Importing Photos from Your Camera
Your patience is about to pay off. Now it's time to import a batch of photos. I'm going to walk you through the process step-by-step. What's absolutely wonderful about this stage of the workflow is that it's so darn easy, yet powerful.
Basic Options in Photo Downloader
If you don't have Photo Downloader automatically launching when you connect your camera, open the application now via the File menu in Bridge. Once Photo Downloader is open, it's time to get to work.
Photo Downloader opens with a standard dialog box that I think is rather boring. There are no images! Just dialog box stuff. Most photographers like looking at thumbnails of their pictures, and when you click on the Advanced Dialog button the Photo Downloader dialog box expands to accommodate this. Isn't that better?
Figure 2-3. The Advanced Dialog view of Photo Downloader
Take a look at the top of the Photo Downloader interface. You'll see the Source for your images listed. This will either be your camera by name, or the name of the card in the reader. If you have more than one camera or memory card reader plugged into your computer, all of those sources will be listed in that pop-up menu. But chances are you'll see just the one device you have plugged in at that moment. Beneath the Source you'll see how many files are available, how many megabytes they amount to, and the date stamp.
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