How do I upload pictures?
Uploading pictures is easy once you are in the BeanSeen.
  1. Click on the Gallery icon on the BeanSeen action bar to load your gallery viewer.
  2. Click on the button labeled “Upload Image” in the right hand corner of the BeanSeen.
  3. A window will open showing you all the folders and files on your computer. Search your computer for the image you want to upload and hit the “Open” button once you have highlighted the picture.
  4. The picture will now appear in the gallery workspace.
How do I use the "Emotograph" feature to link my smiley face icon to a picture?
  1. In order to link a picture to your smiley face icon you will first need to have a picture already uploaded to the BeanSeen.
  2. Click on the Gallery icon on the BeanSeen action bar to load your gallery viewer.
  3. Click on a picture that you have uploaded. You will know the picture you have selected by seeing a thin colored border with little boxes on the corners of the picture when it is selected.
  4. To the right of the gallery you will find now see “Edit Image” area. Click on the little icon symbolizing a smiley face.
  5. Now click on the smiley face icon.
  6. Done! Now … when you leave your gallery and chat with friends you can click on the smiley face icon from your action bar and you will see your picture pop-up for all to see above your Bean.
How do I sit make my Bean sit?
  1. Click on the Hand icon on the BeanSeen action bar to open the actions menu.
  2. Now Click on the arrow representing the direction your Bean should be facing when it sits down.
  3. Done! To get back up and move around all you need to do is point and click your mouse to go somewhere and it will start to walk again.
How do I make my Bean wave?
  1. Click on the Hand icon on the BeanSeen action bar to open the actions menu.
  2. Click on the action representing the Bean waving
  3. Done!
What is my loft?
The loft is the place where your Bean lives. It is a room in the city where you can create your own place for your Bean and other Bean friends to hang out. Put a put a chair in your room, throw down a rug, and invite some other Beans over to your place to have fun. How do I get to my loft?
  1. Click on the House icon on the BeanSeen action bar, to the far right, to teleport to your loft.
  2. Done! To leave your loft, just click on the door and your will be teleported back to the place you came from.
How do I get to another Bean’s loft?
  1. When you are walking around the BeanSeen just click on any Bean you see to see their Buddy Action Menu.
  2. Click on the button labeled “View Room”.
  3. Done! To leave the loft, just click on the door and your will be teleported back to the place you came from.
How see a list of my buddies?
  1. Click on the bean icon on the BeanSeen action bar, to the far right, to open the Buddy menu.
  2. Now click on the button in the menu that says “Your Buddies”.
  3. Done! The list to the right will show all your buddies. Clicking on any Buddy will open the Buddy Action Menu so you can visit your Buddy’s Loft, send your Buddy a message, or look at your Buddy’s gallery.
What do all the sliders do in the gallery?
All the sliders in the gallery only appear when you have one of your pictures selected. Moving the sliders will not change your image unless the check box next to the slider is checked. These changes to your pictures are only viewable in gallery mode and do not affect the photo shown using emotographs. Tint – This tool allows you to apply a color to your picture. This effect can act differently based on other tools being activated. How do I use this tool?
  1. Check the box next to the Tint slider.
  2. Click on the color box above the slider for Tint to choose a color.
  3. Drag the slider around to see the color work into your picture.
  4. Done!
Brightness – This tool allows you to brighten or darken your picture.
How do I use this tool?
  1. Check the box next to the Brightness slider.
  2. Drag the slider to the left to darken the picture or drag the slider to the right to brighten the picture.
  3. Done!
What do all the sliders do in the gallery?
Contrast – This tool allows you to set the range of brightness between the darkest and lightest parts of an image. We extended this feature to be able to give the effect of a photograph negative by dragging the slide to the far left. How do I use this tool?
  1. Check the box next to the Contrast slider.
  2. Drag the slider to the left to lessen the contrast or drag the slider to the right to enhance the contrast. Dragging the slider to the far left offers the fun effect of a photo negative.
  3. Done!
What do all the sliders do in the gallery?
Saturation – This tool allows you to change the level of color in a picture. How do I use this tool?
  1. Check the box next to the Saturation slider.
  2. Drag the slider to the left remove color from the picture and make a black and white. Drag the slider to the right to add more color into the picture.
  3. Done!
What do all the sliders do in the gallery?
Hue – This tool allows you to add a color range to your picture. This effect requires the use of other effects such as saturation to be able to see visible changes to your picture. How do I use this tool?
  1. Check the box next to the Hue slider.
  2. Dragging the slider to the left and right will allow you to choose a color range for your picture.
  3. Done!
What do all the sliders do in the gallery?
Threshold – This tool changes the image into a black and white representation with little gray scale. This effect should be used with other effects such as Tint to see interesting effects. Hue and Saturation have little or no effect when Threshold is turned on. How do I use this tool?
  1. Check the box next to the Threshold slider.
  2. Dragging the slider to the left and right will add or subtract negative space.
  3. Done!
 

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