Tutorial
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Viewer Sorter Full Screen |
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Contact Sheet Thumbnail Index Toys |
Settings Menus |
Viewer
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General |
Resize |
No Resize |
Thumbnails |
Displaying
Picture
Information
Right-clicking
The List, the Picture, and the Tree all
respond to
right-clicking with your mouse.
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List -
No Items Selected If you right-click on a file in the List, the Rename Dialog will appear. ![]() This will rename a single file. |
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List -
Several Items Selected - Modify Tab If you select several files in the List and then right-click on a file in the List, the File Name Change Dialog will appear. ![]() This is extremely helpfull for changing the name of a group of files by adding something to the front of the name. For example, suppose you just downloaded several pictures of the Linderhof Castle from the Internet conveniently labeled 001.jpg to 101.jpg. Name like that both make it next to impossible to remember what the picture was, and make it hard to drag and drop because there could already be a different file with the same name in the directory. So select the list of files, right click, enter "Linderhof_Castle_Jan_15_2004_" in the dialog, and the files will be renamed Linderhof_Castle_Jan_15_2004_001.jpg to Linderhof_Castle_Jan_15_2004_101.jpg . It's OK to use spaces in the name. I added the date to make sure that the new name won't conflict with other downloads of the Linderhof Castle. Now suppose you have a different problem. You downloaded
a group of files that won't sort correctly because they did not number
them "001" instead numbering them "1". See the List in the
picture above. Solve this problem by selecting a group and adding
the zero in the proper position. To do this: |
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List -
Several Items Selected - Complete Tab If you select several files in the List and then right-click on a file in the List, the File Name Change Dialog will appear. ![]() This is extremely helpfull for completely changing the name of a group of files. For example, suppose you just downloaded pictures from your vacation labeled pic001.jpg to pic101.jpg. Name like that both make it next to impossible to remember what the picture was. So select the list of files, right click, select the Complete tab, enter "vacation2007" in the dialog, and the files will be renamed vacation2007-001.jpg to vacation2007-101.jpg . It's OK to use spaces in the name. |
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Picture Right-clicking on the picture will bring up some information about the picture. The information shown depends on what was used to take the picture.
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Tree
Statistics Shows amount of disk space used. Patterned off of XDiskUsage. Boxes are sized relative to the disk space used. Click on a box to show its information. Double click on a box to drill down. Double click on the left most box to go back up. |
The fast move box is populated by the directories you move file to with the most recent directory being on the top.
You can manually clear the list with the Clear button and add new directories with the Browse button. The Browse button is inactive if there are no directories listed.
Move Files will move the currently selected files to the selected directory. If no files are selected, the current picture in focus is moved.
Picture
Movement
Once you have selected a picture directory, here are the ways to
navigate among
the pictures:
Show the next picture in the directory |
Press Space Bar Press Down Arrow Key Press Right Arrow Key Use Mouse Wheel (full screen mode only) If you are in full resize mode the Down and Right Arrow Keys work without the Ctrl. If you are not in full resize, the Arrow Keys move the picture around the screen. |
Show the prior picture in the directory |
Press Ctrl-Space Bar Press Up Arrow Key Press Left Arrow Key Use Mouse Wheel (full screen mode only) If you are in full resize mode the Down and Right Arrow Keys work without the Ctrl. If you are not in full resize, the Arrow Keys move the picture around the screen. |
Show the first picture in the directory |
Press Home Key |
Show the last picture in the directory | Press End Key |
Advance apx. 10% further in the directory |
Press Page Down Key |
Retreat apx. 10% backwards in the directory | Press Page Up Key |
Jump to a specific picture |
Hold Ctrl Key down and type the number you want to jump to. |
Jump a specific number ahead |
Hold Alt Key down and type the number forward you want to
jump to. Typing a negative number will move you backwards. |
Key Pad |
+ Next picture - Prior picture * Jump 10 pictures forward / Jump 10 pictures backward |
Move current file shown to last directory you dropped something in | Insert |
Move current file shown to park directory | Ctrl-Insert |
Moves current file show to trash directory (or moves selected group of files) | Delete |
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On the left is the Slider. The numbers on the Slider
indicate how many pictures are in the directory you are currently
looking at. The pointer (which looks like home plate sideways)
shows you the number of the picture you are looking at. You can
drag the pointer up or down to directly select any picture to look
at. In this case, there are three pictures in the directory
number 0, 1, and 2. The current picture is 1. |
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Next to the Slider is the List, which is hidden when you
first start JIBS. The arrows on the right margin (circled in
blue) are used to hide and unhide the List. The divider the
arrows are on can be used to resize the List. The List is a sorted list of all the file names for the pictures in the current directory. You can use the Sort menu to change the sort order. The current file is shown in red text. Double clicking on a file name in the file list will cause the picture to be shown. You can also drag one or more selected files from this to the Tree to move them. (This also works if you drag them to Windows Explorer, or other Java drop enabled components.) Note that the semantics of initiating a drag operation from this list are somewhat frustrating due to Java limitations - after highlighting wait a second and drag slightly sideways and the cursor should change to indicate a drag has started. Pressing the Control Key ("Ctrl") will cause the drag to be a copy instead of a move. |
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The picture you are looking at. If the picture fits in
the space shown, it will have a black background. If the picture
does not fit in the space shown, it will resized to fit and will have a
red background. You can turn off automatic resizing from the
Setting Dialog (on the menu, View Settings). You can drag the picture to the Tree. (This also works if you drag the picture to Windows Explorer, or other Java drop enable components.) It much easier to start a drag from here than from the List. Pressing the Control Key ("Ctrl") will cause the drag to be a copy instead of a move. Right-clicking on the picture will bring up some information about the picture. The information shown depends on what was used to take the picture. There are several viewer for the picture found under the view menu. Currently there are Resize, No Resize, and Thumbnails. |
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The Tree is on the right-hand side of the screen. It
shows your image directories in a traditional tree format. The
numbers after the directories are the file count for that
directory. You can change the root of the Tree from the Setting
Dialog (on the menu, View Settings). You organize your pictures by dragging them from the List or the Picture to the right directory in the Tree. You can also drag from the operating system on to the Tree. Double clicking on a directory will make that directory become the currently view directory. The little arrows at the top of the divider (circled in blue) will collapse or expand the Tree just like the List. You can always drag the divider. |
Save |
Saves the currently displayed pictures with any changes made
by Left, Right, Shrink, or Grow. The auto-resizing has no effect
on the saved image. |
Save As |
Saves a copy of the file under a
new name. |
Rename |
Brings up a dialog box to change the file name of the currently displayed picture. |
Undo |
Undoes moves. If you change the directory you are
viewing, undo is cleared. |
Redo |
Undoes Undo. |
Prior Directory |
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 Directory |
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. |
Refresh | Causes the currently displayed directory to be reloaded from disk. Usefull when you have modified the directory contents outside of JIBS. |
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. |
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. |
Full Screen Show | Same a Full Screen except the pictures will advance
automatically. Rate of advance can be changed in the settings. |
Show |
Pictures will advance automatically. Rate of advance can be changed in the settings. |
Trash |
Move the current picture to your designed trash directory. To set this directory (and turn the button on), use the Setting Dialog (on the menu, View Settings). |
Park |
Move the current picture to your designated park directory. To set this directory (and turn the button on), use the Setting Dialog (on the menu, View Settings). |
Repeat |
Move the current picture to the last directory you moved a
picture to. The Repeat directory is reset whenever you drop a
file onto the tree and is listed just above the tree. |
About |
Tells you about JIBS with the
version number. |
Help |
Brings up a help screen. |
Copy |
Copies current file name and path so you can paste it into
other applications. |
Enable Auto-Copy Disable Auto-Copy |
Toggies copying current file
name and path each time you view a picture. |
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S: selects the current picture.
S + SPACE or RIGHT or DOWN: selects the current picture, moves to next
picture
and select it.
S + LEFT or UP: selects the current picture, moves to prior picture and
select
it.
S + PAGE_DOWN: selects the current picture, moves to regular page down,
selects
it and everything in between.
S + PAGE_UP: selects the current picture, moves to regular page up,
selects it
and everything in between.
S + HOME: selects the current picture, moves to regular home, selects
it and
everything in between.
S + END: selects the current picture, moves to regular end, selects it
and
everything in between.
S + SPACE: selects the current picture, moves to regular page down,
selects it
and everything in between.
D: deselects the current picture.
D + SPACE or RIGHT or DOWN: deselects the current picture, moves to
next
picture and deselects it.
D + LEFT or UP: deselects the current picture, moves to prior picture
and
select it.
D + PAGE_DOWN: deselects the current picture, moves to regular page
down,
deselects it and everything in between.
D + PAGE_UP: deselects the current picture, moves to regular page up,
deselects
it and everything in between.
D + HOME: deselects the current picture, moves to regular home,
deselects it
and everything in between.
D + END: deselects the current picture, moves to regular end, deselects
it and
everything in between.
D + SPACE: deselects the current picture, moves to regular page down,
deselects
it and everything in between.