[reemas]

when i resize thumbnails, only the box around the thumbnail gets bigger. i have to select the photos and manually hit rebuild item.

is this the only way to resize? is there a dynamic slider (like in iPhoto) or an instantaneous way?

[CatOne]

No, there isn't, if they've never been built "large." But you can choose a large size (say 256x256), and then they will be full thumbnails at any size up *to* 256x256 (i.e. if you go to 128x128 and then back to 256x256 you'll get the full thumbnails).

Not sure of this makes sense in the explanation, but if large thumbnails were never built, you'll need to build them. This makes the catalog smaller by default, I guess.

[reemas]

i couldnt figure out the difference between containers and sets. could someone explain?

also, is this a common way to use the catalog: i have just one catalog and it contains all my photos. then i break them up into different sort options.

(i just switched from iphoto 5.slow)

do people genrally use more than ONE catalog? if so how does that benefit? thanks.