PictureFlowWM5/6 NEW Version 0.7 Released!! [0.7 Hot Fix, Download Now!!][1/24/08]

[thundershadow14]

Hey all,

Well, I've been playing around with this for a few hours now, and the prospect looks pretty good. I haven't touched QT since I was about 16, but I seem to still remember a little :). I'm sure you've seen the videos of pictureflow running on the the HTC touch, well, now it's your chance to test it out on your own device!
It runs perfectly smooth on my Wizard, but I haven't been able to test it out very extensively.

It has been compiled with the re-worked version that Jesper did for the chumby, which adds simple mouse support, and fullscreen ability. Link:http://ariya.blogspot.com/search/label/pictureflow

Things you should know:
This demo will load up any image files that are in the same directory as the exe.

Supported image formats:JPEG, PNG, BMP, XBM, XPM and PNM

I think that's pretty much it, I'll be looking at optimizing things, and researching the dropping of some of those dll files. Otherwise, our rom cookers will have to weave them in there somehow.

Looking forward to hearing about how it runs. :).

PS.

No windows mobile 2003 support.

Thanks to alipendier for working with me online to make sure of proper WM5 support.

Updates::


Version 0.6 [1/21/08]:

Ok the long awaited 0.6 Release. Basically, there is only one bad thing about this release (for me at least), and I'm going to say it now.Please don't complain about this, I know it's a prob. Fullscreen images look like crap! It's a small problem, and will be fixed, possibly with a hotfix soon. Why? In an effort to make Everything as efficient as possible, I asked myself? Why load full sized images in the PictureFlow ribbon? So on load, I get the thumbnail versions of each picture, and load those instead. The result is, A MUCH MUCH MUCH faster loading time on my wizard! It was really noticeable for me, and I hope the same for everyone else.

Re-Added support for all the other picture formats that your device reads natively.

I'd also like to extend a HUGE thank you to A_C for sending me a PM alerting me to the Imaging API for our windows mobile devices. Imgdecmp, truly pales in comparison. I threw the funkiest pictures at PictureFlow, and they all load up BEAUTIFULLY, and quickly. I'm talking 50+ images, of all different formats, and even a few 1mb+ images in the mix up. And this is all from the storage card.

If PictureFlow doesn't like an image (for some strange reason) it shouldn't reload the last picture it loaded over and over again. This release is the biggest step towards efficiency, I really hope that everyone else experiences what I have experienced on my Wizard.

Oh, and I've erased the download links for all the previous versions, except 0.5. This version should work for both WM5/6 users.

Enjoy this one guys.

Version 0.7 01/24/08: (Hot Fix For 0.7 Below) <<< Everyone should install it!

Finally, version 0.7! Instead of typing a paragraph I'll do this one list style.

1)Full screen pictures don't look like crap anymore when you full screen them.
2)Aspect-Ratio problems FIXED! So your pictures of all resolutions should look good.
3)Appleton's graphics have been added, so PF looks a lot better than before.
4)All graphics are loaded up dynamically, and can be found in the gfx folder. So you can make whatever changes you'd like to them. Advanced skin support will come later. But for now, you can change the buttons to whatever you'd like, once they've got the same size :). Artists, go crazy!

I think that's it,
Let me know how things go.


Download Links:

PictureFlow 0.5 (http://sunatrise.com/PM/PictureFlow%200.5.zip)

PictureFlow 0.6 (http://sunatrise.com/PM/PictureFlow%200.6.zip)

PictureFlow 0.7 (http://sunatrise.com/PM/PictureFlow%200.7.zip)

PictureFlow 0.7 Hot Fix (http://sunatrise.com/PM/PictureFlow%200.7%20HotFix.zip)

Please Donate (http://www.sunatrise.com/donate.html)

[pauldgroot]

works lika a charm on my htc Prophet @286Mhz.

Keep on developing i would say!

[wacky.banana]

Hi,

Dexxa05 has just put up a compiled item in appleton's thread just above this one. Is his compilation different to yours or can we test either?

Thanks for putting this up, by the way.

WB

[E_Shinobi]

my prophet just shows me a blank (black) screen.

[thundershadow14]

Hi,

Dexxa05 has just put up a compiled item in appleton's thread just above this one. Is his compilation different to yours or can we test either?

Thanks for putting this up, by the way.

WB

This version includes simple mouse support, as well as joystick support. I don't think he compiled his own with mouse support :). Also, his own comes with some nice testing images.

@E_Shinobi
Are your pictures in the same folder as the exe? Also, remember, they must be in PNG, BMP, XBM, XPM or PNM format. No jpeg.

[ljinsane]

This version includes simple mouse support, as well as joystick support. I don't think he compiled his own with mouse support :). Also, his own comes with some nice testing images.

@E_Shinobi
Are your pictures in the same folder as the exe? Also, remember, they must be in PNG, BMP, XBM, XPM or PNM format. No jpeg.

why no jpeg support...its almost useless without it imo

edit...reread original post.....

[E_Shinobi]

@E_Shinobi
Are your pictures in the same folder as the exe? Also, remember, they must be in PNG, BMP, XBM, XPM or PNM format. No jpeg.

BMP wouldn't work. Tested it with PNGs and now it's working nearly flawlessly on non overclocked prophet.

This is very promising! Glad to finally see that work.

@lijnsane: As he wrote, he FORGOT to compile it with jpeg decompression. Sometimes reading actually helps :P

[dacib]

It works perfect on my Cingular 8125

[egzthunder1]

@thundershadow14

You've done it again!! Just when I thought I couldn't get more surprised by your work, you've managed to make me fall on my ass one more time. I know it is still in very early stages, but it works like a charm in my BA!!!
I will report bugs as I see them.

Bugs so far:

*Having a way to close the program would be nice
*jpeg support (of course you already know that :)
*zoom
*directory support would be a nice feature
*transition could be a little smoother, but I guess it might have to do with the fact that I am running from the SD card.


Other than that, keep it up!!!!!!!!! Great Job!!!!!!!

[thundershadow14]

why no jpeg support...its almost useless without it imo

As indicated above, I forgot to add jpeg support while compiling QT. For demo purposes this isn't such a big problem, and it actually is quite useful for testing. Anyone who wants to use this method will just have to compile QT with jpeg support. Or do on the fly conversion, I think QT has a method for this, but I'm not sure. :)

[ljinsane]

BMP wouldn't work. Tested it with PNGs and now it's working nearly flawlessly on non overclocked prophet.

This is very promising! Glad to finally see that work.

@lijnsane: As he wrote, he FORGOT to compile it with jpeg decompression. Sometimes reading actually helps :P

i speed read his original post ...missed that part..having a brain and understanding someone might have missed something actually helps

[ljinsane]

As indicated above, I forgot to add jpeg support while compiling QT. For demo purposes this isn't such a big problem, and it actually is quite useful for testing. Anyone who wants to use this method will just have to compile QT with jpeg support. Or do on the fly conversion, I think QT has a method for this, but I'm not sure. :)

yeah...i re-read your post my apologies

[darkgemini]

Work smoothly on my Hermes, but how do I close it?

[thundershadow14]

@thundershadow14

You've done it again!! Just when I thought I couldn't get more surprised by your work, you've managed to make me fall on my ass one more time. I know it is still in very early stages, but it works like a charm in my BA!!!
I will report bugs as I see them.

Bugs so far:

*Having a way to close the program would be nice
*jpeg support (of course you already know that :)
*zoom
*directory support would be a nice feature
*transition could be a little smoother, but I guess it might have to do with the fact that I am running from the SD card.


Other than that, keep it up!!!!!!!!! Great Job!!!!!!!

Great to see it working nicely :). But really, credit this time shouldn't all go to me, all I did was figure out how to compile it for WinCe. Send your love over to the makers of the widget:

http://code.google.com/p/pictureflow/

Nevertheless, thanks.

[Bingoig11]

Damned Chad, you ownnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn :eek:
Very nice job ;)

Would be great if you could integrate it in PM :D
iPhone is definitely buried :cool:

[P1Tater]

I can't wait for it to work with jpeg's. Excellent work my friend.:D

[Re-Mi]

Ehmm guys, can i ask you something.

Where do i put this program because i copied the files to my storage card and run the exe but what ever i do (copied a gif file in every single folder i tought the program would get it from) it doesn't show the picture.

Hope you could give me a hint

Greetz,

[Neo-theone]

Ehmm guys, can i ask you something.

Where do i put this program because i copied the files to my storage card and run the exe but what ever i do (copied a gif file in every single folder i tought the program would get it from) it doesn't show the picture.

Hope you could give me a hint

Greetz,

place the complete pictureflo folder in your programfiles folder "programmabestanden" and then copy some files: PNG, BMP, XBM etc (see first post for suported files) into the pictureflo folder and start the .exe
Close program with the call end button

[NP9660]

Ehmm guys, can i ask you something.

Where do i put this program because i copied the files to my storage card and run the exe but what ever i do (copied a gif file in every single folder i tought the program would get it from) it doesn't show the picture.

Hope you could give me a hint

Greetz,

Puth your pictures inside the PictureFlowWM6 folder, NO jpg support for this release

[Re-Mi]

Puth your pictures inside the PictureFlowWM6 folder, NO jpg support for this release

I did that already, gonna try it again with multiple and differt pictures and i knew about the jpeg but thanks for telling me..

Will be back shortly to tell of it works or not :D

[edit]

Okay back again, and now i know why it didn't work :ashame: i used an animated gif to test. I never looked futher than the extension :D.

Nice app still in the kids shoes but i look really good, i think once more developers notice this app the development will go very fast.

[appelton]

This is amazing !! It works so smooth !!! PLEASE MAKE A SIMPLE IMAGE VIEWER OUT OF IT ! Let the dream come true. I can support you with all the graphics for the application. Great work.

I am gona play with it for a while.

[appelton]

JUST ONE QUESTION: Can we have bigger pictures ? I mean right now they are a little bit too small I think.

[z_rudy]

It's a good demo of PictureFlow. However, this could be more usable for viewing album art of music instead of pictures. PocketCM's ImageViewer implementation is much more efficient for image viewing because it is full screen, opposite to the concept of PictureFlow.

Great work! :)

[jatt_inder]

@thundershadow14

can u please add the support of jpeg and compile it again???
you should try to finish this app after you have done PM.

this app will rock...very nice software..thanks for sharing

[J00lz]

running great on treo 750 with wm6

[netzcoyote]

Touch Elf @260 mHz

It runs a bit choppy, but perfectly usable.

Can't wait to see how it runs with ~1MB jpegs. I'd love to use this to browse through the images I shoot with the inbuilt camera.

Great work!


nc

[J00lz]

just wondering, do you have any plans of incorporating this into pocketmelody or continuing the development of this as a stand alone at least?

[SH4YD33]

Really Nice...

[bedoig]

Nice work. Can't wait to see something like this implemented in Pocket Melody. Keep it up!

[TFGBD]

Can you post your source modifications+your VS2005 project somewhere? Thanks!

[skanndelus]

can't wait to see jpeg support on this :)

[thundershadow14]

can't wait to see jpeg support on this :)

Then I suggest you head over to the first page and download it ;).

-Thundy :D.

[johnnyv5]

jpg version doesn't work on my i760. I just get a blank screen.

[eboy44]

same thing here

[thundershadow14]

Can you guys send over the jpeg files that have an issue? Btw, you did copy the imageformats directory right??

[JoeTeh]

My Dopod D810 works fine with this Jpeg support..

However, I have to reset my device once as it has insufficient memory to run.. my advice is to reset your device first and try to run it again.

Thanks to Thundershadow14 for making it work...

Just hope that we could get a version that can open up the pictures..

BTW, when I scroll my finger from right to left, the picture actually rotate from left to right.. I was thinking it might be the other way round..

Overall, thanks... for this program

Joe

[nEuDy]

@thundershadow14: WOW...GREAT JOB
i downloaded the code 2 days ago.. but how do you compiled it, that it works on WM5/WM6 ???
i did´t get that?

Do you use VS2005 oder Embedded c++ 4.0???

thanxx

[Wajk]

on WM5 not work :(

[rajismine]

Experience on My HTC Touch Enhanced 256MB:

1.) version 0.0 worked like a charm

2.) Version 0.2: a.) jpeg support did not work:( b.) the flow has now become reverse. i mean when i scroll right, it scrolls left:(

[nEuDy]

me too the same like rajismine.
right<->left touchscroll changed :confused: (i think that´s only a -1 in a +1 changed) ;-)

But works good on Kaiser TyTN II.

jpg support not completely work. i have about 10 jpg files (from the camera) but only 5 are shown :o

[netzcoyote]

Touch ELF @ 260 mhz

Still runs a bit choppy but usable.

jpegs work fine.

Scrolling with slides seems to be very sensitive now. Hard to control, it makes me want to browse through the images with the hardware keys.

I noticed an alert window that say "middle hit" when you tap the center of the image, are you planning on implementing a full screen view of the image that gets hit in the middle? That would be fantastic.

First class!

Cheers,
nc

[rajismine]

Got the culprit (issue)

This has to do with the image size/dimension

I resized the jpeg files and compressed them below 100KB and now they all work like a charm :)

regards

[appelton]

Works like a charm. No problem with JPG. Everything runs so smooth on Asus p535.
I agree that crolling with slides seems to be too sensitive now. Hard to operate. I had to use hardware keys in order to control.

[guimau31]

I confirm, doesn't work on my WM5. Dommage

[netzcoyote]

rajismine beat me to test filesizes.

A 250k jpg worked fine. 653k does not show.

Works great even when I put in on the storage card.

Love it!

[thundershadow14]

rajismine beat me to test filesizes.

A 250k jpg worked fine. 653k does not show.

Works great even when I put in on the storage card.

Love it!

Thanks for the debugging. Looks like I'll probably have to sample the pictures on load time, and create thumbnails to insert into the ribbon. That way, we're sure that each file loads up well.

I noticed an alert window that say "middle hit" when you tap the center of the image, are you planning on implementing a full screen view of the image that gets hit in the middle? That would be fantastic.

Lol, yup! and ofcourse extend the hit point a bit to the left and the right, so it's easier to actually click. I'm working on creating the animation to do so.

Scrolling direction mixed up? Lol, sorry about that, will fix and re-upload in a minute. Also, I want to add support for being able to click on a picture to the left or right of the focused one, and bring that one into focus. Since, even on the iPhone, it's hard to swipe when you just want to move one picture forward or backwards.

WM5:

Has anyone with a WM5 device run PF successfully?

Watch for the update soon.

[appelton]

Great job. Can't wait for next update.

[huerelljr]

neat! but my t-wing is not working.... can you tell or help me about it ? thanks great work a program!

[j.a]

Running Great on my Kaiser! keep up the good work!

[Wajk]

WM5:
Watch for the update soon.

Cool, thnx

if you need WM5 tester, just PM ;)

[ljinsane]

does not work at all on my hermes..in fact it crashed my device when trying to open

[P1Tater]

will not run on my tilt. i put in in my program files folder, added pics to the same folder as the .exe file, used file explorer to locate the .exe file, picked the .exe file and got the hourglass and then NOTHING. Oh well.

[jomo25]

The program works on my Kaiser (stock TyTN II ROM). But it doesn't open all jpg's still. It reads png's fine. Is there a file size limit it can read? Maybe I missed that. Since it needs to read all the files in, maybe it can't load all the jpg's into memory at start up. It seems to read small jpg's fine, but large one (say 1MB+) are a no go.

[briggs81]

works on my tytn II with duttys v3. not sure what i can do with it other then just rotate through images, does it zoom or anything,or just rotate through images/ maybe the video shows it.

if i click it a certain way i get a box popping up saying "middle hit" then with an ok button.

also my keyboard icon appears sometimes on the bottom.

still, good start.

[P1Tater]

works on my tytn II with duttys v3. not sure what i can do with it other then just rotate through images, does it zoom or anything,or just rotate through images/ maybe the video shows it.

if i click it a certain way i get a box popping up saying "middle hit" then with an ok button.

also my keyboard icon appears sometimes on the bottom.

still, good start.

u got it to work on ur tytn II? Damn, I must have done something wrong - as usual.:)

[briggs81]

u got it to work on ur tytn II? Damn, I must have done something wrong - as usual.:)

I pretty much extracted it to a folder on the storage card, added some of my images in there and started "PictureFlo" and it worked just like that. Ran from storage card.

[tomazez]

guest, this is awesom! itll be awesom once its implemented in PM!
keep it up Chad!

[ljinsane]

I pretty much extracted it to a folder on the storage card, added some of my images in there and started "PictureFlo" and it worked just like that. Ran from storage card.

did the exact same thing ...and nothing

[petervbeck]

also working on my tytn2....this is soooooo awesome!!!
great work thundershadow, can't wait until it's included in melody!

[CruiseMod]

It is working in my Touch Cruise but there is no way to exit from inside the program, unless u press camera button and go to settings and terminate it .. :P

[frenchglen]

Tried this on my hermes and it works! Doesn't do much now, but after lots of fine-tuning this will be an ESSENTIAL WM app like FTouchFlo.


One by one, each of the iPhone's pioneering features (thank you apple for bringing the inspiration) are being brought to WM for free and for everybody (hats off to you guys!!).

:D :D :D :D

[LiquidP]

Great! Works on Xda orbit2. can't wait for the next release

[ljinsane]

Tried this on my hermes and it works! Doesn't do much now, but after lots of fine-tuning this will be an ESSENTIAL WM app like FTouchFlo.


One by one, each of the iPhone's pioneering features (thank you apple for bringing the inspiration) are being brought to WM for free and for everybody (hats off to you guys!!).

:D :D :D :D


did you install it to the storage card or the device?

[P1Tater]

did you install it to the storage card or the device?

I installed it in both and still could not get it to work on my tilt. No luck here.

[Nameless[PL]]

Cool stuff but... NOT FOR WM 2003 again :(:(:( Is it possible to make WM03 version? :confused:

[tene]

It's a good demo of PictureFlow. However, this could be more usable for viewing album art of music instead of pictures. PocketCM's ImageViewer implementation is much more efficient for image viewing because it is full screen, opposite to the concept of PictureFlow.

Great work! :)

If I can just add my 2 cents: the challenge in an image viewer is not picture flow, animation or whatever, it's loading data fast enough to give a proper experience. That's were the work is mostly needed to make a good app.

That doesn't change that I tried this poc (I love this kind of things, sometimes I even wonder if I shouldn't do that instead of other apps), and apart from the fact that it takes hours to load, it run quite smooth on a 200Mhz touch.

[crescentsaber]

Extracted the zip in my PC
Copied the whole folder to Program Files
Clicked PictureFlow.exe

This is what happens on my Dopod D810 running WM5
--PictureFlow.exe--
The file 'PictureFlow' cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. You might need to reinstall or restore this file



does the folder name matters at all ? o_O

[thundershadow14]

0.3 Released!! :).

[appelton]

I 've been waiting the whole day ! Finally ! Downloading.

[jomo25]

v0.3 locks my TyTN II up. It starts, runs, shows the first pic, and when I try to scroll either way, *crash*lockup*. Need to soft reset. Could it be cuz of my 2MB jpg files? In the old version, they simply wouldn't load. maybe now they are trying to to and failing...Not sure.

[appelton]

Hmm that's weird. I can't fullscreen any of the pictures - all JPG's , I am tapping twice on all of the screen - nothing happens. Can't also close the app.

{ EDITED } Now it's all ok. It works. Testing in progress.

[eboy44]

the app doesnt show any of my pictures and the up button doesnt work to close the app...the v2 version loaded 3 of my 20 pics but this one doesnt load anything but a blank screen and causes my phone to crash

[impulse]

I'm having a problem getting this to work correctly on my mogul. I put a few pictures in the same folder as the .exe, but when i run the program, it'll show one picture, but i can't scroll or anything. When i double tap i get the full screen image, so that part works fine. The only problem is that i only get one image. Any solutions?

[thundershadow14]

@appelton & eboy44

What devices and OS are you running? Strange behavior from the app, nothing like that happens on my Wizard. Oh, and are any of your jpegs large?? PF is known to trip over large jpegs.

[thundershadow14]

I'm having a problem getting this to work correctly on my mogul. I put a few pictures in the same folder as the .exe, but when i run the program, it'll show one picture, but i can't scroll or anything. When i double tap i get the full screen image, so that part works fine. The only problem is that i only get one image. Any solutions?

What are the sizes of your jpegs?

[johnnyv5]

App loads to a black screen for me. I have 2 jpg's (1 is 56k the other is 300k) that I copied to the same folder as pictureflow.... I even waited a few seconds before closing the app.... I have a samsung i760 running WM6....

jv

[impulse]

What are the sizes of your jpegs?

The larget one is 515K and the smallest is 133K

[DicEvsTytnII]

v0.3 works on my Kaiser (dutty touch v2 rom).
not at first using my 3.2mb jpegs, but I resized them <100kb (actually just changed res to 240x320) and now it works fine.

Controlling the picture sliding left and right is still a bit difficult at times but this has great potential!

keep up the nice work, I'll be coming back to this thread regulary ;)

DicE

[P1Tater]

this one just loads a black screen on mine

[appelton]

@appelton & eboy44

What devices and OS are you running? Strange behavior from the app, nothing like that happens on my Wizard. Oh, and are any of your jpegs large?? PF is known to trip over large jpegs.

Nah.. Sorry it was my fault. Anyway it is working all smooth as usuall but there are a few problems. Take a look at attached filles:

[appelton]

Maybe you can do the fullscreen thing just like it is done here ? : http://youtube.com/watch?v=FlIR3hvMgpU

[ljinsane]

things can get a bit nasty when working with loads of images, especially when you've got images that are quite large.

all my pictures on my phone are pretty big ...so that must be why it wont load. too quick......at least the latest version did open... even if i couldnt do anything after that.......keep up the good work.

[thundershadow14]

I'll be redoing the fullscreen method in the upcoming release. It will be dedicated to optimizing the app so that it runs as quickly as possible. I doubt I'll rely on the existing PF functions to bring things like full screen support to the table, I'm gonna do some painting of my own so that things are sped up.

Quite possibly, some regular bitbliting from the regular win32 api.

[johnnyv5]

I'll be redoing the fullscreen method in the upcoming release. It will be dedicated to optimizing the app so that it runs as quickly as possible. I doubt I'll rely on the existing PF functions to bring things like full screen support to the table, I'm gonna do some painting of my own so that things are sped up.

Quite possibly, some regular bitbliting from the regular win32 api.Any ideas why I can't run the program? It just goes to a blank screen..... Even on a soft reset.

jv

[appelton]

I doubt I'll rely on the existing PF functions to bring things like full screen support.

This is what I was about to suggest - current behaviour of fullscreen can be really weird sometimes. Anyway again good work. If you need beta tester just PM me.

[KarhU]

I have the same issue. Upon launching the app the screen goes blank and I can only SR the device (up button does not work). I use only QVGA pictures.

[thundershadow14]

Any ideas why I can't run the program? It just goes to a blank screen..... Even on a soft reset.

jv

Are you running from your storage card or your main memory? And how much memory does your device currently have, free?

Or, try loading up these test jpegs.

@Everyone

If you're experiencing loading difficulties, or black screens, or any strange problems with PF, I've posted up some test jpegs that I personally test with on my wizard. Please test with these jpegs, and let me know if the same thing happens. Thanks :).

Test Jpegs (http://sunatrise.com/PM/TestPics.zip)

[pocai]

Woking Great on my Touch, amazing implement fo PM without doubt.
I´m already a big fan of Pocket Melody, now with Picture Flow why I will need an Iphone, lol.
Thank Thunder.

Sorry for the lousy english, i´m from Brasil.:)

[impulse]

Are you running from your storage card or your main memory? And how much memory does your device currently have, free?

Or, try loading up these test jpegs.

@Everyone

If you're experiencing loading difficulties, or black screens, or any strange problems with PF, I've posted up some test jpegs that I personally test with on my wizard. Please test with these jpegs, and let me know if the same thing happens. Thanks :).

Test Jpegs (http://sunatrise.com/PM/TestPics.zip)

Works fine with the test images. I guess my pictures are the problem. But now my question is why? All my pictures were taken from my mogul. When i put my own pictures in, it'll only load the first one.

[ljinsane]

Are you running from your storage card or your main memory? And how much memory does your device currently have, free?

Or, try loading up these test jpegs.

@Everyone

If you're experiencing loading difficulties, or black screens, or any strange problems with PF, I've posted up some test jpegs that I personally test with on my wizard. Please test with these jpegs, and let me know if the same thing happens. Thanks :).

Test Jpegs (http://sunatrise.com/PM/TestPics.zip)

runs perfect on my hermes with you test pictures...however those pictures are small in file size...the app needs to be optimized to work with pics 100k and up

[thundershadow14]

runs perfect on my hermes with you test pictures...however those pictures are small in file size...the app needs to be optimized to work with pics 100k and up

Working on that now :).

Edit:

For the developers:
PictureFlow, uses a QT function to load the jpegs from your file system, and apparently once the file size is over a 100kb (which is still quite small) it chokes, this is no fault of the original writer of PictureFlow. Now, I've noticed a similar QT function that loads the jpeg binary data from a variable you hand to it, in other words, you've got load the data by yourself. Obviously, they made this since more than likely they've realized the in-built function chokes on large files. So, I'm about to write some code to load up our files, and pass it to the QT API. Hopefully this should reduce some load time, even if it doesn't at the very least it'll support LARGE pictures.

Thereafter, I'll tackle zoom and pan support, as well as give PF some usability :). But there will be a release between these two.

I really want to finish this, so I can integrate it into PocketMelody (my other project) but I want it to be as stable and as efficient as possible before I do that.

[ljinsane]

Working on that now :).

niiiice ...cant wait!!

[curious george]

Extracted the zip in my PC
Copied the whole folder to Program Files
Clicked PictureFlow.exe

This is what happens on my Dopod D810 running WM5
--PictureFlow.exe--
The file 'PictureFlow' cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. You might need to reinstall or restore this file



does the folder name matters at all ? o_O

I am experiencing this as well. The only pics I placed in the file where the original pics on my phone, (ie, water fall, Photo etc.) Nothing above 30-40K. I am running standard OEM ROM wm5.

Help?

[thundershadow14]

I am experiencing this as well. The only pics I placed in the file where the original pics on my phone, (ie, water fall, Photo etc.) Nothing above 30-40K. I am running standard OEM ROM wm5.

Help?

This is a WM5 problem. When PF is a bit more stable, and I clean up my additions to the original source, I'll give the source to another developer that has the WM5 sdk, and has the time to build QT etc.

Right now, I simply don't have the time to download and re-build, I want to get this software stable. But don't worry, I'll make sure WM5 is supported.

As for WM2003, I really don't think it's possible, currently QT DOESNT build against the WM2003 SDK, only WM5 and <.

[mbial]

Thundershadow -

I just wanted to thank you for your ongoing efforts on this project and pocketmelody. The combination of the two ought to make a super media player and I cant wait! Keep up the great work!

MJB

[cruzzmz]

Chad ... cool stuff ...

if anyone wants the cab ... ill give u the copy :D

[boinger66]

tested on mine its a bit choppy for me and i have an athena... so power shouldnt be a problem

any known issues with vga devices?

[briggs81]

0.3 works for me on the tytn II on duttys v3 final

[overhaulengines]

I installed it in both and still could not get it to work on my tilt. No luck here.

got it to work on my tilt, with dutty v3, installed on storage card, at first it did nothing, then i deleted pics that were larger than 100k and softreset then it started working, if pics are to large it will not work, at least for me

Lupe

[zulualpha7]

this one just loads a black screen on mine

Hey P1Tater,

I've been trying it out on my TiLT and it works ok.

I copied the folder to my Storage Card and just added my pix in the same folder as the .exe file (.gif, .jpg) but I can only see the .gif files. I then renamed the .jpg files to .jpeg and works just fine.

Most new cameras and picture devices save images as .jpg and not .jpeg so this is going to be a problem.

Thoughts to improve program:

Improve the speed of loading.
Change the compatability so it accepts .JPG files as well as .JPEG
Improve the effects, when you try to zoom in on a picture its not so responsive.


I love the move for this little program and look forward to better modifications..keep up the good work guys..

Z ;)

[ganjamatik]

awesome program.. i have it on a htc touch but my problem with it is mostly with how many files i have in the folder. i can only place about 12 or so before it gets so that it wont load or it will freeze.. is this common? Thanks and againg great job thunder

[rajismine]

this 0.3 is not working on my HTC Touch Enhanced. Just shows a black screen

0.0 and 0.2 were working well....:confused:

[thundershadow14]

Hey P1Tater,

I've been trying it out on my TiLT and it works ok.

I copied the folder to my Storage Card and just added my pix in the same folder as the .exe file (.gif, .jpg) but I can only see the .gif files. I then renamed the .jpg files to .jpeg and works just fine.

Most new cameras and picture devices save images as .jpg and not .jpeg so this is going to be a problem.

Thoughts to improve program:

Improve the speed of loading.
Change the compatability so it accepts .JPG files as well as .JPEG
Improve the effects, when you try to zoom in on a picture its not so responsive.


I love the move for this little program and look forward to better modifications..keep up the good work guys..

Z ;)

My test pics are all .jpg. The original code definitely has some issues when it comes to loading pictures, and I'm in the process of overhauling it. Keep in mind, this app wasn't written for mobile devices with -200mhz processors, it's amazing that it runs so well. But anyway, I'm working on making things as efficient as possible :).

[rajismine]

removed all pics (pngs and jpegs) and now put only jepgs

works well now.

Seems to be mismatch with multiple file formats!!!

[thundershadow14]

Grab 0.4 while it's hot! ^^

I'm off to bed, let's hope tomorrow brings us complete jpeg compatibility.

[courtlandre]

Well, first run attempt on my Sprint Mogul resulted in a black screen.

Update: pressed the screen a few times and the pictures showed. Very cool.

[eboy44]

the .4 version when i double click to zoom it just shows a white screen.....im running it on a stock Elfin rom (touch)

[zulualpha7]

My test pics are all .jpg. The original code definitely has some issues when it comes to loading pictures, and I'm in the process of overhauling it. Keep in mind, this app wasn't written for mobile devices with -200mhz processors, it's amazing that it runs so well. But anyway, I'm working on making things as efficient as possible :).

When i run the program, it jst didnt wanna show .jpg on my tilt so i just guessed it was some minor tech issue..

well thanx for the heads up, i will keep testing..keep perfecting it..:)

[nicus]

great program..

two features would be great to include..
- rotate the image with gesture (e.g circle)
- zoom the image with two fingers sliding apart or together

:)

keep it up!

[cruzzmz]

work great on my o2 zinc ... just now still cant scan for jpg etc yet eh ... well good job anyway

found out that if i copy all files inside pictureflow & paste it im my pic on my storage card, it will show only blank screen but if i copy picture to the picflow folder, it will work .... ehmmmmm

[aragorn21]

- zoom the image with two fingers sliding apart or together


is your screen multi touch ? I don't think so...

LG KS20 feedback : Works very fine

but :
black screen on the start, need to click on the screen to make it work

needed :
- browser
- more view on the previous / next pictures (only see a mini vertical piece of the next pictures, not to easy to flick on it)
- possibility (button, gesture ? ) to rotate screen


anyway, chad, YOU RULES !!

[nicus]

oh you're right aragorn.. didnt recognise that :)

so
- double click -> zoom

:)

[guimau31]

Even 0.4 doesn't seems to work on WM5. so bad

[cruzzmz]

after experimenting wz it for a while found out that sometime it will show black screen after tapping pics will show. if put own jpg inside the folder it wont show ???(1st time i did was ok) ... well maybe it is just a bug that can be fix ...

[aragorn21]

isn't it link to pictures weights ? (in terms of kb)

[appelton]

After playing with 0.4 - ASUS P535 - WM6:

- it is hard sometimes to tap at the middle of the picture. If you tap slightly to the left it starts to rotate to the next picture. If you slightly tap a little more to the right it also starts to rotate to the next one instead of having full screen.
Could you please assign fullscreen option to the center button of keypad ? It would be easier to operate until the tapping works properly.

- after i start the program there is no problem to have the pic fullscreen and displayed properly - but after sometime I get blank WHITE SCREEN at fullscreen.

- all of the thumb's are displayed as square while most of the pic's are usually rectangular. Is it possible to have the thumbs in a rectangular shape ?

- would be great to have additional settings in config file to set the proper size of thumbs, for me the size is almost perfect but i see that other people would like to have them smaller. Simple txt file with parameter will do the thing

Great job again. I went to bed , I woke up and there is new version of PictureFlow :D That's the way to do it :D

[jepoydejoya]

too bad it didn't work on my XDA Atom. :(

It says

"The file 'PictureFlow' cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificated, or one of its components cannot be found. You might need to reinstall or restore this file."

:(:(:( so sad... it looks so great. I wish it will work on my XDA Atom with WM5.

[garcia1]

0.4 not worked on my HTC Touch.... images not displayed (JPG not worked.. in older version worked).. only black screen... after exit system freeze...

[skanndelus]

is there any way for this little app to pull in photos from a specific folder... like My Pictures, instead of the folder w/ the exe inside?

[garcia1]

yes.. i have 0.4 and this version have test images.. but not displayed (only black screen) and after push "red button" system freeze... ill tred older 0.2 version and worked correctly but fullscreen is in 0.2 supported..

[appelton]

Ok I was playing in Photoshop with some interface for Picture flow and I came up with that:


Tell me what you think. Credit goes also to Laurent Baumann for his OSX icon pack.

Besides that: what do you think about small fullscreen icon attached to a picture - when you click it you get the fullscreen? Check the 2nd attached file.

[daverage]

Running from storage card of MDA Touch just leads to a black screen :(

[P1Tater]

ran it from my storage card and it worked great w/ the test pics.

[cruzzmz]

maybe i missed this ... but yup it can work with jpg with the size of less then 100k ... more than that black blank screen :(

[ljinsane]

maybe i missed this ... but yup it can work with jpg with the size of less then 100k ... more than that black blank screen :(

Known issue that thundershadow is working on

[thundershadow14]

Ok I was playing in Photoshop with some interface for Picture flow and I came up with that:


Tell me what you think. Credit goes also to Laurent Baumann for his OSX icon pack.

Besides that: what do you think about small fullscreen icon attached to a picture - when you click it you get the fullscreen? Check the 2nd attached file.

Wow, I really like this look, I'll be implementing it in the next release :).

[lordsinasina]

this is a great app..one thing : will it zoom and landscape in future release?

[uniqueboy]

I should just ....

[superflysocal]

apparently it's not just the size of the images, but how many there are.

also, on my qvga mogul, the larger photo "icons" screen now doesn't show or any of the previous or next image. On v.2, you could see quite a bit of the previous or next image.

[syrguy1969]

apparently it's not just the size of the images, but how many there are.


I'm sorry, I just have to know!!!

It really IS the size that matters?!?!?! LOL

http://www.northtexasfishing.com/smiles/th_suspicious.gif

[superflysocal]

The other major problem with this app (and it is a very nice app) is that it takes a portrait image that would normally look perfect fullscreen (ie image taken by the camera of the phone) and resize it to a square size for picture flow and then when you double tap to zoom it zooms that square image thus stretching it out vertically.

Perhaps this is because the author was developing this as a prelude to Pocket Meoldy and had albumart in mind the whole time.

It's a shame because this would make it less ideal as a picture viewer, which it has a huge potential to become a great one.

Perhaps when zoom to full screen, it should just use the original image instead of zooming from the pictureflow image.

[rxyamaha]

This Software is not working in my HTC touch phone.. I copied the files to SD card where the pictures are stored. When I run this program, first it says low memory and asks me to close some appl. When I close one or two, it goes to today screen and the Phone freezes. I need to soft reset the phone.

[appelton]

Wow, I really like this look, I'll be implementing it in the next release :).

That's great. I'll cut all the graphics into seperate elements so it will be easier to use.

[ganjamatik]

so far this thing kicks ass... but there is definiteley an issue as to how many images you can have in the same folder as the program.. 16 is about the most i can load at average 56k each..after that it willl freeze up my phone and i have to manually close the program. i have a 400mhz touch not the 200mhz so power shouldnt be the issue, it would be incredible if i could have all my photos accessible.. heres hoping!! great job though with all the updates

[gaiden]

this is nice... i've been wondering that ppc having a pic flow like the apple devices..

run it on my kaiser works great in both potrait and ladscape.. havent figure out how to close the app, curently ok button assigned to close do the trick.
assigned the f touch flo to launch the program with no problem...

[thundershadow14]

Update:

Was running some performance tests today, and noticed a lot of things. First off, the load time for PictureFlow, (at least for me) is REALLY good!! It appears as though most of the time you wait is just QT loading itself up. I compiled a QT application that just popped a window up, and it took only a LITTLE bit less time to pop up than PF. Which means, that the current code is doing a bloody good job of rendering out the jpegs. I then threw some RIDICULOUSLY large bmps at PictureFlow 5mb+ and it chewed it up nicely. I then noticed, that I didn't include all the the jpeg module dll files in previous versions of PF, and figured this might be the reason for all the jpeg madness. Just so happens, I did so much madness to the lib that I didn't have the balance of the dll's compiled.

So, in short, here I am re-doing the PAINFULLY long process of recompiling QT (for the 3rd time) to make sure it spits out the PROPER jpeg dlls, and all of them too. Hopefully this should solve the problem, if not, I'll have to load up the jpegs with a 3rd party lib.

I was also able to play around with the prospect of integrating QT apps into existing Win32 C apps, and I think I've pretty much got my finger wrapped around it, so I should be ready to tackle PM, once I've made this stable enough.

That's it! Still lookin' good ;).

[appelton]

thundershadow14:

Here you have all the elements cut.

[appelton]

Thundershadow please notice that background.jpg have additional gradient in the middle - it looks cool when you place pictureflow on it - it works well with those thumbs and their mirror reflections.

[justcruising]

Dosen't work on wm5 htc artemis

It says one of its components are missing, or its not signed with a trusted.....

any idea?

[ericksonlk]

Nice job, works well but... takes more than 30 sec to launch. Also works on my Axim X51v (VGA screen).

[cruzzmz]

Update:

Was running some performance tests today, and noticed a lot of things. First off, the load time for PictureFlow, (at least for me) is REALLY good!! It appears as though most of the time you wait is just QT loading itself up. I compiled a QT application that just popped a window up, and it took only a LITTLE bit less time to pop up than PF. Which means, that the current code is doing a bloody good job of rendering out the jpegs. I then threw some RIDICULOUSLY large bmps at PictureFlow 5mb+ and it chewed it up nicely. I then noticed, that I didn't include all the the jpeg module dll files in previous versions of PF, and figured this might be the reason for all the jpeg madness. Just so happens, I did so much madness to the lib that I didn't have the balance of the dll's compiled.

So, in short, here I am re-doing the PAINFULLY long process of recompiling QT (for the 3rd time) to make sure it spits out the PROPER jpeg dlls, and all of them too. Hopefully this should solve the problem, if not, I'll have to load up the jpegs with a 3rd party lib.

I was also able to play around with the prospect of integrating QT apps into existing Win32 C apps, and I think I've pretty much got my finger wrapped around it, so I should be ready to tackle PM, once I've made this stable enough.

That's it! Still lookin' good ;).

Good news Chad :D
hopefully when this is done, we will hv a picflo pocketmelody .... cool
BTW, i cant put any icon for the exe, when i run reshack nothing show ehmmm why eh??

[saints5354]

It seem like memory consumption is very heavy, nice idea, it seem like better than HTC Album to me. Hope it can develope to a perfect one, i don't mind donate for that....

Keep it up mate ..

[thundershadow14]

Another Update:
I just loaded up a 1mb+ jpeg file, with PictureFlow!! Turns out, the QT pixmap and image classes, although very powerful, couldn't handle the stress of loading large jpegs for some reason, so I had to help it out. I'm loading up the jpegs now using the standard calls to the win32 API, (just like I do the albumart in PocketMelody) I don't know why I hadn't thought about doing things this way before!

Anyway, I'm just polishing things up, adding the new graphics, and do a little more efficiency testing for 0.5.

:).

[appelton]

Good job. I've been waiting the whole day :D

[PaY87]

Working very good on my Hermes ;)
Would be nice to see a config tool or something which gives the user some options like patch of viewing etc..

Regards! :)

[thundershadow14]

Hey guys, I'll be out for a bit, so I won't be able to get a release out till I get back in a few hours. I'm getting unicode and multibyte HELL trying to use both QT and the win32 environment. This release looks like it's going to be quite stable though, looking forward to getting it done, just that one last hurdle to get over.

Be back shortly ;).

[Blowfish64]

Can't wait to try it. The last version didn't work on my Tilt. Btw, for future releases, I hope you'll consider allowing the user to specify what gestures do what. I think we all have different preferences for how to do things, so rather than have dozens of people asking you to change this or that, it'd be great if it was user-customizable.

[aih1977]

icon for pictureflow.

[mreaglejr]

i just don't get one thing.. i mean isn't it too sensitive for you guys? i just move my finger with one pixel and the covers are going crazy! or i dunno.. it's just scrolling too fast for every gestures i think.. but don't get me wrong!! it's cool!! respect! :)

[JohnQ]

i put only jpeg file in the same directory. works ok.
but when i put JPG file in the folder. DOESN'T WORK. actually most people use JPG file more than JPEG. why doesn't support JPG file?

also, there isn't any button to close the app. please try to fix it in your future update version.

now it seems not to be a complete version app. i will be waiting for your completely down app! cheers!

[aragorn21]

i put only jpeg file in the same directory. works ok.
but when i put JPG file in the folder. DOESN'T WORK. actually most people use JPG file more than JPEG. why doesn't support JPG file?

also, there isn't any button to close the app. please try to fix it in your future update version.

now it seems not to be a complete version app. i will be waiting for your completely down app! cheers!

As said, every time, this is a beta, and to close up, when reading first post : move up (with pad, or finger)

[aragorn21]

Chad, are you aware to make it as a stand alone picture manager ??

[Speedyp]

Don't work on WM5 unfortunately :(
It says one of its components are missing, or its not signed with a trusted.....

any idea?

Have HTC 4350. Would realy like to use it.

[cruzzmz]

icon for pictureflow.

good one but then when it in in 16x16 i think cannot see the pic ...

Put ur jpg in the PicFlo folder ... and the jpg must be less then 60kb i think or else it will only show black blank page

Chad 0.5 .... cant wait ;)

[aih1977]

good one but then when it in in 16x16 i think cannot see the pic ...

Put ur jpg in the PicFlo folder ... and the jpg must be less then 60kb i think or else it will only show black blank page

Chad 0.5 .... cant wait ;)

ill make a different icon for that size.

[appelton]

Where is ThunderShadow ?:) He went out for a few hours and never came back :D

[papamopps]

it is working for me on herald. BUT only with very few and small pics in folder.

Good idea. Develope more on...

Waiting for a version which supports bigger files and more...

[thundershadow14]

New Version Released:

Please read my update before trying it out though :) ^^

[mbial]

Thanks for your continued efforts!! I'm getting a 404 Not Found error when trying to download 0.5

Best,
MJB

[maikov]

PictureFlowWM6 0.5 - is a broken link :( Could you please fix the link...
I'm realy interested in trying you app - it seems great to me:)
Thnx:)

[rajismine]

Same error here as well. no download:(

I will anyways wait for the version which supports all formats:)

[theOFFSPRING]

Look here
http://sunatrise.com/PM/

[mushipkw]

Found thanx theOFFSPRING

[thundershadow14]

Link Fixed :).

[theOFFSPRING]

Doesnt work :( Splash screen and nothing, just black screen.

[papamopps]

working with sample pictures. but how do i exit???? allways have to use taskman..

[maikov]

Big respect to the author!!!
U r THE MAN!!! :)
Works great!
So I vote for that you will develop it to standalone application with brouser of pictures and etc.

THANKS!!! :)

[vijay15]

I simply can not get this program to work ... I a mreally looking forward to using it, but when I install it on my memory card, it hangs on the splash screen ... Nothing else happens ...

HELP

[papamopps]

working.

Takes LONG time to load. (about 30pics in my folder)

BUT i get nearly 40 thumbs.... but 14 same.....

hehe

[theOFFSPRING]

I simply can not get this program to work ... I a mreally looking forward to using it, but when I install it on my memory card, it hangs on the splash screen ... Nothing else happens ...

HELP

Rename extensions to "jpg", not "JPG". It helped me.

[thundershadow14]

working with sample pictures. but how do i exit???? allways have to use taskman..

Hitting up on the joypad doesn't work?

I simply can not get this program to work ... I a mreally looking forward to using it, but when I install it on my memory card, it hangs on the splash screen ... Nothing else happens ...

HELP

what size and type are your pictures?

Doesnt work Splash screen and nothing, just black screen.

Size and type of pictures?

[maikov]

I simply can not get this program to work ... I a mreally looking forward to using it, but when I install it on my memory card, it hangs on the splash screen ... Nothing else happens ...

HELP

Just wait a little... while it will download the pics... :)

[papamopps]

hehe. hitting the upkey worked.

it is flipping VERY fast after once loaded. only the double (14-20) pics are not expected.

hehe

[lordsinasina]

it does'nt work on prophet..after splash screen a blank screen come and hang!

[Win_XP]

It works very slow on Universal :confused:

[briggs81]

Trying to rotate thorugh pictures seems a bit wonky sometimes. When i hti the left side of the screen it scrolls right. Someties when i hit the right side of the screen/image it doesnt do anything.

Ah is ee, it's very touchy. You to tap the screen between the picture that is in the centre and either the one left or right of it, then it scrolls correctly. I was hitting the left or right side of the actual centred image, or the left/right corners of the screen.

Works like a draem if you tap screen between the two pics, great stuff.

When looking at a picure full view, and then taping it once to return to the strip, that causes you to scroll left or right 1 image, must be a layering or parent/child thing going on. I assume you have to paly wtiht he code to make the strip unoperable while there is a full screen photo up.

[mbial]

Is it possible that people who have touchflo or ftouchflo running could be running into issues with the scrolling? Try turning these off or making an exception in ftouchflo's config file and then try the scrolling again. I'm curious if this helps anyone out!

MJB

[briggs81]

That's somewhat of a good idea, but i dont believe there are any actual gestures goign on in this app other then just tapping, no swiping.g

[badbrad4080]

would be nice if this was in one big media player u should work with the dude who makes the music player (pocket melody) on combining these too things and incorporating video playback in this player

[appelton]

Scrolling works like a charm this time. Works real nice but there is one thing that pisses me off : when you want to fullscreen one of the pictures you have to click exactly in the middle of it - if you do it slightly more to the left or right it rotates instead of fullcreen - it is real hard to operate like that. Buttons would be the only solution I guess.

[mbial]

Hey Chad,

How about getting in touch with the guy who wrote PocketCM to add nice smooth scrolling (good for lists in PocketMelody also) with gestures instead of the current "tapping" implementation. His app remains the best execution of "flicking" on Windows Mobile.

Best,
MJB

[mr_deimos]

Actually, my guess would be that iContact is the best implementation of finger-friendly scrolling. Somehow, pocketCM seems less smooth and much less precise on my wizard...

[samsungq1]

Just loaded onto my CECT W800 get error message

The file Picture Flow cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of the components cannot be found.

Can anyone help please?

[johnnyv5]

I was able to open it with the jpgs that came with the program, but when I copied the program to my pictures on my storage card I get a memory error. This looks promising, though! Pretty cool!

jv

[Speedyp]

Still doesn't work on my HTC harold WM5
It says one of its components are missing, or its not signed with a trusted.....

[PeterDLai]

Actually, my guess would be that iContact is the best implementation of finger-friendly scrolling. Somehow, pocketCM seems less smooth and much less precise on my wizard...

I haven't tried iContact yet, but I felt that FunContact from VITO also implemented finger-friendly scrolling better than PocketCM.

[wacky.banana]

Hi Thundershadow,

Version 0.5 works on my TyTN. Great start.

Points of note: Its quite difficult to stop a picture so that it stops centre of the screen when you want to see it. Tends to need deft fingers to get this aspect to work.

2nd thing is that if one loads up pictures that the tool can't handle then all you get is multiple images of a particular shot that it can handle. Would be useful if this aspect could be changed to, perhaps a large red X or something similar, or, better still, the file name it is having difficulty rendering.

3rd thing is that the tool is quite fussy about the length of file names. If one uses a long filename eg bradpittsstagdo.jpg, the tool won't recognise it; however something short like brad1.jpg works.

Looking forward to the next version and the much heralded enhancements.

Well done.

WB

PS: Oh, forgot to mention it works in both landscape and portrait modes. Only issue is when you change between the 2 its not quite as seamless as one would expect. You tend to see the top bar of the today screen appear when you change modes.

Only way out is to close the app then reopen in the mode you want to view, then all is fine.

Also note that the very nice PocketFlow intro screen does not go right across the screen when in landscape mode.

[thundershadow14]

would be nice if this was in one big media player u should work with the dude who makes the music player (pocket melody) on combining these too things and incorporating video playback in this player

:) I am the dude who makes pocketMelody, and I will be combining both applications, once this reaches a much more stable release. I agree with you though, once combined it'll be great!

Actually, my guess would be that iContact is the best implementation of finger-friendly scrolling. Somehow, pocketCM seems less smooth and much less precise on my wizard... & Hey Chad,

How about getting in touch with the guy who wrote PocketCM to add nice smooth scrolling (good for lists in PocketMelody also) with gestures instead of the current "tapping" implementation. His app remains the best execution of "flicking" on Windows Mobile.

Best,
MJB

Couldn't agree with you more! In fact, PocketMelody uses the iContacts scrolling routine for it's playlist (larna gave me the rights) ;). So no need to use the PocketCM routine :).

Tonight I'll be working on optimization and efficiency. Looking at ways to process the picture data quicker, and in turn making everyone happy. I think once things are a bit more efficient (will also use less memory) everything will just be icing on an already finished cake :).

Thanks for all the feedback guys!

[hs1333a]

I'm using an advantage and the program loads fine, the only issue with ver.5 is only 2 pictures load up and there are multiple of the same two. Also in ver .3 when you zoomed in on the pic it stayed in the flow view, but only larger. Are you looking to do the same with the final version because I thought that was kinda cool especially since my screen is 5". Keep up the great work.....

Kevin

[badbrad4080]

Im using ur music player (pocket melody) and i love it one critism is the GUI could have been more refined but other than that love the artwork implementation and now u plan on working on a super media player with this app i am so excited i cant wait to get it.

[JohnQ]

hey im downloading 0.5 version also works fine on my touch xl. but also , why there shows 4 same picture while i was only putting different pictures in the folder. see the attachment

[cruzzmz]

cool now pic more than 100k can show in the picflo menu :D ... yup i think we do need like an enlarged button etc since it a lill bit diff to zoom in sometime.

other than that all ok :D

[SHAHS]

chad will you release pictureflow for wm5?

[jepoydejoya]

hi,

can you make this work under xda atom wm5?:(
the current version .5 doesn't seem to work under my atom.

[orakanggo]

doesn't work on my vga.
blank screen

[appelton]

After playing with it:

Fullscreen pictures are instant - no problem with it. I had no problem w JPG files. I have them all scaled 320x200 and saved in photoshop. To be honest there isnt much to be done to have full working app soon. All I am waiting for is including those buttons so it will be easier to fullscreen pictures.

I dont think it is a good idea to have one app where you have browsing pictures and playing mp3 all combined togheter. There is no other app on the market for quick browsing pictures in a nice way - PictureFlow the way it is being developed seems perfect.

Future requests:
- real time zoom and pan for bigger pictures than 320x200
- directory browsing for pictures selection
- horizontal mode
- zooming and rotating pictures by using gestures.

[pure-current]

First of all: Great application !!! Super idea to user the cover flow technique for a picture viewer.
Go on developing! This is very promising!

Things I realized playing around with the app:

- It is very pedantic about file extension. *.jpg works, *.JPG doesn't work. Had to rename all my pics

-now all my own pics i tested with work. Scrolling is smooth. Only the resizing to a square isn't so nice, because all my digi-cam pics are skewed.

- memory consumption is very high, start-up is pretty slow.

-one more funny thing: when I quit the app, I always have two instances of it in the task-manager. I tested again and again, quit all the instances and started picFlow only once. After pressing the red call-ed button i have two instances in the background.

[ryan47]

i'm sorry for asking this..maybe it's a fool question.....how to exit the apps..??:confused:..thank's..what a great apps....

[cruzzmz]

I dont think it is a good idea to have one app where you have browsing pictures and playing mp3 all combined togheter. There is no other app on the market for quick browsing pictures in a nice way - PictureFlow the way it is being developed seems perfect.


it is not both at same time ... more like the fruit company player ;) ... can browse album & click u can hear the music ... maybe u should try PocketMelody


'm sorry for asking this..maybe it's a fool question.....how to exit the apps..??..thank's..what a great apps....


press ur phone end button (red phone) ... do bare in mind this will only minimize the app

[Re-Mi]

i'm sorry for asking this..maybe it's a fool question.....how to exit the apps..??:confused:..thank's..what a great apps....

Press the up /\ button on your device (posted in post #1)

[kcguy]

without a doubt this is the most promising photo viewer I have seen so far. I just tested 0.5 on my wizard and see much improvement from 0.4. It would only load 2 of the jpgs I copied to the folder and when zoomed, they were pretty distorted (skewed vertically) but the action of the program is flawless and incredibly smooth. I can't wait to see where you take this. I would love to dump HTC album, which although a few versions are available for the wizard, none of them work as they should. Great work, I'll continue to follow your progress!

[briggs81]

hey im downloading 0.5 version also works fine on my touch xl. but also , why there shows 4 same picture while i was only putting different pictures in the folder. see the attachment

Same issue for me!

[thundershadow14]

Same issue for me!

This is definitely the last MAJOR bug for me to sort out, could you give me some details in terms of the pictures that are giving you problems. What are the sizes and extension. I really wanna knock this one in the head :).

[tomazez]

im sorry to ask you chad, because im sure that you have said this already, but for now im too lazy to read back:p,
but are you goin to perfetionize this one into a real pictureviewer, that means: zoom, folder search and so on,
or are you only going to focus on the aspect of viewing pics for PM?
good luck!

[thundershadow14]

im sorry to ask you chad, because im sure that you have said this already, but for now im too lazy to read back:p,
but are you goin to perfetionize this one into a real pictureviewer, that means: zoom, folder search and so on,
or are you only going to focus on the aspect of viewing pics for PM?
good luck!

I will be adding zoom pan etc. at a later date (if someone else doesn't before me). Because, once the basic stuff here is finished, I'm open sourcing the application, and moving into the integration of PictureFlow in PocketMelody. But the most important thing for me right now, is to create a stable PictureFlow application, and that's where my head is right now :).

[cruzzmz]

I will be adding zoom pan etc. at a later date (if someone else doesn't before me). Because, once the basic stuff here is finished, I'm open sourcing the application, and moving into the integration of PictureFlow in PocketMelody. But the most important thing for me right now, is to create a stable PictureFlow application, and that's where my head is right now :).

nicely said :D ... cant wait when we can use this feature in PM

[aragorn21]

for me, to use it into PM, you should set the speed of the flow, because, if not, we'll change music too fast
and when we come back from fullscreen to ribbon, by a double tap, most of times we are on next or previous pic

[kjason]

Love the application! I was shocked to see that it actually ran my Treo.

Would it be possible to detect if you have a 240x240 screen and only zoom the images to that size for us square screen users? Also, your splash screen doesn't fit properly in a square screen but that is no biggie. Other than that, things are working fairly well.

[JohnQ]

see this picture. i put all jpg files in the folder. and all works fine. but there shows 4 same pictures.

there shows:
4 pcs the same the pretty lady
5 pcs the same of middle picture
2 pcs the same of dog

[whysolate]

how long does it take to load? 1sec or 1min?

Edit : Where does picture flow save its temp file? it seems to be saving temp files to my main storage but didnt clear it on exit.

[appelton]

For me it is usually about 2 sec or something like that ..almost instant

[whysolate]

For me it is usually about 2 sec or something like that ..almost instant

okay...mine seems forever...

[loco38]

okay...mine seems forever...

mine forever and ever.....i get black screen for long long time

[thundershadow14]

how long does it take to load? 1sec or 1min?

Edit : Where does picture flow save its temp file? it seems to be saving temp files to my main storage but didnt clear it on exit.

Efficiency issues will be dealt with in the next release :).

[aceracer24]

I have a noob question...will this ever be set up with a .cab to install? Most other apps install with the .cab and thus show up in my programs so I can just click to play. Either I am missing something or this app isn't designed to install and must be "searched" for and then clicked to run. No big deal except I have yet to figure out how to make a shortcut on these mobile devices. I want all my programs in one nice clickable area instead of having to manually search/find the .exe and click to run it. Am I making any sense?

[thundershadow14]

I have a noob question...will this ever be set up with a .cab to install? Most other apps install with the .cab and thus show up in my programs so I can just click to play. Either I am missing something or this app isn't designed to install and must be "searched" for and then clicked to run. No big deal except I have yet to figure out how to make a shortcut on these mobile devices. I want all my programs in one nice clickable area instead of having to manually search/find the .exe and click to run it. Am I making any sense?

I usually don't cab my apps until I have feel they can actually be used as an independent app. When it's a cab, you've got to remove the app and all of that etc. And for me at least, I dont like an unfinished app showing up in my "Programs" directory :).

[aceracer24]

OK so I think you answered my question then. You WILL eventually make it so it will install like any other app once you feel the app is "finished"? Thats my primary concern. If it's not installed for now because of testing and changes I can certainly understand and will still continue to use the app to play with and test the functions. I was just hoping that eventually it will be finalized so that it can be installed and used like a normal app :)

[thundershadow14]

OK so I think you answered my question then. You WILL eventually make it so it will install like any other app once you feel the app is "finished"? Thats my primary concern. If it's not installed for now because of testing and changes I can certainly understand and will still continue to use the app to play with and test the functions. I was just hoping that eventually it will be finalized so that it can be installed and used like a normal app :)

Yup, I'll even include an installer if people really like it. I do believe in proper deployment. But remember this is a development and hacking forum, lol, so things sometimes aren't packaged perfectly :).

[appelton]

thundershadow: when can we expect next version ? I am just curious so that I dont have to check forum every 2 minutes :D

[snotboy32]

Thundershadow, how far have you come with getting Albumart the right way...(easy way?)

[thundershadow14]

thundershadow: when can we expect next version ? I am just curious so that I dont have to check forum every 2 minutes :D

:) Lol, answering this question is more difficult that programming this application itself. I'd love to tell you expect it in another hour, minute, or a few seconds, but things are very unpredictable when developing software. At this moment, I think I've ironed out the last major bug for PF. I just found out why files with long names act quite strangely. And keep in mind, when i say files with long names, I'm talking about the FULL path, not just the single file name alone. In addition to this, I've also sorted out why some jpgs act weird. I had a flag that set the max resolution for jpegs being loaded set to 320x240, so if your jpeg was larger than that, chances are it would have messed up (and in turn mess up the entire load process of the following pictures). With these two bugs fixed, you should see MUCH MUCH MUCH better improvement in the loading of pictures.

Then, I've got to look at all the possible ways to shorten the load time of PF. Right now, I think it renders too many pics to the left and right of the center image. Remember this code was initially written for the desktop, so what would work well on desktops won't work as well on our little devices.

To answer your question in short: I'm working tirelessly on this project, but I just don't want to make any promises, and dash anyone's hopes, ultimately making people angry. But I am working as we speak, and I always try to release my work ASAP.

-Chad.

[briggs81]

Take your time!

[PaNa-S]

when i'm finger-scrolling, and i stop, the album takes a while to settle in the middle. if you double click it while it is settling, the previous picture opens. just a little bug :p

[aceracer24]

Yup, I'll even include an installer if people really like it. I do believe in proper deployment. But remember this is a development and hacking forum, lol, so things sometimes aren't packaged perfectly :).
Hey take your time, I am certainly in no rush. Also I just want to thank you and the other developers for doing what you guys do.

[silentpoet]

program runs but not able to load folders with large amount of pictures in it. get critical low memory alert.

[cruzzmz]

OK so I think you answered my question then. You WILL eventually make it so it will install like any other app once you feel the app is "finished"? Thats my primary concern. If it's not installed for now because of testing and changes I can certainly understand and will still continue to use the app to play with and test the functions. I was just hoping that eventually it will be finalized so that it can be installed and used like a normal app :)

well i can cooked up a cab for u if u want .... :D

[Speedyp]

I will be adding zoom pan etc. at a later date (if someone else doesn't before me). Because, once the basic stuff here is finished, I'm open sourcing the application, and moving into the integration of PictureFlow in PocketMelody. But the most important thing for me right now, is to create a stable PictureFlow application, and that's where my head is right now :).


Dear Thundershadow,

Is there also a WM5 version coming?

Peter

[aceracer24]

well i can cooked up a cab for u if u want .... :D

lol well I won't tell you not to do such a thing...but it's not needed. :D I have patience...not much but some lol.

[cruzzmz]

no prob ... juz a suggestion :D

[honinghb]

First of all great software! It works fine, but:

- I can not figure it out how i can get my picture on full screen. I'm tapping in the middel of the picture but nothing happens.
- I can not exit the program by sweeping up of using the joystick.

I'm having a Artemis (HTC3300) with touchflo (+cube) software.

The software would be really great if you can program a functionality that you can choose you're music album from it by selecting the covers and after selecting that the music player will play the album. Same as the Iphone! What do you thing of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTHpwYkv45g

[gnatto]

Woow!! Great app!
I tested on my trinity and is really good!!!
Please take your time, but I would like to have something similar to the iphone (who need it? :) ).

Thank you a lot

[kcguy]

All of the photos in my pictures are sized at 240 x 320 or 320 x 240. All are jpgs. The 240 x 320s display fine, but the 320 by 240s skew vertically. Just for your information, hope it helps.

[darkgemini]

to exit to program, you need to press the UP hard key, not sweeping upward.

is it possible to integrate the Zoom, Rotate and Pan functions of the HTC Album into this great program? If so, i would ditch my HTC Album

Great program by the way

[thundershadow14]

Hey Everyone, I think I finally got my donations up and running so you can show your support! :D:

Please Click On the Link in my signature, on the first page, or RIGHT HERE (http://www.sunatrise.com/donate.html). I'm not using my paypal account, so please follow the VERY simple instructions on my page. Thanks already!

Update:
I just got my new laptop, and will be setting up (dev environment and all) tomorrow, so I just wanted to tell you not to expect a release tomorrow. I'm telling you so people don't feel I've dropped off the map! :).

But I'm really close to a much more efficient PictureFlow load up! Keep the coffee coming though! :p

[brian_2cool4u]

The program looks good but sad to say it doesn't work with my atom. i only get black and white screens :(

[Wajk]

Vote for WM5 support! ;)

[papamopps]

that really sound promissing. hope that many bgs are fixed and that we can use
- bigger jpg
- choose directory
- don´t get many same pictures because of not supported format
- loadup time is quicker

we´ll see....

Hey Everyone, I think I finally got my donations up and running so you can show your support! :D:

Please Click On the Link in my signature, on the first page, or RIGHT HERE (http://www.sunatrise.com/donate.html). I'm not using my paypal account, so please follow the VERY simple instructions on my page. Thanks already!

Update:
I just got my new laptop, and will be setting up (dev environment and all) tomorrow, so I just wanted to tell you not to expect a release tomorrow. I'm telling you so people don't feel I've dropped off the map! :).

But I'm really close to a much more efficient PictureFlow load up! Keep the coffee coming though! :p

[Speedyp]

Vote for WM5 support! ;)

Yessssssssssssssss!

[bugmug]

Hi,
I can't see any pics with my Tytn II. I reduce all the jpg files to 280x210 and it still only shows black screen. But when I put back the pics in the zip file it works, but some pics don't show and some appear more than once!!??
Please help.
Thanks!!!!

[thundershadow14]

Hey guys, I realized (shortly before i got a begging PM, heheh) that there are a wealth of WM5 users who want PictureFlow. So, I've decided to extend some support to them. According to the QT docs, QT/WINCE has full support for WM5 devices, and I thought it was unfair to limit PictureFlow to us WM6 users. So, in lieu of this fact, I'm downloading the WM5 SDK. It's 174 megs, and I've got really bad DSL here at home. So it's going to take at least another hour and a half; thereafter, I'm trusting Visual Studio to take care of all the linking etc. so I don't have to build QT again :). If all goes well, I'll have a WM5 release of the last version of PF up here soon.

I'll also ask the WM6 users to re-download this version, and see if there are any improvements/negative comments about the WM5 version. If things are the same (or better), I'll simply continue to develop with this SDK. Otherwise, I'll just have to release two versions each time

Wish me happy downloading :).

[alipendier]

Hey guys, I realized (shortly before i got a begging PM, heheh) that there are a wealth of WM5 users who want PictureFlow. So, I've decided to extend some support to them. According to the QT docs, QT/WINCE has full support for WM5 devices, and I thought it was unfair to limit PictureFlow to us WM6 users. So, in lieu of this fact, I'm downloading the WM5 SDK. It's 174 megs, and I've got really bad DSL here at home. So it's going to take at least another hour and a half; thereafter, I'm trusting Visual Studio to take care of all the linking etc. so I don't have to build QT again :). If all goes well, I'll have a WM5 release of the last version of PF up here soon.

I'll also ask the WM6 users to re-download this version, and see if there are any improvements/negative comments about the WM5 version. If things are the same (or better), I'll simply continue to develop with this SDK. Otherwise, I'll just have to release two versions each time

Wish me happy downloading :).

I tell you, someone actually begged for this nice program, wow... :D :cool:

[Speedyp]

Hey guys, I realized (shortly before i got a begging PM, heheh) that there are a wealth of WM5 users who want PictureFlow. So, I've decided to extend some support to them. According to the QT docs, QT/WINCE has full support for WM5 devices, and I thought it was unfair to limit PictureFlow to us WM6 users. So, in lieu of this fact, I'm downloading the WM5 SDK. It's 174 megs, and I've got really bad DSL here at home. So it's going to take at least another hour and a half; thereafter, I'm trusting Visual Studio to take care of all the linking etc. so I don't have to build QT again :). If all goes well, I'll have a WM5 release of the last version of PF up here soon.

I'll also ask the WM6 users to re-download this version, and see if there are any improvements/negative comments about the WM5 version. If things are the same (or better), I'll simply continue to develop with this SDK. Otherwise, I'll just have to release two versions each time

Wish me happy downloading :).



You are the greatest!

[thundershadow14]

Okay guys, finally downloaded and configured the project with the WM5 SDK. Now Visual Studio claims to have converted the project and it compiles just the same as it did with the WM6 SDK. So it SHOULD work. If it doesn't, let me know, and I'll have to compile a separate QT install configured specifically for wm5. Or just dump the old config all together. Anyway here it is:

http://sunatrise.com/PM/PictureFlowWM5%200.5.zip

It's also on the main page.

[dexxa05]

Hi thundershadow14,

I try your 0.5 wm5 version on my hw6915 but i have a certificat problem :(

[Djay64]

Hi thundershadow14,

I try your 0.5 wm5 version on my hw6915 but i have a certificat problem :(

Same thing happened here. Pictureflow says something about the certificate and component can't be found. I've also noticed something with the thumbnails when copying the cab folder. says it can't be copied.:confused:

[thundershadow14]

Can anyone with a WM5 device and an msn account help me out here? I'm still compiling QT, but instead of posting it up here over and over again, it just needs to work with one WM5 device. If any of you have an msn account please let me know, so I can add you, to test out the re-worked WM5 version. It usually takes little over half an hour to compile.

[extraducksauce]

certificate problem on wm5 as well.

[Speedyp]

certificate problem on wm5 as well.

Same here! :(

[thundershadow14]

No more certificate problem for all WM5 users!! Check the first post to get the updated and TESTED WM5 version. As mentioned before, although this is the EXACT same version as the last WM6 version, all of you who have WM6 devices should still test it out to make sure it's working on your devices too, since I'll be using this as a print for all future releases of PocketMelody :).

Waiting on feedback :).

[Djay64]

No more certificate problem for all WM5 users!! Check the first post to get the updated and TESTED WM5 version. As mentioned before, although this is the EXACT same version as the last WM6 version, all of you who have WM6 devices should still test it out to make sure it's working on your devices too, since I'll be using this as a print for all future releases of PocketMelody :).

Waiting on feedback :).

I think it's pretty awesome. I think it will be just perfect for pocketmelody. The problems at the moment are: screen goes white now and again, plus it moves past the pic you want to select next, as it moves fast, but perfect if you just want to use the buttons instead of the touch screen, and loading up is pretty slow. the only way to get out of pictureflow is by clicking up on your button pad or pressing the calender, taskbar etc.

I can see this as a music player big time though. :D I know what ever you got planned next will be awesome.