The image
list is a complete overview of all the pictures that are available from which the
mosaic is built. At start this list only shows the current content of the 'Library' folder, but with new pictures added the list is
expanded with the new snapshots (from the 'Booth'folder).
When the
application is restarted the new snapshots from the 'Booth' folder have been added to the 'Library'
folder and the list has become longer. Each time the application starts it
will show the currently available files in the library folder. Only
.jpg files are recognized for the library. The original sequence of the
list is random. This way the dynamics are tiles taken in a random order. The new
snapshots are however added to the list sequence as they appear.
This list also shows some more data than just the list of library
pictures:
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The 'No.' is the picture identification number. It also
reflects how many files are currently available in the library. New files are
incremented so the library is always reflected correctly. In the example
above: picture no. 1460 is the latest found snapshot.
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'Frequency': the amount of views that the picture has made in the
dynamics of the mosaic. At first these value is set to zero, and increments with 1
with every usage in the dynamics. The top of the list is the picture that
will be used next. In the example above: the newly found image 'Food_0171.jpg' is
next to be flying in the mosaic. After the files has been used,
it moves to the bottom of the list, wasting until it's it turn again. The
sequence is therefore rolling up from bottom to top. This is reflected in the
picture below: the same picture 'Food_0171.jpg' has been shown, and has
been moved to the bottom of the list.
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'Booth' reflects when the picture originated from. In
this case all the new snapshot pictures that were detected in the 'Booth' folder are marked as 'Booth'.
Other features are:
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Save a copy of booth image (or tethered camera
image, or web cam image): when clicked the option becomes active, and a check
is shown. The check toggles, so when clicking again the 'Save a copy' option
will be disabled.
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Library refresh rate: the full library will be
recalcuated for colours availability after a certain number of new
(snapshot) pictures have been added to the library. Default: every 50
pictures.
The image
list is a read only feature. The list can however be saved and exported in
excel format (actually: .csv format) via 'File' 'Export
image list'. The default save
location is 'C:\Users\Public\Documents'.