Desciption: Grab Pix 1.2 is a 3 in 1 software that can help you download pictures on the web, browse pictures in a folder and view pictures by doing a few clicks.
Requirement: Any Computer with Java Plug-in. http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/index.html
For best result: Pentium II 300 with 128 MB RAM.
Note for MacUser: Sorry, I don't have a Mac to test the program. So, if any one can help me to test it, please send the result to philip@mail-me.com
Grab Pix
Suppose you want to download a series of pictures from the Internet. Traditionally, you will use IE or Netscape and click on every links to the pictures and then wait for the pictures to show up. Next, you "right-click" on the picture and select "Save Picture As", and then choose the location to save the file. This is OK if you only have 2 or 3 pictures to save. But what if the series has more than 100 pictures? Will you really sit in front of your computer and download them all?
Grab Pix 1.2 can save you hundred of mouse clicks. All you need to know is an URL which points to a folder that contains pictures, name of the pictures and the sequence number. For example, this URL: http://www.acclaim.com/games/ferrarif355/screenshots/ contains a series of pictures name from screen_01.jpg to screen_09.jpg. All you have to do is to enter that URL, and then choose a sequence format (I will explain later) and then choose from 01 to 09 from the drop down list. Finally, click on the Grab Pix button and choose a location to save the pictures. In this case, enter "screen_" the file name. When you are ready, click the "save" button and it will do the rest.
Sequence format: Grab Pix 1.2 supports 3 kinds of sequence format. Example: pic_01to pic_24, pic_1 to pic_24 and pic_001 to pic_124. Depending on the file name sequence format, choose the best match from using the radio button provided.
Optional Text Field: Sometimes file name will contain extra letters after the sequence number. e.g. "picture_203_PartA.jpg" In this case, "_PartA" is an optional part. Simple enter "_PartA" in the Text field provided.
Save Method: This is a new feature in version 1.2. ................. "Add to queue" and "Save Now".
"Add to queue" will add a new save job to a queue. The new job will keep waiting util the current job is finished. This method is useful if you have a slow band width connection.
"Save Now" means that the job will proceed now no matter how many jobs are currently processing. This method takes advantage of high band width connection and fast computer with lots of RAM. There is a risk that the system will crash when you use this on a slow computer with less than 64MB RAM.
Browse Pix
This digital photo album helps you browse all the picture files in a folder easily. Simply click on the "Open Icon" and open a folder contains pictures, then open any file in that folder. That's it. You will have an option to choose the filter for the picture. Smooth or Fast. Smooth gives you a smooth thumbnail rendering. Fast gives you a faster thumbnail rendering. If you want to see the full size of the pictures, click on the it...... It will bring you to See Pix.
See Pix
It lets you view the full size of a picture. You can use the left, right arrow buttons to view the next and the previous picture.