Pictures are updated to work with Upload, Image, and Docs tools to keep all pictures. BigBusiness stores originals, creates thumbnail images, and keeps them in edge storage.

Pictures Prefs let you Show images for items and choose Fast for instantly displaying.

This chapter will list changes that are added for saving, showing, and sending pictures.

Fast is a fully automatic option for pictures to display instantly on items and searches.

Pictures Prefs let you Show an image on items and choose Fast for instant display.

Shown is the Compact view of an Item card with the new Thumb Image in the center, and Detail Description moved right using the settings for Show Images or Fast Images.

Pictures Prefs are available in My Prefs for yourself and Company Prefs for everyone. Use Employees Search options to Add(+) or Update to set each employee as needed.

Pictures Thumb automatically creates a Thumb Image on the Item card from Pictures.

Drag any picture file and drop it into Thumb Image on item card and BigBusiness will create a high-quality thumbnail image and store the original, which may be ginormous.

This is all instant and optimized with customizable options for formats and archiving.
For clarity, Pictures usually refers to the originals and Images are sized and formatted.

Pictures Forms are Custom Forms templates for Quotes, PO's, Invoices with Images.

Images are right-sized copies of pictures for high-speed, high-quality uses like printing. Big Business automatically creates and stores images for fast access in every situation.

To print, go to Reporting, Forms, New and choose a template like Quote with Images. Click the close button and name and save your form and it is ready to print a Quote.

BigBusiness adds Fast Pictures to use new thumb images and edge storage for speed.

Upload button on the Item card is updated to work the same from Mac and Windows. Pictures are stored the same to be available for conversion to Fast Images on Windows.

Items Search let you Add(+) a column for Image to sort and display the image for each.

Drag Photos from Apple Photos into the Thumb Image in an Item card in BigBusiness.

BigBusiness saves the original in Docs and creates a Thumb Image using your settings. Thumb Images default to 1024 x 1024 PNG images ideal for printing and transparency.

PICT was an Apple Macintosh picture format that did not survive due to complexity.

The Database used for BigBusiness recognizes a huge number or picture formats, so you can drag in JPEG or PNG or TIFF, but not PICT. And old PICTs look like this...

If you see this icon it means your picture is PICT format and cannot be displayed. Unfortunately this means the picture needs to be recreated to be in a useable format.