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- DECADES is a sampler version of the Hulton Deutsch
- Decades series of 6 CD-ROMs from Longman Logotron.
-
- This sampler is supplied with the read-only version
- of the PhotoBase Resource Manager software. The full
- version supplied on Decades CDs allows users to
- index their own material on any drive, incorporating
- it with the Hulton Deutsch index if they wish. It
- also allows users to compile and save 'filmstrips'.
-
- Most of the images supplied on this sampler are
- considerably smaller than those on Decades CDs -
- typically between 1/4 and 1/3 of the normal size /
- resolution.
-
- Decades CDs are supplied on a site licence basis.
- Users can copy the images as they wish and install
- the PhotoBase application on any machine on their
- site. The images can be freely printed, used in
- creative work (DTP etc) and for presentations,
- lectures etc.
-
-
- To use the DECADES SAMPLER double click on the file
- 'DecadesRES'. This will load the resources and open
- PhotoBase Resources Window.
-
- EITHER: click on the green button (right) to browse
- the collection OR click on the SEARCH button (top)
- to perform a search.
-
- Search on Keywords by clicking the € column against
- any Keyword or selection of Keywords. Click on 'OK'
- to perform the search.
-
- View the results of a search by clicking on VIEW or
- INDEX (top) to open either of these windows. Double-
- click on any image to view it full size. Click on
- EXIT to return to the View or Index Windows. If any
- image is larger than the screen the Hand Icon will
- appear coloured. Click on the Hand to open and scroll
- the image. Click the middle (menu) button to restore
- the Controller.
-
- Perform more complex searches by adding other
- criteria marked with either an & or a X symbol.
-
- Search on other elements in the index by opening the
- Search Mode Menu on the Search Window and choosing
- 'Word', 'Date' etc. Type in what you wish to search
- for on the writable icon, then click 'OK' as above.
-
- Export images to other software from the View Window
- by clicking the middle (menu) button over the image
- in question. Choose 'Launch' or 'Find' as required.
-
- Create a 'filmstrip' by opening the Film Panel from
- the View Window and dragging images from the View
- Window. Click on SEQUENCE (top) to open the Sequence
- Window. Re-order the images as necessary and adjust
- their display time. Play the 'filmstrip' one-way,
- yoyo or as a continuous loop. Click the middle (menu)
- button during play to bring up the Controller for
- manual play or (by clicking on either Text Button)
- to display any text associated with an image.