PictFader� is an application/screen saver/multimedia utility that
displays slide shows of PICT, JPEG (PICT in JPEG type), GIF, Quicktime
Movie and MPEG Movie files. It has relatively low memory requirements
considering the high standard of display that is achieved. It can be
customised to fade after a period of inactivity. PictFader has many
optional features and settings. It is also capable of displaying
pictures in 256 colours using the best colour set. See below for
information on setting these various options.
Requirements
PictFader is distributed as a single Fat Binary application which runs
on both 680x0 and PowerPC processor based (including G3 & G4)
Macintoshes. The minimum requirements are:
� 68020 processor (A PowerPC processor is required for MPEGs)
� System 7.1
� Color QuickDraw
� QuickTime 1.5 ( QuickTime 2.0 or greater preferable ) for JPEG
pictures.
� 350 to 800 K Ram and 650 K disk space
How does it work?
To install PictFader, put it on your hard drive and put its alias into
your Startup Folder. To use PictFader's JPEG and GIF capabilities, you
must have QuickTime installed in your Extensions folder. You don't
even need PictFader running all the time. If you find that you want
the memory PictFader is using, just quit it and relaunch it later when
required.
Features
NEW FEATURES!!! You can now import and export configurations for
PictFader. This allows create configurations for different file sets.
Once a file set is configured, all you have to do is double click on
one to change to another configuration. The additional new feature of
fading upon startup or double click on a configuration file makes this
feature particular effective as a presentation organiser. An option to
change the maximum number of files PictFader can find in a select
folder has also been added (see Setting options below).
Other features include:
-customisation of multilevel folder searches
-hide cursor on fade
-You can customise the font characteristics in which file names are
displayed.
-PictFader is aware of you adding new files to the selected folder.
-Navigation Services on machines running Mac OS 8.5 or greater giving
access to those great new dialog windows.
-Support for Energy Saver Control Panel.
Controlling slide shows.
You can control PictFader using the arrow keys on your keyboard.
Pressing the right arrow moves to the next slide, while pressing the
left arrow moves to the previous slide. Pressing the down key stops
PictFader from progressing to the next picture until another key is
pressed. Pressing the up key continues the slide show. For obvious
reasons, this option is only useful when the 'display in random order'
option is turned off in the preferences. When it is turned on,
PictFader just displays a new picture when you press either the left
or right arrow key. (WARNING: If you like your monitor, it may not be
wise to leave PictFader paused for more than 15 minutes. For some
people, this isn't a concern.)
Important note:
You shouldn't have to adjust the amount of memory that PictFader uses
(except when increasing the file limit). It has be designed to have a
relatively small RAM footprint to allow use in many different memory
conditions. However, because PictFader uses temporary memory, you may
not be able to display a picture if there are too many applications
running or you do not have sufficient RAM. PictFader will tell you if
this is the case. Simply quit an application or two, or turn on
virtual memory. The Power Mac version of PictFader is very economical
on RAM when virtual memory is turned on. Similarly, the playback of
Quicktime movies, especially larger movies, will be affected by the
speed of the machine upon which PictFader is running. This is a
limitation of Quicktime, not PictFader.
