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ImageViewerCMPlugIn

ImageViewerCMPlugIn is a very simple image viewer accessible from the contextual menus in the Finder. It allows you to easily view the pictures in a folder.

With ImageViewerCMPlugIn you can:

	- open and see various image files: JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, PDF, EPS, AI, PSD, ...
	- delete the images you don't want to keep
	- display informations about an image
	- rotate the images (temporarily)
	- zoom on images

This makes ImageViewerCMPlugIn the ideal application to quickly view and sort your digital pictures.

Help is available within the application (see below)

For any suggestion, help or comment, do not hesitate to contact AstroK Software:

http://www.AstroK-Software.com/
contact@AstroK-Software.com

Installation 

Copy the file ImageViewerApp.app in
/Applications/

Then copy the file ImageViewerCMPlugIn.plugin in
/Library/Contextual Menu Items/
or
~/Library/Contextual Menu Items/

If these folders do not exist, you must create them. 

You will have to close your session or restart the Finder (Apple Menu > Force quit > Relaunch Finder)

Finally, the Automator Action "View Pictures.action" must be copied in
/Bibliothèque/Automator/
ou
~/Bibliothèque/Automator/

to be used with Automator. It is also possible to directly import the action from within Automator.

How to use ImageViewer?

You can drag & drop files on the ImageViewerApp icon to visualize them, or you can right-clic on a directory or file in the Finder, and chose "View pictures..." in the contextual menu.

Help

A full help giving the different possibilities of the software is available inside the application. Once you have launched ImageViewerCMPlugIn, open the preferences by pressing the "p" key or by clicking on the "Preferences" icon in the toolbar: help is located in the "Help" tab.

lancé, ouvrir les préférences en appuyant sur la touche "p" ou en cliquant sur l'icône "Préférences" de la barre d'outils au bas de l'écran.

Software License Agreement

ASTROK SOFTWARE IS WILLING TO LICENSE THIS SOFTWARE TO YOU ONLY ON THE CONDITION THAT YOU ACCEPT ALL OF THE TERMS CONTAINED IN THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT.

ImageViewerCMPlugIn (the "Software") is provided to you "as is" by AstroK Software. You use this Software at your own risks. AstroK Software or the persons who deleveloped or helped develop the Software, cannot be held responsible for any damaged caused by or related to this Software.

Changes

* 03/10/06 - 2.2

- Customizable toolbar
- Use of the "alt" key when launching ImageViewerCMPlugIn to start the slideshow
- Resizable EXIF window
- Sortable EXIF data
- Bug fix affecting the stability on Intel Macs
- Bug fix making ImageViewerCMPlugIn crash immediately after launch.

* 01/09/06 - 2.1

- New sorting function
- New Automator action
- Slideshow improvement
- ImageViewer can now be used as a standalone application
- Small interface changes

* 21/06/06 - 2.0

- Application completely rewritten to use newest Apple technologies. ImageViewerCMPlugOn now requires Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
- Possibility to display previews of the images
- Support for Nikon NEF raw format
- Small interface changes

* 03/03/06 - 1.8.2

- Fixed a bug preventing the opening of .ai and .eps files

* 26/02/06 - 1.8.1

- Compatibility with Path Finder
- Right-clic on a picture allows to make it the background picture (wallpaper)
- New preferences window
- Screen dimming prevented during use

* 23/01/06 - 1.8

- Universal binaries
- Support for displaying EXIF informations
- Aesthetic changes in the toolbar and the display
- New button in the toolbar to open in a separate document
- New button in the toolbar to display the EXIF data window 
- A few bug fixes

* 04/01/2006 - 1.7

Brand new toolbar:
- Much more reactive (particularly on small configurations)
- Possibility to move the toolbar
- Different icons for PDF documents

- Space bar is now used to start/pause the slideshow
- Possibility to display the next image when you mark one as deleted
- Images sorted alphabetically

* 05/12/2005 - 1.6

- Now only the selected files in the Finder open
- Possibility to open pictures contained in the subfolders (up to a depth of 3)
- Possibility to see all the pages of PDF files
- Initial rotation is now set according the the EXIF headers (for JPEG and TIFF files)

* 16/05/2005 - 1.5

- Full Tiger compatibility
- Added slideshow
- Preferences have been rewritten
- Background color is modified in real time
- German localization by Hanspeter Witmer

* 16/04/2005 - 1.4

- Toolbar is more reactive
- Next picture displayed when pressing spacebar
- Next/previous image is displayed when double-clicking on the left/right side of the window

* 26/03/2005 - 1.3

- Possibility to pass 10 pictures by pressing 'alt' key
- Possibility to make the mouse disappear
- Passing to the first picture after the last is now an option

* 20/03/2005 - 1.2

- Correction of a bug affecting rotated pictures
- No more separator item in the contextual menu

* 15/03/2005 - 1.1

- Possibility to display/hide icon description in toolbar
- Possibility to open pictures in a picture editor by pressing 'o' key
- Pictures remain rotated when you come back on it
- Zoom in/out with up/down arrows
- 100% ratio easily accessible
- Rotated pictures are now centered
- The bug affecting some JPEG is solved

* 06/03/2005 - 1.0

- First release