Importing Pictures into the Gallery

The simplest way to add images to the gallery is to copy them to the Pictures folder in your profile or to the Public Pictures folder. Photo Gallery constantly monitors these locations and automatically adds any new image files you copy there to the gallery. You can also add any folder to the list of monitored folders by clicking the File button on the Photo Gallery Command bar and then choosing Add Folder To Gallery.

If the image files are freshly captured in a digital camera or saved on a portable storage device, you have other options.

Connecting a Digital Camera

Any digital camera that was made after 2001 is almost certain to work with Windows Vista. Virtually all recent-vintage cameras support the Windows ...

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