Testing Smart Pix Manager Functionality Testing Smart Pix Manager Functionality
Getting Started
If you click on Help>Getting Started you will be presented with a dialog which guides you through the process of getting your Smart Pix software up and running.
Using as a simple multimedia browser
1. Select 'Folders' tab
2. Choose a folder
3. Select a file
4. Zoom, perform slide shows, etc. as below
View the Folders mode section for more detail
To utilize the powerful cataloguing and search features of Smart Pix Manager
1. Select 'Database>Add Files to DB Wizard' from the menu
2. Select a folder where you have a multimedia files
3. Select the returned folder(s) and click 'Default Keywords' to some new keywords that files from this folder have in common. Click OK.
4. Add some more Folders
5. Close the Options dialog, select the 'Database' tab to the left of the image window.
6. From the drop down list at the top select 'Show All Database Files'
7. Display the Keyword selector using View|Flyover Tools>Keywords (or View>Keywords Selector if you are using the simplified interface)
8. Go through your files adding new keywords specific to particular files (multiple assignment is OK, too).
View the Keywords section for more detail
1. From the Drop down list select 'Search for files in the DB'
2. From the next option select:
All files in database: The complete list of files in your database is displayed
Files with ANY selected keywords: Searches for files that have at least one of the keywords you specify
Files with ALL selected keywords: Searches for files that have all of the keywords you specify
Search text fields or content of files: Searches for files containing the text that you specify (e.g. within the file content or descriptions)
Files without keywords assigned: Displays all files which you have not yet given keywords
3. Highlight the keywords that you want to search on.
4. Click search
5. A list of "hits" will appear based on your search.
View the Database mode section for more detail
You can zoom in on an image by pressing the Equals key, or if it is smaller that the viewing window you can stretch it to full window size by pressing Ctrl+Equals
You can zoom out of an image by pressing the Minus key or you can shrink it to the windows size by pressing Ctrl+Minus
If the image size is larger than the window you can scroll the image by clicking and dragging it
You can open files in a new file window by pressing 'Ctrl+N'
You can view full-screen by pressing 'Space'.
You can play the files in sequence by pressing 'Alt+S' or View>Slideshow (delay between flip can be increased/decreased with the Comma and Period keys).
You can rotate, resize or crop an image by selecting the relevant option under the Image menu
See the File Viewing section for more detail
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