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Microsoft Picture It! Companion Guide
Chapter 3: Opening Photos in Picture It!
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To open photos from a camera or card reader that is a
USB virtual drive:
1 Make sure your camera or card reader is turned on and connected to your
computer.
2 On the File menu, point to Get Picture From, and then click Digital
Camera.
3 Under Click a camera or drive, click your camera or card reader.
4 Click Download.
The File Browser dialog box opens, displaying the photos on the camera
or card reader.
5 Click a photo. To select more than one photo, press CTRL while you
click the photos.
6 Click Open.
If your camera does not show up as a drive in the file browser, it is probably
designed to work using TWAIN or WIA support. Picture It! works with TWAIN
and WIA and your camera’s software so that you can open photos into Picture
It!.
To open photos from a TWAIN- or WIA-compliant camera:
1 Make sure that you have installed all the drivers and software that came
with your camera.
2 Connect your digital camera to your computer, and then turn on the
camera.
3 On the File menu, point to Get Picture From, and then click Digital
Camera.
4 Under Click a camera or drive, click a camera.
5 Click Automatic Download.
6 Click Download.
The photos stored on the camera are displayed in the workspace.
7 Click Download all pictures.
- or -
To open individual photos, drag photos from the workspace into the Tray.
8 Click Done.
Using your
camera’s software
Some digital cameras—
especially older
models—may not
function as a virtual
drive or be TWAIN-
or WIA-compliant.
For these cameras,
use the software
provided by the
camera to download
the photos to a folder
your computer, and
then open them in
Picture It!.