Other comments and tips
Here are some other little bits of advice I've gleaned on how to make the most of your experience with Album To Go.

Scroll bar alternatives
The Album To Go Desktop scroll bars work quite intuitively to frame images for the Palm device. However, Album To Go Desktop has limited centering abilities, so I used another photo manipulation program to crop my images more precisely before opening the Album To Go Desktop program. But when that kind of precision isn't needed, the built-in scroll bars work just fine.

Something of note
Another neat feature is that notes can be added from the PC, or even while the images are already in your device.

Don't be too busy
Images show up best for display on a Palm device when the background isn't too "busy," but I didn't have to reduce the 1024 x 768 dpi resolution of my original images before sending them to my device. The software converted them to Palm size on the fly and they looked just fine on my Palm V in 16 levels of gray.

Shades of gray
I did choose to use 16 levels of gray scale on most of these pictures, since my Palm V will handle that. But the software also offers four levels of gray for older Palm devices or for use with line drawings or the like.

How many images should you RAM onto your device?
Of course, available RAM limits the number of photos a Palm device will hold. I've heard that seven or eight images will fit on a normal, in-use Palm device. However, I got more into my Palm V, which was not loaded down with a whole lot of third-party software. Had I waited for the Palm Vx, with its 8 MB RAM, I might have been able to get crazy and load all of my sister's wedding pictures onto my device. Figure that each image, at 16 levels of gray, will take up about 13K of space.

It's a caution
When downloading the software from theClubPhoto Web site, users would be wise to take note of the Caution file. This file, plus a regular Read Me file which is generally ignored by advanced Palm users, points out some problems that might occur, mostly with older gear. The Read Me file gives instructions for each compatible Palm device and invites users to send in comments about the program.

Contrast
Experimentation showed me that it's a good idea to adjust brightness and contrast before putting images into the HotSync queue, since higher contrast shows up significantly better in most cases. If you don't exaggerate the contrast in this way, images may appear washed out, even at 16 levels of gray.

Optimal beaming
Even if your Palm device has only four levels of gray, you can still check the 16-level box on the Desktop software in order to make 16-level transfers possible to newer Palm devices if you plan to share images. Album To Go dithers the image to four for you, but if you then beam the image to another Palm with 16 levels gray scale, the image reverts to the higher gray scale resolution.