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- PICTshow 2.1 Manual
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- PICTshow is a viewer/player application for the following file types:
- - PICT files (also from PhotoCD's)
- - GIF pictures
- - Sound files (System 7 sound files)
- - Quicktime Movies (requires Quicktime)
-
- PICTshow 2.x is a much improved version of the older PICTshow 1.x versions.
- I rewrote most of the code, fixed a lot of bugs and added a lot of new
- functionality. See 'Version History' file for more details about this.
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- PICTshow requires System 7 and a color capable Macintosh.
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- Using PICTshow
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- You simply add items by using the Add File/Add Folder buttons or by drag&drop
- items onto PICTshow. When using drag&drop, you can add every item, also
- folders and disks, and PICTshow will add just the items it understands.
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- By double-clicking onto one item in the list, you get an additional
- information dialog, where you can enter a text (up to 255 characters) and
- define the orientation (only PICT-files).
- If Speech Manager is installed, the text will be spoken.
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- Using the 'Next' Popupmenu, you can define how the next item appears.
- (Either after a specific time or after MouseClick/Return Key)
- When holding the shift-key, the previous item will be showed.
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- 'Show' starts the show. When using the enter key, only the selected items
- are played. You can stop the show by pressing cmd-period.
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- Special Keys
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- While a show is being played, there are some options you can activate.
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- Quicktime Movies : Use +/- keys for volume
- PICT/GIF files (only if 'Next-Selection' is Mousebutton) :
- r : Resize picture
- +/- : zoom in / zoom out picture
- arrow keys : move picture around the screen
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- Menu Reference
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- File Menu:
- New : Clears the itemlist
- Open : Open an old show
- Save / SaveAs : Save itemlist as show
- Add,Add Folder : Same function as the buttons
- Preferences : See below 'Preferences'
- Edit Menu:
- Undo : no undo yet!
- Cut : Cut the selected items
- Copy : Copy the selected items
- Paste : Paste the items after current selection (or at the end if none selected)
- Clear : Clear the selected items
- Select All : Select all items
- Special Menu:
- Play selected only : Same function as 'Enter' Key
- Expand full show : Fullshows removed in version 2.0, expand still remains.
- Show/Hide Preview Window: Shows/Hides a window that contains the preview
- image of the last selected item. You can resize the window although the
- the grow icon is not visible. Just click where you would expect it to be!
- Previews in List : Shows the preview pictures in the list
- Page Setup / Print Previews : Print all previews. You can enter any title and
- specify if the date should also be printed.
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- Preferences
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- General:
- Show preview window on startup : (nothing to be said here!)
- Allow background tasks : While waiting for the next item, background applications
- receive some CPU-time.
- Never show cursor : You don't see any cursor while the show is playing
- Use Speechmanager : Turn on/off speaking of the additional text or the items name.
- Select your voice using the 'Voice' Popupmenu. (Requires Speechmanager)
- Show item's name : Displays the name of each item while being played.
- Cache List Preview Pictures : Caches all preview pictures (Good for PhotoCDs)
- Fading:
- Turn on/off fading and set the fading time. (Requires color display)
- Quicktime:
- Double Movies : Movies are played at their double size
- Use Movie Controler : The Movie Controller is used to play the movies
- Pictures:
- Resize Pictures : Pictures (PICT and GIF) are resized
- Keep picture's proportions : The proportions of the picture are untouched
- Don't grow small pictures : Small pictures won't be enlarged, just the big ones
- will be shrinked to fit on the screen.
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- Hints/Tips
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- - Rotation requires a lot of memory. If you don't have much memory, don't use
- this option.
- - When PICTshow quits with an error, you should restart the computer because
- some gobal setting are not restored.
- - Resizing doesn't work with all resize settings. (Don't ask me why...)
- - GIF pictures normaly don't have previews, so you won't be able to print
- a catalog from GIF pictures.
- - The GIF decoder works using 24-bit offscreens. Therefore for best display
- performance use 16 or 24 bit screen resolution. (In "Monitors" Control Panel)
- - If PICTshow can't find the items for a saved show, put all items into
- the same folder as the show file and try again.
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- Future Additions
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- - Better support for 4/8 bit displays
- - TIF support
- - Multiple screen support
- - Display of alpha channel in 32-bit pictures
- - Export show as QT-Movie
- - AppleScript (Make PICTshow scriptable)
- - Support for Quickdraw GX
- - Individual transition for each picture
- - PPC version
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- If you have any good ideas for the next PICTshow version, please contact me!
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- PICTshow is Publicdomain, however if you really like it, please send
- me a postcard!
-
- Oliver Dreer
- Im Egg 35
- CH-4147 Aesch
- Switzerland
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- Internet : odreer@iiic.ethz.ch OR oliver.dreer@roche.inet.ch
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