the folder that contains the picture you want to insert, and then click the picture file. –Do one of the following: To embed the picture, click Insert. To link the picture to the picture file on your hard disk, click the arrow next to Insert, and then click Link to File.

How do I insert/import my photos into Microsoft Publisher (object based) Directly from a scanner or digital camera –Before you begin, make sure that your device is TWAIN or WIA-compatible and is connected to your computer. You should also make sure that you have installed the device software that supports TWAIN or WIA. –Some devices come with more than one software program. If you are not sure what software is TWAIN or WIA-compatible, check the device documentation or contact the manufacturer of the device. –Set up the picture in the scanning device. –On the Insert menu, point to Picture, and then click From Scanner or Camera. –If you have more than one device attached to your computer, select the device you want to use. –Do one of the following: If the selected device is a scanner and you want to use default settings for scanning the image, click Web Quality if you are going to display the picture on a screen, or Print Quality if you are going to print it, and then click Insert to scan your picture. If the selected device is not a scanner (for example, if it is a digital camera), or if you want to customize any settings before you scan the picture, click Custom Insert, then follow the instructions that come with the device you're using. –Note The Insert button might be unavailable with some scanners because the scanner software doesn't support an automatic scan. Use the Custom Insert button instead.

How do I insert/import my photos into Power Point? Add a picture Click where you want to insert the picture. Insert one of the following: A picture from a file –On the Drawing toolbar, click Insert Picture From File. –Locate the folder that contains the picture that you want to insert, then click the picture file. –Do one of the following: To embed the picture, click Insert. To link the picture to the picture file on your hard disk, click the arrow next to Insert, and then click Link to File.

How do I insert/import my photos into Power Point? A picture directly from a scanner or digital camera For this procedure, make sure your device is TWAIN- or WIA-compatible and is connected to your computer. You should also make sure that you have installed the device software that supports TWAIN or WIA. –Set up the picture in the scanning device. –On the Insert menu, point to Picture, and then click From Scanner or Camera. –If you have more than one device attached to your computer, under Device select the device you want to use. –Do one of the following: If the selected device is a scanner, and you want to use default settings for scanning the image, click Web Quality (if you are going to show your picture on the screen) or Print Quality (if you are going to print your picture), and then click Insert to scan your picture. If the selected device is not a scanner (for example, if it's a digital camera) or you want to customize any settings before you scan the picture, click Custom Insert. Follow the instructions that come with the device you're using. Note The Insert button might be unavailable with some scanners because the scanner software doesn't support an automatic scan. Use the Custom Insert button instead.

How do I insert/import my photos into Movie Maker? You can import existing digital media files that are supported by Windows Movie Maker to use for your project. The files you can import might be stored on and imported from your hard disk on your computer, a shared network location, a CD, or on removable media. When importing files in Windows Movie Maker, you can import one file or multiple files at one time. A source file you import remains in the same location from which it was imported. Windows Movie Maker does not store an actual copy of the source file; instead, a clip that refers to the original source file is created and appears in the Contents pane. After you import files into your project, don’t move, rename, or delete the original source files. If you add a clip to a project after the corresponding source file has been moved or renamed, Windows Movie Maker attempts to automatically locate the original source file. If the source file is deleted, it must be placed on your computer, or on a location your computer can access, again. After you upgrade to this release of Windows Movie Maker, your collections file, which stores information about your collections and the clips contained within your collections in Windows Movie Maker, from a previous release of Windows Movie Maker is imported and upgraded automatically when you first start this version of Windows Movie Maker.

How do I insert/import my photos into Movie Maker? To import existing digital media files On the File menu, click Import into Collections. –or- Do one of the following, depending on what type of digital media file you want to import: –In the Movie Tasks pane, under Capture Video, click Import video. –In the Movie Tasks pane, under Capture Video, click Import pictures. –In the Movie Tasks pane, under Capture Video, click Import audio or music. In File name, enter the path and file name of the file you want to import, and then click Import. If you want selected video files to be separated into smaller clips, select the Create clips for video files check box. Note You can import several files at one time. For consecutive files, click the first file in the list, press and hold down the SHIFT key, and then click the last file in the list. For files that are not consecutive, press and hold down the CTRL key, and then click each file that you want to import.

How can I get my movies into Power Point? Connect camera to USB or insert memory stick into PC On the menu bar –Click Insert > Movies and sound > Movie from File Drop down arrow and locate camera –Ie: Sony Memory Stick (F:) Open folder where photos are located –Ie: DCIM Note: –File of types – Movie Files

How can I get my movies into Movie Maker? Connect camera to USB or insert memory stick into PC On movie task bar –Click Import Video Drop down arrow and locate camera –Ie: Sony Memory Stick (F:) Open folder where photos are located –Ie: DCIM Note: –File of types – Movie Files

How do I send my photos? 1. Sending an attachment (Paper clip) 2. Select folder Click OK 3. Select images/photos Click OK

How do I open a photo via ? 1.Right click on attachment and left click save as 2.Save in folder you’ve name for images 3.Open by one of the following:

Attachments? Sending as an attachment About Attachments Use Attach File to send one or more files to other users. You can attach a file that exists on your hard disk, diskette, or network drive. The recipients can open the attached file, save it, view it, or print it. If you change the attached file after you have sent it, the recipients do not see the changes. Opening Attachments When you open an attached file by double-clicking it, GroupWise � determines the correct application to open the file in. Viewing Attachments You can view the attachment by right-clicking it > clicking View Attachment.

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