Getting photos with ACDSee

You can use ACDSee to download images from your digital camera, scanner, mobile phone, or other removable device. You can also use ACDSee to capture images of your screen and save them as files.

When you connect your digital camera or other device to your computer, ACDSee detects it automatically with the Device Detector, and prompts you to choose one of the following:

• Acquire images from the device with ACDSee: Select this option and click OK to start creating a profile for your device. You can then specify naming, storage, and destination options once, and have ACDSee automatically download your photos to a new directory every time you connect that device. This is particularly useful if you have more than one digital camera or card reader.

• Do nothing: Select this option and click OK if you don't want to create a device profile, but want to use the Get Photos Wizard from within ACDSee to copy your photos to a specific directory, rename files as you copy them, and clear the originals from your device. For more specific instructions, select the type of device you connected from the list below:

• Getting photos from a digital camera

• Getting photos from a scanner (TWAIN)

• Getting photos from a mass storage device

• Getting photos from a CD

About removable devices

With ACDSee, there are several ways to obtain images from your digital camera, scanner, or memory card. For more information about how your device communicates with your computer, please consult your device's Help file or manual. The different types of removable devices are:

• USB mass storage device: mass storage devices include removable memory cards that you can attach to your computer using a USB card reader, and cameras that contain an internal memory card, and can be attached directly to your computer. USB Mass Storage devices are detected by your system as a removable drive.

• Windows Image Acquisition: cameras and scanners that use Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) drivers.

• TWAIN: cameras and scanners that use the TWAIN interface. TWAIN-supported devices use TWAIN drivers that you must install on your computer to communicate with the device. For more information about drivers, and whether or not your device uses TWAIN, please consult your device's Help file.

• Older model digital cameras: some older model cameras require an ACD Systems digital camera plug-in. Newer camera models connect to your computer as a mass storage device, or with TWAIN or WIA drivers, and do not require a camera plug-in.

Related topics

• About the Device Detector

• Getting photos from a digital camera

• Getting photos from a CD

• Using device profiles