In the Automation section of Retrieva's general preferences are the settings for automated behaviour:

Auto Load Materials - Load texture maps for imported 3D files.

Auto Load From Camera - Load images from connected cameras.

Auto Categorise Sequential Images - Create a single category for image sequences.

Auto Categorise by Folder Name - Create categories for containing folders for imported files.

Auto Extract Images From Quark - Load images in Quark documents (requires Quark document to be saved using MatrixPage2Pict Quark XTension).

Auto Play Movies - Start playing movies automatically in Media View mode.

Auto Album Cover MP3's - Fetch album artwork from Amazon (requires internet access).

Auto Add Compare Data - Create the Image Comparison Data necessary for Retrieva to perform a find by similarity on images.