Edit Menu
Use the edit menu for actions that is related to edit the current loaded image in the window. The menu contains the following entries:
- Undo cancels the current operation and returns to the last state.
- Redo continues next operation and goes to the next state.
- Select Rectangle changes the current state to selection ready state
- Select Image selects the whole image for processing
- Deselect discards the selection
- Crop to Selection crops the selection to fill the whole window
- Copy Selection to Clipboard copies the selection to the clipboard
- Copy Image to Clipboard copies the whole image to the clipboard
- Paste from Clipboard pastes the image data in the clipboard to the image window
- Clear Clipboard clears the data in the clipboard
- Clear Image clears the image in the window, makes the window blank
- Resize Image resizes the loaded image
- Rotate Image rotates the loaded image
- Paint Image on Canvas paints the loaded image on the canvas
- Capture the Last Full Screen captures the last full screen into the window
- Capture the Last Active Window captures the last active window into the image window
- Capture Window captures by spying each windows
- Capture Region captures by region with mouse drag and drop
- Capture an Icon Area (32 X 32) captures an 32x32 icon size region
Undo
To execute undo command, select Undo from the [Edit] pull-down menu. The Undo command reverses previous editing actions.
Redo
To execute redo command, select Redo from the Edit pull-down menu. The Redo command Reapplies previous editing actions that have been undone.
Select Rectangle
This menu item changes current state to selection state, after this menu item, the mouse icon would be changed to cross for your drag and drop on the image to select an area from the image for processing.
Select Image
Select the whole loaded image for processing.
Deselect
This menu item would be disabled if there is no area selected. If there is area selected, this menu item would be enabled. Press this menu item and the selected area would be deselected.
Crop to Selection
This menu item crops the selected area as the whole image of the current image. After cropping, the selection would disappear.
Copy Selection to Clipboard
This menu item copies the area selected by selection rectangle to clipboard. After copying, you may paste the image data in the clipboard to other applications or for later using. After copying, the selection area would disappear.
Copy Image to Clipboard
Using this menu item you can copy the whole loaded image to clipboard so that it becomes available to other programs. This method copies entire picture, regardless of how much of it is actually visible inside the view window.
Paste from Clipboard
Using this menu item you can load and display an image that has been previously copied to clipboard (by the control or other Windows program). Note that clipboard must contain valid bitmap image data for this to work. If you try to use this when clipboard contains non-image data (for example text), nothing would be pasted.
Clear Clipboard
This menu item would clear the image data stored in the clipboard and make the clipboard empty. After this menu item, you could not paste from the clipboard without copying new image data to the clipboard.
Clear Image
This menu item clears the loaded image and the window would show blank canvas.
Resize Image
- This menu item activates a dialog window for resizing currently loaded image to dimensions given by [width] and [height] parameters.
- From the resize dialog, you may enter the width and height of the new image as you like. If the [Constrain Proportions] option is checked, when you enter width value or height value, another value would change according to the old image's proportion of width to height.
- You may also check the option [Fixed Proportions] and then select the fixed proportions from the following list box, the fixed value from 10% to 1000% for your selection.
- Press the [OK] button to apply the settings.
- Press the [Cancel] button to ignore the settings.
- Press the [Preview] button to view the result of the resizing.
Rotate Image
- This menu item activates a dialog window for rotating currently loaded image to fixed or arbitrary degrees.
- From the rotate dialog,You may select [Fixed] radio button to select fixed degrees from the list box for rotating.
- You may select [Arbitrary] radio button to enter arbitrary degrees from spin text box for rotating.
- Press the [Preview] 2-state button down to preview the rotate at real time.
- Press the [Select Background Color...] button to select a color for the canvas color of the rotated image.
- Press the [OK] button to apply the settings.
- Press the [Cancel] button to ignore the settings.
Paint Image on Canvas
- This menu item activates a dialog window for adding canvas for currently loaded image.
- From the canvas dialog, you may enter the width and height of the canvas as you like. The canvas width and height must be larger the image's width and height, or the canvas would be hided by the image.
- Press the [Select Canvas Color...] button to select a color value for the canvas.
- Press the [OK] button to apply the settings.
- Press the [Cancel] button to ignore the settings.
- Press the [Preview] button to view the result of the added canvas.
Capture the Last Full Screen
This menu item minimizes the current window and captures the full screen window and displays the captured image in the window.
Capture the Last Active Window
- This menu item minimizes the current window and then captures the focused window.
- After capturing, return to the old state and displays the captured image in the window.
Capture Window
- This menu item minimizes the current window and then shows a small capture tool window.
- Click the capture tool , drag the icon and move it on the screen to enum every windows for capturing. When the icon moved on to the window, the window would be bounded by highlight rectangle, when drop the mouse, the bounded area would be captured.
- After capturing, it returns to the old state and displays the captured image in the window.
Capture Region
- This menu item minimizes the current window and then shows the last full screen for capturing. The mouse would be changed to cross size, select the area you would like to capture by drag and drop. When the mouse is released, the selected region would be captured.
- After capturing, it returns to the old state and displays the captured image in the window.
Capture an Icon Area (32 X 32)
- This menu item minimizes the current window and then shows the last full screen for capturing. The mouse would be changed to 32 X 32 block icon, move the mouse to the area that bounded by the mouse icon then click the mouse, the icon size area would be captured.
- After capturing, it returns to the old state and displays the captured image in the window.
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