Subliminal Image Pro
Brief Description:
Subliminal Image Pro (SIP) helps you explore the idea of subliminal images. Does it work? You decide. SIP flashes images in the center of the display on top of everything. Images can be grouped into categories; images displayed are selected from images that are checked in list or random order.
Version 1.1.0 lets you stretch the Image Maintenance window so that you can see more images in the table plus a bug was fixed. Subliminal Image Pro is $10 shareware. The Demo Mode shuts down ten minutes after each launch.
Click here to see the subliminal (text) message version.
Click here to see the non-subliminal (text) message version.
When you launch Subliminal Image Pro you see the Control Panel. Set the top slider for the on-screen time (1 ms [1/1000 of a second] to 50 ms). Set the middle slider for the period between flashes (5 to 60 seconds) and set the bottom slider for the darkness of the image. Choose whether images should be chosen in list order or at random. Above, you see that the on-screen time is set for 1 ms, the period between flashes is set for 40 sec, the darkness is set for 50% and images are set to be selected at random. At the top of the Control Panel there is a checkbox to click if you want the SIP Control Panel to be minimized immediately after launch. Note: Minimize the Control Panel by clicking on the small yellow button at the top left of the window and let SIP run as you work in other applications. If you minimize SIP by using the Menu bar (Subliminal Image Pro > Hide), the images will not continue to flash while you use other applications.
At the first launch of Subliminal Image Pro, a folder titled "SIPPictures" is created in your Users/~/Document folder. Copy image that you want to use with Subliminal Image Pro into the SIPPictures folder. Images may be jpg, tif, tiff, png or gif formatted files. Files must use the appropriate suffix (e.g., FileName.jpg, FileName.tif, FileName.tiff, FileName.png, or FileName.gif). Images in the Image Maintenance window (accessed from the menu bar) are synchronized with images in the "SIPPictures" folder at launch. New images are added at the bottom of the list. Deleted files are removed from the list.
Above you see that the user has copied seven images (tiff, png, and jpg files) into the SIPPictures folder and has created six categories. Images have been dragged into the categories. The user has changed the generic image names (typically DSC01000.jpg) to names that can be recognized. The user control-clicked on the Diploma.tiff image to see the image in the upper right. Note the image name below the image.
Image Maintenance:
The Image Maintenance window (accessed from the menu bar) helps you manage your images.
a. All images in the SIPPictures folder appear in the table.
b. Add Categories to organize your images into easily manaaged groups (e.g., Health, Wealth, Success, Travel, Creativity, Positive Attitude, Monday, Tuesday, etc.). If you make a Category and then decide to change its name, just delete it and create a new Category with the new name.
c. Control-click an image name to see it.
d. Command-click an image name to change it, usually from something like "DSC01000.jpg", to a descriptive name.
e. Command-click an image name to delete the image from the table and from the SIPPictures folder. (Hopefully, the original files are saved in another folder.)
f. Categories are added at the bottom of the table or immediately below a selected row. Click and drag Categories up or down in the table if you want to change their positions. Click and drag images under the Categories.
g. Only checked images are chosen for display (in listed or random order) . You can check individual images, double-click a Category to check all images in that Category, or shift-double-click a Category to uncheck all images in that Category.
When you Command-click an image, the above window is displayed with the old image name in the top field. Note that the file suffix (e.g., ".jpg") is not shown. If you want to change the name, type the new name in the lower field and click on the "Change Name" button. If you want to delete the image, just click on the "Delete File" button.
Control Panel settings and Image Maintenance contents are saved between sessions.
You may be surprised that you can perceive a very brief and dim flash of a picture. Because of its perceived power and influence at the subliminal level, this effect is not allowed in TV advertisements in many countries.
Downloads:
Click here to download SIP Version 1.1.0 (3.5 MB) for Macintosh (OS 10.2 or later, Universal Binary)
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