File	Edit	Layers	Selection	Image	Effects	View
New Open Open Samples Revert Save Save As Export for the Web Recent files Exit	Undo Redo Cut Copy Paste as New Layer Paste as New Image	New Layer New Bitmap Layer New Layer from Background Mask for Transparency Save Layer as Edit Text Layer Arrange Flatten Layer Flatten all Layers Select Layer Change Layer Name	Make a Selection Select All Deselect Crop to Selection Convert to Layer	Flip & Rotate Free Transform Transforming Perspective Spherize Deformation Spread Scrolling Auto Adjust Adjust Colors Colors Change Replace Colors Color Balance Modify Fill Color Equalize Brightness Curves Levels Make Seamless Resynthesizer Resize Image Expand Canvas Crop to Selection Set as Wallpaper	Image Warping Flare FX Apply Effects...	Zoom Show at Actual Size (100%) Fit in Window Adjust Window ToolPalette Edit Texture Tiled View Texture Tiled Layers Palette Ruler Window list 3D Preview

File -> New
Creates a new empty image.
File -> Open
Opens an image file.
File -> Open Samples
You can open a sample Imagelys images to view how it has been created.
File -> Revert
Use the Revert command to reopen and remove all changes made to an image since it was last saved. This command is not available until you alter the saved image.

File -> Save
Saves your image file under the name displayed in the title bar.
File -> Save As
Saves a new file or a new version of an existing image file.
File -> Export for the Web
In Imagelys Picture Style, you use the Export for the Web dialog box to select optimization options and preview optimized image file. You can choose between JPEG, GIF or PNG file format. The file format that you choose depends largely on the characteristics of the image. For more details, see Export for the Web dialog box description.

File -> Recent files
Choose a file among those opened before and reopen it. Enables you to reopen a recently used file. If you have not opened or created any images, the list will be empty.
File -> Exit
Ends the current session.

Edit -> Undo
Undoes your last action.

Edit -> Redo
Reapplies your last undo.
Imagelys Picture Styles supports multiple Undo/Redo steps per open image.

Edit -> Cut
The background image or the selected layer is removed and the cut data is copied to the clipboard, ready to use in other applications.
Edit -> Copy
The background image or the selected layer is copied to the clipboard while leaving the original image unaffected, ready to use in other applications.
Edit -> Paste as New Layer
If a bitmap is available in the clipboard, it is loaded in a new layer. The data are used to create a new layer above the current layer.
Edit -> Paste as New Image
Enables you to load a bitmap that is available in the clipboard into a new image in a new window.

Layers -> New Layer
You can add a new layer and change its name.
When no layer is selected, a new layer is automatically created if you generate a texture from the ToolPalette.
Layers -> New Bitmap Layer
Creates a new bitmap layer in the image and opens an image file. It is loaded into the new layer.
You can use this function to add an effect to your texture.
Layers -> New Layer From Background
You can convert the image background into a new layer. The image background is copied into a new selected layer and next the background is drawn transparent.
Layers -> Mask for Transparency
A mask for transparency is a grayscale image that you apply to a layer. You can use it to hide, display or fade parts of a layer, and so to create special effects.
The transparency is determined by the gray value. Where it is black, the layer is completely masked; where it is white, the layer is unmasked; where it is gray, the mask produces an effect of transparency.
The mask is merged with the bitmap in an alpha channel. You can also load or save the mask as a separate image on your hard disk. Other functions are available.
For more details, see mask for transparency editor.
Layers -> Save Layer as
Opens the Save dialog box to save the selected layer as a new image file.
If you want to save also the transparency mask, you will choose the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) file format.
Layers -> Edit Text Layer
The Text tool places text into an image. You can change the font, color and size of your text, align it, add a shadow, and fill it with a texture, interactively.
For more details, see Edit Text Layer description.
Change the order of the layers.
To move a layer up or down within the stack of layers, choose:

Layers -> Arrange -> Bring to Front

To place the selected layer at the top, in front of all other layers in the image.

Layers -> Arrange -> Up one Level or Down one Level

Each time you choose this command, the selected layer moves up or down one level.

Layers -> Arrange -> Send to Back

To place the selected layer at the bottom, behind all layers in the image, just above the background.

Layers -> Arrange -> Hide/Show Layer
The selected layer is hidden or shown.
Layers -> Arrange -> Delete
The selected layer is deleted.
Layers -> Arrange -> Resize as Background
The selected layer is resized with the same dimension as the background.
Layers -> Flatten Layer
The selected layer and the background are merged.
Layers -> Flatten all Layers
All the layers and the background are merged in a single image.
Layers -> Select Layer -> Background
Click on background to deselect the layer.
Layers -> Select Layer -> Layer
The Select Layer command of the Layers Menu displays the list of layers in the image. You can make a layer current, or active, by clicking its name in the list. The current layer has a check mark next to its name.
Layers -> Change Layer Name
You can change the name of the layer so that you can easily identify it.

Selection -> Make a Selection
To create a selection, drag your mouse over the image background. Once the dotted line area covers the area you want to select, release the mouse button. You can move or resize the selection area with the mouse. If a selection is active, you can not select a layer.
Selection -> Select All
Selects the entire image background.
Selection -> Deselect
Deselects the selected area in the image background.
Selection -> Crop to Selection
Cuts away unwanted portions of the image background.
Discards the image content outside a selected area and resizes the image accordingly.
Selection -> Convert to Layer
Creates a new layer from the current selection. This function is automatically executed if you click into the image menu or the effects menu.

Image -> Flip & Rotate -> Flip Horizontal
The selected layer or image background is reversed horizontally. What was the left side becomes the right side, and what was the right side becomes the left.
Image -> Flip & Rotate -> Flip vertical
The selected layer or image background is reversed vertically. What was the top becomes the bottom, and vice-versa.
Image -> Flip & Rotate -> 180°
The selected layer or image background is rotated by 180 degrees.
Image -> Flip & Rotate -> 90° Left
The selected layer or image background is rotated by 90 degrees anti-clockwise.
Image -> Flip & Rotate -> 90° Right
The selected layer or image background is rotated by 90 degrees clockwise.
Image -> Flip & Rotate -> 45° Left Seamless
The selected layer or image background is rotated by 45 degrees anti-clockwise with seamless correction.
Image -> Flip & Rotate -> 45° Right Seamless
The selected layer or image background is rotated by 90 degrees clockwise with seamless correction.
Image -> Free Transform
This command let you apply the transformations to a layer. You can scale horizontally, vertically, or both horizontally and vertically. You can turn a layer around a reference point. By default, this point is at the center of the layer; however, you can move it to another location. You can also skew while slanting a layer vertically and horizontally. For more details, see Transform description.
Image -> Transforming Perspective
The Transforming Perspective tool allows you to transform the perspective in an image. For more details, see Transforming Perspective description.
Image -> Spherize
Gives objects a 3D effect by wrapping a selection around a spherical shape. For more details, see Spherize tool description.
Image -> Deformation
Use this function to deform the texture. The image background or the selected layer will be distorted. For more details, see Deformation description.
Image -> Spread
You can fill the image background or the selected layer with their repeated contents. For more details, see Spread the image description.
Image -> Scrolling
You can scroll the image.
The bitmap inside the selected layer or image background is scrolled horizontally and/or vertically.
Image -> Auto Adjust
The brightness and the contrast will be automatically adjusted.
Image -> Adjust Colors
You can change the brightness, contrast, gamma, saturation and hue values of an image. Brightness represents the overall percentage of white in an image, contrast determines the amount of shading between areas, gamma is a measure of contrast and brightness, saturation is the purity of the hue and hue refers to tint. For more details, see Adjust Colors description.
Image -> Colors Change
You can recolor the image.
Image -> Replace Colors
The replace colors lets you replace one color with another. Depending on the range you set, you can replace one color or shift an entire image from one color range to another. You can set the hue, saturation and lightness for the new color.
For more details, see Replace Colors description.
Image -> Color Balance
The color balance tool modifies the color balance of the selected layer or the image background.
For more details, see Color Balance description.
Image -> Modify Fill Color
You can modify the fill color of the image background or the selected layer.
For more details, see Modify Fill Color description.
Image -> Equalize Brightness
Equalize Brightness correction darkens and lightens sections of an image to equalize the level of brightness.
For more details, see Equalize Brightness description.
Image -> Curves
A very powerful way of correcting exposure problems is to use the Curves tool. This tool allows you to click and drag control points on a curve, in order to create a function mapping input brightness levels to output brightness levels. The Curves tool can replicate any effect you can achieve with the Adjust Colors tool or the Levels tool, so it is more powerful than either of them. Once again, we refer you to the Curves Tool description, but the easiest way to learn how to use it is by experimenting.
Image -> Levels
A more sophisticated, and only slightly more difficult, way of correcting exposure problems is to use the Levels tool. The dialog for this tool looks very complicated, but for the basic usage we have in mind here, the only part you need to deal with is the "Input Levels" area, specifically the three triangular sliders that appear below the histogram.
We refer you to the Levels Tool description for instructions; but actually the easiest way to learn how to use it is to experiment by moving the three sliders around, and watching how the image is affected.
(Make sure that "Preview" is checked into the dialog box.)
Image -> Make Seamless
Prepares an image for use as a tiled background. You can blend the edges of an image to create a seamless texture.
For more details, see Make Seamless description.
Image -> Resynthesizer
The Resynthesizer can be used to make more of a texture, and can make the resulting image tilable. For more details, see Resynthesizer description.
Image -> Resize Image
You can resize the image.
Image -> Expand Canvas
You can expand the canvas area of the current window. For more details, see Expand Canvas description.
Image -> Crop to Selection
Cuts away unwanted portions of the image background.
Discards the image content outside a selected area and resizes the image accordingly.
To use this tool, make a selection at first.
Image -> Set as Wallpaper -> Tiled
Fills the entire desktop with the duplicate copies of the image placed side-by-side.
Image -> Set as Wallpaper -> Centered
Places the resized image on the desktop.

Effects -> Image Warping
This filter allows you to deform interactively some parts of the image. To use it, first select a deform type then click on the Warp Tool and drag the mouse pointer.
For more details, see Image Warping dialog box description.
Effects -> Flare FX
This filter gives the impression that sun hit the objective when taking a shot. You can locate the reflection at the position of your choice. We refer you to the Flare Filter description for instructions.
Effects -> Apply Effects...
The Effects Parameters lets you apply effects to your image. You can view thumbnail examples of what each effect does. You can also change the settings of each effect you have applied to achieve the effect you want. For more details, see Effects Parameters dialog box description.


View -> Zoom -> Zoom In (F5)
The magnification increases by one level each time you click.
View -> Zoom -> Zoom Out (F6)
The magnification decreases by one level each time you click.
View -> Show at Actual Size (100%) (F7)
Show the image at actual size (100%).
View -> Fit in Window (F8)
Enlarges the current window to fit the whole workspace and adjusts the image zoom ratio.
View -> Adjust Window (F9)
Automatically resize the current window to fit the zoom ratio of the image.
View -> ToolPalette (F10)
Show the ToolPalette.
View -> Edit Texture Tiled (F11)
In Full Screen Edit mode the workspace expands to cover the screen. This gives you the largest possible space for displaying your tiled texture. The ToolPalette is visible, but the menu is hidden. Press the F11 key again or the Escape key to return to the normal mode.
View -> View Texture Tiled (F12)
In Full Screen Preview mode your tiled texture covers the entire screen as above, but in this mode the image cannot be changed. Press the F12 key again or the Escape key to return to the normal mode.
View -> Layers Palette
The Layers Palette lists all layers in an image as individual thumbnails. You can use the Layers Palette to create new layers, delete layers, show or hide layers and change their orders.
For more details, see Layers Palette description.
View -> Ruler
You can show or hide the rulers. Rulers help you position images or elements precisely. When visible, rulers appear along the top and left side of the active window. Markers in the ruler display the pointer’s position when you move it.
View -> Window list
You can show or hide the Window List. The Window List displays open documents in the workspace. It's easy to switch between a handful of open documents using the Window List.
View -> 3D Preview
You can preview an image on specified object in three dimension.
For more details, see 3D Preview description.

Window -> Cascade
Stacks the windows and aligns them from the upper left to the lower right of the workspace.
Window -> Tile
Tile Horizontally aligns the windows in rows.

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