You can set the default Album that you wish to be applied to newly added images.

Set the Category for new images added to the catalog.

Set the Orientation for new images. Auto orientation will automatically select the appropriate orientation to match the aspect ratio of the image.

The check box for Resize to fit screen is the same option as in the Edit Dialog. It automatically crops the picture to best fit the handheld screen. Unchecking this will install the full size image.

The check box for Automatically open Edit Images dialog allows you to bypass the Edit Dialog. This is useful if you have set a default action for all images and want to have these settings automatically applied to each image without having to preview each image.

Authorize Albums: In order to upload and download photos with your Picasa or Flickr account, you need to authorize the albums.

• Select Album->Authorize Albums.
• You will see the current authorization status of each of the albums.

Once you Authorize your Picasa and/or Flickr accounts, a SplashPhoto album is created on the service.

You will be able to upload and download photos to and from the Web Albums on both your desktop and your device (data connection required).

To pre-authorize, open Preferences from the SplashPhoto menu, and click on the service you wish to authorize.

Once you Authorize your Picasa and/or Flickr accounts, a SplashPhoto album is created on the service.

You will be able to upload and download photos to and from the Web Albums on both your desktop and your device (data connection required).

Step 1: Select Album->Authorize Albums. Click on the ‘Not Authorized’ button alongside Picasa. On Mac OS, go to SplashPhoto > Preferences > Picasa.

Step 2: Enter your Picasa Google account details in the dialog and select Authorize.

If you have entered the correct login details, your Picasa album status will show "Authorized."

Congratulations! You have authorized SplashPhoto to use Picasa to upload and download photos.

Note: If you see an Authorization failure, please go to http://picasa.google.com/pwa.html and check if the login details are correct.

Upload Photos to Web Albums

Once you Authorize your Picasa and/or Flickr accounts, a SplashPhoto album is created in your Web Album.

To upload any photo from SplashPhoto Desktop, right click on it, and select Upload To -> Picasa/Flickr.

Selected photo will be uploaded to the SplashPhoto album in the Web Album.

The first screen you will see in SplashPhoto is the Home Screen. This displays a list of albums you have created, in addition to All Images and any that are Unfiled (images that have not been assigned to any album yet).

Each album has a counter badge next to it to indicate how many photos are in that album.

At the bottom left of the SplashPhoto window, there is a toolbar.

• The Home Tab will always bring you back to the list of Albums.
• The Add Photo tab will open the Add Photo dialog, where you can get images from the Photo Library, Camera, Picasa and Flickr.
• Web Albums gives you access to upload and download images to/from Picasa and Flickr.
• Slideshow will start a slideshow wherever you are - for the selected album or all images if you are on the Home screen.
• Sync will open the Synchronization dialog to transfer photos to/from the SplashPhoto Desktop.

To browse photos in an album, just tap on the album. You can select All Images if you don't wish to filter the image by any particular album.

When you open an album, you will see a gallery view of all the images in the album. You can flick scroll to page up and down, and double-tap a photo to view it larger.

Single tap photos to select multiple images to mark them for slideshow play or deletion. Tap the Delete button at the top, if you wish to delete the selected items; tap the Slideshow button at the bottom if you wish to play a Slideshow.

When viewing a single image, tap the screen to bring up the Image View Action Menu, with the following options:

• View Full Screen - Opens the image in full screen mode with no other objects.
• Upload - Initiates an upload of the selected photo to Picasa or Flickr.
• Delete - Deletes the image from the SplashPhoto library.

In the Image Details dialog you can review and modify the image attributes. To access it, double tap a thumbnail in the image gallery, then tap the Info (i) button at the top right.

The Name, Kind (JPG, PNG, GIF), Size (KB), Dimensions (pixels), Latitude, Longitude, Album and Privacy info are here.

You can change the Album and Privacy settings only. To change the Album, tap the blue arrow button and select the album to which you want to assign the photo.

After you tap the Add Photo button, you are presented with four options:

• Photo Library - this gives you the opportunity to add photos from the built in Photos application and Camera Roll to your SplashPhoto library.
• Camera - this uses the standard camera caption tool to take a picture and add it to SplashPhoto. The bonus feature here is the geotagging.
• Picasa - browse and download photos from your Picasa account.
• Flickr - browse and download photos from your Flickr account.

If you tap the Web Albums tab, you will have the option of uploading to or downloading from both Picasa and Flickr accounts.

A counter badge indicates the progress of any pending uploads and downloads. Please note that an internet connection is required for Web Album services, and carrier fees may apply.

To upload to Picasa or Flickr, tap the row button you wish to use. If you have not already authorized the service, you will be asked to do so at that time. Authorizing Picasa is just a matter of putting in your username and password. Authorizing Flickr will take you to their website to login, and then you must click a button to allow the SplashPhoto service to work with Flickr.

To download images from Picasa or Flickr, tap the row button and, once authorized, you will be able to browse albums on your Picasa or Flickr account and download the images into SplashPhoto on the handheld.

When you launch SplashPhoto on the handheld, it will ask you to allow it to use your location. SplashPhoto will then use GPS or Wi-Fi, if available, to determine your approximate geographic location.

Then if you take a photo and upload it to Picasa or Flickr, that geolocation info is uploaded along with the image.

You will then be able to view your photos on a map in your Picasa or Flickr album.

This is a fantastic feature for illustrating the route you took on a cross-country road trip, a vacation overseas, or even to make your own personal city guide in your local area. The potential of this functionality is limited only by your imagination.

Images will be displayed according to your Slideshow Preferences. Access the Slideshow Preferences on the handheld by tapping the Setting button on the top right, then select Slideshow.

• Duration: Tap the pull-down menu to select the length of time you would like each image to display during a Slideshow. You can set the duration to Manual as well, and use the up/down hardware buttons to page through the images as you please.
  
• Effect: Select from the following Slideshow transition effects: Cut, Dissolve, Wipe, Push, or Random.
  
• Background Music: You may select from a number of background audio loops to play while the slideshow runs.

• Slideshow - This is where you set preferences that affect Slideshows.
• Authorize Albums - Here you can pre-authorize your Picasa and Flickr Web Album services.
• Change Privacy - Here you can choose to Show or Hide the images marked private in your SplashPhoto library.
• Change Login Password - Option to set a password to protect your SplashPhoto library from prying eyes.
• Delete Photos - Use this tool to mark multiple photos for deletion at the same time. This is much more convenient than deleting one by one.
• Geotagging - You can turn off the Geotagging feature to prevent SplashPhoto from asking you to use the current location on launch.
• Quick Start - Shows the Quick Start guide again.
• See More Apps - Have a look at our other iPhone applications. We have lots!

To hide images marked Private:

1. Open SplashPhoto and choose Change Privacy from the Settings menu in any of the catalog views.
2. Change the Current Privacy to Hide Records and then go back.

Note: All images marked Private will remain hidden until you change the Security setting back to Show Records. You will need to authenticate to change privacy settings.