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Photologist User's Guide

Browsing Photos

Browsing options:
The Gallery window displays thumbnails of the photos in the currently selected folder or album. The contents of the currently selected folder or album are also listed in the browser list to the left of the thumbnail area. You can choose a different folder or album to display if desired. Click the Album icon on the left of the toolbar to list your albums (if any have been created). Click the Picture Folder icon to list the contents of your Pictures folder. The Other Folder icon allows you to choose any folder you want.

To select a thumbnail (allowing you to work with it in a variety of ways that are detailed in this user's guide) click on the thumbnail. A blue selection rectangle will appear around the thumbnail. You can also select a thumbnail by clicking on its name in the browser list. To view a selected thumbnail's picture at a larger size click the picture icon in the toolbar above the thumbnail area. This opens the picture in the resizable Viewer window. This window can be resized and positioned wherever you want it.

TIP: A quick and easy way to browse the photos in the currently displayed folder or album is to use the up and down arrow keys to move the selection in the browser list up or down with the Viewer window open. This works with the resizable Viewer window in full screen mode too (choose "Toggle Full Screen Mode" from the Edit menu), even though you can't actually see the file list.

TIP: It is possible to browse two folders at once if the browser list contains more than one folder of pictures. Double click one of the folders to display it in the gallery thumbnails. Open any picture in the Viewer window. In the browser list click the disclosure triangle of a folder other than the one displayed in the gallery to reveal its contents in the list. Now you can browse pictures by clicking on the thumbnails of the displayed folder and by clicking in the browser list on names of pictures in the other folder.

TIP: Double-clicking a thumbnail opens the picture in the default picture editor, if one as been specified in the Preferences, or, if no default picture editor has been specified, in Preview.

Another way to browse the currently displayed folder or album is to run a slide show. Clicking the slides icon starts and stops a slide show. You can pause a slide show using the space bar on your keyboard. To set slide show options open the Preferences window by choosing Preferences from the Photologist menu. Click the Slide Show tab in the Preferences window to access slide show options.

Photologist can also make a screen saver from the pictures in the currently displayed folder or album. Click the swirling screen icon to create a screen saver.