PUB98: How to Import Photographs from KITS Image Disk (178833)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Publisher 98
This article was previously published under Q178833

SUMMARY

When you take a roll of film to KITS Cameras, you can have the photographs processed as digital images that are stored on 3.5" disks. These images are stored in a proprietary graphic format that requires special software to open them. This article explains how to import these images into Microsoft Publisher or other graphics-capable Windows programs.

MORE INFORMATION

This information applies to version 1.2b of the KITS Camera Image Prints software.

To Install a KITS Image Disk

  1. Insert the KITS Image Disk into your disk drive.
  2. Click the Start Button, and then click Run.
  3. In the Open box, type the following:

    a:\setup

    and then press Enter.
  4. Click Express Setup, and then click Continue.
  5. Select a destination folder, and then click Continue.
  6. In the Setup Succeeded dialog box, click OK.

To View Your Pictures

  1. Click Programs on the Start menu, point to Photo Diskette, and then click the Photo Viewer shortcut.
  2. Select the roll of film you want to open by clicking Date.
  3. Click the thumbnail (preview picture) of the picture you want to use in Publisher. If you want to copy only part of the picture, you can drag your mouse over the part of the picture you want to use.
  4. Click Copy.
  5. Start (or switch to) Microsoft Publisher (or the program in which you want to use the picture).
  6. If you are using Publisher, click Paste on the Edit menu.
The graphic images on your KITS Image Disk are all stored in a single catalog file with a .cat file name extension. You can alter the way the Photo Viewer program copies these images to the Windows Clipboard by clicking the Config button in Photo Viewer. The choices are:
  • Copy photo in Displayed Size
  • Copy photo in Full resolution and True color
There is also a check box in the Config dialog box that reads:

Use Optimized pallette for photo display

The KITS Camera Image Prints software discussed here is manufactured by Prostar Interactive Media Works, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/10/1999
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