Apple Macintosh PhotoFlash - Manual (Page 39)

8 Click Open.
The Photo CD image opens in PhotoFlash with the dimensions and
orientation you selected.
Note: PhotoFlash doesn’t read caption text for Photo CD files.
Acquiring images
You can use PhotoFlash to read image data from an external device such as a
digital camera or scanner. To do so, you must have a plug-in module for the
device you are using. A
plug-in module is a special file that conforms to Adobe
Photoshop’s standard plug-in specifications. Some Photoshop plug-in modules
that use other specifications may not work with PhotoFlash. (Note that you
don’t need a plug-in module to use a CD-ROM drive.)
PhotoFlash can use several kinds of plug-in modules. The names of the
Acquire plug-in modules installed in the Plug-ins folder of the PhotoFlash
folder appear in the Acquire submenu of PhotoFlash’s File menu. If your
digital camera, scanner, or other external devices came with a Photoshop
plug-in module, you can install it by dragging the file into the Plug-ins folder.
You must quit PhotoFlash, then launch it again before PhotoFlash can
recognize a newly installed module.
To use the Acquire command, make sure the external device you want to use
is turned on, then follow these steps:
1 Choose the Acquire command from the File menu, but don’t release the mouse button.
The Acquire submenu appears.
IMPORTANT If the Acquire command is dimmed, PhotoFlash has no Acquire
plug-in modules installed. You must have an appropriate plug-in module
installed for the external device you want to use before you can use the
Acquire command.
2 Drag the pointer to the right to choose the plug-in module you want to use from the
Acquire submenu.
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