SplashPhoto 4 User Guide

SplashPhoto 4 User Guide

SplashData, Inc.
270 Eakin Dr.
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
www.splashdata.com

Table of Contents

Introduction
Installation
Registration
Support
QuickStart
SplashPhoto Desktop
• Installing Images
• Edit Dialog
• Browsing the Desktop Catalog
• Desktop Preferences
• Editing Multiple Images
Browsing the Handheld Catalog
• Views
• Location
• Categories
Image View
• Full Screen View
• Image View Tools Menu
• Image Details
Slideshow
• Slideshow Preferences
Menus
• Tools
• Preferences
• Security

Introduction

SplashPhoto is a fast, easy to use image viewer for the Microsoft Smartphone. SplashPhoto allows users to organize images on their handhelds for individual or slideshow viewing. It is designed to provide optimal image viewing within the confines of a handheld's reduced display size and limited memory. In addition, SplashPhoto includes desktop software that synchronizes with the handheld, for editing, optimizing, installing, organizing and cataloging images.

Installation

Connect your device to your desktop computer. Run the Installer and follow the on screen instructions. At the end of installation, the software will install on the mobile device. The installer installs the following files:

SplashPhoto Desktop -- The desktop application.
SPPlatform.dll -- Extension for the desktop application.
SplashPhoto -- The handheld application.
Sample Images -- Sample SplashPhoto JPG images.
SplashPhoto User Guide -- This User Guide.

Registration

When you launch SplashPhoto you will be prompted to enter a registration code or to run in Trial mode. You may run the software for 30-days in full-functioning Trial mode. The Trial software and Registered software are identical. Once the trial period ends you must purchase and enter a registration code to continue using the software. You do not need to re-install the software. Simply enter a registration code and your Trial version will be converted into a Registered version and all images will remain intact.

Support

If you have questions about the use of SplashPhoto, there are a number of resources available:

SplashPhoto FAQ - Questions and answers for troubleshooting problems with SplashPhoto.

Contact Support - If your question is not answered in the FAQ, use this form to contact us.

SplashData Forum - Users of SplashData products discuss the software and solutions to various problems.

QuickStart

Connect your device to your desktop. Note: You will need to have ActiveSync installed for SplashPhoto Desktop to function.
Launch the SplashPhoto Desktop application.
Drag images into the SplashPhoto application window to add them to your catalog. Or click the Add button in SplashPhoto to browse for images.
The Edit dialog will automatically open for each image you have added. You may edit the Name, Category, Location, Zoom, Contrast, Brightness and cropping of each image. Click Next to page through the series of images you just added. Click Done when your changes are complete. The catalog displays the images you have added.
Click on the Sync button in the SplashPhoto Desktop.
Launch SplashPhoto on the handheld and view the images!

SplashPhoto Desktop

The SplashPhoto desktop application allows you to add or remove images from your SplashPhoto catalog, categorize and add notes to images, crop and edit those images, and then synchronize the changes with your handheld.

Launch SplashPhoto Desktop to access your image catalog.

Installing Images

To add an image to your catalog, either click the Add button or drag an image file into the application window from somewhere on your computer. Supported image types include JPG, GIF, and BMP. SplashPhoto will convert all images to JPG format.

When you add an image to the catalog, the Edit Dialog opens so you can adjust the Image Details of each image added.

Once you have finished editing the Image Details, click Sync and the images in your catalog will be synchronized to the handheld.

Note: Windows Mobile Smartphone 2002 users must manually refresh to see new photos by selecting Refresh from the Tools menu on the handheld application.

Edit Dialog

Name: change the name of the image.
Location: Choose to either install the image to Internal memory or an External
Memory Card.
Notes: Add any additional information.
Crop: Check this box to automatically crop the image and resize it to fit your device’s screen. Leave this unchecked to install the full size image.
Zoom/Crop: Use the slider to adjust the size and cropping of the image. Then click and drag on the image preview to adjust the crop.
Contrast: Use the slider to adjust how sharp the image is.
Brightness: Use the slider to adjust how bright the image is.
Rotate: Click the buttons to rotate 90 degrees in either direction.
Landscape Orientation: You have the option of changing the orientation from Portrait to Landscape.
Previous/Next: If you have selected multiple images, these buttons will move forward or back through the series of images.
Done: Click Done if you have made all of the edits you wish to make for the entire series.
Cancel: This clears any edits you have made to the current image and returns to the image catalog.

Browsing the Desktop Catalog

When you open SplashPhoto Desktop, your handheld user name will appear at the top of the window. If you sync with more than one handheld, you may change users by clicking on the User menu and selecting a different user name.

You can view your images on the desktop a number of different ways. At the top left of the SplashPhoto Desktop window, there are 4 view buttons available:

List View: Displays all of the details of the images in a list. The columns displayed can be changed by choosing Show Columns from the Edit menu.
Detail View: Displays Thumbnail, Name, Category, Location, Dimensions, Size, and Notes. Note: The Detail View is particularly useful for changing an image's location or category.
Thumbnail View: Displays large thumbnails and the image Name.
Gallery View: Displays small thumbnails only.

These view options are also available from the View Menu.

In the top middle of the application window, there is a pull-down menu from which you can filter by the Location of the images.

All: Displays all images in all locations.
Internal: Displays images installed on the handheld’s internal memory, which will be recognized in the following directories:
    • \My Documents\SplashPhoto\
    • \My Documents\My Pictures\
• Card: Displays images installed on a handheld external memory card, which will be recognize in the following directories:
    • \My Documents\SplashPhoto\
    • \DCIM\

If you are installing images onto your device manually and you want them to show up in SplashPhoto, you must store them in one of the above directories.

The top right pull-down allows you to filter by the Category of the images. You can also select Edit Categories from the pull-down list and add, delete, or change the categories you can select from.

Desktop Preferences

The Preferences for the SplashPhoto Desktop allow you to set a default action for adding images to the catalog. Access the Preferences from the Edit menu.

You can set the default Location that you wish to be applied to newly added images.

Set the Category for new images added to the catalog.

Note: The default location and category are applied to new images when viewing All images. If you are filtering the catalog by a specific category or location when you add images to the catalog, that category and/or location will be applied to the new images.

Set the Orientation for new images. Auto orientation will automatically select the appropriate orientation to match the aspect ratio of the image.

The check box for Resize to fit screen is the same option as in the Edit Dialog. It automatically crops the picture to best fit the handheld screen. Unchecking this will install the full size image.

The check box for Automatically open Edit Images dialog allows you to bypass the Edit Dialog. This is especially useful if you have set a default action for all images and want to have these settings automatically applied to each image without having to preview each image.

Finally, there is a slider to adjust the quality/compression of the JPGs that will be installed on your device. Higher quality means larger image files, requiring more memory on the device which may take longer to display.

Editing Multiple Images

You can select multiple images by shift-clicking or control-clicking them in the catalog, and select Assign Category from the File menu to apply the same category to all of the images. Likewise, you can move the selected images to the same location (Internal or Card) by selecting Change Location from the File menu. And you can delete a group of images by clicking the Delete button.

Browsing the Handheld Catalog

On the handheld, launch SplashPhoto from the Programs Menu.

Note: Windows Mobile Smartphone 2002 users must manually refresh to see new photos by selecting Refresh from the Tools menu on the handheld application.

Browser Views

You can view your images on the handheld a number of different ways. There are 4 Browser View modes you can switch between by pressing the left soft key that displays the current view:

• List View: Displays the Name and Category of each image in a list format. The columns displayed can be changed in Preferences.

• Detail View: Displays Thumbnail, Name, Category, Location, Dimensions, Size, Date and Notes.

• Thumbnail View: Displays large thumbnails and the image Name.

• Gallery View: Displays small thumbnails only.

List View

Detail View

Large Thumbnail View

Small Thumbnail View

Categories

Choosing Category from the Tools menu allows you to filter images by Category.

You can also select Edit Categories from the list to add, delete, or rename categories.

Location

Choosing Location from the Tools menu allows you to filter by the Location of the images.

• All: Displays images in all locations.
• Internal: Displays images installed on the handheld’s internal memory, which will be recognized in the following directories:
    • \My Documents\SplashPhoto\
    • \My Documents\My Pictures\
• Card: Displays images installed on a handheld external memory card, which will be recognize in the following directories:
    • \My Documents\SplashPhoto\
    • \DCIM\

If you are installing images onto your device manually and you want them to show up in SplashPhoto, you must store them in one of the above directories.

Image View

Full Screen View

To view a full screen image, simply depress the nav pad with a selected image from List, Thumbnail, Gallery, or Detail views. Page through the images by pressing up or down on the nav pad.

Depress the nav pad again to exit back to one of the Browser views.

Press the right soft key to open the Tools menu.

Image View Tools Menu

There is a different menu available from Image View mode which looks like this:

Details: Displays the Image Details dialog.
Note: Add a note to describe the image further.
Location: Displays a list of Locations to move the image to.
Category: Displays a list of categories to assign the image to.
Delete: Deletes the image.
Zoom Mode: Enters zoom mode - Left button zooms out; right zooms in.
Set as Today Wallpaper: Turns selected picture into background for Today screen.

Image Details

In the Image Details dialog you can review and modify the image attributes.

Name -- Use this field to rename the image.
Location -- You can change the location of the image.
Category -- You can assign each image to one of the user-definable categories.
Private -- Check this box to mark the image private. It will be hidden if Security settings are correctly set.
Res -- Displays the resolution of the image.
Size -- Displays the file size of the image.
Date -- Displays the date the image was created.

Slideshow

Select Slideshow: Start from the Tools Menu to start a slideshow. All of the images currently in view will be displayed in the slideshow and the slideshow will start from the currently selected image. Images will be displayed according to your Slideshow Preferences.

Stop the slideshow by depressing the nav pad.

Slideshow Preferences

Access the Slideshow Preferences on the handheld by choosing Slideshow: Preferences... from the Tools Menu in the browser.

Duration: Select the length of time you would like each image to display during a Slideshow. You can set the duration to Manual as well, and use the nav pad to page through the images at your own pace.

Random order: Select this box for the slideshow to present the images in Random order.

Menus

Tools

The following commands are available from the Tools menu.

Location: Select which locations are to be displayed.
Category: Select which categories are to be displayed.
Slideshow: Select to either run the Slideshow or alter Slideshow Preferences.
Move All -- Allows you to move all images currently in view to and from external memory cards. For example, you could move all images on internal memory to an external memory card.
Preferences: Opens the Preferences dialog.
Security -- Opens the Security dialog where you can hide or show images marked Private.
Refresh -- Rebuilds the list of images, checking for any new or deleted images. Note: Windows Mobile Smartphone 2002 users must manually refresh to see new photos.
About -- Information about SplashPhoto including the version number.
Exit -- Exits SplashPhoto.

Preferences

You can access Preferences on the phone by selecting it from the Tools menu in the SplashPhoto browser.

Sort By: Select an attribute to sort by.
Sort Ascending: Select a sort order.
Show column: Select which attribute to display in the extra column in list view (Category, Size, Dimensions, Date, or Note)
Auto-Rotate: Select to auto-rotate images to best fit the aspect ratio of the screen.

Security

You can mark an image as Private to hide that image from view. Mark an image private either in the SplashPhoto Desktop or in the Image Details on the handheld.

To hide images marked Private:

Open SplashPhoto and choose Security from the Tools menu in any of the catalog views.
Check or Uncheck Show Private Images.

You can also set a password that will be required to unhide private images once you have set it.

Note: All images marked Private will remain hidden until you change the Security setting back to Show Private Images.