Recent Updates since the original manual was written:
The original manual was written by Dennis Field for PhotoGrid for MacOS8 ver 2.04. Sorry for the inconvenience. # Updates Summary ## NEW ### TreeView GoDeep/Don'tGoDeep option Alias folders can expand and show its contents. "Display option" for 32x32-pixel normal icon view. You can specify the font and font size. You can hide the InfoArea. Shortcut keys for "Unselect All". Esc or Clear key. ### GridView Multiple cell selection in GridView. Command+Click to add/remove a cell to the selection. Shift+Click to extend the selection. All the commands in "Selection" menu and GridView's context menu work on the multiple selection. Shortcut keys for "Open by application XX(i.e. Photoshop)". Use F5 to F9. You can specify the font, font size, background color, show-edge option. Added "GridView"-"Show"-"options..." to choose the text information to appear in the cells. You can also select from overlap/no overlap with the image. ### Drag & Drop File manipulation You can drag the multiple selection in GridView/TreeView and drop them onto the Finder or the other applications that accept file drop. Drop onto a Finder's window or desktop to move the files. Drop onto a Finder's window or desktop holding option key to copy the files. Drop onto the Finder's trash to trash the files. Dragging from TreeView only applies to the hit row framed yellow not the entire selection. Hold the command AND option keys to make an Alias file. You can also drop the files onto the TreeView's folder. ### Rotate view You can rotate the image in a GridView cell, an image window and Slideshow. Use the imageWin menu, shortcut (command+[, command+]) , or click on the left/right side of the image as the cursor is "Rotate cursor". ### Printing Printing GridView (Thumbnails). Please take a look at NattaWorks new printing software, "SmoothPrint". You can drop PhotoGrid images onto the SmoothPrint "paper" and layout them freely. ### Image windows The old "Simple window" AND the new "Scroll Window" are supported. On the recent models of Macs with ATI Rage GPU, the ScrollWindow menu shows up. It is GPU accelerated on redraw, zoom, scroll, rotate. ScrollWindows are slower to open than SimpleWindows and the number of windows you can open may be limited. Shortcut for opening ScrollWindow: DoubleClick the cell holding the option key. Or select cells and hit the return key holding the option key Mouse usage in the ScrollWindow: Shift + drag : scroll contents Option + drag (up/down) : Zoom in/out Command + drag : Rotate Keyboard usage in the ScrollWindow: Shift + arrowkey : scroll contents Option + arrowkey : Zoom in/out Command + arrowkey : Rotate ImageWindows can be resized by dragging any corner. "ImageWin" menu in the menu bar You can command+drag the ImageWindow behind the other windows. ### More Supports Wheel mouse scrolling. Exif tag support for Exif/JPEG and DCF files : most of the digital camera saves images in this format. Some camera supports none or only part of it. Note that if you edit the file with Photoshop and so on, the Exif tags will be lost. - Show ShootDate,time in GridView - Sort by ShootDate,time - InfoArea shows ShootDate, time, camera maker, camera name, exposure time, F number. - Preview optionally can utilize the Exif preview that is embedded in the JPEG file. Startup options in Preferences. "Open specified folder" etc Closing confirmation options in Preferences. Partial support for Adobe Illustrater preview data. ## CHANGE "FavoriteFolderAliases" folder was moved to HOME/Library/Preferences/PhotoGridFavoriteFolders. 640x480 screen is not supported. Some dialogs don't fit in it. "Go up" button above TreeView was removed. The shortcut for "Start Manual Slideshow" was changed from Cmd+M to Cmd+S. Cmd+M minimizes the front window now (OS X regular). The shortcut for "Trash(Delete) the selection" was changed from Cmd+D to Cmd+del. You can also use Cmd+D if you like (check the preference dialog). In TreeView's context menu and GridView's context menu, "TreeView" submenu and "GridView" submenu are removed. # Version History Part 1 OS X version <X1.73> Dec. 8/2002 BUG FIX - In some circumstances, the GridView and TreeView didn't refresh and kept the wrong images which made you select the unintended images. - Auto selecting after the operation "Remove from GridView" and so on were not appropriate. <X1.72> Sep. 23/2002 BUG FIX - Some of the Fuji digital camera images gave error -902. - Note: Since OS X 10.2, the label colors of files and folders doesn't show. CHANGE - Font for the InfoArea changed from bold to plain. NEW - InfoArea shows the JPEG comment embedded in some of JPEG files. Also supports a part of Finder comments (not all). - You can change the font in the InfoArea. <X1.71> Sep. 7/2002 BUG FIX - Wheel mouse scrolling in TreeView. - MacPaint images are rendered good again. - etc. CHANGE - When you hide TreeView, dropping onto PhotoGrid icon in Finder opens the folder and selects images in it automatically. Convenient for No-TreeView users. NEW - "DesktopVolumes" startup option - "32 bit buffer" option in "misc" pref. More precise colors to render images. Make sure your monitor setting is "million colors" when you use "32 bit buffer". <X1.7> Aug. 18/2002 BUG FIX - Supports SANYO's digital camera files. - Some 8 bit color files were rendered incorrect. CHANGE - When you go up the hierarchy in TreeView, the selection outside the current tree don't go away now. NEW - Drop onto the folders in TreeView to move the files. Hold the option key to copy as always. - Drop holding Command+Option keys makes "Alias file". See the cursor shape change. - Some operations are faster than before. "Show image file", "Change TreeView font" etc. <X1.6> Jun. 24/2002 BUG FIX - TreeView now scrolls continuously by drag-select. - Trashing the last image in GridView made a crash. - The menu bar disappeared in Slideshow when all the images in GridView are corrupt. NEW - There are the "killing" JPEG files that make PhotoGrid and others crash. They have invalid data. Now PhotoGrid checks the validity before displaying them. Note that this has a side effect. PhotoGrid regards a very few JPEG files as invalid though they are valid. Let me know if all your digital camera files are regarded as invalid. <X1.51> Apr. 25/2002 BUG FIX - Drag&Drop a folder onto the PhotoGrid icon didn't work. - "Cancel" in the Preference dialog made the InfoArea height zero. <X1.5> Apr. 18/2002 BUG FIX - After the first double click, the single clicks worked as a double click. - Some print options in the print layout dialog didn't work. CHANGE - "FavoriteFolderAliases" folder was moved to HOME/Library/Preferences/PhotoGridFavoriteFolders. - 640x480 screen is not supported. Some dialogs don't fit in it. - More Aquq savvy looking. GridView also can have the Aqua stripe background. - "Go up" button above TreeView was removed. - The mouse cursor doesn't change so busy. - The shortcut for "Start Manual Slideshow" was changed from Cmd+M to Cmd+S. Cmd+M minimizes the front window now. - The shortcut for "Trash(Delete) the selection" was changed from Cmd+D to Cmd+del. You can also use Cmd+D if you like (check the preference dialog). - "Click Area" in TreeView preference works immediately now. - "Click Area/Whole Row" works more natural. NEW - "Scroll Window": scroll/rotate/move the image in the window. - The single image windows can be moved beyond the menu bar. Press on the window's contents and drag. If you like the normal behavior that stops at the menu bar, just press on the windows' title bar and drag. - When you resize the cell, the images in GridView fades. - "No color background" option for TreeView. - You can specify the font and font size for TreeView and GridView. - You can hide the InfoArea. - "Print Exif date/time" option. <X1.41> Jan. 30/2002 <X1.4> Jan. 25/2002 See the section of ver 2.7, 2.71 in the Classic's release note. <X1.32> Jan. 15/2002 BUG FIX - "Selection"-"Trash" didn't work on the files whose Mac type is undefined (they indicate their type using their name extension like .jpg). CHANGE - Improved the error message display in GridView cells. <X1.31> Jan. 08/2002 (1.3 was skipped) See the section of ver 2.61 in the Classic's release note. <X1.2> Dec. 23/2001 See the section of ver 2.52 in the Classic's release note. plus... NEW - Move/Copy dialog - Supports Wheel mouse scrolling. - The release note for PhotoGrid2.52(Classic) is included. <X1.1> Oct. 18/2001 BUG FIX - ImageCapture generated image files are now supported. - etc. NEW - GoDeep/Don'tGoDeep option for TreeView - 32x32 icon size support on TreeView - Drag from TreeView/GridView to the other application that accept file drop. ex) to Finder : Drop for Move file. Drop holding the option key for Copy file. - ImageWindows can be resized by dragging any corner. - etc. <X1.0> Oct. 18/2001 <X1.0b8> Sep. 04/2001 <X1.0b7> Aug. 26/2001 <X1.0b6> Aug. 17/2001 <X1.0b5> Aug. 12/2001 <X1.0b4> Aug. 06/2001 # Version History Part 2 MacOS8/9 version PhotoGrid ver 2.1 release note Apr. 26, 2001 NattaWorks <New> - Dual monitor support (slideshow etc.) - Shortcut keys for "Open by application XX(i.e. Photoshop)". Use F5 to F9. <Bug fix> - Cancel dialogs for a long operations were missing - Context menu for buttons in Move/Copy dialog was missing etc. 2.11 release note Sep. 01, 2001 NattaWorks <Bug fix> - The "ManualElements" folder could not be deleted. 2.12 release note Sep. 06, 2001 NattaWorks <Bug fix> - Works on System8 and Sytem8.1 again. 2.2 release note Sep. 28, 2001 NattaWorks <New> - Printing GridView(Thumbnails)! - Shortcut keys for "TreView-Unselect All". Use Esc or Clear key. <Bug fix> - Rotating froze PhotoGrid in some cases... etc. 2.3 release note Oct. 12, 2001 NattaWorks <New> - You can rotate the image in a Simple image window and Slideshow. Use the imageWin menu, shortcut (command+[,]) , or click on the left/right side of the image. Rotation in Slidesshow rotates the image in the GridView. - You can resize the Simple image window from the ImageWin menu. - You can command+drag the ImageWindow behind the other windows. - Partial support for Adobe Illustrater preview data. - Added the file size info to the info area. - On the recent models of Macs with ATI Rage GPU, the ScrollWindow menu shows up. It is GPU accelerated on redraw, zoom, scroll, rotate. Limiations: - It is highly depending on the GPU you have. You may have to turn on the "iMac RevB compatible mode" in the Pref dialog/Misc. - You need MacOS 9.1 or later (OpenGL1.2). - Classic environment on OS X is not supported. - In some environments, 32K color mode gives worse image quality than million color mode. - Number of windows you can open depends on the GPU internal resource state, not on the memory you give to PhotoGrid. - PhotoGrid memory usage seems to increase in Finder's About This Mac dialog as you open more ScrollWindows. This is the normal behavior. Usage: - Use ImageWin menu. - Mouse drag: Shift + drag : scroll contents Option + drag (up/down) : Zoom in/out Command + drag : Rotate <Change> - "Reload" now reloads the image from file, not from cache. If you edit the image with another application, you can use reload to have the modification in PhotoGrid. <Bug fix> - Mouse slipping on cell resizing sometimes froze. - ver 2.2 couldn't accept cell size specification in the pref dialog. (crashed) - Cell width/height display in Print layout dialog were wrong. etc. 2.4 release note Oct. 30, 2001 NattaWorks <New> - Rename file/folder on TreeView. how to start editing: - Click on the name and move the mouse cursor out of the field. - or Click on the name and stay 1 second. - or Control+Click and use "Rename" context menu. Note that the arrow keys works on the editing field while editing not on GridView. Use Command+arrowKeys to work on GridView. - "Go Deep" in TreeView menu. Turn it off if you don't want to dig deep in the folders. - "Display option" in TreeView menu. 32x32 pixel normal icon size is available now. - You can choose how the mouse works in TreeView. Go to "Preference"-"TreeView". <Bug fix> - A couple of bugs in printing were fixed. 2.41 release note Nov. 06, 2001 NattaWorks ver 2.4 users MUST upgrade to 2.41. <New> - Image windows can be resized by dragging one of any four corners. - Alias folders in TreeView can expand and show its contents now. - Previews reflect the rotate setting. - No zoom menu in ImageWindow menu. <Change> - Window title has the top folder name of TreeView. - Double clicking on a folder in TreeView opens the Simple image Window. - Showing the preview data is skipped if its thumbnail image is already cached. <Bug fix> - A LOT OF BUGS introduced in ver 2.4 were fixed. 2.52 release note Dec. 23, 2001 NattaWorks 2.5 and 2.51 were skipped. <New> - Drag&Drop files from GridView/TreeView, to the applications that accepts it. ex) to Finder : Move the file, Copy the file (hold the option key), Open the file (drop on to the image editing application like Photoshop) - Startup options in Preferences. "Open specified folder" etc. - Closing confirmation options in Preferences. - ImageWindow-FitToScreen menu - Arrow key shortcuts in ScrollWindow. Command key + arrow for rotation. Option key for Zoom. No modifer key or Shift key for move. Arrow up + arrow left move upperleft. - In Move/Copy dialog, you can assign Desktop to the folder button. - icon in the title bar <Change> - Dragging on GridView/TreeView behaves different to support Drag&Drop. - Double click the file item in TreeView opens SimpleWindow or ScrollWindow(with option key). - When fit to screen, rotating image in SimpleWindow keeps fitting. <Bug fix> - Illustrator application was recognized in GridView though it is not an image file. 2.61 release note Jan. 08, 2001 NattaWorks 2.6 was skipped. <New> - Added "GridView"-"Show"-"options..." - Exif tag support for Exif/JPEG and DCF files : most of the digital camera saves images in this format. Some camera supports none or only part of it. Note that if you edit the file with Photoshop and so on, the Exif tags will be lost. - Show ShootDate,time in GridView - Sort by ShootDate,time - InfoArea shows ShootDate, time, camera maker, camera name, exposure time, F number. - Preview optionally can utilize the Exif preview that is embedded in the JPEG file. - New option: these info in GridView can overlap/cannnot overlap with the image. Use "GridView"-"Show"-"options..." to set these options. <Change> - Default cell size changed. - Slideshow-Cap magnification works immediately. <Bug fix> - Now launches without Context Menu Extension in System8.x - Image win -NoZoom, FitToScreen could be selected in Slideshow - Arrow keys didn't work on GridView if you select text in InfoArea. - etc. 2.62 release note Jan. 15, 2001 NattaWorks <Change> - Improved the error message display in GridView cells. 2.7 release note Jan. 25, 2001 NattaWorks <New> - Multiple cell selection in GridView. - Command+Click to add/remove a cell to the selection. - Shift+Click to extend the selection. - All the commands in "Selection" menu and GridView's context menu work on the multiple selection. - You can drag the multiple selection and drop onto the Finder. - Drop onto a Finder's window or desktop to move the files. - Drop onto a Finder's window or desktop holding option key to copy the files. - Drop onto the Finder's trash to trash the files. <Change> - In TreeView's context menu and GridView's context menu, "TreeView" submenu and "GridView" submenu are removed. <Bug fix> - A couple of context menus behaved strange. Now fixed. 2.71 release note Jan. 30, 2001 NattaWorks <Bug fix> - 2.7 crashed when printing. - A part of Exif date-time info was printed unintentionally.