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PhotoFrame Manager - Overview

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You want to put together a collection of photos to display? Here's how you'd typically go about it. Of course you don't have to do things in exactly this order and you can always go back and change things whenever you like, but this shows just how easy it is to get the results you want.

Create a photo collection

Fit them to your photo frame

Check the final result

Save the collection

Export the photos for display

Job done!

Create a photo collection

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. . . start from scratch with a new collection

. . . OR use an existing collection as a starting point

If you want to keep both old and new collections, just resave it with a new name

See:

New, Open and Recent Files items on the File Menu

File New and File Open Tool Bar buttons

Pick a photo frame

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. . . OR computer screen

. . . OR projector

. . . OR mobile phone or other device (if it is capable of displaying photos)

All PhotoFrame Manager needs is the resolution you'll use to display the photos

Set up your frames, screens etc. ONCE and PhotoFrame Manager remembers them

Common sizes of frames and displays pre-set

Want to change the display . . . just open up the collection and pick a different frame

See:

Photo Frame Pane

Options item on the Tools Menu

Pick your photos

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. . . any photos

. . . stored anywhere on your computer

PhotoFrame Manager remembers where you've stored them

It doesn't matter whether they are all in the same place . . .or not

. . . as many or as few as you like

Include the same photo several times if you want to

Theme your collection by repeating a key photo after every few pictures

Or include a favourite photo several times in succession to keep it displayed for longer

See:

Photos Pane

Photo File box and Browse button in the Selected Photo Pane

Sort them

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. . . any order you like

See the order in the thumbnails

See:

Move Up and Move Down buttons in the Selected Photo Pane

Photos Pane

Rotate them

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. . . if necessary

. . . no more problems with sideways shots

Flip them too for a mirror image if you like

See:

Rotate and Flip buttons in the Selected Photo Pane

Crop them

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. . . get rid of the bits you don't like

Easy to use visual tool for cropping

See the whole photo

With the part you've selected highlighted

Drag the edges to get the desired result

Zoom in for accurate cropping . . . or zoom out to see the full picture

Thumbnails and preview window update as you go

. . . just include the bits you want

If you've repeated a photo, pick different parts each time it appears

Show individuals from groups shots

Successive photos can gradually zoom in or out

See:

Selected Area of Photo in the Selected Photo Pane

Photos Pane

Preview Window

Fit them to your photo frame

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. . . make sure the cropped size exactly fits the photo frame

Choose this and the visual cropping tool only allows selections that will fit exactly

. . . OR stretch it to fit the frame

Great for those abstract compositions

. . . OR ignore the fit and fill the spare space with a colour of your choice

As always, the thumbnails and preview window show the final result

See:

Stretch to Fit Frame, Constrain Aspect Ratio to Fit Frame, Background Colour and Edit Colour in the Selected Photo Pane

Apply top All, Stretch to Fit Frame, Constrain Aspect Ratio to Fit Frame, Background Colour and Edit Colour in the Photo Defaults Pane

Photos Pane

Preview Window