ProSelect allows you to quickly upload one or more sets of images and/or layouts to Animoto to build an Animoto slideshow movie. To use this feature you need to have downloaded and installed ProStudio Software's free Upload Manager software (version 3.1.4 or newer) on your computer and an Animoto subscription (unless you just wish to use their free service). When you select Animoto --> Upload Images and Layouts (under the File Menu), ProSelec...

Although ProSelect supports hundreds of styles of frames, there are a few situations where more traditional or non-chop style frames need to be presented. ProSelect’s framing support is limited to frames that are assembled from chops or lengths of moulding with mitered corners. But, frames that have decorative corner art or those that have irregular shapes, can be imported and shown as layouts. If your framing supplier has prepared a...

If you encounter an error message saying something like "error parsing to the preference file" when using the Upload Manager program, then it may be that your preference file is not 100%.   Clearing the Upload Manager Preference Data The Upload Manager preference file is not deleted when you uninstall or re-install the software. This is so you don't loose it when you update the version. If this file becomes corrupt, then it can cause erro...

The Upload Manager keeps track of which files have been uploaded to the server. Simply reconnect to the internet (if not already done automatically) and select "Resume" from the Upload Queue tab in Upload Manager. The program will carry on from where it stopped.  During this "Paused" state, Upload Manager will tell you how many images are still to be uploaded and credits to be used. You can choose the "Information" button to see why this may ...

The Upload Manager uses TCP/IP ports  to do various functions (see below) and it checks so make sure that these ports are free when it starts up. The Upload Manager (version 3.0.60 or later) uses port 20203 to communicate with other instances of itself (Windows version only) and port 20202 to communicate with ProSelect. There are 65,000 thousands of ports available so the chances of two different software programs using the same port are small...

After uploading each image the Upload Manager waits for acknowledgement from the WebGallery server that the image has arrived before sending the next one. If this takes longer than a set time, then it assumes that the connection to the server has been lost and stops sending the images (it Pauses). This can happen if you are using an unreliable Internet connection (such as dial-up) or there is a lot of network congestion between your location and ...