SplashPhoto
User Guide
Table of Contents
Introduction
Installation
Registration
Support
QuickStart
SplashPhoto Desktop
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Installing
Images
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Edit
Dialog
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Browsing
the Desktop Catalog
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Desktop
Preferences
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Editing
Multiple Images
Browsing the Handheld Catalog
� Views
� Location
� Categories
Image View
� Full Screen
View
� Image View Options
Menu
� Image Details
� Pan & Zoom
Slideshow
� Slideshow
Options
Menus
� Options
� Preferences
� Security
Introduction
SplashPhoto is a fast, easy to use
image viewer for the Nokia Series 60 phones. 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.
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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:
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SplashPhoto Desktop --
The desktop application.
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SPPlatform.dll
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Extension for the desktop application.
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SplashPhoto.SIS --
The handheld software.
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SplashPhoto User Guide
-- This User Guide.
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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.
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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.
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QuickStart
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Connect your device to your
desktop.
Note: You will need to have the PC Suite
software that
came with your device installed for SplashPhoto Desktop to function.
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Launch the SplashPhoto Desktop
application.
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Drag images into the SplashPhoto
application window to add them to your catalog. Or click the Add
button in SplashPhoto to browse for images.
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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.
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Click on the Sync button in the
SplashPhoto Desktop.
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Launch SplashPhoto on the handheld
and view the images!
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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 the 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.
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Edit
Dialog
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Name: change
the name of the image.
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Location:
Choose to either install the image to Internal memory or an
External
Memory Card. When installing to a card, the images will be
stored in the SplashPhoto directory.
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Category:
Sets the category the image will belong to.
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Notes: Add
any additional information.
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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 image.
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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.
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Contrast:
Use the slider to adjust how sharp the image is.
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Brightness:
Use the slider to adjust how bright the image is.
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Rotate:
Click the buttons to rotate 90 degrees in either direction.
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Landscape Orientation
:
You have the option of changing the orientation from Portrait
to Landscape. This option will be hidden on devices with square
displays.
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Previous/Next:
If you have selected multiple images, these buttons will move
forward or back through the series of images.
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Done: Click
Done if you have made all of the edits you wish to make for
the entire series.
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Cancel:
This clears any edits you have made to the current image and
returns to the image catalog.
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Browsing
the Desktop Catalog
When you open SplashPhoto Desktop,
your user name will appear at the top of the window. To change
users, Click on the User menu and select the user.
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:
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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.
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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.
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Thumbnail View:
Displays large thumbnails and the image Name.
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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.
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All: Displays
all images in all locations.
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Internal:
Displays images installed on the handheld’s internal
memory.
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Card: Displays
images installed on the handheld's external memory card.
Note: SplashPhoto catalogs all images stored in the \Images
directory.
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.
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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.
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Browsing
the Handheld Catalog
On the handheld, launch SplashPhoto
from the Applications Launcher by selecting its icon and depressing
the nav pad.
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 using the the
Browser View menu
or by using the number pad (1, 2, 3 or 4):
• List View (1):
Displays the Name, Category, and Size of image in a list.
The columns displayed can be changed in Preferences.
• Detail View
(2)
: Displays
Thumbnail, Name, Category, Location, Dimensions, Size,
Date and
Notes.
• Large Thumbnail
View (3): Displays
large thumbnails and the image Name.
• Small Thumbnail
View (4): Displays
small thumbnails only.
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List View
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Detail View
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Large Thumbnail
View
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Small Thumbnail View
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Categories
Choosing
Category from the Options menu allows you to filter images
by Category.
You can also select Edit Categories
from the list to add, delete, or rename categories.
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Location
Choosing
Location from the Options 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.
• Card: Displays images installed on the handheld's
external memory card.
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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 left soft key to open the
Options menu.
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Image
View Options Menu
There
is a different menu available from Image View mode which looks like
this:
Details: Displays
the Image Details dialog.
Categorize: Displays a list of categories to assign
the image to.
Move: Displays a list of Locations to move the
image to.
Delete: Deletes the image; can also be acheived
by pressing the C button.
Send as: Sends the image via IR Beaming, Bluetooth,
MMS, or email, if available.
Exit: Exits the SplashPhoto application.
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Image
Details
In
the Image Details dialog you can review and modify the image attributes.
Name -- Use this
field to rename the image.
Category -- You can assign each image to one of
the user-definable categories.
Location -- You can change the location of the
image.
Res -- Displays the resolution of the image.
Size -- Displays the file size of the image.
Date -- Displays
the date the image was created.
Private -- Check this box to mark the image private.
It will be hidden if Security settings are
correctly set.
Note -- Use this field to add additional
information about the image.
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Pan
& Zoom
While
viewing an image full screen select Zoom mode from the Options
menu to pan/zoom the image. While in zoom mode you can use the
Options menu or the numeric keypad to control the zoom level:
1 - Fit to Screen
2 - Zoom out
3 - Zoom in
4 - 100%
And you may use the 5-way navigator to pan the image up/down/left/right.
Press the navigator to exit Zoom mode.
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Slideshow
Select
Slideshow: Start from the Options 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.
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Slideshow
Options
Access
the Slideshow Preferences on the handheld by choosing Slideshow:
Options... from the Options Menu in the browser.
Frame duration:
Select and depress the nav pad to 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 as you please.
Image order: Select
and depress the nav pad to switch between Random and Sequential
order for the slideshow to present the images.
Keep backlight on:
Select this option to keep the backlight on your phone from turning
off while running a slideshow.
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Menus
Options
The following commands are
available from the Options menu.
Browser
view:
Switches
the Browser View mode.
Category: Select which categories are to be displayed.
Location:
Select which locations are to be displayed.
Slideshow: Select to either run the Slideshow
or alter Slideshow Preferences.
Details: Opens the Image
Details dialog.
Categorize: Assign a category to
the selected image.
Categorize All -- Allows you to change the Category
of all images that are currently in view. For example, this could
be very useful to assign all the unfiled images to a category.
Move: Move the selected image from one Location
(internal memory or memory card) to another.
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.
Delete: Deletes the selected image. Can also be accomplished
with the C button.
Delete All -- Deletes all images currently in view.
Send: Send the selected image via Infrared, Bluetooth, Multimedia,
or email.
Preferences: Opens the Preferences
dialog.
Security -- Opens the Security dialog
where you can hide or show images marked Private.
Exit
-- Exits SplashPhoto.
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Preferences
You can access Preferences on the
phone by selecting it from the Options menu in the SplashPhoto browser.
Sort
By: Select and depress the nav pad to select a different
image detail to sort by.
Sort direction: Select and depress the nav pad
to switch the sort order.
Location column:
Select and depress the nav pad to show/hide the Location column.
Category column: Select and depress the nav pad
to show/hide the Category column.
Size column: Select and depress the nav pad to
show/hide the Size column.
Dimensions column: Select and depress the nav pad
to show/hide the Dimensions column.
Date column: Select and depress the nav pad to
show/hide the Date column.
Note column: Select
and depress the nav pad to show/hide the Note column.
Auto-Rotate: Select and depress the nav pad
to auto-rotate images to best fit the aspect ratio of the screen.
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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:
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Open SplashPhoto and
choose Security from the Options
menu in any of the catalog views.
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Change the Current
Privacy to Hide Records and press OK.
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 Records.
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