Using the Overview Palette

Display the Overview palette to preview the entire active image or to view image information. The Overview palette displays a rectangle over the part of the image visible in the image window. To show other areas of the image, click and drag this rectangle.

The Overview palette contains two tabs:

Preview

Displays the image preview. The image updates after you complete an action. Transparent areas of the image appear as white.

Info

Displays image status information including height and width, color depth, memory used, cursor position, rotation, and other information.

Contents menus provide quick access to commands specific to the active tool, selection, or palette.

Note: For a complete list of Context menus, choose View > Customize to open the Customize dialog. Click the Menu tab, and select a context menu from the Select context menu drop-down list.

To use a context menu:

Position the cursor over an image, an empty area of a palette, a layer name on the Layers palette, a thumbnail in the Browser, or a toolbar.

Right-click to display the context menu.

Choose a command from the menu.

Viewing Images

The image window displays your image. You can move or size the image window or open the same image in multiple image windows (for example, to see the image at different magnifications).

The title bar at the top of the image window shows the file name and the magnification percentage. An asterisk after the filename indicates the image has been modified since you last saved it.

To see a thumbnail of the entire image, display the Overview palette.

To move an image window:

Click and drag the title bar to move an image to a new position in the workspace.

To resize an image window:

Click an edge or a corner of the image window and drag it to a new position.

If the image is larger than the window, use the scrollbars to view another area of the image.

Note: When you resize an image window, you are changing the window only, not the image itself.

To open multiple views of the same image:

Choose Window > New Window or press Shift W.

A new window opens with another view of the active image. When you make changes in one window, the other is updated.

To arrange multiple windows:

Do either of the following:

Choose Window > Cascade to display windows stacked and cascading from the upper left to the lower right of the workspace.

Choose Window > Tile Vertically or Window > Tile Horizontally to display windows side by side vertically or horizontally. Windows are resized to fit within the workspace.

To close an image window:

Do either of the following:

To close an active window, choose File > Close or click the Close button on the title bar of the image.

To close all windows, choose Window > Close All.

If there are any unsaved changes in the images, you will be prompted to save the files.

Navigating the View Area

When an image is too large to fit within its window, scroll bars appear on the bottom and right sides of the image.

To view another area of the image:

Do one of the following:

On the Tools toolbar, choose the Pan tool , and then click and drag in the image.

Click and drag the horizontal or vertical scroll bar.

Press the arrow keys to move the image by small increments.

Display the Overview palette (choose View > Palettes > Overview), and then drag the preview rectangle to a new position.

To fit the window to the image:

Choose Window > Fit to Image or press Ctrl+W.

Magnifying and Reducing the View

Magnify the view of an image (zoom in) to view and edit image details or reduce the view (zoom out) to see the overall image. The title bar of the image window displays the zoom percentage.

To zoom in:

Do one of the following:

Zoom with the mouse wheel, roll the optional wheel on your mouse to zoom in or out quickly.

On the Tools toolbar choose the Zoom tool (if necessary, click the down-arrow next to the Pan tool), and then left-click the area you want to magnify. The view magnifies to the next preset percentage with each click, up to the maximum magnification of 5000%.

Choose the Zoom tool or the Pan tool, and then in the Tool Options palette select a zoom percentage or click the Zoom In By 1 Step or Zoom in by 5 Steps buttons.

Choose View > Zoom In By 1 Step to magnify the view to the next preset percentage.

Choose View > Zoom In by 5 Steps to magnify the view to the fifth preset percentage.

To zoom out:

Do one of the following:

 On the Tools toolbar, select the Zoom tool (if necessary, click the down-arrow next to the Pan tool) and then right-click the area you want to reduce. The view reduces to the previous preset percentage with each click, down to a minimum magnification of 1%.

Choose the Zoom tool or the Pan tool, and then in the Tool Options palette select a zoom percentage or click the Zoom Out By 1 Step or Zoom Out by 5 Steps buttons.

Choose View > Zoom Out By 1 Step to reduce the view to the next preset percentage.

Choose View > Zoom Out by 5 Steps to reduce the fifth preset percentage.

To magnify a specific area:

Choose View > Magnifier.

Click and drag over the part of the image you want to magnify. The selected area is displayed at the highest percentage that will fit within the window.

Previewing and Editing Using the Full Screen

Use the Full Screen Preview command to preview an image without any of the menus, toolbars, or palettes visible.

Use the Full Screen Edit command to expand the entire workspace, giving you the largest possible space for displaying and editing images. The palettes and toolbars are visible but the menus, Paint Shop Pro title bar, and Status bar are hidden.

To preview an image on the full screen:

Choose View > Full Screen Preview or press Ctrl Shift +A. The workspace disappears and the image displays at its current magnification.

To return to the Paint Shop Pro workspace, press any key.

To edit using the full screen:

Choose View > Full Screen Edit or press Shift A. The menu bar and status bar disappear.

To select from a menu when using the full screen, move the cursor to the top of the screen and left-click. The menus appear as you move the mouse along the top.

To return the window to its previous size, press Shift A.

As you work with an image, you may want to view information about it.

To view general image information:

Look at the Status bar language=JavaScript1.2 type=text/javascript></SCRIPT> (at the bottom of the Paint Shop Pro workspace) to see the cursor position, image height and width in pixels, and the color depth.

Display the Info tab of the Overview palette to view information about the image. Choose View > Palettes > Overview, and then click the Info tab. The information displayed depends on what tool is selected.

Note: Use this command also to enter creator information, such as the artist name and copyright.

To view image color information:

Choose Image > Count Image Colors to display the number of unique colors in the image.

To view detailed image information:

Choose Image > Image Information, or press Shift + I.

Do one of the following:

Click the Image Information tab to view the file name and format, image dimensions, resolution, and color depth, modification status, number of layers and alpha channels, and the amount of RAM and disk space used for the image as well as its selections, masks, alpha channels, and undo storage.

Click the Creator Information tab to view or edit the image title, artist name, copyright, description, date created, and date modified.

Click the EXIF Information tab to view information for images taken with digital cameras. In the Section group box, mark the check boxes for the information you want to display: Input Device, Artist, Date, Image, Shot Conditions, and GPS.

To view layer color information:

Choose Layer > Count Layer Colors to display the number of unique colors in the current layer.

Dialogs are windows that open when you choose certain Paint Shop Pro commands. Use them to select and preview command options. All dialogs remember where you last positioned them on the screen and re-open in the same location.

Most dialogs have the following features in common:

Preview windows

Zoom and navigate to see before and after views of changes.

Presets

Saved settings, or scripts, that you can use to make quick changes to images. Use the presets that come with Paint Shop Pro or create your own.

Numeric edit controls

The controls that you use to select a value.

Color boxes

The box you click to select a color.

Randomize parameters button

A button you click to try out random settings in the dialog.

Resize Handle

A handle in the lower right corner of the dialog used to change the size of the dialog.

Most dialogs that correct images, apply effects, or modify selections have two preview windows that show the image before and after changes are applied. Use the window controls to zoom the preview in or out, pan it, or proof changes on the actual image.

You can show or hide the preview windows. When you hide previews, use the main image window to proof changes. In each Paint Shop Pro dialog with preview windows, you can size the dialog by clicking and dragging a corner. Expand a dialog when you want the preview windows to be large enough to see detailed changes. You can also double-click the dialog title bar to maximize the dialog.

To display or hide preview windows:

Click the Show/Hide Previews button .

To zoom the image preview:

Click the Zoom In or Zoom Out buttons. The zoom percentage displays next to the Zoom buttons.

To pan the image:

Do either of the following:

Move the cursor over either preview window (the cursor changes to a hand), and then click and drag the image.

Click and hold the Navigate button , and then center the selection rectangle over the part of the image you want to display.

Note: In a few dialogs, the left preview window is used for making selections (such as selecting a red eye in the Red Eye Removal dialog). In these dialogs, the cursor does not change to a hand over the left preview window. Use the right preview window for panning instead.

To proof changes in the main image window:

Click the Proof button . All settings in the dialog are applied to the main image window. Each time you change settings, click the Proof button to view the changes in the main image window.

To set automatic proofing:

Click the Autoproof button .

Paint Shop Pro automatically applies all dialog settings to the main image window each time you change a setting.

To edit numbers in Paint Shop Pro dialogs, you use the Jasc numeric edit controls, which provide an easy way to edit numbers and change settings.

To edit numbers:

Do one of the following:

To enter a specific value, click the edit box, use the Delete or Backspace key to delete the number as needed, and then type a new value. You can also double-click the number to highlight it, and then type a new value.

Note: If you type a value in the edit box that is out of range for the control, the box turns red.

To increase or decrease the number by one, click the up or down arrow of the spin controls.

To choose an approximate value, click once at a position on the meter bar.

To choose from the range of possible settings, click and hold the mouse button down on the meter bar or the slider button, and then drag to select a desired setting and release the mouse.

In some dialogs, a color box displays the currently selected color. When you move the cursor over the color box, the cursor changes to a dropper and displays the RGB values. Click the color box to select another color:

Left-click the color box to select from the Color dialog.

Right-click the color box to select from recently used colors.

Many correction and effect dialogs have a Randomize parameters button. Click this button to update all dialog settings with random values. To try out a variety of settings, click the button multiple times.

To randomize settings within a dialog:

Click the Randomize parameters button .

All dialogs contain a Resize Handle in the lower right corner of the dialog. Click and drag the handle to resize the dialog.

To work quickly and easily in Paint Shop Pro, learn the shortcut and function keys for common tasks. Key combinations like Ctrl Z (Undo) and Ctrl C (Copy) become second nature as you work, and they save time over using the mouse.

Here are the ways you can use shortcut and function keys in Paint Shop Pro:

 Use shortcut keys to execute menu commands, display palettes, edit nodes on vector objects, and execute Browser commands. All menu commands list their shortcut keys on the menu. Shortcut keys for palettes are listed on the View > Palettes menu.

Use shortcut keys to select tools. Move the cursor over a tool to display a ToolTip with its shortcut key in parentheses.

Use function keys to display a menu by pressing Alt plus the underlined letter of the menu name (for example, press Alt F for the File menu). Then, press the underlined letter of a menu command or scroll through menus using the arrow keys. Press ESC to return to your image without executing a command.

To display all default shortcut keys, choose Help> Keyboard Map. To view all assigned keys, including custom shortcuts, choose Help> Keyboard Map.

Customizing Shortcut Keys: If you don’t like the assigned function keys, you can customize the function keys to suit your needs.