Getting Images from a Removable Device

A removable storage device may be a CD, a portable disk drive, a memory card reader, or a camera (such as some Sony cameras) that registers itself with your computer as a removable storage device. To get images from your storage device, do the following:

1.  Insert a CD into your CD-ROM drive, or connect your card reader or camera to the computer.

2.  Click on the Get Images From Removable Media Tool  on the toolbar.

3.  Select the removable media drive from a drop down list.

4.  FotoFinish will scan the drive and list folders where images were found.  

5.  Browse the folder list to see thumbnail previews of your images.  Choose the folder you'd like to transfer to your computer and click Next.

Select a folder to see a thumbnail representation of your images

6.  After identifying the images, you must specify where you'd like to place them on your computer.  To add photos to an existing album select Save to and choose an album name from a drop down list. This list contains albums located in your My Albums area. To save your photos in a new folder on your hard drive, choose Save to New Album. You will be able to specify its name and location in the next step.

Select a place to save your photos

7.  By default, FotoFinish will save your images with the prefix Photo, but you can choose your own, such as “Summer” or some other useful identifier. By default FotoFinish will save your images in JPG format, but you can choose a different format by clicking on the Saved Format button.  In addition to JPG you can save your images as PNG, BMP, or TIFF files.  For more information on file formats, read File Formats and Image Properties in the chapter on Understanding Digital Images.

8.  If you opted to place your images in a new album, once you click Next, you will be prompted for the name and location of the album. FotoFinish automatically picks a default location, but you can change this location by clicking on the Change Location button.

Specify the location of a new album

9.  When you click OK, the new Album will be created and added to the My Albums section of your FotoFinish Image Explorer.