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help system Piers Cornwell <piers.cornwell@bigfoot.com> who has taken the burden to continue this project Karin and Olof started. --Sven
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HTML
66 lines
2.7 KiB
HTML
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
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<html>
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<head>
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<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
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<title>Help Page for Image Window</title>
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</head>
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<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#0000FF"
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vlink="#FF0000" alink="#000088">
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<table width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1">
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<tr bgcolor="black">
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<td width="100%" align="center">
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<font size="+2" color="white">Image Window</font>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr bgcolor="white" >
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<td width="100%" align="left"><P>
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<P>
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The image window is the one that you will see when you are
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composing your image.
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<P>
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The main part of the window is the section in which your image
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can be created. See the help for the tools for more information on what
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can be done.
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<P>
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By default, the image window in bordered at the top and left by
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a ruler which is measured in pixels at 100 pixel intervals. There is an
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arrow on each ruler which show the vertical and horizontal position of
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the cursor. The position of the cursor can also be seen in figures at
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the bottom left corner of the window. This is in the format <em>x</em>
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direction, <em>y</em> direction and is in pixels.
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<P>
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Also at the bottom of the image window (on the "Statusbar") is
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the filename and other information about the image such as the zoom
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level, which is also displayed as the title to the window. The
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information displayed can be configured in Preferences -> Image Windows
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-> Image Title Format. Next to this is a section which displayed a
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progress bar when an operation will take a long time. That action can
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be aborted by clicking the "Cancel" button next to it.
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<P>
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Just above the co-ordinates display, there are two buttons, one
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which shows a dotted square, and the other a red square. Clicking the
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red square invokes the "Quick Mask". This adds an extra channel which
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can be edited to make complex selections. Once the mask has been
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edited to your satisfaction, click the dotted square to convert it into
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a standard selection. The color an opacity of the mask can be
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configured by double-clicking either button.
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<P>
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The final feature of the image window is the preview box - this
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looks like four arrows going outwards and is at the bottom right
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corner. Clicking and holding this button will show a small preview of
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the whole image. This is particularly use if you are working at very
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high zoom levels and want to see how your changes affect the
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overall image.
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<P>
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Many of these features can be configured, or turned on and off
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in Preferences -> Image Windows, so you may need to make some changes
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to see all the features.
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<P>
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<a href="index.html">Index</a>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</body>
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</html>
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