FBHFC Welcome to The NV's Helpsystem You are now reading a "help screen". Press F5 or double click on the title line to enlarge or restore the size of the help screen. # The help screens have highlighted keywords, which guide to other help screens. You may navigate through the help topics with TAB or SHIFT+TAB and then press Enter to pick a topic Using the mouse simply click on an interesting keyword. Press ESC to exit help. The NOMSSI Viewer This program allows you to read pictures archived in files with different image file formats and to display the image, using the SuperVGA card in your PC. Use the dialog box "Load an image file" to load and display a picture. To open this box press F3 or click on the item 'F3 Load' in the status line. The files can be viewed one at a time or selected for a Slide show with full user control. One can easily generate an array of reduced images using high quality image reduction. Once loaded, the images can undergo simple transformations and color editing, and then be dumped to a palette color file (TIFF, BMP or TGA). The NOMSSI Viewer can be customized using the setup dialog box. Press F9 to open this window. All default values and miscellaneous switches can be set and saved there. ) Choose a topic from the following list: Load image Graphic tools SlideShow Setup Shortcuts Image files informations register Index Help Index O Auto [ OK ] B Setup Copying Beep BMP P C Path image files PCX [ Cancel ] Load cancel R Setup Copying Raster image Center Picture Range error Change drive Registration Continue error Rename Contrast Control panel S Copy Search D Selecting image format Scan DOS shell Scanning Shortcuts E Slideshow SlideShow Exit Slide options [ SlideShow F [ Start Sort File SVGA Read/Write error System Copy to System Information Copying selected files File viewer Commands T Scale TGA G The TIFF GIF Toggle video graphic tools TrueColor graphic resolution Gray * U I Use buffer Uses driver IFF ILBM/PBM Inputline image name V Invalid error View J View JFIF W JFIF color reduction Welcome Helpsystem L Window Window Close Load image file Window Close ] Window Window M Window Size/Move Window Mosaic Inputline image file name Name Enter directory path and/or file name. A file mask is allowed. A double click on the input line also complete the input. The history list attached to these box saves whatever text you have typed in the input line. You can use it to re-enter text that you've already entered. E Press Esc to exit from the history list without making a selection. ` Related information: Load image graphic tools Welcome Online The file list Files ..\ FILENM04.GIF NVDMP001.TIF TOOLS\ FILENM05.PCX NVDMP002.TIF TEXTS\ FILENM06.PCX NVDMP003.TIF NVIEWER.TIF\ FILENM07.TGA FILENM01.BMP FILENM08.TGA FILENM02.BMP FILENM09.TIF FILENM03.GIF FILENM10.TIF The list window shows all files in the current directory which meet the file mask in the input line or the current filter selection, and the sub directories. To position the cursor on a file use the arrow keys, the Home/End keys,the Ctrl + PgUp/PgDn keys, or perform incremental search: type small letters for files and capital letters for directories. The cursor jumps to the next file matching your input. Backspace go back. Pressing Enter or Alt L initiates an image display or a directory change, if the focused item was a directory. Changing to the upper directory sets the cursor at the name of the previously selected directory. ' While using a mouse, double click on a choosen file name to load and display an image. Alternative click on the Load-button to load the actually selected (highlighten) file. To select a file, click once on it with the left mouse button. Use the horizontal scroll bar to move through the files. The space bar or the right mouse button tag a file. Tagging files is useful for Slideshow or file management operations (copying, moving, delete), which are only allowed while the file list is focused. F10 switch to the menu bar. To force a re-read of the current directory (i.e. after changing the floppy from a floppy drive), either enter a new file mask in the input line or re-select the drive (see change drive) or change the file mask in filter. ` Related information: Load image graphic tools Welcome Online Change drive This list box shows all autodetected drives in your system. Use the arrow keys to focus a drive name and press the space bar or double click with the left mouse button to select a new drive. ~ Press Enter to select the focused drive and get back to the file list. The change will only be effective if no errors occur. G Related information: Load image The system Selecting an image file format mask Filter ( ) *.TIF ( ) *.PCX ( ) *.GIF ( ) *.BMP ( ) *.TGA ( ) *.LBM ( ) *.JPG ( ) *.* The selected item in this field is the default file mask used to read the current directory. The list corresponds to the normal file masks for the supported image file formats. You can overwrite this default by entering a new mask in the input line. L Press Enter to select the focused file mask and get back to the file list. I Related information: Load image Welcome Online [ Options ] Click on this window or use the F9 key to open the control panel and setup default values. [ Related information: Control panel Load image Welcome Online [ Load ] Click on this button or press Enter to load and display the selected image file in the file list. This leads to a directory switch only when the currently selected name is a directory. ` Related information: Load image graphic tools Welcome Online [ Cancel ] Close the dialog box without making any changes. You may also use ESC. I Related information: Load image Welcome Online Scan Scan all files currently in the file list for image files. Get picture informations (Width, Height, Compression...) and display them in the file info panel. The file list contains only valid image files after the scan is done. n Related information: Auto Load image graphic tools Welcome Online [ SlideShow ] Initiate a slide show. You must have tagged at least two files to have access to this button. This button opens a dialog box with Slideshow options to let you adjust the parameters and start the slideshow. & Also use F8 or the shortcut Alt Related topics: Load image graphic tools Welcome Online Load an image file There are shortcuts to reach an active field or a command, use TAB and SHIFT+TAB to change to the next or previous field within the dialog box. To load a file, double click on its name or enter the file name in the fileinput line or either TAB to the file list or use the arrow key to select the file name and press Enter. To tag a file, select it in the file list with the *right* mouse button or use the arrow keys to select and press the space bar. You may also use the gray +, - or * for group selection, deselection or to reverse tags. F10 switch to the menu bar. input Files Change drive Filter Options Load Cancel SlideShow Scan graphic tools Welcome Online Mode Selecting a graphic mode forces the next pictures to be displayed in the given resolution. You may select 'Mode auto' from Picture-field to let The NOMSSI Viewer automatically switch to an available mode with a resolution near to the picture size. q The DEL-key disables a mode from the list. You will have to restart The NOMSSI Viewer to have it enabled again. > Related information: Options Welcome Online Contrast While viewing a picture, you can change its contrast (see: graphic tools). To accurately reproduce color pictures from different devices, especially to display scanned pictures, it must be taken into consideration that monitors have nonlinear output curves. Device-dependent color correction curves are used to map the color values. One generally uses exponential curves, which are analytically described with an exponent "gamma". You may set a monitor "Gamma" here, that will be used to correct your picture color values. H ( ) linear This should be your standard, it means no correction of the color intensity, with Gamma = 1,0. It will work well with all computer-generated pictures and most of the others, which are already corrected for monitor output. H ( ) Monitor This option is for scanned color images advisable. Gamma = 2,2 is for monitor output quite a good value. Press Alt+F9 while viewing image to select this gamma value. H ( ) user defined This option enables you to select the Gamma input line. You can now input a gamma value in the range from 0.1 to 7. > Related information: Options Welcome Online [X] Center If checked, small pictures are positioned in the middle of the screen, otherwise the image start at the top left corner of the screen. 0 Exception: TIFF tiled images are not centered. > Related information: Options Welcome Online [ ] Mosaic The picture is used as pattern to form a grid. This is interesting for small pictures (icons). > Related information: Options Welcome Online [X] Scale Down Rescale large graphics down to fit the screen size. The height and width are set to the screen height and width, or the box height and width, in the case of an image array. C [X] Aspect ratio Aspect Ratio is used in combination with Scale Down. When Aspect Ratio is checked, The NOMSSI Viewer will compute a new width or height to conserve the aspect ratio if the distortion exceeds a certain tolerance. The treshold value is currently hard coded. The NOMSSI Viewer will also enlarge an image to fit the screen size when Aspect Ratio is not checked. Normally the images are only reduced. > Related information: Options Welcome Online [X] Mode auto [x] When checked, The NOMSSI Viewer individually selects the graphic mode with the lowest resolution from the list of supported modes that fully contains the image. G [ ] The user-selected graphic mode is used if Mode auto is unchecked, > The user-selected graphic mode is always used for Slideshow. > Related information: Options Welcome Online [ ] Beep When Beep is on (checked), a beep is generated as soon as the loading operation is terminated. There are two tones for OK and error. > Related information: Options Welcome Online [ ] Auto scan [x] When Auto scan is on (checked), The NOMSSI Viewer automatically filters the files and get file informations whenever the current directory is changed. h [ ] When the option is disabled (unchecked), you can perform file filtering using the [ ]-button. > Related information: Options Welcome Online [ ] Use buffer When you check Use buffer, the image is first loaded into a buffer on EMS, XMS or disk and then displayed. The option will be ignored if you have no or not enough EMS/XMS/disk-memory (EMM386 or HIMEM.SYS not installed). The directories in your TEMP environment variable are used to allocate disk space. Y This option improves the slideshow quality, it is a prerequisite to build image arrays. > Related information: Options Welcome Online [ ] VESA driver Normally, The NOMSSI Viewer autodetects the native VGA chipset in your machine and works with chipset-dependent code. Checking VESA driver forces the use of the VESA interface, which is chipset-independent and enhances compatibility. Having a video card that has a VESA compatible BIOS, or installing a TSR program that provides Video BIOS extensions (like the universal VESA VBE) will make The NOMSSI Viewer work correctly with your SuperVGA, even if the chipset is not directly supported. H The NOMSSI Viewer detects and uses the available VESA 256 color modes. J You may already have a VESA TSR for your video card, check your drivers disk for it. A VESA TSR is a small Terminate and Stay Resident (TSR) program that provides extensions to the Video BIOS routines of SuperVGA video cards to make them compatible with the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) recommended extensions. W Related information: Options Welcome Online [ ] TrueColor This release of The NOMSSI Viewer does not make use of HiColor and TrueColor modes. Images with more the 256 colors are shown in 256 color modes using a color dithering technique. 24 bit PCX, BMP, TGA, TIFF, IFF/ILBM and JFIF are supported. z You can select a Quantization-algorithm from the provided techniques, that will be used for JFIF and TGA TrueColor files > Related information: Options Welcome Online [X] Continue on error Do not cancel viewing on some faulty image files. > Related information: Options Welcome Online TIFF, GIF and BMP files may have several images (pages) in them. GIF pages are shown in turn without break, TIFF and BMP are displayed with a pause between the pages. > Related information: Options Welcome Online Path to the image files This input line contains the standard directory, where The NOMSSI Viewer switch to at start. To overwrite this default use a command line parameter, i.e.: G C:\> NV.EXE . (forces the use of the current DOS directory) The NOMSSI Viewer also writes files (saved files, catalog files) at this location, or it uses the root of the start drive if nothing is specified. ? Related information: Options Welcome Online [ OK ] Press or click on the OK button to save your inputs. The NOMSSI Viewer checks and saves them in the NV.CFG file if they are valid and then closes the dialog box. Otherwise it selects the invalid fields in turn to let you correct them. You can nevertheless cancel the input. + You may also use Enter or hotkey Alt see also: Options Welcome Online [ Cancel ] Close the dialog box without any change. The NV.CFG file is not updated. D ESC is the corresponding key, you can also use the hotkey Alt Related information: Options Welcome Online Setup window Press F9 to open the setup window, that is a control panel with many options, allowing you to customize The NOMSSI Viewer. Use hotkeys to execute an active Command. Use TAB or SHIFT+TAB to select (highlight) a field. The following fields are available: + Image Picture Center Picture Mosaic Scale Scale Auto switch Miscellaneous Beep Auto buffer VESA driver Pages Error behavior TrueColor Resolution Graphic Others Save Quantization Contrast Your default values will be saved in the NV.CFG file. Welcome Online graphic mode tools After an image loading, you can change the appearance of the picture by means of increasing or decreasing brightness and contrast. Use "Del" and "Ins" keys to change brightness. You can make a negative of the picture that way. Change contrast with the "Home" and "End" keys. You can scroll a big picture horizontal and vertical over the screen limits with the arrow keys, assuming you have enough video memory to store more than the visible part of the picture. \ To undo your editing, press the F10 key and the original colors are restored. Use the F2 key to save an image file with your editing as a numbered, uncompressed, 256 color file with the name NVDMPxxx.TIF (x is a number between 0 and 9). This file ist *not* equally good as the original, since The NOMSSI Viewer uses fixed parameters to create it. 8 Press Enter or click on the mouse left button to exit. Welcome Online Slide show options Time in Seconds Enter delay time in seconds (0 up to 99s) to specify how long a single image from the sequence of tagged files will be displayed, although you can influence the pause for the current image. Z [X] Cycle Slideshow Decide whether the sequence will be repeated or if it should break after a cycle. You can stop the running Slide Show with ESC. Z [ ] Superpose pictures [X] When Superpose pictures is checked, the current image will not be cleared prior crossing to the next image. However, this will only work if no graphic mode switch is necessary. } [ ] When Superpose pictures is unchecked, the screen will always be cleared between images or screenfull or reduced images. Z [X] Reset tagged files The list of tagged files will be cleared after the slide show. I Related information: Catalog options Welcome Online Cataloging [ ] Arrange to an array The screen is divided in nxm parts, each picture is scaled to fit in this tile, so you may have nxm images on the scren at the same time. Press F4 to zoom the current image. This process is detrimental to picture quality. The NOMSSI Viewer uses dithering and antialiasing to preserve as much of the picture quality as possible. Z [ ] Save completed array When you check Save completed array, each completed arranged array screen is automatically saved to disk, that is, each screenfull of reduced image and the last page, which may not be full. Z [ ] All open windows The slide show will run over all open "Load an image file" dialog boxes. This is a kind of batch processing, that may be used to catalog a whole disk at a time. D Related information: Slide Welcome Online [ Start ] Your input is examined and the slide show is initiated if it is validated. Otherwise the first invalid field is focused to let you correct or cancel your input. [ Cancel ] Cancel or ESC or Alt C to break off your action, you go back to the dialog box Load image file. @ Related information: SlideShow Welcome Online SlideShow The NOMSSI Viewer can run a slide show. First select several image files in the file list. The image files will be displayed one after the other with a given delay, exactly in the order of selection. Press F8 or click the "Slideshow" button. The delay between two images can be set from 0 up to 99s, a cycle can be repeated, other slide show options can be changed. While the slide show is running, you may click on the mouse right button or press the space bar to hold on an image (freeze the slideshow) and later click on the mouse left button or press enter to go on. Use ESC to quit a running slide show. A The graphic mode tools are also available during the slideshow. 7 Array of reduced images To generate an array of reduced images, check Arrange to an array in the catalog options. The array size can be customized. Welcome Online TIFF TIFF is a tag based, rich file format for storing and interchanging raster images. It enables storing bi-level, grayscale, palette-color and full color image data in several color spaces. The NOMSSI Viewer is (should be) a Baseline TIFF 6.0 reader which supports several TIFF 6.0 Extensions (CCITT 1D and LZW Compression, TIFF Tiles, planar and packed images, YCbCr color space). 4 The NOMSSI Viewer writes palette color TIFF files. + TIFF is a trademark of Aldus Corporation. / Image formats Welcome Online Bitmaps are used under Windows 3.x and OS/2 to store bi-level, palette color and full color images (1, 4, 8 and 24 bits/pixel). The NOMSSI Viewer can load both uncompressed and compressed bitmap files (BMP/RLE). OS/2 2.x bitmaps may include several pictures, which are shown in turn. ^ The NOMSSI Viewer writes uncompressed palette color Windows 3.x BMP files with 8 bits/pixel. / Image formats Welcome Online Truevision TGA file format is mostly used to store True Color images. m The NOMSSI Viewer can handle TGA file types 1,2,3, 9,10 and 11 (uncompressed and run-length encoded files). The NOMSSI Viewer writes color-mapped (type 1) TGA files with 32 bits/color map entry and 8 bits/pixel. The pixel data ordering is left-to-right and top-to-bottom. / Image formats Welcome Online "The Graphics Interchange Format(c) is the Copyright property of CompuServe Incorporated. GIF(sm) is a Service Mark property of CompuServe Incorporated." GIF files may include several pictures with up to 256 colors/pixel. The GIF89a specification allows GIF files to store text and commands for animations. c The NOMSSI Viewer skips the GIF89a extensions like cooments and pauses. It only display graphics. / Image formats Welcome Online The PCX image file format is in widespread use on the PC. The NOMSSI Viewer can handle PCX-files with 1..8 and 24 bits/pixel. Some 256 color PCX are written without color informations, The NOMSSI Viewer uses a grayscale map. Pictures with 2 or 4 colors are displayed using the CGA color map. SHIFT+F9 switchs to the standard EGA color map. / Image formats Welcome Online IFF is a file format for storing and interchanging data (text, images, music,...). It is in widespread use on the Amiga. IFF stores data in FORMs. The NOMSSI Viewer can handle IFF ILBM (Interleaved Bitmap) with 1..8 and 24 bits/pixel and PBM (Packed Bitmap) forms, which contains image data, offering support for run-length and HAM encoding. / Image formats Welcome Online JFIF The Joint Photographic Extpert Group (JPEG) has created an international standard for digital compression of continous-tone still images. The widely used baseline JPEG is a lossy process, that gives up some image quality to achieve very high compression ratios. JPEG File Interchange Format (JFIF) is a minimal file format which enables JPEG bitstreams to be exchanged between a wide variety of platforms and applications. It is entirely compatible with the standard JPEG interchange format. Q The NOMSSI Viewer only supports JFIF on PCs with a 80386SX processor or better. 2 Image formats Welcome Online SuperVGA SuperVGA or SVGA terms a graphics card standard for PCs, that electronically take control of the screen output in graphic modes with a resolution of at least 640x480 pixels with 256 simultaneous colors. A SuperVGA card converts the digital color values in analog voltage to control analog monitors using a digital-analog-converter (DAC). A normal DAC includes 256 registers, each subdivided in three groups of 6 bits (for the colors red, gree, blue), thus there are max. 64 gradations for each priming and altogether possible 262144 colors. However only 256 colors can be displayed at a time (HiColor and TrueColor DACs allow more colors). The NOMSSI Viewer only supports the 256 color modes for a variety of SuperVGA cards, using the VGADOC package (c) 1994 by Finn Th gersen. . Raster image Welcome Online Raster image data Bi-level images contains two colors - black and white. Grayscale images store shades of gray for each pixel and have one component per pixel. Color pictures are usualy described using the RGB model. Each pixel is made up of three components (red, green and blue). In the RGB full color case, each component is 8 bit deep. Palette-color images still have one component per image, but the component value is used as an index into a full RGB-lookup table. - image file formats The NOMSSI Viewer 1.2 supports the following raster image file formats TIFF Aldus tag-based Image File Format PCX ZSoft PC Paintbrush Format GIF Compuserve Inc. Graphics Interchange Format BMP Windows Bitmap TGA Truevision TGA File Format IFF IFF Interlaced Bitmap/Packed Bitmap JFIF JPEG File Interchange Format Once loaded, the images can saved as palette color images with up to 256 colors using the TIFF, BMP or TGA file format. J Related information: graphic tools Welcome Online Range error ! You have tried to input a numerical value out of the allowed bounds. Correct the value or cancel the operation. Welcome Online Invalid char error ! You have used an invalid char while entering a numerical value. Correct or cancel the input. Welcome Online Shortcuts general Alt + Key Select an active Option. Press left Alt-key *together* with the lit letter. (i.e. Alt + S for "SlideShow", Alt + A for "Scan", Alt + N for "Name"). ESC Cancel the current operation. Enter Confirm a vaild input/selection TAB Select (highlight) the next field in a dialog box. Alt+F3 Close window Help: F1 Open Helpwindow F5 Zoom/restore size of the active helpwindow Ctrl+F5 Change the size and/or position of the active window File: F3 Open dialog box "Load an image file" X Space bar Select (tag/reverse tag) file. Needed for slide show or for group copy Gray + Tag all files Gray - Clear all tags Gray x or * Reverse all tags F10 Go to the menubar F7 Copy file(s) Alt+F7 Search for image files F8 Slide show Options: F9 Open dialog box "Options" Tools Palette editing Ins Brightness +, lightens the image Del Brightness -, darkens the image Home Contrast + End Contrast - Gray * or x Cycle colors Gray or / Cycle colors backward Shift+F9 EGA Palette Crtl+F9 TrueColor Quantization Palette F9 Grayscale Alt+F9 Correct palette for monitor output F10 Restore original palette Viewer PgUp/PgDn Scroll up/down (smooth) Arrow keys Scroll (fast) Gray + Increase the current mode (higher resolution) Gray - Decrease the current mode Transform F3 Scale down (half) (Buffer needed) F4 Scale to fit screen size (Buffer needed) F5 Flip vertically (up/down) F6 Flip horizontally (left/right) Shift+F6 Rotate F7 Write image to buffer F8 Restore image from buffer Save F2 Save image (as TIFF- or BMP-file) Slide show: F8 Space bar Freeze image, stop (Mouse right button) Enter Continue, next image (Mouse left button) TAB Reverse image ordering ESC Cancel slide show, end Welcome Online Gray +, Gray -, Gray * The keys +,- and * on the keypad simplify the selection of files for slide show or file operations. h Use + to mark the complete files list box or - to cancel any previous selection in the files list box. Use * to reverse the current selection of files, the list of marked files is released while the previously not selected files are marked. 7 Related topics Hotkeys Welcome Online Copy file This menu item opens the the "Copy" dialog box, you can enter the target directory and select between group or single file copying. Q The copying is only enabled while a file name is focused in the files box. ; WARNING: The copy routine does not delete files on error. Welcome Online Rename file This menu item opens the dialog box "Rename". You can only rename one file at a time. Welcome Online View as Text This menu item opens a textfile viewer for the current file. It is only enabled while a file name is focused in the files box. ; The whole file is loaded into memory prior to displaying. Welcome Online View as Hex This menu item opens a Hex-dump viewer for the current file. Only the first 64 kB can be displayed. The menu item is only enabled while a file name is focused in the files box. Welcome Online Commands Left Ctrl-S or Cursor left Right Ctrl-D or Cursor right First char Ctrl-A or Home or Ctrl+Cursor left Last char Ctrl-F or End or Ctrl+Cursor right Line up Ctrl-E or Cursor up Line down Ctrl-X or Cursor down Page up Ctrl-R or PgUp Page down Ctrl-C or PdDn First Page Ctrl-PgUp Last Page Ctrl-PdDn Welcome Online Search for file This menu item opens the dialog box "Search", you can set a file mask to match and enter the start directory. The directory tree is recursively scaned, all images files are shown. = You can switch to another window while the task is running. Welcome Online File Read/Write error You may cancel or retry the operation, depending on the error cause. Welcome Online Copy to Enter the target directory. You must enter a valid path here or no copying will occur. Welcome Online Copying selected files ( ) current file Select this item to copy only the curently focused file (highlighten) to the target directory. K ( ) selected files Select this item to copy all tagged items in turn to the target directory. The selection remains intact. Welcome Online [ OK ] Press Enter or click on the OK button or use Alt+K to confirm and start copying. f Shall the path be invalid, then the dialog box will not close until you correct or cancel the input. Welcome Online [ Cancel ] With this button you close the dialog box and cancel copying. " You can also use ESC or Alt + C. 4 See also Shortcuts Welcome Online Toggle video mode Choose which type of screen display the NOMSSI Viewer will use. You can select a display of 25 lines by 80 columns or a display of 50 lines by 80 columns. 4 See also Shortcuts Welcome Online Exit (Alt+X) This command exits The NOMSSI Viewer. 4 See also Shortcuts Welcome Online DOS shell With this command you temporarily exit The NOMSSI Viewer to DOS. Type EXIT and then press Enter to return. 5 See also Hotkeys Welcome Online Scanning All files in the current directory are beeing scanned, searching for valid image files. Just wait a moment or press ESC to break. System Press Enter to list the menu items. Window The menu item "New" opens a new "Load an image file"-window on the current drive and path and makes it active. Several windows may be open at a time, each one displaying a different drive and/or directory. The display is updated after files operations like copying, renaming, etc. W Selecting the 50 lines mode gives a better overview if you open more than one window. * Welcome Online Screen Window Close All Close all windows on the desktop / To close a single window select Window Close. Welcome Online Window Size/Move (Strg+F5) Adjust the size or position of the active window. Size To change the size, keep the Shift-key down and use the arrow keys. Press return when you are done. P You kann use the corner-field of some window to change it size with the mouse. Move Change the positon of the active window by pressing the arrow keys. Press return when you are done. 4 Alternatively, drag the title bar using the mouse. Welcome Online Window Zoom (F5) Enlarge or restore the size of the active window. r You can also double click on the window title bar, or use the zoom symbol in the upper right edge of the window. Welcome Online Window Use this command or F6 to make the next window active and put in in the foreground. Welcome Online Window Close (Alt+F3) Close the active window. y You can also use the close symbol in the upper left edge of the window. Use Window Close All to close all open windows. Welcome Online Display Preferences Use this dialog box to set the default sort method in the file list. Files may be sorted alphanumerically, by size or by time. O The values in these dialog box are first saved when you use the setup window. Welcome Online System Information Really nothing available yet ! Welcome Online JFIF color reduction The NOMSSI Viewer actually offers three quantization methods to display TrueColor JFIF-images in 256 color modes. Grayscale This is the fastest method. The luminance information is used to control the grayshade. Matrix dithering This method is fast and produce a quite good looking color image, some image quality is given up to increase decoding speed. Flyod-Steinberg error diffusion method An image with enhanced quality is obtained, but both time and memory usage grow quickly with the image size. The viewer may be unable to display some large JFIF-files. Welcome Online Window (Alt+W) Open, arrange and close windows # Window Commands New Close Size/Position Zoom Next Close Welcome Online Display Preferences Sort by Name: Files are sorted alphanumerically Time: Files are sorted by time, the newest files are normally moved to the top of the list. Files with identical time stamps are sorted alphnumerically Size: Files are sorted by size, the largest files are first inserted in the list. Sort Direction Normal : The files are sorted as mentioned above Reverse: The ordering is reversed, i.e. tiny or old files are now at the top of the list. Directories are always inserted at the top of the list. 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