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Help with the Slideshow Slideshow Button

The Slideshow is an Adobe Flash-based facility that allows you to view the photographs from the current gallery full-screen with disolves between each photo. Here we will cover two key points: How to navigate within the slideshow and what to do if the slideshow doesn't appear:

The screen is blank or says 'Press ESC to Exit Full Screen Mode' and no slideshow ever appears!

Check two things:

Are you using the most recent version of Flash? Adobe Flash version 9 or greater is required! Upgrade your computer to the latest version of Flash and the problem will most likely be resolved!
Turn off hardware acceleration (Windows users only)!

Hardware what??? This is a Flash option that takes advantage of your computer to speed and smooth transitions between the photos...unfortunately, it interferes with our slideshow...fortunately, it's not needed either! So turn it off! Here's how:

Display a Flash-based video clip - the easiest is to play a any YouTube video (www.youtube.com)
As soon as the video clip starts, click stop (you don't need to watch the whole clip).
Right-click on the clip window to bring up the menu

Left-Click on "Settings"
Make sure the "Enable Hardware Acceleration checkbox is UNchecked
Close YouTube and try the slideshow again

You will only need to do this once...slideshow should work from here on out!

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Navigating the Slideshow:
The slideshow will progress automatically. You can, however, navigate within the show. It starts by moving your mouse over the photos in the slideshow. This will make the slideshow control appear semi-transparently above the photos. There are three main controls:

The filmstrip at the top of the page can be used to jump to particular photographs and start the slideshow from that point going forward. The right and left arrows to the sides of the filmstrip will 'page-forward' the strip to the next set of pictures. Click on the desired photo within the filmstrip to jump directly to it.
The "Slow" "Normal" and "Fast" indicators above the filmstrip will set the wait-time between photographs.
The navigation arrows over the photos themselves operate like a DVD or VCR player. Moving left one photo, pausing and starting, or moving right one photo. You can click on these arrows as soon as they appear.

Once you stop moving your mouse for a few seconds, the slideshow navigation controls will fade away. You can bring them back at any time by moving the mouse over the photo again.
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Viewing Pictures

The Gallery View
From the Gallery View, you can view all the photographs in a gallery. By clicking on the thumbnail at the left, an enlarged photo will appear on the right. This layout will dynamically change to make the best use of the size of your screen, so the number of thumbnails and the size of the photo on the right will differ from computer to computer.

If all the photos cannot fit on a single page, multiple pages of thumbnails will be created. You can navigate through the pages of thumbnails by clicking on the navigation bar found above the photos.
Thumbnail Navigation Controls

On the left of the navigation bar, Click the buttons to move backward or forward a page of thumbnails. The on the right of the bar will scroll one picture at a time. Clicking on the << or >> arrows will jump to the first or last (respectively) page of thumbnails. There is no 'jump to the first picture' option.
You can also jump to a specific page of thumbnails by pausing your mouse directly over the little down arrow in the circle (found after the 4 in the photo above). This pops up a direct page selection where you can click on a specific page number and jump to that set of thumbnails.
Direct Thumb Page Navigation

When viewing a photograph on the right side of Gallery View, you will have several options as well. By pausing your mouse over the photograph on the right side of the gallery view, the photograph fly-out menu will appear:
Photo View Flyout Menu

This menu will contain different options based on the type of photograph and the sales options for the photograph. You can view the photograph in a variety of sizes by clicking on the appropriate size from the flyout menu. Alternatively, you can just click on the photo and the website will automatically select the optimum size for your monitor and computer.

If you see the 'Save Photo' option at the bottom of the menu, the photo may be downloaded to your computer at no charge!

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Buying Enlargements and Photo Gifts

Photographs may be purchased through the website. This is done while viewing the photographs in the Gallery View (see viewing photos).

Purchasing photographs requires two steps:

Select the photograph(s) you want and putting them into the shopping cart ('Buy this Photo')
Going to the shopping cart and selecting the type of product (enlargement size, photo gift, etc.)

Buying an indivdual photograph
With the photograph selected and visible on the right side of the gallery view, press the 'Buy: This Photo' link found above the photograph
Purchase Photo Controls

This adds the photo to your cart. You have not yet purchased the photograph.
Continue to add photographs to your cart in this way. When you are ready to select the size of the enlargements or to select specific photographic gifts / products, click on the 'View Cart' link. This will take you to the shopping cart.

Buying Multiple Photos
You can also choose to select several photos for your shopping cart without having to view each one individually. This is done by selecting the 'multiple photos' link. The mulitple purchase page will load:
Multi Purchase Page

As you click on as many of the photos as you would like to add to your cart, a red box will appear around them, indicating they've been selected. Don't worry about size or quantity at this point...you'll be able to specify that when you visit the shopping cart.
After you've selected all the photos from the gallery, press the 'To Cart' button, located on the top left of the screen. You will be brought to the shopping cart to continue.

Processing the Shopping Cart

The Shopping cart presents each of the photos selected and provides the opportunity to select the product (enlargement, photo gift, etc.) along with the size and quantity of the order. Work with one photo at a time. You can copy selections from one photo to the others using the options in the top grey box to speed the process.

For each photo, select the type of product you would like to purchase. You can select Standard Size Enlargements, Other Enlargements, or Photo Gifts.

When you select the product, the pull down menu to the right of your selection will reflect the options for the selected product. This list will vary based on product, gallery, and even photograph. You can then select the quantity and the price will be reflected.

Selecting 'Photo Gifts' from the product menu will populate the product detail pull down with a complete list of available products. For details on these products see our photo gift page

Cropping as needed

There are times when cropping a photograph will be needed. You can leave it up to us; we inspect every photograph to determine if cropping will improve the result; or you can use the shopping cart 'Adjust Crop' button to do it yourself. When you click on the 'Adjust' link next to the photo, the adjust image screen is shown.
Crop Screen Example

The clear proportion of the rectangle matches the size requirement for the product you've selected and represents the portion of the photograph that will print.
Clicking and dragging the small rectangle in the lower right corner of the cropped area will change the size of the clear rectangle - however, it will always retain the proportions of the target product.

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