Basic Operations

# Step 1. Loading Image Data

> Viewing image data stored on disk
> Loading photo data from an external device
> Loading image data from a scanner

| Note:

A confirmation dialog for the Instruction is displayed upon initial start-up. Click Next, and the Instruction is activated. If you check Do Not Show Next Time, the confirmation dialog is not displayed from the next time you start the program.

You can access images in the application using any of the following methods.

For details about the window items, refer to the section entitled Main Window.

Files that can be loaded into File Manager:

The thumbnail display varies depending on the file format loaded. Image files are displayed as miniature versions, but other files such as movie sound, and document files are displayed as icons, as shown below.

Explanation | Displayed thumbnail
Image file |
Movie file | (Start the application associated with an extension)
Sound file | (Start the application associated with the extension)
Adobe Acrobat PDF files | (Start the application associated with the extension)
Photo page files saved by EPSON Easy Photo Print For details, see the EPSON Easy Photo Print User's Guide. |
Work files saved by EPSON Darkroom Print EPSON For details, see the EPSON Darkroom Print User's Guide. |

## Viewing image data stored on disk

To access data stored on your hard drive or on disk, follow the steps below.

| Start EPSON File Manager.

> You can also start the software by dragging-and-dropping an image or a folder onto the "EPSON File Manager" icon on the desktop. In this case, the following procedure to select the image is not necessary. Proceed to Step 3. Starting the Application.

> The Main window appears.

| Specify the folder that contains the data from the folder tree that you want to load. The images you have selected in the folder are shown as thumbnails.

|  | Caution:

When loading data that is stored on removable storage media, do not remove the media from the drive until all tasks have been completed.

|  | Note:

In some cases, image data that has been modified by other photo editing software except EPSON Darkroom Print and EPSON Easy Photo Print cannot be used in EPSON File Manager.

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## Loading photo data from an external device

To access photos from a digital camera or memory card that can be read as a drive when connected by USB cable to your computer, follow the steps below.

| Connect a digital camera or a removable disk to your computer, and power the device on.

> Removable disk devices that can be read are as follows:

> - digital cameras with memory cards

> - digital camera memory cards which have been inserted into a memory card slot in your computer

> - digital camera memory cards which have been inserted in an EPSON printer with a memory card slot

|  | Caution:

When loading data stored on a memory card, do not remove the card from the digital camera, computer or printer, until all tasks have been completed.

|  | Note:

Refer to the removable hard disk's documentation for instructions on connecting it to the computer.

| Start EPSON File Manager.

> The Main window appears.

| Click in the upper-left side of the window.

|  | Note:

When photos encoded with DPOF information are found, and if EPSON Easy Photo Print is installed, DPOF Print will commence. For details, refer to DPOF Printing.

| If you would like to load photos taken with the camera using folders arranged by shooting date, select Store photos by photo date. If you would like to load them as they are, select Store photo data as it is., and click Save.

|  | Note:

If the connected external device cannot be read as a drive, the message "Could not find removable media." will appear.

|  | Note for Macintosh users:

- To eject a memory card, drag the memory card icon on the desktop into the trash after completing all tasks.

- When "Store photo data as it is." is selected, all the data in the memory card will be saved to a file or a folder in which the data is stored. Please note that if there is a file or a folder that has the same name as that of the image data, the data in the memory card will be overwritten.

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## Loading image data from a scanner

To access images from a TWAIN compliant device such as a scanner, follow the steps below.

| Make sure that the scanner is powered on and connected to the computer, and ensure that the photograph to be scanned is placed correctly.

| Start EPSON File Manager.

| Click in the upper-left side of the window.

> Any connected TWAIN devices will be displayed.

| Click on the TWAIN device from which to scan the image then click Scan and Save.

| The TWAIN driver appears. Follow the on-screen instructions to scan and load the image data.

> For details, refer to your scanner driver help or scanner manual.

> The contents of the folder in which the scanned image data has been saved will be displayed.

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