Instruction Page

The site is located at http://truax.org > Tom > Activities Log > Thanksgiving
or http://truax.org/3_tom/1log/01/11_turkey

• Viewing
  • Options
    • The pictures are 640 x 480 pixels.  They are saved in a jpg file format, configured for good resolution and larger file sizes.  The file sizes vary from about 100 K bytes to about 275 K bytes.
    • If you only want to view a few pictures, don't down load the whole set, just select the pictures you want to view
    • Once you've downloaded a picture, it will be cashed in your RAM.  If you return to it, it should load quickly.  Depending on how you have your browser's options configured, it will be removed from your cash once you close your browser
    • If you want to browse through many pictures, down load an entire set to your RAM (Random Access Memory) first
    • If you don't like the thumbnails, you can scroll through the full size picture sets on the download page
  • The link to the picture index is at the top of the page
  • View Only A Few Pictures
    • Select All Pictures, or another Picture Set from the Picture Set Index.  The link to the index is at the top of the page
    • Click on the thumbnail you want to view.  It will load in the main frame
  • View All Pictures or a Set of Pictures form the Picture Set Index
    • Select a Picture Set or All Pictures
    • Select Background Download.  The link is at the top of the thumbnail set
    • The pictures will download in a new browser window.  The bottom left corner of the new browser window will display the progress.  The pictures will download in the order shown in the thumbnails.  You can start viewing prior to completing the entire download, but you should leave the new window open until the download is done
    • Return to the previous browser window
    • Click on the Thumbnail you want to view
    • You can also scroll through the full size pictures on the download page
• Saving
  • You can save all the pictures, a set of pictures, or just one picture
  • If you want to save more than a few pictures, save them all and delete the ones you don't want with Windows Explorer
  • Save Individual Picture
    • Open the picture by clicking it's thumbnail, or scroll the the picture in the download window
    • Right Click the picture
    • Select Save Picture As
    • Browse to the location in your director tree where you want to save the picture to
    • Keep the name, or give it a new name
    • Hit Enter or Click on Save
  • Save A Set of Pictures or All Pictures
    • Select the Picture Set you want to save
    • Click on Background Download to open an entire set
    • When the download is complete, select Save As from the File Menu of the Download window
    • Browse to the directory structure where you want to save the pictures
    • Click on Save or Hit Enter
    • A new directory will be created in the location you specified.  All the jpg files will be in the new directory
• Printing
  • Right Click the full size version of the picture you want to print
  • Select Print Picture
  • or send the jpg file to a photo printing shop and they can do a photo quality print.  We pay $0.68 for 4x6 glossy prints.
  • The pictures will print with photo quality at up to 5x7.  Since the resolution is only 640 x 480, 8x10 is about the max you can go