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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / Annimated gifs: Difference between opening and "spacing"

« on: 2014-10-15 03:46:47 »

Hi,

If I click on an animated gif, it starts the animation. If I click on it, the animation stops, and if I use alt+pageUp/Down I can move forward/backward in the animation, and if I hit space, I move to the next picture. I can also use Edit->Split Pages. All very nice.

But if I hit space without first stopping the animation, nothing happens! I do not move to the next picture.

And if I have stopped the animation, there is no way to start it again, without reopening the file.

If I have a folder with a mix of various types pictuers, click on a jpg and then hit space to move to an animated gif, I end up on the last picture in the animation, instead of starting the animation.

I recently removed V7, so I cannot remember how it worked then.

To sum up, this is what I want.

1. I would like to be able to move to the next picture by hitting space without first stopping the animation.

2. I would like to be able to start the animation again by clicking on it again.

3. I would like to see the animation instead of the last picture when "spacing to" an animated gif.

Do other people prefer the current behavior, or is this a bug?

Helmer Aslaksen

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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / TTwo Thumbs.tpdb8 files?

« on: 2014-10-10 18:17:02 »

Good point! I will look do that next time there is an update or beta. Thanks!

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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / TTwo Thumbs.tpdb8 files?

« on: 2014-10-10 18:16:07 »

I'm sorry! I am so stupid! I didn't read your reply carefully. You were talking about the directory "All Users", while I was clicking on the files. There doesn't seem to be a simple way to tell that the file is a link. It's the grandparent directory that is a link.

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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / TTwo Thumbs.tpdb8 files?

« on: 2014-10-10 16:25:27 »

Thanks! That was what I tried, too, but for some reason my properties windowss seem to give less information .

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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / TTwo Thumbs.tpdb8 files?

« on: 2014-10-10 08:35:40 »

Thanks! Yes, I suspected that it was a link, but I didn't know how to tell that it was a link. :-(

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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / TTwo Thumbs.tpdb8 files?

« on: 2014-10-10 06:46:27 »

Dear Pete,

Thanks for quick reply. I'm sorry that my original letter was a bit vague. I use Win7-64. The strange thing is that the two files seem to be the same. Could it be that they are really the same file, and that one of them is just a link to the other? Just wanted to make sure that I don't have two duplicates.

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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / Two Thumbs.tpdb8 files?

« on: 2014-10-10 05:36:46 »

I just realized that I have two Thumbs.tpdb8 files, in C:\Users\All Users\ThumbsPlus and C:\ProgramData\ThumbsPlus. Are they really the same?

Helmer Aslaksen

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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / Version 9 SP2 Beta 3: Disappointment!

« on: 2014-10-10 05:31:59 »

Yes, I think this is an important point.

From the changes list it is clear they are making lots of changes, but they seem to be very different from what we discuss on the forum.

For instance, my complaint about TWAIN settings not being stored, has not been addressed.

Helmer Aslaksen

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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / TP9SP2 looks promising! (But still some issues.)

« on: 2014-09-27 04:02:28 »

HI everybody,

Thanks to Daan, I've now sorted out my black margins problems. It turns out that I hadn't explored all the settings, but I do think that the default was strange. By the way, when I set it to 1x1, TP changes it to 80x64, but I can live with that.)

I also see that several other problems have been fixed. TP9SP2 does not reset my Thumbs9.typ file when I update. Earlier versions of TP8&9 cut that file after 200 lines. Will have to test if it still does that, but now I don't have to fiddle with that file every time I update.

In the past, when I added file types, I had to first select the row, before I could click on the + to expand. This has now been fixed! (This was also a problem with my beloved V7, so it is a real step forward!)

However, I still have some comments, questions and problems.

1. TP9 does not store TWAIN settings. This is super annoying! How hard can this be to fix?

2. Numeric keyboard shortcuts for sort order are gone except for Alt-Backspace. I use those a lot. Yes, there are buttons to click, but I'm a keyboard shortcuts kind of guy.

3. When I view videos, there is a capture current frame button. Where is it supposed to save the caps? And what does split frame mean?

4. If I click on a video, it opens up nicely. However, I'm not able to move to the next by hitting space. (This worked in V7). If I have a mix of pictures and videos, click on a picture and then space forward to a video, it comes up in a different player, which does not have any control slides or buttons! This one allows me to space forward, though.

I realize that 3 and 4 could have something to do with DirectShow and other stuff I have installed, but it did work in TP7.

Thanks!

Helmer Aslaksen

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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / Black margins on tall pictures

« on: 2014-09-27 03:28:47 »

Dear Daan,

THANKS! I didn't notice that setting! As you can see, there is no such setting in TP7 Options -> Viewing Options -> Window, and when upgrading, I just copied my original settings. I changed those settings to 1x1, and now it works beautifully.

I must say that I think it is strange to set such a default for that setting. I totally understand that there are people who might need such a setting, but I think the default should be 1x1, not 640x480.

Now I will once more try to uninstall TP7 and try TP9 as my main program.

Thanks!

Helmer Aslaksen

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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / Black margins on tall pictures

« on: 2014-09-26 18:22:39 »

I'm still having the same problem in V9SP2. The first picture shows my settings and the result for V9SP2, the second shows V7SP2. I'm using the test picture I uploaded in my previous message.

Will this ever be fixed?

Thanks!

Helmer Aslaksen

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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / Black margins on tall pictures

« on: 2014-08-17 08:43:55 »

Yes, it is strange.

I have attached an example picture. Just a random tall picture. I get either black margins, or a picture that is too big.

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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / Black margins on tall pictures

« on: 2014-08-17 04:47:28 »

Hi laser2sail,

> Options | Viewing Options | Window | Fit images to window width & Maintain aspect ratio

Thanks for your reply. I'm afraid it's more tricky than this. When I do what you suggest, it does come up without black borders, but it comes up in a window that is way too big, compared to the resolution, and where I only see the top of the picture.

What I want is that it comes up at the right size, reduced if necessary to fit the screen, and without any black borders.

In TP7 "reduce images to window" worked.

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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / Version 10 operations flow?

« on: 2014-08-01 15:17:00 »

Hi Dan and Laura,

Laura, thanks for replying to this!

Dan, I have written so many times to complain about TP9 not remembering my TWAIN settings! How hard can that be?

And yes, I agree. I don't need any of the new features. I just need an up-to-date version of TP7.

Helmer

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ThumbsPlus v7-v9 Questions / What is happening with TP?

« on: 2014-07-30 17:36:22 »

Dear Laura,

Thanks for your reply!

I understand that it is difficult for you, but it seems that the black margins problem has gotten worse now. This is something I've posted about and sent e-mails about many times. I have a lot of tall, narrow pictures, and they often have wide, black margins. In early TP9 releases, they got smaller, but in TP9SP1 they are back in full force.

Thumbs9.typ cuts after 200 lines.

TP9 does not store TWAIN settings.

I hope this can be solved. TP is a great program, and different people use it for different purposes. These three things are things that are very important to me, and that I hope you could fix easily (at least the last, two).

Thanks!