The Presenter allows photographers to show their images to their customers
as thumbnails, in a comparison mode for two images, and as a slide show with
music. Images can be rearranged and these arrangements saved for later use, e.g.
if the photographer wishes to lay out a sequence of images before their
customers arrive at their studio.
The
Presenter is shown by clicking the "Compare..." button to the left of the
thumbnail area's "Zoom" button. If this button doesn't appear, then it's
unavailable at a lab, or the lab hasn't made it available to a photographer.
The thumbnail area is identical to the one in the
main application window, but has additional features. The area can be expanded
by dragging the horizontal divider at the top of the thumbnails. There are
several controls available for this thumbnail area, which are shown below the
thumbnails.
The "Zoom" and "Folder..." controls are identical to the main
thumbnail area's. The other controls have the following functions:
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The comparison area consists of two identical panes
in which images can be shown side by side. To show an image in the comparison
area, just drag it from the thumbnail area. Several controls are offered for
each pane area:
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Due to differences in
music players and the limited standard abilities to communicate from one
application to another, the music player will continue playing after the slide
show is done, but it can be safely stopped by using the controls in the music
player at any time.
allows an arrangement of image thumbnails, with their
rotations, to be stored to disk for use later. Opening and saving
arrangements use a standard file dialog for browsing the
filesystem.
displays
a dialog of settings for the slide show
starts
a slide show of images with the settings specified.
closes the
Presenter.
shows the image in the thumbnail area before the one shown
in this pane.
shows the
image in the thumbnail area after the one shown in this pane.
removes
the image in the pane from the thumbnail area, and displays the next
image. The image is not deleted from disk, it simply isn't shown in
the thumbnail area.
scales the
image much like the layout area zoom control.
rotates
the image shown in the pane and its thumbnail by 90º
clockwise.
rotates
the image shown in the pane and its thumbnail by 90º
counterclockwise.