I have a new Canon PowerShot A640 digital camera that I really like, but the Canon utilities that I loaded on my computer that came with the camera refuse to recognize my camera. This is strange, because the cheepie XP Windows photo viewer has no such problem, imports the pics fast and clean. My only problem with it is that it lists the photos and extensions okay, but will not create thumbnails.

Okay, so I downloaded Irfanview, and I need help with the following:
*How do I get Irfanivew to "see" my camera and create thumbnails, from which I can import the pics?
*When I bring in an individual picture, it comes is HUGE, and I must use the magnifying glass reduction tool to resize it. How do I control the size of the pic on the screen?
*If anyone has a clue with the Canon utility, fill me in bacause I tried everything including re-installation.

Thanks all...

IrfanView is a great image viewer, but I find it a little awkward for photo editing and use Picasa2. If the software that came with your Canon camera is anything like Kodak's it is awful. I would recommend uninstalling it.

Set it like the following.....

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ranchhand you may already have what you need from jimholly's post, but in Ifranview to resize an image you can do this: Get your picture on the screen. Click image in the menu bar > resize/resample > change dimensions on the left side or use presets on right side > file > save as > name it whatever you want

Okay thanks guys, now can anyone tell me how to get Irfanview to recognize my camera and import the pics off of the camera's flash card, creat thumbnails that I can click on to load the associated picture? That is what I am really looking for-any graphic editing I want I can do in Photoshop.

Well I have a Canon S3IS, but I use a card reader. I click a shortcut for camera window mc and it moves the photos to a folder with that date. Then opens Canon Zoom browser. I use that browse only for a quick look, delete any bads, Etc.

Same here. All the cameras I've had I've never loaded any of the camera software. I just plugged the memory card into the computer and transferred them that way.

ranchhand I also use a card reader for my camera, but I was looking around in Irfanview and came across this. Open Irfanview > Options > Properties > Extensions > Miscellaneous > ( there is a box to tick off ) Add Irfanview as application for USB events (Scanner, digital cameras, etc.)

I wonder if this is what you need

Thanx Web, I will try it. Photoshop CS sees my camera and imports thumbnails, etc. but a small, fast viewer is what I had in mind.

Does your camera appear under File > Select TWAIN source?

Yes, I tried that. Well, I figure that I will just use the Photoshop import which creates thumbnails and I can import my photo choices into Photoshop for editing if needed. Thanks all.