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Photologist User's Guide

Preferences and Other Features

Setting preferences:

1. The General Tab
Default Folder
You can set a default folder to automatically open whenever Photologist is launched. To do this click the Select button on the left half of the tab. You can change this folder at any time or remove it by clicking the None button.

Thumbnail Resources
The "Use thumbnail resources" check box is checked by default and it is recommended that you leave this option on since it significantly enhances the speed with which Photologist loads images. If this option is active Photologist attaches small thumbnail resources to image files the first time it opens them. From then on Photologist uses these thumbnail resources to draw its thumbnail images rather than having to scale the full sized images down to thumbnail size every time it opens an image file. Using thumbnail resources speeds image loading time by more than 10 times.

NOTE: Since scaling images is slower than simply loading thumbnail resources, loading images for the first time in Photologist will be considerably slower than subsequent loadings of the images. Since CDs are read-only Photologist cannot add thumbnail resources to photos stored on CDs. Loading images from a CD, therefore, will be slower than loading images stored on writable media.

Default Picture Editor
Clicking the Select button on the right half of the tab allows you to choose a default graphic editor application such as Photoshop, Graphic Converter, Canvas 8, etc. You can change the chosen graphic editor application at any time or remove it by clicking the None button.

Hiding The Menu Bar and Cursor
The check boxes at the bottom right of the tab allow you to have the menu bar and/or cursor hidden when you switch to Full Screen mode by choosing Toggle Full Screen Mode from the Edit menu.

NOTE: If you hide the menu bar in Full Screen Mode you will have to use Shift + Command + F to toggle out of Full Screen Mode and restore the menu bar. The cursor is always restored when you leave Full Screen Mode.

2. The Slide Show Tab - see Slide Shows

3. The Printing Tab - see Printing Photos

4. The Web Tab - see Web Albums

Other Features:
Screen Capture
Choose Screen Capture from the Windows menu. Select a Capture and Destination option. If you select the "Selection" Capture option the translucent Screen Capture Selection window appears. Position this window over the area of the screen you wish to capture. If the "File" Destination option is selected a dialog appears allowing you to select a destination folder, give the file a name, and choose the file type for the saved capture. To delay the capture check the Timer check box and enter the number of seconds for the delay before clicking the Capture button.

TIP: Choosing the Clipboard Destination options makes it possible to capture a screen or selection and then paste the captured image into another application without ever having to save the image.

NOTE: The Screen Capture window hides itself before capturing the screen or selection. It shows itself again after the capture is completed.

Adding and Editing Keywords, Categories, and Comments:
Select a thumbnail in the Gallery window. Choose "Edit Search Info" from the Edit menu or click the round blue icon with a spyglass (the Search Info icon) in the Gallery window toolbar. If you choose the latter option, then in the small window that appears click the icon to the left of the text field. The Search Info pane appears. Here you can attach keywords to pictures, create and/or assign categories to pictures, and attach comments to pictures. By selecting the appropriate radio button you can assign your choices to just those pictures that are currently selected in the Gallery window or to all pictures currently displayed in the Gallery window.

Finding Pictures:
Use the Photo Finder, accessed from the Windows menu or by clicking the magnifying glass icon on the Gallery window's toolbar, to search for photos in a variety of ways.

Open Folder in Finder
When a folder or album is displayed or selected in the Gallery window's browser list choosing "Open Folder in Finder" from the File menu will open the folder for you and bring it to the front.

Batch Renaming
To rename all of the photos currently displayed in the Gallery window choose "Batch Rename Pictures" from the Edit menu. In the Destination box select whether to save the renames photos in their original folder or to copy them to a new folder. Enter a base name. In the Digits box enter one, two, or three digits as in the default three digit example. In the Extension box enter the file type extension if you know it or leave this box empty. If the "Number before base name" box is checked the number part of the name will be placed in front of the base name.

TIP: Observe the File Name Example to see what your names will look like before clicking the OK button.