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Example: Blurring a face in a picture without distorting the entire image

There are many ThumbsPlus Filters that can be tried, but the most commonly used filter to disguise a face is the "Mosiac" filter.

I have attached 3 images that illustrate the "Elliptical" Selection mode, (so you can select the face with a circle), as well as suggestions for ThumbsPlus Filters for this task.

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Options>Preferences>General

"Use Windows recycle bin settings"

By default the option to use the Windows recycle bin IS selected. If this has been turned off - when you delete files in ThumbsPlus - the deleted files will NOT go to the recycle bin and will be deleted from your system!

Also, be aware that if the Windows recycle bin is full, does not have enough space allocated for deleted files on the drive you are in, or is not set up to receive deleted files, you can  lose accidentally deleted images as well. (Image attached.)

In any of the cases above the only option would be to restore the files from backup. (I always recommend keeping backups of the ThumbsPlus database. (Database>Advanced>Backup) When backing up the ThumbsPlus database it is a good time to back up your image folders as well.)

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ThumbsPlus v10 FAQ / Please explain "Popup Tips"
« on: 2019-02-20 13:33:36 »
When you move the mouse over a file (thumbnail) in the thumbnail view and popup tips are enabled, the thumbnail (if present) will be displayed as an image tip (similar to a standard windows tool tip). If you have unchecked thumbnails, under the Thumbnail Display section, in Options | Preferences - Thumbnail View, the image tips will display immediately on a mouse move. Otherwise, the standard tool tip delay is used before displaying the image tip. To configure when and how popup image tips are displayed, click the Setup button under Options | Preferences - Thumbnail View.

You can disable the image tip display altogether by deselecting the Enable popup tips option in Options | Preferences - Thumbnail View.

An illustration of Popup tips being used is attached.

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You can control the maximum file size to load for the preview tab in Options | Preferences | Advanced (Maximum file size for preview tab).

The preview panel displays the currently selected or focused thumbnail view. If the file is inaccessible, a movie, loaded via a Photoshop or other plug-in, or too large, ThumbsPlus just displays the thumbnail.

The attached image illustrates a very large image fitting in the preview window.

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ThumbsPlus will show your Internet storage areas such as Dropbos, Onedrive, Cloud (folders). In ThumbsPlus you will find these folders under Users> then your name as shown in the first attached image.

NOTE: You may receive errors when saving edits of images that are being moved or copied in Dropbox or other cloud folders so it is suggested you copy or move files to a local folder to edit them. After the final edits are completed you can copy or move the files back to the internet storage folders.

You may want to add these internet storage folders to your "Favorites" for easier access.

Tree>Add to Favorites and Tree>Edit Favorites

Use these menu selections to add and edit your favorite folders. These favorites are available in several places inside the program (File | Move to and Tree | Go to sub menus, File | Database | Open Database and View Window - File | Save As dialogs, and the location bar) to allow you to go to those folders or move files quickly.

Then you can click on the STAR and quickly go to your favorite folders.

I have attached a 2nd image that illustrates more about "Favorites".

(There is also a pull down menu in the same section of the interface that shows your most recent folder visits.)

For more information please e-mail support@thumbsplus.com
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ThumbsPlus databases are not designed to be moved to new computers and many find that beginning with a new database is the easiest path. That being said I have copied information below that describes the process to use to attempt to migrate a ThumbsPlus database to a new computer as well as tips about making it easier to re-create database information for future database moves.

The thumbnails and data, ie;, annotations, keywords, udf's, galleries - that your ThumbsPlus database contains are not stored in the images themselves, but in the database.

ThumbsPlus uses the folder structure and the volume labels of your drives to tell itself where the image resides that the thumbnail represents. What this means (partially) is that if you have a different directory structure on the new computer ThumbsPlus can not match the thumbnails with the images because they are no longer where ThumbsPlus expects them to be. (As the folder has changed, or the volume label(s) are different.)

The easiest way to move the database file, (the default database type is *.tpdb8), is to make sure you have the exact same directory structure with the exact Volume Labels on the NEW system, so the thumbnails and other thumbnail data will match up with the files. If this is not possible, you can open the database on the new computer, and you will see the offline (old) drive with a red exclamation point and/or grey folders. If the directory structure is the same, you can drag the offline drive to the new drive. (The offline drive will have a red ! on it in the folder tree.) If the directory structure has changed you will need to drag the folders individually as long as the CONTENTS of the folders have not changed...even if the folder name has. Again, if you are not concerned with the ThumbsPlus thumbnails and data, it's easiest just to install ThumbsPlus on the new drive and re-create your thumbnails and data.

Please note that here are ways to use ThumbsPlus that makes it much easier to re-create thumbnail data if a database is lost:

* Keywords: Automatic keyword generation from different criteria like image names and folder names and more. If your images and folders are named logically this makes it much easier to automatically create keyword data when making thumbnails. OPTIONS>PREFERENCES>KEYWORDS

* Image Metadata may be a great solution as the Metadata is stored in the images themselves and not in the ThumbsPlus database. Then using ThumbsPlus options, you can automatically create database keywords, annotations and udf's from Metadata upon thumbnail creation. Options>Preferences>Metadata. (If you do use Metadata, not only is the Metadata available in other imaging programs, but creating ThumbsPlus database information from the Metadata makes creating a new database on a new system much easier.)

The attached images illustrate some of these options.

For additional help please e-mail support@thumbsplus.com
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Yes you can search using part of a filename or part of a keyword.

Images are attached that illustrate both processes.

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MOVIE FILE TYPE ISSUE:

ThumbsPlus and MOVIE files with extensions other than the norm:

If you can't even see empty thumbnail boxes for your movie files they most likely have an extension that ThumbsPlus is not set up for, YET!

To set up a new movie format that has an extension that is not included in Options>Preferences>File Types:

Go to Options>Preferences>File Types>New and type in the extension of these movie files.

Configure the new file type as "Equivalent to" .mpg.

I have attached an image that illustrates adding a new movie type and configuring it to be equal to the .mpg format.

For additional help please write support@thumbsplus.com

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The .heic file type is the most asked for format in quite some time.  This newer format will be supported in ThumbsPlus v11.

While you wait for the addition of support for the heic/heif file format in ThumbsPlus note that there is a way to change the format that images are saved in - in the iphone settings.

In addition to changing the iphone settings to save your pictures in a different format, there are features in ThumbsPlus that may be helpful if you want to thumbnail ANY image types that are proprietary or not yet supported.

1. If Windows Explorer shows thumbnails for a file format that is not internally supported by ThumbsPlus, if you set up the file type configuration for that type and use NONE for the file loading option, ThumbsPlus will pick up the thumbnail that Windows creates.

2. There is a "make from clipboard" option in ThumbsPlus v10 that allows you to create thumbnails of non supported or proprietary formats. Using this feature along with placing a program icon for the application used to create that format is a great work around for many users that wish to manage unsupported file formats. I have explained this function below and the first image attached illustrates it.

Make from clipboard and external program options:

Once this is set up it won't have to be done again and from then on you can use ThumbsPlus in this way to thumbnail any file types that we do not internally support.

a.  Go to OPTIONS>PREFERENCES>FILE TYPES>NEW and set up the new format as shown in the attached image.

b.  You will see empty thumbnail boxes for your non supported files as shown in the attached image.

c.  Open the software that creates these files and bring up the file that is shown in the empty thumbnail box in ThumbsPlus.

d.  Make a screen shot of this same file (IN THE OTHER software) using the ALT+PRINT SCREEN function, or EDIT>COPY.

e.  Go into ThumbsPlus and find the empty thumbnail box and select it by clicking it once as shown in the attached image.

f.  Go to THUMBNAIL>MAKE FROM CLIPBOARD.

g.  Now you will see the thumbnail for that file.

h.  Because of the way we set up this file type, upon double clicking the image, ThumbsPlus will send it to the associated software program to open.

NOTE! If you have "Create persistent .tp_jptn files for thumbnails made from clipboard" enabled under Main Window - Options | Preferences | Thumbnails, ThumbsPlus will keep a copy of the thumbnail image (named with the .tp_jptn file extension)  in the same folder as the selected file. This allows ThumbsPlus to remake the thumbnail later.

3. You can also put a toolbar icon on your ThumbsPlus toolbar for any program. That way you can click any regularly created thumbnail (or a clipboard created thumbnail) and then click the program icon on the toolbar to open the image in that program.

To add an External Program toolbar button, right click the toolbar and go to "customize">"programs". I don't have a program that creates the heic/heif files so I have shown you how to put a Firefox icon on the ThumbsPlus toolbar in the 2nd attached image. (You can use this same process to put any program on your computer on the toolbar in ThumbsPlus.)

For additional help please e-mail support@thumbsplus.com

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1. The next time you download an update, please choose the "Express Install" as this will place the database and your preferences in the same folders and you will not lose your thumbnails or options when you launch the update for the first time. (Or you can go to HELP>SYSTEM INFORMATION before updating and take a look at the last install options you used and use the same options with the install of the update.)

2. If you want to reset the preferences back to the default settings you will need to remove 3 files from the ThumbsPlus Preferences Folder.  thumbs10.ini, thumbs10.config and thumbs10.vconfig.

The ThumbsPlus Preferences folder is located in the ThumbsPlus 10 program group. The attached image illustrates how to find the location and delete the preferences. After deleting these files, the next time you launch ThumbsPlus the settings will be back to the default.

For additional help please e-mail support@thumbsplus.com

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ThumbsPlus is NOT responsible for the thumbs.db files. (NO REALLY!!) These files are created by Windows. To find more information about the thumbs.db files please do an Internet search for "thumbs.db" or "what are thumbs.db files and can I delete them".


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1. If a file type is associated with another program you can right click a thumbnail and choose "Edit" to open the image in the associated program.

2. If you want to always open a certain file format in another program, right click a thumbnail of that type of image and go to "Configure Type". Change "Load file using" to None.
(HINT:  Setting up a file type configuration for unsupported file types to "Load using None" will use the internal Windows thumbnail if available.)

3. If you want to always open EVERY type of file in another program, go to Options>Preferences>General and choose "Edit image" for "Default Action".

4. You can put a toolbar icon for any program on the ThumbsPlus toolbar!

Right click the toolbar and go to "Customize", then select the "Programs" tab.

The attached image illustrates this process.

For additional help please contact support@thumbsplus.com

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Photoshop, .psd file type support:

There are a couple of reasons why you may not be able to thumbnail and/or view your .psd files.

1. The file type configuration may not be set up correctly. The first attached image illustrates the correct configuration.

2. Maximum Compatibility must be used with .psd files in order for ThumbsPlus to be able to view and thumbnail them. There have been different names for this option in Photoshop. I remember when it was called saving with a "composite image" many years ago.

(.psd files that are not saved with "maximum compatibility" are proprietary and EXTREMELY complicated to try and reverse engineer.)

A. If you don't want to resave all of your .psd files with the compatibility mode, you can configure this file type to "Load using" Poly Image. This will work but it probably won't work perfectly with complicated layered files. However, the thumbnail and view may be sufficient for your needs. Loading .psd files using Poly Image along with the option of putting a Photoshop toolbar button on the ThumbsPlus toolbar may be a great solution for you!

B. You can put a toolbar icon on your ThumbsPlus toolbar for any program. If you put Photoshop on the ThumbsPlus toolbar you can select a thumbnail and then click the program icon on the toolbar to open the image in Photoshop.

Right click the toolbar and go to "customize">"programs". In the second image attached I have illustrated how to put a Photoshop icon on the ThumbsPlus toolbar. (You can do this with any program on your computer!)

For additional help please e-mail support@thumbsplus.com

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If you click on a folder that does have images but you don't see any thumbnails or "thumbnail not available" boxes it is possible that something has been typed in the "Name Mask" area.

Simply remove that text or click on the "funnel" button and chose "Selected files" or "All files". The attached image illustrates this problem and how to fix it.

For additional help please e-mail support@thumbsplus.com


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If you want ThumbsPlus to be associated with your image file types you should use the ThumbsPlus program (instead of Windows) to perform this task.

The option to associate file types with ThumbsPlus is found in the file type configuration dialog box for each image type.

There are 2 different ways to get to the file type configuration dialog box for a an image type.

Go to Options>Preferences>File types and expand the "All" entry. Scroll to the type you wish to associate with ThumbsPlus and double click it (or click "Edit"). In this file type configuration check the option to "Associate this file type with ThumbsPlus".

or

Right click a thumbnail of an image of the type you wish to associate with ThumbsPlus and go to "Configure type". In this file type configuration check the option to "Associate this file type with ThumbsPlus".

An image is attached to illustrate these methods.

Because some selected types shouldn't be associated with ThumbsPlus, the association for each format must be done individually.

There have been reports that the latest Windows 10 release is hijacking associations that have been performed using Windows. Everyone has reported that using ThumbsPlus to associate their image files has fixed this problem.


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