The password method has been changed for version 5.0. All registered users can receive a new password free, by emailing to kevinw@imageviewer.com.
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New To This Version!
ImageViewer 5.0 is a major new release, which includes many significant features and enhancements, including:
*Fully Threaded: Time consuming tasks, such as creating HTML pages, won't slow you down.
*Tasks Window: View all currently active tasks in a convenient window.
*Find: Based on a number of criterion, such as file name, file size or keywords.
*QuickTime 3.O savvy: Open additional file types and modify images with video effects.
*Appearance savvy: Take advantage of future OS additions, such as themes.
*Interface: Windows & Menus improved to give more room and less clutter.
See the READ ME FIRST! file for a fuller listing of new additons and changes.
Introduction
ImageViewer is a Mac application perfect for locating, displaying, organizing and printing images(GIF, JPEG, PICT, TIFF, as well as many other file types with QuickTime 3.0). Use it to convert files from one graphic format to another, create HTML "contact sheet" pages, play movies, and much more!
One of ImageViewer's most useful features, is the ability to navigate among numerous files. You can browse from image to image in a folder or volume--forward or backward--with a single click or keystroke. Choose a "list" view to see multiple images displayed as previews, icons or text, and double-click an image to see it fully displayed. Find files based on a number of criterion, such as file type or comments. It even has an Auto-Browse (slide show) feature that automatically displays images one after another.
ImageViewer offers a number of view modes. Single image viewing modes include: Full Screen, Fit To Window, and scaled between 25% and 1600%. List viewing modes include: Gallery, Gallery Small, Icon, and Text. All view modes support file ordering by name, size, type, date, random, and custom.
You can customize, from a number of choices, the appearance of the view displays. Choose a background color or pattern, a border style for the image or between previews in list views. You get to define, to a great degree, how images and previews will be displayed!
Access digital cameras(QTIC savvy) or scan images(PhotoShop™ Import Plug-ins) directly from ImageViewer! Copy images to your favorite application via Drag And Drop or with the Transfer command. ImageViewer spares you the tedium of locating individual files via the Open command.
ImageViewer also contains simple editing features like crop, scale, rotate, and invert, so you won't have to open an advanced editor to do a simple editing task. Further, you can adjust brightness, contrast and sharpness, or apply a video effect(QuickTime 3.0).
To help organize your images, ImageViewer has commands to Copy To Location, Move To Location, Move To Trash(or Delete), Remove Resources, and Rename files. You can also automatically create previews and icons, or add comments/keywords to better identify images for future use.
If you work with graphics on the Mac you'll find ImageViewer indispensible. Give it a try!
Registering ImageViewer
**Important**
The password method has been changed for version 5.0. All registered users can receive a new password free, by emailing to kevinw@imageviewer.com.
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ImageViewer can be downloaded and used in its demo state for as long as you'd like. To get the full benefits of ImageViewer(i.e. all features enabled), please pay the low shareware fee of $30.
Registering your copy of ImageViewer not only supports the work to continue improving the product, but also allows you free technical support (via email) and free updates.
To register Online:
Open location http://www.imageviewer.com and follow the registration instructions.
You can open this location by double-clicking the "Register ImageViewer" URL files in the "Registration & Tech Support" folder.
To register by mail:
Mail check or money order to:
ImageViewer
Plato Grande Software
P.O. Box 3394
Tucson, AZ 85722
**Please specify a return address or email address when registering by mail. A password cannot be sent without this information!**
Technical Support
Registered users can email technical support questions to kevinw@imageviewer.com. Generally, you can expect a response within a day or two, often times the same day.
If you don't have access to email, you can send a SASE to:
ImageViewer Tech Support
Plato Grande Software
P.O. Box 3394
Tucson, AZ 85722
See www.imageviewer.com for online versions of the help documents.
Sorry, there is currently no phone technical support.
Demo Version
Certain features have been "locked-out" of ImageViewer, until the product is registered. I've tried to maintain the basic viewing and browsing abilities of ImageViewer in its demo state, the "locked-out" features pertain mostly to file manipulation. All features are available upon registration. The "locked-out" features are:
1. Saving Files
2. Copy or Move To Locations
3. Move To Trash(Delete)
4. Remove Resources
5. Batch
6. Printing
7. Drag & Drop
8. Save List As HTML
Window Controls
ImageViewer has a number of controls in its windows. You can use these controls to step to another file, change the view mode, or change the list ordering.
The five larger buttons at the top left of the window select the view mode, from left to right they are: Gallery, Gallery Small, Icon, Text and Single Image. You can also choose these views from the View menus(a popup menu is located in each document window lower left).
There are a group of three smaller buttons to the right of the five larger ones. From left to right they are: decrement current file, start auto-browsing, increment current file. If auto-browsing is on, from left to right they are: left direction, stop auto-browsing, right direction.
Below these controls are a number of text buttons for setting the list ordering. From left to right they are: Name, Size, Type, Date, and Random. The current list order is underlined, similar to the pre-OS8 finder. If a Custom ordering is current, no order will be underlined.
At the bottom of the window, to the very left of the horizontal scroll bar, is the view popup. You can switch between view modes (e.g. Fit To Window, 200%, Gallery) by using this popup menu.
At the bottom of the window, to the right of the view popup, are the multi-image or "frame" controls. These controls allow you to step through image frames and turn play on or off(animated display). Currently, these controls are only active for multi-image GIF files(a.k.a. "animated" GIFs).
Drag & Drop
ImageViewer has full support for Drag & Drop, allowing you further ease in managing your image files.
If you are in a single image view mode, you can drag a selection to the finder(creates a clipping) or to another application which supports receiving a drag. If the destination application can receive the drag, dropping into its window should behave like Copy and Paste.
If you are in a list view mode, there are a variety of ways to use Drag & Drop. If you Drag within an ImageViewer window, you are essentially changing the ordering of the list to a Custom specification(See List & Window, List Ordering). If you Drag from one ImageViewer window to another, the dropped files are added to the file list in the destination window(the destination window's ordering becomes Custom if its not already).
Dragging to the Locations window, allows you to Copy or Move files to that specific location. The default operation is Move, to Copy, hold the Option key down when you Drop.
Dragging to the Finder, will behave as though you were Dragging file icons in the Finder. ImageViewer gives the file specification data to a Drop receiver, such as the Finder, when it is requested to do so.
Note: Due to problems encountered with past OS versions, to use Drag & Drop with ImageViewer, OS 8 is suggested. You can use previous system versions, but Drag & Drop behavior may not be correct.
Limitations: When Dragging outside of ImageViewer, if a Drop occurs, the current file list must be rebuilt, as the location of the Drop and the operation(Copy or Move) is unknown. The Drop may have moved files out of the current list or to a new location within the current list. Rebuilding can take some time if the current list is large(See File Lists below).
File Lists
Central to ImageViewer is the concept of a File List. When you Open Folders with ImageViewer, a file list is "built" which specifies all the viewable files(i.e. images and movies). You control wether the list should include subfolders(See File, Opening Images). This type of file list is a direct reference to files and their physical location on storage media, such as hard drives and CD ROMs. ImageViewer allows access to another type of file list (see file Catalog), which stores psuedo information, such as previews and comments for each file in the list. Catalog files do not require access to the actual files, unless you need to view the true file data.
A file list exists for each ImageViewer window, even if that list only contains one file. File lists aren't static and ImageViewer attempts to insure the file list accurately reflects the files on your storage media(i.e keeps itself in sync). The file list has a directory list associated with it, which reflects all the directories that were searched when building the file list, which may be a single directory. Periodically, the directory list is checked to see if any modifications have occurred, if so, the entire file list is rebuilt.
Building the file list can be slow if there are many folders included that aren't contributing to the file list. For example, if you Open a volume, and the volume has many folders containing non-image files, if sub-directories are searched, much time is wasted looking at files that won't be part of the file list.
Hint: If you build lists with Search Sub-Folders checked, use the Open Folder command on folders that--for the most part--contain images. Further, if you plan on making changes that require the file list to be rebuilt(e.g. Move by Dragging to the Finder), its best to work with smaller groups of files. Speed of rebuild will vary, but a good rule of thumb is to limit such lists to 300-400 files.
Tasks Window
Since ImageViewer is fully threaded, you may choose to run a number of tasks at the same time(e.g. create previews and find all files less than 50K).
The tasks window exists in order to give feedback for all currently running tasks. A progress bar and description are shown for each task. The current task is shown by a bullet to the left of its entry. You can set the current task by clicking on its entry. To quit a task, first make it current, then click the button "Stop Current Task".
