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From: Terry Pinnell on 15 Dec 2008 03:55
John Weston <invalid(a)earlsway.invalid> wrote:

>In article <8t57k4d6t5fgpil9db4qblpkh34cqfsbcq(a)4ax.com>,
>terrypin(a)dial.pipex.com says...
>> I'm using IrfanView Thumbnails to browse a large folder of photos to
>> make a selection of 50 or so for inclusion in a family DVD. This is
>> far preferable to the XP folders, whose thumbnails are too small to
>> make a proper assessment. Even so, when I see a candidate I usually
>> want to view it properly. But as soon as I do so, any selection of
>> thumbnails I've made up until then is lost.
>>
>> Am I missing anything here please? Is there some way to preserve the
>> current selection (made with Ctl+left click), while viewing images?
>
>What works for me, when I want to view a thumbnail whilst others are
>selected, is to continue holding down the the Ctrl key and double-left-
>click the thumbnail to vie in a larger window. After viewing, close the
>window using the (X) button and your original selection of thubnails is
>still there. The one you have viewd is also selected, but a single click
>will de-select it, if necessary. You shouldn't release the Ctrl key
>during the whole procedure, or it will lose your selections.

Thanks John, that's exactly what I was after. Although, as per my
other general reply, I may in future work directly in the Windows
folders for this sort of task. (The identical multiple-selection
technique works there too.)

BTW, the only way I've found to DE-select all currently selected
thumbnails in IrfanView with a single click is to click the folder
name in the left hand tree pane. Any other way?

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK
From: Terry Pinnell on 15 Dec 2008 04:12
Paul Furman <paul-@-edgehill.net> wrote:

>Terry Pinnell wrote:
>> I'm using IrfanView Thumbnails to browse a large folder of photos to
>> make a selection of 50 or so for inclusion in a family DVD. This is
>> far preferable to the XP folders, whose thumbnails are too small to
>> make a proper assessment. Even so, when I see a candidate I usually
>> want to view it properly. But as soon as I do so, any selection of
>> thumbnails I've made up until then is lost.
>>
>> Am I missing anything here please? Is there some way to preserve the
>> current selection (made with Ctl+left click), while viewing images?
>
>Are you trying to create an Irfanview slide show that just lists the
>file locations without copying?

No, as mentioned I'm selecting photos for a DVD. An early stage is to
just drag the selection to my video editor.

>Holding down the control key you can
>add, subtract & double click to preview. Or you can change the explorer
>view to large thumbs in the slide show selection dialog box.

Yes, thanks, John pointed that out earlier and it directly solves my
problem.

>The way I use Irfanview for culling favorites is to set the move-to
>folder under options > properties > file handling tab. You could also
>use copy. Then just go through the set in full screen mode & tap F7 to
>move files into a 'seconds' folder or F8 to copy into a folder. I almost
>never use Irfanview's thumbnail view.

The serious downside to that approach which rules it out for me is
either duplicated files with F8 or file management issues with F7. I
rarely want to *permanently* move a selection of files to a new
location just because I'm using them for a specific task. So they have
to be moved back afterwards. Worse, most video editing software uses
shortcuts to the files imported, so you're obliged to leave them where
they were at the time of import!

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK
From: John Weston on 15 Dec 2008 12:04
In article <dh6ck4d6gv8e18mdopi8mj1q2d8jroco7e(a)4ax.com>,
terrypinDELETE(a)THESEdial.pipex.com says...

>
> BTW, the only way I've found to DE-select all currently selected
> thumbnails in IrfanView with a single click is to click the folder
> name in the left hand tree pane. Any other way?
>
Click anywhere on the thumbnail window background, with the Ctrl key
released, same as in Explorer.

--
John W
To mail me replace the obvious with co.uk twice
From: Terry Pinnell on 15 Dec 2008 14:50
John Weston <invalid(a)earlsway.invalid> wrote:

>In article <dh6ck4d6gv8e18mdopi8mj1q2d8jroco7e(a)4ax.com>,
>terrypinDELETE(a)THESEdial.pipex.com says...
>
>>
>> BTW, the only way I've found to DE-select all currently selected
>> thumbnails in IrfanView with a single click is to click the folder
>> name in the left hand tree pane. Any other way?
>>
>Click anywhere on the thumbnail window background, with the Ctrl key
>released, same as in Explorer.

That was the first thing I tried, but it doesn't work here. A new
thumbnail close to the location clicked is always selected!

After further tests, I think it's because I'm using 200 x 200
thumbnails. In effect, there's no 'empty' space left. Switching to 100
x 100 it works OK. At 150 x 150 I can manage to de-select after
several careful attempts.

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK
From: Roger Hunt on 15 Dec 2008 15:07
In article <2j4ck41q1lfeaketearjbvmc6gcq0cls8e(a)4ax.com>, Terry Pinnell
<terrypinDELETE(a)THESEdial.pipex.com> writes
>Ron Hunter <rphunter(a)charter.net> wrote:

>>It should be noted that it is possible to specify the size of the
>>thumbnail images in Windows Explorer.
>
>Thanks, I didn't know that. Or, if I did, I'd forgotten.
>
>For others who prefer less cryptic help, here's the result of the
>subsequent brief research I've just done.
>
>The following XP registry key appears to determine size and quality:
>
>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
>"ThumbnailSize"=dword:00000100
>
>I've changed mine now to 200 pixels, so that key now looks like this:
>
>ThumbnailSize REG_DWORD 0x000000c8 (200)
>
>---------
>
>But, as me(a)mine.net pointed out up-thread, TweakUI is a fast way to
>change this setting. I'm embarrassed to say that in all the years I've
>used this excellent utility I'd never used the thumbnail section.
>
>I reckon that larger size will satisfy most of my needs now. I'm using
>the My Computer folders all the time as a base for projects, so
>viewing and selecting from there comes naturally, now that I can see
>the thumbnails so much better at 200 px than the 96 px they were
>before. What impact it has on performance, such as folder-opening
>time, remains to be seen.
>
I don't think this has been mentioned ...
In Windows Explorer > Tools > Folder Options > View, is the opportunity
to cache thumbnails in order to speed up folder opening times.
As far as I can see, the default setting is to cache them, but I suppose
it is possible that the setting may be set to not cache them (slower).
Might be worth checking?
--
Roger Hunt
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