Installing PictureProject
This section describes how to install PictureProject and copy photographs to a computer. PictureProject can also be used to view, edit, and organize photographs. See the PictureProject Reference Manual (on CD) for more information.
Viewing the PictureProject Reference Manual
The PictureProject Reference Manual (on CD) can be viewed using Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or later.
1Start the computer and insert the silver reference CD.
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•Macintosh:
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PictureProject
The Nikon FotoShare setup program will start (Europe only). Follow the
Read the license agreement…
…and click Yes to accept and proceed with installation.
Click Next to install PictureProject to the location shown, or click Browse… to choose a different folder.
Click Install.
Click Yes.
Click Yes.
Click Quit.
Apple QuickTime
Printing Via Direct USB Connection
JPEG photographs can be printed directly from a camera connected to a PictBridge printer (RAW /NEF photographs can not be printed by direct USB connection). See page 57 of Guide to Digital Photography for details.
Set the USB option in the camera setup menu to MTP/PTP.
Turn camera on. | Press button. Menus | Highlight icon for current |
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Organize
View and organize photographs.
Edit
Retouch photos using a variety of tools, including cropping and brightness and hue adjustment.
Design
Click Yes.
Click Yes.
Click Finish.
DirectX 9 (Windows XP/2000 Only) If DirectX 9 is not already installed, the dialog shown at right will be
If an earlier version of QuickTime is installed, the QuickTime installer will start. Follow the
Click OK. If a dialog is displayed directing you to restart the com- puter, follow the
The PictureProject Import Assistant will be displayed (see step 12 of Installing PictureProject (Windows) for details).
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Other tasks that can be performed with PictureProject include printing photographs, sending photos by
Before Installing PictureProject
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Installing PictureProject (Windows)
The illustrations in this section are intended as a guide only. The dialogs and messages displayed dur- ing installation may differ in some respects from those shown here.
Turn the computer on and insert the PictureProject installer CD into the
If the “Select Language” Dialog Is Not Displayed
Open the “Computer” (Windows Vista) or “My Computer” (Windows XP/2000) window and
Click Easy Install to begin installation of:
•Drivers for
•Apple QuickTime
•Nikon FotoShare (Europe only)
•PictureProject
•Microsoft DirectX 9 (Windows XP/2000 only)
Capture NX Free Trial: Download the trial version of Capture NX.*
Capture NX Updater: Download the Capture NX Updater.*
Camera Control Pro Updater: Download the Camera Control Pro Updater.*
Nikon RAW Codec: Download the Nikon RAW Codec (Windows Vista only).*
* Internet connection required.
Follow the
Click Yes (some time may be required to complete installation on some systems).
Installing QuickTime Under Windows Vista
See the Apple website for Windows Vista support information. Nikon recommends down- loading and installing the most
displayed. Follow the
Click Yes. If a dialog is displayed directing you to restart the computer, follow the
The PictureProject Import Assistant will be displayed. The Import Assistant is used to catalog existing images for display in PictureProject.
1 Click Import to catalog the images in the “Import from” folder in PictureProject. The time needed to catalog the images is proportional to the number of images in the folder.
2 Click OK to close the Import Assistant when import is complete.
To proceed without cataloging existing images, click Close. Existing images can be cataloged manually at any time; see the PictureProject Reference Manual (on CD) for details.
“Import from” folder
Import button | Close button |
Remove the PictureProject installer CD from the
This completes installation of PictureProject. Proceed to “Viewing Photographs on a Computer.”
Installing PictureProject (Macintosh)
The illustrations in this section are intended as a guide only. The dialogs and messages displayed dur- ing installation may differ in some respects from those shown here.
Turn the computer on and insert the PictureProject installer CD into the
Enter the administrator name and password…
…and click OK.
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Click Easy Install to begin installation of:
•Nikon FotoShare (Europe only)
•PictureProject
•Apple QuickTime
The CD for use in Europe includes Nikon FotoShare. Selecting Easy Install dis- plays the dialog shown at right; click OK.
Capture NX Free Trial: Download the trial version of Capture NX.*
Capture NX Updater: Download the Capture NX Updater.*
Camera Control Pro Updater: Download the Camera Control Pro Updater.* * Internet connection required.
Read the license agreement…
…and click Accept to accept and view the ReadMe file. Take a few moments to read this file, which may contain important in- formation that could not be included in this guide. Click Con- tinue… to proceed with installation.
If the computer restarts, log in to the account used to install PictureProject. To install Nikon FotoShare (Europe only), open the “FotoShare” folder on the PictureProject installer CD and drag the Nikon FotoShare icon to the “Applications” folder on the hard disk.
Remove the PictureProject installer CD from the
This completes installation of PictureProject. Proceed to “Viewing Photographs on a Computer.”
Viewing Photographs on a Computer
The illustrations in this section are from Windows XP.
Use a Reliable Power Source
Nikon recommends using an optional
Turn the camera off and connect the supplied
Turn the camera on. PictureProject will automatically detect the camera and the PictureProject Transfer window will be displayed in the computer monitor. Click Transfer to copy all photographs from the camera memory card to the computer.
Transfer button
Windows Vista/XP
An AutoPlay dialog will be displayed when the camera is turned on. Choose PictureProject and click OK. To bypass this dialog in future, check the “Always…” option.
The photographs will be displayed in PictureProject when transfer is complete.
PictureProject periodically checks for updates when the computer is connected to the Internet. If an update is detected when PictureProject starts, an update dialog will be displayed. Follow the
Disconnecting the Camera
Before turning the camera off and disconnecting the USB cable, remove the camera from the system as described below.
•Windows Vista/XP: Click the “Safely Remove Hardware” (
) icon in the taskbar and select Safely remove USB Mass Storage Device from the menu that appears.
•Windows 2000 Professional: Click the “Unplug or Eject Hardware” (
) icon in the taskbar and select Stop USB Mass Storage Device from the menu that appears.
•Macintosh: Drag the camera volume (“NIKON D40”) into the Trash.
Turn the printer on.
Connect the supplied
Turn the camera on. A welcome screen will be displayed, fol- lowed by the PictBridge playback display.
Press the multi selector left or right to view additional photo- graphs, or press the 
button to zoom in on the current photo. To view six photographs at a time, press the 
button. Use the multi selector to highlight photographs, or press 
to display the highlighted photograph full frame.
To print the picture currently selected in the PictBridge playback display, press 
. The menu shown at right will be displayed. Press the multi selector up or down to highlight an option and press to the right to select.
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To start printing, highlight Start Printing and press 
. The PictBridge playback display will be displayed when printing is complete.
To cancel and return to the PictBridge playback display before all images have been printed, press the 
button.
Windows 2000 and PictBridge Printers
The camera USB option must be set to Mass Storage (the default option) before connecting to a Windows 2000 computer. If you have selected MTP/PTP to connect to a PictBridge printer, rese- lect Mass Storage before connecting to a computer.
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