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C. Zoom In and Zoom Out on all of the images:
1. To Zoom In, do one of the following:
a. Click on the Zoom In button
on the toolbar of any one of the images
b. Use the scroll wheel on your mouse
c. Click on one of the images and press the + key on your keyboard
2. To Zoom Out, do one of the following:
a. Click on the Zoom Out button
on the toolbar of any one of the images
b. Use the scroll wheel on your mouse
c. Click on one of the images and press the - key on your keyboard
D. Zoom In and Zoom Out on just one of the images:
1. Click on one of the images to select it
2. Use the same tools as described in the previous section except that you hold down the Ctrl key on
your keyboard as you are using each tool - very nice indeed!
E. View different portions of your images:
1. To use this feature effectively, you should be zoomed in to some extent on an image:
a. To demonstrate this, click on the Actual Size button
on the toolbar (it is the button just to
the right of the Best Fit button
) to view the images at actual size - you will only be able to
see a portion of each image
2. FastStone provides two ways to view different portions of all of the images:
a. Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to pan around all of the images at the same time, or
b. Click and drag on any one of the images to pan around all of the images at the same time
3. To view a different portion of only one of the images, do one of the following:
a. Right click and drag on one the images and the visible portion of only that image will change -
even cooler!
b. Hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard as you click and drag on one of the images and the
visible portion of only that image will change
F. Display the EXIF information and/or the Histogram, and to Smooth the images:
1. Click on the applicable box(es) in the upper right corner of the Comparator window
G. To permanently Delete an image while in the comparator view:
1. Click on the Delete button
on the toolbar of the image that you want to delete
H. To return to the Thumbnail View:
1. Click on the Close button
, or press the Esc key on your keyboard
18.
Compare Images in Comparator’s Full Screen View
A. Introduction:
1. This is one of the great features in FastStone
2. This feature allows you to use the comparator to compare 2 to 4 images in the Full Screen view -
fantastic!
3. Most of the viewing techniques described in the previous section can be used when comparing your
images in comparator’s Full Screen view
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B. Open Selected Images in the Comparator View:
1. Select the thumbnails that you want to compare:
a. Select 2 to 4 thumbnails using Standard Windows Selection Techniques (as described in
Appendix A of this tutorial)
b. For the purposes of this discussion, I selected 4 thumbnails
2. Click on the Compare Selected Images button
on the Options Bar and the selected images will
open in the Compare Selected Images View - they will be zoomed in to 100%
C.
Open the images in the comparator’s Full Screen view:
1. While the images are still open in the Comparator, click on the Compare In Full Screen button
on the toolbar of any one of the four images and th
at image will open at full size in the comparator’s
Full Screen view
2. Click on the Best Fit button
on the toolbar to change the view to Best Fit
3. Take a minute to look at the new toolbar at the top of the screen:
a. The buttons on the left end of the toolbar should look rather familiar since we have already
discussed how most of these buttons work
b. The number buttons near the right end of the toolbar
are new - they
represent the images that we have open in the comparator:
(1) Since we opened 4 images in the comparator, there are four buttons
(2) The number that is illuminated (in my case #2), indicates which image is currently displayed
- in my case the #2 image is displayed in the Full Screen view
c. The Zoom In, Zoom Out, Best Fit and Actual Size buttons work exactly as previously described -
they can be used to control the view of one image or of all four images, as previously described
d. A Return button
has been added to allow you to go back to the normal comparator view,
and an Exit button
has been added to allow you to go back to the Thumbnails view
e. Use the Image buttons
to view a different image - just click on a different
number to display another image
D.
Use the comparator’s Full Screen view to compare portions of different images:
1. As previously stated, when y
ou are in the comparator’s full screen view, the Zoom In, Zoom Out,
Best Fit and Actual Size buttons work exactly as previously described - they can be used to control
the view of all four images, or of one image, as previously described:
a. Ctrl click on a Zoom In or Zoom Out button zooms only on the current image
b. Very nice
2. Also recall that you can right click and drag on an image to reposition only that image
E.
To permanently Delete an image while in the comparator’s Full Screen view:
1. Click on the Delete button
on the toolbar of the image that you want to delete
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F.
Here are some ways to leave the comparator’s Full Screen view:
1. Click on the Return button
on the toolbar (or press the Esc key on your keyboard) to return to
the regular comparator view, or
2. Click on the Exit button
to go back to the thumbnail view
19. Sort the Images (Including Drag and Drop Sorting)
A. Images may be sorted by:
1. Filename
2. Date
3. Type
4. Size
5. Dimension
B. Ascending and descending order:
1. To sort images in ascending order click on a sort method that is not enclosed in parentheses
2. To sort images in descending order click on a sort method that is enclosed in parentheses
C. To sort images:
1. Automatic sorting:
a. Click on the dropdown arrow at the right end of the Sort box
- the Sort box is
near the right end of the Toolbar
and
a dropdown menu will appear
b. Click on your choice of sort method and the thumbnails in the thumbnail window will be sorted
c. Sorting rearranges how the thumbnails are viewed in FastStone, but does not change the order of
the images when they are viewed in some other file management program such as Windows
Explorer
2. Custom sorting:
a. This is a cool feature in FastStone and it can really come in handy from time to time
b. This method allows you to sort images by clicking and dragging them to new locations
c. This sort is not temporary - if you leave the current folder and later return to it, the thumbnails
will still be sorted in the Custom sorting order
d. You can switch back and forth between a Custom sort and an automatic sort and FastStone will
remember your custom sort
e. If you want FastStone to stop remembering your Custom sort, click on the Delete Custom Sort
button that is right next to the Sort box
f. To give this method a try:
(1) Open a folder that contains images
(2) In the Thumbnail window, click and drag thumbnails and drop them in new locations
g. Sorting rearranges how the thumbnails are viewed in FastStone, but does not change the order of
the images when they are viewed in some other file management program such as Windows
Explorer
h. If you want to permanently change the sort order in all programs
, you can use FastStone’s Auto
Rename feature to automatically rename the newly sorted images (see the Auto Rename section
of this tutorial)
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20. Tag Images
A. Introduction:
1. This is a great feature in FastStone
2. You can now tag images and then tell FastStone to:
a. Select only the tagged images that are in a folder, or
b. Display only the tagged images that are in a folder
3. After the tagged images are selected or displayed, you can do all sorts of neat things to these images
without doing anything to the rest of the images in the folder
4. You can Tag and Untag images in any of FastStone views including:
a. Thumbnails view
b. Window view
c. Full Screen view
d. Comparator Normal views
e. Comparator Full Screen view
B. Turn the Image Tagging feature on and off:
1. Introduction:
a. In an attempt to keep from confusing people who do not want to use the tagging feature, tagging
is not enabled until you tell FastStone to enable it
b. Turn the Image Tagging feature on and off at any time:
(1) If you think the you may use Image Tagging from time-to-time, I suggest that you turn it on
and leave it turned on
(2) If you think that you probably not use Image Tagging, you can turn it off after you have gone
through this section, and then turn it on if you ever change your mind and want to give it a
try
c. You can Tag and Untag images in any of FastStone's for viewing modes
2. Turn the Image Tagging feature on:
a. Click on Tag on the Menu bar and a dropdown menu will appear
b. The first selection on the dropdown menu is Allow Image Tagging:
(1) If there is a checkmark in front of Allow Image Tagging, Image Tagging is already turned
on; therefore you do not to turn it on again - just press the Esc key to close the dropdown
menu
(2) If there is no checkmark in front of Allow Image Tagging, Image Tagging is not turned on -
just click on Allow Image Tagging to turn it on
(3) Notice that there is now a new icon
on the Toolbar - it is called Show Tagged Files
Only - here is how the Toolbar should now look:
(4) FastStone has also added Tag Boxes in the following views:
(a) Thumbnail view - in lower left corner:
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(b) Comparator view - upper right corner
3. Turn the Image Tagging Feature off:
a. If Image Tagging is turned on and you want to turn it off:
(1) Click on Tag on the Menu bar and a dropdown menu will appear
(2) The first selection on the dropdown menu is Allow Image Tagging:
(a) If there is a checkmark in front of Allow Image Tagging, Image Tagging is turned on
(b) Click on Allow Image Tagging to turn Image Tagging off
4. Before you proceed to the next step, be sure that Image Tagging is turned on
C. Tag and Untag images
, in FastStone’s various views
:
1. In the Thumbnail view:
a. To Tag or Untag one image, either:
(1) Click on the Tag Box, or
(2) Click on the applicable thumbnail and then press the Backslash (\) key on your keyboard
(3) Repeat either of these two steps to Untag a thumbnail that was previously Tagged
b. To Tag or Untag multiple images:
(1) Select the applicable thumbnails using Standard Windows selections procedures (see
Appendix A)
(2) Press the Backslash key (\) key on your keyboard to Tag all of the selected thumbnails
(3) Repeat both of these steps to Untag thumbnails that were previously Tagged
2. In the Normal Comparator view:
a. Open two to four images in the Comparator
b. Click on the Tag Box of the image that you want to Tag, or
c. Click on the image that you want to Tag to select that image, and then press the Backslash (\) key
on your keyboard - notice that a red Tag Box now appears in the Tag Box of the selected image
d. Repeat either of these last two steps to Untag an image that was previously Tagged
3. In the Window view, the Full Screen view or the Comparator Full Screen view:
a. Press the Backslash key (\) key on your keyboard to Tag the image that is currently displayed -
notice that a red Tag Box now appears in the upper right corner
b. Repeat this step to Untag an image that was previously Tagged - notice that the red Tag Box is
no longer displayed
4. When you switch from view to view, the red Tag Box will indicate which images are Tagged
D. Untag all of the thumbnails in a folder:
1. Use the Folder Tree to display all of the thumbnails in a folder, and do either one of the following:
a. Using the Menu bar:
(1) Click on Tag on the Menu bar and a dropdown menu will appear
(2) Click on Untag All and Tags will be removed from all of the thumbnails in that folder
b. Using a keyboard shortcut:
(1) Hold down the Shift and the Ctrl key on your keyboard and, while holding down those two
keys, press the Backslash (\) key on your keyboard and the Tags will be removed from all of
the thumbnails in that folder
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