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Thomas

10 Feb, 2012 12:38 AM

Dear Mental Case Team,

I love the new version of Mental Case. I have a quick question: Is it possible to adjust the size of images on Flashcards? I know that I can adjust the size of a flashcard by dragging the lower right corner. This works fine if I use Mental Case on my 24' monitor. But on my 13' MacBook the image is still too small to see all the details. I would like to use Mental Case to learn my anatomy flashcards, which have a lot of terms on them to memorize. But at the moment the image is to small to read all the terms. My current workaround for that problem is to hit the space bar to activate the preview mode. That displays the full image, but it is a little cumbersome.
I understand that allowing users to fully control the size of images would mess up the beautiful design of flashcards. But being able to make the image about 20% larger would solve the problem for me.

1. 1 Posted by Andy Kay on 12 Feb, 2012 01:11 AM

   

   I agree. This is the main reason I have not updated to version 2. I need large pictures and lots of detail on my flashcards (also for anatomy and other medical school stuff), and unless I can use something like the fullscreen templates of version 1, the new version is useless for me.

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2. Support Staff 2 Posted by drewmccormack on 14 Feb, 2012 09:02 AM

   

   We added the quick look option for just this purpose. You can even leave the quick look panel open as you move through.
   I'll add a request for a true full screen mode.
   Hope that helps.
   Kind regards,
   Drew

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3. drewmccormack closed this discussion on 14 Feb, 2012 09:02 AM.

4. Thomas Dratsch re-opened this discussion on 14 Feb, 2012 10:12 AM

5. 3 Posted by Thomas Dratsch on 14 Feb, 2012 10:12 AM

   

   Thank you very much. I feel a bit stupid. I never realized that I could leave the quick look panel open. I just opened and closed it on every card/facet. That solves the problem for me on the mac version of Mental Case. However, on the iPhone/iPad version it would be great to have a full screen version for the images.

   Thanks.

   Best,
   Thomas

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6. Support Staff 4 Posted by drewmccormack on 14 Feb, 2012 10:15 AM

   

   Hi Thomas,
   Double tap the image on iOS to go to full screen/zooming mode.
   Kind regards,
   Drew

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7. 5 Posted by Thomas Dratsch on 14 Feb, 2012 10:23 AM

   

   Dear Drew,

   Thanks for your quick reply. I have tried this before, but it is not that practical for learning if I have to double tap on each card/facet. I have attached an image, so you can see the kind of anatomy cards that I am working with. You can see there is a lot of terms, so I would be happy about every extra inch of screen size that I could get :-)

   Best,
   Thomas

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8. Support Staff 6 Posted by drewmccormack on 14 Feb, 2012 10:31 AM

   

   To be honest, I think even if we expanded to the absolute maximum, it wouldn't be big enough for a image like that.
   You would either have to double-tap and zoom pinch every time, or better, slice up the image, and just use one part for each note, ie, the part you are concentrating on for that note.
   Kind regards,
   Drew

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9. 7 Posted by Thomas Dratsch on 14 Feb, 2012 10:37 AM

   

   Dear Drew,

   The resolution of the iPhone 4's retina display is high enough. The image I sent you was taken with my old MacBook's crappy iSight camera. Even if you can't tell from the image, it is possible to read the terms. The only problem is that I have to invoke the full screen mode on every card/facet. The same goes for the iPad version of Mental Case.

   Best,
   Thomas

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10. Support Staff 8 Posted by drewmccormack on 14 Feb, 2012 10:39 AM

    

    OK, we're working on a major upgrade now, and will see what we can do.

    Drew

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11. 9 Posted by Jim on 23 Apr, 2012 03:23 PM

    

    Hi there,
    I'm using Mental Case 1.9.4 (since I'm stuck on Mac OS 10.5.8) with the latest verison of mental case on iPad 2 and iPhone 4. I find the resolution of the images isn't sufficient on the touch devices (also studying anatomy).
    Is this
    a) a limitation of the programs
    b) a limitation of my dodgy set up with older mac version
    or
    c) am I doing something wrong?

    All the images have been added via the Mac app either by direct importing or via drag and drop. Resolution is fine on mac app. Thanks for your help.

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12. Support Staff 10 Posted by drewmccormack on 23 Apr, 2012 03:49 PM

    

    Hi Jim,
    There are certain limitations in the iOS devices, and performance can get very bad if the images get too large. I believe limit them to 1500x1500, which is fine for most things, but may not be good enough for lots of text.
    Note that you can double tap on iOS to zoom images in slideshows.
    Kind regards,
    Drew

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