Resco Photo Viewer

Introduction
  Resco Photo Viewer
  Features
  Supported formats
  Registration

  Screen Capture
  Options and Settings

Open/View/Save
  How to open and view pictures
  Thumbnails
  Crop/Resize Picture
  Changing Contrast/Brightness
  Open Dialog
  Save/Convert Picture
  Save Picture As Dialog

Photo Album
  About Photo Album
  Add/Delete Pictures
  Voice notes
  Text notes
  Drawings
  How to save an album
  How to Distribute an Album
  Synchronize albums with desktop

Business Presentations
  SlideShow Presentation
  Importing PowerPoint Presentation

Resco Photo Viewer is:

Moreover, the Resco Photo Viewer can also:

Supported formats:

Registration

I need a fresh registration code

All legal users have the opportunity to download updated versions and get a registration code for free within 1 year from the purchase date. Later, they can take advantage of a 50% discount for the next year's updates.
See our online customer service at www.resco.net/support/technical/resend.asp.

How to register

If the registration fails

Please try to repeat the registration, but:

How to order this application

Online delivery of Resco Photo Viewer licenses and related product keys is available for credit card orders placed via Internet. You can register this application right now by following the [Add to cart] link at www.resco.net/pocketpc/photoviewer/buy.asp. After placing an order you will receive via email the registration key which you will need during the registration process.


Open/View/Save
How to open and view pictures
Thumbnails
Crop/Resize Picture
Changing Contrast/Brightness
Open Dialog
Save Picture As Dialog


How to open and view pictures:


Thumbnails:

Resco Photo Viewer has two thumbnail modes:

  1. Thumbnails are displayed in a window along with the picture.
    You can activate this mode by selecting the menu item Photo>Thumbnails and View from the image view or menu item View>Thumbnails and View from the image view from the thumbnails view.
  1. Fullscreen thumbnails.
    This mode can be activated by selecting the following menu item Photo>Thumbnails>Fullscreen Thumbnails.

Photo Viewer offers 4 different ways of displaying thumbnails:

You can switch between these modes using the menu items under Photo>Thumbnails, or by clicking a corresponding button on the toolbar.


Crop/Resize Picture

Sometimes you need to cut out a certain part of a picture and save it as a new picture. One of the new features offered by the Photo Viewer is the CROP function. To use it, choose [Photo>Edit…], after you open a picture.

How to Crop

  1. Tap the Crop button
  2. Tap in the upper left part of the picture and drag a rectangle around the area you wish to crop.
  3. Tap inside the rectangle to apply the action.

How to Resize

Tap the Resize button and in the dialogue set the size either in percent or in pixels.

How to restore the original image

Choose [Tools>Restore original image] to restore the image into original form (undo the resize/crop operation).


Changing Contrast/Brightness

Sometimes it is necessary to make the picture brighter or darker, or to change its contrast and gamma correction. You can access these settings using the Photo Viewer option Photo>Brightness….

Apply to all images

Use this option, if you want to apply changes to all open pictures.


Open Dialog

Except standard features this improved Open Dialog offers:


Save/Convert Picture

Select File>Save from the menu and choose:

  1. Set as Wallpaper — if you wish to store the picture as a wallpaper in the today screen.
  2. Save Picture As… — if you wish to create a new copy or convert the picture into a different format.

Save Picture As Dialog

Use this dialog to save/convert photo into JPG, PNG or BMP format.
File name — name of the destination file.
Save as — you can choose the following formats: JPG, PNG or BMP.

Folder — folder, into which the destination file will be stored.
Image quality (JPEG) — smaller value causes smaller file size but lower photo quality. The default value is 95.


Photo Album

About Photo Album
Add/Delete Pictures
Voice notes
Text notes
Drawings
How to save an album
Synchronize albums with desktop

About Photo Album

After the pictures are loaded a new virtual album is created, where you can add new pictures or delete the existing ones. You can also sort the album pictures by selecting the menu item Photo>Reorder from the image view or by tapping on the Reorder toolbar icon in the thumbnails view.
You can sort the album pictures as follows:

You can add a sound or text comment or a drawing to each picture in the album.


Add/Delete Pictures

How to add pictures

Once the Album is created you can change it as desired. To add a photo into the album do the following: display the popup menu under the thumbnail after which you wish to add new pictures and select View>Add Pictures.... Select the files you wish to add and press OK.

How to delete pictures

Display the popup menu under selected pictures you wish to delete and use the Delete menu item. Note that this command can delete also the original file if "Remove original files from storage" is checked.


Voice notes

Each slide can contain a voice note. Most current digital cameras are capable of recording sound with individual photos. Photo Viewer can play these recorded sounds or record new ones.

How to add voice notes

  1. Tap the toolbar button or select Photo>Add>Voice Notes and record your sound/voice note or use an existing sound file.
  2. Open a sound file in the Photo properties dialog, section Voice notes.

Text notes

Each slide/photo may contain a text comment.

How to add a text note

  1. Tap on the toolbar or select Photo>Add>Text Notes… and enter/change the text note. To change text font, color or position on the screen tap the [Font...] button.
  2. To change an existing text note use Properties under the Text Notes section.

How to set properties globally.

When you select Apply this text style for all images, all text notes will share the current settings.


Drawings

Each slide/photo can contain drawings. Select Photo>Add>Drawing or tap the corresponding toolbar button to switch into drawing mode.

Resco Photo Viewer supports object drawing. You can freely resize, move, delete or change properties of the selected object.

How to draw

Tap the 'pen' button for drawing lines. Similarly tap the box or ellipse button. To add text, tap the 'T' button. Then you can insert text and set the font, color or shadow properties. Finally use the stylus to change text position.

How to change the pen and fill color.

Select an object and tap the pen or fill color button on the toolbar or use the properties (text, line, box, and ellipse) to change colors of the selected object.

How to finish the drawings.

Use OK or CANCEL buttons to exit the drawing mode.


How to save an album

The virtual album can be saved as a single file containing all pictures along with the recorded sounds and settings (Resco Album — RAB) or it can be saved as a file with links to externally stored pictures and sound files (Resco Linked Album — RLA).

The RAB album format is suitable if you need to save disk space. The pictures can be stored in the album in a form optimized for the particular device and the source files can be deleted [use Settings...]. This way you can store a large number of albums on your device.


How to Distribute an Album

First of all you should to know, that you can view albums even when you use an unregistered version of Resco Photo Viewer. E.g. once you have created an album you can send it to your friend who will be able to view your photos even if using an unregistered version. The unregistered version of Resco Photo Viewer is available free of charge.

How to distribute an album

Select File/Send/Album via IrDA… The album will be saved into the storage and immediately sent via the Infraport to another device.


Synchronize albums with desktop

To keep your Photo Viewer files (albums, photos, movies, attached sound files) synchronized with your desktop computer do the following:

That's it, your files are now synchronized and you'll always have the current version of your album or presentation.


Business Presentations

SlideShow Presentation

The Resco Photo Viewer can be used as a special presentation tool. Sound/text/graphic notes can be attached to each slide in a show. Moreover, you can set the slide duration and choose a transition effect.

A sound can be played immediately after the slide is displayed. Alternatively you can specify one sound/music/voice [wav, mp3] file for the entire presentation. (E.g. you can attach a sound of an ocean surf when presenting a vacation slideshow). Please go to Slide Properties, for more information. To get a professional look of your presentation, you can take advantage of numerous transition effects between individual slides.

How to import a PowerPoint presentation

Desktop side

  1. run Microsoft PowerPoint
  2. open your presentation
  3. go to 'Open | Save As' menu
  4. in section 'save as type' select 'JPEG filter'
  5. enter the presentation name
  6. after you complete these steps you should find your PocketPC-ready presentation in the folder bearing the name you entered in the previous step

PocketPC side

  1. copy the folder (see above) from the desktop to your PocketPC device
  2. follow the steps described in the How to create album section

Screen Capture

One of the useful accessories of the Resco Photo Viewer is the screen capture. This built-in utility allows you to capture the screen content and store it in one of the following formats: JPG, PNG or BMP.

If you want to store the current screen content use the Now button. If you wish to first open an external application and then store its content, use the After 10s button.

If you wish to save the captured image to the default folder check the button Save automatically. If you wish to specify other folder leave this option unchecked and the application will ask you for the new folder and file name. Once the folder is selected it is remembered and used as a default folder for the next capture.

If you use this utility frequently it could be convenient to associate it with one of the hardware buttons. Select Start>Settings>Personal>Buttons choose the button to associate and in the Button assignment control select: “Screen Capture”.


Options and Settings

General
Image Loading & Quality
Cache
Image Viewer
Display
Thumbnails
Video player
Hardware buttons

File Associations
Slide Show
Album Properties
Picture Properties

General Settings

Set "Browse Card" Folder

sets the path to be searched by the [Browse Card] function. [Number of recursive subfolders] sets the number of subfolders to be recursively searched.

Application will start with

Specify what to do on StartUp. You can choose between wizard screen or last opened photos.

Auto play slide show

This option ensures that any album opened from an external File Explorer will be automatically opened in the Slide Show mode.


Image Loading & Quality Settings

To achieve optimal results you should know a little about operating/storage memory. The device's memory space is divided into operating memory (used by the CPU to process instructions) and storage memory (used as a storage space for data). Moreover it is possible to extend the memory space by using storage cards, however, these can only increase the storage capacity (not the operating memory).
When processing large images (taken by a digital camera...) the demand for operating memory is quite high (e.g. a 1024x1024 RGB photo requires at least 3MB of operating memory). To get the most out of the device capabilities use the settings bellow.

Load big pictures

Quality Optimizations

Use Dithering — some older device models (such as iPAQ, Jornada) can only display a limited number of colors (4096). Use this option to obtain a higher image/photo quality.

Use best quality shrink — displays higher quality pictures and thumbnails, however, it can cause the application to slow down when viewing larger images. This option is priceless especially when viewing faxes.


Cache Settings

Photo Viewer generates RAlbum.ra_ files in each folder with photo(s). This cache file can contain the notes, thumbnails, rotation, zoom and some settings.

Choose the maximal file size reserved for the cache file.

Use cache file...

If you wish to save the space and you do not need to remember the thumbnails and other settings uncheck this box.

Save zoom and rotation

Check this box if you wish to save the image rotation and zoom for all the images. The next time you will open the folder, images will have the same rotation and zoom.

Save thumbnails if they load longer then

This option allows you to cache the thumbnails only for large images. Specify the loading time limit for the large images.

Delete All Cache Files

Press this button to clear all the cached information from your device.


Image Viewer Settings

Default zoom mode

how the picture is displayed when opened.

Default rotation

how the picture is rotated after opened.

Auto landscape use only in fullscreen

this option prevents rotation of pictures when displayed in preview mode with the thumbnails window.

Background color

Specifies the background color for the main preview window.

Enable gamma correction

Sets the global gamma correction, which can prevent the pictures from being displayed as too dark or too bright.

Double tap activation

Fullscreen can be activated/deactivated by double-tapping the picture.


Display Settings

Display Options

You can use these options to show/hide text notes and drawings during view.

Image Info

Photo Viewer shows the image file name and the basic information in the image view. You can turn on/off displaying this info in the image view or in the fullscreen view. Choose the font by pressing Set Font button.


Thumbnails Settings

Use skin

Simply tap and change the look of your viewer.

Thumbnails Window Settings

Use this option to set a position of the thumbnail bar (or change orientation of its scroll bar).


Video Player Settings

Autoplay video clips

Causes any video to start playing automatically when opened.

Auto play next clip in playlist

After the first video file has finished playing, the next video clip in the playlist will start playing  automatically.

GIF Animation

Determines the manner in which animated GIFs are displayed.


Hardware buttons

Use this dialog to customize the program hardware buttons to operate with photos. Under Button, tap the button you want to assign, and select a new action in the Set Button Assignment combo box.


File Association settings

Use this dialog to associate graphic file formats with this application. Do so if you wish to open photos from the File Explorer

To associate files with the Resco Photo Viewer:

  1. Select the formats you wish to associate
  2. Press OK

Slide Show Settings

Transition Effect — allows you to create transition effects between two slides. It helps you create a professional presentation.

Play Direction — specifies presentation direction. Forward, backward, random or manual mode.

Delay — specifies the display time of a slide. You can also set it separately slide by slide. To do this, select Properties and find it under the 'Sound Notes' section.


Select the Repeat in loop check box to view the images in infinite loop.

Select the Silent mode check box to run the slide-show without sounds.


Album Properties

Slide Show Sounds

Your slide show can be enhanced by sounds. You have two options.

Play voice notes attached to pictures

When you select this option button, the application will play sounds attached with photos. That means, you can record a comment for every photo in your album.

Play background melody [mp3, wav]

Music or comments will play on the background (MP3 or WAV file can be used).


Picture Properties

Tap on the File Properties button in the toolbar and choose one of the following:

Photo

Let's you see slide/photo properties like format, zoom, rotation, file properties and EXIF data.

Voice Notes

Displays sound notes attached to slide/photo. Use [...] to define/change the sound file path.