Browsing the Desktop Catalog

When you open SplashPhoto Desktop, your device ID or username will appear at the top of the window. To change users, click the User menu and select the user.

You can view your images on the desktop a number of different ways. At the top left of the SplashPhoto Desktop window, there are 4 view buttons available:

• List View: Displays all of the details of the images in a list. The columns displayed can be changed by choosing Show Columns from the Edit menu.
• Detail View: Displays Thumbnail, Name, Category, Location, Dimensions, Size, and Notes. Note: The Detail View is particularly useful for changing an image's location or category.
• Thumbnail View: Displays large thumbnails and the image Name.
• Gallery View: Displays small thumbnails only.

These view options are also available from the View Menu.

In the top middle of the application window, there is a pull-down menu from which you can filter by the Location of the images.

• All: Displays all images in all locations.
• Internal: Displays images installed on the handheld’s internal memory, which will be recognized in the following directories:
      • \My Documents\SplashPhoto\
      • \My Documents\My Pictures\
  • Card: Displays images installed on a handheld external memory card, which will be recognize in the following directories:
      • \My Documents\SplashPhoto\
      • \DCIM\

If you are installing images onto your device manually and you want them to show up in SplashPhoto, you must store them in one of the above directories.

The top right pull-down allows you to filter by the Category of the images. You can also select Edit Categories from the pull-down list and add, delete, or change the categories you can select from.

Authorize Albums: In order to upload and download photos with your Picasa, Flickr or Facebook 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, Flickr, and/or Facebook accounts, a SplashPhoto5 album is created in your Web Album.

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.

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, Flickr, and/or Facebook accounts, a SplashPhoto5 album is created in your Web Album.

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

Selected photo will be uploaded to the SplashPhoto5 album in the Web Album.

Sync

Place your device in the cradle and make sure it is connected to the desktop. Click the Sync button (at the bottom right of the SplashPhoto Desktop window) once you are finished editing the images. A progress dialog will appear as the images are added to the handheld.

Sync Settings

Select Sync Settings from the Sync Menu to modify your synchronization settings.

Auto-Synchronize at launch and exit: This option will cause the Desktop to perform a sync with the Handheld whenever you launch or exit the desktop app. Synchronize the files: This is the default setting for SplashPhoto and synchronizes the catalog on the handheld with that on the desktop. Changes to the desktop catalog will be changed on the handheld, and vice-versa. Desktop overwrites handheld: The handheld catalog will be overwritten by the desktop catalog. This is useful if you have accidentally deleted a picture from the handheld, but it still resides on the desktop.

Handheld overwrites desktop: The desktop catalog will be overwritten by the handheld catalog. This is useful if you have accidentally deleted a picture from the desktop, but it still resides on the handheld.

• List View: Displays the Name, Category, and Size of image in a list. The columns displayed can be changed in Preferences.
• Detail View: Displays Thumbnail, Name, Category, Location, Dimensions, Size, and Notes. Note: The Detail View is particularly useful for changing an image's location or category.
• Thumbnail View: Displays large thumbnails and the image Name.
• Gallery View: Displays small thumbnails only.
• Tree View: New in SplashPhoto 5, displays a hierarchical view of images by Location and Category.

Selecting a Category from the Category menu at top right allows you to filter images by Category.

You can also select Edit Categories from the list to add, delete, or rename categories.

Selecting a Location from the Location menu at top left allows you to filter by the Location of the images.

• All: Displays images in all locations.
  
• Internal: Displays images installed on the handheld’s internal memory, which will be recognized in the following directories:
  • \My Documents\SplashPhoto\
• \My Documents\My Pictures\
• Card: Displays images installed on a handheld external memory card, which will be recognize in the following directories:
  • \My Documents\SplashPhoto\
  • \DCIM\

Full Screen View

To view a full screen image, simply tap an image or press the center nav button with a selected image from List, Thumbnail, Gallery, Detail or Tree views. Page through the images by pressing up or down on the nav pad.

Press the nav button again to exit back to one of the Browser views.

Press the right soft key to open the Tools menu.

There is a different menu available from Image View mode which looks like this:

Details: Displays the Image Details dialog.
Note: Add a note to describe the image further.
Location: Displays a list of Locations to move the image to.
Category: Displays a list of categories to assign the image to.
Zoom Mode: Enters zoom mode - Left button zooms out; right zooms in.
Delete: Deletes the image.
Beam: Sends the JPG to another device via Infrared.
Send via Email: Sends the JPG to an email recipient.
Next/Previous: Skips forward or back in the list of photos.
Upload To : Uploads the displayed image to the select Web Photo Album.

In the Image Details dialog you can review and modify the image attributes.

Name -- Use this field to rename the image.
Location -- You can change the location of the image.
Category -- You can assign each image to one of the user-definable categories.
Private -- Check this box to mark the image private. It will be hidden if Security settings are correctly set.
Res -- Displays the resolution of the image.
Size -- Displays the file size of the image.
Date -- Displays the date the image was created.

Select Slideshow from the Tools Menu to start a slideshow. All of the images currently in view will be displayed in the slideshow and the slideshow will start from the currently selected image. Stop the slideshow by pressing the nav button. Images will be displayed according to your Slideshow Preferences:

Duration: 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 nav pad to page through the images at your own pace.

Random order: Select this box for the slideshow to present the images in Random order.

The following commands are available from the Tools menu.

• Preferences: Opens the Preferences dialog.
• Show Columns -- In List View, you can select which columns to display.
• Slideshow: Select to either run the Slideshow.
  
• Slideshow Preferences: Set the duration and order of slideshows.
  
• Manage:
  • Categorize All -- Set the Category for all displayed images at once.
  • Move All -- Set Location all displayed images to and from external memory cards.
  • Delete All -- Deletes all displayed images at once.
• Security -- Opens the Security dialog where you can hide or show images marked Private. This menu also gives you access to set a password.
• Authorize Albums -- Opens the Web Photo Album authorization screen.
• View Albums -- Opens the selected Web Photo Album, assuming it is authorized.
• Camera -- Opens the device camera.
  
• Refresh -- Rebuilds the list of images, checking for any new or deleted images.
• About SplashPhoto -- Information about SplashPhoto including the version number.
  Exit -- Exits SplashPhoto.

You can access Preferences on the phone by selecting it from the Tools menu in the SplashPhoto browser.

• Use as default viewer for JPGs/BMPs/GIFs: Check this box to choose SplashPhoto as the application that opens whenever a JPG/BMP/GIF file is opened on your handheld (e.g., when opening a JPG attachment in an email message).
• Auto-Rotate: Select to auto-rotate images to best fit the aspect ratio of the screen.

You can mark an image as Private to hide that image from view. Mark an image private either in the SplashPhoto Desktop or in the Image Details on the handheld.

To hide images marked Private:

1. Open SplashPhoto and choose Security from the Tools menu in any of the catalog views.
2. Check or Uncheck Show Private Images.

You can also set a password that will be required to unhide private images once you have set it.

SplashPhoto 5 has the ability to upload and download images to/from Picasa, Flickr, and Facebook.

It is easier to authorize these services via the SplashPhoto Desktop, but it can be done on the handheld as well, with the exception of Facebook. Facebook can only be authorized via the SplashPhoto Desktop, but then you can synchronize the authorization with the handheld application and use the upload and download services in SplashPhoto on the handheld.

When you select Authorize Albums from the Tools menu, SplashPhoto will display the authorization status of each of the services. To authorize a service, tap the Not Authorized button next to it.

To authorize SplashPhoto with your Picasa account, select the Not Authorized button for Picasa in the Authorize Albums screen.

The dialog to the left will be displayed, where you need to enter your User ID and Password for Picasa.

Then press Authorize and SplashPhoto will communicate with the Picasa server to confirm the authorization.

To authorize SplashPhoto with your Flickr account, select the Not Authorized button for Flickr in the Authorize Albums screen.

You will be warned that your web browser will be opened. Select OK to continue.

The Flickr login screen will be loaded.

Enter your Yahoo! ID and Password, and check the box for Keep me signed in.

Then select the Login button.

After Flickr confirms that you have successfully authorized SplashPhoto 5 to be used with their service, you can exit the browser and return to SplashPhoto.

When you have returned to SplashPhoto, select the OK button to confirm the success of the authorization, and SplashPhoto will show the status as Authorized.

To authorize SplashPhoto with your Facebook account, select the Not Authorized button for Facebook in the Authorize Albums screen.

You will be warned that your web browser will be opened. Select OK to continue.

The Facebook login screen will be loaded.

Enter your Email and Password, and check the box for "Save my login info..."

Then select the Login button.

After Facebook confirms that you have successfully authorized SplashPhoto 5 to be used with their service, you can exit the browser and return to SplashPhoto.

When you have returned to SplashPhoto, select the OK button to confirm the success of the authorization, and SplashPhoto will show the status as Authorized.

To upload an image to a web album, first you must authorize that web album. To upload an image:

1. Select an image to view it full screen.
2. Press the right soft key to bring up Image View Options Menu, and select Send to Picasa/Flickr/Facebook.
3. SplashPhoto will connect to the selected service and you will get a confirmation if the upload was successful. At this point the photo is available online in the SplashPhoto album/set.

1. The first screen you will see is a list of albums/sets available in the selected online photo service.

Select an album/set and select List Photos.

2. The next screen you will see is a list of the photos available in the selected album/set.

3. Select an image and press Download to begin downloading the image.

SplashPhoto will let you know when it has completed downloading.

Press OK, and then you can close out of the the download system to view your photo, or continue downloading other photos.