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Windows Photo Gallery Basics: Features & Interface

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Using images in Windows Vista is much easier with Windows Photo Gallery, so let’s have a peek inside!

Getting to know Windows Photo Gallery

Since everybody says that "a picture is worth a thousand words", I guess that this is the truth. Just look around and see how many image viewing and editing software applications are available and you'll know that I am right! The interesting part is that, until now, Windows didn't came with a serious image viewer built in, but now things have changed.

Windows Photo Gallery, the application that comes with all Windows Vista versions, gives you a wide range of tools that allow you to enjoy themed slide shows or burn video DVDs with your pictures, and even more. The only drawback for some of you is that Windows Photo Gallery misses some advanced features in the Home Basic, Business and Enterprise editions.

To open the program, simply press the Start orb, and then click the Windows Photo Gallery shortcut located inside the All programs menu. Now, let's see the main elements of its interface...

  • Once the program is started, it opens in Gallery mode. This mode shows a thumbnail view of all photos in your collection.
  • The contents of the Pictures and Videos folders belong to the active user profile, as well as the Public Pictures and Public Videos folders.
  • In the upper part of the window, you can notice the Command bar, which includes various useful commands, and the Back/Next buttons, to its left.
  • Below the Back/Next buttons, the Navigation pane was conveniently placed to help you browse your computer for the pictures/video to view.
  • The largest area of the interface is taken up by the Thumbnail View area, located in the center.
  • To the right of the Thumbnail View, the Info pane takes care of showing you all the relevant information about a file.
  • Below the Thumbnail View area, the Navigation bar gives you the power to work easily with the entire gallery above.
  • This interface can change depending on the task you want to perform, so prepare to notice some changes when trying to edit pictures, but we'll talk about that in the future

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