Frequently Asked Questions
Why create JIBS?
I created JIBS out of frustration I had with other viewers:
- I could not control the slide show. JIBS lets you go
forwards
or backwards at your own pace.
- It was difficult for me to see the thumbnails. JIBS is thumbnail
free.
- There was no easy way to rotate my
camera
shots from vertical to horizontal. JIBS does this with one-click
from the main screen as you page down you picture list. This is
much better than trying to you your typical image editor.
- When I downloaded pictures from the Internet, I got lots of
duplicates. JIBS will remove duplicates.
- When I download multi-part files, I had no easy way to reassemble
them. JIBS provides a special utility for this.
How do I
change the directories?
Select
Tools >
Settings...
from the menu. The
JIBS
Settings screen will allow you to change JIBS directories.
Can I speed
up loading?
Yes. Select
Tools >
Settigns... from the menu. In
JIBS
Settings, check
Remember Directories. JIBS
will place a file named "JibsTree.txt" in any directory you load as the
tree directory. That file contains a list of the directories in
the tree and will allow JIBS to start faster. If you change the
directory structure outside of JIBS, you can right-click on the tree
directory above the change and select
Reload
This Tree. That will cause JIBS to reread the
directories. This also helps if you add directories in JIBS and
want the new directories to sort correctly.
What is the Green
Screen?
If Java can not understand the picture it is attempting to load, you
get a green screen indicating that the file failed to load.
Can JIBS be
used for a continous slide show when it starts?
Yes. Select
Tools >
Settings... from the
menu. In
JIBS
Settings:
- Select either (a) Start with
Last Viewed Directory or (b) Start
with View Directory and delect a View Directory.
- Select Start Full Screen
(requires directory at start up).
- Select Start show immediately
when going to full screen mode.
- Select Continous Loop.
- Adjust your Show Speed
(milliseconds). 3,000 is recommended which will cause each
slide to be shown for three seconds.
- If you want your picture to grow to fill the screen, select Blow Up and the set the Maximum Times the picture can be
grown. The picture will not be grown larger than the screen.
The slide show readjusts the display list each time it cycles, so if
you change the list externally (for example, by FTP), JIBS will reflect
the changes.
JIBS shrinks
my pictures in when sorting. Can I see the pictures full size?
Yes. Select
View >
No Resize.
Can I speed
up the thumbnail viewer?
If you have memory to spare, try starting JIBS from the command line or a batch file with:
java -Xms500M -Xmx1000M -jar c:/ibs/JIBS.jar
The extra memory will cause the thumbnail cache to work better. Apparently, there is no way in Java to ask for extra system memory from within the program.