User Guide

Chapter 1: Getting started
To exit full screen mode:
Do one of the following:
Press the F key.
Right-click the image and select View | Full Screen.
Using the View mode panes
To open the View mode panes:
1. Open an image in View mode.
2. Do one of the following:
Click View | Histogram to display the histogram for the image.
Click View | Magnifying glass to magnify the area of the image under your cursor.
Click View | Navigator to display a thumbnail overview of a magnified image.
Click View | Properties to display file, database, EXIF, or IPTC information about the image.
Switching to Manage mode
You can return to Manage mode at any time.
To return to Manage mode from View mode:
Do one of the following:
Press Enter.
Double-click the image.
Click File | Manage.
Click the Manage mode button.
Using Process mode
Perform all of your image adjustment in Process mode. In Process mode, image correction tools are separated into Develop and Edit
sub-modes. Begin processing your image in Develop mode, and then take your image into Edit to add final touches such as
watermark or borders. Further description of the Develop and Edit sub-modes are below.
Develop Edit
Start your image corrections in Develop. Develop
is where you make most of your image adjust-
ments. Changes you make are applied to the
entire image.
Tweak image adjustments you made at any time.
If you re-open a developed image in Develop, the
settings are the same as you left them. Develop
allows you to revisit the image at any time to
reset or adjust the previous settings.
When you make a change, the changes are
saved in a separate file, and the original remains
untouched. Every time you open the image, the
original image opens with the changes applied.
This allows non-destructive developing of your
images.
Discard your Develop settings and revert back to
the original image at any time. The original is
saved for all file types.
Use the editing tools to selectively apply adjustments to parts of
your image.
Add final touches to your image such as borders, text, watermark
and special effects.
Use the pixel-editing tools to fix red eye or remove flaws from your
image.
Discard your edit changes and revert back to your Develop settings
or to the original. When you revert back to the Develop settings, the
settings are exactly the way you left them.
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