Photo Finale allows you to set several options, by selecting Options… from the Edit menu.  The Options box has three tabs at the top:  General, Display, and File Types.  Following is a description of the options on each of those tabs:

 

General

       Show Welcome screen at startup - By selecting this option, the Welcome screen will display every time you start Photo Finale.

       Ask which application to use before sending e-mail – If this option is not selected, you will not be able to choose whether to use Photo Finale’s e-mail program or Outlook to send photos to friends and family.  You will only be able to use Photo Finale’s e-mail program.

       Set printer’s paper size based on print template - This option tells Photo Finale to send the paper size setting to the printer so that you don’t have to change the paper size in the printer preferences manually.

       Switching photo folder changes viewer image - If this option is selected, when you switch between different photo folders, Photo Finale will change the viewer image to the first photo in each folder.  Otherwise, if this option is not selected, Photo Finale will not change the viewer image until you select a new thumbnail from one of the photo folders.

       Undo Levels - By default, Photo Finale has the ability to reverse the last 5 changes that you made using Undo from the Edit menu.  However, it has the ability to reverse up to 100 changes provided you have enough memory in your PC to save 100 changes to a picture.  You can set the undo level to anything you want, up to 100.

 

Display

       Show file extensions in thumbnail browser - If you select to show file extensions in the thumbnail browser, the 3 digit file extension on each thumbnail will display as long as Detail Displayed (on the bottom right side of the main screen) is set to anything other than None.

       Full screen editing windows – With this option selected, the photo editing screens, like Light and Color Adjustments, will open in full screen mode, instead of as a window.

       High quality viewer on - Photo Finale allows you to set the viewer to a higher quality mode than most applications.  Typically when a photo is displayed on a computer, it is resized to fit the screen area.  The resizing can cause jagged edges and distortions.  Photo Finale overcomes this problem by filtering the image to look right at the current screen resolution at all times, including during panning and zooming.  Speed is maintained by taking advantage of Pentium 4 and Pentium 3 multi-media capabilities.

 

File Types

       On this tab, you can set Photo Finale as the default viewer for the following file types:

       .JPG

       .TIF

       .PNG

       .BMP

       Professional formats (.NEF, .CRW, .RAF, .ORF, .MRW)

 

Once you’ve set the options to fit your preferences, click OK to return to the main Photo Finale screen.