------------------------------------------------------------------ Canon Utilities ZoomBrowser EX README File Version 6.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright (C) 1996-2011 Canon Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------ This file contains important information about ZoomBrowser EX. Please read the contents carefully. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Contents -------- 1. Equipment Setup 2. Upgrading from ZoomBrowser EX version 2/version 3 3. Sending E-mail 4. Backing up to CD 5. Inserting Text in the Viewer 6. Read-only images/folders 7. Using the Color Management feature 8. Warning regarding ZoomBrowser EX/CameraWindow updates 9. Other Issues 10. Acknowledgments 11. Copyrights 1. Equipment Setup ------------------ (1) Graphics card setup Zooming may sometimes appear slow and not very smooth. This could be related to your computer and its graphics card. If you see this symptom, please adjust the "Hardware Acceleration" slider control in the "Performance"/"Trouble Shooting" tab of the Display Adapter Properties Dialog on your computer so that it is set one notch below "Full". (2) Display settings You may view or change the Display settings on your computer using the "Settings" tab of the "Display Properties" dialog. The "Display Properties" Dialog may be accessed from the Control Panel on your computer. (2.1) Some text and buttons may not be visible at default window size when using the "Large Fonts" Display setting. If your computer has the "Large Fonts" Display setting selected, some of the text and buttons in ZoomBrowser EX windows may not be visible at the default window size. If this happens, resize the ZoomBrowser EX window or change the font size so all text and buttons are visible. (2.2) Avoid using the 16 bit High Color display setting Using 16 bit high color mode may lead to unusual coloring of the ZoomBrowser EX interface. This can be resolved by changing the Windows Color setting to 24 bit color or above. 2. Upgrading from ZoomBrowser EX version 2/version 3 ---------------------------------------------------- If you have added comments or titles to your images using ZoomBrowser EX version 2 or version 3, you will have to run a database converter tool prior to being able to view these comments/titles in this version of ZoomBrowser EX. The database converter tool is called dbconverter.exe and may be found at the location where you installed this version of ZoomBrowser EX. 3. Sending E-mail ----------------- (1) MAPI support is required The E-mail facility requires a compatible Mapi32.dll to be installed in order to function correctly. A Mapi32.dll is installed when MAPI communication is enabled in your usual e-mail program. If an older incompatible version of a Mapi32.dll is currently installed and MAPI is not enabled in your usual e-mail program, enabling MAPI in this program should install a compatible Mapi32.dll. If MAPI is already enabled in the e-mail program, the e-mail program needs to be upgraded and MAPI enabled. 4. Backing up to CD ------------------------------------------- (1) Error message and backup failure when insufficient CD free space ZoomBrowser EX may show a message stating that there is insufficient space on the CD during the final stages of the Backup to CD task. This happens when the total size of the selected images is very close to total available free space on the CD and there is insufficient space on the CD to store some additional ZoomBrowser EX information files. When this happens, the selected images are not backed up to the CD. Please reduce the number of selected images and start the Backup to CD task again. (2) Do not turn off power to CD writer during Backup to CD Please do not turn off power to a CD burner while in the Backup to CD task. This may cause errors in ZoomBrowser EX. If this happens, please start ZoomBrowser EX again. (3) Backup to CD may fail while other CD writing software is open ZoomBrowser EX may fail to backup files while other CD writing software is open. If this happens, close all other CD writing software and start the Backup to CD task again. (4) Backup to CD does not support UDF-formatted discs ZoomBrowser EX can not backup files to UDF-formatted discs. 5. Inserting Text in the Viewer ------------------------------- When inserting text onto an image in the Viewer, the font size is displayed using points and is calculated using an assumed image resolution of 180 dpi. When printed, the text size will scale for different paper and image sizes. To print text at an exact point size, please use the Photo Print task. 6. Read-only images/folders --------------------------- You may browse images in a read-only folder or CD-ROM, but you will not be able to associate comments with images in these folders. This restriction also applies to images that are flagged as read-only. If you do want to save a comment for a read-only image, please clear the read-only check box for this image using Windows Explorer. 7. Using the Color Management feature ------------------------------------- (1) Enabling Color Management The Preferences > General tab now has a selectable Color Management option. When enabled, image colors displayed in ZoomBrowser EX are matched to the monitor ICC profile, so that colors remain consistent. Color management is Off by default. (2) Supported image types Color management is performed for the following types of images when color space information (including an ICC profile) can be retrieved from the image: - Exif JPEG - Exif TIFF - RAW ZoomBrowser EX will not perform color management for all other image types. NOTE: If you change your monitor's color profile whilst ZoomBrowser EX is running, ZoomBrowser EX will continue to use the color profile that was being used when the application was started. For ZoomBrowser EX to use the new monitor color profile, close ZoomBrowser EX and start it again. 8. Warning regarding ZoomBrowser EX/CameraWindow updates -------------------------------------------------------- If you are using both ZoomBrowser EX and CameraWindow, be sure that when you update one application, you also update the other at the same time. If you only update one of these applications, some functionality may be impaired. The latest versions of both applications can be downloaded from our website. 9. Other Issues --------------- (1) Starting ZoomBrowser EX after abnormal termination of the Remote Shooting application If the Remote Shooting application terminates abnormally, you may not be able to start ZoomBrowser EX thereafter. If this happens, please restart your computer. (2) Avoid manipulating images using other tools while the images are being accessed in ZoomBrowser EX It is recommended that you do not delete, move or change any images using other applications while you are accessing these images within ZoomBrowser EX. (3) Avoid using extremely long file/folder names On some operating systems, ZoomBrowser EX may behave abnormally when trying to access files or folders with extremely long names. If this happens, please change the file/folder to have a shorter name. (4) Do not uninstall ZoomBrowser EX while ZoomBrowser EX is running If you try to uninstall ZoomBrowser EX while ZoomBrowser EX is running, the uninstall will partially work and only some of the files will be removed. Please do not uninstall ZoomBrowser EX while ZoomBrowser EX is running. (5) Images rotated using the File Viewer Utility, EOS Viewer Utility, or Digital Photo Professional may not be correctly displayed in ZoomBrowser EX ZoomBrowser EX may not correctly display images that have been rotated using the File Viewer Utility, EOS Viewer Utility, or Digital Photo Professional. If this happens, please rename or make a copy of the image using windows explorer, then view the new image in ZoomBrowser EX. The new image should then be displayed correctly. (6) Unsupported image types Some image types have many variations. ZoomBrowser EX may not support all such variations and, therefore, may not show the unsupported images correctly. To view such an image within ZoomBrowser EX, please open the image in an image editor that supports its particular type and then save the image in an image type supported by ZoomBrowser EX (e.g. JPEG). (7) Do not eject a CD during Slide Show Please do not eject a CD from which the ZoomBrowser EX Slide Show is displaying images as this could cause errors. If this happens, exit and re-start ZoomBrowser EX. 10. Acknowledgments ------------------- This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group. 11. Copyrights -------------- TIFF: Copyright (c) 1988-1997 Sam Leffler Copyright (c) 1991-1997 Silicon Graphics, Inc. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that: 1. The above copyright notices and this permission notice appear in all copies of the software and related documentation. 2. The names of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics may not be used in any advertising or publicity relating to the software without the specific, prior written permission of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics. IJG: Permission is hereby granted to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software (or portions thereof) for any purpose, without fee, subject to these conditions: 1. If any part of the source code for this software is distributed, then this README file must be included, with this copyright and no-warranty notice unaltered; and any additions, deletions, or changes to then original files must be clearly indicated in accompanying documentation. 2. If only executable code is distributed, then the accompanying documentation must state that "this software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group". 3. 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