Viewing Multiple Images in Phocus

[jrausch]

Is there any way to view more than one image in the Viewer in Phocus?

Simple use case, I want to show 2-3 images in the viewer and have the subject choose the one they like best out of the set.

Thanks!
Jon

[bdp]

You can only show two images side by side, or one above the other. Select one image, then press W to go into Compare View and select the second image. I do wsh there was a way to show 4 or 9 or something when showing clients options. Another annoyance is that of you have an overlay on one image it won't show on all the images in compare view.

The only way to do it would be to rate and filter all the images you want to show, then hide the viewer and make all the thumbnails as big as needed to fill the screen.

[MSuser]

You can also use the Quick Collections Folder shown in the File Browser. The Quick Collections Folder contains links or aliases to the original image files which remain in their original folder locations.

From Phocus User Manual (Page 24):

Collections: A Quick Collection is a compilation of links to images, that you want to keep together for various reasons. For example, it could be the best candidates from several folders kept in one place to present to a client. Files are added to the Quick Collection by shortcut or drag and drop to the folder. The figure in brackets displays the number of files in the collection. Click on Quick Collection to display contents in the Thumbnail Browser.

Thumbnails that have been assigned to a Quick Collection acquire a Quick Collection icon, whichever folder they are stored in.

Note that Quick Collection files are only alias files (shortcuts pertaining to the original files), not duplicate files, so if the original capture is deleted from its own folder then the alias file is automatically deleted from the Quick Collection folder too. However, an alias file deleted from the Quick Collection will not cause the original file in the capture folder to be deleted.