Troubleshooting
This can occur in some graphics cards since Windows XP does not natively support alpha blending.
Go to Tools >> Preferences >> View >> Multi Sampling: None
General
- Use the First-Time Wizard. On the first launch of Visions, a wizard pops up allowing
you to set initial properties for the program.
One of the pages in this wizard is dedicated to associating file-types with Visions. On this page you can set Visions as your default viewer for a selected group of file types. Visions currently supports the following file types: JPEG, TIFF, GIF, PNG and BMP. - You can use the preferences window to reach the same page as described above.
Go to Tools >> Preferences >> General >> File Types.
Check (V) the file-types you want to associate with Visions and click 'Save' to accept changes.
Note: You need administrative rights in order to change file type association.
- First, you can use the First-Time Wizard. During the first launch of Visions, a wizard pops up where you can set initial properties of the program. On the file-type association page you can add Visions to the right-click menu of Explorer. Check the "Show Visions in Windows Explorer right-click menu" to add special actions such as Slideshow, Sharing and Quicks directly from Windows Explorer.
- Second, you can use the preferences window to reach the same page as described above.
Go to Tools >> Preferences >> General >> File Types.
Check the "Show Visions in Windows Explorer right-click menu" and click 'Save' to accept changes.
Note: You need administrative rights in order to complete this action.
Art Gallery
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Note: Some formations are limited to a minimum amount of boards.
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To start a slideshow of all loaded boards, right-click on an empty space and choose “Play”. To begin a slideshow of a specific board, right-click on the board and choose “Play”.
To start a slideshow from a specific image in a board, right-click on the image's thumbnail and choose “Play”.
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Note: In order to navigate through pages you should first focus on the board by double-clicking on it or by using the middle mouse button.
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Unlike Slideshow, The Tour mode doesn't’t bring up a new window and doesn't show the full sized photos.
To begin a tour mode, click on the

While Tour session is running, a play icon is shown on the upper-right corner of the Art Gallery panel.
To stop the tour, press Esc or click anywhere on the Art Gallery panel.
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To apply quick edit to photos, select the photos you want to edit and then right-click on one of them. From the context menu choose "Quick Edit" and pick the desired action from the list.
Note: You cannot undo changes done using the Quick Edit menu.
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Editing Room
- Click on the Editing Room button on the top of the screen. Now you can click on the link in the center of the screen to select a photo from your computer or drag a photo from Windows Explorer.
- Right-click on a photo from a board or from the Basket and then choose "Edit / Edit Image".
- When a photo is already loaded, use the File menu on the top of the editor panel
to load a different photo.
- Fix - The picture has a defect that you want to fix.
- Adjust - You want to adjust specific properties of the picture.
- Effect - Your picture looks alright and you want to apply special effects to it.
- Artwork - Your photo is great and you want to look like a pencil sketch, color drawing or other beautiful effects.
Clicking on a filter generates a preview of the filtered picture and also opens a configuration panel on the bottom where you can change the settings of the selected filter. Every change in the settings of a filter will automatically generate a new preview.
When you're done, click on the "Apply" button to save changes.
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You can use the


To identify the action these buttons will perform, simply drag your mouse over the appropriate button and a short description will pop-up.
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Visions can show you this information and allows you to modify it. To modify the Meta data, click on the Meta tab on the left panel.
This panel shows (when available) a list of properties saved in your photo and allows you to change it.
To change a property, double-click on it and set a new value using the opened panel on the bottom. When you're done, click the "Apply" button to save changes.
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To add a new property, click on the "New" button. A new window will open where you can check the properties that you would like to add to your photo. Check these properties and click OK to continue.
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A multi-frame image is an image that can save more than one image in one file. The most frequent use of such images is for scanned documents and faxes.
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Sharing Center
To add your account, use one of the following:
- Go to Tools >> Preferences >> Share ? Connection >> Click on the "New" button and follow the instructions shown by the wizard.
- Switch to the Sharing Center. If you are currently connected with another account, click on the Disconnect button on the upper-right corner to go to the user selection window.
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- From a loaded board – Select the photos which you want to upload, right-click on
one of them and choose Upload.
From Windows Explorer – If Visions context-menu is enabled (if not, enable it from the Preferences window) you can use Windows Explorer to upload photos directly to your account. Select the files to upload and then use the "Share" action from the context menu.
First , search. When results are shown you can download photos to your computer by right-clicking on one of them and then choose “Download” or “Download To”.
Visions will automatically try to download the largest photo available for you. Available photo sizes differ from one account type to another and it is determined by the account type of the user you are downloading from.
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Yes. Go to the My Photos page on the sharing panel, select the photos to download and right-click one of them.
Now you can choose “Download” to download the photos to the My Pictures folder or choose “Download To” to select a different location.
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page where others can see your photos.
To find the address of this page go to My Account >> My Profile.
Here you can view your profile details as well as the link to your public photos page.
Now you can right-click on the URL and choose Send to Friend. This will open your default e-Mail client, already filled with predefined message containing the URL to your photos.
Fill in the email addresses of your friends and send the email.