User Guide
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• Album Thumbnails - Thumbnails are small visual representations of actual files. Right-click
on a thumbnail to view file properties (the location and size of a file, and the date it was
created). By deleting a file or moving it to a new location, the existing thumbnail will no longer
be linked to that file. Therefore, you would need to create a new thumbnail for the new file
location. Likewise, if you double click on a thumbnail to open an image on a floppy, without
the floppy in the drive, you will not be able to access the image.
• Shift/Control Keys - Use these keys to make more than one selection at a time. To select
multiple sequential thumbnails in an album, click on the first thumbnail, hold down the Shift
key, then click on the last thumbnail. To select multiple non-sequential thumbnails in an
album, click on one of the thumbnails, hold down the Control key, then click on all other
thumbnails.
The Basics
This section shows you the basics of using an album in PhotoBase. Follow these steps in order
while referring to Fig. 1.
Fig. 1 PhotoBase Application Window
1. Open a new album
There are two ways to open a new empty album. You can either start PhotoBase, which
automatically defaults to opening a new album. Or, if you are already in PhotoBase you can click
on the Album Title Menu and select the album titled [New].
2. Add files to the album
PhotoBase represents the following files as thumbnails in the album: BMP, TIF, JPG, GIF, PCD,
PCX, TGA, FlashPix, AVI and WAV. In addition, you can include documents, spreadsheets and
other files in an album to create a “storyboard” of related files.
a. Click the Add Tool from the Tool Bar. The Add to Album dialog box will appear.
Note: The default Files of Type category is “All Image Files”. This automatically displays
image file types such as BMP, TIF and JPG. Similarly, the default Look In directory is
“Photos”, which displays sample PhotoBase images.
b. Add one image by clicking on one of the sample PhotoBase files. Click Open.
c. Click the Add Tool again.
Title Bar
Tool Bar
Menu Bar
Album Title Menu
Scroll Bar
Album Thumbnails
Label Names
Status Bar
Information Fields
“Hotlink” Bar