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Import

With iCalamus, you can import data from external devices, too. This menu item offers the selectable devices. Currently only scanners and digital cameras are supported.

Select the external device from which you want to import data into the current document.

TWAIN Import

If a scanner is connected that supports the TWAIN protocol, you can access it directly. Alternatively, select a scanner from the list using the menu item Select device.

Then the scan software of the scanner will be launched, from which you start the scan operation. After the scan is done, the scan software will quit and hand over the scanned data to iCalamus.

iPhoto Import

If iPhoto is installed on your computer, this menu item opens the iPhoto overview, where you can select a photo for import.

On import, you can even define how the data should be placed in the frame.

Please find a detailed description of this system dialog and its functions in Finder's 'Mac Help'.

Import from Camera

If at least one digital camera is connected, you can select it here. Then a system dialog opens, which shows all photos found in the camera memory. You can choose between a preview with adjustable preview sizes, and a detail view. The image data can be imported with their original size, or in three different image sizes.

Please find a detailed description of this system dialog and its functions in Finder's 'Mac Help'.

After you have selected a photo, it will be placed in the selected frame automatically (and overwrites already existing content of this frame). If more than one frame is selected, the first found frame will be used, which means the frame with the backmost position in the hierarchy.

If no frame is selected or no frame exists, you can simply create a new frame with the mouse. The image will then be pasted into this new frame automatically.