Downloading Pictures from Your Camera

You can import new images from your digital camera by connecting it to the USB port of your computer. The type of camera is detected automatically. When you import photos from your camera, F-Spot makes copies of them so that you can clear your camera's memory.

  1. Click File+Import.

  2. Select your camera as the import source.

    F-Spot launches a preview window displaying all the images that are available for download from your camera. The files are copied to the target directory specified via Copy Files to. If Import files after copy is selected, all images copied from the camera are automatically imported to F-Spot's database. Tagging can be done on import, if you select the appropriate tag with Select Tags. If you do not want to import all images on your camera to your database, just deselect the unwanted ones in the preview window.

    F-Spot Import from Camera
  3. Click Copy.

  4. When the photo transfer is complete, click OK.

    The photos are added to your catalog.