The Thumbnail View is the primary view of all the photographs in the selected directory. The photograph’s thumbnail, filename and rating are grouped together to form a stamp.
Navigating
Navigating the Thumbnail View is done via mouse wheel and key input. See navigation section below.
Rating Stamps
Each stamp can be given a star rating of one to five stars, or no rating. Click on the star rating to change it. You can also use the keys (0-5) to select the rating for all selected thumbnails.
Rating a stamp with the same rating it currently has will unrate it. For example, if there is an unrated stamp and you rate it a 3 by clicking 3 or select the 3 stamp, it will be rated 3. If you the rate the same stamp a 3, it will set the stamp to unrated. Hitting the ‘0’ key will also set the stamp to unrated.
To rate multiple stamps, select the stamps you want to rate, then press the rating (0-5).
LMB on a stamp’s star, when multiple stamps are selected, only sets stamp rating clicked on.
Double-Click to View
To view the photograph full size and to send it to the PhotoViewer for closer inspection and minor editing, double
Ratings Filter
Filtering is choose which set of Stamps to view based on their rating. By default, no filtering is enabled. When a filter is active, it will be in the selected state. When none of the filters are selected, then no filtering is performed and all stamps with any ratings are visible.
Example:
To shown in the Thumbnail View only the stamps with rating 1 or rating 3, LBM on filter ‘1’ and filter ‘3’. To show all stamps, deselect all filters.
Watch Ratings and Filtering
Sort by Filename
Selecting this button will sort the photographs
Sort by Date Taken
Selecting this button will sort the the date taken, if available. If the data taken is not available, the last modification date will be used.
Settings
Selecting this button will bring up the settings dialog
Report Bugs
Selecting this button will open an internet browser to the bug reporting page.
Forum
Selecting this button will open an internet browser to PhotoCull forums
Duplicates
Selecting this button will open a view that displays photograph that are exact duplicates. Every byte in the files must be exact for it to be considered a duplicate.
Similar Images
Selecting this button will open a dialog that prompts for a similarity measure (how similar the photographs are to be considered a match). Select “Analyze Photographs” to proceed.
This is a two step process. Analyzing, then grouping. Both operations have a progress bar.
Analyzing only needs to be performed once and the result is saved. After that, that, only the grouping process needs to be performed.
Similar Image Results
The similar photographs that were found will be grouped by row. Double-click in the row to view the stamps in the Thumbnail Strip view.
Send to Keepers
You can send stamps to Keepers by the following methods. Select one or more stamps, then:
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- Press the ‘Q’ key
- Right click, then select “Keep Selected Stamps”
Send to Thumbnail Strip
Click Thumbnail Strip Button
All selected thumbnails are sent to the Thumbnail Strip. If no thumbnails are selected, then all thumbnails are sent.
Select the thumbnails you want to view in the Thumbnail Strip. If no thumbnails are selected, then all thumbnails are used.
Double-Click on a Stamp
If no stamps are selected and you double-click on a stamp, it will be sent to the Thumbnail Strip.
Double-Click on Selected Stamps
When you double-click selected stamps, they will be sent to the Thumbnail Strip.
Send to Recycle Bin
Hit the Del key to move a Stamp to the Recycle Bin
File Resequencing
File names can be resequenced. The filename will be numbered according to the settings in the dialog
Prefix: The first letters all the all images will share
Starting number: The sequence number to renumber the files
Edits
You can modify the stamp in the Photo Viewer. If you do not save the stamp, it will be marked as “edited”. When you exit PhotoCull and there are edited, unsaved files, it will warn you.
Select this button to see the edited, but unsaved stamps.
Thumbnail View Shortcuts
Navigation
| Key/Mouse | Action |
| PgUp/PgDn | Page up/page down |
| Left/Right arrow | Navigate up one line |
| Up/Down arrow | Navigate down on line |
| Home/End | Go to beginning/end of stamps |
| Mouse Wheel | Scroll up/down |
| Scrollbars | Scroll up/down |
| Key | Action |
| ^Z,^Y | Undo, Redo |
| 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 | Rate current selection |
| Del | Move all selected thumbnails to the Recycle Bin |
| H | Opens help page |
| Escape | Clear selection |
| ^A | Select all |
| PgUp/PgDn | Page up/page down |
| Left/Right arrow | Select thumbnail before/after |
| Up/Down arrow | Select thumbnail above/below |
| Home/End | Go to beginning/end of thumbnails |
Thumbnail View Stamp Selection
The way you select stamps is very similar to the way you select files in Windows.
| Action | Result |
| LMB on thumbnail | Thumbnail is selected |
| ^LMB on thumbnail | The selection state of the thumbnail is toggled |
| LMB+SHFT | Selects all thumbnails between the selected thumbnail and the previously selected thumbnail (if any) |
| Hold LBM on an unselected thumbnail, then move the mouse | Forms a selection rectangle. All thumbnails that are enclosed by or touch the selection rectangle are selected. |
| Hold LBM on a selected thumbnail and move the mouse | Selected thumbnails are dragged |
Stamp Interaction
| Action | Result |
| Key 0-5 | Rates all selected thumbnails with the rating 1-5, 0 is used to unrate a stamp. |
| Mouse Double Click | Open in PhotoViewer to see full sized for a stamp |
| Mouse click on star rating | Set stamp rating |