(Loading & Saving, Drag & Drop) QUICK TOOLS PANEL

Click here to show the Quick Tools Panel.

If you want to do more than simple viewing of images, then you should check the "Quick Tools" checkbox on the files list panel. This brings up a floating window with many of the common functions that you may want to do.


Editing Functions

Save Button:
This allows you to save your current image to your drive.
Click here for more information about saving images.

Edit Button:
This allows you to edit the current image file in your favorite external editor.
Click here for more information about Editing images.

Filter Button:
This allows you to control what file types get loaded into the files list.
Click here for more information about Filtering graphic file types.

Preview Button:
This opens up a Comparison Preview window for the current image.
Click here for more information about Previewing or Comparing images.

Rotate Right Button:
This rotates the current image to the right. If want the image to be saved rotated, you need to save the image.
Click here for more information on Rotating.

Rotate Left Button:
This rotates the current image to the left. If want the image to be saved rotated, you need to save the image.
Click here for more information on Rotating.

Flip Button:
This flips the current image from top to bottom. If want the image to be saved flipped, you need to save the image.
Click here for more information on Rotating.

Mirror Right Button:
This mirrors the current image from left to right. If want the image to be saved mirrored, you need to save the image.
Click here for more information on Rotating.

Rotation Button:
This allows you to rotate the image by any angle.
Click here for more information about Rotating images.

Cropping Button:
This allows you to crop the image so that only the portion of the image that you want remains.
Click here for more information about Cropping images.

Resize Button:
This allows you to resize the image larger or smaller. When enlarging, you have the option for Digital Zoom.
Click here for more information about Resizing images.

Red-Eye Removal Button:
This allows you to remove red-eye or green-eye from photos.
Click here for more information about Red-Eye.

Text and Image Overlays Button:
This allows you to add Text boxes to your image. Great for copyright notices. It also allows you to add image logos to your image. Great for adding company logos or doing double exposure effects.
Click here for more information about Overlays on images.

Color Adjusting Button:
This allows you to adjust the colors, brightness, contrast, hue etc... It also has a copy/paste region feature too.
Click here for more information about Color Adjusting images.

Gray Scale Button:
This allows you to adjust the colors so that the image looks like a Black & White photo.
Click here for more information about Color Adjusting images.

Sepia Tone Button:
This allows you to adjust the colors so that the image looks like an old style photo.
Click here for more information about Color Adjusting images.

Negative Scale Button:
This allows you to adjust the colors so that the image looks like a negative photo.
Click here for more information about Color Adjusting images.

Sharpen/Smooth Button:
This allows you to sharpen the image or smooth the image.
Click here for more information about Sharpening or Smoothing images.

Tag Functions

Check All Files Button:
This checkmarks all the files in the files list.

Flip Checkmarks Button:
This flips all of the checkmarks for the files in the files list.

UnCheck All Files Button:
This unchecks all the files in the files list.

Copy Checked Files Button:
This copies all of the checkmarked files OR just the current file to a selected destination folder.

Move Checked Files Button:
This moves all of the checkmarked files OR just the current file to a selected destination folder.

Delete Checked Files Button:
This deletes all of the checkmarked files OR just the current file.

Rename Checked Files Button:
This renames all of the checkmarked files OR just the current file with the renaming method of your choice.
Click here for more information about Renaming files.

Batch Process Button:
This batch processes all of the checkmarked files and applies the same edits to all of them. You can apply the following edits:

Color Adjusting

Rotating

Resizing

Text/Image Overlays

Sharpen/Smooth

When you start the batch, you are allowed to edit ONE of the checked files with up to 5 different edits. It then applies the SAME edits to the remaining files that are checkmarked.


Gallery Functions

Web Page Button:
Click this button to generate a Web Gallery from your current folder of images. It builds all the needed thumbnails and HTML files.
Click here for more information about Web Page Gallery Creation.

Contact Sheets Button:
This allows you to create a printable Contact Sheet for selected images. You can optionally SAVE the Contact Sheet to your drive instead of printing it.
Click here for more information about Contact Sheets.

Photo Quilting (Mosaics) Button:
This allows you to reproduce an original photo from a series of thumbnails to produce a quilting (mosaic) effect. The final image when viewed closely looks like a bunch of thumbnails in a grid. When viewed from a distance, it looks like the original photo. This is great for printing posters.
Click here for more information about Photo Quilting.

Search For Duplicate Images Button:
This allows you to search your system for duplicate images. These are images/photos that you may have saved in more than one folder. You may have hundreds of duplicates and not know it. This allows you to find them, so that you can delete them, or rename or move them around.
Click here for more information about Searching For Duplicate Images.

Create / Edit Slide Show Play Lists Button:
This button looks like "123". It allows you to create & edit Slide Show Play Lists. These can control the order in which images are displayed in any folder.
Click here for more information about Slide Show Play Lists.



Other Functions

CD Burning Button:
This allows you to burn CDROMs with either:
1. Some folder(s) of images
2. Burn a selected Web Gallery that you created with the "Web Page" button.

Click here for more information about CD burning.

Custom Printing Button:
Click this button to print images using the custom print layout screen. You can do the same thing from the main menu's "Print" item.
Click here for more information about the Print Custom Layout.

Scanner Functions Button:
Click this button to select a scanner to scan in images into your current folder or temp folder.



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