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==About My Pictures==
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<section begin="intro" />Pictures is an easy way to view your pictures. It allows you to view them as a slideshow with nice transition effects and even allows you to listen to your music while viewing your slideshow.<section end="intro" />
== About Pictures ==
;For a list of features available for pictures see:
:[[Settings/Pictures#File lists|Features Available for Pictures]]
;For a complete list of supported picture/image formats see:
:[[Features and supported codecs#Format support|Supported File Formats]]
 
== Picture Control ==
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My Pictures is an easy way to view your pictures. It allows you to view them as a slideshow with nice transition effects and even allows you to listen to your music while viewing your slideshow.<BR>
* Once a Picture is selected / displayed, you can rotate it with the {{keypress|'''R'''}} key on a keyboard.
For a complete list of supported picture/image formats see:
*[[XBMC Features and Supported Formats/Codecs#Supported picture/image formats:|Supported File Formats]].


==Picture Control==
* The {{keypress|'''O'''}} key on keyboard will toggle ''Picture information'' on the picture being displayed (dimensions in pixels, filename and order in slideshow and more).
Once a Picture is selected / displayed, you can rotate it with the [[image:Btn_y.png]] or '''Select''' on the remote.<br>
''' Black''' ('''Info''' on remote) will toggle information on the picture being displayed (dimensions in pixels, filename and order in slideshow).<br>
The right and left '''triggers''' (Skip+/- on remote) will go to the next / previous picture in the Slideshow.<br><br>


===Zooming in/out on Pictures===
* The {{keypress|left}} {{keypress|right}} keys on the keyboard will go to the next / previous picture in the Slideshow.
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This can be performed while viewing individual pictures or in a slideshow. While viewing press [[image:Btn_a.png]] to zoom in on controller or '''0–9''' on remote. To zoom out press [[image:Btn_x.png]] on controller or '''0–9''' on remote. Each successive press will zoom you in or out further by 1x (from 1x to 10x). While zoomed you can use the '''left thumbstick''' on controller or arrow buttons on remote to scroll the edges of the picture.<br>
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'''NOTE: If done during a slideshow, it will pause it until you stop pressing a button. If you are zoomed in during a slideshow and the picture changes it will not keep those setting from one picture to another.'''
 
 
=== Zooming in/out on Pictures ===
:This can be performed while viewing individual pictures or in a slideshow. While viewing press {{keypress|'''0'''}}-{{keypress|'''9'''}} on remote or keyboard to zoom in and out. While zoomed you can use the {{keypress|left}} {{keypress|up}} {{keypress|down}} {{keypress|right}} the keyboard to scroll the edges of the picture.
 
:{{Note|If done during a slideshow, it will pause it until you stop pressing a button. If you are zoomed in during a slideshow and the picture changes it will not keep those setting from one picture to another.}}
 
== SlideShow ==
:The SlideShow function will start a sequential slideshow of all the pictures in the current folder with some nice transition effects. You can enable/disable the transition effects in [[My Pictures Settings|Settings/Pictures/Slideshow]].
 
=== Recursive SlideShow (R. SlideShow) ===
:This option will display a slideshow using all images in the current folder and all of its sub-folders. It must detect sub folder in a directory to activate the option.
 
=== Randomize ===
:When selected, Kodi will display the slideshow in a random order.
 
=== Playing Music with your SlideShow ===
:In order to play music with your slideshow, simply start a music source (playlist, song, etc} and then start the slideshow. The music will play in the background.
 
== Sources for Pictures ==
:Sources are an important aspect of Pictures. Setting sources allows you to easily access your picture collection.
:Kodi gives you the ability to link to sources that are for example:
* On your computer (in a local network) or a [[NAS (Network Attached Storage)]] device/system, which supports [[Windows File Sharing (SMB/SAMBA/CIFS)|SMB]] and [[NFS]] file sharing;
* USB HDD's, Cameras with USB port, USB keys.
* Card Readers, Internal or external.
* Phones with USB cable.
* Stored directly on the hard drive of your Kodi device
* On CDs/DVDs in the CD/DVD drive.
 
:{{Note|See main article [[Media Sources]] for a complete list of available sources.}}
 
== Comics ==
:CBZ and CBR are comic book archive files, they are pictures/image stored in CBZ (a renamed ZIP-archive) or [[w:CBR|CBR]] (a renamed RAR-archive) format. CBZ and CBR comic book archives are automatically parsed by Kodi (as long as the image-format is supported) so that you can view/read, browse and zoom the pictures it contains.


==SlideShow==
:You can create comic book archives yourself on your computer: Your images should use a compressed format such as JPEG or PNG. Then the easiest way is to copy all images into a new folder, name them properly, ZIP/RAR the folder, and rename it to *.cbz respectively *.cbr extension. Though not required, you should configure your ZIP/RAR tool to not compress the files, instead only use the "store" option, (this hardly increases the size of the final archive, but speeds up opening the archive a lot). Note that the preferred comic book archive is CBZ (i.e. ZIP) simply because ZIP tools (and libraries for those who which to create comic book archive readers themself) are more readily available.
The SlideShow function will start a sequential slideshow of all the pictures in the current folder with some nice transition effects. You can enable/disable the transition effects in [[My Pictures Settings]].


===Recursive SlideShow (R. SlideShow)===
== Add-ons ==
This option will display a slideshow using all images in the current folder and all of its subfolders.
<dpl>
category = Picture_add-ons
notcategory = Outdated
format  =  
</dpl>


===Randomize===
When selected, XBMC will display the slideshow in a random order.


===Playing Music with your SlideShow===
== Screen savers ==
In order to play music with your slideshow, simply start a music source (playlist, song, etc} and then start the slideshow. The music will play in the background.
<dpl>
category = Screensaver_add-ons
notcategory = Outdated
format  =  
</dpl>


==Using Bookmarks in Pictures==
:''See main article'': [[Bookmarks]]
Bookmarks are an important aspect of Pictures. Setting bookmarks allows you to easily access your pictures.<br>
XBMC gives you the ability to bookmark media that is:
*'''On your computer or a [[NAS (Network Attached Storage)]] device/system, which supports [[SMB]] file sharing'''
*'''Stored directly on the hard drive of your Xbox'''
*'''On CDs/DVDs in the Xbox DVD drive'''


==Comics==
== See also ==
CBZ and CBR are comic book archive files, they are pictures/image stored in CBZ (a renamed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_%28file_format%29 ZIP]-archive) or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDisplay_RAR_Archived_Comic_Book_File CBR] (a renamed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rar RAR]-archive) format. CBZ and CBR comic book archives are automatically parsed by XBMC (as long as the image-format is supported) so that you can view/read, browse and zoom the pictures it contains.
* [[Artwork]]


You can create comic book archives yourself on your computer: Your images should use a compressed format such as JPEG or PNG. Then the easiest way is to copy all images into an new folder, name them properly, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_%28file_format%29 ZIP]/[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rar RAR] the folder, and rename it to *.cbz respectively *.cbr extension. Though not required, you should configure your ZIP/RAR tool to not compress the files, instead only use the "store" option, (this hardly increases the size of the final archive, but speeds up opening the archive a lot). Note that the preferred comic book archive is CBZ (ie. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_%28file_format%29 ZIP]) simple because ZIP tools (and libraries for those who which to create comic book archive readers themself) are more readily available.


==Thumbnails==
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:''See main article'': [[Thumbnails#Picture Thumbnails|Thumbnails]]
A thumbnail will automatically be created for each picture when you enter a share or folder containing pictures under My Pictures. This process runs in the background and does not affect normal usage.


[[Category:User Interface]]
[[Category:Manual]]
[[Category:Pictures]]
[[Category:General topics]]
[[Category:Quick Start Guide]]
[[Category:First time user]]

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Pictures is an easy way to view your pictures. It allows you to view them as a slideshow with nice transition effects and even allows you to listen to your music while viewing your slideshow.

About Pictures

For a list of features available for pictures see
Features Available for Pictures
For a complete list of supported picture/image formats see
Supported File Formats

Picture Control

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  • Once a Picture is selected / displayed, you can rotate it with the R key on a keyboard.
  • The O key on keyboard will toggle Picture information on the picture being displayed (dimensions in pixels, filename and order in slideshow and more).
  • The keys on the keyboard will go to the next / previous picture in the Slideshow.



Zooming in/out on Pictures

This can be performed while viewing individual pictures or in a slideshow. While viewing press 0-9 on remote or keyboard to zoom in and out. While zoomed you can use the the keyboard to scroll the edges of the picture.
Note: If done during a slideshow, it will pause it until you stop pressing a button. If you are zoomed in during a slideshow and the picture changes it will not keep those setting from one picture to another.

SlideShow

The SlideShow function will start a sequential slideshow of all the pictures in the current folder with some nice transition effects. You can enable/disable the transition effects in Settings/Pictures/Slideshow.

Recursive SlideShow (R. SlideShow)

This option will display a slideshow using all images in the current folder and all of its sub-folders. It must detect sub folder in a directory to activate the option.

Randomize

When selected, Kodi will display the slideshow in a random order.

Playing Music with your SlideShow

In order to play music with your slideshow, simply start a music source (playlist, song, etc} and then start the slideshow. The music will play in the background.

Sources for Pictures

Sources are an important aspect of Pictures. Setting sources allows you to easily access your picture collection.
Kodi gives you the ability to link to sources that are for example:
  • On your computer (in a local network) or a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device/system, which supports SMB and NFS file sharing;
  • USB HDD's, Cameras with USB port, USB keys.
  • Card Readers, Internal or external.
  • Phones with USB cable.
  • Stored directly on the hard drive of your Kodi device
  • On CDs/DVDs in the CD/DVD drive.
Note: See main article Media Sources for a complete list of available sources.

Comics

CBZ and CBR are comic book archive files, they are pictures/image stored in CBZ (a renamed ZIP-archive) or CBR (a renamed RAR-archive) format. CBZ and CBR comic book archives are automatically parsed by Kodi (as long as the image-format is supported) so that you can view/read, browse and zoom the pictures it contains.
You can create comic book archives yourself on your computer: Your images should use a compressed format such as JPEG or PNG. Then the easiest way is to copy all images into a new folder, name them properly, ZIP/RAR the folder, and rename it to *.cbz respectively *.cbr extension. Though not required, you should configure your ZIP/RAR tool to not compress the files, instead only use the "store" option, (this hardly increases the size of the final archive, but speeds up opening the archive a lot). Note that the preferred comic book archive is CBZ (i.e. ZIP) simply because ZIP tools (and libraries for those who which to create comic book archive readers themself) are more readily available.

Add-ons


Screen savers


See also