User manual DIGITAL ARTS & SCIENCES IMAGEAXS 4 PRO FOR WINDOWS

[. . . ] ImageAXS Pro 4. 0 ImageAXS Pro Version 4. 0 for Windows User's Guide 1301 Marina Village Parkway Alameda, California 94501 USA (800) 449-6220 Sales · (510) 814-7200 Support (510) 814-6100 Fax http://www. dascorp. com ImageAXSTM Pro 4. 0 Windows Copyright © 1991-1999 by Digital Arts & Sciences and its licensor(s). No part of the contents of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of Digital Arts & Sciences. Some imaging technology provided under license from AccuSoft Corporation. Sample images distributed with ImageAXS Pro-Med and pictured in this manual are made available for non-commercial, personal use only. [. . . ] In the Orientation sub-menu, choose the orientation you want for the selected thumbnail(s). Thumbnails can be displayed at 0, 90, 180, or 270 degrees clockwise rotation. ImageAXS Pro 4. 0 6-11 Windows Updating records The Update Path command is used to update a record or set of records and bring the source file(s) back on-line. The Update command can also be used to generate a new thumbnail for a record by acquiring a different source file or re-acquiring the same source file if it has changed since it was first acquired. The Update Path command allows you to locate off-line source files and bring them on-line. To update a single record: 1. Choose Update Path from the Source File menu (ALT+O, U). Update Path dialog box 3. 4. If the source file has been modified, select the Update Thumbnail checkbox to generate a new thumbnail. Select the source file to use for the update. The file name that is stored with the record is shown in the `File Name' box. To display a preview of any selected file, select the Show Preview checkbox. 5. Click Open. 6-12 ImageAXS Pro 4. 0 Record Management 6 Updating multiple records To update multiple records: 1. Choose Update Path from the Source File menu. Update Paths to Source Files dialog box 3. 4. If you want to generate new thumbnails for the records you are updating, select the Update Thumbnail checkbox. Navigate to the desired folders in the Directory list and add them to the Folders to Search for Source Files list. To add a single folder to the search list, select it in the Folder list and click the Add button. To remove a folder from the search list, select it and click the Remove button. Click the Add Subtree button to add all folders in a subtree displayed in the Folder list to the search list. In the Folders to Search for Source Files list, arrange the folders to be searched in first-to-last order. To move a folder in the list, select it and move it using the Move Up or Move Down button. ImageAXS Pro 4. 0 6-13 Windows 6. Click OK. If, during the update, ImageAXS Pro comes to a record whose source file it cannot locate in the folders you designated for the update, the Update Path dialog box appears and you are prompted to locate a source file for that record. If you are unable to do so, click the Cancel button to skip the record and continue the update. 6-14 ImageAXS Pro 4. 0 Record Management 6 Renaming a source file Changing source file names from within ImageAXS Pro ensures that they remain on-line. To change a source file name: 1. Choose Rename Source File from the Source File menu. Rename Source File dialog box 3. Click OK. If you have a selection of source files to rename, clicking OK saves your changes and displays the next file in the list. ImageAXS Pro 4. 0 6-15 Windows Source file information When a source file is acquired, the following file information is automatically saved: · · · · · · · · · · · File Name File Type File Size (in bytes) Image Height (in pixels) Image Width (in pixels) File Modification date Volume Name File Location Bits Per Pixel (color depth, e. g. , 8-bit etc. ) File Creator (creator application) Volume Time (the time when the volume from which you acquired the image was created; this information is primarily for images stored on CD-ROMs) File Creation Time · File information is displayed in fields in the Info Sheet View. You can also select the record and choose File Info from the Source File menu (ALT+ENTER ) to display the File Information dialog box, which displays the first eight information fields above. 6-16 ImageAXS Pro 4. 0 Record Management 6 File Information dialog box ImageAXS Pro 4. 0 6-17 Windows Editing a source file ImageAXS Pro allows you to open and edit source files in editing applications. To do this from the Thumbnails or Text List View, select the record whose source file you want to edit and choose Edit Source File from the Source File menu. Choosing this command from the Info Sheet View and Keywords View allows you to edit the source file that is being viewed. Note In the Thumbnails View, you can open a source file in its editing application by double-clicking its thumbnail while holding down the ALT key. ImageAXS Pro uses Windows 95 file extensions to associate files with their editing programs. To update your ImageAXS Pro records after editing source files, use the Update Path command (see "Updating records" on page 612). 6-18 ImageAXS Pro 4. 0 Record Management 6 Navigating to a specific record To navigate to a specific record in a multi-record view: 1. Choose Go To from the Record menu (CTRL+ G). Go To dialog box 2. Type the number of the record. The record number indicates the record's relative position within the collection. 3. [. . . ] To add a field from this list to your report, select it and click the Add button. The field is removed from the Fields list and added to the Report list. 12-10 ImageAXS Pro 4. 0 Printing and Reports 12 Report list This list contains the names of the fields in your collection from which information will be included in your Text List Report. The field names appear in the report's column heads and their information from each record appears in successive rows in the report. The fields included in your report appear (left to right) in the order they are listed in the Report list. [. . . ]