Overview
Pictavision is a program that works in combination with dotPhoto,
a leading online photo service, and allows you to download, view,
email and store color photos on your handset that you have uploaded
to dotPhoto.com. Images may also be used as wallpaper on selected
phones. You may view pictures and text from a Sample album provided
or from your own album that you create at www.dotphoto.com by using
your computer. In order to use this program you must have a Download
Shop enabled phone. Download Shop is an environment that permits
Pictavision and other programs to run on your Qualcomm cellular
phone in the US Cellular network.
Opening Screen
When the application is started you are presented with the opening
screen. This screen gives a brief description of the program and
the steps required to use it. The user may exit this screen by pressing
the <CLR> key.
Main Menu
When the application is started you are presented with the Pictavision
Menu. The items in this menu include: Sample Albums, Set Login,
My Albums, My Local Pix, Email Pix, About Pictavision and Help.
Through the use of the Navigation key (usually a large 4 directional
key), you can highlight individual menu items by pressing up or
down on the key and execute the highlighted item by pressing the
center of the Navigation key.
Sample Albums
If the Sample Albums menu item is scrolled to and selected, then
a connection is made and a list of albums containing sample pictures,
jokes and other viewable images is displayed. Scroll to the album
you would like to view and select it, a list of image captions will
be displayed. Scroll to the image you would like to display and
select it. The caption will be displayed on the screen while the
photo is downloaded for display. The user may scroll forwards or
backwards through the images by pressing the right or left arrow
keys respectively. The user may also scroll backwards or forwards
to the next image by pressing the down or up arrow keys respectively.
The user may return to the list of images by pressing the <CLR>
key and select images from the list.
Set Login
The Settings menu is used to enter your dotPhoto Login or Member
ID and Password so that you may view your pictures from your own
dotPhoto albums. In order to use this setting you must have gone
to www.dotphoto.com and registered for a user account. In order
to view albums in your dotPhoto account you must either provide
a dotPhoto Login or a dotPhoto Member ID and a password. If there
are special characters in your login which cannot be entered on
the phone's keypad then your Member ID number should be entered
instead. The password can be either an individual's main password
or a guest password. If an individual is using the main password,
all of your albums will be viewable. If an individual is using a
guest password then all of the albums will be viewable only if the
individual passwords for each album are blank or match the guest
password.
After entering a login or member ID and the password, exit the Set
Login menu using the BACK/CLR key. The member information is retrieved
from the dotPhoto site and the result is either a valid login and
the login is saved or a message which says, "Invalid login,
CLR << to view menu is displayed."
My Albums
Selecting the My Albums menu item allows you to see personal albums
either as a guest or as a member. If you select My Albums without
a valid login, a message which says, "invalid login, CLR <<
to view menu is displayed." The user should then go to the
Set Login menu choice and enter their login/password (see "
Set Login" above).Once selected, a connection is made and a
list of your personal albums containing your images is displayed.
Scroll to the album you would like to view and select it, a list
of image captions will be displayed. Scroll to the image you would
like to display and select it. The caption will be displayed on
the screen while the photo is downloaded for display. The user may
scroll forwards or backwards through the images by pressing the
right or left arrow keys respectively. The user may also scroll
backwards or forwards to the next image by pressing the down or
up arrow keys respectively. The user may return to the list of images
by pressing the BACK or <CLR> key and select images from the
list. While the image is displayed on the screen of the phone, the
user may press the select key to display a list of choices for the
displayed photo. The user may choose Email Photo, Save to Local
Pix or Save to Wallpaper (see Displayed Photo Functions below).
My Local Pix
My Local Pix allows the Pictavision user to save a displayed photo
to the local storage on the phone. To use, select MY Albums from
the main menu. A connection is made and a list of your personal
albums containing your images is displayed. Scroll to the album
you would like to view and select it, a list of image captions will
be displayed. Scroll to the image you would like to display and
select it. The caption will be displayed on the screen while the
photo is downloaded for display. When the photo is displayed, press
SELECT and a list of actions will be displayed. Select Save to Local
Pix. You will be asked, "Are you sure?" Highlight YES
and press SELECT. "File saved" will be displayed. Press
<CLR> or BACK to return to the picture display. The picture
is now stored locally on the phone. The picture will now be available
when you choose the My Local Pix option. These pictures are displayed
instantly from the phone's local storage and require no downloading
time.
Email Pix
Email photo allows the Pictavision user to send an email invitation
with a click-able link to the recipient to view a photo from the
Pictavision user's dotPhoto account. Once selected, a connection
is made and a list of your personal albums containing your images
is displayed. Scroll to the album you would like to view and select
it, a list of image captions will be displayed. Scroll to the image
you would like to display and select it. A form will appear to enter
the email address of the recipient. Enter the email address or press
SELECT to choose an email address from the list of previously used
emails. Once the email address is entered, scroll down using the
NAVIGATION key and highlight OK and press SELECT to send the email.
If the email was transmitted successfully a message stating "email
sent" will be displayed. Press <CLR> or BACK to return
to the previous menu. If an invalid email address is used or delivery
of the email is unsuccessful, the user should receive a standard
"Delivery Status Notification (failure)" message sent
to the email specified as their dotPhoto account email. This message
is sent in the normal course of e-mail service by the appropriate
sending mail server and is not a function that is dependent on Pictavision.
Displayed Photo Functions
(Functions that are available once the photo is displayed)
Email Photo
Email photo allows the Pictavision user to send an email invitation
with a click-able link to the recipient to view a photo from the
Pictavision user's dotPhoto account. When the image is displayed,
press the SELECT key and select Email Photo. A form will appear
to enter the email address of the recipient. Enter the email address
or press SELECT to choose an email address from the list of previously
used emails. Once the email address is entered, scroll down using
the NAVIGATION key and highlight OK and press SELECT to send the
email. If the email was transmitted successfully a message stating
"email sent" will be displayed. Press <CLR> or
BACK to return to the previous menu.
· Save to Local Pix
Save to Local Pix allows the Pictavision user to save a displayed
photo to the local storage on the phone. When the photo is displayed,
press SELECT and a list of actions will be displayed. Select Save
to Local Pix. You will be asked, "Are you sure?" Highlight
YES and press SELECT. "File saved" will be displayed.
Press <CLR> or BACK to return to the picture display. The
picture is now stored locally on the phone. The picture will now
be available when you choose the My Local Pix option. These pictures
are displayed instantly from the phone's local storage and require
no downloading time.
Save to Wallpaper
This function is not available on all phones (currently available
on the Motorola T720, Toshiba CDM 9500, LG4400). Save to Wallpaper
allows the Pictavision user to save a displayed photo for use
as wallpaper on the phone. Once the image is displayed on the
phone using the appropriate menu item (see above). When the image
is displayed, press SELECT and a list of actions will be displayed.
Select Save to Wallpaper. You will be asked, "Are you sure?"
Highlight YES and press SELECT. "File saved" will be
displayed. If a file with that filename already exists, "File
already exists. Overwrite?" will be displayed. The user may
then either highlight YES or NO and press SELECT. If yes is selected,
the file will be overwritten and the message "File saved"
will be displayed. In either case, the user may then press <CLR>
or BACK to return to the picture display. The picture has been
stored locally and is now available as a wallpaper choice in your
phone's wallpaper area. If a file that is currently being used
for wallpaper is overwritten, the user may need to exit the application
and reset the image in the wallpaper settings on the phone's menu.
When available, the title of the picture will be used as the filename.
The filename/title may be truncated if it exceeds the maximum
allowable characters for filenames on the particular phone. Please
note, for the wallpaper function, the picture will be downloaded
and saved in the orientation that is displayed on the www.dotphoto.com
site. This allows users to rotate the picture on the dotPhoto
web site to the orientation that they would like to use for viewing
their wallpaper on the phone. The user may refer to the phone's
user manual to learn how to select and use wallpaper on each particular
phone.
About Pictavision
If this menu item is selected, a brief description of the Pictavision
program is displayed.
Help
If this menu item is selected, a brief help listing of important
keys is displayed.
On the MyAccount page at www.dotphoto.com
Pictavision users may choose Pictavision Settings. These settings
relate to how images are displayed on the handset by Pictavision.
The following settings are available:
Automatic rotation of the images is ON by default. When rotation
is turned on, Pictavision will automatically figure out the best
orientation (vertical or horizontal) to display your picture by
taking into consideration the dimensions of your picture file and
the screen size of the phone. This will allow you to view the largest
possible area of the picture on the phone with the best fit to the
screen size of the handset.When OFF, pictures will be displayed
in the same orientation as they are in your dotPhoto album.
Turn off automatic rotation of my images when viewing
Cropping is ON by default. When cropping is on, Pictavision will
fill the screen with the image until there is no white space. This
will provide the largest viewing size for the orientation selected
for the picture. Please note, in order to fill the screen so that
there is no white space, some of the image may be "pushed"
or "cropped" of the edge of the screen.When OFF, the entire
image will be displayed. However, because the dimensions of the
image may not match the dimensions of the phone screen, the image
may be smaller and not take up the full screen.
Turn off cropping of my images when viewing.
Turn off cropping when saving wallpaper images.
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