PhotoFolio frequently asked questions
   

New since 15th March 2000
  1. Why can't I run and register PhotoFolio V2.0?

    You must enter at least 5 characters in the name and country string gadgets. If your country or name has less than 5 characters, use the spacebar to make the total in each gadget at least 5 characters.


  2. Did you know that you can load uuencoded and base64 encoded files directly into PhotoFolio without decoding them first?

    Open the ImageIOLibraryPrefs application and select the option Allow decoding. PhotoFolio can then transparently load images encoded by uu or base64 encodings (such as images downloaded from an NNTP server).


  3. You can access the PhotoFolio homepage by one of two URLs.

    You can use http://mafeking.scouts.org.au/photofolio or http://go.to/photofolio.


  4. The xbm.datatype can cause trouble loading images.

    It has been found that the xbm.datatype attempts to load some text files as xbm format. This causes problems with the datatype support of PhotoFolio - PhotoFolio appears to hang (in fact it is waiting for the datatype to return which it never does as the file is an invalid xbm file). You can either disable datatype loading in ImageIOLibraryPrefs (not a perfect solution) or you can disable the xbm.datatype by moving it from your Devs:Datatypes to your Storage directory.
New since 14th January 2000
  1. I have loaded my image path and saved the proofs, however the next time I load them, it is no faster, why?

    Once you have saved your proofs to disk, you should then load the proofs, not the images. If you load the images again, PhotoFolio has to do all the hard work of scaling etc again. However by selecting the proof directory, PhotoFolio can load the proofs directly and it is lightning fast!!


  2. When PhotoFolio updates the browse window it seems very slow, why?

    The image of a proof is stored as a jpeg in the proof file. This means the proof files can remain very small and don't take up much disk space. However as a trade off to this, the jpeg has to be decoded before it can be displayed. Decoding of jpegs is slow (unless you have a PPC card :-). If you have your proof update setting set to a high number (say 70 - 100), it will seem to take a long time to update the browse window, in reality it is probably quicker than if it was set to a low number (say 5 - 10). The speed is a trade off against proof size.


  3. Why does PhotoFolio show files in the ASL requester when it asks for a destination directory?

    Style guide compliance indicates that you shouldn't be able to select files when choosing a directory only. When working in directory mode, the ASL requester removes the ability to see file entries. In our opinion, it is extremely useful to be able to see the files within the directory you are choosing. We believe that the ASL requester in the case of choosing a directory should show the files as ghosted entries. For now we have enabled file entries and pick the directory name the user chooses.