• Give PICgrabber some time... let it search for at least 2-3 minutes, preferable 5-10 minutes, you will get the best results this way. 
• Choose the right keywords · If you are looking for images always include the keyword "images", "pictures" and/or "gallery"... this will increase the success
• Don't choose general keywords, like "movie" - you should be more precise, use "free movies and cars".
• If you find a good page (URL), right click it in "web-scan" view and from that menu choose "start URL-Scan on this page".
  This will make PICgrabber start searching on this page and focus your search from here. In essence narrowing your search when you find a results rich URL.

Select the Tab 'WEB-Scan' 1. Type your keywords in the textbar, like you would use a search engine. 2. Select the search engines you would like to include in your WEB-Scan search. Yahoo, Google and Hotbot are known for good search results. If you know a good search-engine, which should be listed here, just mail the URL to SUGGESTION FORM and we will consider adding it to the list included. 3. Press the 'Start' button  PICgrabber will scan the results pages produced by the search engines using the criteria set up in the textbar and the "Options Tab".

• to visit a URL that PICgrabber has scanned, right click the URL in the window where scanned URLS are listed in a "tree" view 
• to enlarge an image just click on it (only Win95, Win98, WinME and some versions of WinNT support this feature) 
• to start a movie file just click on it (Only Win95, Win98, WinME and some versions of WinNT support this feature) 
  

Select the Tab 'URL-Scan' 1. Type in the textbar the 'Start-URL'  (like www.domain.com) 2. Press the 'Start' button PICgrabber will now start to scan the given URLS and all the links it finds on that page.

• to visit a URL that PICgrabber has scanned, right click the URL in the window where scanned URLS are listed in a "tree" view 
• to enlarge an image just click on it (only Win95, Win98, WinME and some versions of WinNT support this feature) 
• to start a movie file just click on it (Only Win95, Win98, WinME and some versions of WinNT support this feature) 
  

1. Enter the minimum image WIDTH
2. Enter the minimum image HEIGHT

Only images that exceed these two parameters will be saved - this prevents PICgrabber from saving banners, buttons, etc. It will skip all those smaller than the parameters.

3. Enter the minimum file size in KB
4. Enter the maximum file size in KB

Only files (movies, images, etc.) that exceed these parameters will be saved - this prevents PICgrabber from saving banners, buttons, etc.

5. Auto-Update - Selected = Enabled

If this checkbox is selected, PICgrabber will automatically check for a new version of PICgrabber at startup. If there is a new version available, PICgrabber will automatically start to download and update the software - STRONGLY RECOMMENDED!

6. URL Filters

This is one of the options you should choose very carefully. If you enter too many filterwords, PICgrabber may skip any page it finds. Use Keywords in this filter that aren't worth searching, e.g. Netscape, Microsoft (if you don't select "Microsoft " as a filter, PICgrabber may visit a link to Microsoft and try to scan EVERY page on msn - this will take hours and no files will be found). Banners, Pay, Join are keywords you should use in the filter. 

7. File Types

Select the file types you want to look for. If you are looking for movies you should select AVI, MPG and MPEG, pictures you should select JPG, JPEG & GIF etc.

8/9. Filetypes

Other file types (ZIP, JAR, etc.) can be added to this list by typing the file extension without the "." and click "ADD". Don't forget to select your new file type after you have added it.

10. Download Directory

If you wish to change the default download-directory just click on "Change" and go to the folder you want to have the files saved to. Download ANY file to confirm the new download-directory will accept PICgrabber files. There must be at least one file in the folder to select the new directory.

11. "Tasks"

The checked boxes will determine how many files will download at the same time. Here you can select 1- 4 tasks. Depending on your connection speed you should limit your downloads per the following list:

14 Modem = 1 Task
28 Modem = 1 Task
56 Modem = 2 Tasks
ISDN = 3 Tasks
DSL, Cable, etc, = 3-4 Tasks