Working with Sessions (1)

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The goal of a session is to collect pictures in a single list container and allows you to quick fix, resample,  rename, resize, back up, copy, zip and  email or even run a quick slideshow of all pictures contained in the session.

 

As we have already seen you can create a session from a camera memory or from a scanner. The Acquire Sessions function lets you to work with already existing session, or create a new one from a folder. You can also request an entire disk scan to create sessions from any folder containing pictures.

 

If you wish to access to the last session, click the main window icon jas_037. You will access to the preview menu

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From the Sessions menu you can quickly access to the three last sessions (or display a list of available sessions).

 

 

From the Acquire menu tool bar click the session button jas_039.

 

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You can give a nickname to the session if you check the Create nickname from parent folder

 

 

You can

1.Create a new session from folder : the browse folder dialog is displayed, select the folder from which you wish to create the new session. Remember that you can invoke the usual Windows Explorer context menu. Once the folder is scanned and the session created you get a message with the session number and the number of pictures included. The session is now displayed

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2.Create a new session from a filtered folder : after the folder selection you must provide the filter

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The rules to define the filter are the same as these described in the Importing pictures from camera

You can get the folder displayed by the Windows Explorer. Click the Display folder button

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The folder has been filtered.

 

3.Create a new session for all folders from a drive :

You will be prompted to select a drive or a folder.  The entire drive will be scanned to search for folders with pictures. All folders and sub folders are scanned. Each time a folder or sub folder containing pictures is found, a new session is created. It is highly recommended to check the Create nickname from parent folder option.

If you have selected a folder, only this folder and sub folders will be scanned.

4. Open an existing session :

The Sessions dialog box is displayed. This dialog box let you to select the session to select, but also you can manage the sessions from here.

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For each session a thumbnail of the first picture in the session is displayed. If a nickname has been given to the session it is displayed on the edit zone. You can change the nickname, or give one to a non named session. To save the nickname you must click the small disk button jas_045.

You can organize the list with the jas_046up and jas_047down arrows. You can remove the selected session if you click the jas_048 button. You can remove all the session if you click the jas_049button.

To select a session highlight the one you wish from the list and click the OK button.

 

5.Browse sessions : all sessions are listed. Move through the list to display the session

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If the session has a nickname, it is displayed on the status bar.

The folder is also available on the status bar. If you click over it the Windows Explorer will be launched and the folder shown.