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Overview

The Pegasus Screen Saver is a user configurable screen saver that displays photographic images in JPEG, PIC (Pegasus Imaging Corp.), and KQP (Konica Quality Photo) formats.  This screen saver can be used in Windows 3.1, Windows '95, Windows NT, and Windows for Workgroups.

The user can create several saved Schemes with various Display Options. Different combinations of Display Options can be chosen to create a wide variety of screen saver effects.

See Also

Schemes

Display Options

Image Selection

System Requirements


Schemes

Schemes are saved configurations of the screen saver.

Each scheme consists of the Selected Images and all the options on the Setup screen.

To Create a Named Scheme:

1 	Select the images desired using Image Selection

2 	Specify the Display Options Desired

3 	Press the Save As button on the Setup screen.

4 	Type in a name for the scheme.

To Modify a Named Scheme:

1 	Select the named scheme in the Scheme List Box on the Setup screen.

2 	Make the desired changes to the selected images and Display Options.

3 	Press the OK button on the Setup screen.

To Delete a Named Scheme:

1 	Select the named scheme in the Scheme List Box on the Setup screen.

2 	Press the Delete button on the Setup screen.


Display Options

The Display Options provide the user with the control to create a wide variety of effects when displaying images.

Order

•	In Order - Select In Order to display the images in the order specified in the Image Selection dialog.

•	Random - Select Random to display the images selected in the Image Selection dialog in random order.

Location

•	Center  -Select Center to display the slected images in the center of the screen.

•	Random - Select Random to display the images in random locations on the screen.

•	Cascade - Select Cascade to display the images partially overalid on each other from one side of the screen to the other.

•	Bounce - Select Bounce to display the images partially overlaid on each other from one side of the scrren to the other.  When the series of images reaches a screen boundary, the next image displays in a direction away from the edge.

Size

•	Full Size  Select Full Size to display images at their native size

•	Expand to Screen Size - Select Expand to Screen Size to display images at the maximum size permitted by the given screen resolution.  The image displayed will maintain the original image's aspect ratio.

•	1/64th Thumbnail - Select this thumbnail size to display images at 1/8 x 1/8 the size of the original image.  A 640 x 480 image displayed at 1/64th thumbnail size will be 80 x 60 pixels.

•	1/16th Thumbnail - Select this thumbnail size to display images at 1/4 x 1/4 the size of the original image. A 640 x 480 image displayed at 1/16th thumbnail size will be 160 x 120 pixels.

•	1/4 Thumbnail  - Select this thumbnail size to display images at 1/2 x 1/2 the size of the original image. A 640 x 480 image displayed at 1/4 thumbnail size will be 320 x 240 pixels.

•	Random - Select Random to display images at a randomly generated size chosen from Full Size and all the supported thumbnail sizes.

Display Information

The image filename and the comment embbedded in the image file can each be optionally  diplayed above or below the image.

Clear

The screen can be optionally cleared after each image or after each subject.

•	Between Subjects - Select this option to clear the screen after a series of the same image.

•	Between Images - Select this option to clear the screen after each image is displayed.

•	Don't Clear Screen - Select this option to allow each image and/or each series of images to continuously overlay each other.

Repeat Count

Specify a number of times to repeat each image.  The repeat count defines the number of images in a subject.

Delay

The delay (in seconds) determines the amount of time to pause between each image or between each subject.

Password Options

The password options are the standard Windows screen saver options for password protection.


Image Selection

The Image Selection dialog is used to select images from specified directories.  The dialog supports adding and removing images as well as ordering images.  Multiple images may be selected using the standard Windows Shift-Click and Control-Click methods.

The Image Selection screen is split vertically in half.  The left side of the screen is the Input box, the right side is the Selected box.  Inside each box are thumbnail versions of the available (Input) and selected (Selected) images.

The Browse button is chosen to specify the directory to search for JPG, PIC, and KQP image files.  Thumbnail versions of the images in the specified directory display in the Input box of the Image Selection dialog.

Images from multiple directories may be selected by choosing a directory in the Browse Screen, moving images to the Selected box of the Image Selection dialog, then choosing another directory in the Browse Screen.

The "Select All for Display" button moves all the Input images to the Selected box, thus adding them to the list of images to be displayed.

The "Select for Display" moves all the highlighted images to the Selected box, thus adding them to the list of images to be displayed.

The "De-Select from Display" moves all the highlighted images out of the Selected box, thus removing them from the list of images to be displayed.

The "De-Select All from Display" moves all the images out of the Selected box, thus removing them from the list of images to be displayed.

The location buttons allow highlighted images in the Selected box to be reordered.


System Requirements

The Screen Saver requires the following minimum hardware configuration:

•	80386 PC or better running any of the Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups, Windows '95, Windows NT operating systems.

•	4 MB RAM

•	256 color display mode or better


Display Options

The Display Options include all the settings on the Setup Screen.  (i.e. Order, Location, Size, Display Information, Clear, Repeat Count, Delay, and Password Options)


Schemes

A Scheme is a saved configuration of the screen saver.  The configuration consists of the selected images and the Display Options specified on the Setup screen.