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Elements 3.0 Plus |
Level 2 Plus |
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Lesson 3
Installing
a Card Reader |
We strongly recommend that you use a
card reader to download images into
your computer rather than connecting
the camera to your computer for this
purpose.
Card readers are inexpensive
accessories. When you select a card
reader, make sure that it will read
the type of memory card used by your
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Introduction |
In this lesson, you will learn how
to configure the Adobe Photo
Downloader to import your images
onto your computer. We will select a
new download directory. We will let
the program organize our images by
date and display only the current
download in our “Photo Well”.
We will not delete the
images from the memory card, but
reformat in the camera
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Step #1: Photo Downloader |
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When you place your memory card in
the Memory Card Reader, the Adobe
Photo Downloader will open
automatically.
It will look like it is starting to
download your images, but it is
not loading anything yet.
You will want to configure things a
bit first. This configuration will
only be necessary on the first
download. |
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Step #2: Destination |
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The red arrow indicates that the
Downloader has automatically found
your memory card. No action needs to
be taken.
We feel that the default destination
for your images is too deeply buried
in Adobe’s sub-directory and should
be changed.
Therefore, let’s change the
destination directory. Click on:
[ Browse ] |
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Step #3:
Default Directory |
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You will notice that the default
directory, or location, for your
images would be:
My Documents>
Adobe>
Digital Camera Photos
We feel this should be changed to
something simpler, and easier to
find. |
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Step #4:
New Destination |
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Click on:
[ My Computer ] |
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Step #5:
“C” Drive |
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Click on your “C” drive.
In this case:
[ Scsi 1 (C:) ] |
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Step #6:
Make New Folder |
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Click on the button labeled:
[ Make New Folder ]
A new folder will be created. It
will flash, and for the moment it
will be called “New Folder”. |
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Step #7:
Rename Folder |
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Now rename this folder:
“Digital Photos” |
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Step #8:
Date Defaults |
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We recommend that you leave the
defaults in place that make sure
that your images are organized by
date and time.
You will learn how to organize them
to your taste in a future lesson.
But date and time organization is
useful, so leave this setting
selected.
Click on:
[ Get Photos ] |
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Step #9:
Photo Download |
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Now your images will be downloaded
on to your hard drive into the new
directory that we have set up, and
will be organized by date and time. |
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Step #10:
Previous Catalog |
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If you had previously used the Adobe
program called “Album”,
you will already have a “Catalog”.
This program will automatically
update your previous “Catalog”
for the new program. |
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Step #11:
New Images |
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This pane informs you that only the
images that you just downloaded from
your memory card will appear in your
“Photo Well”.
If you want to see all your images,
click on:
[ All Photos ] |
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Step #12:
Never Delete |
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This pane offers to delete the
images from your card since they are
now on your computer.
We strongly recommend
against this.
It is far better to reformat
the memory card in your camera.
Click on:
[ No ] |
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Step #13:
New Images |
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Your new images will now appear in
your “Photo Well”. |
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Summary |
In this lesson, you learned how to
configure the Adobe Photo Downloader
to import images into your computer.
We selected a new download
directory. We let the program
organize our images by date, and
display only the current download in
the “Photo Well”. We did
not delete images from
the memory card, but
reformatted in the camera
instead. |
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