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Sorting Pictures
You can sort pictures by clicking on the picture and dragging to the file tree on the right.
You can also select a group of pictures from the file list on the left and drage the group to the file tree on the right.
You can change the directory shown in the file list by double-clicking on a directory in the file tree. You can also right click on the directory you want and select “Show Single Directory” from the pop-up.
Main Screen
Viewer Details
 | Menus for controlling JIBS. |
 | Opens up a browser with the support page. (Which doesn't currently have any options on how to get support, only provide support...) |
 | On the left is the Slider. The numbers on the Slider indicate how many pictures are in the directory you are currently looking at. The pointer (which looks like home plate sideways) shows you the number of the picture you are looking at. You can drag the pointer up or down to directly select any picture to look at. The first picture is 1. Dragging the Slider to zero will cause the "Beginning of Pictures" sign to be displayed and you will be positioned just befor the first picture. |
 | Next to the Slider is the File List. The arrows on the right margin (circled in red) are used to hide and unhide the File List. The divider (circled in blue) the arrows are on can be used to resize the List. The File List is a sorted list of all the file names for the pictures in the current directory. You can use the Sort menu to change the sort order. The current file is shown in red text. Double clicking on a file name in the file list will cause the picture to be shown. You can also drag one or more selected files from this to the Tree to move them. (This also works if you drag them to Windows Explorer, or other Java drop enabled components.) Pressing the Control Key ("Ctrl") will cause the drag to be a copy instead of a move. |
 | Photos have metadata embedded in them such as the date and time the picture was taken. That data is stored in the pictures in EXIF format. JIBS gives you access to that EXIF metadata. |
 | View The picture you are looking at. If the picture fits in the space shown, it will have a black background. If the picture does not fit in the space shown, it will resized to fit and will have a red background. You can turn off automatic resizing from the Setting Dialog (on the menu, View Settings). You can drag the picture to the Tree. (This also works if you drag the picture to Windows Explorer, or other Java drop enable components.) It much easier to start a drag from here than from the List. Pressing the Control Key ("Ctrl") will cause the drag to be a copy instead of a move. Right-clicking on the picture will bring up some information about the picture. The information shown depends on what was used to take the picture. There are several viewer for the picture found under the view menu. Currently there are Resize, No Resize, and Thumbnails. |
 | The Tree is on the right-hand side of the screen. It shows your image directories in a traditional tree format. The numbers after the directories are the file count for that directory. You can change the root of the Tree from the Setting Dialog (on the menu, View Settings). You organize your pictures by dragging them from the File List or the Picture to the right directory in the Tree. You can also drag from the operating system on to the Tree. Double clicking on a directory will make that directory become the currently view directory. The little arrows at the top of the divider (circled in blue) will collapse or expand the Tree just like the List. You can always drag the divider. |
 | If you right click on a directory in the tree, you can bring up the Tree Statistics dialog which shows you how much room that directory and all its sub-directories are taking. |
 | The Slide Sorter allows you to rearrange files and then rename them to fix the new order. It will also let you save them in that order in a zip file for distribution. |
 | The Status Bar lets you know what the currently selected picture is. If you right click on the Status Bar, you have the option to copy the file name and full path of the currently file. Copy --> Copies current file name and path so you can paste it into other applications. Enable/Disable Auto-Copy --> Toggles copying current file name and path each time you view a picture. |
Slide Sorter
The Slide Sorter allows you to sort a group of pictures into a particular order and then rename the group of pictures so that they will be displayed by the file system in order.
To turn the sorter on or off select the View menu and check or uncheck the Slide Sorter box (circled in red below).
As you drag pictures to the sorter, the pictures are marked with a green check mark. You can drag pictured around in the slide sorter. Here is what the buttons do:
| Zip | Zips the current files renaming them in the zip file. The name used in this dialog box will not affect the name of the files on your disk. JIBS will ask where to store the zip file. |
| Rename | Brings up a dialog box allowing you to rename all the files. The files will be renamed and the new names will be reflected in the File List. This is done by adding numbers to the name you supplied. So, if you sorted 99 pictures and provided the name "vacation2007-", the pictures would be named "vacation2007-001.jpg" through "vacation2007-100.jpg". The number of zeros is adjusted appropriate to ensure they sort in the correct order. |
| Clear | Clears all the current items in the sorter. |
| Options | Brings up a dialog box allowing you to set the size of the pictures shown in the sorter. |