Chose the security type.
If you want to allow the viewer to display the content without restrictions, leave security type unmarked. Although no extraction is granted as default.
If you want to restrict display and extraction of the pictures into separate files, check mark security type and select the appropriate criteria from the following options.
View
It allows the viewer to display the pictures after correct password verification.
Extraction
It allows the viewer to display and extract individual pictures on request after correct password verification.
Chose and type a password. Copy/Paste function is enabled and can be used into this field.
If you do not select a security type the album will show the pictures without restrictions, but extraction is not possible from the application. This method carries no protection whatsoever other than clipboard disabling. However, be advised that pictures packed with this method can be extracted by hacking the data file itself.
Filters
In this section you tell the application what type of files you want to include in the album. This is useful in case you keep multiple pictures in the same folder.
In the other hand, if you separate pictures into different folders or if you want to include all the pictures from the selected folder, just leave this setting Complete folder, as appears as default and proceed to the next step.
As explained above, you can restrict the file types to look for into the selected folder. Restriction can be applied to a files of a determinate maximum and minimum range. Use the at least and at most option and type the appropriate range.
For folders that contain a variety of file types, you can also restrict the search for a determinate file type. In such a case, select Files of these types option. This selection can be inclusive or exclusive depending if you check mark the AND option.
Choosing the folder
Press the Open button to display the file system screen. Once there, navigate to the folder where your picture files are.
Select any one file and press the Open button. Picture Bag will add to the batch all the files from the selected folder which match the selected rules.
Immediately after, a new file system screen shows for you to type a name for the bag file.
Chose an appropriate name and type the extension you want it to have.
If you don't add an extension, Picture Bag automatically uses .igf
If you use an extension other than .igf or .pib, Picture Bag will add this as part of the name and use .igf or .pib as a formal extension. In this case your file will look like this: myfile.ext.igf
The extension Picture Bag chooses depends on what extension was the default on the file system screen.
With this version of Picture Bag you can not select individual files but you can remove files from the batch if you wish they are not to be included. To do so, select the file(s) to remove and press the Remove button.
When you are certain the files shown match your criteria, press the Finish button.
Please have in mind that the original filenames are not kept when building the album. If you ever need to extract pictures, you need to chose a fresh name for them. This is explained with higher detail on the extraction section of this document.
Tip: After a Picture Bag album is built, it can be safely compressed and packaged into a zip or other format. This is good to keep many albums together. Most packaging applications will prompt you to open the file with the associated application, when you select to View the package's content.
Note that the packaging application can not open and display the album if Picture Bag is not installed on the computer.
Tip: It is sugested when building albums to add pictures from the same source, for example a set of pictures taken with the same camera or processed with the same application. This is due to the compression mechanism used by Picture Bag which will render a better compression ratio to files that follow this rule.
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Picture Bag data files can be easily located at File Explorer by recognizing
it custom icon.
As long as no other application shares Picture Bag file extensions for data, there will be no conflicts.
In case there is another application that uses any of Picture Bag's extensions you just need to make sure to use
the alternate extension when building your data files.
.sdf and .pib are declared at registry level as Picture Bag extensions.
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If the file was password protected you will be prompted to enter it.
Once the album shows the pictures you can navigate it by moving the scroll bar up and down. Or with the Up, Down, Left and Right arrow keys. This last method allows for alternated thumbnail navigation in the same way as navigating with the mouse.
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To invoke the micro zoom you can use any of the following commands.
Key Z, Ctrl-Z key combination. Zoom selection at the Tools menu.
Additionally, you can click the zoom slider bar always present at the album screen. This is the small blue rectangle located at the left of the album container.
The micro zoom display shows whatever image is under the mouse pointer.
To increase or decrease magnification you can use the function keys F1 to F12 or you can press the zoom buttons present on top of the album screen when micro zoom is enabled.
Pressing these buttons may be tricky since you have to move the mouse cursor from the present picture to a new location at top of the album and in the process the image on the magnification screen may change. To avoid this, click over the picture at the position you want the mouse to lock, then move the mouse pointer to the button you want to press.
To unlock the view, click over the picture once more.
The micro zoom screen can be easily positioned (to uncover a hidden picture) using the left and right buttons present on it own bar, next to the off button. Or you can use "i" to move it up, "M" to move it down, "K" to move it to the left and "L" to move it to the right.
While micro zoom mode is on, you can not open a picture for individual display. Hide the micro zoom by clicking the Off button, or clicking on it slider bar then click on the picture you want to open.
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To switch back to Album click on any blank area around the picture inside the picture frame. Or press the space bar, Esc or Return (Enter) keys.
You will notice when in individual mode the mouse cursor changes to a magnifier lens when the mouse is over the picture image. Clicking the mouse buttons activate the magnifier function.
Left mouse button function as zoom in and right mouse button functions as zoom out. Alternatively the "+" (plus) and "-" (subtraction) keys can be used for the same results.
There is no maximum zooming preset. The amount of maximum magnification depends on the amount of memory available to the application. This parameter is not always a constant, since available memory varies according to the number and type of applications being run at a certain time.
To navigate to the previous and next images use the Page Up and Page Down keys.
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Alternatively you can double click on a .pib or .igf data file. This procedure calls Picture Bag to run and opens the data file directly in the interface.
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Click in the album the picture you want the slide show to start from.
While Slide Show is running you can stop it or make it continue from the last picture shown by pressing the "F" key for forward direction (default) or "R" for reverse direction.
The Slide Show Lap timing selection shows a value well under zero. (0.02 sec.) This value is equivalent to 20 frames per second. This parameter is useful with set of pictures which are sequenced as a movie.
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To extract an individual picture, select the picture by placing the mouse cursor over and click the right mouse button. Select Extract from the pop up menu.
Type a name for the file on the system file screen and press the Save button when you are ready to save it.
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These data files can be safely packed with a data compressor (zip, lha, arc, etc.) and/or be delivered via email as a binary attachement.
If you need to post these data files to your personal web page, be very clear to the visitor they need Picture Bag in order to see the pictures. A link to Picture Bag home site is appreciated and useful for the visitor. Picture Bag home site is located at http://www.bawy.org/pgtec/pib
Note: At some point in time PIB home site may be moved to a different server. If you fail to find it at the given web address (URL) try searching for it on a popular web search engine or at a popular software repository.
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If after the trial period you don't register you are required to uninstall this product and erase all data files from your computer.
To register this product please connect to the Internet and click here. Thank you.
Registration price is US $15.00
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Album Screen
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Picture Screen
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* When picture is larger than desktop size
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Future versions of Picture Bag will allow importing and exporting Angel Eyes data files as well.
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