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Information

I

Lists file information: Filename, directory, compression, resolution, original size, current size, original colours, current colours, number of unique colours, disk size, current memory size, current directory index, file date/time, loaded in (time to load file in milliseconds).

Create New image

Set the file size, resolution, number of colours, and background colour for a new image.

Create Panorama image

Build up a montage or panorama image from several images

Rotate Left

L

Rotate 90° anticlockwise

Rotate Right

R

Rotate 90° clockwise

Custom fine rotation

Ctrl U

Rotate image in 0.01° increments and set background colour for canvas border needed by that rotation

Vertical Flip

V

Mirror image vertically

Horizontal Flip

H

Mirror image horizontally

Resize/Resample

Ctrl R

Change the number of pixels in the image. Half, double, scale, resize to common screen resolutions. Resampling will make a best guess of the right colour pixels to add or merge when resizing.

Canvas Size

Add borders to any side of the image. Choose the border colour to add a coloured border to an image.

Increase Colour Depth

Increase the maximum possible number of colours in the image.

Decrease Colour Depth

Decrease the maximum possible number of colours in the image

Convert to Greyscale

Convert to 256 shades of grey.

Negative

Invert the colours in the image, to make it look like a photographic negative

Enhance colours

Shift G

Adjust Red, Green, Blue, contrast, brightness, saturation and gamma values

Auto adjust colours

Automatically adjusts brightness and gamma values. Select an important area of the image first to improve results.

Sharpen

Shift S

Increase the contrast between adjacent pixels

Red eye reduction

Reduce the red values in the selection

Effects

Ctrl E

Use the menu to apply default effects directly, or use Ctrl E to modify the options for each effect:. Further effects are available via plug-ins

Swap Colours

Exchange one set of colour values for another

Palette

View a palette of colours used in the current image and obtain their colour index (for choosing a transparent colour). Edit individual colours in an image, import or export palettes. Options only available for 256 colours or less