Photo Explosion Mobile Image and Animation

Photo Explosion lets you create images and animations for displaying on mobile phones. You can then send your still images and animations to a mobile phone through a third-party Web site that offers this service or through third-party software.

Note

Photo Explosion only helps you prepare a photo or image for mobile phones that support images. To actually transfer an image to a phone that supports images, you’ll need to sign up with a Web site that offers this service or use an SMS (Short Messaging Service) application and sign up with an SMS center. Check the Nova Development Web site for more information by clicking Photo Explosion Homepage on the Web Links menu.

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 Mobile Image

 Mobile Animation

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Share: Mobile Image
Mobile Image

Creates still images to display on mobile phones.

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Share: Mobile Animation
Mobile Animation

Creates animations to display on mobile phones.

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Mobile Image/Animation dialog box

Select Phone/Image

Select mobile phone:

Brand name: This lists various mobile phone brands.

Phone model: This lists different mobile phone models for the selected phone brand. Select a mobile phone type on which to send the image/animation you are creating.

Display mode: This list determines what the image/animation will be used when sent to a mobile phone: as the image/animation representing a Group, still/animated picture Message, screen saver in Standby mode, Startup image/animation, or Other.

Mobile phone properties: Click to add, edit, delete, or view mobile phone properties. You can add more mobile phone brands and models if the phone types that you want are not available for selection. You can also specify image settings supported by your mobile phone.

Select image:

Select part of the image: If you select this option, a selection box appears on your image. Drag the handles of the crop box to move it to the part of the image you want to select. To select more areas on the image, drag the nodes on the crop box.

Select the whole image: When selected, the image will be resized to fit in the largest image dimension supported by the selected phone type. The original aspect ratio will be maintained.

Reset selection: Click to start all over again in selecting the area on the image. This restores the crop selection box to its original size and moves it back to the initial position at the center of the image.

Next: Takes you to the next step in creating your image/animation.

Close: Ends this procedure.

Mobile Image: Next Step: Add frame, text, and props	Mobile Animation: Next Step: Animation
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Mobile Image dialog box - Add frame, text, and props
Mobile Image dialog box

Add Decorations

Frame: Allows you to add a frame to the image.

Text: Allows you to add text messages to the image. You can set the font size, style, and color.

Props: Allows you to add one or more objects to the image.

Remove all: Click to remove the frame and all text and objects from the image.

Size: Drag this slider to adjust the size of a selected text or object.

Back arrow: Click to go back to the previous step.

Next: Takes you to the next step in creating a mobile phone image/animation.

Close: Click to end this procedure.

 Next Step: Output

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Mobile Image dialog box - Text
Mobile Image dialog box

Add Text

Text: Type your text here.

Style: Click the buttons to make the text bold, italicized or underlined.

Font: Select the font for the text.

Color: Select the color of the text. Click one of the small color boxes to select a standard color, or click the big color box to view more color selections.

Options: Select an option to add or edit a text object.

Apply: Click to add the text on the image. (You can add several sets of text.)

Close: Click to return to the Decorations panel.

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Mobile Image/Animation dialog box - Output
Mobile Image/Animation dialog box

Output

File format: Select a file format for saving the image/animation.

Data type: Select the type and number of colors to use for saving the image/animation.

E-mail: Click to open a dialog box where you can attach the image/animation file to an e-mail message.

Disk: Click to open the Save As dialog box and save your image/animation.

Preview: Shows a preview of how the image/animation would look like when sent to and displayed on the specified mobile phone type.

Back arrow: Click to go back to the previous step.

Close: Ends this procedure.

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Mobile Animation dialog box - Animation
Mobile Animation dialog box

Animation

Animation thumbnails: Displays samples of various animations. Double-click a thumbnail (or drag it to the image) to add the animation to the image.

Preview: Shows you how the selected animation would appear on your image.

Delay time: An animation has two frames. Drag the slider to adjust the amount of time to display each frame.

Size: Drag the slider to adjust the dimensions of the animation.

Back arrow: Click to go back to the previous step.

Next: Takes you to the next step in creating a mobile phone animation.

Close: Click to end this procedure.

 Next Step: Output

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Creating an image for your mobile phone

Photo Explosion helps you prepare a photo or image for mobile phones that support images.

Note

To actually transfer an image to a phone that supports images, you’ll need to sign up with a Web site that offers this service or use an SMS (Short Messaging Service) application and sign up with an SMS center. Check the Nova Development Web site for more information by clicking Photo Explosion Homepage on the Web Links menu.

To create an image for a mobile phone:

1.	Select an image file that you want to send to and display on your mobile phone.

Note

If the target phone supports only black-and-white images and the dimensions of the selected image is large, crop the source image to a smaller size before you proceed. This will make the final mobile phone image clearer and finer in quality.

2.	Open the Share menu and click Mobile Image.

3.	Select the Brand name and Phone model of the target phone.

4.	To select only a part of the image, click Select part of the image and use the crop selection box to mark the area that you want. Otherwise, click Select the whole image.

5.	Click Next.

6.	As needed, add a frame to your image, and insert text and other objects to the image.

7.	To resize a text or object you just added, select it and drag the Size slider.

8.	Click Next.
A preview of the mobile phone image is then displayed.

9.	Click Disk to save the image file or click E-mail to send the image as a file attachment directly to the target mobile phone.

10.	Click Close.


Creating an animation for your mobile phone

Photo Explosion helps you prepare an animation for mobile phones that support animations.

Note

To actually transfer an animation to a phone that supports animations, you’ll need to sign up with a Web site that offers this service or use an SMS (Short Messaging Service) application and sign up with an SMS center. Check the Nova Development Web site for more information by clicking Photo Explosion Homepage on the Web Links menu.

To create an animation for a mobile phone:

1.	Select the image you want to send to and display on your mobile phone.

Note

If the target phone supports only black-and-white images and the dimensions of the selected image is large, crop the source image to a smaller size before you proceed. This will make the final mobile phone animation clearer and finer in quality.

2.	Open the Share menu and click Mobile Animation.

3.	Select the Brand name and Phone model of the target phone.

4.	Click Next.

5.	Select one or more animations to add to the image. To add each animation, double-click it or drag it to the image.

6.	Each added animation has two frames. Drag the Delay Time slider to set the amount of time that each frame will be displayed. For instance, if you drag the slider to 5 s, a frame will be displayed in 5 seconds before the next frame is displayed.

7.	After adding an animation, drag the Size slider to adjust its dimensions.

8.	Click Next.
A preview of the mobile phone animation appears.

9.	Click Disk to save the animation file, or click E-mail to send the animation as a file attachment directly to the target mobile phone.

10.	Click Close.


Mobile Phone Properties dialog box

Photo Explosion provides a database of common mobile phone brands and models, complete with information on the still image and animation file formats and properties that are supported by each phone. Use the Mobile Phone Properties dialog box to view, modify, or add more mobile phone information.

Brand: Determines the different mobile phone brand names available for selection.

Model: Determines the various mobile phone models of a selected brand available for selection.

Display: Provides a selection of display modes for mobile phone image and animation.

Width / Height: Determines the largest image dimension that can be displayed by each phone model.

File size: Determines the largest image/animation file size that can be displayed by each phone model.

Select image/animation file formats, data types and shades: Determines the various types of image/animation formats, data types, and number of colors (or shades of grey) that can be displayed by each phone model. Depending on the phone model, several file formats and data types may be supported.

Note

To actually transfer an animation to a phone that supports animations, you’ll need to sign up with a Web site that offers this service or use an SMS (Short Messaging Service) application and sign up with an SMS center. Check the Nova Development Web site for more information by clicking Photo Explosion Homepage on the Web Links menu.


Mobile Image dialog box - Props
Mobile Image dialog box

Props

Category: Displays the types of props that are available. Click to select another category from the list.

Prop thumbnails: Displays thumbnails of available props within the selected category. Double-click or drag a thumbnail to apply to the image.

Apply: Pastes the selected prop into your image. It is pasted as an object.

Close: Closes this dialog box and returns to the Decorations panel.

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Mobile Image dialog box - Frame
Mobile Image dialog box

Frame

Frame type: Displays thumbnails of the available frames. Double-click a thumbnail to apply it or drag the thumbnail to the image.

Remove frame: Removes the frame from the image.

Apply: Applies the selected frame to the current object.

Close: Closes this dialog box and returns to the Decorations panel.

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Save As dialog box

Save in Find the desired folder.

  View the contents of the parent folder.

  Toggles between displaying the folders on your desktop and the folder you last viewed.

  Create a new folder.

  View file names only.

  View detailed information about the files.

File name Identify the file(s) selected for saving, opening, or loading.

Save as type Select a particular file format for opening or saving to.

Data type Select the amount of color information to use for saving the image to a file. This affects the number of colors that are used to display the image thus affecting the quality of its appearance. This is also directly related to the final size of the file that is going to be generated after saving.