Acquiring Images

Smart Pix Manager supports the acquisition of images from USB and Twain compliant scanners and digital cameras. To open the Acquire Dialog box click Edit > Acquire from Scanner/Camera.

The process of acquiring images is as follows:

Specify the source

Your camera or scanner is most likely to be Twain or USB compliant (these specify the way they connect to the computer). Newer cameras are USB compliant and appear like a new hard-drive when you connect them. Older devices and most scanners are generally Twain compliant. Smart Pix Manager will display a list of all the items that it could detect connected to your computer. If your camera is not shown ensure it is connected properly and turned on. If that fails you can use the browse function to locate the device manually.

Specify the destination folder

Specify a folder to which Smart Pix Manager should save the acquired images and, optionally, whether a new dated folder should be automatically created in the specified folder

Specify the filename

Optionally you can choose for Smart Pix Manager to assign new names to the acquired images. They will be given a numbered filename based on the base name that you specify

Other options

• Insert file into media library
  If you set this option the newly created image will be automatically inserted into the media library after a successful acquisition.
• Save format (Twain devices only)
  If you are acquiring from a twain device you will need to specify the save format. The two recommended formats are:
  • JPEG format for images you want to view but not edit
  • BMP format for images you want to edit
  • Delete images from the camera after retrieval (USB devices only)
  • If this option is specified the images will be moved from the camera to your computer rather than copied.
• Automatically rotate images after retrieval
  Many high-end digital cameras set a special field within the image specifying its correct orientation. Using this field your images can be automatically rotated for the correct display. If you check this item then after retrieving images from your camera you will be prompted to confirm any automatic rotation that needs to be performed.