Would changing 'PhotoMechanicProxy.tif' cause any problem?

[Tony Hall]

Hello,

Running PM 4.6.8 on MacOS 10.7.2

I would like to replace the 'PhotoMechanicProxy.tif' image (Photo Mechanic.app > Contents > Resources > PhotoMechanicProxy.tif), with an image that reflects my branding rather than using the PM application icon. Obviously, I will replace the original file with one of the same size, format and name. Is this likely to cause a problem - I have no programming knowledge whatsoever, so haven't a clue about the ramifications of my action.

I have tested this on a duplicate of PM, and it works fine.

Why would I want to do this?
I use PM to export online galleries of images (to enable clients to preview photos and download the hi-res files), and would like to also give my clients the facility to download a zip archive of all the images, saving them from the tedious task of downloading the files one-by-one. The way PM handles proxy files makes this very quick and simple to integrate (thank you). However, I would prefer the image generated by PM to reflect my branding rather than a meaningless (to them) image of the PM logo.

A very quick example generated below:



Any help or advice would be very much appreciated.

Cheers,
Tony

[Kirk Baker]

Tony,

Running PM 4.6.8 on MacOS 10.7.2

I would like to replace the 'PhotoMechanicProxy.tif' image (Photo Mechanic.app > Contents > Resources > PhotoMechanicProxy.tif), with an image that reflects my branding rather than using the PM application icon. Obviously, I will replace the original file with one of the same size, format and name. Is this likely to cause a problem - I have no programming knowledge whatsoever, so haven't a clue about the ramifications of my action.

I have tested this on a duplicate of PM, and it works fine.

Why would I want to do this?
I use PM to export online galleries of images (to enable clients to preview photos and download the hi-res files), and would like to also give my clients the facility to download a zip archive of all the images, saving them from the tedious task of downloading the files one-by-one. The way PM handles proxy files makes this very quick and simple to integrate (thank you). However, I would prefer the image generated by PM to reflect my branding rather than a meaningless (to them) image of the PM logo.

A very quick example generated below:



Any help or advice would be very much appreciated.

It should work fine.  You will have to keep updating the file each time you upgrade Photo Mechanic though.

-Kirk

[Tony Hall]

It should work fine.  You will have to keep updating the file each time you upgrade Photo Mechanic though.

Excellent, thanks.

Yep, fully understand about it not lasting through updates, and I guess it may even break completely when v5 is released.

Many thanks for the quick reply.

Cheers,
Tony

[Kirk Baker]

Tony,

It should work fine.  You will have to keep updating the file each time you upgrade Photo Mechanic though.

Excellent, thanks.

Yep, fully understand about it not lasting through updates, and I guess it may even break completely when v5 is released.

It should be the same procedure for v5.

-Kirk

[ron_hiner]

Brilliant idea Tony!   Can I predict that you'll submit an enhancemnent request to control location and filename of the image file?