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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. 'Help Index' ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- For information, double-click on any of the topics listed below.
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- 1. DisplayMaster
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- 2. DisplayMaster Child Windows
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- 3. Image Comments
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- 4. Windows
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- 5. Ring List
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- 6. Opening Files
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- 7. Slide Show
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- 8. Image Options
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- 9. Audio
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- 10. Video
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. 'General Help' ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- DisplayMaster is a MultiMedia resource tool that allows you to view still
- images and full motion video playback, and listen to audio playback. It allows
- you to view or listen to multiple images, videos and/or audio and gives you the
- capability of making comments on each resource that can be saved to a file for
- later review.
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- DisplayMaster will read and write a wide variety of image formats. Presently
- the following popular formats are supported:
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- TIFF
- Targa (TGA)
- GIF
- PCX
- OS/2 bitmap
- Windows bitmap (DIB)
- Kodak Photo CD (read only)
- Fractal Files (FIF)
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- DisplayMaster has a number of features. For details, double-click on any of
- the highlighted items from the list below.
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- 1. Image Comments
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- 2. Ring List
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- 3. Opening Files
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- 4. Slide Show
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- 5. Image Options
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- 6. Audio
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- 7. Video
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. 'Using Help' ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Help displays information on how to use DisplayMaster and is available
- throughout the program. You may invoke Help by either clicking on Help on the
- menu bar or by clicking on the Help button on a pop-up window. Clicking on
- Help on the menu bar displays a listbox displaying several different Help
- features.
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- 1. Help Index - displays an index for the DisplayMaster Help windows.
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- 2. General Help - displays the Help for the window presently being used.
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- 3. Using Help - displays information on how to use the Help windows.
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- 4. Quick Reference - displays a list of topics for immediate access to
- information on how to execute each specific DisplayMaster topic.
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- 5. Product Info - displays product information, copyright, trademark, and
- customer service number.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. 'Keys Help' ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- DisplayMaster has a collection of keys and key combinations that will allow you
- to access the features of the program from the keyboard.
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- The following is a list of the key combinations that are valid when the
- DisplayMaster parent window is active:
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- 1. 'Ctrl+O' will activate the 'open file' dialog.
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- 2. 'Ctrl+P' will activate the 'Kodak Photo CD file' dialog.
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- 3. 'Ctrl+F' will activate the 'Fractal file dialog'.
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- The following is a list of the key combinations that are valid when a
- DisplayMaster child window is active:
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- 1. 'Ctrl+O' will activate the 'open file' dialog.
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- 2. 'Ctrl+A' will activate the 'add file' dialog.
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- 3. 'Ctrl+S' will activate the 'save file' dialog.
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- 4. 'Ctrl+T' will activate the 'save comments' file dialog.
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- 5. 'F3' will close the window.
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- 6. 'F5' will activate the 'previous button'
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- 7. 'F6' will activate the 'next button'
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- 8. 'Ctrl+G' will activate the 'Ring List' dialog.
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- 9. 'Ctrl+C' will activate the Comments dialog.
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- 10. 'Ctrl+W' will activate the 'Slide Show' dialog.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. 'Quick Reference' ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Double-click on any of the topics listed below for information regarding that
- topic.
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- 1. Audio
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- 2. Comment
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- 3. DisplayMaster
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- 4. Exit
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- 5. Help Index
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- 6. Image
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- 7. List Ring
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- 8. Open File
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- 9. Slide Show
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- 10. Using Help
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- 11. Video
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. DisplayMaster ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The DisplayMaster window acts as a launching unit. The menu bar is a set of
- closed listboxes displayed across the top of the window that allows you to
- perform a variety of options. Clicking on a listbox displays all the options
- within that listbox. Click on the option of your choice.
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- The File listbox offers several functions.
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- 1. Open File - allows the user to open image, audio, and video files. The
- action of opening is determined by the type of file opened.
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- Image files of the formats OS/2 bitmap, Windows bitmap, TIFF, Targa
- (TGA), PCX, GIF,an open Kodak Photo CD and Fractal File format (FIF) will
- cause a DisplayMaster child window to be invoked.
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- This window will display single images as well multiple groups or rings
- of images.
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- Audio files of the formats WAV, MIDI, and AVC will create an Audio
- window.
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- Video files of the formats supported by the OS/2 Multimedia Presentation
- Manager (MMPM/2) will create a Video window. There is a limit of five (5)
- Video windows at any one time. If you try to open more than five video
- files, the first file opened will redisplay.
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- Opening more than ten (10) audio files will cause the first audio file
- opened to redisplay.
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- 2. Open Kodak Photo CD - an open dialog that allows the user to load images
- from a Kodak Photo CD. The dialog has options for the image resolution and
- image format desired.
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- 3. Open Fractal File format - a open dialog that allows the user to open
- Fractal File (FIF) images. The dialog has options for the image resolution
- and image format desired.
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- 4. About - displays product information, copyright, trademark, and customer
- service number.
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- 5. Close All - closes all child windows and exits the program.
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- The Options listbox offers several functions.
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- 1. Image - displays a dialog window that allows the user to alter the size and
- resolution of the image.
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- 2. Video - displays a dialog window that allows the user to choose work and
- presentation mode. The presentation mode offers only the video and control
- buttons in the Video window. The work mode offers the video, control
- buttons, the menu bar and the status bar, which displays the video
- progression.
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- 3. Audio - displays a dialog window that allows the user to choose work and
- presentation mode. The presentation mode offers only the audio and control
- buttons in the Audio window. The work mode offers the audio, the control
- buttons, the menu bar and the status bar,which displays the audio
- progression.
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- The Windows listbox offers several functions.
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- 1. Cascade - arranges the child windows in a cascaded fashion.
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- 2. Tile - tiles the child windows side by side.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Windows ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The windows listbox offers several functions.
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- 1. Cascade - arranges the child windows in a cascaded fashion.
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- 2. Tile - tiles the child windows side by side.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. 'Open File' ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Open File dialog allows the user to open audio, video, and image files.
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- To open a file, the user must select the drive, the directory, and the
- file(s) in the normal Common User Interface fashion. Once the desired
- selections have been made, clicking on the OK button will cause DisplayMaster
- to invoke the proper action necessary to display the file.
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- Image files of the formats OS/2 bitmap, Windows bitmap, TIFF, Targa (TGA),
- PCX, GIF, Kodak Photo CD and Fractal File format (FIF) will cause a
- DisplayMaster child window to be invoked.
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- This window will display single images as well multiple groups or rings of
- images.
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- Audio files of the formats WAV, MIDI, and AVC will create an Audio window.
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- Video files of the formats supported by the OS/2 Multimedia Presentation
- Manager (MMPM/2) will create a Video window. There is a limit of five (5) Video
- windows at any one time.
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- Additional attempts to open video files result in the least recent Video
- window to come to the front of all windows and play the desired video.
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- The same type of action happens when Audio reaches ten (10) windows.
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- Clicking on the Cancel button will return the user to the DisplayMaster window.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. 'DisplayMaster Child Windows' ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The DisplayMaster child windows display the selected image files and allows
- the user to scroll through the ring of images and make comments on each image.
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- The comments can be saved to a file that can be printed out to review your
- comments, or be reloaded in the future to display your comments and images in a
- slide show.
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- To view other selected image files the user can click on the previous (<-) or
- next (->) buttons in the lower-right-hand corner of the window or press the F5
- and F6 buttons, respectively.
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- The user may also add comments to each selected image file by clicking on the
- comments button in the lower-right-hand corner of the window or by holding the
- control key (Ctrl) and pressing the C key. DisplayMaster has the following
- menu items:
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- File
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- 1. Open File - The Open File dialog allows the user to open audio, video, and
- image files. To open a file, the user must select the drive, the directory,
- and the file(s) in the normal Common User Access (CUA) fashion.
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- 2. Add - allows the user to add an image file(s) to those in the ring without
- losing the already selected files.
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- 3. Save Image - allows the user to save the current image file in the
- following formats: OS/2 bitmap, Windows bitmap, TIFF, Targa (TGA), PCX, and
- GIF.
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- 4. Save Comments - allows the user to save the image comments. The file is
- saved in the format:
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- Filename (image #1)
- Standard Comments (check boxes)
- Customs Comments
- Filename (image #2)
- ...
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- 5. About - displays product information, copyright, trademark, and customer
- service number.
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- 6. Exit - closes the DisplayMaster child window.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. 'Options' ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- 1. Image - displays a dialog window that allows you to control the sizing and
- resolution.
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- 2. Video - displays a dialog window that allows the user to choose work and
- presentation mode. The presentation mode offers only the video and control
- buttons in the Video window. The work mode offers the video, control
- buttons, the menu bar and the status bar, which displays the video
- progression.
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- 3. Audio - displays a dialog window that allows the user to choose work and
- presentation mode. The presentation mode offers only the audio and control
- buttons in the Audio window. The work mode offers the audio, the control
- buttons, the menu bar and the status bar,which displays the audio
- progression.
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- 4. Previous Image - displays the previous image.
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- 5. Next Image - displays the next image.
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- 6. List Ring - displays the filenames of the images currently displayed upon
- the Image.
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- 7. Comment - allows you to save your comments for a particular image.
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- 8. Slide Show - allows you to control a slide show.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. 'Ring List' ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Ring List dialog shows the user the filenames of the images in the
- current DisplayMaster child window. The images comments are displayed in the
- comment box below the filename listbox.
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- The comment in the box will represent the comment of the highlighted image
- file. The user can scroll thru the images comments by clicking once on the
- desire image file or by toggling between image files with the up and down arrow
- keys.
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- Once the desired file has been found, the user can switch to that particular
- image by double-clicking on that file, or by clicking on the Switch To button
- while the desired file has been selected.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12. Comment ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Comment window allows the user to add any comments to any selected
- image, audio, or video file. To open the Comment window you may either click on
- the Comment button on the toolbar or click on Options on the menu bar and
- select Comments. The Comment window allows you to add two types of comments:
- custom comments and standard comments.
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- Custom comments are the comments you type in and save for the file. To add
- custom comments click in the entry field entitled Comments and type them in
- using the keyboard. Once all the necessary comments have been entered, clicking
- on OK will save them. If you do not wish to add or save any comments, click on
- Cancel and the Comment window will close.
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- Standard comments are the comments that you select from the Comment window.
- Standard comments are comments about the quality of an image, an audio, or a
- video file. Clicking on the button to the left of each provided button will
- select that standard comment for that file.
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- A unique feature of DisplayMaster is that during a Slide Show, the comments
- of each file will display along with each image displayed. This allows the user
- to create a slide show with its own narrative for a more effective
- presentation.
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- The file is saved in the following format:
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- Filename (image #1)
- Standard Comments (check boxes)
- Customs Comments
- Filename (image #2)
- ...
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13. 'Slide Show' ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Slide Show dialog will allow the user to show his collection of images and
- comments about those image in a slide show fashion. The user can specify the
- time interval between slides, the placement of the show window and the behavior
- of the image display -- very useful for passive demos.
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- A slide show can be saved by simply saving the comments file. To open a
- comment file to be used as a slide show presentation, open the file the same
- way you open any image, audio or video file using the Open file dialog.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14. 'Kodak Photo CD' ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Kodak Photo CD file dialog allows you to specify the resolution and format
- that you want the selected image(s) to be read in with.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15. 'Fractal File dialog' ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Fractal File dialog allows you to specify the resolution and format that
- you want the selected image(s) to be read in with.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 16. 'Add file dialog' ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Add file dialog allows the user to add image files to those in the ring
- without losing the already selected files. You may add images from any
- directory or drive you wish.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17. 'Save Image file dialog' ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Save Image file dialog allows the user to save image files in the following
- formats:
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- TIFF
- Targa (TGA)
- GIF
- PCX
- OS/2 bitmap
- Windows bitmap (DIB)
- AVC image format (._IM)
- Fractal Files (FIF)
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 18. 'Previous Button' ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Previous button will page the ring of images backward one image. If the
- ring only has one image (therefore not a ring), the previous, next, and slide
- show buttons will be diabled.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 19. 'Next Button' ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Next button will page the ring of images forward one image. If the ring
- only has one image (therefore not a ring), the previous, next, and slide show
- buttons will be disabled.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 20. 'Save Comments File Dialog' ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The 'Save Comments file' dialog allows the user to save the comments made for
- each image into a file that can be used for a variety of DisplayMaster
- utilities
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21. Audio ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Audio playback allows the user to control the playback of all audio files
- selected from the Open File window. The Audio toolbar contains all the
- standard button controls for controlling the audio playback.
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- 1. Pause - pauses the audio presentation.
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- 2. Stop - stops the audio presentation and closes the Audio window.
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- 3. Rewind - returns the audio presentation to the beginning.
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- 4. Play - starts the audio presentation.
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- 5. Comment - allows the user to make a comment in the same fashion as the
- DisplayMaster child window comment button.
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- 6. Volume Bar - allows the user to control the volume level of the soundtrack
- by either clicking on the left and right volume arrows (quiet to loud, from
- left to right respectively) or by dragging the volume button into position
- with the mouse.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 22. Video ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Video playback allows the user to control a motion video presentation of each
- video file selected from the Open File window. The Video toolbar displays the
- buttons necessary for controlling the Video presentation.
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- 1. Pause - pauses the video presentation.
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- 2. Stop - stops the video presentation and closes the Video window.
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- 3. Rewind - returns to the beginning of the video.
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- 4. Frame Advance - a single click forwards the video one frame. Holding down
- the mouse button forwards the video frame by frame in slow motion.
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- 5. Comment - allow user to make a comment in the same fashion as the
- DisplayMaster child window comment button.
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- 6. Volume Bar - allows the user to control the volume of the audio track (when
- an audio track is available with a video file). The volume bar may be
- controlled either by clicking on the left and right volume arrows (quiet to
- loud, from left to right respectively) or by dragging the volume button
- with the mouse.
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- The Video menu bar displays three listboxes.
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- File
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- 1. Open - opens the file window.
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- 2. About - displays product information, copyright, trademark, and customer
- service number.
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- 3. Exit - closes the Video window.
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- Options
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- 1. Pause - pauses the video presentation.
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- 2. Stop - stops the video presentation and closes the Video window.
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- 3. Rewind - returns the video to the beginning.
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- 4. Play - starts the video presentation.
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- 5. Frame Advance - forwards the video presentation on frame at a time.
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- Windows
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- 1. Cascade - layers the program windows upon each other.
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- 2. Tile - displays the program windows side by side.
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- 3. Hide Frame Controls - displays the Video without the menu bar.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 23. Exit ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- To exit DisplayMaster return to the DisplayMaster window, click on File and
- select Close All. This will close all child windows and end the program.