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Figure 10-7. The GQview Options Dialog Box

10.1.4. Electric Eyes

If you want a quick and simple way of viewing one ﬁle, Electric Eyes may be for you. To start

Electric Eyes from a GNOME desktop, choose Main Menu => Programs => Graphics => Electric

Eyes. For KDE users, choose Start Application => Programs => Graphics => Electric Eyes. You

can also type ee at a shell prompt. Right-click the Electric Eyes logo to open the pop-up menu and

load an image. Right-click on displayed images to conﬁgure certain aspects of the image as well as

the Electric Eyes environment.

For example, to open the Editing Controls, choose View => Show/Hide Edit Window, and the

Editing Control dialog box will pop up, allowing you to change brightness and color saturation

levels on the image.

Figure 10-8. Editing Options in Electric Eyes

Buttons along the bottom of the Editing Control window let you zoom in and out of an image in-

crementally by percentage, ﬁt the image to the screen, and even turn the image 90% clockwise, or

invert (ﬂip) the image horizontally or vertically. Electric Eyes is an ideal choice for viewing and

manipulating single images.