iView Media 2.6.4 Pro

[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?

[J Rabin]

That's the way. Command B. It is manual so that that YOU are in control, and have a CHOICE about how much file space the catalog will use. every time you up size the thumbnail, catalog gets bigger. This manual control is a very professional feature for maintaining control. Since the thumbnails are rendered by QuickTime, on both Windows and Mac, thumbnail image quality is very high.
My opinion. J.

[AJSJones]

On import iView uses any originally embedded thumbnails or makes its own, depending on what you set in preferences. If you want to make bigger thumbnails , select the images - some or all, then set the thumbnail display to the size you want and hit cmd-B, it'll do them all pretty darned quickly. The catalog will grow accordingly, so bear that in mind!