JIBS The Java Image Browser Sorter


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Viewer
Sorter
Full Screen
Group
Camera
Concatenater
Contact Sheet
Thumbnail Index

Toys
Settings
Menus

Menus

File Menu

Open View
Sets the directory whose pictures will be shown for you to scroll through.
Open Tree Selects the directory for the root directory on the Tree.
Move
Bring up submenu letting you move the current picture to trash, park, or repeat.
Move menu
Empty Trash
Removes all files in the Trash directory you set in Settings.  These will not go into the operating systems trash can - they will no longer be on your computer once the trash is emptied.
Save
Save any changes made to the currently shown picture.
Save As
Saves the currently shown picture and any changes to a new name.
Rename
Brings up the Change File Name for the current image as if you had right clicked on a file in the file list.
Rename dialog
Preview...
Shows what the picture will look like if you print it.
Print...
Prints the picture.
Exit
Exits JIBS.


Edit Menu

Undo
Undoes moves.  If you change the directory you are viewing, undo is cleared.
Redo
Undoes Undo.
Copy Copies the picture to the operating systems' clipboard so that you could paste it into another application.
Select All
Selects all the items in the List on the left-hand side of the screen.
Rotate
Left, Rotate Right
Rotates the picture ±90° and activates the Save button.  You need to hit the Save button if you want to save the rotated picture.  If auto-resize is in effect (the background is red), the image will be saved at its actual original size adjusted by Shrink or Grow, not the displayed size.   Remember, if the background is black, the display size and the actual size are the same.
Shrink, Grow Makes the picture 10% larger or smaller. and activates the Save button. If auto-resize is in effect (the background is red), the image will be saved at its original size adjusted by Shrink or Grow, not the displayed size.  Remember, if the background is black, the display size and the actual size are the same.

View Menu

Reload
Causes the currently displayed directory to be reloaded from disk.  Usefull when you have modified the directory contents outside of JIBS.
Prior
Similar to Back in a browser.  If you have selected more than one directory from the Tree, this will take you back to the last directory you looked at.  Most useful for previewing a directory to see if it is the one you want to move the picture to.
Next
Similar to Forward in a browser.  If you used Prior Directory, this will take you forward to the directory you were looking at when you hit back.  Most useful for previewing a directory to see if it is the one you want to move the picture to.
Full Screen
Show the application full screen.  Once in full sceen mode, pressing the escape key will bring JIBS back to it regular size.  You can also right click to exit or start the slide show.
Slide Show - Full Screen
Same a Full Screen except the pictures will advance automatically.  Rate of advance can be changed in the settings.
Slide Show Show Current Screen
Pictures will advance automatically.  Rate of advance can be changed in the settings.
Resize, No Resize, Thumnails
Controls what is shown in main view windowe.  See following illustrations.
Options
Content of this menu option varies with view selected.  When present, bring up options for that screen.
     

Resize - Resizes the picture to best fit in the viewer.
Resize - Full

No Resize - Shows the picture at its actual size.
Resize None

Thumbnail - Shows several pictures at once.
Thumbnail view


Tools Menu

Group Operations
Brings up Group Operations
Camera Operations
Brings up Camera Operations
Concatenator
Brings up Concatenator
Settings
Brings up Settings
Tree Statistics
Brings up Tree Stats.  Tree stats are the count of directories and image files known to JIBS.  This may be somewhat different than is actually on the disk if you do operations outside of JIBS.  Reloading the Tree will update the statistics used for this.  


Other Menu

Recreate Directories Recreates directories from a JibsTree.txt
Create Directory Tree List Creates a JibsTree.txt for a directory.
Disk Usage
Brings up a display of your disk usage.  Currently works well for Windows and Ubuntu Linux.
Disk Usage

User Interface Menu The User Interface menu brings up a list of possible "skins" available on your system.

Help Menu

Help
Brings up Help.  Of course, help just tells you to come to this web site, and you are already here!
About
Brings up About with the all important version number.
License
Brings up the full License.  Fun reading ;-)
Info
Brings up Info about your system, usually as an aid to debugging problems.  For example, you can find out your default language settings there.

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