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iView MediaPro 2.0.1 User Manual

1. To adjust the number of lines a field can display click the up and down arrows To adjust the font display make a selection from the options in the font drop down menu For repeat use of your settings save them using the Options menu Saved options can be recalled at any time and can be incorporated Peal d el ee e ee ee im om Bi m n bem E eee ee Eaim Em To make a field display in in AppleScripts a view place a checkmark To make current Example of a Thumbnail View which has been next to the field name settings the default for new catalogs click Save as Default Click the checkmark again to hide this field customized through View Options and the size menu It has a thumbnail size of 320 pixels 22 VIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Playlist Mode iView MediaPro has a new feature called Playlist Mode which enables you to play the files of a catalog in a continuous sequence This is feature is turned on by default To turn it on or off select Playback in the Window menu and select Playlist Mode CMD 7 This feature is useful when you have a cata log of MP3 files that you want to listen to ora sequence of video or still images that you to watch MediaPro will continuously play the files in your catalog in aloop until you tell it to stop To start a playlist select the file you wish to begin with and press the Play icon in the toolbar Or you can press the sp
2. Repeat media This option will tile a single image in the available print area Use the Grid option to define the number and size of the tiled images Check the Margin between box to place a small amount of space between tiled images See an example on page 75 Media Sheet prints are rendered from the original hi resolution images Since some of these files may be quite large allow extra time for printing Printing 73 74 Print Options Grid Only visible in the Thumbnail and Media Views Cells allows the user to Default for view takes into Sipe enna sae A a E ite PIE m account the predefined eer a eee ea ee ee may mune image layout and image size mk Defui oruen settings selected within each eee pony view mode and the Print nee ad er his ol te neg 4 lS text if the Print Area Area Size tae Size is too small Size 10 9 x 10 7 Picas A _ Size is similar to cells but allows the user to defined exact size of Cancel 0K each cell Print Options Headers amp Footers Place labels such as headers footers right and left captions on your print out You many use one or all of pee enon teva ERENT i these label fields on a given Click this button to l alter typographic print out This example will FJ Favorite Photos A color and style print Favorite Photos at the ee top of pages On the bottom ful amp p of amp n
3. View MediaPro 2 Organize share and protect your digital Tiles User Manual Table of Contents Installation 2 Finding and Sorting Media 42 Entering your license key iaxaed saute s auits 2 Instant catalog wide searching 42 System FEQUIFEMENES vec anwmidinintvitnemndinmed 3 Using the Find command 008 42 LANGUAGE SUDPOM iriiria cura cnt birari wats 3 Sorting by file attributes amp annotations 43 USING WED reour CES arn ennbosnnieredianes 3 Sorting by sets amp folders eee eee 44 Whats Newin 2 0 ticcurceuseseernnnese tyes 4 Restoring the catalog ee ee 44 iView MediaPro Basics 6 Finding original files 44 How iView MediaPro works 00005 6 Slide Shows 45 Understanding catalogs eee eae 6 Slide show basics cccceeceuvaveuuuees 45 Create a Catalog ervicnaniammrs mete apert 6 Slide show controller cccess aes 45 FINGING Cat lOG Sais carsatnanwitih aban e EE 6 Slide show options cccc cece vues 47 Add files from a digital camera Mac OS X 7 Save slide show as QuickTime Movie 49 Merge Catalogs i sieeve sursis onein ander 8 Making slide shows faster 8 50 lle diese siinemen AEAT EEEE Adding a soundtrack to slide shows 50 upported file formats 0cce eee MediaPro preferences ccceeeeeees 10 at Paiste os Catalog information protecting catalogs 12 Te TSB ceo ee a 56 About the Media
4. adjust height of pane ate ie jAze mM F Macintosh HD Users Content Mediadaturajpg 00 adjust width Invert Header bar contextual to view Catalog Information bar m y EE O 2048x1536 1 58MB JPEG A R r Rotate Zoom Size Menu Pull corner to enlarge Catalog 635 1 KB Media 122 9 MB 47 items in list 1 selected 2 Toolbar functions E e E AT 4 Show All Items restores the view of a catalog to show all items Available after searching sorting and organizing functions show only a subset of files in the catalog Open With launches the selected media items with an application that can view edit or mail media files Show Media File reveals the location of the selected media items on the desktop Finder Trash removes one or more files from the catalog and moves the original to the Trash Assign Label will set one of nine color labels to your files Also has option to remove labels Voice Annotation allows you to record listen or remove audio annotations attached to files Play Media contains options to play an animation movie sound Same as spacebar Show Labelled Items will display media files marked with a particular color label no label or all labels Sort will reorder files in your catalog by 24 criteria such as color label file name capture date and dimensions Print displays options for printing lists
5. files with the Set Color Sample option in the Action menu Use the color picker to define a color Color samples can also be viewed and modified in the Field Finder window of the Organize Panel CM D 5 Switch the color sample of an image in the Field Finder by dragging the image onto one of the colors in the Color Sample list Color Profile Management MediaPro supports ColorSync profiles for images J PEG TIFF PICT PDF and Adobe Photoshop files MediaPro 2 0 extends your color profile manage ment from input source iView catalog to proof and final printing Color profiles apply to thumbnails MediaPro 1 5 was able to display your images matched to a ColorSync Profile within Media View MediaPro 2 0 now extends this to the Thumbnail and List View providing you with color accurate display in all applicable views Manage Color Profile dialog The new Manage Color Profile dialog Action menu allows you to embed RGB and CMYK ColorSync profiles for indi vidual files When the dialog launches MediaPro displays the image in Media View allowing to preview the application of various profiles You can also remove profiles in this dialog Do nothing keeps embedded profile This pull down menu provides complete access to profiles defined by ColorSync your Mac s color management technology To learn more about color profiles and Apple s ColorSync technology visit apple com colorsync or see your system s hel
6. Make Caption from Photo Data copies all EXIF photo metadata into the Caption field Make Caption from Text Files searches for txt files in the same folder as the original and copies the contents into the caption field Make Caption from Text Lines opens a text file and uses each line of the file as the caption for the selected items Make Event Date from Capture copies the EXIF Capture Date and puts it into the Event Date of the Annotations pane Make Keywords from Folders enables you to add keywords to media files from folder names The pop up dialog provides the option of defining the level of folders in the path you would like to use for keywords Make Product from EXIF Data copies the EXIF Maker and Model fields and puts them into the Product field of the Annotations pane You can modify existing scripts or create and attach your own annotation scripts at any time Simply write the script then place it in the Plug ins Scripts Annotate folder Desktop Picture Add OS X and OS 9 sets the desktop picture of the main monitor to the selected file of the front catalog Remove OS 9 only discards the desktop pic ture of the main monitor o E You can add your About SETI B ES Sc own AppleScripts Annotate B to this menu by Desktop Picture gt placing them in the Files gt user defined Plug ins Select gt folder see Page 2 for Web thelocation of this Empty Trash re Files Correct EXIF orientatio
7. JPEG 1600 1200 JPEG 800 peacock jpg 3 12 02 2 38 47 PM Click on the field names of the Info Bar to sort the list by that information 14125 le iM f Size menu Change the icons in List View 2R JPEG 2560 1920 3 12 02 8 31 47 AM 2 4 1 100 to small or large Fe daisy jpg JPEG 1280 960 3 21 03 12 50 14 PM 8 0 1 80 sh own left i T 9 11_rememberance jpg JPEG 2560 1920 2 20 02 2 09 21 PM f5 0 1 500 A To change fields ac ballon mp3 MP3 00 06 07 displ ayed select I A giveitup mp3 MP3 00 04 15 Show View Options In T the Window menu Fe JPEG 1019 1359 4 1 01 9 25 00 4M f4 8 1 102 CM D j km swimming mpg MPEG 160 112 00 00 15 eo horses jpg JPEG 1600 1200 7 22 00 3 31 52 PM pe cancun jpg JPEG 2560 1920 3 11 02 12 23 27 PM f 1 1 500 Catalog 858 KB Media 94 2 MB List View In this view of a catalog media appears in a list of small icons with associated information fields such as file name size type duration etc To change the fields displayed use the View Options palette in the Window menu CMD To sort the list according to a field click the corresponding header above the list area Notice that some information is dependent on the file type For example the Duration field applies only to movies and sounds To change the size of thumbnails in this view using the Size menu and select Small or Large To rename a file click on its name and start typing the same way as you woul
8. as well as a high level tags for navigation date time etc Create a Gallery 1 Launch an iView MediaPro catalog of pho tos illustrations movies or any media file that can be distributed on the web Under the Make menu select HTML Gallery 2 Choose a Theme In this dialog you can define what your web gallery will look like Site Title This text will appear at the top of all HTML Options Site Title Fa rite Photos Theme Default B Output colors and fields will match the thumbnail and media view options of this catalog Index Table 4 x 4 cells 3 Pages for 48 catalog items Thumbnails Scale to Fit E 96 pixels Media Scale to Fit B 640 x 480 pixels v Launch browser when done Gallery Options The Theme panel with Default chosen HTML Options J f Settings Site Title Favorite Photos Theme Aqua E Index Table 5 x 4 cells 3 Pages for 48 catalog items Thumbnails Scale to Fit B 130 jE pixels Media Scale to Fit ES 750 x 500 _ pixels v Launch browser when done Options gt Cancel Gallery Options The Theme panel with the Aqua theme selected Themes have pre defined table grids thumbnails and media sizes However you can customize to your liking by modifying these fields Export Features 51 f 5 52 Index Page Fariv ite Prati Bebe Loete bods fue en ia ee eee ge a i Media Page Lies a ee Dee err Bl be Se IVIEW
9. portrait TT landscape Set display ww j 7 units inches centimeters Option sets Save or load presets Printing 77 PDF Maker palette Content panel Click this button to toggle between Layout and Content panels of PDF Maker PDF Maker fal Content Make Drag tool Zoom tool Position Use to scale content in content in frame frame Rotate tool Clear tool Set content Remove orientation content from rotates frame clockwise Printing to PDF OS X users can print MediaPro catalogs to PDF format using the system s built in printing func tionality Instead of actually printing adocument you use the Print dialog to export your catalog to a PDF First use the MediaPro print dialog to custom ize the print style e g Content List Contact Sheet or Media Sheet then click the Print button In the system print dialog that appears click Save As PDF Type a name for the document and choose where you want to save the PDF Save As PDF In OS X s print dialogs there is a button that enables you to save your printout as a PDF instead of actually printing the file 78 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Placing images into PDF Maker layouts e098 Favorite Photos qe honeymoon2 jpg honeymoon1 jpg our_boy1 jpg e school2001 tif e Catalog 889 1 KB Media 105 5 MB e 46 items in list Step 1 Select and image in the catalog and drag and drop it into the d
10. 2 0S 10 1 x In the Hot Plug Action pull down menu select Other You will be prompted to identify an application Find and select your copy of iView MediaPro then quit the Image Capture application OS 10 2 x Open the Image Capture Preferences Choose Other in Camera Preferences pull down menu Navi gate to and choose View MediaPro Quit the Image Capture application 3 Plug your camera into your computer From this point whenever you plug a camera into your computer Image Capture will launch MediaPro To import images select Import Items From Camera in the File menu CMD M If iView Media is already launched when you plug in your camera the Import From Camera dialog box will automatically appear 4 In the Import From Camera dialog you can instruct MediaPro to delete images off your camera after downloading MediaPro can also set the image file s creation date to match the date you took the picture Capture Date This is useful because some applications as well as the operating system cannot read the 8 9 image Capture Preferences Camera Preferences When a camera is connected open iView Media ie Scanner Preferences When a scanner button is pressed open Image Capture B _l Use TWAIN software whenever possible OS X Image Capture preferences dialog in 10 2 x Import From Camera Sony B Items to download 30 1s f Annotations Delete items from camera after downloading Set file crea
11. Every digital cam era and software program has a different method ology for creating and embedding thumbnails Time to catalog media will vary based on your computer s operating system and processor speed It will also vary depending on the size of the original media file For example it will take longer for MediaPro to create a thumbnail of an 25 MB Photoshop file than it will fora 2 MB digital 20 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL 32x 32 64x 64 96x96 128 x 128 160 x 160 p 192x192 4 PP4 x 224 256 x 256 ZBB x ZBE 320 x 320 Use the Size menu to adjust thumbnail size camera file Altering size of thumbnail To further reduce the size of your photo catalog you can choose a smaller size thumbnail This can be done in the Size menu located in the upper right hand corner of the catalog window JPEG thumbnail compression Previous ver sions of MediaPro offered the option to apply JPEG compression to thumbnails This feature is now automatically built in By using JPEG compression for the display of media items in the Thumbnail view iView cata logs are now even smaller This does not prevent iView Media or iView MediaPro 1 5 from opening catalogs written by MediaPro 2 0 iView MediaPro 1 5 iView MediaPro 2 0 1 200 media items 1 200 media items 1 8GB media size 1 8GB media size 128 px thumbnails Catalog size 21 6MB 128 px thumbnails Catalog size 9 7MB MediaPro 2 0 s built in J P
12. This is use ful as a backup but also to revert to or compare between different versions and can be of great help during image editing To activate this feature select a folder using the Setup dialog in the Image Editor palette Backup copies of version controlled files will be saved in this folder You must make sure that you use a separate folder for each catalog The Version Control folder maintains alog of the items added and removed from the folder with the name of the original file and the number and details of each version saved MediaPro will auto matically purge version control files for entries that have been removed from the catalog when a catalog Is closed The size of the folder will grow depending on the size and number of copies of files It is advisable to save the folder in a directory which has plenty of storage space Once a Version Control folder has been assigned to the catalog you can begin to edit and backup media files After you have edited an image click on the Save button in the Image Editor palette In this dialog check the box Savein versions folder MediaPro automatically assigns the current time and date and saves this data in the export log in the Version Control folder together with a MediaPro encoded back up copy of the file You can examine and compare any backup version at any time by simply clicking on the different versions in the list There are two important icons next to each item in
13. You can also add files through MediaPro s Folder Watching feature For more information on this feature see page 39 Merge catalogs New in 2 0 iView MediaPro 2 0 offers anew way to combine the contents of a catalog with other catalogs MergeWith Catalog appends a selected catalog to the currently open catalog How to merge catalogs 1 Open an existing catalog 2 Select Merge With Catalog under Import Items in the File menu 3 Navigate to and select an existing catalog created by an iView product includes previ ous versions of MediaPro or iView Media or MediaLE This function will not work with catalogs created by other programs 4 Files will be added to the bottom of the existing catalog Each item s related annota tions label and thumbnail are added as well Catalog Sets are not merged into the open catalog If the item s thumbnail in the existing catalog is smaller than the catalog being appended then the thumbnail will have to be rebuilt to match the new size For example an existing catalog might have 128 pixels thumbnails If the catalog it is being merged with has 160 pixel thumbnails then the previous thumbnails will appear smaller To fix this select the appended files and choose Rebuild Thumbnails in the Action menu Note If the open catalog already contains files that are part of the catalog that is being imported MediaPro will ignore these files and will not rep licate them 8 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USE
14. annotations cannot be assigned in these fields Catalog Index is the same as the Organize panel and is used for finding and sorting media files iView Catalog Reader This new software from iView allows you to dis tribute and share your iView catalogs with anyone at no cost or restriction iView Catalog Reader is free to download and distribute and works on both the Macintosh and Windows platform iView Catalog Reader will open catalogs written by View Media 1 2 MediaPro 1 5 or MediaPro 2 0 It understands the full 120 media file formats of MediaPro and includes a Slide Show function Burn iView Catalog Reader and your catalog to CD or DVD send by email or across a network to enable others to view your catalog You can choose whether you would like to include your original media with a catalog which you distribute This lets you protect your digital assets from being copied while allowing others to view the List and Thumbnail Views If you include Original media this will allows a Catalog Reader user to access the media contained in a catalog iView Catalog Reader does not allow the viewer to make any alterations to your catalog or to cre ate new catalogs You do not have to purchase iView MediaPro 2 0 to use iView Catalog Reader 62 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Protecting catalogs Once you have created a catalog for distribution with iView Catalog Reader you might want to prevent others from viewing or accessing it To s
15. hear audio from active movie Change the active media item to the next item in the grid This is useful in multi grid mode only It will reset the slide show audio and swap information displayed in the info panel Changing the active item also changes the order at which items are loaded Label active media item Use the controller to check show hide labelled items Remove label from active media item Run Pause slide show Load next slide Load previous slide Drag media in grid cell This takes effect only if the displayed media is clipped i e larger than the grid cell size Exit slide show Appendix B Supported file formats Image File Formats Import File Format Adobe Photoshop BMP FlashPix Image JPEG 2000 JPEG MacPaint Picture PNG QuickTime Image SGI TGA TIFF JacqCAD EXIF J PEG FAX TIFF GE Medical CRI Olympus RAW Minolta RAW Preview Fuji RAW Preview Canon RAW Preview Kodak PhotoCD Kodak RAW DCS Seattle Filmworks Photo Mechanic AP Viewer Picture Clipping Startup Screen Canvas Fractal Design Painter Live Picture AppleWorks Genuine Fractals Macintosh Icon Extension 8BPS ALS PSD BMP BMPf BM Pp DIB FPX FPix JP2 jp2 JPEG J PG J PE MAC MSK PNTG IFF PCT PIC PICT PNG PNGf QIF QTI QTIF qtif SGI TGA TPIC TIF TIFF Expn EXIF FAX CRI ORF MRW RAF CRW kpcd PCDI PCD DCR SFWI SFW DCBa clop SCRN drw8 7 6 5 CNV RIFF F
16. 1 5 from opening catalogs written by MediaPro 2 0 Increased J PEG Rotate performance The per formance of the J PEG Rotate function has been improved by a order of magnitude Other Features MediaPro 2 0 additionally includes the following new features Long file name support Increased capacity to 128 000 media items per catalog Merge catalogs Page 8 eImproved layout management using the View Options palette CMD New File Format support MultiAd Creator and Kodak DCSPro4SLR New Playlist feature in any view New in2 0 5 iView MediaPro Basics How iView MediaPro works iView MediaPro stores information about your media files in catalogs A catalog is a searchable and organizable visual database that contains A thumbnail of each media file eMedia information about each file relevant to the media type Tags and descriptions called annotations that help you organize media The location of the original file on hard disk CD ROM or other volumes You can create as many catalogs as you want it just depends on how you want to organize your media For example you can have a catalog for each media type photos videos and music Or you could create one catalog of all media Each catalog can contain up to 128 000 files Catalog Icon on the Desktop Understanding catalogs When you add media files to a catalog the appli cation stores a thumbnail of each file as well as information about the file and
17. FreeHand file preview When checked FreeHand documents are saved with a preview embedded The default is a standard 112x112 JPEG thumbnail You can increase the width and height of this preview to ensure a larger image to display in Media view B Include Portfolio preview When checked saved FreeHand documents include a thumbnail bitmap preview used by Extensis Portfolio for browsing iView MediaPro will use this preview for display in Thumbnail view C Checking the Bitmap PICT preview box may cause a color shift and gradient banding to occur on CMYK documents The benefit of checking this option is you are able to scale the size of your pre view which is valuable for very large documents MediaPro s Rebuild Thumbnail command will not improve the quality of these thumbnails For more information on these Export options refer to the FreeHand Help documentation Adobe InDesign Covers v 2 0 By default MediaPro makes Bitmap PICT thumbnails at 128x128 pixels of the first page of InDesign documents This is an example of an InDesign thumbnail of this user manual Pona a a a m a id Ler hh MediaPro renders only the thumbnail Media view M ediaPro s Rebuild Thumbnail command will not improve the quality of InDesign thumbnails Viewing Media 19 Thumbnail quality amp Catalog size This section explains how to reduce the file size of View MediaPro photo catalogs while improv ing the qu
18. PE unit of measure similar to X Y coordinates used in other applications Width and height are the dimensions of the cropped area The lock icon appears when proportions are constrained Crop The Crop tool is used to reduce the visible area of an image To begin cropping click on the image and draw a box around the desired area MediaPro greys out the area that will be cropped Click the OK button to accept the crop Before accepting the crop you can adjust the edges of the selection to fall exactly at the desired location Simply place the cursor over one of the four sides and drag to the desired location While adjusting the cropped area you can review the coordinates of the crop in the Area fields To constrain the proportions of a crop check the Contrain box and enter the desired dimensions This is useful for cropping an image for a specific print screen or video sizes such as 4x6 or 640x480 You can adjust the unit of dimension displayed in this dialog by selecting pixels inches or centimeters in the Units pull down menu Click Cancel to exit the Crop tool pixels inches or r i Cari centimeters Check the Constrain box to lock the proportions of the cropped area The drop down menu in this area provides easy access to standard print screen and video sizes When resizing a cropped area that is not constrained dimensions can be adjusted by clicking and dragging on any side of the box Y
19. Rebuild Pre view from the Action menu before printing Print dialog Media Sheet mode show with 2x2 grid Pot bhir Mais Ta zA ea Fri inh j kisar 5 eee are a a af mana AF ps eee Bral eee Peed ee et Pat eya a onal J Sem bee Pe Peg J ie Be fy a oa i brem ee an re le 7 bap ieee I r Term z Scaling menu Only visible in Media Sheet mode To define the image size choose one of the following options from the menu Actual Size uses the 100 size of the image and centers it in the Print Area Scale to Fit proportionally scales image to the size of the Print Area Fit Width scales image based on the horizontal parameters of the Print Area If you apply this to a vertical image some of it may not be visible Fit Height scales image based on the vertical parameters of the Print Area If you apply this to a horizontal image some of it may not be visible Pin Smaller Side draws the image with its smaller side expanded to fit the screen This option will fill the entire screen but your image may be cropped Pin Larger Side draws the image with its larger side expanded or shrunk to fit the screen Tile the image in actual size in the window This option is helpful when you are printing patterns Percentages allows reduction or enlargement of the image from 25 to 2000 l Page 1 of 2 8 0 by 10 1 in 4 by 6 Cells 2 0 by 1 6 in Preview selector Use the up and down arrows to modify which p
20. Shift and one of the arrow keys Batch Operations Once you have made your selection you can batch any operation by select ing and applying the function such as Rotate 90 to the group There are two ways to batch annotations 1 Info Panel Select the media items you want to include in your batch Open the Info Panel and Annotations 27 type your information into the desired annota tions fields e g caption keyword or category or you can use AutoFill Then press the green Checkmark button at the top of the Info Panel to confirm This is the only method of applying multiple annotations to a selection of files 2 Organize Panel Reveal the desired annota tion group in the Field Finder using the drop down menu in the upper right hand corner of the panel Click on the annotation group label e g Dates Keywords to show available annotations Choose Add Field from the annotation group drop down menu and type in your new field information Select a group of media Items then drag and drop the images onto the new field Batch Removing Annotations You can remove the annotation fields from selected media files by using the Clear Annota tions command in the Action menu After select ing this command a dialog appears asking If you want to Clear All annotations or Choose Fields The latter button reveals the annotation fields attached to the file or files allowing you to select the particular field s to remove Annotation
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22. add a label three ways 1 Choosing acolor from the Assign Label drop down menu in the toolbar see figure 2 Choosing acolor from the contextual menu 3 Pressing number key 1 through 9 This will apply the associated color e g 1 Red How to remove labels Select a file or group of files and 1 Chose Remove Label from the Assign Label drop down menu in the toolbar or from the contextual menu in any view 2 Press number zero 0 How to sort using labels Select a file or group of files and 1 Chose the color label from the Search Labels drop down menu in the toolbar or 2 Chose the color label from the Show Labelled sub menu of the Find menu Labelled files can now also be sorted during slide shows Use the Search Labels drop down menu in the Slide Show Controller Methods for using labels A label can stand for anything you want favorites files to discard or files that are in different stages of the editing process One method you might find effective is to use labels to mark favorite images and images to delete after a photo shoot After importing Assign label toolbar icon and drop down menu Use any of the E Remove Label i0 pez Red 1 i associated numbers to ME Green 2 apply a label to a file E Blue 3 in your catalog while p Brown 4 in any view even slide si Magenta 5 shows This menu is GEN Orange 6 also accessible from the contextual menu a Yellow 7 Cyan 8 Gray 9 Pg
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24. can also be added to files using drag and drop to the Field Finder of the Organize Panel See page 34 AutoFill MediaPro 2 introduces a new feature for saving a group of frequently used annotations and apply ing them to a media file AutoFill is useful for applying a standard set annotations such as Author and Copyright or context specific annotations such as Location Event Date and Product to a single or group of media files AutoFill will apply Annotations People Keywords Categories and Captions to each file selected To create an AutoFill 1 Select a file and enter data into all annotations fields you wish to save 2 In the suitcase drop down menu at the top of the Info Panel choose Save as AutoFill Name your AutoFill in the pop up menu To apply an AutoFill 1 Select a file or group of files 2 In the suitcase drop down menu at the top of the Info Panel choose one of the AutoFills in your menu 26 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL eA SE i m Annotations z Title k Title T Product Product Genre Genre Event Date Event Honeymoon ere er a Event Date B12 02 Author Title IF Show Hide Annotations Use the Annotation drop down menu to show or reveal annotations in the Info Panel A checkmark indicates the field is shown City hi State Yucatan Discard Annotations When you have added an annotation to a media item a red diamond appears next to the field name To cl
25. contact sheets and single images from your Catalog Image Editor launches a palette to crop resize photos as well as adjust color tone sharpness and make other enhancements Slide Show starts up your presentation in a full screen slide show beginning with the selected media file Rotation sets the viewing angle of a file in all views including its thumbnail This does not change the rotation of the original file CMD CMD Zoom increases or reduces the size of thumbnails and media in all views CM D MediaPro Basics 13 Viewing files in catalogs The MediaPro interface displays information in three different views List Thumbnail and Media To switch views click the appropriate tab or press CMD 1 2 or3 All three views offer features that resemble the way you work with your files in the desktop eTo find a file type the first letters of its name eTo change a file name click the name wait a moment and then start typing eTo use a contextual menu Ctrl Click a media file s thumbnail or anywhere inside the iView MediaPro window eTo rearrange items drag them to where you want them and drop them You can drag single items or groups of items eTo move or duplicate items to another cata log drag them from one catalog to the other eTo move items from the catalog to the desk top drag them to a folder or to the desktop This will move the file from its current location to the desktop eTo copy files from
26. contents in the Finder Create sub folder will create a new folder on the desktop You can name it from the Folders Panel list Rename folder enables you to rename a folder on the desktop Trash folder and its contents removes files and folders from the catalog and physical stor age This feature move files and folders to the desktop Trash but does not empty the Trash Move files directly around the file system from within the catalog To move a file to a different folder on your computer drag and drop the file onto a folder icon The media files will be physically moved to the folder selected Move To Folder Action menu moves selected items to a new folder If the files are moved to a folder in the same volume hard drive their reference in the catalog is updated Copy To Folder Action menu makes a copy of all selected items to anew folder MediaPro will confirm before replacing any existing files with the same name Media labeling amp marking Color labels provide a visual identification and classification of media files Labels are also useful as a means of perma nent selection After you label your item you can quickly select them or show them using the Show Labelled command Find menu Once a label color has been assigned to a file the text associated with that media i e file name will appear in that color in all views How to assign a label Once you have selected a file or group of files you can
27. degrees You can select multiple files and perform a batch rotation Rotating a thumbnail in a catalog does not change the rotation of the original file The rotation of a thumbnail also applies to how MediaPro will display the file in Media View slide shows and exported HTML galleries Movie Thumbnails f a thumbnail of an anima tion or movie file is black or not what you want select the item and play the file to a frame you like Then pause the playback and choose Rebuild Thumbnail from the Action menu For multi page or multi layer files go to the Media View and use the Pager tool to advance to the page or layer you want to be the thumbnail Then choose Rebuild Thumbnail from the Action menu When you return to Thumbnail View the thumbnail is updated To update the thumbnail of a media file that has been modified since it was cataloged select the item and choose Rebuild Thumbnail from the Action menu Improving Thumbnail Quality Some applications such as Adobe Photoshop embed a small low quality thumbnail into the media file Digital cameras do this as well During import MediaPro renders that pre existing built in thumbnail and stores it in the catalog file Maintaining this default setting makes importing fast but it also makes low quality thumbnails To improve the thumbnail quality set MediaPro Preferences to render its own thumbnails on import Or you can rebuild thumbnails individu ally These thumbnails w
28. drive CD DVD etc The Catalog Finder is located in the Open Recent sub menu of the File menu Shift CMD 0 Select a storage volume from the pull down menu then click Find Click on a catalog name in the search results list to preview the found catalog Click Open to launch the catalog Catalog Finder Volume Macintosh HD B Find S k i Snaps ivce t ie Figures Portal u Canadian Ba Screenshots BB Favorite Photos ive B iView MediaPro ivc K Da s a r W 2002_cat_Pro2 0 E gi OE E 1 Movie Catalog BB Catalog Name i Details _ Items in catalog 47 i Last saved on 8 5 03 8 07 AM BB Catalog Name Portraits B MP3 Catalog few Path a Font Catalog Macintosh i gt best_cat _ HD Users sbowman Desktop Pro ip Hone 2 0 Favorite Photos ivec i Y f W Macworld 2002 Comment Pe 3 My favorite photos from the last year B mods_img_cat o 52003 Shayne Bowman Hypergene BB Book Catalog v Media Cancel s Catalog Finder Locate and preview catalogs Add files from a digital camera Mac OS X only The Image Capture application is a part of the OS X operating system that allows Macintosh users to automatically download images once a camera is attached to the computer M ediaPro has integrated this functionality to make cataloging images during download from your camera as easy as possible 1 Launch the Image Capture applica tion It is located in the OS X Appli cations folder
29. icon in the Folders Panel This operation cannot be undone to anew location but the catalog still thinks the files reside in the old location Display contents of a folder Click on the folder name in the Folders Panel This displays the items of the selected folder in the active view hiding all other files in the catalog Use the Show All function in the Find menu CMD E to reverse this feature revealing all hidden files You can also use the Show All Items toolbar icon Once you have displayed a folder in the active view you can easily perform batch commands or export functions without affecting the rest of the catalog Display a group of folders Click on a high level folder or subfolder name in the Folders Panel This will display all items associated with the high level folder and subfolders Alternatively you can display a group of folders by clicking each folder name and holding down the Command key Select folder items To select all media items associated with a folder choose Select Folder Items in a folders drop down menu This is useful for selecting items without having to first display the folder s contents Direct folder manipulation MediaPro also offers several features that enable you to undertake system file operations directly 40 IiVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Most of these functions cannot be undone as they directly manipulate files and folders on the desktop Open Folder reveal folders and its
30. in the Search Box and press the Return or Enter key Results are presented in the active catalog view After you have found your files use Show All in the Find menu CMD E to show all the files in your Catalog You can also use the Show All Items icon house in your toolbar to show all files Find command The Find command Find menu CMD F can search 50 different media attributes and annota tion fields inside your catalogs Using the Find items pull down menu you have the option of searching the active or front catalog all open catalogs recent catalogs or all catalogs Find items Define the catalogs you wish to search File Type Fi nd z lee ee i e ee ee ee m p Search Box Type the word or words in this field and press the Return or Enter key Results are presented in the active catalog view in a particular folder The Find command also has the ability to perform compound searches of attri butes a k a Boolean using and or commands To add or subtract compound criteria use the double arrow buttons in the upper right corner of the dialog Results of your search are defined by the pull down menu in the lower left corner of the Find dialog box Find next will highlight the first file that meets your search criteria Select all will select files that meet your criteria Show all will hide all files in the catalog that do not meet your criteria Show all in a new catalog will place all matching results in
31. its location on your disk This way you can launch and search iView Media catalogs even when your original files are not present For example they may be stored ona CD ROM that is not in the computer But you can still view thumbnails of those files and informa tion about the media Because media files are not embedded into the catalog View MediaPro will need access to media files in order to display them in larger scale such as Media View and Slide Shows If you delete a media file on the desktop ora disk it cannot be recovered through a MediaPro catalog The catalog only contains information about the file Adding files to an iView MediaPro catalog does not move or modify the original media 6 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Create a catalog Step 1 Launch application Double click the iView MediaPro icon to open the application Step 2 Add media files Drag and drop Drag any file folder hard disk CD or other volume into the MediaPro window You can also drop files onto the MediaPro icon or shortcut icon In either case your media files appear in an MediaPro catalog File menu In this menu select Import Media from Files and Folders This will bring up a dialog box where you navigate to and chose a folder or file to import into your catalog Step 3 Begin to view and organize your media Finding catalogs New in 2 0 The Catalog Finder allows you to quickly locate and preview all iView catalogs on a storage volume hard
32. neighborhood that are retouched The Edge Detection slider adjust how strong the contrast of edges must be before a pixel is considered to be in range to be sharpened Be careful not to over sharpen the image as it will bring out imperfections making J PEG artifacts more visible Remove Red Eye Area in preview window This filter helps you remove EEE oo i Remore Red Eye ooo ooo Jao the red eye effect caused by a camera flash To remove red eye from images 1 Zoom in on the area where the eyes are located 2 Use the selection tool to draw an area around the pupil of the eye below Depending on 2 7 Q E D fa the skin tone it is safe with some images to draw a box around both eyes Be aware of reddish Selection tool Click Zoom Use this To move the image in the skin tone lips and red hair that and drag the red slider to zoom preview window place might be affected corners to adjust the in on the eyes your cursor in the active 3 Adjust the level of red size of the selection window then click and eye using the Reduction slider drag the hand Usually somewhere in the middle 5 or 6 works best 4 Click OK Repeat steps 1 3 to adjust the other eye 68 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Convert to Duotone This filter converts color and black amp white images into duotones Duotones were designed to increase the tonal range of a grayscale image by using different colors to reproduce diff
33. new catalog Searches can be saved for later recall in the drop down menu in the upper right corner of the Find dialog box Add or Subtract search criteria using these arrows ae t Save searches in this drop down menu Ki Wrap Find next g Results Define how you want search results presented 42 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Boolean commands for compound searches Cancel 4 Field Finder Find files that match a media attribute date media format or annotation field events locations etc CC nc E E Media Formats i Animated GIF Ooo NF res lates MPS J MPEG 1 QuickTime Mowie 3 TIFF Ul Flash PDF Click on a field label in the Field Finder and the corresponding files appear in the active view Sorting by file attributes and annotations Field Finder Organize Panel To find files that match an attribute date media format or anno tation events locations etc click on the field label in the Field Finder of the Organize Panel and the corresponding files appear in the active view To open the Organize Panel use CMD 5 Use the Field Organizer drop down menu to show hide various media attributes and annota tions that you can use for sorting functions Quick Sort Toolbar lets you view and sort files by more than 20 attributes and annotations iView MediaPro can also sort files randomly for slide show viewing The Default option returns the organizat
34. or image editing tool click on the name in the filter list This will launch a dialog for this function Press CMD Y to show hide palette i e our_boy2 jpg 1600 x 1200 pixels Choose filter do Crop H Resize Rotate M Sharpen Edges 8 Remore Grain O Remove Red Eye Convert to Duotone bal Adjust Saturation p Adjust Brightness amp Contrast J Invert Photo Negative A Auto Enhancement ES Preset Enhancement AAEN UAE SEMEA E AA AN E A AA AE AAA A 7 Media Versions Versions folder is not set up Undo removes the effects of the last filter applied Click on arrow to show hide Version Control area Revert reloads the image from the original Save launches a save dialog Crag To begin cropping click on the image and draw a box around the desired area MediaPro grays out the area that will be cropped Area defines Resize the cropped area by clicking and dragging on any of the red control corners When proportions are not constrained you can pull on any side to alter the crop see below To move the cropped area place your cursor in the active area the Left and then click and drag Top edges of the hand amp the cropped aren l s a 4 _ The Units pull relationship ance A Coventree Urea down menu to the original tee xi way GT ras a ea controls the image This is Ime PO t he E Bator
35. prevent you or oth ers from altering catalogs all you have to do is uncheck the box to unlock the catalog it can serve as a useful reminder to prevent saving over a catalog that you do not want changed Backup You can also protect your catalogs and media by using MediaPro s backup feature See page 59 for more information 12 IiVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Favorite Photos info Items 41 41 saved Created Friday June 20 2003 Modified Wednesday July 2 2003 Size 921 8KB Scratch Empty Location Macintosh HD Users sbowman Desktop Pro 2 0 Favorite Photos ivc Comments My favorite photos from 2001 2003 Set Password Catalog Info dialog File menu CMD K Favorite Photos ive Kind View MediaPro Catalog Size 696 KB on disk 711 583 bytes Where Desktop Pro 2 0 Created Fri Jun 20 2003 12 19 PM Modified Tue Aug 5 2003 12 47 AM wi Locked Name amp Extension Open with File Info dialog Check this box to Lock a catalog When turned on these files will have a mini lock icon next to the catalog icon Favorite Photos ive About the iView MediaPro workspace Catalog Name View Tabs Toolbar Search Box fa iView MediaPro ist i Info Organize and Folders Panels Click button to hide show panels Caption Order Drag bar of pane Drag bar to
36. sound over the background soundtrack It plays the movie at current volume and makes the soundtrack softer so that the movie sound Is clear Export Features View MediaPro will export and convert your media files in a variety of ways by selecting options from the Make menu HTML Gallery With this export function you can output a catalog of images and movies as a web site that includes both an Index page and a linked Media page for every item in the catalog Photographers illustrators and designers can use this option to quickly create a portfolio web site of their work QuickTime movies can also be exported to HTML galleries An HTML gallery looks similar to the catalog in iView MediaPro It contains an index of thumb nails which when clicked in a web browser will take you to a large view of the image iView MediaPro offers you two options when you create HTML galleries 1 You can use a default theme to create your web site based on the View Options of the Thumbnail and Media Views in your catalog Or you may use any of the pre defined visual themes provided with the application 2 You may use your own Themes which can be created before exporting and saved inside the user defined Plug Ins HTML Templates folder see page 2 iView MediaPro uses a different template for the index and media views of your gallery and offers a rich vocabu lary that can be used to extract catalog infor mation fields thumbnails etc
37. such distributed archives of the evaluation version of the Software You are prohibited from distributing any other versions of the Software without the prior written permission of iView Multimedia Ltd 3 2 Your copy of the Software may include iView Multimedia Ltd s freeware program iView Catalog Reader This is offered to You by iView Multimedia Ltd as freeware and may be copied distributed royalty free on any CD Web Site FTP Site or other download area without permission from iView Multimedia Ltd and used without any restriction PROVIDED THAT You do not charge or request donations for any such distributed archives of the software All definitions are as defined in this agreement 3 3 Save as expressly set out in this Agreement You may not copy reproduce publish rent out lease modify create derivative works from the Software nor may You remove any proprietary notice labels or marks on the Software Unless permitted by law You may not modify adapt reverse engineer decompile disassemble create derivative works based on or copy the Software 3 4You undertake not to export the Software or any part thereof to any country person entity or end user subject to any export restrictions applicable to You 4 RESERVATION OF RIGHTS 4 1To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law iView Multimedia Ltd and its licen sors disclaim all other warranties and conditions in respect of the software either express or implied including but n
38. the backed up versions list t2 The arrow icon replaces the current media file with the selected backed up version This option will also give you the opportu nity to Swap files instead of replacing it G The trash icon deletes the selected backed up version and removes It from the Versions list MediaPro 2 0 adds version control support for F Media Versions Current Yersion U D sat Jul 26 2003 5 52 PM Fri Moy 30 2001 9 59 PH Version Control Setup in the Image Editor palette and its resulting dialog Versions Folder Macintosh HD Users sbowman Desktop Backup The versions folder is used to keep backup versions of your media files This can help reverting to older versions after editing media files Make sure you use a separate folder for each catalog Reveal in Finder Cancel Click on the folder icon to locate and choose your Version Control backup folder Save Format JPEG 4 Settings Depth Best Depth Quality Best Target data size 0 Original __ Copy to another folder Save in versions folder The Save in versions folder option of the Image Editor Save dialog places a backup of the original version in the Version Control backup folder Cancel image editing performed in other third party applications such as Adobe Photoshop For MediaPro to recognize these edits you must have the Image Editor active and open the image file with the third party editor via the Open Wi
39. the catalog to the desktop hold the Option key while dragging them to the desktop eTo move items to another drag and drop application such as Adobe Photoshop drag them onto the application icon eTo invert the order of media any catalog view click the invert button in the upper left corner of the media viewing area 000 honeymoon jpg honeymoon jpg our boy jpg daisy ip OE Contextual menu Press Ctrl Click to get quick access to many of MediaPro s functions This menu will help you minimize cursor movement The contextual menu has the same functions in all views Favorite Photos our boy 1 jpg Show Selected Hide Selected Rotate 90 CW Rotate 90 CCW Flip Vertical Flip Horizontal Default Orientation Move to Top Move to Bottom Move to Location Move Again Add to Set Assign Label P Move to Trash Move to Folder Copy to Folder Show Media File Open With gt starz ipg Hide Tabs amp Toolbar To increase the size of the media viewing area use Hide Show Tabs in the Window menu IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Invert list order A Favorite Photos List View Click on tab or press CMD 1 Sort list by criteria m Duration File Name Width File Type Height Capture Date gt Shut AR Ra honeymooni jpg our_boy 1 jpg Mi our_boy2 jpg star2 jpq JPEG 1600 1200 JPEG 1566 1175
40. with plenty of available space Media Images Use built in thumbnails Some applications such as Photoshop embed a thumbnail into the media file Digital cameras do this as well These thumb nails are typically low quality During import iView MediaPro uses that embedded thumbnail if the box is checked Keeping this option turned off ensures that MediaPro creates its own thumb nails which are generally higher quality but slows down the import process If you wish to improve 10 iVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Preferences 1 Scratch y Media Options Vv Show toolbar button tips v Sort using natural order Show warning when removing items _ Show warning when batching At startup Open new catalog A Double Click Switch views 34 Dimensions Pixels HA Resolution Pixels Inch B Date Short hq Cancel ECA Preferences General panel Preferences General Scratch A Type Images H Thumbnails v Use built in thumbnails if available Rendering __ Skip images with size greater than Cy 10MB Transparency Background color Matching ColorSync 4 10 Preferences Media Images panel the quality of the thumbnails later choose Rebuild Thumbnail in the Action menu Rendering Allows you to place a limit on the size of images that the application will display in Media View and Slide Show mode If an image is over the limit defined MediaPro will not render it This option
41. you ll never lose your custom settings when upgrading to future versions of MediaPro Entering your license key After you have installed iView MediaPro launch the application Go to the License menu and enter your name organization and the license number from the cover of the CD ROM or the license num ber that was emailed to you If you have lost your license key please contact support at http www iview multimedia com support System requirements This section liststhe minimum and recommended system requirements in parentheses PowerPC or newer such as iMac G3 G4 eMac OS 9 1 x or Mac OS X 10 1 x MediaPro no longer supports OS 8 x CarbonLib 1 5 1 6 QuickTime 5 1 6 x 8 MB of RAM OS 9 Since QuickTime handles many of MediaPro s tasks allocating more memory will not make the application run faster because it will take away available memory for QuickTime eMonitor set to Thousands or Millions 3 MB of hard disk space for installation Language support MediaPro can be viewed in English US French German and J apanese By default MediaPro uses the language of the operating system or remem bers the last language used Adding Media Importers Any QuickTime based media importer can be used by MediaPro Download the importer and place it inside your System Extensions folder or the user defined MediaPro Plug ins Importers folder see Page 2 Additional importers can be down loaded from 3rd party sources o
42. 1 9 0 Zero Mouse Click Normal mode Click Interactive mode Shift Click Interactive mode Option Click Double Click 80 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Exit slide show Show Hide slide show controller If the controller is hidden the mouse cursor is also hidden Display the next media file The next media file is always displayed even if show is set to random Move to next frame of a movie Suitable for stepping through movie frames while slide show is paused Display the previous media file The previous media file is always displayed even if show is set to random Use the Shift key to jump to the last frame of the movie Move to previous frame Suitable for stepping through movie frames while slide show is paused Use the Shift key to jump to the first frame of the movie Run Pause slide show Toggle slide show interactive mode If slide show Is in interactive mode you can move the next or previous items using the arrow keys or clicking the mouse Zoom in to the next available size option Zoom out to the previous available size option Change display to the next available grid option Change display to the previous available grid option Set slide show to continuous Loop mode Set slide show to random mode Random mode uses all available media items once before repeating media Set slide show to multi sound mode This is useful when playing multiple movies at once When multi sound is off you will only
43. 7 Folders Panel cccccccccceccuuceeeeees 39 End User License Agreement 84 Media labeling and marking 41 COPYRIGHT amp TRADEMARK NOTICE iView MediaPro is the product trademark and property of iView Multimedia Limited iView and the eye logo are registered trademarks of iView Multimedia Ltd The iView logo in all its variants are trademarks of iView Multimedia Ltd and may be registered in certain jurisdictions Trademarks of all companies mentioned in this document appear for identification purposes only and are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders The material in this document is for information only and is subject to change without notice No part of this document may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanic photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written consent of iView Multimedia Ltd 30 40 Elcho Street Battersea Park London SW11 4AU UK 1995 2003 iView Multimedia Limited All Rights Reserved Catalog photographs Copyright 2003 Shayne Bowman hypergene net To find out more about iView MediaPro please visit http www iview multimedia com MANUAL iView MediaPro 2 0 1 Mac November 2003 Installing amp Setting up iView MediaPro Welcome Welcome to iView MediaPro the fast and easy way to view organize and present the growing number of images movies sounds fonts and other med
44. Ae p it will print the Page Number GI as E and Total Number of Pages It is acceptable to mix these R symbols with regular text Ampersand amp amp _ Srdal p Indent amp i Date amp d Special drop down menu Time amp t Insert the Date Time Page Number Total Number of Page Number amp p Pages and Catalog Title These are represented by their respective symbols in the caption s box The Ampersand option is to help differentiate the character from the special character commands The Indent option aligns the label center or right One Indent mark will center the type Two Indent marks flushes the type right Total Pages amp n Catalog Title amp c Print Options Margins Visible in all VIEWS a ne AES De Ee a a aS eee Margin dimensions will 9 Top 0 2 E in default to those set by selected printer Bottom 0 6 in Left 0 2 in Use Mirror margins Right 0 6 In for including spines on documents that will be _ Mirror margins bound or punch holed IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Print options Define the Print Area pull down menu has options for full page as well as CD and other disk cases like Zip or Jaz If you select Full Page MediaPro uses the page size defined in the Page Setup dialog The options will differ according to the type of the printer chosen You can add custom print area templates to this menu For instructions se
45. AppleScripts MediaPro offers some special annotation scripts in the Annotate submenu of the AppleScript menu Copy Photo Data to Clipboard copies all EXIF photo metadata to clipboard lmport From PhotoDISC annotates images in your front catalog using text files located in your PhotoDISC CD ROM Make Caption from Photo Data copies all EXIF photo metadata into the Caption field Make Caption from Text Files searches for txt files in the same folder as the original and copies the contents into the caption field Make Caption from Text Lines opens a text file and uses each line of the file as the caption for the selected items Make Event Date from Capture copies the EXIF Capture Date and puts it into the Event Date 28 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL of the Annotations pane Make Keywords from Folders enables you to add keywords to media files from folder names The pop up dialog provides the option of defining the level of folders in the path you would like to use for keywords Make Product from EXIF Data copies the EXIF Maker and Model fields and puts them into the Product field of the Annotations pane You can modify existing scripts or create and attach your own annotation scripts at any time Simply write the script then place it in the user defined Plug ins Scripts folder see page 2 Modifying digital camera metadata For photographs taken with with digital cameras the Info Panel will display special data EXI
46. AppleScripts This feature is standard to MediaPro Export functions 6 6 data table eS ESET poses nee i sores E eee as a nie possesses a evens ee 5 1 File Name Product Caption Created 2 horsel jpg Horses Horses at ranch house in Abilene Saturday July 22 2000 3 31 52 PM 3 pottery jpg Pottery Pottery demonstration at Japanese Festival Sunday October 24 1999 1 43 02 PM 4 explode jpg Flower Flower at Farmer s Market Saturday October 23 1999 4 29 04 PM 5 star3 jpg Great Dane Our merle great dane Star Sunday June 11 2000 5 12 41 PM 6 sun jpg Sunflower Roadside sunflower Friday July 21 2000 3 01 46 PM F toad2 jpg Toad Gulf Coast Toad Bufo valliceps on back porch Monday March 5 2001 4 52 25 PM 8 texassky jpg Sunset Texas sky after bad storm Saturday May 27 2000 7 31 22 PM J quetziipg Pyramid Detail of Guetzalcoatl s temple Teotihuaca Saturday March 4 2000 1 01 52 PM 10 gavinjpg Gavin Gavin mugs in front yard Monday March 5 2001 4 59 36 PM F 11 oo Art Pepsi Cola folk art at House of Blues Tuesday March 21 2000 4 23 04 PM as 12 Ready i CAPS NUM An example of an exported text table that has been imported in Microsoft Excel 56 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Contact Sheet This function creates a contact sheet of all visible thumbnails in your catalog You can adjust the size resolution and format of the file to be created iView MediaPro automatically calculates the number of cells that can fit in the de
47. EG compression of thumbnails reduces catalog size by more than 50 Media View Click on tab or press CMD 3 oo amp T Franee Pees i The Zoom tool enables you to increase or GE CE l ipm ti m ET E aft ee Pie C iF reduce the size of the Piet Fides Je i pacii hee ere Se oe Piet Cod et ie se image b eves Formals r i m pree The Size menu To cee modifies the display of Tis the image in the Media __ ere View window Fra H reiz 1 n thi The Scroll bar in this a view scrolls the catalog n ii l not the image If the ee ia om a image is larger than Ezag i your viewing area your irn m mouse will turn into Eire 5 a hand amp which can move the image Phi oP a atl a Erid oe Yeis FI HE F1 Goren r ini arime Media View Eg Got To Give It Up Part 1 This view displays media files at full size one at a Marvin Gaye i i Charlies Angels Soundtrack time Unlike other views Media view is a real time So saa we ais presentation of the original media files on screen This meansthat MediaPro needstobeabletohave 1 e access to the file If the file is not accessible you will get an error message such as File Not Found In Media View you can play animations movies and sounds or navigate inside a QTVR image in this view Use the onscreen QuickTime controls to interact with movies music and QTVR You can also flip through the pages of a PDF or view the various layers of a Phot
48. F that was Captured and embedded in the media file This data is not editable with two exceptions Set Capture Date Action menu Digital cam eras record the date and time a photography is captured based on the internal clock of the camera If this clock is not correct the date and time can be reassigned using this function This operation cannot be undone and applies only to images taken with digital cameras You can also batch this operation by selecting multiple images Correct EXIF orientation AppleScript menu Files submenu Some newer digital cameras now sense and record the orientation of the camera at the moment of capture This func tion will rotate the thumbnails of all selected items to correct any values of the Orientation field written by your digital camera Color Samples iView MediaPro offers the ability to identify media images movies etc by a single color called a Color Sample This is useful when searching for images of a specific color or tone A color sample is generated when the media is imported based on the dominant color of the image Modify the sample color of selected media Manage Color Profiles Action menu When managing the profile of a single image MediaPro will switch to Media view so that you can preview your changes Processing file our_boyl jpg Color space RGB Embedded profile Custom RGB Action Remove embedded profile _ Embed profile Adobe RGB 1998 f Cancel
49. Folder Watching is on Indicates the number of cataloged media that are in this folder Individual folder menu Selact folder items Reset folder path Update folder Switch auto update on Remove folder and its contents Open folder Create sub folder 30 P Rename folder 108 Trash folder and its contents a Auto update folder watching Auto update takes folder watching to the next level by automatically importing from selected folders when new media are added Auto update is a good option if you only want one or afew folders of the catalog to be watched as opposed to global folder watching To enable this feature select Switch auto update on in the drop down menu of the folder that you want to be constantly monitored Once new media is added to that folder MediaPro will auto matically import those items into to your catalog Auto update folders are designated green Additional folder functions Remove folder and its contents This function in the folder drop down menu removes a folder and its contents from the catalog but not from the hard drive Reset folder path This folder drop down menu feature is useful if you have moved media Organizing Media 39 ma Te P IL lanl Tae me T T o Hare PTa enar F Di diy Ay la a E Sea De OE r se T A A P Ereea a DP Fikry e To move a file or group of files to a different folder on your computer drag and drop the file onto a me
50. IF qtif ALS ea Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q lt gt MSK IFF f Media Importers can be found on the Media Types panel of the Import Options dialog box or use the keyboard shortcut Shift CMD I MediaPro Basics 9 iView MediaPro Preferences Additional setup options can be defined in the Preferences dialog box by choosing Preferences under the iView MediaPro menu or use the key board shortcut CMD Comma General Options Display a useful description under the tool bar buttons Sort media based on natural order i e 8 9 10 11 and have a confirmation dialog appear when batching items or when removing items from a catalog or set At Startup Select whether you want to open a new catalog open last catalog or do nothing every time you launch the application Double Click Select how MediaPro interprets double clicking Option double click will always launch the selected media file with the creator application Dimensions Change the default unit from pixel to centimeters inches points and picas Resolution Change the default resolution from Pixels Inch to Pixels cm Date Change the display in various date fields New in 2 0 iView MediaPro catalogs now sup port long file names In previous versions long file names were truncated Scratch The scratch folder keeps temporary versions of your open catalogs Scratch files are erased when you close or save your catalogs Choose a fast local disk
51. IF Color Profile sRGB IEC61966 2 1 ii star jpg ee Maker SONY E2 chichen_itza jpg Model CYBERSHOT iss peacock Jpg Software Adobe Photoshop 7 0 E peacock jpg Format iS daisy jpg ie new mexico flow E pottery jpg PA chris_with_jet ipg E horses jpg Use arrows to advance through layers of file information This area shows all available annotations metadata and captions The amount of information varies for each file A depending on the metadata that is stored within it texas_sky jpg Show Labelled Items will display media files marked with a particular color label Show All Items restores the slide show list to show all items Appears after sorting using labels Color Label Click picture to assign label TE our boy 1 jpg 4z i Use arrows to adjust Timing Timing Transition 47 items in list Y Each media file can have individual Timing Transition Grid and Scale settings To define one of these settings select the file in the list and make a selection from a drop down menu in any of the four squares to the right of the file name See figure below Scale Grid I al al dl E 46 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Playback Settings eInteractive Using this option enables you to use the forward backward arrows of your key board to manually advance or go back in your presentation The up down arrows work the same as forward backward arrows Continuous Thi
52. IT2 CWPT 8BIN STN STNG ICN ICNS Icon Importer QT QT QT QT QT QT QT QT QT QT QT QT QT QT QT QT iView iView iView iView iView iView iView iView iView iView iView iView iView iView iView iView Export SGI Adobe Photoshop BMP J PEG J PEG 2000 MacPaint PICT PNG QuickTime Image TGA TIFF Audio File Formats Import File Format AIFF AIFC AMF Movie Importer AMR Compact Disc Audio AIFF GSM Audio MP3 Standard MIDI Sound Designer Il System Sound uLaw Wave Extension AIF AIFF AIFC M4A M4B M4P AMR amr CDDA cdda GSM MP3 MPG3 Mp3 PLAY SWA Swat AAC MID Midi SMF SD2 Sd2f sfil AU SND ULAW ULW BWF WAV WAVE Export AIFF uLaw Wave System 7 Sound Importer QT QT QT QT QT QT QT QT QT QT QT QT AV Animation File Formats Import File Format 3GPP Movie Animated GIF AVI AutoDesk Animator DV Electric Image Movie Importer Macromedia Flash MPEG MPEG 4 QuickTime Movie Standard MIDI Extension 3GP 3gpp SDV sdv GIF GIFf AVI VFW VfW CEL FLC FLI DIF DV dvc EIDI EIM SWF SWFL MPG MPEG MP4 mpeg4 MOV MooV KAR Importer QT QT QT QT QT QT QT QT QT QT Export FLC QuickTime Movie AVI DV Stream Image Sequence MPEG 4 QuickTime installing the latest version 6 x Note MediaPro s capacity to import certain file types is dependent on having the most current version
53. MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Pile Saree reel ee fet Lat te Tir Wah Tri Ariki Supe Baar Capehirs Jaf rete pearing CHAT Lani dla appeal bs Pert Whi Site Title Index page links The number of thumbnails across and down that appear on an HTML Index page Thumbnails All images are automatically hyperlinked to their respective media pages Thumbnail Table The number of thumbnails across and down that appear on an HTML Index page Tip To reduce loading of your web pages try to include less than 25 images on a single index page As well you might try a smaller thumbnail size File Name In some themes the gallery s creation date is added automatically Navigation On Media pages the web site viewer can advance through the gallery using the previous next links or they can return to the Index page of the gallery In some templates icons represent these links Media info Any captions and associated metadata tags such as EXIF or IPTC fields can appear on Media theme pages Media size is defined by the theme chosen Each theme s media page template has HTML Engine Directives that define media image size j Gallery Options The Setti pages in your gallery If you don t want a title allery Options The Settings pane leave this field blank Thumbnail Table Customize how many HTML Options thumbnails across and down will appear on HTML Extension htm the Index page i
54. MediaPro catalog You can also add a separate sound file with the Import option This tool also allows you to remove a voice annotation The compression ratio for voice annotations can also be adjusted in this menu Voice annotations can also be used in slide show presentations This feature is enabled by default To disable it select Play Voice Annotations in the slide show controller options menu Export Voice Annotations Make menu This feature saves an embedded audio annotation asa separate file in the AIFF format In previous ver sions of MediaPro this function was in the Annota tions submenu of the Action menu Record voice annotation dialog Record ii b 00 AAWE 0 seconds 30 Record Stop Pause Play use to review recorded annotation before saving 30 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Synchronizing annotations By default MediaPro does not embed annota tions to a file To write annotations into a file use the Synchronize function in the Action menu Option CMD B This command allows you to import or export annotation fields from the cata log into the original files This is particularly useful as MediaPro allows you to view classify and batch a large number of files and then export the changes to their Original file saving hours of time opening and editing individual files Synchronizing cannot be undone Annotations that have been synchronized into the file can be read by other applications th
55. No oral or written information or advice given by iView Multimedia Ltd its distributors or employees shall create any warranty and You may not rely on any such information or advice 7 NO OTHER WARRANTIES 7 1To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law iView Multimedia Ltd disclaims all other warranties and conditions in respect of the software either express or implied including but not limited to any implied warranties of merchantability non infringement of third party rights and fitness for particular purpose The duration of any statutorily required warranty period shall be limited to the term of the limited warranty set out above You use the software entirely at your own risk 8 EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS 8 1 Under no circumstances shall iView Multimedia Ltd or anyone else who has been involved in the creation production or delivery of the software be liable for any conse quential or incidental damages whatsoever arising out of your use of or your inability to use the software including without limitation damages for loss of business profits business interruption loss of business information computer failure work stoppage or any other damages even if iView Multimedia Ltd has been advised of the possibility of such damages 9 EXCLUSIVE REMEDY 9 1 The exclusive remedy for breach of this Agreement by iView Multimedia Ltd shall be at iView Multimedia Ltd s option either 9 1 1 the repair or replacement of the
56. Pro will automatically scan your computer for Helpers but you may want to add or remove some later The possibilities are limitless for using Helper applications in your workflow Here are some ways Helpers can assist you Email You can add any file direct from MediaPro as an attachment to an email To do this select the file then choose a mail client in the Helper appli cation drop down and the file will automatically open as an attachment to anew email Results will vary depending on your email client and operat ing system Image editing Assign applications such as Adobe Photoshop or Graphic Converter as Helpers for editing photos When browsing a MediaPro cat alog with images you can quickly access an image that you want to edit open it in the application then save it When you get back to your catalog execute a Rebuild Thumbnail command CMD B to see the change reflected in the thumbnail Edit anything The same technique for editing images can be applied to just about anything 60 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Define Helper Applications Applications Add fa Acrobat Reader 5 0 RU Adobe ImageReady 7 0 Adobe Photoshop 7 pa DropStuff ef InDesign 2 0 2 ze Internet Explorer A iTunes amp Mail QuickTime Player A Toast Titanium 5 2 Remove Add any application that can edit view or mail media files Define Helper Applications To access this dialog choose Set up Menu in the toolbar s drop d
57. Pro workspace 13 Contact Sheets H pe Nie yee 57 Viewing files in catalogs 14 File CONVErSION coe cc ccccccccccccccccee 58 IST VIEW seats ters koniteina bie E sears 15 Other Export Features ccceeuan 59 Thumbnail View c 2s cio aatesse eases 16 Backup CD ROM o 59 Improving thumbnail quality 17 Helper Applications cccccee eee 60 Media VIEWS cian Tesprit ana dag Erk 21 iView Catalog Reader cc cece aan 62 Customizing the appearance of a view 22 AppleScript serrer ancats ech hostels 63 Playback and playlist mode 0 23 Image Editing 64 Media Annotations 24 BAG CS AE Gow Ins E A 64 ATO PANE esdir aao E eens 24 Editing features cc cece eee eee 65 Annotating your media 008 26 Version Control ususse 71 FAVOUECS a 40curG era chk beta decent ees 27 sati Printing 72 Batch annotating ccceec nrnna 27 Color profiles and samples 28 29 Hi OprOnS anG UPG peatueemsernanens E Voice annotations cc cece eee eens 30 AE TSI AES aeeai g a I z PDR MOKGl wifinsuoctcees rE teen eis 77 Synchronizing annotations 30 Print to PDF 78 sa has aes TETEE EEE PEN i gies Teenei 79 Organize Panel Field Finder 32 is ia Bee Coe Se a ak 81 Organize Panel Catalog Sets 35 Soe O I TOON ALe eao SRE oes nee C Troubleshooting cecee cece a ees 83 Organizing original files 05 3
58. R MANUAL i datura jpg Af catalog items new mes tot lower jpg Add files through drag and drop Files are added to a catalog in the exact position of the cursor highlight the long bar that is separating the two items above Add files from another catalog using drag and drop An alternative way to add items from one catalog to another Is using the drag and drop method To do this open two catalogs Select a file or group of files and drag them from one catalog to the other Unlike Merge With Catalog where files are appended to the bottom of the catalog dropped files are added to the specific position in the catalog defined by your cursor placement applies to List and Thumbnail Views If you drag and drop items into a catalog that is currently in Media View then the dropped items will appear at the end of the catalog Using drag and drop does not remove a file from a catalog and add it to another This function copies a media item s reference from one catalog to another As such each item s related annota tions label and thumbnail are added If the item s thumbnail in the existing catalog is smaller than the catalog being appended then the thumbnail will have to be rebuilt to match the new size For example an existing catalog might have 128 pixels thumbnails If the catalog it is being merged with has 160 pixel thumbnails then the previous thumbnails will appear smaller To fix this select the app
59. R files MediaPro Basics 11 Catalog information The Catalog Info dialog File menu CMD K con tains information about your catalog as well as giving you a place to make comments about the catalog The Comments field can be exported with HTML web galleries Protecting catalogs Once you have created a catalog you might want to prevent others from viewing or accessing it To set password protection for a catalog 1 Select Catalog Info from the File menu 2 Click on the Set Password button This button is only available if you have saved your catalog 3 Type the password Then save the catalog 4 When opening the catalog in the future you will be asked to provide the password before you can view the catalog s contents There is no way to recover a catalog password so make sure to keep your passwords in a Safe place 5 To remove password protection click on the Set Password button and delete the password in the field Then save your catalog and pass word protection will be removed Password protection on iView catalogs is not a high level of encryption For higher levels of secu rity consider making an encrypted disk image using Apple s Disk Copy or a tool like PGP Other options for protecting catalogs Set file lock properties In the Finder choose your Catalog and select Get Info in the File menu CMD I In the dialog check the box Locked This will prevent the file being altered While this option doesn t
60. Scale to Fit B E Full Screen B _ Margin between grid cells Stage Grid Playback Vv Interactive Continuous Random Options v Play voice annotations l Play sound from all movies FA Fade in v Show controller f Run Slide Show Cancel Slide Show Options Shift CMD R Slide Show Example Uses a Quarter grid displays Photo Info and Draws margin between media Ideal for photographers to compare results eFadeln fades the start and end of the slide show Show controller will display the slide show controller during the slide show Use the Esc or Return keys to hide the controller Keyboard Shortcuts MediaPro 2 has added acomplete set of shortcuts for keyboard navigation of slide shows See page 80 for a list of these shortcuts Movie Presentation Options In the Make menu Save Slide Show potest ee Dimensions 64 x 480 pixels Output Quality i Better iid Mi include chapter track QuickTime Player Show Controller Mi Auto Start Continuous Play Full Screen Mode Use this pull down menu to define the level of compression applied to the exported movie Save a Slide Show as a QuickTime Movie MediaPro lets you save the slide show full screen grid only as a QuickTime movie So you can dis tribute your movie file without the need to include the application itself Slide shows can be saved with any grid as well as generic and individual transition effects and tim
61. Synchronize Add to Set Move to Trash Window Menu Minimize Window Hide Tabs amp Toolbar Switch Views List Thumbnail Media Show Hide Panels Info Organize Folders Show View Options Show Image Editor Show PDF Maker Legend c Command s Shift o Option Enter wu Arrows Other shortcuts Contextual Menu Ctrl Click Start Stop Playback Spacebar Assign Color Label 1 2 3 4 eRemove Color Label 0 Zero Useful tips eTo find a file type the first letters of its name eTo rearrange items drag them to where you want them and drop them You can drag single items or groups of items eTo move or duplicate items to another catalog drag them from one catalog to the other eTo move items from the catalog to the desktop drag them to a folder orto the desktop This will move the file from its current location to the desktop eTo copy files from the catalog to the desktop hold the Option key while dragging them to the desktop eTo invert the order of media any catalog view click the invert button 7 inthe upper left corner of the media viewing area Appendices 79 Slide Shows Keyboard Escape ESC Enter or Return Right or Down Arrow Option Right Down Arrow Left or Up Arrow Option Left Up Arrow Space Bar lori or Plus key or_ Dash key d Shift D Lorl case insensitive R or r case insensitive M orm case insensitive Tab
62. Time Movie req Settings _ A Append file extensions W Selected items only G Options 7 f Cancel Convert Sound Files Format AIFF ia Settings Format Uncompressed Sample rate 22 05 kHz Sample size 16 Channels 1 l Append file extensions W Selected items only f Cancel gt o Options v CENS am 58 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL selected movies Note that existing metadata such as EXIF or IPTC annotations and associations with sets or other annotation fields will no longer exist in the converted media files For frequent uses of this feature you can save your options using the Options menu Saved options can be recalled at any time and can be incorporated in AppleScripts SG Image conversion Photoshop will convert images as BMP well as poster frames JPEG from animations into a PICT new format To convert PNG to other formats you MacPaint will need to use a 3rd TIFF party application TGA JP2 QuickTime Image Movie conversion y dekn Haule will convert movies and AVI animations into anew DV Stream format If you convert to Image Sequence DV Stream the file can MPEG 4 be imported into Apple s iMovie for additional editing v AIFF Sound conversion will uLaw convert sound files as Wave well as sound tracks System 7 Sound from selected movies For amore detailed explanation of the file format conversions please refer to the QuickTime Help file in your Apple Help Center He
63. a delimited text You can also export your data using the Merge option in order to create personalized documents like form letters In Microsoft Word Text Table Options is accessed by choosing Text Table in the Make hE Fields Included for example you can combine variable data like media names or properties in a merge files with text in a main document The Merge option is particularly useful when importing information in FileMaker Pro since it auto detects fields to place imported data For repeat use save your options using the Options menu Saved options can be incorporated in AppleScripts Text Table Options Use these Up and menu Use the yellow meua P Orientation File Name PE Down arrows to set arrows to add remove or Title ets Product ic TOLET E reorder desired fields Genre L Caption sSeldsinthet a bi Event Event Date R elds in the text table Author a Author Title D Use these arrows to Source Qel l add or remove fields Copyright from the exported baratin p f text table Double uiy l arrows will Add All or v Tab Separated Remove All fields Comma Separated T Format Tab Separated kgd Merge wi Include label row Format options of the ecotede ee B Options f Cancel Options o For repeat use of your settings save your Save options using the Options menu Saved options can be recalled at any time and can be incorporated in
64. acebar To stop the play back press the toolbar s Play icon or the spacebar Playlist Mode will also automatically advance through a catalog of images which Is particu larly useful in Media View Basically it simulates a slide show while allowing you to see informa tion panels open along side the images You can adjust the delay short medium and long between images in the Playback submenu of the Window menu When Playlist Mode is turned off media can still be played however MediaPro will not advanceto the next media item upon playback completion Playback of media MediaPro can play a wealth of music music and multimedia files They can be played in any view even slide shows To start playback select the file you wish to play and press the Play icon in the toolbar Or you can press the spacebar To stop the playback press the toolbar s Play icon or the spacebar In Media View media files such as video music Flash and QTVR are displayed with QuickTime controls You can use these controls to regulate playback and control volume Or you can still use the toolbar s Play icon and the spacebar to start and stop playback One unique feature of MediaPro is that you can switch between List Thumbnail and Con Toolbar controls Press the toolbar s Play icon to start or stop Playlist Mode or to start and stop media playback in any view 04 Nothing In This W 035 Sharp mp 06 The Lad imps Play
65. age appears in the preview window on the right side of the dialog box Printing 75 Print Templates iView MediaPro lets you create printing templates to suit all your needs These printing templates are text files and placed in the user defined Plug ins Print Templates folder see Page 2 for location of this folder Printing templates allow the user to define the specific size and position of the printing area on a page It is made up of a line of text containing five values separated by a single space Example 1 1 342 339 px Value 1 Left margin Value 2 Top margin Value 3 Width Value 4 Height Value 5 Unit of measure Acceptable units of measure ein inch px pixel ecm centimeter emm millimeter eUse or as decimal separators If the margin is set at 1 M ediaPro automatical ly centers the printing area with these margins Example template for CD jewel case The print area on the front of a standard CD jewel case is 120x120 mm To center the image horizontally you need to place it 210 120 2 45 mm on the right margin To center the image vertically you need to place it 297 120 2 88 5 mm on the left mar gin For simplicity we will use 80 mm The coordinates that we need for the CD case template are 45 80 120 120 mm or 1 1 120120 mm 76 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Create a template Step 1 Create a text file with the proper order and number of values Place it in the user defined P
66. ality of your thumbnails This can be particularly important for catalogs containing more than 10 000 files as a catalog s file size can become very large Some applications such as Adobe Photoshop embed a small low quality thumbnail into the media file Digital cameras do this as well During import MediaPro renders that pre existing built in thumbnail and stores it in the catalog file Maintaining this default setting makes importing fast but it also makes the largest catalogs To reduce the size of your catalog set MediaPro preferences to render its own thumbnails These thumbnails will be superior in quality and take up much less catalog space than the built in thumbnails Use built in thumbnails The first place to start isto set MediaPro s Preferences In the Media Imag es panel make sure Use built in thumbnails not checked Turning this option off will tell MediaPro to create anew thumbnail during import Because MediaPro needs to render the entire image in order to create athumbnail this will slow down the import process If you have an existing catalog that used built in thumbnails then select the thumbnails and choose Rebuild Thumbnail in the Action menu This can reduce the size of your catalog by 25 to 35 percent Ultimately this ends up being a question of priority catalog file size compared to time to create catalog Catalog sizes will vary depending on the size of the original built in thumbnail
67. all selected catalog items as well as the corresponding original files This operation is irre versible In this dialog box you have four panel options from the pull down menu Incremental Specify a naming and number ing sequence for renaming your files For example Photol Photo2 etc Together with the Show Duplicates feature this is good for imports of images from digital cameras which often use repeated file names that can conflict with earlier imported images Zero pad incre ments will number files 001 002 etc Replace String Specify a string such as DSCO0 common to digital cameras and replace it with your text i e Photo Add String Good for adding or changing file name extensions Begin by selecting files of a particular type In the Add String panel add the file extension jpg gif in the text box and chose the Trailing option Convert Useful for changing the text case to all lower or all UPPER On Macs this function will strip file extensions such as jog and also remove diacritical marks such as accents Move to Trash Toolbar Remove selected files from the catalog and moves the originals to the Trash MediaPro does not actually empty the Trash If you change your mind you can always open the Trash and move files back to their original location To empty the contents of the desktop Trash select Empty Trash from the AppleScript menu Move To Folder Action menu moves selected item
68. an still make changes to the final export from this dialog without having to go back into the template F T Plug ins y HTML Templates 7 iE Aqua about jpg T assets A1 index htm l media htmi p E Basic Themes Each theme should contain an Index and Media template as well as an Assets folder Custom created themes should be stored in the user defined Plug ins folder On OS X it is typically at User Library Application Support iView Plug ins group of all IPTC fields or all EXIF fields on Media pages e New structure for Theme folders Each theme has its own folder which contains the Index and Media templates as well as an Assets folder A preview J PEG of the tem plate to be displayed in the export dialog is optional Store your themes in the user defined Plug ins folder See page 2 to ensure that they are not lost during upgrade Create a cross platform CD One way to create a catalog of images that Is compatible with most operating systems Win dows Unix MacOS is to burn an exported HTML gallery onto a CD or DVD ROM disc Here is how to do tt 1 Create your catalog as usual add the files set the layout add your keyword annotations and captions Since some computer platforms do not accept long file names you must shorten all your file names to 8 characters or less You can easily do this using the Batch Rename command in the Action menu Use that same command to ensure that you have the prop
69. ar folder M ediaPro s Copy to Folder feature will do this Select a file group of files or all files in the cata log then chose Copy to Folder in the Action menu Then navigate to and select the folder to place a copy of your files Copy to Folder does not affect the files in your current catalog It simply makes a copy of the file in anew location MediaPro will always ask you to confirm before replacing existing files of the same name Export Features 59 Helper Applications When browsing or viewing files in a MediaPro catalog it s likely that you may want to act upon a file in some way outside of the feature set that MediaPro provides such as file editing or com pression To assist you there is a function called Open With The way it works is simple Select any file or group of files in the catalog and open it with a Helper application Using Helper applications keeps you from having to launch an application navigate through the Finder and locate the file Helpers are defined in the Define Helper Appli cations dialog box see figure right This panel will let you choose media editors utilities or viewers so that you may quickly access them via the pull down menu in the application toolbar or through a contextual menu How to add a Helper Go to the Define Helper Applications dialog box and click the Add button Navigate to the application through the Finder and select it When first launched iView Media
70. ar very pixelated and fuzzy Using MediaPro s Rebuild Thumbnail command will greatly improve the quality Some digital cameras such as those made by Sony allow photographers to shoot pictures with the 3 2 ratio When the camera creates a thumbnail for this type of image it puts black bars above and below the image to make the thumbnail size conform to the standard 4 3 ratio To remove these bars and improve the thumbnail quality chose the image s and execute a Rebuild Thumbnail command Action menu CMD B Adobe Photoshop Covers v 7 0 Adobe s image editing program Photoshop embeds sharpened thumbnails that are 128x128 pixels when it saves files This option is controlled in Photoshop s Preferences File Handling dialog box When Macintosh Thumbnail is checked Photoshop will always create thumbnails at 128x128 pixels There are no options for control ling the size of thumbnails If you have a default thumbnail size for your catalog set at Huge Size 160 pixels or above Viewing Media 17 File Handling Image Previews Always Save K Icon Vv Full Size al Macintosh Thumbnail i Windows Thumbnail Append File Extension Always Use Lower Case thumbnails for Photoshop files will appear smaller When you rebuild it the thumbnail size will match the rest of your catalog In the event that a Photoshop file does not have a built in thumbnail MediaPro will auto matically create its own T
71. at can read metadata standards such as Photoshop or GraphicConverter Synchronize es Selected Items lt Update Items gt Original Files Import v IPTC amp QuickTime Annotations v Voice recording v URL Address v Meta data EXIF Postscript etc Cancel Synchronize Import annotation info from original files Click on the arrow to switch to Export mode Synchronize Vea A U gt Selected Items lt Update Files gt Original Files Export v IPTC Mac All media types v IPTC Cross Platform JPEG Photoshop only v Fetch format caption amp keywords v QuickTime format Cancel Synchronize Export annotation information from catalog back to original files Organizing Catalogs Moving media in catalogs To rearrange items in a catalog click and drag them to where you want and drop them You can drag single items or groups of items honeymoon jpg peacock jpg When dragging items to a new location a black bar appears in the location where the files will be placed In previous versions of MediaPro you could rearrange media files using the Move Items func tion in the toolbar This feature has now been moved to the View menu Moving functions are accessible in the View submenus of the contex tual menu This feature enables you to move media items to the top or bottom of a catalog You can also move and item or group of items to a specific location within the catalog When you cho
72. at pics from our day at the Fair When you use OS 10 2 s Mail client as a Helper application it automatically takes any selected file in an MediaPro catalog and opens it as an attachment This is great for mailing photos to family and friends AppleScript droplet ImageReady droplet Photoshop droplet Examples of droplets created by Adobe ImageReady Photoshop and AppleScript Editor Remember that any AppleScript applet scriptlet or droplet isan application and can be defined in MediaPro as a Helper by using Helpers Simply set the online photo ser vice software as an MediaPro helper application Then open the images with this helper applica tion Forsome photo service software this may not work In that case you can select the images you want and drag and drop them from the MediaPro catalog to the Upload software This also works well for use with Apple s iPhoto software Export Features 61 00g b Fapt Fhin U Fana Erala redin th oi 5 Poa E ae Mute Fis F Poller b Mri T Phele CAF Yar L I Cate E pr T e n A Talr pap ad mE Aue es TE Ppr P it eg Pry frie ae Poca Legh id wre bel Piece Diin arram The iView Catalog Reader interface is slightly different from MediaPro Details is the same as the Info panel and ar ro Lie iher a bisi iieii birani oo hp ati aoa Fe ue a 2b is used for viewing annotations Since this is a Reader application
73. at you would like to use make sure and write a complete URL to the existing CSS in your theme Defining the file creator of exported gal lery pages In version 2 0 an HTML file s creator code Is defined by the creator code of a theme s template For example if you cre ated a theme template using Dreamweaver that would be the creator of the exported pages The file creator for images Is always QuickTime Creating Themes amp Templates iView MediaPro 2 introduces themes to help orga nize HTML export templates A theme is simply a folder containing Index and Media HTML tem plate By storing both templates in one folder it is much simpler to share a new gallery design with others A theme folder also typically contains an Assets folder for related HTML graphics and an image used as a preview of the theme in the HTML export dialog MediaPro templates are normal HTML pages that may contain one or more field phrases that 54 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL lt HTML gt lt HEAD gt lt TITLE gt iView Cacalog lt TITLE gt lt HEAD gt BODI lt P gt Simple Media Template lt P gt lt P gt Image lt P gt lt P gt iView Media lt P gt lt P gt File name lt P gt lt P gt iView Filename lt P gt SRODNE lt HTML gt Template Example of a basic Media template get replaced with MediaPro content during the export process The example above is a simple HTML template which contains three MediaPro field phrases iVi
74. ation field Select an annotation group such as Events then choose Add from the group s pull down menu Type the name of your Organizing Media 33 EE EE TE ET as A k Media Formats t Devices Events i Honeymoon F London Vacation P Son s Birthday White Sands H Locations F Authors E Keywords b C atoannriar ZO 3 honeymoon2 jpq aa Image File gt File gt Media gt Photo v Annotations Title Product Genre Event Honeymoon annotation field MediaPro s auto completion feature will assist you in typing the field name All new names are stored in the drop down menu for easy reuse Add an item to an annotation Select a file or group of files then drag and drop them on to an annotation field Associating a file with an annota tions in acatalog does not affect the original files Remove an item from an annotation Click on an annotation field showing only those files associated to it Select a file or group of files and press the Deletekey A dialog will ask if you want to remove this file from the annotation If you switch over to the the Info Panel CMD 4 you will notice that the same annotation has been removed from the corresponding annotation field Locating media by fields Once you have assigned media to various annota tion groups you can now sort the catalog using the Field Finder To find files that match an attribute date media format or annotation events locations
75. ave their own Favorites list When you type in an annota tion field the auto completion feature reveals the nearest word in the Favorites list When you leave that field MediaPro automatically adds the new word to the list of favorites Favorites lists are saved globally and are acces sible by every catalog you create You can browse through the list of Favorites from the drop down menu which becomes vis ible when the field is active To add a word to the selected field simply scroll through the menu and select a word Notice that when you type a letter in the edit box the drop down menu displays the list at that point of the alphabetical list Modifying Favorites Favorites lists are stored as separate text files inside the user defined MediaPro Plug Ins Favorites folder see page 2 You can use any text editor to edit these files Each item in the list must be followed by a carriage return Language Favorites When you switch from one language to another MediaPro recognizes the change and creates different Favorite files for each language These files adopt the new lan guage field names for easy identification and are located in the Plug Ins Favorites folder If you wish to preserve the Favorites list allowing users to access to the Favorites list while restrict ing any new additions you can lock the individual favorites files in the Finder outside the application Select the file in the Finder go to the Get Info dia
76. background color The View Options dialog box can be accessed by choosing Show View Options from the Window menu CMD In addition to the display of any view these option also apply to printing and most export functions such as HTML galleries Display Options Field labels puts the name of the field next to the displayed content of that field Margin between adds a few pixels of white ry Noma View Options Favorite Photos y Font amp Colors Geneva Text Foreground T E Background Text Background y Display Options Field labels Center text Frame media Ww 4 3 Ratio Senn wv Margin between Single column 2 Show scale space around thumbnails Frame media adds a y Fields 4110 one pixel border around thumbnails 4 3 Ratio FA adjusts thumbnail space from a square to a rect lt File Name i angle This option fits more images on screen at Path a time Some display options are not available in s Media Type ea certain views File Size Fields To add or remove a field to a view click File Type B on its name in the field list area You can change Encoding the size or number of lines and the font style Archived for each individual field by clicking the double Created arrow icon on any active field Only 10 fields can pod B be displayed with each view A Note In previous versions of MediaPro View ee i Media Options was called Layout EET width Height
77. bar Finding Media 43 Sorting by sets and folders Sort by a set Click on the set or container name inthe Organize Panel This displays the items of the selected set in the active view hiding all other files in the catalog Sort by folders Find files by their location on your computer or removable disks by clicking on the appropriate folder in the Folders Panel The corresponding files will appear in the active view To open the Folders Panel use CMD 6 Alternatively you can display a group of sets or folders by clicking each folder or set name and holding down the Command key Restoring the catalog view After you have found your files use Show All in the Find menu CMD E to reveal all the hidden files in your catalog You can also use the Show All Items icon in your toolbar to show all files Finding original files Show Media File Toolbar reveals the location of the selected media item s on the desktop Show Last Import Find menu reveals the most recent imported files Show Duplicates Find menu searches and compares similar or duplicate files allowing you to set the level of similarity tight or loose Addi tional options Ignore brightness is good if you want to exclude image brightness quality Compareitems with similar names is useful for imports of images from digital cameras that reuse file names which can conflict with a previous import Duplicate results are presented in your catalog hiding all other fi
78. bnail in the Action menu in order to have iView MediaPro recreate the font thumbnail with the new option Ay Ay Ay Sprite Spurmoni LP Square 721 Stealth Sample text font displayed in Thumbnail View Sprite Square721 amammm BT Sprite Spurmoni LP Square 721 Stealth Font name display in Thumbnail View Preferences General y Scratch Font Size 36 points Display sample text H De Gustibus Non Disputandum Est Thumbnail View Display sample text B Cancel Preferences Media Fonts panel shown Preferences f General Scratch A Type Kodak Formats Y Photo CD Size Small fast HA Digital Camera Raw DCR Look Profile Portrait ke Rendering Use embedded preview if available Newer DCR images contain a large preview that is suitable for viewing and renders much faster than decoding the raw data Cancel Preferences Media Kodak formats panel shown Media Kodak Photo CD Photo CDs offer a variety of file sizes This option tells MediaPro which size to catalog Small Normal and Large options Digital Camera RAW DCR The Look Profile pop up menu adjusts the color tone of DCR images when rendered by MediaPro Rendering Newer DCR images contain a large preview that is suitable for viewing and renders much faster than decoding the raw data If you check Use embedded preview this will soeed up import and media rendering of DC
79. ctions by clicking on the arrow next to the section name User defined fields MediaPro also supports up to 16 user defined fields To add or remove user fields choose Define User Fields in the Edit menu These fields appear at the bottom of the Annotations group When you move media items between catalogs user fields are automatically adjusted between the catalogs Note that if two catalogs contain more than 16 unique user fields the first 16 fields sorted alphabetically will be retained Info Panel Click button or press CMD 4 Info Panel To show the Info Panel click this button To turn hide it click the button again Em Info e egan rere chichen_itza jpg Selected image icon file name and type Image File i Use AutoFill to save apply a group of annotations ae keywords categories and sets for repeat use E File t Media Media information is conditional to Photo the file type The example below shows info for an MP3 EXIF Vers z 1 Capture Date 3 14 02 2 37 37 PM Media Shutter Speed 1 500 sec Media Type Audio Aperture feo Encoding ms Exposure Bias oo Duration 00 06 07 Exposure Prg Program Data Rate 15 6 KB sec Focal Length 10mm Audio Channels Steren Lens Audio Rate 44100 Hz e a Audio Bit Size 16 bits Sensing Light Source Auto Embedded metadata is also conditional to PET the file type The example picture left shows the info for a J PEG photograph The example eeu E below shows info f
80. d a file type to the Custom importer list 1 Locate MediaPro s Documentation Examples Importers folder 2 Open the Custom file with any text editor 3 Add your own types at the bottom of the file 4 For example to add FileMaker files type FMP3 6 FileM aker Pro The first four characters are the file type The next is the Media ID which are listed at the top of the list If you choose the wrong ID MediaPro will not catalog the file The remain ing segment is the name of the program You must follow the exact format in order for the new file importer to work properly 5 Save the text file 6 Put the Custom file into the user defined Plug ins Importers folder see Page 2 for location Finding file types The most complicated part of adding a custom importer is identifying the appropriate file type In OS 9 x launch Sherlock CMD F in the Finder With the More Search Options dialog box open CMD M drag and drop any file from the Finder to the More Search Options window The file s criteria appear in relevant boxes including file type In OS X there is no utility in the operating sys tem that can identify file types However there is a shareware utility that can assist you XRay Drag and drop the file on the to the XRay window as directed by the application Under the Show pull down menu select Type Creator and Extension This will display the file type information Appendix C Troubleshooting Basic troubleshoo
81. d do on the desktop iView MediaPro will rename the catalog entry and the original file only if the item exists on the hard drive or on a mounted rewritable storage disk By default the width and height fields are in pixels You can change the unit of measure in the Dimensions pull down of the Preferences dialog CMD Comma 42 items in list 1 selected 6 1 4 ME daisy jpg Move media Click on the file s icon then drag it to any location A line will mark the new placement Playback media Though the icons are small movies and music will play just fine in List View Simply select a file and press the spacebar You can also change views while the file is playing Rename media Click on the name and start typing the same way you would do on the desktop Viewing Media 15 Thumbnail View Click tab or press CMD 2 moo ee Tira F ee ir mi ede r E ir EE Paja n ee e pal pE Thumbnail View This view displays the catalog as a table of thumb nails in adjustable sizes When you select an item in the table the information bar text area above the thumbnails presents data about the item Whether the file is available or not the path name for the location of the file and a media related description will appear in the header When a file is not available this information is red To change the position of items in the catalog click one or select a group and drag th
82. d pages is adjusted The number of thumbnails that appear on each page Is defined by the thumbnail size in catalog Thumbnail View _ Contact Sheet Options ate Sheets 7 P 8 9x6 7in 1 2 MB A Cells 5x3 pixels 1 6x1 9 in dpi Depth Best Depth Quality Medium bon Target data size 0 ESE z TGA _ Settings Contact sheet uses the style and fields set in the thumbnail view Exported contact sheets will inherit the visual appearance and displayed fields of the Thumbnail View To alter the appearance of a contact sheet you must change the View Options of the Thumbnail View CMD TIP You can create a catalog of contact sheets output by MediaPro This is useful method of cataloging catalogs Export Features 57 File Conversions The File Conversion options are useful for single file or batch conversions Select one or more media items and choose the appropriate option to convert images animations or sounds Image conversion will convert images as well as poster frames from animations into a new for mat such as J PEG TIFF etc Sound conversions will convert sound files as well as sound tracks from Convert Image Files Format JPEG ret a Size Depth Color Quality High Settings Target data size 0 Scale to fit 640x480 a Resolution Use natural resolution Vo Append file extensions WV Selected items only Options iw SST Convert Movie Files Format Quick
83. d to any of these folders MediaPro alerts you to the new content Shown by a blue arrow on the folder icon You can then choose to import these new files directly to your catalog from your stored media location Auto Importing takes folder watching to the next level by automatically importing from select ed folders when media are added Page 39 Direct File Manipulation Undertake system file operations directly Remove files and folders from the catalog and physical storage Reveal files and folders in the Finder Create and rename folders Move files directly around the file system from within the catalog HTML Custom Themes MediaPro 2 0 improves the HTML export by intro ducing custom themes Each theme is presented as a menu option displayed as a preview Through the plug in architecture of MediaPro additional themes completely customized to your requirements can easily be added to your existing portfolio This flexible approach gives MediaPro users a powerful and unique solution for creating web content Page 51 PDF Maker This new feature allows you to produce high resolution PDF files of any size and layout using the media in your catalog It can be completely customized Page 77 Performance improvements Reduced size of catalogs By using PEG com pression for the display of media items in the Thumbnail view only iView catalogs are now even smaller This does not prevent iView Media or iView MediaPro
84. d using QuickTime and System memory In fact it s counter productive to increase MediaPro s memory partition because it takes away from System memory Viewing Nikon NEF digital camera raw files is one of the exceptions to this rule Increase you memory allocation to 15 MB or higher to improved performance in MediaPro Transition effects do not appear to work in slide shows exported as a QuickTime movie If you are using video compression make sure that your frame rate Is higher than 1 fps frame per second If there is no value in the QuickTime compression settings dialog box fps defaults to 1 and you ll get no effect as the effect lasts for only one second Common Error Messages No importer found This error message appears when MediaPro cannot display or render a par ticular file type Try upgrading to the latest version of QuickTime Volume not mounted iView Media needs access to the actual file in order to display it on the screen in Media View or Slide Shows This error is displayed when MediaPro cannot find the media storage device or disk on which the file is stored Mount ing the disk should solve the problem Customer Support If you have additional questions please make sure you check the manual our online FAQ and community forum If you still can t find an answer or you would like to send us a comment or sug gestion then fill out our online technical support form at www iview multimedia com support d
85. drop your media over the existing annota tions and you have assigned them to the dragged media items This greatly soeeds up and simplifies the process Extended IPTC annotation support Now includes the IPTC fields Event Fixture Location Status and People Instant catalog wide searching Search cata logs quickly and directly from the new search box Searching is case insensitive and includes all EXIF IPTC and media fields Page 42 Catalog Finder Quickly locate and preview all iView catalogs on a storage volume Page 6 ColorSync Management The new Manage Color Profile dialog allows you 4 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL lel de mimma led le all baleen enl ee lea ele le eee m eee SS m Search Box Type the word or words in this field and press the Return or Enter key Results are presented in the active catalog view Events 7 ge Honeymoon J fren London Vacation 1 3 Son s Bi P White Sands Drag and drop annotating To add annotations drag and drop to the Organize Panels Field Finder gt u Image Enhancement Tools Improved cropping tools and red eye reduction to embed RGB and CMYK ColorSync Profiles for individual files or a batch of files It displays the ColorSync image immediately as a preview allowing to you commit or abandon this selection MediaPro 2 0 also extends ColorSync support to the Thumbnail view Page 29 Slide Shows Individual configuration T
86. e page 76 Margins allows you to further adjust the Print Area Size on all sides With the Mirror Margins option you can include spines for binding docu ments that will be bound or punch holed Headers enables you to place a label on the top header bottom footer right and left sides of your print out You can adjust the type and style of the labels In the Special drop down add auto matic page numbers date time and more Header settings are retained across all print styles Grid For Contact Sheets this option defines the number of rows and columns for a print out For Media Sheets you can define how multiple copies of the same image or different images will be printed Default for view takes into account the image size settings for the respective view of the catalog Cells allows you to define the number of rows and columns Size is similar to cells but allows you to define exact size of each cell Range modifies which pages will print The default is set to allow your printer s dialog box to handle this function You may also choose Current Page and Odd or Even pages Printing Tips eTo print a selection of files make your selec tion then choose Show Selected from the Find menu Print your results Multi layer page files MediaPro only prints the frame assigned as an item s thumbnail In order to print a layer or page within a com posite file go to the page or layer you wish print in Media View then select
87. each slide In the Controller the duration can be adjusted using the up and down arrows on the top right hand corner of the window The duration applies only when the slide show is run in non interactive mode Note that mov les and sounds default to their own duration The duration can also be over ridden by tim ings set for individual media items Color Change the background color of slide shows Black is set as the default Transition The current version of MediaPro offers a basic set of QuickTime effects which Slide Show controller Text panel When the Title annotation is not available MediaPro will show the File Name Files Display vi Title wv Media Info vi Photo Info GPS Info Location People z Credits ERJ Caption l Color ie IE Align se a ee Choose text color size and alignment by clicking on the respective buttons peacock i SONY CYBERSHOT f2 4 1 100 sec 0 0 ISO 100 Cancun Mexico Text options enable you to display a variety of media information beneath the image Slide Shows 47 can be used during slide show media transi tions The duration of the transition effects 1 second is currently fixed This setting will effect all media items unless individually defined see Timings eMedia Scaling lets you control the scale or size of media items You can set this option before or during an active slide show Stage Grid The slide sho
88. ear the annotation field and start over click on the red diamond Annotations Title St Thomas Product Saxophone Colossus Author Sonny Rollins QuickTime equivalents Some files such as MP3s or videos have QuickTime annotations embedded These are mapped to IPTC fields For example Author annotation field is mapped to the Artist field of an MP3 Product is the album name and Title is the Song Name F Macintosh our_boy2 tif image File i x SS Save as AutoFill l File Remove AutoFill E Media Baseball Assignments Photo Orientation Mormal Media Assignments Annotations TEREE Standard with Copyright Title TE T iii AutoFill Useful for saving a group of frequently used annotations and applying them to a media file 3 Click the green checkmark icon to confirm or red X icon to discard the annotations Choosing Remove AutoFill will provide you with a pop up window to remove AutoFills from the drop down menu Favorites Favorites is an auto completion feature that assists in typing annotation information It adds any text entered in annotation fields to a handy drop down menu for easy re use relative to spe cific projects or recipients of your media files You can use auto completion to automatically assign entries to one or more annotations Any new annotation entered Is added to a list of Favorites for that field For example the annota tion fields City State and Country each h
89. electing Show Image Edi tor from the Window menu CMD Y In order to properly preview the filter effects of the Image Editor MediaPro will automatically switch to Media View when a filter is selected To edit images use the following process 1 Choose a filter from the Image Editor palette by click on the filter name in the list 2 Make your edits in the pop up filter dialog the press OK Apply as many filters to the image as necessary Use the Revert button to discard all changes and reload the original image Use the Undo button to remove the effects of the last filter applied 3 Image modifications by any of the tools described in this section are not saved until you press the Save button in the Image Editor palette The Save button launches a dialog to define compression and file type settings To overwrite the existing file simply press Save This dialog also gives you the option of storing abackup copy of the original file in a folder of your choice or in the Version Control folder It is important to note that saving image files using the Image Editor removes any embedded annotations EXIF IPTC etc that may have existed in the original file The following pages describe how each of the Image Editor filters and tools work You can use as many filters as you want before saving changes For instructions on how to use Version Control see page 71 64 VIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Image Editor palette To launch a filter
90. em to the desired location Or after you made your selection choose any of the Move Items options in the tool bar If you choose the Moveto Location option you will need to click on a destination item where the selected items are going to move to Thumbnail size To define the display size of your thumbnails choose the size you want from the Size menu in the far right side of the Info Bar This setting affects the overall size of your catalog as larger thumbnails require more disk space If an imported image appears much smaller than the thumbnail box containing it MediaPro 16 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Header bar The path name for the location of the file and a media related description will appear in the header For unmounted files this information is red Size menu Thumbnail size can be set before or after adding files If you reset a larger size after importing iView will have to rebuild it in order to render it properly Movie thumbnails have a small video icon to help differentiate them from still images has read an existing thumbnail rather than creat ing its own This is common with Photoshop files If you want MediaPro to create its own thumbnails every time make sure Use Built in Thumbnails is unchecked in the Preferences M edia Images panel CMD Comma Rotating thumbnails To rotate a thumbnail image use the Rotate buttons in the far right side of the header bar Each rotation represents 90
91. ended files and choose Rebuild Thumbnails in the Action menu If the open catalog already contains files that are part of the selection of files that are being dragged and dropped MediaPro will ignore these files and will not replicate them Import options Import options control what media files are added to a catalog You can control the import process by choosing Import Options in the Edit menu Shift CM D I The options are divided into two panels File filters and Media Types File filters Limit the range of imported media based on file related criteria such as file name file size creation or modification date etc For example to only import files smaller than 1 MB choose to enable the size option as size is less than 1000 KB Ignore aliases Checking this box will tell MediaPro to bypass alias files Left unchecked the application will find the original location of the aliased file and catalog it Ignore invisible files Checking this box will pre vent MediaPro from cataloging invisible operat ing system files such as DS Store New in version 2 0 The option for using built in thumbnails has now moved to the MediaPro Preferences dialog Media Images panel Media Types Limit importing to just those files that belong to a certain media group For example you may turn on the Images option only in order to import images such as JPEG pictures etc If you are not familiar with what types of media files belon
92. er file name extensions on all images or movies as some platforms require exten sions Remember renaming files cannot be undone so you might want to make a backup of your media before you rename them for this HTML gallery 2 Export an HTML Gallery using a MediaPro pre defined theme or one that you created HTML can be further customized with an HTML editor after export In this step you will want to choose the HTML Extension htm in the Settings pane This will work on all plat forms All links inside the gallery pages must be relative e g img hello jpg in order for them to work on a CD 3 Burn your gallery files onto the CD In order for your CD to be cross platform compatible you must burn the CD in the ISO 9660 format 4 Extra You can use the Print Template called CD J ewel Case to print a cover for the CD you just created Another way to create a cross platform CD or DVD of media for use on Mac and Windows plat forms is to burn your media the catalog and copy of iView Catalog Reader on the CD or DVD Using this royalty free software you can distribute and share your iView catalogs with non iView users at no cost or restriction See page 62 for more information on Catalog Reader Export Features 55 Text Table The text table function allows you to save media properties and annotation fields in text files and import them in 3rd party database or spread sheet applications You can save the text as a tab or comm
93. er s power and the type of printer Media Sheet renders the full size hi resolution images from original files Since some of these files may be quite large allow extra time for print ing The size of the displayed and printed media can be changed by using the Scaling pull down menu see explanation next page The most useful of these is Scale to Fit as it auto matically rescales the image to fit within the print area Other useful options are Actual Size Fit Width but they may hide parts of the image when the size and shape of the original image is larger than the rendered area or printed cell size Header MediaPro s print dialog box features a real time preview of your prints Each change in preference will be rendered in this window high quality ie ire ea eds images Re a Cie ees acl olga ad Margins The Print view light blue color fields will Dampierre iiia represents include fields margins defined visible in Burge efase in Prov Gas E f Page breug i ari 7 rent USING the button Thumbnail isis Perier riera remit roe a in the upper left View Range Open printer Footer setup dialog 72 VIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Print dialog Content List mode _ Use view colors mimics the style set in List View In this example it only shows the divider lines Headers and footers settings are re
94. erent gray levels To create a duotone select a light and dark color by clicking on the respective color button Then adjust the brightness and contrast using the sliders Negative numbers reduce brightness and contrast Invert Photo Negative The Invert Photo Negative filter inverts the colors of an image This filter is useful for turning a positive image into a negative or to make a positive from a scanned negative Adjust Saturation This filter adjusts the color Saturation and lightness of your images The Saturation slider defines the intensity of a color The existing level of colors in an image is 100 To reduce color Saturation drag the slider to a number less than 100 Zero represents no color making an image black and white This tool can help compensate for a lack of color definition but bear in mind that inkjet printers tend to over saturate color rendering the colors unrealistic RA Preview Conwert io Duotone prcn a Light Soor EE rko Erightrerss a Kpr 3 1 ontrask a Vitti J TaJ Adjust Saturation Saturation 136 Preview Cancel 3 Image Editing 69 Adjust Brightness Adjust Brightness amp Contrast and Contrast Brightness 0 This filter adjusts the tonal ee A range of your images though i Y i brightness and contrast It can seat a 109 help to correct blurry images ET oq and bring out fine details in ag x tone i i 0 Drag
95. es as well as a Random effect option Effects defined in the Transitions drop down menu of the slide show controller apply globally to all images of the slide show Size of Media You can enlarge or reduce the scale of yourimages with the Zoom In Out keyboard shortcuts and This setting will apply globally to all images of the slide show You can also use the Scale drop down menu of the slide show controller to adjust the size of media on screen Slide Show Controller This palette allows you to adjust the presentation options This is useful for running presentations on a second screen or projector If you use multiple monitors position your catalog inside the monitor you want to use for the slide show You can start the presentation on your second monitor and keep the Controller on your first to guide the presentation If you are not using two monitors displaying the slide show controller on top of the slide show stage will impair ideal viewing Slide Shows 45 Slide Show controller Files panel Use this arrow to show panels of the controller Text T Info Slide Show controller Info panel DSCO0463 JPG Sat Apr 19 2003 Media Type Image Encoding Photo JPEG aa a a a Dimensions 2560 x 1970 pixels Playback List a tt S Resolution 2 pixels finch heneymean jpg Depth 24 bits h honeymoong jpg Compression 1 5 S our boy jpg 4s E E Color Space RGB a our_boy T
96. esired frame of the PDF If you drop it into the wrong frame use the Clear tool to remove the image from the frame Step 2 Images will initially appear large in the frame Use the Zoom tool to resize the image Place the tool cursor on the image and drag up to enlarge or drag down to reduce Step 3 Use the Drag tool to position the image within the frame Place the tool cursor on the image and drag it around in the frame to the desired position Step 4 Use the Rotate tool to adjust the orientation of the image within the frame Place the tool cursor on the image and click Each click represents a rotation 90 degrees clockwise Appendix A Keyboard shortcuts Application Menu Preferences Hide iView MediaPro Hide Others Quit File Menu New Catalog Close Catalog Open Catalog Catalog Finder Save Catalog Save As Catalog Info Import Options Import from Files Folders Import from Camera Import from URL Cancel Running Tasks Print Page Setup Edit Menu Undo Cut Copy Paste Select All Deselect All Define User Fields Make Menu Run Slide Show Slide Show Options Find Menu Show All Show Hidden Show Selected Hide Selected Find Find Next Sort Again Invert Sort Order View Menu Actual Size Rotate 902 CW Rotate 902 CCW Go to Next Label Go to Previous Label Move to Location Move Again Action Menu Rebuild Thumbnail
97. et password protection for a catalog 1 Select Catalog Info from the File menu 2 Click on the Set Password button This button is only available if you have saved your catalog 3 Type the password Then save the catalog 4 When opening the catalog in the future you will be asked to provide the password before you can view the catalog s contents There is no way to recover a catalog password so make sure to keep your passwords in a Safe place 5 To remove password protection click on the Set Password button and delete the password in the field Then save your catalog and pass word protection will be removed Password protection on iView catalogs is nota high level of encryption For higher levels of secu rity consider making an encrypted disk image using Apple s Disk Copy or a tool like PGP Password protection applies to the catalog regardless of which View application is open ing it AppleScript This menu displays AppleScripts that are inside MediaPro s Plug Ins Scripts folder Since MediaPro is AppleScript Attachable users can place additional scripts in this menu to access them during opera tion To add your scripts to this menu place them inside the user defined Plug ins folder see Page 2 for location Annotate Copy Photo Data to Clipboard copies all EXIF photo metadata to clipboard lmport From PhotoDISC annotates images in your front catalog using text files located in your PhotoDISC CD ROM
98. etc click on the field label in the Field Finder of 34 VIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Tindill kanikanino hkhk a bh es S ar lea th a erie our boyz jpg honeymoon jpg Add a file to an annotation Select a file or group of files then drag and drop them on to an annotation field above in the Field Finder If you switch over to the Info Panel left you will notice that same annotation is represented in the corresponding field for that file Conversely if you add metadata to an annotation in the Info Panel it will also appear in the corresponding group in the Field Finder Media Formats Animated GIF 1 Locating media by fields To find files that are associated with a group click on the field label in the Field Finder Restoring the catalog After you sort a catalog use the Show All Items icon in your toolbar to reveal hidden files the Organize Panel and the corresponding files appear in the active view This will hide all files that do not match that annotation or attribute This is useful for finding a particular group of files which can now be batch processed exported reorganized or printed After you have found your files use Show All in the Find menu CMD E to reveal all the hidden files in your catalog You can also use the Show All Items icon in your toolbar to show all files Catalog Sets Container fal Favorite Photos Subset gt Animals container a Peacock Container
99. evice assigned will not be represented in this list Annotation groups These fields give you an alternative for assigning metadata organization to your media files as 32 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Folders Field Organizer drop down menu Use this menu to show hide various media attributes and annotations that you can use for sorting and organizing functions Fledia Formats Animated GIF 1 yh JPEG 35 H MPS 2 oe MPEG re Photoshop 7 E1 QuickTime Movie J TIFF 4 Devices EN OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO LTD 2 a SOM CYBERSHOT 2654 v TOSHIE A PORM7TO 12 gee MIKON E5400 26 Read only groups These fields show embedded media attributes that are automatically read by MediaPro and cannot be reassigned Dates Ely 1999 2000 June Pa Monday 12 E duly Eg Wednesday 19 1 g Saturday 22 2001 Annotation groups Dates When files are added your catalog MediaPro searches for dates already embedded in your media opposed to entering this data in the Info Panel Color Profiles Displays media based on the ColorSync Profile embedded in the media file Media items that do not have a color profile assigned will not be represented in this list Color profiles can only be assigned to files using the Manage Color Profile option in the Action menu and cannot be assigned through drag and drop to the Field Finder Color Samples A color sample is generated when the media is imported based on the d
100. ew Catalog iView Media and iView Filename During export all three phrases get replaced by the catalog name the media image and the image file name respectively To learn more about creating themes and tem plates refer to the About Templates document in the application s Documentation folder A good way to learn is to make a copy of an existing template rename it and modify different fields or the design Modifying theme templates requires a modest knowledge of HTML You can learn more about HTML from a basic HTML hand book or by reading tutorials on sites like CNet s Builder or Wired s Webmonkey New template features in version 2 0 HTML Engine Directives The size of images on Index and Media pages are now controlled in the theme using these new tags Thumbnail tables are also controlled by directives When a theme is selected in the HTML export dialog MediaPro will populate the appropriate fields with the directive s values New tags Phrases have been added to include an additional image directory which will contain a copy of the original images Phrases have also been added to exporta lt iView HTML Engine Directives 1View InMediaWidth 800 iView InMediaHeight 600 gt Media Scale to Fit FH 800 x 600 pixels Directives A template that has media width and height directives above will populate the appropriate fields when this theme is selected in the HTML export dialog You c
101. f the sound Video Unique fields such as Frame Rate Spa tial Quality and Multiple Track Info appear in the Info Panel for video files Annotations MediaPro supports a set of pre defined fields for annotating your media files This set also Known as IPTC fields includes entries for caption keywords categories and more MediaPro also supports QuickTime information that is mapped to IPTC equivalents Editing annotations in a MediaPro catalog does not affect the original files unless you choose to synchronize the catalog entries with the original items IPTC stands for the International Press and Tele communications Council Since the late 1970 s its activities have focused on developing industry standards for the interchange of news data The IPTC fields used in MediaPro comply with the standard set by this organization MediaPro 2 0 has extended IPTC support to include the fields Event Fixture Genre Location Edit Status and People People Keywords Categories are three groups useful for describing and organizing the content of your media These groups are consid ered part of the IPTC annotation standard Caption The Info Panel also provides an area to write descriptions of media useful for additional explanation or thoughts Captions embedded into files will automatically be shown here Some files will have large amounts of informa tion To view all metadata you can scroll down the panel or you can hide the various se
102. file sRGB IEC61966 2 1 If you save Illustrator files without this box checked or as Illustrator EPS you will need to install the Ghostscript extension into the MediaPro Importers folder in order for iView to catalog these file types This extension can be found on the download page of iView s web site In Illustrator 10 on OS 9 you will need to install the Ghostscript extension into the MediaPro Importers folder to view any file type saved by Illustrator MediaPro s Rebuild Thumbnail command will not improve the quality of Illustrator thumbnails Macromedia FreeHand Covers v 9 0 10 and MX 11 Macromedia s illustration program FreeHand embeds a small thumbnail when it saves files These thumbnails are 112x112 pixels and are color Bitmap PICT Some of your FreeHand files may have been saved without a thumbnail or preview As a result these Freehand files will have this generic icon w However FreeHand has Export Preferences that will allow you to make sure a thumbnail is added You can find these options under Preferences CMD U in the application menu Preferences Category M FreeHand file preview General JPEG amp 112 112 Quality 90 Object Text Zu Bitmap PICT previews Document __ Include Portfolio preview Import Bitmap Portfolio preview size Export 100 Spelling UserPrep file UserPrep Colors To get the best thumbnails iView recommends checking the following options A
103. g to each group you may click the View Media Types button for a comprehensive list of all media types supported by iView MediaPro Supported file formats iView MediaPro can catalog a large number of image movie and sound file types MediaPro s Capacity to import certain file types in dependent on having the most current version of QuickTime installed in your computer See the Media Importers dialog to find out which version you have installed For a list of supported file formats see page 81 Import Options l file name __ date created __ date modified 4 size __ folder level l file type 7 24 03 7 24 03 100 KB 1 JPEG _ Ignore alias files l Ignore Invisible files Fs et as Default Cancel s Import Options Filters panel Import Options File Filters ae Formats v Images S etas Default v Audio files M Animations Movies v DTP documents v Illustrations EPS M Fonts _ Text documents HTML documents View Media Types Cancel Import Options Media Types panel QuickTime Image Qa QuickTime version 6 4 FlashPix Image JPEG 2000 JPEG MacPaint Picture L PNG QuickTime Image sol SGI TGA TGA TPIC TIFF TIF TIFF Media Importers File Formats Photoshop BMP BMP BMPf BMPp DIB SBPS PSD FPX FPix JP2 jp2 JPE JPEG JPG MAC PNTG PCT PIC PICT PNG PNGT QIF QTI QT
104. ga nize panel click the interface button or press CMD 5 Field Finder The Field Finder is good for global searches or groupings allowing a quick comparison across hundreds of files often revealing annotation incon sistencies among a large number of files By view ing your media on a global rather than individual perspective you ensure the standardization and accuracy of annotations across your media The Field Finder lists all annotations or tags present in the catalog By batch or individual dragging media over the existing data values you can assign these values to the multiple media items This greatly soeeds up and simplifies the annotation process The Field Finder has two types of groups Read only groups such as Media Formats are attributes that are automatically read by MediaPro and cannot be reassigned Annotation groups such as Date or Keywords are fields used to categorize the media and can be changed at any time Use the Field Organizer drop down menu to show hide various media attributes and annota tions in the Field Finder To expand a field click on the arrow next to its name Read only groups Media Formats Shows a list of all media sorted by the file format such as TIFF J PEG and MP3 Devices This list categorizes media by the digital device that created the file Digital cam eras and some scanners record this information in every image they capture EXIF metadata Media items that do not have a d
105. ging sliders to the 100 c 100 left decreases brightness and contrast dragging them to the I Preview right increases the levels Cancel Auto Enhancement ee Pal irham This filter is a one click enhancement that combines several filters including saturation brightness contrast to automatically produce an optimal image Results will vary depending on the tonal range of the Original image AER Preset Enhancement o This filter offers several one click enhancements for your images Backlight compensates for the effect of the subject being slightly backlit Under and Over Exposure adjusts the tonal range to compensate for the effect of an image being under or over P hkel CI wore C Reigi E Uredar bronia fey Cran Ie pau Di Low enerast Cobo Cast exposed ft Fomore Gigs Color Cast Remove Bias Images usually suffer from color casting if they have been shot using the us Arre wrong film type For example images shot under artificial light Ti tend to have a yellow bias This Case filter removes the yellowness of the image It s also good for images from digital cameras because they have a tendency to be warm The Color Cast filter can be combined with another enhancement filter at the same time 70 VIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Version Control This feature is useful both for individuals and small workgroups to browse and track through different versions of the same files
106. h pete a a Pera NUR Ssarees CET Fa Labelled files can be sorted by using the Search Labels drop down menu of the toolbar honeymoon2 jpg our_boy2 jpg star2 jpg Catalog 907 9 KB Media 87 MB 40 items im list 1 selected 1 Labeling files changes the display color of file names and borders in all views images into a catalog launch a slide show As you review the images use one label to mark the best and another label to mark images that are out of focus and unusable This can be done during the slide show or in any view by pressing the label s corresponding number key Afterward you can use the Show Labelled func tion Find menu to show only the best images from ashoot in your catalog New in 2 0 In previous versions function keys were used to assign labels This has been changed to number keys 1 through 9 The option to cus tomize the color and name of a label has been removed from MediaPro Organizing Media 41 Finding and Sorting Media in Catalogs iView MediaPro offers a number of ways to find and sort media files as well as related file media and tag attributes in open catalogs Instant catalog wide searching Catalog wide searching can be actioned quickly and directly from the Search box in the cata log window Searching is case insensitive and includes all annotations EXIF IPTC Captions etc media fields and catalog set names To perform a search simply type the word or words
107. h the width at 500x375 RESIZE sealing Hode Fit Width Ei Enhe paddies EB Fad calor Target Size pixels Owipet 250 E PO gis ere Chere i cent a o camel Scaling Mode defines the way the image with fit into the Target Size Options include Scale to Fit proportionally scales image to the Target Size Pin Larger scales the image with its larger side expanded or shrunk to fit the Target Size Pin Smaller scales the image with its smaller side expanded to fit the Target Size This option will fill the entire area but your image may be clipped Fit Width scales image based on the horizontal parameters of the Target Size If you apply this to a vertical image some of it may be clipped Fit Height scales image based on the vertical parameters of the Target Size If you apply this to a horizontal image some of it may not be visible In this example the image output will be clipped at the top and bottom because the Target Size proportions are not as tall as the dimensions of the original image 66 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Rotate The Rotate tool is used to adjust the angle of an image You can adjust the rotation in increments as small as 1 10th of a degree To rotate an image 90 degrees clockwise just type 90 into the Angle field To rotate counter clockwise place a negative sign in front of the number in the Angle field This rotation method is not the same as lossless J PEG r
108. he Slide Show in MediaPro 2 0 has been improved to allow speci fication of timing media scaling transition effect and grid display for each individual media item This allows you to define all possible display and timing parameters The Slide Show can display any supported media item including audio which allows you to add soundtracks to a Slide Show Save Slide Show as Movie The process of exporting your Slide Show as a QuickTime movie has been simplified The exported movie created will match the current settings of the Slide Show including timing transition scaling and grid settings The QuickTime file size produced by creating a movie has been significantly reduced Page 49 Image Enhancement Tools iView MediaPro now offers powerful yet precise image editing as well as calibration tools that can enhance the color sharpness and brightness of your images New tools include eImproved cropping One click enhancements to compensate for under over exposure low contrast backlight ing and more Red eye reduction Precision rotation Each tool supports version control and batch application Page 64 File amp Folder Management MediaPro introduces advanced file and folder management to enhance workflows and provide direct control over your file system Page 39 Folder Watching Catalog wide folder watch ing can be enabled to constantly monitor folders which contain media within your catalog When new media items are adde
109. he default thumbnail size for Photoshop 7 0 files is 128 pixels for 6 0 files is 112 pixels A B A Thumbnail created by Photoshop 7 0 B Thumbnail rebuilt by iView MediaPro ImageReady Files Adobe s optimization program ImageReady does not embed thumbnails into optimized files MediaPro will automatically create its own thumb nail from these files Adobe Illustrator Covers versions 6 7 8 9 and 10 Illustrator does not offer any options for modify ing thumbnails in its native format ai By default Illustrator makes Bitmap PICT thumbnails at 128x128 pixels In Illustrator 10 on OS X however there are some important options For the best catalogs iView recommends that you should save files with 18 IViEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL WILD SUNFLOWER FIELD GUIDE Loos ELLA SUBELOW ER TIREE GUE ES Ua US ee cen By STEPHEN DAVIS A Illustrator Bitmap PICT thumbnail v 6 7 8 9 B Thumbnail in Illustrator on OS X PDF Compatible the Create PDF Compatible File option turned on This option makes the file you save a PDF file This option is in the Illustrator Native Format Options dialog box which appears when saving an Adobe Illustrator file using the Save As command Compatibility Illustrator 10 Options A Create PDF Compatible File Vv AR Sg settee Vv Embed All Fonts for other applications A Subset fonts when less than 100 of the characters are used W Embed ICC Pro
110. hronize the IPTC annotations with the exported image Movies Adjust the properties of QuickTime movies on Media pages Auto play will auto matically play a movie once it s loaded ina browser Continuous will make the movie play in aloop Display QuickTime Controller toggles the standard QuickTime controls fora movie on and oft 4 Create After defining your settings click on Create The amount of time it takes for iView MediaPro to create a gallery can vary depending on the number of images their Original size and the export size The gallery will launch in a browser after export Export Features 53 HTML Tips eTo reduce the loading time of your Index pages Include less than 25 images on asingle index page As well you might try a small size thumbnail such as 96 pixels with low resolu tion settings eTo reduce the loading time of your Media pages Try a smaller size media export such as 480x320 pixels or increase the amount of J PEG compression in the Settings panel eTo use a Cascading Style Sheet CSS with a theme Using embedded style sheets will work fine with MediaPro themes In order to use a linked style sheet place the CSS file in your theme s Assets folder This way the style sheet will be exported as a related asset of your gallery Because MediaPro uses HTML tables to create Index pages CSS and XHTML cannot be used to control the positioning of Thumbnail tables If your site already has a stylesheet th
111. ia files on your disks MediaPro helps you get organized Whether you are a student journalist amateur photographer or multimedia professional it s important to organize and browse your images movies and documents in an application that s easy to set up and use MediaPro works by creating catalogs consisting of thumbnails and descriptions of all your media files Store your images with digital camera infor mation captions labels and annotations then search and browse the catalog even if your original files are misplaced or off line You can edit images correct colors print contact sheets and change file formats even create a slide show of your favorite images and save it as a QuickTime movie MediaPro uses Apple s QuickTime the acclaimed playback system for digital media Using QuickTime ensures the highest quality and easy integration with your existing software and operating system Installation Copy the iView MediaPro folder from the CD to the Applications folder of your hard disk If you have an existing copy of MediaPro remove it from your Applications folder or rename it so that it isn t replaced when installing the new version New in 2 0 In previous versions there was a Plug ins folder inside the MediaPro folder This folder has now been split between built in plug ins which are located inside the application pack age and user installed plug ins which go in OS 9 System Folder Application Support iV
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113. iew Plug ins OS X Any of the three locations User Library Application Support iView Plug ins Library Application Support iView Plug ins 2 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Installation 0 090 FJ iView MediaPro f s A wy px gt Back View Computer Home Favorites Applications To install drag this folder iView MediaPro 2 0 lt to your hard disk 4 iView Online rae Manuals Installation Read Me Release 1 Step 1 Copy folder from the CD ROM to the hard disk Step 2 Launch application Go to the License menu and select Enter License License Number Organization License PO If you have purchased the retail edition please type in the license number as it appears on your registration card If you have purchased the digital download please copy and paste the license number you received via email If you haven t purchased yet please read the purchase information included or visit us at http www iview multimedia com Remind me Later Step 3 Enter the license number from the cover of the CD ROM If you purchased a digital download version of iView MediaPro online then enter the license number that was emailed to you eNetwork Library Application Support iView Plug ins When installing custom HTML templates print templates favorites lists AppleScripts or import ers place them inside the user defined plug ins folder and not the application package This way
114. ill be superior in quality and take up much less catalog space than the built in thumbnails Rebuild Thumbnails on Import One option is to have MediaPro render new thumbnails during the import process This is achieved by uncheck ing the box Use Built in Thumbnails in the Prefer ences M edia Images panel CMD Comma Keeping this option off will instruct MediaPro to create anew thumbnail However this will slow down the import process because MediaPro needs to render the entire image to create a thumbnail Rebuilding Thumbnails Individually If you have an existing catalog that used built in thumbnails then select the thumbnails and choose Rebuild Thumbnail in the Action menu CMD B This function is also accessible from the contextual menu Control Click on Thumbnail Changing Size of Thumbnail The size of thumbnails can be changed in the Size menu located in the far right side of the header bar When you increase thumbnail size larger than the original import size you will make need to execute a Rebuild Thumbnail command on all the files in the catalog Digital Camera files Digital cameras regard rae A Built in thumbnail from digital camera pixelated B Thumbnail created by MediaPro smooth A Built in thumbnail 3 2 ratio black bars pixelated B Rebuilt by MediaPro smooth no black bars less of manufacturer are notorious for creating poor quality thumbnails in image files They appe
115. iners menu Add subset Add subset comtaaner Delete container and all subsets Rename container Individual sets menu Acquire selected items Selact set itams Remove set tems Delete set l ol Rename set Duplicate set reordered in ahierarchy MediaPro 2 0 introduces a new type of set called containers Sets can no longer be heirarchal to each other Sets must be grouped by a container or sub container View sets Open the Organize Panel by clicking on the button CMD 5 Catalog Sets are located at the bottom of this panel Create a set by selecting Append new set from the catalog sets main drop down menu To create a container select Append new container from the same menu Add media items to a set There are three ways to add files to a catalog set 1 Drag and drop one or more media files from the catalog s active window to the set name 2 Select a file or group of files and choose Add to Set from the Action menu Shift CMD M In the pop up dialog either choose an exist ing set or create a new set for these items 3 Select a file or group of files and choose Acquire selected items from the individual set s drop down menu Organizing Media 35 When you add or remove media items to a set the set counter to the right of the set name automatically updates Remove items from sets Click on the set name to show only associated set items in the active view Select the items you wish to remo
116. ings A QuickTime movie can be played using Apple s QuickTime Player on both Mac and Win dows computers To create a QuickTime movie slide show choose Save Slide Show as Movie in the Make menu In this dialog you can define the movie dimensions or choose from a pre defined set of industry standard sizes To control the background color global slide duration and transition effect use the Slide Show Options dialog Make menu To setup transition effects and timing also use the Slide Show Options dialog Make menu MediaPro offers a range of playback options when running QuickTime Player For instance click the checkbox to switch on auto start and full screen mode options to have your movie played Presentation 160x120 Dimensions Presentation 240x180 drop down 0O Presentation 320x240 menu allows Screen 512x384 A to choose Screen 640x480 ron adst Of Screen 800x600 pre defined Screen 832x624 set of industry Screen 1024x768 standard sizes TV Quarter 360x240 TV Quarter 360x288 TV Quarter 384x288 TV 720x480 TV 720x576 TV 768x576 These options will embed information that will instruct the QuickTime Player how to handle the movie 60 8 Slide Show Movie Exported QuickTime Slide Show presentation If you choose to include the chapter track QuickTime places file name and places it in a pull down menu back in full screen mode automatically when you double click on the movie file on the desktop If you select Incl
117. ion Naturally this information will change based on the media type You can edit and check the accuracy of informa tion within this single user configurable list with no need to remember to open multiple dialogs The data inside the Info Panel is split into eight groups To show the data from one of these groups by clicking the arrow next to the group name The eight groups of the Info Panel are File Info displays non editable metadata that your computer assigns to afile such as type size creation date MediaPro now displays the annota tion size and thumbnail size in this group Media Info displays non editable media related data This information will change based on the media type Embedded Metadata displays non editable media related data This information will change based on the media type Images For digital cameras photos the Info Panel will display special data EXIF that was captured and embedded in the media file This metadata includes the date and timea photo was taken Capture Date as well as camera related information such as shutter speed aperture and exposure Different cam eras record different amounts of EXIF data eMusic When music is digitally encoded it usu ally contains some level of compression So that it takes up less space on your computer The Info Panel displays the type of compres sion length of the music audio channels and 24 VIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL data about the quality o
118. ion of files to the last saved version of the catalog Show Labelled Find menu Show only those files associated with a particular color label or those files without labels in your catalog Labelled files can also be sorted by using the Search Labels Field Organizer drop down menu Use this menu to show hide various media attributes and Media Formats Devices Color Profles Color Samples annotations that you can use for sorting Dates functions Events Locations 4 A check mark Cities indicates that this Paine field is active in the field finder Select it v People again in this menu to Products deactivate it o Authors ehit Indicates the number sources of media in the Edit Status catalog associated Keywords with the attribute or Categorias annotation ae ae ae har zj oe Labelled files can be sorted by using the Search Labels drop down menu of the toolbar This same option is available in the Slide Show Controller Click to invert sort order of media in catalog CMD drop down menu of the toolbar This same option is available in the Slide Show Controller List View To sort the catalog according to a various attributes and annotations click the corresponding header bar above the list area To invert the sort order click the arrow on the far left of the information bar Use View Options Window menu CM D J to show hide media attributes and annotations in the header
119. irectsupport html Customer forums Join the community of iView users Find answers to many issues learn about new features and post questions Connect online at http www iview multimedia com Appendices 83 iView MediaPro End User License Agreement including iView Catalog Reader Itisimportant that you carefully read this notice before proceeding with the download installation and use of the software By clicking the button below marked continue you agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement which constitutes a legally bind ing contract between the licensor hereafter View multimedia ltd and the licensee hereafter you 1THIS AGREEMENT 1 1 In this Agreement the phrase the Software means the computer program above and all associated media printed materials online or electronic documentation and bundled software This definition of the Software does not include any other products or computer programs of iView Multimedia Ltd 1 2 The Software is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws and international treaties Title to ownership of and all rights and interests in and to each and every part of the Software including all copyrights trade marks patent rights or any other intellectual property rights of whatever nature and all copies thereof shall remain at all times vested in iView Multimedia Ltd or its licensors 1 3 The Software is licensed not sold to You for u
120. les This allows you to identify and compare two files side by side and rename or discard the files Afterward use Show All in the Find menu CMD E to reveal hidden files Find Missing Items Find menu searches to find broken links to media files and highlights all unmounted or missing items in the catalog You can then remove the item from the catalog or search for the missing file in a specific directory MediaPro stores the path of the original file and 44 ViEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Restoring the catalog After you sort a catalog use the Show All Items icon in your toolbar to reveal hidden files Reset Path Original my Name honeymoon2 jpg P Ah Type JPEG Created Thu Mar 28 2002 9 42 PM 2 Modified Thu Mar 28 2002 9 42 PM Reset to my Name honeymoon2 jpg ky Dh Type JPEG 4 Created Thu Mar 28 2002 9 42 PM 3 Modified Thu Mar 28 2002 9 42 PM Cancel All Find Other EAccept Reset Path dialog once results have been found Accept All can detect if the file has moved in a relative path If the file name has changed the file or folder has moved or the file folder or volume is no longer mounted the full size image in Media View will no longer be available and an error message File Missing 43 appears in the top right hand corner of the information bar The thumbnail and annotation data is kept in the catalog but the path to the full size image movie or sound is no longer correct To
121. list Mode During playback files being played are highlighted with black corners P Got To Give It Up Part 1 Marvin Gaye Charlies Angels Soundtrack Stereo 44100 Hz 16 bits 2 20 4 ae Duane a gt ee ae Media View playback You can use the onscreen QuickTime controls to interact with movies music Flash and QTVR files List View playback Though the icons are small movies and music will play just fine in List View Simply select a file and press the spacebar to start or stop the playback of any a file You can also change views while the file is playing by clicking any of the view tabs tent view while playing a file without altering playback quality Simply click the view tab to change views If MediaPro cannot play your file define a media player application that is capable of playing the file and use it as a Helper Application To learn more about defining Helper Apps and launching files with them see page 60 Viewing Media 23 Media Info amp Annotations The Info Panel When a media file is created by a computer or digi tal device information is embedded into the file to describe it This information is called metadata which is used by software programs to accurately understand the media file MediaPro uses the Info Panel CMD 4 to pro vide an instant look at the aggregate properties and metadata of a media file such as file type size dimensions resolution caption capture date and durat
122. log in File menu and enable the Locked option in the General Information panel City Dallas State Tennessee ha Country U S A Favorites Example of the auto completion feature The user has typed in T and Favorites filled in the rest Location New Mexico T h City Dallas South Dakota State a Tennessee Country U S A Utah Credit a Vermont Favorites Example of using the Favorites drop down menu to fill in the annotation field Batching Annotations Version 2 0 allows you to batch edit annotations for multiple media files giving you complete control ofthe editing process A batch operation refers to a function that has been applied to a group of files MediaPro has integrated batch capabilities with the core fea tures of the application including editing Selections To batch edit files you must begin by making your selection There are several stan dard ways to select a group of files 1 Select the first item and holding down the Shift key select the last item from your selec tion This selects a block of items which can be batched 2 Select individual files holding down the CMD key while making your selection This method allows you to create a non continuous selec tion in different areas of the catalog 3 Block selection of disjointed cells For example to select 1 10 amp 20 30 Click 1 Shift click 10 CM D click 20 Shift click 30 4 Expand current selection by pressing the
123. lp Menu QuickTime Other Export Features Export Thumbnails Make menu This new feature saves thumbnails of a catalog as a sepa rate file in the PICT format The dimensions of the extracted file will match the dimensions of the thumbnail defined in Thumbnail View This applies to a single file or a group of selected files If no files are selected the pop up dialog offers the option to export thumbnails for all files the catalog Export Voice Annotations Make menu This feature saves an embedded audio annotation as a separate file in the AIFF format This applies to a single file or a group of selected files If no files are selected the pop up dialog offers the option export voice annotations for all files the catalog In previous versions of MediaPro this function was in the Annotations submenu of the Action menu Backup CD ROM This feature Make menu enables you to prepare CDs and DVDs for burning using Apple s built in disc burning technology Backup Is also ideal for archiving digital files onto disk partitions remov able disks e g Zip or hard drives on a network MediaPro automatically scans your computer for available hard drives partitions and removable media such as CD DVDs and Zip drives It places available locations for backup in the Destination pull down menu When backing up files to a CD or DVD that will be burned with Apple s built in Disc Burning technology the CD isnamed on the desktop af
124. lug ins Print Templates folder see Page 2 for location CD Jewel Case 1 1 342 339 px Step 2 Select the image you want to print in Media View Press CMD P or click on the printer icon in the toolbar oc gi i i eem eed Step 3 Select the new template in the Print Dialog box wv Full Page ped CD Jewel Case m Jaz Case SuperDisk Case Zip Case Step 4 Modify the scale crop marks etc Binna Beater a Semin i a boo ee H ne _ Barge bee el tee Ird Pa gt ot ce f PDF Maker New in 2 0 This new feature allows you to pro duce high resolution PDF files of any size and layout using the media in your catalog It can be completely customized How to use PDF Maker 1 Launch this feature by selecting Show PDF Maker in the Window menu CMD U 2 Start in the Layout tool by to define page size and orientation To show the Layout tool click the large button in the upper right corner of the palette Once you have this view showing you can decide how and where media items should appear on the page Use the various option tools to define page size orientation and unit of measure Then use the layout tools to draw and move around boxes that will contain your media Media locations are freeform and can even be overlapping You can save various layouts for later recall by using the Options Sets drop down menu PDF Maker Layout Eo Ise Options D D Click this but
125. movies with sound are played in one or more video channels depend ing on your grid selection Grids are the arrangement of video channels in full screen quarter screen or a variety of other options Unless you are using afast computer using the slide show with more than one video track will place considerable strain on your machine and degrade playback Experiment with Half or Quar ter video channel grids first before choosing more complex grids You can change grids during the slide show by using the d or Shift d keyboard shortcuts You can also use the Grid drop down menu of the slide show controller There might be a slight delay when changing grids while MediaPro loads the media Timing MediaPro offers the option to adjust the amount of time images appear on screen Movies will appear on screen for the duration of the video To adjust timing of images in seconds use the up down arrows next to the green num ber on the right hand side of the controller Slide Show controller Use Enter or Return key to hide or show controller Adjust volume File shown Total files in catalog Adjust timing in seconds Slide Show e alal alilo El ola LA p S Exit Back Play Forward Scale Grid Pause Control Options Transitions Transitions M ediaPro offers several options to adjust the transition effect between images There are 10 different transition effects such as Cross Fade Barn Horizontal and Radial wip
126. n a gallery Text Encoding Western Latin 1 RA Theme Choose from a selection of preset Output L Use numbers for HTML filenames themes or use Default to create your web site nEe eee based on the View Options of the Thumbnail and Media Views in your catalog If you use default make sure to choose the desired JPEG Quality Medium 4 Annotations v Embed IPTC annotations table grid Thumbnail and Media size All Movies _ Auto Play _ Continuous other themes have pre defined sizes and 2 grids that are designed for optimal output However those settings can be adjusted to your liking 3 Adjust your Settings HTML Extension Defines the suffix of file name htm html shtml asp php xml Text Encoding Change for language types v Launch browser when done Western Latin 1 Japanese ae Output Use numbers for HTML filenames uses a numerical increment 1 2 3 for HTML file Options For repeat use of your settings names instead of the media filename Treat Save save your options using the Options menu This is useful captions as raw HTML enables you to use ol have altemate etting HTML code such as lt b gt lt b gt in the Caption using the same theme Saved annotation field options can be recalled at any JPEG Quality Choose the level of compression time and can be incorporated applied to thumbnails and media images in AppleScripts Embed IPTC annotations M ediaPro will sync
127. n the Internet Examples of importers PDF and EPS To catalog PDF on OS9 and OS X To change 60 languages select the MediaPro icon iView MediaPro Info Y General iView MediaPro and click CMD I eS ind Application Get File Info Size 3 4 MB on disk 3 057 797 bytes iher View Choose Languages Where eae Applications iViev in the drop down Created Sat Sep 8 2001 4 32 PM P Modified Tue Aug 12 2003 12 22 PM menu MediaPro Version 2 0 1996 2003 iView Multimedia Limited All rights reserved will default to the operating system language If you want MediaPro to run in a different language click off all languages except the one you want gt Name amp Extension gt Preview y Languages English French German ARAA Japanese v render EPS files OS 9 and X download the GNU Ghostscript system extension www iview multimedia com products additionaldownloads html NEF To render Nikon Raw Files you need NikonView 4 or newer installed in your system AppleScript MediaPro Is scriptable and can be easily integrated with 3rd party applications or database systems to perform workflow automation To get started with scripting MediaPro look at the application s dictionary and refer to the AppleScript examples included see Documentation folder Version 2 0 has added anumber of changes to the AppleScript dictionary Please make sure and test your exisiting scripts to ensure pr
128. n will rotate the thumb nails of all selected items to correct any values of the Orientation field written by your digital camera Rename Using EXIF Date renames files using valid EXIF Capture Date field See Media Info Panel to view the Capture Date field Rename Using Text File opens a text file and uses each line of the file as the new name for the selected items Set File Comment will save the Caption field inside the file s comment field visible in the Finder and the Get Info window of original files Set File Label will set the label of files in the Finder using label marking ID set in catalog Set File Lock will lock the file in the Finder Select All Landscape will select all images that are horizontal e All Portrait will select all images that are verti cal Square images will not get selected by either AppleScript Web eVisit iView Online will launch the home page of iView Multimedia s web site in the default web browser Other Empty Trash will empty the trash in the Finder Export Features 63 Image Editing amp Version Control iView MediaPro now offers powerful image edit ing as well as calibration tools that can enhance colors sharpness and brightness of your images Image Editing The features of this tool apply only to image file formats Such as J PEG or TIFF and will not work on movies or vector graphics The Image Editor can be launched from the toolbar icon 7 or by s
129. of QuickTime installed in your operating system iView recommends Appendices 81 Illustration File Formats Import File Format Extension Importer Adobe Illustrator Al iView AppleWorks CWGR iView Canvas drwx drw9 drw8 iView drw7 drw6 drw5 CNV CVX CorelDRAW CDR5 CDR6 CDR7 iView CDR8 CDR9 CDRA CDR MacromediaFreehand FHD3 AGD1 AGD2 iView AGD3 AGD4 FH5 FH6 FH7 FH8 FH9 FHX FH11 Postscript EPSF EPSP EPS Ghost script PowerCADD Pd 4 iView DTP File Formats Import File Format Extension Importer PDF PDF QT MultiAd Creator Crtr CRTR iView Adobe InDesign InDd iView Adobe PageMaker ALB6 AB65 iView Text File Formats Import File Format Extension Importer Text TEXT TXT ttro iView AppleWorks CWWP iView Text Clipping clot iView Other File Formats Import File Format Extension Importer Font FFIL ffil tfil DFNT iView TTF TIC SFNT OTF HTML Document HTML HTM iView Note MediaPro can only export image video and audio file formats Illustration desktop publishing text font and HTML formats cannot be exported 82 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Cataloging unsupported formats iView MediaPro allows you to add basic catalog ing support for other media file types by modi fying the Custom importer list Thumbnail and media rendering of these files is not supported Instead these files will be represented by a gener ic icon corresponding to the file type group z Video DTP Image To ad
130. ominant color of the image To change a media item s color sample you can choose Set Color Sample from the Action menu or you can drag and drop the item onto any color sample in this list For more information on Color Profiles and Samples see page 28 Dates When files are added to your catalog MediaPro searches for dates already embedded in the media In this order it looks for the IPTC Event Date then the digital camera EXIF Capture Date then the File Creation Date If a file has all three MediaPro will use the Event Date as primary date for display in this list You can adjust the date assigned to a file by drag and dropping the file onto a different date field This assigns the new date to the IPTC Event Date and does not alter the Capture Date or Cre ation Date for the media file The digital camera EXIF Capture Date can be reassigned using the Set Capture Date option in the Action menu This operation cannot be undone and applies only to images taken with digital cameras If the date you want isn t available in the list use the annotation field drop down menu to add a new date This drop down menu also provides you with option to remove a date from the list Removing a date will not only delete the date but all associated files from the catalog IPTC and QuickTime Annotations The remain ing fields in the Field Finder are all part of the IPTC and QuickTime standards They are Events Loca tions Cities Countries Pe
131. oper func tionality before using them Using web resources You can access additional resources for learning iView MediaPro on the iView web site Tutorials customer support forums and application updates are available at Select the AppleScript menu and choose iView Online from the Web submenu eOr type this URL into your web browser www iview multimedia com Installation 3 What s new in MediaPro 2 0 iView MediaPro 2 0 extends its robust award winning functionality with enhanced workflows file system control and powerful image editing tools Version 2 0 increases capacity to 128 000 media items per catalog while maintaining its unparalleled speed feature set elegance and ease of use Explore the new features of iView MediaPro iView Catalog Reader iView Catalog Reader is a royalty free cross plat form software that permits unrestricted sharing of iView catalogs and Slide Shows With Reader you can create small portable catalogs to share with clients colleagues friends and families who do not own an iView program Page 60 Information Management Drag and drop Organizer This new panel allows instant searching annotating and classifying with unlimited criteria across large volumes of media files It contains the Field Finder and Catalog Sets The Field Finder is used to locate media in the catalog Page 32 Field Finder This can be used to add annota tions to media using drag and drop Simply drag and
132. ople Products Authors Genre Sources Edit Status Keywords and Categories Events F Honeymoon E e London Vacation 1 Mi Son s Birthday Add a field Select an annotation group such as Events then choose Add from the group s drop down menu Rename hJ a T Be aai ae Dates 1999 Pn Add delete a date Select a date then choose Add from the drop down menu Py Matt willis 1 Joe Vaughn ze ar Joe Vaughn all Marvin Gaye Matt Willis Categories Auto completion iView MediaPro remembers the fields for each group you ve ever created As you write the name of a new annotation field the auto completion feature assists in typing field names All new names are added to each group s drop down menu called Favorites for easy reuse Instead of assigning these annotations in the Info Panel you can create an annotation field in any of these groups then drag and drop media on the field name and the annotation will be assigned to the file This greatly soeeds up and simplifies the annotation process If you switch over to the Info Panel you will notice that same annotation is represented in the corresponding annotation field Conversely if you add metadata to an annota tion in the Info Panel it will also appear in the corresponding group in the Field Finder Working with annotations groups Open close an annotation group Click on the field label of the group Add an annot
133. or a QuickTime movie Metering Spot ISO Speed 100 Track Info Ratio 2 1 bits pixel 1 Sound Orientation Hormal Encoding ms Annotations Start Time 00 00 00 0 People Duration 00 06 07 3 Keywords Data Size 3 6 MB double elick to add key word Data Rate 15 6 KB sec Categories double oliok te add categery GLET Click arrow to expand and collapse data fields Caption Side view of the Pyramid of Kukulk n at Chich n Resize the comments window by clicking Itz Infared effect applied as post process on this bar and dragging it up and down _ Captions are descriptions of media useful for additional explanation or thoughts Comments embedded into files will automatically be shown here Annotations 25 Annotating your media All editable panels allow in line editing of annota tions captions keywords and categories To add information or edit a field double click on the text box next to the field label and type in the annota tion information The two icons at the top of the Info Panel allow you to Save modifications permanently This option is always applied when selecting a dif ferent media item or closing the catalog x Discard or clear modifications that you have made to annotations Adding or editing annotations in an MediaPro catalog does not affect the original files unless you choose to synchronize the catalog entries with the original items See page 30 Annotations
134. ose the Move to Location func tion CMD L the cursor will turn into a crosshair At this point use the scroll bars to go to any loca tion in the catalog then place the crosshairs at the desired location and click Your media items will drop into the new location This feature is particu larly useful for moving files in catalog with alarge number of files most of which are not visible in the viewing area Move Again Shift CMD L will repeat the last move made in the catalog whether it be to the top bottom location or a manual drag and drop The Organize Panel has two windows the Field Finder and Catalog Sets To show hide this panel click the interface button or press CMD 5 r eee eee Se eS eS Se SS SS SS SS ee eS eS SS ees Field Finder a t Media Formats Color Profiles JG Adobe RGE 1992 2 ED Generic RGB Profile 12 fe sRGB ECE 1966 21 26 Dates B i999 t 2000 t 2001 2002 H En January ka c February A Saturday 2 z M Sunday 3 4 F AEE So a em i Bi Camping 7 BM clue Hole 1 154 P Eue Hole 2 145 HN Cedar Hill 108 F Trips f US Auburn Trip 186 C5 Atlanta Trip ESE EY New vork Trip 112 nad San Antonia oo a se _ Fun a a State Fair 20 EA Family Reunion TI E uy 4 Heck 2 eee I Click and drag the divider to alter the size of the two windows Organizing Media 31 The Organize Panel The Organize Panel has two windows the Field Finder and Catalog Sets To show hide the Or
135. oshop document using the Pager tool that appears in the Info bar When an image doesn t fit entirely inside the window the cursor changes to a hand Use it to drag the image around To zoom in press Command To zoom out press Command You can also use the Zoom buttons in the upper right side of the Info Bar To globally adjust the scale of media display in this view you can use the Size menu Options include Actual Size Scale to Fit Fit Width Fit Height Pin Larger Side Pin Smaller Side Tile and a selection of percentages Playback media Use the onscreen QuickTime controls to interact with movies music and QTVR rS EE Pager Tool When multi layer or multi page files are presented in this view the Pager tool will appear in the header bar so that you may look at different layers or pages For large media files above 30 megabytes there can beaslight delay before the media appears on screen The more powerful the computer the less likelihood there is of a delay To print a particular layer or page within a com posite file go to the page or layer you wish print and select Rebuild Thumbnail from the Action menu before printing MediaPro only prints the frame assigned as an item s thumbnail Viewing Media 21 Customizing the Appearance of a View You can customize a view by using the View Options dialog box Here you can select which fields to display as well as font style text size text and
136. ot limited to any implied warranties of merchantability non 84 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL infringement of third party rights and fitness for particular purpose The duration of any statutorily required warranty period shall be limited to the term of the limited warranty 5 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS 5 1 The Software is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws and international treaties Title to ownership of and all rights and interests in and to each and every part of the Software including all copyrights trade marks patent rights or any other intellectual property rights of whatever nature and all copies thereof shall remain at all times vested in iView Multimedia Ltd 6 LIMITED WARRANTY 6 1 iView Multimedia Ltd warrants that the medium on which the Software is supplied if any shall if manufactured by or on behalf of iView Multimedia Ltd be generally free from errors of workmanship for a period of 30 days from purchase 6 2 The Software is provided as is without warranty of any kind either express or implied In particular iView Multimedia Ltd does not warrant that the operation of the Software will be uninterrupted or error free View Multimedia Ltd does not warrant guarantee or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the Software in terms of accuracy reliability currentness or otherwise You assume the entire risk arising out of the use or performance of the Software 6 3
137. otation See J PEG Rotate in the Action menu for lossless rotations of 90 90 and 180 degrees Remove Grain This filter will help smooth out grainy images by applying a slight blur Choose between Fine Medium and Coarse depending on the size the grain Real time preview This window shows the affects of the filter applied to a sample of the image area at 100 To change the sample area click on the image and drag it to the desired location Adjust Angle Use the arrows to rotate by increments of 1 degrees up rotates clockwise down rotates counter clockwise or use type in the number of degrees to rotate negative numbers rotate counter clockwise a H Ange I I 55 degrees imaz irr placi T iri Y iter Fad Cece Pad Color Select a color to use for the background of images when rotated Remee Grain ra z L Cancel rain pire Fine dL pixels 9 Medium 2 gaili O Coarie 3 pixels C Preview k Preview Checking this box will apply the filter to the image in MediaPro s Media View The time it takes to render a preview of the filter will vary depending on the complexity of the filter and the speed of your computer s processor Image Editing 67 Sharpen Edges This filter adjusts the sharpness of your images It works by determing the edges of elements in the image through their contrast The Sharpening slider defines the number of pixels from 1 10 in the edge
138. ou do not have to click exactly on the red control bars Image Editing 65 Resize The Resize tool is used to reduce the size of an image This tool works similarly to MediaPro s batch file conversion utility but includes some options for finer adjustment To resize an image define the new width and height in the Target Size fields Adjust how the image will fit into the Target Size by selecting a Scaling Mode If you want the image to conform to a specific size without stretching the image check the Enable Padding box and select a Pad Color MediaPro cannot interpolate or increase the size of images Thus when you give dimensions larger than the image s original size this dialog will show blank space or padded space around the image The original resolution of images is not affected by resizing with MediaPro Hes IDe Scaling Hode Seale to Fit Engile padding Pad calor Target Size pixels E wW s00 H S00 Oia pet Ped OO plies F Cancel Padding is the space created when you choose a target size that is wider or taller than existing image proportion When you choose Enable Padding MediaPro will fill in the extra space with a color of your choice see above If padding is not enabled MediaPro will resize the image according the Scaling Mode This usually scales the image to fit the width or height For example without padding the horizontal image above would be output to matc
139. own menu below or in a contextual menu y t Creator ktop i honeymoon A Acrobat Reader 5 0 Zz Q Adobe Illustrator 10 Adobe Photoshop 7 eh DropStuff A Mail W Preview 8 Safari A Shutterfly SmartUpload ia Toast Titanium 5 2 a kRay Set up Menu Accessing Helpers After selecting the file you can execute an Open With command two ways In the toolbar s icon pull down menu top or through a contextual menu below Press Control Click to access a contextual menu iove Ayali Add to Set Assign Label gt our_boy2 jpg Move to Trash Move to Folder Copy to Folder Show Media File Open With gt Creator 1 Adobe Photoshop 7 X DropStuff Internet Explorer Mail Toast Titanium 5 2 Set up Menu desktop publishing files such as InDesign and Quark graphics files such as Freehand or Illustra tor even audio video and text files ust assign the appropriate application for the file and execute the Open With command Compression and Packaging Assign Aladdin Systems Stufflt DropStuff or DropZip tools to compress or create self expanding files for Mac and Windows This usage is excellent for packag ing agroup of media files for email backup and burning Previews and Players While MediaPro is an excellent viewer for almost every file you may want to view your files in another application such as the OS X Preview app browsers such a
140. p documention Field Finder Color Profiles Gag ColorMatch RGB Custom RGB H wa sRGB IEC61966 2 1 5 Color Samples OY amp 60 G 20 6 30 i EE amp 60 G 40 6 00 OH esol c 60 8 20 OM k 60 6 60 6 90 i PE ke0 6 90 B 40 p60 G 90 18 90 i Field Finder You can sort catalogs based on Color Profiles and Color Samples by using the Field Finder The Color Samples fields support drag and drop annotating bu the Color Profile fields do not Batch Profile embedding MediaPro 2 0 allows you to Batch embed ColorSync Profiles to multiple files To batch files select a group of images then select Manage Color Profile in the Action menu You can embed a choosen ColorSync Profile based on the color space of the image RGB CMYK Gray scale This prevents you from embedding an inappropriate profile that would ruin the image Annotations 29 Voice annotations Voice annotations are short audio recordings embedded in media files Some digital cameras or other image capturing devices allow you to save voice comments with a picture eter Voice annotation toolbar icon and drop down menu Femo vie Record rriport Compression To listen to audio annotations select the item and press the spacebar or choose Listen in the Voice annotation drop down menu of the cata log toolbar The button s drop down menu allows you to Record up to 30 seconds of voice annotation This voice annotation is stored in the
141. rectify this you can use the Reset Path dialog Find menu to amend the file paths Reset Path Find menu allows you to reassign or modify the path for one or more items Using the dialog navigate to and select the folder or directory where the file s now reside MediaPro will display each file in a window for you to confirm each file s path restoration If you have a group of all files and you are certain that all the new paths are correct you can use the Accept All button in to avoid having to confirm each to new path This feature is useful when you know you have repositioned a folder or disc with items referenced in the catalog Slide Shows iView MediaPro enables you to view or project a slide show presentation with your photographs movies and audio soundtracks Slide Show Basics eTo start click the Slide Show button in the toolbar or press CMD R During the slide show click the Escape key or double click to exit The slide show is controlled via the floating controller which you can display or hide by pressing the Enter or Return key Audio MediaPro slide shows can contain a single background audio channel Sound items included in a catalog are always queued into the audio channel If you place an audio file at the beginning of a slide show of images it plays dur ing the presentation Video MediaPro slide shows can display up to 16 video channels max All media types includ ing images movies or
142. rganize Falders Click on the pre E E EE E EAR folder arrow Storage A Photos Green folders LA 007 indicate auto aa ae update is on anwar 02 February d O3_March Blue arrows U4_Apr il indicate Oo5_May that new Baca uncataloged L items are in M 051202 this folder l 051302 Select Update lt Folder to add PS 051402 new items Py 051502 PH 051702 PS O51 S02_Ceda Folders Panel iView MediaPro 2 0 introduces advanced folder management to enhance your workflow and provide direct control over your file system Folder watching Catalog wide folder watching can be enabled to constantly monitor folders which contain media within your catalog To enable folder watching select an option from the catalog folder watching menu either Check every 1 minute or 5 minutes When new media items are added to any folder MediaPro alerts you to the new content shown by a blue arrow on the folder icon You can then choose to import these new files directly to your catalog from your stored media location by selecting Update Folder from the individual folder s drop down menu To turn off folder watching select Don t Check from the catalog folder watching menu Catalog Folder Watching menu folders Option Se EEEE PER A AH A BRED E I 00 Don t Check Check every 1 minute Check every 5 minutes Indicates
143. rop This also applies to Web browsers The chosen Drop Folder preference is saved with the catalog so that you can assign a different Drop Folder to each catalog Version Control Image Editor This is useful both for individuals and small work groups to browse and track different versions of the same files This is particularly useful as a backup as well as reverting to different versions See section on Version Control page 71 38 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL ME LE our_boy2jpg Info oh our boyz jpg Show General Information Kind Photoshop JPEG file ize 340 E on disk 854 770 bytes Where Macintosh HD Created Fri 4ug 15 2003 6 15 PM Modified Fri Aug 15 2003 6 17 PM Wersion n a Label None J Comments Fun feeding the fish at the lake house in Texas e Locked Stationery Pad Finder Properties OS 9 and OS X examples of a media file s Finder info with comments and icon created by MediaPro 00 F General our_boy2 jpq Kind Adobe Photoshop JPEG file Size 6840 KB on disk 854 770 bytes Where Desktop Created Fri Aug 15 2003 7 15 PM Modified Fri Aug 15 2003 7 17 PM Ki Locked Name amp Extension i Open with b Preview gt Ownership amp Permissions F Comments Fun feeding the fish at the lake house In Texas Folders Panel Press CMD 6 to show hide this panel Window menu To expand all info O
144. s Internet Explorer or the QuickTime player If you use other players such as ITunes or Audion set them as Helpers This will make it easy for you to add a particular MP3 to the iTunes database Font management For OS 9 users you can assign ATM Deluxe as a Helper for a quick effi cient way to add fonts from a MediaPro catalog to ATM s active Sets amp Fonts window This means that making any font active in your system only one click away CD Burning amp Backup Assign Roxio s Toast Titanium CD and DVD burning application as a Helper and add files to a new disc image ready for burning Of course this action is similar to but not exactly the same as iView MediaPro s Backup command see page 55 Applets and Droplets Any AppleScript that has been saved as an executable is viewed by your operating system as an application This is helpful for integrating droplets created by Adobe Photoshop or ImageReady into your workflow A Rotate 90 Left Photoshop droplet or Make J PEG quality 60 ImageReady compression droplet will save you quite a bit of time when used as an MediaPro Helper Online Photo Printing Services While iView MediaPro does not have built in functionality for ordering prints from an online photo service it s easy to make MediaPro work with photo services Send ach Address Fonts Colors Save As Draft To Family Grou p Subject The State Fair of Texas Here are some gre
145. s and directories as well as the accessibility or visibility of files by other users In the Action menu Set Creator For changing the 4 character file creator that the media file is associated with For example it s useful for changing files with QuickTime creator to a Photoshop creator This will allow you to double click the file and open it with Photoshop Desktop icons For easy identification of files within the application or in the Finder this will replace generic desktop icons with image icons of original files eMedia Thumbnails exports and embeds a small thumbnail into original referenced files outside the catalog This preview can be read by anumber of media editing applications which use built in thumbnails in their open ing dialog for quick identification In the AppleScript menu Set File Comment will save the Caption field inside the file s comment field visible in the Finder and the Get Info window of original files When the operating system indexes your files on the desktop your media file captions will now be part of your Sherlock search index Set File Label OS 9 only will set the label of files in the Finder using the label marking ID set in catalog Set File Lock will lock the file in the Finder Drop Folder Edit menu MediaPro can be used along side other applications to temporarily or permanently store image text movie or sound clips dropped from any application that supports drag and d
146. s is the default option of MediaPro slide shows Images will appear on screen for the duration of the global tim ing then automatically advance to the next image Movies appear on screen for the dura tion of video then automatically advance You can use the spacebar to Pause Play a slide show in Continuous mode As well the forward backward arrows will manually over ride the pace of your presentation Random MediaPro will randomly choose images and movies to present on screen Stage Settings Set background color Change the background color of slide shows Black is set as the default Draw margin between media will add afew pixels of background color to help sepa rate items from each other in multi file grid arrangements Other Options Play voice annotation will play an attached voice annotation whenever a media item is loaded Play sound from all movies plays all the avail able movie audio tracks simultaneously This option is only useful when you intend to play multiple movies in a grid arrangement If this feature is disabled MediaPro plays only the background sound channel as well as the active movie soundtrack Slide Show Options The setup features and options can be set prior to running the slide show using the Slide Show Options dialog in the Make menu This dialog box as well as the Controller allows you to set the fol lowing options General Options Duration is the flip speed in seconds for
147. s kal Great Dane and empty Insects sets have Ej Trips generic icons White Sands National M Icons are assigned by 5 Landon the first file associated DA New Mexico with a set Re Family Flowers File types that yp mij Favorite MP3s do not have thumbnails H REE such as MP3s have generic D set icons rs Hip Hop Catalog Sets Catalog sets are a free form hierarchical method of organizing media files You can use sets to orga nize playlists photo albums work assignments or to create a complex system of categorization Sets can be used to quickly display sub groups of items in a catalog and to maintain their order even after items within the sets have been moved or sorted These catalog sub groups can then be used in export functions such as slide show pre sentations quick searches classifications printing and Web pages Any media item can belong to more than one set allowing catalogs to be logically organized into sets for different projects clients or themes without confusing the overall annotation or clas sification of files in the catalog Sets can be shifted around to change the level or relative position of an individual set within the group of sets New in 2 0 In previous versions of MediaPro all sets were the same and could be shifted or Catalog Sets main menu Append new set Append new container p Copy list to clipboard Paste list from clipboard Conta
148. s to a new folder If the files are moved to a folder in the same volume hard drive their refer ence in the catalog is updated Copy To Folder Action menu makes a copy of all selected items to anew folder MediaPro will Batch Rename Incremental pa Use String Photo With increments starting at W Zero pad increments al Keep file type extensions This command will rename all selected catalog items as well as the original files on your disks This operation cant be undone Cancel F Rename d Batch Rename Action menu Incremental panel _Batch Rename Change to lowercase O Change to UPPERCASE O Strip PC extensions O Strip diacritical marks i e d ja vu changes to deja vu This command will rename all selected catalog items as well as the original files on your disks This operation cant be undone Batch Rename Action menu Convert panel confirm before replacing any existing files with the same name Folders Panel Open the Folders Panel by click ing on the Folders icon or press CM D 6 Drag and drop any file from your catalog onto a folder in the Folders Panel This moves the location of a file to a different folder on your computer The path to the file is automatically updated in the catalog Finder Properties Action and AppleScript menu These commands allow you to improve the Finder s classification and search for files on Organizing Media 37 different volume
149. s will save proces sor intensity Resoultion 72 dpi same as your screen Fileformat Select an uncompressed format such as Bitmap BMP or PICT instead of J PEG This way the image file won t have to be decompressed on the fly during the slide show Create a new catalog with the converted imag es and your slide show will be amazingly fast 50 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL E Honeymoon 00 04 21 3MB MP3 AK ib 0SC00620 JPG BSC00925 JPG DSCO0ES0x jpg 0SC00526 JPG DSCO0S802x jpg 0SC00810 JPG BSC00519 JPG Catabg 135 1 KB Media 28 3 MB 12 items n list 1 selected 1 Adding a soundtrack to a slide show Use the following instructions to add a background soundtrack to your slide shows 1 Create a catalog of images and movies then Organize the in the order you want them to appear in the slide show 2 Place an audio file MP3 AlFF etc as the very first file in the catalog 3 Make sure the audio file is selected and then start your slide show The music will continue to play throughout the slide show 4 When you quit the slide show ESC key the song will automatically fade out 5 If at any point you want the slide show to switch to a different song just place an audio file at that point and MediaPro will automati cally fade one song out and fade in the new song 6 If you have Play sound from all movies selected Slide Show Options Make menu MediaPro will also play movies with
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151. signated con tact sheet size taking into account the size of your thumbnails and the number of fields displayed in the Thumbnail View The layout style of Thumb nail View fonts and colors of the thumbnail view are applied To control these settings go to View Options CMD in the Thumbnail View to adjust the appearance to your particular needs A contact sheet can be further modified or printed using a third party image editing appli cations such as Adobe Photoshop If you have more thumbnails than appear on the Contact Sheet you TIP To output a contact sheet that is 8 5 x 11 enter 612 pixels for width and 792 for height SGI Photoshop EMP JPEG PICT PNG Resolution 72 Width 640 Height 480 MacPaint TIFF JP2 QuickTime Image Supported format options of the exported contact sheet file This dialog box is common to other export functions of MediaPro Don t recompress Simply choose the quality of the exported contact sheet or choose a target file size for MediaPro to produce This dialog is contextual to the file format Best Depth I l Least Low Target size o EEEE Cancel Format JPEG Options WW Append file extensions W Zero pad increments _ JPEG Options Best bytes I Medium have defined MediaPro will output as many pages necessary to completely export the catalog As you adjust the size of the Contact Sheet the number of exporte
152. tained across all print styles Print Print style Print Content List EH i ee Full Pa e iz avorite Photos Define g cain m TEPEE e L Label row print area d Margins X t LLL a a Headers 2 If checked the print will a show icons matching the size chosen in List View z ee Print item icons I small or l Corner crop marks a large M Use view colors f z Page 1 of 2 10 1 by 13 4 in _ Modify which M 1 by 24 Cells 10 1 by 0 5 in page appears SS in the preview Range Define in Print Box Page Setup gt Cancel window on the right Range options include Define in Print Box Current Page Odd pages and Even pages The default is set to allow your printer s dialog box handle this function Print dialog Media Sheet mode SS So NR eR TON pint Ee SE EE SET Print style Print Media Sheet EH Full Page B Cancun 2002 a Margins Headers y l f i Grid Print view i Scaling fields will i include fields ee _ visible in Options rene gen Media View v Margin between Print view fields O oe Corner crop marks cn mme aans AE Use view F Use view colors mesmo colors mimics _ Repeat media the style z Page 10 of 46 7 1 by 9 7 in 10 oF 46 i 1 by 1 Cells 6 0 by 7 6 in set in Media eee eee eee View Fo oacooacnscecaceceoaaial iA Eis Ee Cancel Range Define in Print Box HH gt d Page Setup
153. ter it has been inserted into disk bay Additional options enable you to backup all media files only the media files visible in the cata log e g showing a set in the active view You can also include the folder structure of your original media as well as include a copy of the MediaPro catalog with your backup Catalogs must be saved before the backup process can begin To backup your media chose your options Backup Destination cw Vacation Pics oe Choose a blank CD ROM or a removable disk to transfer copy your media files and catalog Backup All media files fe Only visible media files Extras v Keep folder structure v Include iView catalog Cancel 5 Macintosh HD A Maxtor cw Vacation Pics Backup CD ROM dialog MediaPro automatically scans your computer for available hard drives partitions and removable media then click the Backup button MediaPro may ask you to save the catalog before burning Before backing up files to a CD or DVD you might also consider placing a copy the iView Catalog Reader application on your removable media Using this royalty free software you can distribute and share your iView catalogs with non iView users at no cost or restriction iView Catalog Reader is included in the iView MediaPro application folder Simply copy it your removable media before burning Alternative Backup Copy to Folder The Backup function does not provide the option of choosing a particul
154. th helper application menu pg 60 Image Editing 71 Printing The print dialog automatically defaults to match the active view of your catalog iView MediaPro offers three printing styles to match those views Content List is useful for printing a table of contents of your catalog This style matches the layout of the catalog s list view with icons and associated field information of each file This style also includes options for showing hiding icons and field headers on the printout The size of the icons in your catalog s List View determines the size of the icons in the printout Contact Sheet prints a table of thumbnails similar to your catalog s Thumbnail View The size of the thumbnail in your catalog determines the size of the thumbnail in the printout Remember thumbnails are imported into the catalog by using the file s built in thumbnail or ones created by MediaPro If your thumbnails are printing poorly choose Rebuild Thumbnails in the Print dialog Contact Sheet mode Print style meP _ Ceniact Lees a Define ce Pal Pager mE print area are r By default m MediaPro Coes prints lo res thumbnails Check this Oeste box to print Ooh Rere thu sade ds Action menu You can also choose the Hi Res Thumbnail option for quality printing Checking this option will send more image detail for every thumbnail to the printer so allow extra time for printing The printing speed is dependent on your comput
155. the sets main menu Set associations do not stay with a media file when you copy media files from one catalog to another or when you merge one catalog with another 36 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Hew Mexico CS Family g Ean 10 Flowers Ej Favorite MP3s D R amp E 1 Add files to a set Select a file or group of media files and drag and drop them from the catalog s active window to the set name fe In existing set Jin new set 14 Choose set Flowers Hid 7 Add to Set dialog Select a file or group of media files and select Add to Set in the Action menu CMD M In this dialog you add the selected items to an existing set or create a new set Ej Animals i 2 al se Great Dane 2 a Ss a e e foe Insects b 2 Reorder sets Sets can be shifted around to change the level or relative position of an individual set within the group of sets FRNA a Into Organize Folders 75 Restoring the catalog After you sort a catalog using sets use Show All in the Find menu CMD E to show all the files in your catalog You can also use the Show All Items icon in your toolbar to show all files Organizing original files iView MediaPro includes features to modify your Original media files in order to make them better organized on your computer Rename To change afile name click the name wait a moment and then start typing Batch Rename This command Action menu renames
156. ting Make sure that you have the installed 1 The latest version of MediaPro from our site http www iview multimedia com 2 The latest version of QuickTime from Apple s site We highly recommend downloading and using QuickTime 6 x http www apple com quicktime 3 CarbonLib system extension 1 5 or higher OS 9 only 1 6 is recommended You can also solve problems by 1 Deleting the MediaPro preferences in the System s Preferences folder 2 Turning off non Apple or non Carbon com patible extensions OS 9 only Thumbnails look fuzzy pixelated By default MediaPro imports thumbnails that have been embedded into the file by other programs such Internet Explorer or Photoshop or devices digital cameras This makes MediaPro very fast when importing media but embedded thumb nails may sometimes look blurry or pixelated To improve the quality of the thumbnail chose the image s and select Rebuild Thumbnail from the Action menu Another option is to select Ignore Built in Thumbnails in the Import Option dialog under the Edit menu This option tells MediaPro to build its own high quality thumbnail for each image See page 17 for more information I have Mac OS 9 x how much memory should allocate to iView MediaPro The default 8MB is 99 of the time adequate unless you want to open more than 10 catalogs at once or you want to create huge movie presen tations MediaPro doesn t need more memory as all rendering is performe
157. tion date to capture date _ Embed ColorSync profile JPEG TIFF images only The default color profile for this camera can be set using ColorSync Utility E Macintosh HD Users sbowman Pictures Cancel Import from Camera Options By clicking the Folder icon you can choose a folder on the desktop for downloading Import From Camera Sony B Items to download 30 Author Credit Source Copyright Instructions Import from Camera Annotations Any data entered here will be applied to all images during import Capture Date This way your media will be bet ter organized on the desktop as well You can also instruct MediaPro to embed a ColorSync Profile during import Clicking the folder icon allows you to designate a folder on the desk top for downloading 5 The Annotations panel allows you to set a few annotations author credit source copyright to apply to every image during import 6 Once options have been set click the Download button MediaPro will import each image into the open catalog after it has been downloaded After import is complete eject the camera disk icon and safely unplug your camera MediaPro Basics 7 Add files to a catalog Drag and drop an individual file or a folder that contains new files onto an open catalog or use the File menu s Import Media from Files and Folders option MediaPro will go through these files and add only the new files to the catalog
158. ton to save PDF to a location on the desktop X Y coordinates of page position PDF page dimensions Frame dimensions 3 Once your layout is defined change to the Content tool by clicking the large icon in the upper right corner of the palette Then simply drag and drop media from your catalog to the PDF layout locations When images are dropped into locations they may need to be resized rotated or relocated with the media location box You can use the Clear tool to remove an image from a box 4 Finally click Make and your custom PDF file will be generated and saved to a location of your choice on the desktop The time to cre ate PDFs depends on the resolution of the images used in PDF The high resolution PDFs that you create are ideal for printing but may be too large for distribution on the internet Currently there are no options for customizing the compression of images in the PDF Exported PDFs can be further customized using PDF editor application such as Adobe Acrobat PDF Maker palette Layout panel amp e Click this button to toggle between Layout and Content panels of PDF Maker Layout Tools Move tool Create tool Position or ko e Click in page to resize frames add new frame Clone tool c w ke Delete tool Click on frame SENT SAANEN Click on frame to duplicate to remove Options Set page size Set page me cy re orientation offers 11 standard sizes
159. ude chapter track QuickTime will display each file name in a pull down menu of the movie see figure above Slide Shows 49 Making slide shows faster In most cases two factors affect the speed of slides shows grids and media file size Grids Unless you are using a fast computer using the slide show with more than one video track will place considerable strain on your machine and degrade playback Experiment with Half and Quarter video channel grids first before choosing more complex grids File Size On slower computers a slide show of 20 MB image files will run much slower than a slide show with 1 MB image files What slows MediaPro down is not necessarily the file size but the actual dimensions of the media Usually with larger dimensions MediaPro has to dynamically shrink the image to fit the screen If the image is the same shape as the screen 4 3 proportion this delay isn t too noticeable But for portrait images vertical this delay can be afew seconds Super fast slide shows A solution to the speed and audio skipping issues is to create a temporary copy of your images that are optimized for the fastest on screen display You can do this by using the batch Convert Image Files in the Make menu Here are the parameters that help Size Match your screen resolution for exam ple 1024x768 That way MediaPro won t have to resize the image Setting M atch your monitor s color depth Thousands or Millions Thi
160. ve from the set and press the Delete key A dialog will prompt you to choose whether you want to remove the item from the set or the catalog If you remove the item from the set it still remains in the main catalog Alternatively you can remove items from sets by selecting Remove Set Items in each sets menu Display a set Click on the set name in the Organize Panel This displays the items of the selected set in the active view hiding all other files in the catalog Use the Show All function in the Find menu CMD E to reverse this feature revealing all hidden files You can also use the Show All Items toolbar icon to reveal hidden files Once you have displayed a set in the active view you can easily perform batch commands or export functions without affecting the rest of the catalog Display a group of sets Click on the container or subcontainer name in the Catalog Sets window This will display all items associated with all sets in the container Alternatively you can display a group of sets by clicking each set name and holding down the Command key Select set items To select all media items associated with a set choose Select Set Items in a sets drop down menu This is useful for selecting items without having to first display the set Copy sets from one catalog to another In the catalog sets main menu choose Copy list to clipboard Switch to catalog you want to apply the sets and select Paste list from clipboard in
161. w can run the stan dard full screen or you can divide the screen into several video channels from half quarter sixteenth to a range of different cell arrange ments Playback Options Interactive or click mode allows the user to click the mouse use the space bar or arrow keys to advance to the next media item in the slide show In this mode the pause button changes to a mouse icon Switch this option off to run the slide show using timers Continuous mode runs slide show presenta tions in a loop restarting automatically from the beginning of the catalog when the slide show has finished This mode is useful for kiosk or exhibition presentations Random MediaPro will randomly choose images and movies to present on screen Other Options Margin between grid cells will add a few pixels of background color to help separate items from each other in multi file grid arrange ments Play voice annotation will play an attached voice annotation whenever a media item is loaded Play sound from all movies plays all the avail able movie audio tracks simultaneously This option is only useful when you intend to play multiple movies in a grid arrangement If this feature is disabled MediaPro plays only the background sound channel as well as the active movie soundtrack 48 IVIEW MEDIAPRO USER MANUAL Slide Show Options Duration 4 seconds per slide Color J background Transition None bed Media Scaling
162. will accelerate importing large images when viewed in Media View Available range 1 to 100 megabytes Transparency Choose the background color used for transparent spaces in various image file types such as GIF and Adobe Photoshop Matching If an image has an embedded profile MediaPro uses it to match it to the profile of your monitor Otherwise MediaPro uses default docu ment profiles chosen in the system s ColorSync control panel Media Fonts Media View Fonts can be displayed as a standard character set full character set or as sample text that you define The Font Size option only applies to True Type fonts Bitmap fonts are displayed at the size defined within the font These options also apply to the disply of fonts in Slide Shows abcdefghijklmnoparstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789 amp VYectora LH Light 24 Font character set displayed in Media View abcdefghijklmnoparstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIUIKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789 E amp A AAAAAACEEEEIIIINE OOOOOQUUUUY e2aaaaaa fifie ooo0 BUOU2y FEMOO THST 2G ye lt gt 1t _ oe 0 lt 4t gt A U VYectora LH Light 24 Font full character set displayed in Media View Thumbnail View Thumbnails of fonts can be displayed as the font name or as two characters of sample text that you define If you change this option after importing fonts into a catalog you will select all thumbnails and choose Rebuild Thum

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