Pictures

Pictures can be photos or images from the web. You can drag & drop most graphic format files onto the Picture Window and it will display them. You can also drag & drop an image directly from a web page. The Picture window displays the image and the Picture list contains the list of all the images.

Picture Window

Select "Picture Window" (⌘B) from the "Pictures" menu, or click the "Pictures" button ("palm tree on island" icon) just right of the marquee on the main window, to open this window (click again to close). Double-click on the picture to show the list of pictures. Double-click again to hide the list.

Note that, just like the "Moods and Themes" lists, when a picture is visible you can "Right/Control-click" it to bring up a contextual menu of useful items.

To add pictures, just drag images (from a browser, for example) or files (jpg, bmp, gif, tiff, png, photoshop, or pict) or a folder of images (folders can even be nested) onto the window.Another window will open displaying a progress bar as the pictures are added. If more than ten images are being added, SonicMood will pause temporarily to reduce the CPU load. Images are displayed as added, but they will not be corrected for aspect ratio at that time (they are properly saved however). The last image loaded will be displayed with the proper scaling and aspect ratio to fit the window (unless you've turned this option off in Preferences).

New picture names are derived from the original names of the files you drop onto the window. If you dragged images from another window (like from a browser), it will have the name "Scenex" (where "x" is a number). You can change that name to something more memorable by bringing up the Picture "List" (see below).

During a resizing of the Picture window, the image's ratio of width to height (aspect ratio) is preserved. This may result in areas of the window that are not covered by the Picture. If you'd like the Picture to fill the window, you have two choices:

1. You could turn off "Keep picture's aspect ratio" and the image will stretch to fill the window.
2. You could turn on "Auto size Picture window" and the window will stretch to fit the image.

Both of these options are available from the Picture window's contextual menu (right/control-click) or the Preferences window, "Misc" page.

When you add a picture, that image is copied (as a jpeg file) to the "SonicMood/Scenes" folder inside your "Application Support" folder. You may move the originals or delete them and SonicMood will still be able to display the picture.

Picture List

Double-clicking on the image in the window, selecting "Picture List" (⌥B) from the "Pictures" menu, or clicking on the "Picture List" button will cause a list to appear under the Picture. This is the list of pictures, each with a checkbox. If "Close window on double-click" is checked, then just double-click on the name of the picture you want to show to close the list and display your selection.

To the right of each checkbox is the timer interval (in mm:ss format) for each Picture (see the Timers topic for more information). Add a picture using the "+" button. Delete pictures by highlighting rows on the list and then clicking the "-" button, selecting "Delete" from the "Edit" menu, right/control-clicking and selecting "Delete" from the contextual menu, or pressing the delete key on your keyboard.

Double-click on a row to display that picture. An arrow pointer indicates the picture currently displayed. If "double-click to select pic, then hide list" is checked then the list will disappear, giving more room for the picture.

You can edit/change the name of any picture in the list using the standard "select-pause-click" technique. The name should become editable (if not, repeat). Now you can edit the name or type a new one. Press "return" when done or click on another name in the list.

Click on the "Picture Name" header to sort the pictures by name. Click once to sort ascending. Click again to sort descending. Once sorted, the list cannot be "unsorted."

If you'd like, drag the picture rows around to reorder them in the list; it's ok to drag several rows at once. You can re-arrange the rows any way you'd like. Note that if one or more rows are moved via a drag, the column header no longer indicates that sorting is in effect.