Apple Macintosh PhotoFlash User Manual

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Open the folder named PHOTO_CD, then open the folder inside it named IMAGES.

Double-click the name of the image you want to open.

The Photo CD Options dialog box appears.

Note: If you have the Apple Photo Access extension installed, you will see a
Photos folder as well as the PHOTO_CD folder. The subfolders of each of
these folders contain the same images, although they are organized differently.
The Photo CD Options dialog box appears only when you choose images
from the Images folder inside the PHOTO_CD folder. It is usually preferable
to use these images, because PhotoFlash opens them more quickly and the
Photo CD Options dialog box allows you to size, rotate, and preview the
images before you open them.

Choose a set of dimensions from the Resolution pop-up menu.

The dimensions in the Resolution pop-up menu give the image’s width and
height in pixels. In addition to setting the image’s size on screen, these
dimensions determine how much room the file occupies in your computer’s
random-access memory (RAM) after you open it. An additional set of
dimensions appears in the menu if the CD supports Photo CD Pro.

Notice the orientation of the image preview in the Photo CD Options dialog box. If the
image is turned on its side and you want to open it right way up, click Rotate 90° Right to
rotate the image clockwise or Rotate 90° Left to rotate it counterclockwise.

The preview shows you the new orientation.

Working With Image Files

Dimensions (in
pixels) of the
image displayed
on your screen

Uncompressed

size of the image

at the current

Resolution setting