Viewing an image
When you start the Picture Package Viewer, the thumbnails of the images stored in the selected image folder are listed in the main window. From the thumbnails list, you can select a still image and display it in a single-image high-resolution viewer window, where you can enlarge, reduce, and print it. When you select a movie, you can play it back in the viewer window.

Using the main window
The parts and controls of the main window are illustrated below.
Click an item in the illustration below to display an explanation of its purpose and function.


1 Image folder pane Displays folders containing images.
Images transferred from a Cyber-shot or Handycam camera are grouped and saved in an image folder labeled with the date of transfer. Folders are then grouped and placed by date under a year folder. By clicking on the year folder, you can view the folders contained in the year group.
To display images stored in a "Memory Stick," microdrive, or compact flash card, click [Memory device].
You can add a folder on your PC or edit the date and comments labeling that folder.
—> Adding, editing, and searching a folder
2 Image folder selection drop-down list box From the drop-down list box, you can select the year and month of an image folder whose contents you want to view. Among the image folders labeled with the selected year and month, the folder with the latest date is selected. The images contained in the selected folder are displayed on the thumbnails list.
3 Image description Displays the description of the image selected in the thumbnails list.
If the image was transferred or created with Picture Package, the date of transfer or creation is displayed. If the image was added from the PC hard disk, the location of the file is displayed.
4 Thumbnails list Allows you to view thumbnails (miniature images) of the still images and movies contained in the selected folder.
5 Page numbers Displays the number of the current page whose images are currently displayed in the thumbnails list and the total number of pages (current page/total pages). If multiple pages exist, you can click the scroll (Next page/Previous page) buttons to display the previous or next pages.
6 Movie thumbnail Represents a motion picture such as an MPEG (MPEG-1 or VideoCD) file or a DV-AVI file. The image starting the movie is displayed as thumbnail.
7 Selected image The image being selected is displayed with a frame.
8 Still image thumbnail Represents a still image such as a JPEG (Exif) file or TIFF (non-compressed) file. When a JPEG, GIF or TIFF (non-compressed) file containing these Exif data is selected, the rotation buttons appear. With the buttons, you can rotate the image and save the rotated image.
You can also click an image with the right mouse button and display its information.
Selecting an image
1
In the folder pane in the main window, select the image folder or [Memory device] whose images you want to display in the thumbnails list.
The selected folder is highlighted.
The images in the selected folder are displayed as thumbnails.

2
On the thumbnails list, double-click an image that you want to display in a single-image viewer window.
The selected image is displayed in the single-image high-resolution viewer window.
Note
You can display only a single viewer window at a time.

3
Click the close button.
The still image or movie viewer window is closed and the main window reappears.
Using the still image viewer window
The parts and controls of the still image viewer window are illustrated below.
Click an item in the illustration below to display an explanation of its purpose and function.

1 Scroll (Next/Back) buttons Display the previous or next still image displayed in the thumbnails (main) window.
2 Print button Displays the print window that allows you to print the previewed image.
3 Zoom in/out buttons Each time you click , the previewed image is enlarged. Each time you click , the previewed image is reduced in size. The enlargement and reduction information for the still image will not be saved.
4 Rotate buttons These buttons appear only when the previewed image contains the Exif information.
Each time you click (Rotate left), the previewed image rotates 90-degrees counterclockwise.
Each time you click (Rotate right), the previewed image rotates 90-degrees clockwise. Rotation information can be saved.
5 Exif information button This button appears only when the previewed image is a JPEG, GIF, or TIFF (non-compressed) file containing Exif information. To view the image information, click this button.
Printing a still image
In the still image viewer window, click (Print).
The print window is displayed, allowing you to specify the number of copies, and the type of print paper, and print the previewed image.
Using the movie viewer window
The parts and controls of the movie viewer window are illustrated below.
Click an item in the illustration below to display an explanation of its purpose and function.

1 Scroll (Next/Back) buttons Display the previous or next movie displayed in the thumbnails list of the main window.
2 Stop button Stops playback and goes back to the beginning of a movie.
3 Play button Starts playback of a movie.
4 Pause button Pauses playback at the current position. When (Play) is clicked, playback resumes from the current position
5 Playback slider

The length of the slider represents the length of the entire movie. The on the slider shows the current playback position.

Adding, editing, and searching a folder
You can add, edit or search a folder in the folder pane.
Adding a hard disk folder
Click [Browse] in the folder pane to open the [Browse Folders] window. Select a folder containing the types of images that Picture Package Viewer supports. The selected folder is temporarily added to the folder pane and the images contained in it are displayed in the thumbnails list.
Note
Once you exit the Picture Package Viewer, the hard disk folder addition information is cleared.
Editing the date and comments for a folder
You can edit the date and comments for a folder in the folder pane. Click on an image folder with the right mouse button to display the window used to edit a folder.
To change the date of a folder, select the desired date from the [Date] drop-down list box. The folder moves to a new position based on the revised date. The date information of the images contained in the folder are also revised.
The comments in the [Comment] text box are displayed as a folder title on the folder pane. You can input information on the content of the images as a comment, for example, so that you can easily locate the folder later.
Searching a folder
From the folder selection drop-down list, select the year and month of the folder that you want to display. The folder with the latest date among the selected year and month will be highlighted in the folder pane and the images contained in it are displayed in the thumbnails list.