Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 4 - STEP BY STEP GUIDE Manual

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Chapter 11.Working with Digital CamerasDigital cameras have recently grown in popularity because of their increasing image quality and easyinteraction with desktop PCs. Digital cameras create high-quality images that you can to others overthe Internet or print on a color printer. Red Hat Enterprise Linux supports several brands of digitalcameras and has applications that help you access, view, and modify your digital photographs.11.1. Nautilus and Digital CamerasNautilus has the built-in ability to work with USB devices. If your digital camera connects via a USBconnection, Red Hat Enterprise Linux may not require special software or configuration to access theimages stored on your camera.To use Nautilus to access your camera:1. Plug the USB cable into your camera and to your computer.2. Turn your camera on and put it in the settings recommended by your manufacturer for connect-ing to a computer.3. If Nautilus recognizes your camera, a new icon appears on the Desktop. This icon will be namedType of memory card Removable Media.4. You can browse through this folder as with any other directory; double-click on the icon to openthe folder.5. Your images may exist a few directories down, inside the initial directory. Recall that Nautilusdisplays images as thumbnails, so your pictures are easy to recognize.6. To save the images to your computer, copy and paste the thumbnails to your preferred directory.7. When you are finished, right-click on the icon and select Unmount Volume before disconnect-ing your camera.11.2. Using gThumbRed Hat Enterprise Linux supports over 100 digital camera models. So, whether your camera usesa USB or serial port to communicate with your computer, it is likely that Red Hat Enterprise Linuxsupports it.gThumb is a graphical application that allows you to interface with your digital camera. gThumbworks directly with your digital camera, allowing you to open, view, save, and delete images directly.You can also download the images to your computer and modify them with image manipulationprograms such as The GIMP (refer to Chapter 12 Working with Images for more information aboutimage manipulation tools).To start gThumb, choose Applications (the main menu on the panel) => Graphics => Photo Tool.You can also start gThumb by typing gthumb at a shell prompt.Before you begin using gThumb, configure it to work with your digital camera. From the File menu,select Import Photos.... The Import Photos window opens. On the left is an icon of a camera. Ifyou have not configured gThumb before, the icon has a red slash through it and the label No cameradetected. Click on the icon to open the Camera Model window. This window was two drop-downmenus: the first allows you to select your camera model from an extensive list, and the second allowsyou to select the type of port your camera uses to connect to your computer. Make your selections and