Image Viewer Help

About Image Viewer
Rotating an Image
Flipping an Image
Zooming In and Out
Copying an Image
Moving an Image
Seeing a Thumbnail View
Viewing Other Images in the Current Directory
Keyboard Shortcuts
Supported File Types
Copyright Notices

About Image Viewer
Using Image Viewer, you can view and manipulate most of the different types of images that you are likely to encounter, including .bmp, .gif, .jpg/.jpeg, .tif/.tiff, .png, and .xbm images. You can:

Rotating an Image

Flipping an Image
Zooming In or Out
With the zoom feature, you can move in for a closer, magnified view, or you can move away for a view from a distance. There are six zoom settings, ranging from one-eighth (12.5%) to four times (400%) the normal size of an image. The zoom feature also contains the following special settings:
Fit Horizontal  Expands or contracts the image horizontally so that it fills the width of the screen. To see parts of the image that are not displayed, turn on the Image Map.
Fit Vertical  Expands or contracts the image vertically so that it fills the height of the screen. To see parts of the image that are not displayed, turn on the Image Map.
Fit Both  Expands or contracts the image horizontally and vertically so that it fills the height and width of the screen. To see parts of the image that are not displayed, turn on the Image Map.

See Also
Zoom in or out


Zoom in or out Note  The normal size of an image is 100%. A zoom of 50% is half normal size, a zoom of 200% is twice normal size, and so forth.
Copying an Image
Note  After you copy an image to the Clipboard, you can paste it into another document with that application's Paste command. The copied image is converted to grayscale before being pasted.
Moving an Image
There are several ways to move an image on the screen:
Note  In some zoom settings, you might not be able to drag an image.
About the Image Map
Depending on the size of an image, the main screen may not be able to display the entire image. The Image Map, a small, movable window, always shows the entire image. The rectangular highlight inside the Image Map works like a window on the part of an image that you want to see. You can drag it over any part of the image. If you zoom in or out, the highlight changes in size accordingly. The larger the zoom on the main screen, the smaller the highlight in the Image Map, and the smaller the zoom on the main screen, the larger the highlight in the Image Map.

See Also
Set the Image Map Options
Use the Image Map


Set the Image Map Options
You can change the size of the thumbnail window and the color of the rectangular highlight.
  1. Select Edit > Options.
  2. In the Thumbnail Size box, enter the size you want.
    The default is 100, the minimum is 25, and the maximum is 500.
  3. Tap the Highlight Color box, and then select the color you want.
    To define a color not in the basic palette, tap Define. For more information, click or tap ?

Note  If your device displays images with 16-bits-per-pixel, you might be able to improve image quality by selecting Use Only 8 Bit-Per-Pixel Bitmaps. If your device displays images with 8-bits-per-pixel, this option has no effect and is unavailable.


Use the Image Map
  1. Select Edit > Show Image Map.
  2. Click or tap the rectangular highlight and drag it to the part of the image that you want to see on the main screen.
Note  To move the Image Map out of the way, click or tap the title bar and drag the window.
Viewing Other Images in the Current Directory
Each time you select the command or button, the previous or next file in the directory where you selected the current file appears on the screen.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Shortcut Key Shortcut
Ctrl+OFile > Open
Ctrl+PFile > Previous File in Directory
Ctrl+NFile > Next File in Directory
Ctrl+XFile > Exit
Ctrl+CEdit > Copy
Ctrl+MEdit > Show Image Map
Ctrl+SEdit > Show Scroll Bars
Ctrl+LImage > Rotate Left
Ctrl+RImage > Rotate Right
Ctrl+HImage > Flip Horizontal
Ctrl+VImage > Flip Vertical
Page UpImage > Previous Page
Page DownImage > Next Page
HomeImage > First Image in File
EndImage > Last Image in File
Ctrl+FSet zoom setting to Fit Both
Ctrl+1Set zoom setting to 100%
ArrowMove the viewpoint in the direction of the arrow
Ctrl+ArrowMove the viewpoint a single pixel in the direction of the arrow
Shift+ArrowMove the viewpoint a page in the direction of the arrow
Alt+HOpen the help file
 

Supported File Types
Extension Description
.bmpWindows Bitmap Format
.gifGraphics Interchange Format
.jpg, .jpegJPEG File Interchange Format
.pngPortable Network Graphics Format
.tif, .tiffTag Image File Format
.xbmX BitMap

Notes
If you open a .gif or .png file that contains multiple images, Image Viewer displays only the first image. If you open a .tiff file that contains multiple images, Image Viewer provides access to those images with the Previous Page and Next Page commands on the Image menu.
Copyright Notices

Portions of this software are based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.

Copyright © 1988-1996 Sam Leffler
Copyright © 1991-1996 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that (i) the above copyright notices and this permission notice appear in all copies of the software and related documentation, and (ii) the names of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics may not be used in any advertising or publicity relating to the software without the specific, prior written permission of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

IN NO EVENT SHALL SAM LEFFLER OR SILICON GRAPHICS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE, AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.