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- ***HELP1***
- F2 : Toggles between viewing images as they are read in
- from disk, or waiting until the entire image is read
- from the disk BEFORE viewing it.
- F3 : Selects EMS or XMS memory or DISK as buffer to hold'
- pictures for viewing. HINT: If using DISK, set the
- environment variable TEMP or TMP to a RAMDISK.
- F4 : Toggles between having a quick undo or not. If you
- shrink a picture and decide you want the original
- picture back, this feature is handy.
- F5/F6 : Lowers/Raises LOCKING resolution.
- F7 : Toggles between resolution locked at LOCKING res-
- olution or Auto Detect mode.
- F8 : More DOS RAM options
- F9 : Delete HighLighted Resolution from list
- F10 : SlideShowControl. ENTER starts normal SlideShow. You
- can slide show by SCORE, CATEGORY and KEYWORDS. You
- can change the Delay time & looping feature. Time
- Delay and Looping Status are shown in lower right of
- screen. Press ESCape to exit Slide Show. Press SPACE
- BAR to stop on a picture, then view and move the
- picture. ENTER skips the delay for the next picture.
- ***EOH***............................!
- ALT-C : Copies selected(tagged) File(s) To Another Directory
- ALT-D : Deletes selected(tagged) file(s)
- ALT-F : Change selected PATHs in the PATH LIST
- ALT-G : GIF/BMP/PCX/PIC: Searches drive(s) for image files.
- ALT-I : Inverts the TAGged list (selected files)
- ALT-L : Toggle INFO BAR (FileSize/Path OR FileDate/Category)
- ALT-M : Move selected(tagged) file(s) into another directory
- ALT-P : Printer Control & Report Generation
- ALT-R : Renames selected(tagged) File(s)
- ALT-S : Allows for different sorting methods
- ALT-T : Clears ALL Selected(tagged) Files
- ALT-U : User/Video Configuration Setup
- ALT-Y : File Comments, Category, Keywords, Score
-
- ALT-F1 : Toggles displaying of file comments if any
- ALT-F2 : Boss Key, puts display into DOS Shell mode
- ALT-F7 : Toggles between EGA and VGA
-
- CTRL-C : Catalog Menu
- CTRL-L : Load file list from defaults (Reads GIFV.DIR file)
- CTRL-S : Script File Operations Menu
- ***EOH***............................!
- RETURN : Loads highlighted picture into screen to view
- ESC : Escapes program
- SPACE : Tags file for operation on tagged files(move, copy)
-
- Left Mouse Button: Loads/Views a picture file.
- Right Mouse Button: Tags a picture file.
- Center Mouse Button: Exits main file list menu.
-
-
- NOTE: While viewing a graphics picture, press F1 for help.
-
- ***EOH***............................!
- ***HELP2***
-
- Color/Brightness Controls
-
- SHIFT-F1/F2 More/Less RED Filter
- SHIFT-F3/F4 More/Less GREEN Filter
- SHIFT-F5/F6 More/Less BLUE Filter
-
- CTRL-F1/F2 More/Less RED Intensity
- CTRL-F3/F4 More/Less GREEN Intensity
- CTRL-F5/F6 More/Less BLUE Intensity
-
- CTRL-F7/F8 More/Less Contrast
- CTRL-F9/F10 More/Less Brightness
-
- ALT-F10 Restore Color Levels
- ALT-F9 Animates the colors
- G Grey Scales the picture
- I Inverts the colors(Neg)
- S Sorts color map (Palette)
- ***EOH***............................!
-
- Picture Movement
-
- C Centers picture
- O Orients picture to Top Left
- corner of screen.
- Arrows &
- SHIFT-Arrows
- moves picture around the
- screen. Left mouse Button also
- moves the picture around.
-
- General Program operation
-
- ALT-F2 DOS/BOSS key (DOS Shell)
- ESC Quits out of view mode. Click-
- ing on the middle mouse button
- will also exit view mode.
-
- PgUp/PgDn or Clicking the Left/Right
- Mouse buttons causes the next
- or previous picture to display
- ***EOH***............................!
- File Operations
-
- P Prints File to Printer
- ALT-D Deletes current File
- W Writes BMP, GIF, PCX or PIC
- ALT-C Copies marked catalog files
-
- Image Control
-
- ALT-E Entertainment Mode(Puzzles)
- ALT-T Add Text To picture
- A Adjust colors for Windows BMP
- E EDIT image (Change Colors)
- M Mirror Images the picture
- F Flips the image top to bottom
- > Rotates the picture clockwise
- R UNDO last altering operation
- ALT-R Restore to ORIGINAL picture
- TAB Resizes to fit screen, MODE-2
- SHIFT-TAB Resize, Mode-1
- +/- Increases/Decrease resolution
- F7 Locks in on current resolution
- ***EOH***............................!
-
- BOX Drawing
-
- Right Button draws a box, then
- Hold Left button down, while
- still holding right button.
- Then let go of both buttons.
- This marks the BOX. Now
- Press the Left button while
- the mouse is OUTSIDE the box
- and the Box will get trimmed
- If the mouse is INSIDE when
- you press the left button
- The square enlarges to fill
- the screen with special image
- enhancements. If you use the
- RIGHT button then no special
- enhancements are made.
-
- NOTE: If you press the DELETE key
- after marking a BOX, you can
- FILL in the box with colors!
- ***EOH***............................!
- ***HELP3***
- Clicking mouse changes colors of the
- pixels in pixel editing window. Left
- button alters dot to foreground color
- and RightButton changes dot to back-
- ground color. Move mouse into color
- map, click the LeftButton to change
- foreground color or RightButton to
- change background color. Hold down on
- mouse button and move mouse, then the
- image will pan(move). This occurs IF
- the mouse is NOT in the color map or
- the pixel editing window. Press V to
- view entire image. If you move mouse
- on top of a DOT or a color in color
- map and press SPACE, you can adjust
- the makeup of the color. Press F or B
- while in pixel editing window to
- change Foreground/Background colors.
- Press U to undo DOT change(s). Press
- C to change color to NEW color. Press
- ESCAPE when finished.
- ***EOH***............................!
- ***HELP4***
- Color Adjusting Help
- Holding down Left button lowers the
- the amount of a color level. Right
- button raises the color level. There
- are three color bars RED GREEN BLUE.
- RED is on top and BLUE is on bottom.
- As you adjust the color, the color
- map will change and the pixel editing
- window will change to reflect the NEW
- color settings. You can press "V" to
- view the entire image so that you can
- see the effects of the color change
- on the whole picture. Press RETURN to
- accept color changes or press ESCAPE
- to abort color changes.
- ***EOH***............................!
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