Following is the list of features, functionalities and operations allowed in Photo Album Studio 2.

Standard Features/Functionalities/Operations (available in all licenses):

License specific features/functionalities/operations

Feature/Functionality/Operation Freeware Individual Professional Commercial
Easy Album (RM) viewer application   x x x
Java Photo Album (RM) viewer application x      
Web enabled catalogs [ability to upload and view catalog on the internet] x   x x
Slideshow capability [even from internet, if accessible]   x x x
Password protection for catalog [catalog is not displayed until correct password is provided, does not require server side scripting]     x x
Download protection [picture urls are not revealed and this provides a low level security from picture downloads] x   x x
Ability to enable picture download [end user is presented with a download page with instructions to save the picture]     x x
Resize picture resolution on the fly during Catalog Build, original pictures are not modified [preset sizes Original, 800x600, 640x480]   x x x
Thumbnail creation on the fly during Catalog Build [for fast index display in viewer application]   x x x
Build multiple catalogs in the same build folder [to optimize the CD archiving by holding multiple catalogs on the same CD] x x x x
Index page for multiple catalogs from the same build folder [the CD start page displays the list of available catalogs on the CD] x x x x
Autorun for PAS catalog CD (on autorun enabled Windows™ PC) x x x x
Web publish catalog [ability to extract a catalog from the build folder into a separate staging folder for easy uploading, useful when multiple catalogs have been built in the same build folder]     x x
Custom web page generation [ability to customize the web page for web publishing by coding your own HTML]     x x

Viewer application features
Picture caption display [the caption text associated with the picture is displayed below the picture] x x x x
Show/hide picture caption [display of captions can be controlled by 'C' key or the button in 'Change..' settings screen]   x x x
Thumbnail index of the pictures [index of pictures in current album] x x x x
Show/hide thumbnail index [display of index can be controlled by 'I' key or the button in 'Change..' settings screen]   x x x
Current picture marker in the index [current picture is surrounded by a solid border] x x x x
Display any picture at random from current album [click on any picture in the thumbnail index] x x x x
Picture navigation controls ['|<', '<', '>' and '>|' buttons for first, previous, next and last picture] x x x x
Current picture number (part of picture navigation controls) [current picture number and total picture count]   x x x
Keyboard keys for picture navigation ['Home', '<-', '->' and 'End' keys for first, previous, next and last picture.]   x x x
Album navigation controls ['<<' and '>>' buttons for previous and next album] x x x x
Keyboard keys for album navigation ['PgUp' and 'PgDn' keys for previous and next album, 'Ctrl-PgUp' and 'Ctrl-PgDn' for first and last album] x x x x
Current album number (part of album navigation controls) [current album number and total albums count]   x x x
Current album indicator in the viewer application ['<<', '>>' buttons and 'PgUp', 'PgDn' keys for previous and next album. current album number and total albums count]   x x x
Ability to configure viewer application during runtime ['Change..' settings button in the viewer application]   x x x
Ability to display picture in the full view area in the viewer application (hide chrome) [mouse double click or any of the 'F' or 'Esc' keys can be used to toggle the display of picture in the full view area covered by the viewer application]   x x x
Ability to change picture display mode between 'Fit Larger' - fits (implodes) larger picture inside picture area, 'Fit All' - fits (implodes and explodes) all pictures inside picture area AND 'Original' - display original size of the picture.[select from the drop down box in 'Change..' settings screen]   x x x
Keyboard command to change picture display mode [press 'M' key repeatedly to cycle through three modes]   x x x
Ability to scroll when picture is larger than view area [the mouse icon changes to cross arrows, click mouse over picture and drag and release in the desired direction and distance to move picture]   x x x
Ability to zoom picture in the view area [25%, 50%, 75%, 100%] x      

PAS 2 - Catalog Manager - Configure Viewer Application
Resize picture resolution on the fly during Catalog Build, original pictures are not modified [preset sizes Original, 800x600, 640x480]   x x x
Author name [the author name of the catalog is displayed in the About screen]   x x x
Customize author name (upto 50 chars) [free text]       x
Enable/disable copyright/watermark display [the text is superimposed over each picture in the viewer application, original images are not modified]   x x x
Customize copyright/watermark text (upto 50 chars) [free text]       x
Set password for the catalog (upto 20 chars) [leave blank for no password]     x x
Set author contact (upto 50 chars) [customizable, free text, displyed in the About screen of viewer application]   x x x
Set chrome color [chrome is the applet area surronding the picture that contains logo, index and button controls] x x x x
Disable caption display [the captions are not displayed in viewer application even if the project contains captions]   x x x
Allow picture download [a download button is displayed in the viewer application]   x x x

PAS 2 - Catalog Manager - Configure Viewer - Startup Settings
Optional index display @ startup [whether or not the thumbnail index is displayed after the catalog is loaded in viewer application]   x x x
Optional caption display @ startup [whether or not the picture captions are displayed after the catalog is loaded in viewer application]   x x x
Specify picture display mode @ startup [what mode (Fit Larger, Fit All, Original Size) is picture displayed in after the catalog is loaded in viewer application] x x x x
Start slideshow @ startup [slide show is started automatically after the catalog is loaded in viewer application]     x x
Preset slideshow delay @ startup [the slide show delay setting (5s, 10s, 20s, 30s, 45s, 1m, 3m, 5m) to be in effect after the catalog is loaded in viewer application]     x x
Preset slideshow album navigation @ startup [the slide show navigation setting (Loop all pictures in all albums, loop all pictures in current album, stop at last picture of last album, stop at last picture of the current album) to be in effect after the catalog is loaded in viewer application]       x

PAS 2 - Catalog Manager - Configure Viewer - Advanced Settings
Lock startup settings [the runtime settings cannot be modified by the end user, Change.. settings button is not displayed in the viewer application]       x
Hide Easy Album (RM) logo [the viewer application logo is not displayed in the viewer application]       x
Hide album list box [the list box containing the album tittle is not displayed in the viewer application]       x
Display album title [the album title text is displayed as heading in the viewer application] x     x
Hide album navigation controls [the album navigation controls are not displayed in the viewer application, the 'Page Up' and 'Page Down' keys can still be used to display previous and next album]       x
Hide picture navigation controls [the picture navigation controls are not displayed in the viewer application, the 'Left Arrow', 'Right Arrow', 'Home' and 'End' keys can be still be used to display previous, next, first and last picture]       x
Disable slide show control [if slide show is on, end user cannot stop it. if slide show is off, end user cannot start it. Slideshow button is not displayed in the viewer application, 'S' key is also disabled.]       x
Display in full view @ startup [the picture is displayed in the full area occupied by the viewer application, chrome is not displayed, 'F' or 'Esc' keys can be used to toggle the display b]       x
Lock display in full view (@ startup [the picture end user cann not use 'F' or 'Esc' key to toggle between the full view and normal view)       x
Hide picture navigation controls       x