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@s@c@_
BIT is a full color image viewer and editor that operate on
24bits images as well as colormapped ones. A variety of
functions are provided to meet your editing need. For a
complete summary of capabilities of BIT, please see the
man page. Following is a brief enumeration of features:
@b Image Manipulations:
All editing functions are accessed through the EditPanel, which can
be toggled on and off by click on the Edit button on the InfoPanel.
Current features include:
@f Viewing
Zooming and Panning. Slideshow.
@f Manipulations
Scale, Rotate, Crop, Smooth, Sharpen, Merge, Cut&Paste, Paint,
and arbitrary pixel transformations.
@f Annotation
Render arbitrary text of arbitrary color and orientation on top
of an image.
Render simple geometric figures with arbitrary scaling and rotation
on top of an image.
@b Important Commands
@b Loading files
Files can be loaded thru command line arguments or by pressing
the load button on the file panel. After files are loaded,
use the Walking command to view each image. The quickest and best
way to view a bunch of images is
bit -s 30 file1 file2 ....
@b Walking the list
Mouse:
left: Load Next file
right: Load Previous file
middle: Load Current file Again
Keyboard:
space: Same as leftmouse
p: Same as rightmouse
c: Same as middlemouse
m: Show Info panel
s: turns slide show off
@b Exit this help (or any other help):
Press button on the title bar
@b How to Get Help
Almost every mode has on-line help available. Typically the help
handle is shown as a pop-up menu entry or in case of control panels,
you can get detailed help by clicking the mouse on an empty region
on the panel where there is no other objects that interact with mouse.
@b Recognized Formats (+ WriteOnly - ReadOnly)