Picturama user's guide

User's Guide

Menus

Apple (Application on OSX)

	About Picturama Displays Picturama's Splashscreen (About Box).
	Register Picturama... Displays Picturama's Registration window.
	Deactivate... Displayed only if your copy of Picturama is registered. This allows you to deactivate your license so you can register with your existing serial number on another computer.
	Check for Update... Checks for updates and latest version of Picturama.
	Preferences... (OS X only) Displays Preferences window in which you can set general preferences for the Picturama application.
	Quit Picturama (OS X only) Quits the Picturama application.

File

	Open... Displays standard open file dialog box that allows you to select an existing image file to open. Image window is displayed for each opened image.
	Close Closes the frontmost Image window.
	Revert Reverts all changes made to the open image to the original state.
	Export... Displays a dialog box using wich you can save picture in different formats. Select destination format, assing a name to the file, and indicate where to save it.
	Process with... Processes the frontmost image file with the selected batch setup.
	Batch Setups... Shows Batch Setups window in which you can define virtually any number of batch setups.
	Batch Processor... Shows Batch Processor window.
	Page Setup... Displays a dialog box in which you can select paper size, orientation, and other printing options.
	Print... Displays a dialog box in which you can specify number of copies you want to print and other printing options. Confirming this dialog will start printing.
	Preferences... (MacOS and Windows) Displays Preferences window in which you can set general preferences for the Picturama application.
	Quit (MacOS and Windows) Quits the Picturama application.

Edit

	Undo Not Implemented. Generally it reverts last operation.
	Cut Cuts selected object (e.g. text selection) and puts it into clipboard.
	Copy Copies selected object (e.g. text selection) and puts it into clipboard.
	Paste Pastes clipboard contents onto selected place.
	Clear Clears selected object.
	Select All In edit fields it selects whole text, in list boxes it selects all rows.
	Select None In edit fields it unselects selected text, in list boxes it unselects already selected rows.
	Invert Inverts selection.

Image

Image Size...
Lets you change dimensions and resolution of the image.

Fit Image...

	Preview Size Resizes the image to fit the current size of Preview window.
	Other... Resizes the image to fit the value you specify.
	Sizes list This is list of preview sizes defined in Preferences window. Selecting a menu will fit the image to the size shown by menu item.

Rotate

	180° Rotates the image by 180 degrees.
	90° CW Rotates the image by 90 degrees clock-wise.
	90° CCW Rotates the image by 90 degrees counter clock-wise.
	Flip Horizontal Flips (creates mirrow view) image in horizontal direction.
	Flip Vertical Flips (creates mirrow view) image in vertical direction.

Adjust

	Colorize Converts the image to levels of color selected in standard color picker.
	Desaturate Removes color information of the image. Converts the image to grayscale.
	Invert Creates negative of the image.

Apply Effect...

	Recent Apply effect currently defined in Effects window to the image.
	Effect list This is list of effects stored in Effects window. Choosing the menu item will apply selected effect to the image.

View

	Zoom... Lets you quickly zoom the image to a number of numeric values.
	Zoom In Enlarges the image on the screen. Allows to see more details.
	Zoom Out Shrinks the image on the screen.
	Original Size Displays the image in its original size (100%).
	Fit on Screen Displays the image to fit the screen.

Window

	Close Closes the frontmost window.
	Minimize Minimizes the window. On MacOS the window is collapsed, on OS X window is minimized in the dock.
	Show/Hide Effects Toggles the visibility of Effects window.
	Show/Hide Preview Toggles the visibility of Preview window.
	Arrange Arranges all image windows to the center of the screen.
	Cascade Cascades all image windows.
	Cycle Brings to the front next Image window. When <Option> key (<Alt> key on Windows) is pressed, it brings to the front previous Image window.
	Image window list Contains an item for each opened Image window. Clicking on the item will bring to front selected Image window.

Internet

	Register Picturama... Displays Picturama's Registration window.
	Deactivate... Displayed only if your copy of Picturama is registered. This allows you to deactivate your license so you can register with your existing serial number on another computer.
	Check for Update... Checks for updates and latest version of Picturama.

	Picturama website... Points your default web browser to Picturama's website.
	Picturama e-mail... Creates new message to Picturama's support in your default mail application.
	Picturama support center... Points your default web browser to Picturama's support center.
	Picturama customer support... Points your default web browser to Picturama's customer support.
	Picturama contact / feedback... Points your default web browser to Picturama's contact / feedback form.
	Picturama affiliate program... Points your default web browser to Picturama's affiliate program.

	Ancodia software - more products... Shows other original software products from Ancodia software.
	Ancodia software - web site... Points your default web browser to Ancodia web site.

Help

	Picturama User's Guide... Displays this Guide in your default web browser.