PhotoMeister organizes photos in <b>albums</b>.<br><br>An album simply is a directory on your disk, usually in the <u>My Documents\My Pictures</u> folder. You can set any directory to be your album root directory where the directories for all albums are stored (See <b>Tools|Options</b>).
You can <b>zoom</b> into a photo by placing the mouse pointer on the image and scrolling the mouse wheel.<br><br>Click and hold the right mouse button to move the zoomed photo.
You can copy the current photo to the clipboard using <b>Edit|Copy</b>. Then use <b>Edit|Paste</b> in any other application to use the photos there.
There is a difference between <b>Dump Photo</b> and <b>Delete Photo</b>. <br><br><ul><li>If you <b>dump</b> a photo it is not visible in the album any more. But you can restore it later at any time.<br><li>If you <b>delete</b> a photo it is moved into the computer's recycle bin and may not be restorable. But deleting photos will save disk space.</ul>
You can paste images from other applications into a PhotoMeister album using the <b>Edit|Paste</b> command.
Use the command <b>File|Album Operations|Open Album Folder in Explorer</b> to view the files of the current album in the Windows Explorer.
You can use the <b>Burn CD</b> button to create backups of your photo albums on CD-ROM!<br><br><b>Always remember to make backups of your important data!</b>
You can use the command <b>File|Album Operations|Open Folder</b> to open any directory on your hard disk as an album in PhotoMeister.
You can use the cursor keys to navigate through the album while in <b>Full Screen View</b> (F5 key).
The application started by clicking the <b>Editor</b> button can be set using the <b>Tools|Options</b> command.
You can change the size of the thumbnail images and the photos' labels using the <b>Tools|Options</b> command.
You can print contact sheets of an album using the <b>Print</b> command, choosing <b>Print Album</b> and selecting <b>8 photos per page</b>.
You can change the standard compression used to save JPG images to the disk using the <b>Tools|Options</b> command.
You can access the <b>slide show settings dialog</b> by pressing the <b>right mouse button</b> while viewing a slide show.
You can <b>select several photos at once</b> from the thumbnail list by clicking the first photo, keeping the mouse button pressed and moving the mouse to the last photo. Pressing the CTRL key at the same time deselects photos.
By clicking a photo in the <b>Selected Photos</b> view you can directly view the photo in full size.
