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0001 <?xml version="1.0"?> 0002 <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.5-Based Variant V1.1//EN" 0003 "dtd/kdedbx45.dtd" [ 0004 <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> 0005 <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE"><!-- change language only here --> 0006 ]> 0007 0008 <book id="gwenview" lang="&language;"> 0009 <title>Gwenview User Manual</title> 0010 0011 <bookinfo> 0012 <authorgroup> 0013 <author> 0014 <firstname>Aurélien</firstname> 0015 <surname>Gâteau</surname> 0016 <affiliation><address><email>agateau@kde.org</email></address></affiliation> 0017 </author> 0018 <author> 0019 <firstname>Christopher</firstname><surname>Martin</surname> 0020 <affiliation><address><email>chrsmrtn@debian.org</email></address></affiliation> 0021 </author> 0022 <author> 0023 <firstname>Henry</firstname> 0024 <surname>de Valence</surname> 0025 <affiliation><address><email>hdevalence@gmail.com</email></address></affiliation> 0026 </author> 0027 <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> 0028 </authorgroup> 0029 <copyright> 0030 <year>2005</year> 0031 <holder>Aurélien Gâteau</holder> 0032 </copyright> 0033 <copyright> 0034 <year>2008</year> 0035 <holder>Henry de Valence</holder> 0036 </copyright> 0037 <legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> 0038 0039 <date>2021-06-04</date> 0040 <releaseinfo>KDE Gear 21.08</releaseinfo> 0041 <abstract> 0042 <para>&gwenview; is an image and video viewer.</para> 0043 </abstract> 0044 <keywordset> 0045 <keyword>KDE</keyword> 0046 <keyword>image</keyword> 0047 <keyword>viewer</keyword> 0048 <keyword>artist</keyword> 0049 <keyword>photo</keyword> 0050 <keyword>picture</keyword> 0051 </keywordset> 0052 </bookinfo> 0053 <!--FIXME Read devels blog on http://agateau.com/ 0054 --> 0055 <chapter id="introduction"> 0056 <title>Introduction</title> 0057 0058 <sect1 id="what-is-gwenview"> 0059 <title>What is &gwenview;</title> 0060 0061 <para> 0062 &gwenview; is a fast and easy to use image and video viewer. 0063 </para> 0064 0065 <para> 0066 &gwenview; features two main modes: Browse and View. Both modes can be used 0067 in a normal application window and Full Screen. Browse Mode 0068 lets you navigate through your computer showing thumbnails of your images, View 0069 Mode lets you view images one at a time, and Full Screen lets you make quick 0070 slideshows. There is also a start screen that displays a list of recently opened 0071 folders and &URL;s as well as your places and tags. 0072 </para> 0073 0074 <para>Image loading is handled by the &Qt; library, so &gwenview; supports all 0075 image formats your &Qt; installation supports. &gwenview; correctly displays images 0076 with an alpha channel (transparency) as well as animations.</para> 0077 0078 <para>&gwenview; supports the displaying and editing of EXIF comments in JPEG 0079 images. Lossless JPEG transforms such as rotations and mirroring are also supported.</para> 0080 0081 <para>&gwenview; can read embedded color profiles from PNG and JPEG files. 0082 It can use the image color profile together with the display color profile 0083 to output correct colors on the screen.</para> 0084 </sect1> 0085 0086 </chapter> 0087 0088 <chapter id="interface"> 0089 <title>The Interface</title> 0090 0091 <sect1 id='start_page'><title>Start Page</title> 0092 <para>The start page lists recently opened folders and &URL;s on the left side, 0093 and your places and tags on the right side.</para> 0094 0095 <screenshot> 0096 <screeninfo>Start Page Screenshot</screeninfo> 0097 <mediaobject> 0098 <imageobject> 0099 <imagedata fileref="start-page.png" format="PNG" /> 0100 </imageobject> 0101 </mediaobject> 0102 </screenshot> 0103 </sect1> 0104 0105 <sect1 id='image_operations'><title>Image Operations</title> 0106 <para>&gwenview; has a few features which are available in both Browse, View, and 0107 Full Screen view. &gwenview; has the capability to do basic alteration of your 0108 images.</para> 0109 <itemizedlist> 0110 <listitem><para>Rotate: A rotate operation will rotate the image either to the left 0111 or to the right, depending on whether you do 0112 <menuchoice> 0113 <shortcut> 0114 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>R</keycap></keycombo> 0115 </shortcut> 0116 <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> 0117 <guimenuitem>Rotate Right</guimenuitem> 0118 </menuchoice> 0119 or 0120 <menuchoice> 0121 <shortcut> 0122 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>R</keycap></keycombo> 0123 </shortcut> 0124 <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> 0125 <guimenuitem>Rotate Left</guimenuitem> 0126 </menuchoice> </para></listitem> 0127 0128 <listitem><para> 0129 <menuchoice> 0130 <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> 0131 <guimenuitem>Mirror</guimenuitem> 0132 </menuchoice>: 0133 This operation will reflect the image along the vertical 0134 axis, as if you were seeing it in a mirror.</para></listitem> 0135 0136 <listitem><para> 0137 <menuchoice> 0138 <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> 0139 <guimenuitem>Flip</guimenuitem> 0140 </menuchoice>: 0141 This operation will reflect the image upside-down (a 0142 reflection along the horizontal axis)</para></listitem> 0143 0144 <listitem><para> 0145 <menuchoice> 0146 <shortcut> 0147 <keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>R</keycap></keycombo> 0148 </shortcut> 0149 <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> 0150 <guimenuitem>Resize</guimenuitem> 0151 </menuchoice>: 0152 This operation will allow you to shrink or expand the image. Note that if you 0153 increase the size of an image, it may appear 0154 blurry and/or pixelated.</para></listitem> 0155 <!-- Crop + Red Eye Reduction are discussed in View mode sect--> 0156 </itemizedlist> 0157 0158 <para>These actions are also available on the <guilabel>Operations</guilabel> tab of the sidebar.</para> 0159 0160 <para>If you have edited one or more images a bar with additional actions is displayed at the top of the image. 0161 You can undo or redo your changes, go to the previous or next modified image and there are three options to save 0162 the changed images. 0163 </para> 0164 0165 <screenshot> 0166 <screeninfo>Actions bar for modified images</screeninfo> 0167 <mediaobject> 0168 <imageobject> 0169 <imagedata fileref="modified-bar.png" format="PNG" /> 0170 </imageobject> 0171 </mediaobject> 0172 </screenshot> 0173 0174 <!--FIXME all actions also available context menus, where to add that info --> 0175 0176 </sect1> 0177 0178 <sect1 id='browse_mode'><title>Browse Mode</title> 0179 0180 <para>When in Browse Mode, you can easily navigate through your files and folders. 0181 The preview window shows thumbnails of the images in the current folder, as 0182 well as subfolders. </para> 0183 0184 <screenshot> 0185 <screeninfo>Browse Mode Screenshot</screeninfo> 0186 <mediaobject> 0187 <imageobject> 0188 <imagedata fileref="browse_mode.png" format="PNG" /> 0189 </imageobject> 0190 </mediaobject> 0191 </screenshot> 0192 0193 <para> 0194 Moving the mouse over an image shows buttons to select or rotate the image as well as 0195 a button to enter Fullscreen Mode. 0196 Modified images are indicated by an icon down right, click it to save the changed image. 0197 Clicking on an image takes you into View 0198 Mode. You may select multiple images and switch to View Mode to view them side-by-side.</para> 0199 0200 <para>The slider at the bottom right allows you to change the size of the images. 0201 You can also filter the images by filename, date, tag or rating using the box on the 0202 lower left. The toolbar appears in both Browse mode as well as View 0203 mode and contains the most commonly used actions. </para> 0204 <itemizedlist> 0205 <listitem><para><guiicon>Start Page</guiicon>: Open the start page.</para></listitem> 0206 <listitem><para><guiicon>Browse</guiicon>: Switches to Browse Mode.</para></listitem> 0207 <listitem><para><guiicon>View</guiicon>: Switches to View Mode.</para></listitem> 0208 <listitem><para><guiicon>Previous</guiicon>: Clicking this icon will go 0209 to the previous image in the folder.</para></listitem> 0210 0211 <listitem><para><guiicon>Next</guiicon>: Clicking this button will go to 0212 the next image in the folder.</para></listitem> 0213 0214 <listitem><para><guiicon>Show Editing Tools</guiicon>: Clicking this button toggles 0215 the <link linkend="sidebar">Operations sidebar tab</link>.</para></listitem> 0216 0217 <listitem><para><guiicon>Full Screen</guiicon>: Switches to Full Screen Mode.</para></listitem> 0218 </itemizedlist> 0219 0220 </sect1> 0221 0222 <sect1 id='view_mode'><title>View Mode</title> 0223 <para>View Mode displays full-size images. The same 0224 <link linkend="sidebar">sidebar</link> available in Browse Mode is displayed on 0225 the left. At the bottom, there is the Thumbnail Bar, which allows you to scroll 0226 through the images in the current folder. The Thumbnail Bar can be unfolded by 0227 clicking on the <guibutton>Show Thumbnails</guibutton> button. Clicking again will 0228 fold it. To change the size of the thumbnails move the splitter with the &LMB;.</para> 0229 0230 <para>View Mode supports viewing multiple images side-by-side. You may select 0231 multiple images in Browse Mode before switching to View Mode, or you may click the 0232 <guibutton>+</guibutton> button that appears when hovering over images in the 0233 Thumbnail Bar to add a pane displaying that image. A <guibutton>-</guibutton> will 0234 then appear that will permit you to remove its pane.</para> 0235 0236 <para>When multiple images are displayed, a small toolbar appears below each image 0237 that permits you to delete the image or remove its pane. You may perform zoom operations 0238 independently for each image, or synchronize them. Toggle this by checking the 0239 <guilabel>Synchronize</guilabel> to the left of the zoom slider or by pressing 0240 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Y</keycap></keycombo>. You can switch images 0241 by clicking on their pane, or using your keyboard. To switch to the image on the 0242 right, press <keycombo action="simul">	</keycombo>. To switch to the image 0243 on the left, press <keycombo action="simul">&Shift;	</keycombo>.</para> 0244 0245 <screenshot> 0246 <screeninfo>View Mode Screenshot</screeninfo> 0247 <mediaobject> 0248 <imageobject> 0249 <imagedata fileref="view_mode.png" format="PNG" /> 0250 </imageobject> 0251 </mediaobject> 0252 </screenshot> 0253 0254 <para>The slider at the bottom right controls the zoom of the image. The 0255 <guibutton>Fit</guibutton>, <guibutton>Fill</guibutton> and <guibutton>100%</guibutton> 0256 buttons are next to the zoom slider and are three preset zoom levels. The 0257 <guibutton>Fit</guibutton> button zooms the current image to fit the size 0258 of the window, the <guibutton>Fill</guibutton> button zooms the image to fill the window 0259 by fitting width or height and the <guibutton>100%</guibutton> button zooms the image to 0260 the actual pixel size. The shortcut <keycap>F</keycap> toggles between <guibutton>Fit</guibutton> mode and <guibutton>100%</guibutton>, pressing <keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo> will toggle <guibutton>Fill</guibutton> respectively.</para> 0261 0262 <para>When an image is in zoom-to-fit mode, you can go to the previous and next 0263 image with the arrow keys. When you zoom in, arrow keys are used to scroll the image. 0264 This is very similar to the behavior provided by phones or digital cameras.</para> 0265 0266 <para>When an image is zoomed in, a bird's eye view appears and lets you scroll 0267 the image using the mouse and the arrow keys. The bird's eye view automatically hides 0268 itself after a short delay, showing back only while zooming or scrolling. The bird's eye view 0269 can be disabled from the right click context menu or from <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Show Bird's Eye View When Zoomed In</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para> 0270 0271 <para>You can define what happens when going to image B after having zoomed in on an area of image A using the options in the <guilabel>Zoom mode</guilabel> group on the <guimenuitem>Image View</guimenuitem> page of the &gwenview; configuration window which can be reached using the <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure &gwenview;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para> 0272 0273 <itemizedlist> 0274 <listitem><para>If set to <guilabel>Autofit each image</guilabel>, image B is zoomed out to fit the screen.</para></listitem> 0275 <listitem><para>If set to <guilabel>Keep same zoom and position</guilabel>, all images share the same zoom and position: image B is set to the same zoom parameters as image A (and if these are changed, image A will then be displayed with the updated zoom and position).</para></listitem> 0276 <listitem><para>If set to <guilabel>Per image zoom and position</guilabel>, all images remember their own zoom and position: image B is initially set to the same zoom parameters as image A, but will then remember its own zoom and position (if these are changed, image A will <emphasis>not</emphasis> be displayed with the updated zoom and position).</para></listitem> 0277 </itemizedlist> 0278 0279 <tip><para>You can start directly in View mode by starting &gwenview; from a 0280 context menu like <guimenuitem>Open With</guimenuitem> in another program or by 0281 launching it from the command line with an image as an argument.</para> </tip> 0282 0283 <para>The following additional image operations are available only in View Mode:</para> 0284 0285 <itemizedlist> 0286 <listitem><para> 0287 <menuchoice> 0288 <shortcut> 0289 <keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo> 0290 </shortcut> 0291 <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> 0292 <guimenuitem>Crop</guimenuitem> 0293 </menuchoice>: 0294 This operation lets you discard parts of the image you don't want. 0295 </para> 0296 <para> 0297 You can access the advanced cropping parameters by ticking <guilabel>Advanced settings</guilabel> check box on the bottom popup pane. Use the corresponding fields to tune up the cropping operation. 0298 </para> 0299 <para> 0300 It is also possible to adjust the cropped area by dragging the gray square handles on the borders of the image. You can move the cropped area by clicking and holding the &LMB; and drag it with the mouse pointer. 0301 </para> 0302 <para> 0303 Press the <guibutton>Crop</guibutton> button to see the results when you are ready. Use the upper popup pane to save the results or undo/redo the operation. 0304 </para></listitem> 0305 0306 <listitem><para> 0307 <menuchoice> 0308 <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> 0309 <guimenuitem>Reduce Red Eye</guimenuitem> 0310 </menuchoice>: 0311 This operation reduces the "red eye" effect commonly found in photographs taken 0312 with a flash camera. 0313 </para></listitem> 0314 </itemizedlist> 0315 0316 </sect1> 0317 0318 <sect1 id='fullscreen_mode'> 0319 <title>Full Screen Modes</title> 0320 0321 <para>Access Full Screen by pressing the <guiicon>Full Screen</guiicon> 0322 button on the toolbar, or by 0323 <menuchoice> 0324 <shortcut> 0325 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo> 0326 </shortcut> 0327 <guimenu>View</guimenu> 0328 <guimenuitem>Full Screen Mode</guimenuitem> 0329 </menuchoice>. 0330 </para> 0331 <para>To leave this mode press the &Esc; key.</para> 0332 0333 <sect2> 0334 <title>Browse Mode Full Screen</title> 0335 0336 <para>In Browse Mode you can switch to fullscreen also by clicking on the button that 0337 appears when you move the mouse over the thumbnails. 0338 </para> 0339 <screenshot> 0340 <screeninfo>Full Screen View Mode Screenshot</screeninfo> 0341 <mediaobject> 0342 <imageobject> 0343 <imagedata fileref="fullscreen-browse.png" format="PNG" /> 0344 </imageobject> 0345 </mediaobject> 0346 </screenshot> 0347 <para>Going fullscreen while browsing gives you a more immersive experience while 0348 you go through your pictures. It is quite nice on your regular computer, but makes 0349 even more sense when you connect your laptop to the big TV in the living room to show 0350 pictures to your guests. 0351 </para> 0352 </sect2> 0353 0354 <sect2 id="fullscreen"> 0355 <title>View Mode Full Screen</title> 0356 <para>The full screen View Mode shows a slideshow of your images. Access Full Screen 0357 Mode by clicking on the button that appears when you move the mouse over the 0358 thumbnails in Browse Mode, by pressing the <guiicon>Full Screen</guiicon> 0359 button on the taskbar. 0360 0361 <screenshot> 0362 <screeninfo>Full Screen Browse Mode Screenshot</screeninfo> 0363 <mediaobject> 0364 <imageobject> 0365 <imagedata fileref="fullscreen-view.png" format="PNG" /> 0366 </imageobject> 0367 </mediaobject> 0368 </screenshot> 0369 </para> 0370 0371 <para>The top bar will hide itself automatically; to show it simply move the 0372 mouse to the top of the screen. If the mouse cursor is over the top bar, it 0373 will not autohide. Most of the buttons on the bar are the same as the ones on 0374 the toolbar in Browse or View Modes, except for the <guiicon>Exit Full 0375 Screen Mode</guiicon> button which returns you to the &gwenview; window, the 0376 <guiicon>Pause/Resume Slideshow</guiicon> button, and the 0377 <guiicon>Configure Full Screen Mode</guiicon> button which shows a 0378 small settings dialog that allows you to easily and quickly configure the 0379 slideshow. The slideshow controls there are: </para> 0380 0381 <itemizedlist> 0382 <listitem><para>The <guilabel>Interval</guilabel> slider controls how long 0383 &gwenview; will show an image before it move to the next one.</para></listitem> 0384 <listitem><para>If the <guilabel>Loop</guilabel> check box is checked, when the 0385 end of the slideshow is reached, it will continue from the beginning instead 0386 of stopping. </para></listitem> 0387 <listitem><para>If the <guilabel>Random</guilabel> check box is checked, 0388 instead of progressing through the folder alphabetically, images will be 0389 shown in random order.</para></listitem> 0390 <listitem><para><guibutton>Select Image Information to Display</guibutton> allows 0391 you to define what metadata is displayed under the buttons on the toolbar. 0392 </para></listitem> 0393 <listitem><para>If the <guilabel>Show thumbnails</guilabel> check box is checked, 0394 thumbnails for all images in the current folder will be displayed to the right of 0395 the toolbar.</para></listitem> 0396 <listitem><para>The <guilabel>Height</guilabel> slider changes the size of the 0397 thumbnails displayed.</para></listitem> 0398 </itemizedlist> 0399 0400 <para>If enabled, an area that shows you the other images in the current folder will 0401 be shown on the top bar. Clicking on one will display it.</para> 0402 </sect2> 0403 </sect1> 0404 0405 <sect1 id="sidebar"> 0406 <title>Sidebar</title> 0407 0408 <para>The sidebar on the left is available in the Browse and View <!--FIXME not in Full Screen-->modes, but does 0409 not appear by default in Browse Mode. Its appearance can be toggled using 0410 <menuchoice> 0411 <shortcut> 0412 <keycap>F4</keycap> 0413 </shortcut> 0414 <guimenu>View</guimenu> 0415 <guimenuitem>Sidebar</guimenuitem> 0416 </menuchoice> 0417 or using the <guiicon>▮←</guiicon> / <guiicon>▮→</guiicon> button at the left side 0418 of the statusbar. When clicked it collapses or expands the sidebar. 0419 The sidebar contains several tabs:</para> 0420 0421 <variablelist> 0422 0423 <varlistentry> 0424 <term><guilabel>Folders</guilabel></term> 0425 <listitem><para>Displays a list of all folders on your system permitting you to 0426 switch between them. In Browse Mode thumbnails from the folder will be displayed, 0427 while in View Mode the first image in the folder will appear, from which you can 0428 browse through the folder using the <guibutton>Previous</guibutton> and 0429 <guibutton>Next</guibutton> buttons or shortcuts. Clicking on a folder multiple 0430 times toggles between View Mode and Browse Mode.</para></listitem> 0431 </varlistentry> 0432 0433 <varlistentry> 0434 <term><guilabel>Information</guilabel></term> 0435 <listitem><para>Displays <guilabel>Meta Information</guilabel> like the filename 0436 and size. The <guilabel>More...</guilabel> link permits you to view all available 0437 metadata and select which data appear in the sidebar.</para></listitem> 0438 </varlistentry> 0439 0440 <varlistentry> 0441 <term><guilabel>Operations</guilabel></term> 0442 <listitem><para>This permits you to perform the 0443 <link linkend="image_operations">previously described global image operations</link> 0444 as well as those specific to View Mode. It also permits common file operations like 0445 copying, renaming, deleting, and creating new folders.</para></listitem> 0446 </varlistentry> 0447 0448 </variablelist> 0449 </sect1> 0450 0451 </chapter> 0452 <chapter id="importer"> 0453 <title>&gwenview; Importer</title> 0454 0455 <sect1> 0456 <title>Introduction</title> 0457 <para>The &gwenview; Importer allows you to import images from a digital camera or 0458 removable media. To launch it, select <guilabel>Download Photos with &gwenview;</guilabel> 0459 in the &kde; Device Notifier after connecting a supported device.</para> 0460 0461 <para>When you plug in a device the &gwenview; importer recursively lists all images and videos. 0462 </para> 0463 <para>This is not always what you expect, ⪚ plugging a smartphone you do not want to list all medias 0464 of the device; but only the pictures you took, which are usually in a special subfolder. 0465 </para> 0466 0467 <screenshot> 0468 <screeninfo>Root Folder Picking</screeninfo> 0469 <mediaobject> 0470 <imageobject> 0471 <imagedata fileref="importer-picking-root-folder.png" format="PNG" /> 0472 </imageobject> 0473 </mediaobject> 0474 </screenshot> 0475 <para>It is possible to select the root folder to list, and &gwenview; Importer will remember the 0476 last root folder for each device. This way, next time you plug a device in, only the relevant 0477 pictures and videos should be listed. 0478 </para> 0479 0480 <sect2> 0481 <title>Importing Images</title> 0482 0483 <screenshot> 0484 <screeninfo>&gwenview; Importer Screenshot</screeninfo> 0485 <mediaobject> 0486 <imageobject> 0487 <imagedata fileref="importer.png" format="PNG" /> 0488 </imageobject> 0489 </mediaobject> 0490 </screenshot> 0491 0492 <para>If you wish, you may select the images you want to import under 0493 <guilabel>Select the documents to import</guilabel> by pressing the <guiicon>+</guiicon> 0494 button that appears when hovering over an image. You may also select the folder 0495 that images are imported to in the text box at the bottom of the window. When you are done, click the 0496 <guibutton>Import Selected</guibutton> button to import only the images you have 0497 selected, or click <guibutton>Import All</guibutton> to import all images found 0498 on the device.</para> 0499 </sect2> 0500 0501 <sect2> 0502 <title>Automatic Renaming</title> 0503 <para>&gwenview; Importer can rename your files according to a specified pattern. 0504 To configure this, select the <guibutton>Settings</guibutton> in the lower left 0505 corner. You may turn this feature on or off using the check box at the top. The 0506 <guilabel>Rename Format</guilabel> supports several special parameters, which will 0507 be replaced by metadata such as the date the image was created or its filename. 0508 They are listed below the text box. You may either click on the parameter name to 0509 enter it into the text box or type one manually.</para> 0510 </sect2> 0511 </sect1> 0512 0513 </chapter> 0514 <chapter id="tips"> 0515 <title>Tips</title> 0516 <sect1 id='mouse'><title>Using the mouse</title> 0517 0518 <sect2 id='mouse_panning'><title>Panning with the mouse</title> 0519 <itemizedlist> 0520 <listitem><para>Holding down the left mouse button on an image allows you to 0521 scroll the image.</para></listitem> 0522 <listitem><para>The mouse wheel will scroll the image up and 0523 down.</para></listitem> 0524 </itemizedlist> 0525 </sect2> 0526 0527 0528 <sect2 id='mouse_zooming'><title>Zooming with the mouse</title> 0529 <itemizedlist> 0530 <listitem><para>Clicking the middle mouse button will toggle the <guibutton>Fit</guibutton> zoom button. Hold down the &Shift; key and middle-click to toggle the <guibutton>Fill</guibutton> zoom button.</para></listitem> 0531 <listitem><para>Hold down the &Ctrl; key, then either use the mouse wheel to 0532 zoom in and out or left click to zoom in and right click to zoom 0533 out.</para></listitem> 0534 0535 <listitem><para>The mouse wheel, used while holding down the &Alt; key, will 0536 scroll the image horizontally.</para></listitem> 0537 </itemizedlist> 0538 </sect2> 0539 0540 0541 <sect2 id='mouse_browsing'><title>Browsing with the mouse</title> 0542 <itemizedlist> 0543 <listitem><para>When in Browse mode, clicking an image switches into View mode and 0544 shows that image.</para></listitem> 0545 <listitem><para>When in Browse mode, scrolling the mouse wheel will scroll up 0546 or down the thumbnail view area.</para></listitem> 0547 <listitem><para>If the <guilabel>Mouse wheel behavior</guilabel> option in 0548 <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure 0549 &gwenview;</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 0550 is set to Browse, scrolling the mouse wheel while in View Mode will 0551 move you through the images in the folder.</para></listitem> 0552 </itemizedlist> 0553 </sect2> 0554 </sect1> 0555 0556 <sect1 id="keybindings"> <title>Key bindings</title> 0557 0558 <para>&gwenview; comes with a range of keyboard shortcuts, all of which can be 0559 viewed and remapped by selecting 0560 <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure 0561 Shortcuts...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Note that in the Files and Folders 0562 windows, all the normal &plasma; shortcuts are functional, unless otherwise 0563 remapped.</para> 0564 0565 <para>A few of the most useful default bindings are:</para> 0566 0567 <itemizedlist> 0568 <listitem><para><keycap>Space</keycap>: Displays the next image 0569 in the directory.</para></listitem> 0570 0571 <listitem><para>&Backspace;: 0572 Displays the previous image in the directory.</para></listitem> 0573 0574 <listitem><para><keycombo 0575 action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>Up</keycap></keycombo>: 0576 Moves to the parent folder of the current folder.</para></listitem> 0577 0578 <listitem><para><keycombo 0579 action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo>: 0580 Switches into Full Screen Mode.</para></listitem> 0581 0582 <listitem><para>&Esc;: Switches back to Browse Mode. 0583 </para></listitem> 0584 0585 <listitem><para><keycombo 0586 action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>M</keycap></keycombo>: 0587 Show or hide the menubar.</para></listitem> 0588 0589 <listitem><para><keycombo 0590 action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>B</keycap></keycombo>: 0591 Show or hide the Thumbnail bar.</para></listitem> 0592 0593 <listitem><para><keycap>F4</keycap>: 0594 Show or hide the Sidebar.</para></listitem> 0595 0596 <listitem><para><keycap>F6</keycap>: 0597 Make the Location bar editable so that you can directly type in a file path. 0598 You can return to the standard Location Bar by pressing the arrow at the 0599 right.</para></listitem> 0600 0601 <listitem><para><keycombo 0602 action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>R</keycap></keycombo>: 0603 Rotate the current image to the right.</para></listitem> 0604 0605 <listitem><para><keycombo 0606 action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>R</keycap></keycombo>: 0607 Rotate the current image to the left.</para></listitem> 0608 0609 <listitem><para><keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>R</keycap></keycombo>: 0610 Resize the current image.</para></listitem> 0611 0612 <listitem><para><keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo>: 0613 Crop the current image.</para></listitem> 0614 0615 <listitem><para><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Y</keycap></keycombo>: 0616 When multiple images are displayed in View Mode, this synchronizes their views. 0617 </para></listitem> 0618 0619 <listitem><para><keycombo 0620 action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo>: 0621 Save any changes made to the image.</para></listitem> 0622 0623 <listitem><para><keycap>Del</keycap>: 0624 Move the current image to the trash.</para></listitem> 0625 0626 <listitem><para><keycombo 0627 action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Del</keycap></keycombo>: 0628 Permanently delete the image from the disk. Note that this operation is 0629 irreversible and cannot be undone.</para></listitem> 0630 0631 <listitem><para><keycombo 0632 action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>P</keycap></keycombo>: 0633 Print the current image.</para></listitem> 0634 0635 <listitem><para><keycombo 0636 action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>O</keycap></keycombo>: 0637 Open an image using the standard file selection dialog.</para></listitem> 0638 0639 <listitem><para><keycap>F</keycap>: 0640 Pressing this shortcut toggles zoom-to-fit on and off.</para></listitem> 0641 0642 <listitem><para><keycap>P</keycap>: 0643 Viewing a video this shortcut toggles playback on and off.</para></listitem> 0644 0645 <listitem><para><keycombo 0646 action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>T</keycap></keycombo>: 0647 Edit tags.</para></listitem> 0648 0649 <listitem><para><keycap>F2</keycap>: 0650 Rename an image inline.</para></listitem> 0651 0652 <listitem><para><keycap>Del</keycap>: 0653 Move an image to the trash.</para></listitem> 0654 0655 <listitem><para><keycombo 0656 action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Del</keycap></keycombo>: 0657 Delete an image.</para></listitem> 0658 0659 <listitem><para><keycombo 0660 action="simul"><keycap>F7</keycap></keycombo>: 0661 Copy an image.</para></listitem> 0662 0663 <listitem><para><keycombo 0664 action="simul"><keycap>F8</keycap></keycombo>: 0665 Move an image.</para></listitem> 0666 0667 <listitem><para><keycombo 0668 action="simul"><keycap>F9</keycap></keycombo>: 0669 Link an image.</para></listitem> 0670 0671 </itemizedlist> 0672 0673 </sect1> 0674 </chapter> 0675 0676 <chapter id="configure"> 0677 <title>Configuring &gwenview;</title> 0678 <sect1 id="configindex"> 0679 <title>Configuration overview</title> 0680 <para> 0681 You can configure &gwenview; by choosing <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> 0682 <guimenuitem>Configure &gwenview;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. 0683 The configuration dialog is split into three sections. This chapter describes the available 0684 options in detail. 0685 </para> 0686 <itemizedlist> 0687 <listitem> 0688 <para><link linkend="configgeneral">General</link></para> 0689 </listitem> 0690 <listitem> 0691 <para><link linkend="configview">Image View</link></para> 0692 </listitem> 0693 <listitem> 0694 <para><link linkend="configadvanced">Advanced</link></para> 0695 </listitem> 0696 </itemizedlist> 0697 </sect1> 0698 <sect1 id="configgeneral"> 0699 <title>General</title> 0700 <variablelist> 0701 <varlistentry> 0702 <term><guilabel>Videos</guilabel></term> 0703 <listitem> 0704 <para>Check the <guilabel>Show videos</guilabel> checkbox to allow &gwenview; to show videos among the images.</para> 0705 <para>Uncheck the <guilabel>Automatically play</guilabel> checkbox to disable autoplaying videos. This prevents video from automatically starting when browsing.</para> 0706 </listitem> 0707 </varlistentry> 0708 <varlistentry> 0709 <term><guilabel>Notify after reaching the last image</guilabel></term> 0710 <listitem> 0711 <para>Select the <guilabel>Never</guilabel> item to allow &gwenview; looping through the list of images without additional notifications.</para> 0712 <para>Select the <guilabel>Only during slideshows</guilabel> item if notifications about reaching the list end should be shown only in <link linkend="fullscreen">the slideshow mode</link>.</para> 0713 <para>Select the <guilabel>Always</guilabel> item if you want to receive the notifications unconditionally.</para> 0714 </listitem> 0715 </varlistentry> 0716 <varlistentry> 0717 <term><guilabel>Background color</guilabel></term> 0718 <listitem> 0719 <para>Move the slider to change the color of the gray background in Browse and View mode from black (the leftmost position) to white (the rightmost position).</para> 0720 </listitem> 0721 </varlistentry> 0722 <varlistentry> 0723 <term><guilabel>Fullscreen background</guilabel></term> 0724 <listitem> 0725 <itemizedlist> 0726 <listitem> 0727 <para><guilabel>Black</guilabel> — Set the background color in fullscreen mode to black.</para> 0728 </listitem> 0729 <listitem> 0730 <para><guilabel>Dark gray texture</guilabel> — Set the background in fullscreen mode to a dark gray texture.</para> 0731 </listitem> 0732 </itemizedlist> 0733 </listitem> 0734 </varlistentry> 0735 <varlistentry> 0736 <term><guilabel>Lossy image save quality</guilabel></term> 0737 <listitem> 0738 <para>Save/compression quality setting for lossy image formats like JPEG, WEBP, AVIF, HEIF, and HEIC, which can be temporarily overridden in the <guilabel>Save As</guilabel> dialog when saving a file in a lossy image format. When saving an existing lossy image with a new name or after performing a non-lossy edit (⪚ rotation, which only changes the EXIF rotation tag), the appearance of the file is not changed because no actual image manipulation is done.</para> 0739 </listitem> 0740 </varlistentry> 0741 <varlistentry> 0742 <term><guilabel>Thumbnail actions</guilabel></term> 0743 <listitem> 0744 <para>Whether the thumbnail action buttons should be shown as overlays above image thumbnails.</para> 0745 <itemizedlist> 0746 <listitem> 0747 <para><guilabel>All buttons</guilabel> — Show all buttons</para> 0748 </listitem> 0749 <listitem> 0750 <para><guilabel>Show selection button only</guilabel> — Show select/unselect button only</para> 0751 </listitem> 0752 <listitem> 0753 <para><guilabel>None</guilabel> — Do not show any thumbnail button</para> 0754 </listitem> 0755 </itemizedlist> 0756 </listitem> 0757 </varlistentry> 0758 </variablelist> 0759 </sect1> 0760 <sect1 id="configview"> 0761 <title>Image View</title> 0762 <variablelist> 0763 <varlistentry> 0764 <term><guilabel>Show transparency with</guilabel></term> 0765 <listitem> 0766 <para>Choose how the background of transparent raster or <abbrev>SVG</abbrev> images is rendered.</para> 0767 <itemizedlist> 0768 <listitem> 0769 <para><guilabel>Surrounding background</guilabel> — Use background color from the <link linkend="configgeneral">General page</link>.</para> 0770 </listitem> 0771 <listitem> 0772 <para><guilabel>Checkerboard background</guilabel> — Use the traditional checkerboard background.</para> 0773 </listitem> 0774 <listitem> 0775 <para><guilabel>Solid color background</guilabel> — Use a color that can be chosen using the <ulink url="help:/fundamentals/colors.html">color selector</ulink>.</para> 0776 </listitem> 0777 </itemizedlist> 0778 </listitem> 0779 </varlistentry> 0780 <varlistentry> 0781 <term><guilabel>Mouse wheel behavior</guilabel></term> 0782 <listitem> 0783 <para>Select how scrolling over an image in View mode behaves.</para> 0784 <itemizedlist> 0785 <listitem> 0786 <para><guilabel>Scroll</guilabel> — When zoomed in, pan the image vertically. Otherwise, nothing will happen.</para> 0787 </listitem> 0788 <listitem> 0789 <para><guilabel>Browse</guilabel> — Switch to the next or the previous image.</para> 0790 </listitem> 0791 <listitem> 0792 <para><guilabel>Zoom</guilabel> — Use mouse wheel to zoom in/out the current image.</para> 0793 </listitem> 0794 </itemizedlist> 0795 </listitem> 0796 </varlistentry> 0797 <varlistentry> 0798 <term><guilabel>Zoom mode</guilabel></term> 0799 <listitem> 0800 <para>Allows choosing how zooming in View mode works.</para> 0801 <itemizedlist> 0802 <listitem> 0803 <para><guilabel>Autofit each image</guilabel> — Automatically resize images to the view pane.</para> 0804 </listitem> 0805 <listitem> 0806 <para><guilabel>Keep same zoom and position</guilabel> — Use the same zoom level for all images.</para> 0807 </listitem> 0808 <listitem> 0809 <para><guilabel>Per image zoom and position</guilabel> — Use individual zoom levels for each image.</para> 0810 </listitem> 0811 <listitem> 0812 <para><guilabel>Enlarge smaller images</guilabel> — check this item to make &gwenview; enlarge smaller images in View mode.</para> 0813 </listitem> 0814 </itemizedlist> 0815 </listitem> 0816 </varlistentry> 0817 <varlistentry> 0818 <term><guilabel>Animations</guilabel></term> 0819 <listitem> 0820 <para>Allows choosing how fading between images is done in View mode.</para> 0821 <itemizedlist> 0822 <listitem> 0823 <para><guilabel>OpenGL</guilabel> — Use hardware accelerated animations.</para> 0824 </listitem> 0825 <listitem> 0826 <para><guilabel>Software</guilabel> — Do not use hardware accelerated animations. Select this option if <guilabel>OpenGL</guilabel> does not work satisfactory, but you still want to fade between images.</para> 0827 </listitem> 0828 <listitem> 0829 <para><guilabel>None</guilabel> — Do not use animations when switching between images.</para> 0830 </listitem> 0831 </itemizedlist> 0832 </listitem> 0833 </varlistentry> 0834 <varlistentry> 0835 <term><guilabel>Thumbnail Bar</guilabel></term> 0836 <listitem> 0837 <para>Allows configuring the thumbnail bar.</para> 0838 <itemizedlist> 0839 <listitem> 0840 <para><guilabel>Orientation</guilabel></para> 0841 <itemizedlist> 0842 <listitem> 0843 <para><guilabel>Horizontal</guilabel> — Show a horizontal thumbnail strip below the image.</para> 0844 </listitem> 0845 <listitem> 0846 <para><guilabel>Vertical</guilabel> — Show a vertical thumbnail strip to the right of the image.</para> 0847 </listitem> 0848 </itemizedlist> 0849 </listitem> 0850 <listitem> 0851 <para><guilabel>Row count</guilabel> — Use the spin box to change the number of rows on the thumbnail bar</para> 0852 </listitem> 0853 </itemizedlist> 0854 </listitem> 0855 </varlistentry> 0856 </variablelist> 0857 </sect1> 0858 <sect1 id="configadvanced"> 0859 <title>Advanced</title> 0860 <variablelist> 0861 <varlistentry> 0862 <term><guilabel>Thumbnails</guilabel></term> 0863 <listitem> 0864 <para>Enable the <guilabel>Low resource usage mode</guilabel> option if you do not have a lot of disk space. This will avoid storing thumbnails on disk and will prefer embedded thumbnails of lower quality that are faster to load, if available.</para> 0865 <para>Be careful: This will delete the folder named <filename>thumbnails</filename> in your <filename>.cache</filename> folder, removing all thumbnails previously generated by &gwenview; and other applications.</para> 0866 </listitem> 0867 </varlistentry> 0868 <varlistentry> 0869 <term><guilabel>History</guilabel></term> 0870 <listitem> 0871 <para>Check the <guilabel>Remember folders and URLs</guilabel> to make &gwenview; remember visited folders and &URL;s and show them on the <guilabel>Recent Folders</guilabel> pane.</para> 0872 </listitem> 0873 </varlistentry> 0874 <varlistentry> 0875 <term><guilabel>Rendering intent</guilabel></term> 0876 <listitem> 0877 <para>Allows choosing the <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_management#Rendering_intent">rendering intent</ulink> for showing images.</para> 0878 <itemizedlist> 0879 <listitem> 0880 <para><guilabel>Perceptual</guilabel> — scale all colors equally to fit them within the active color profile's color gamut</para> 0881 </listitem> 0882 <listitem> 0883 <para><guilabel>Relative Colorimetric</guilabel> — squash colors that don't fit within the active color profile's color gamut, leaving other colors untouched</para> 0884 </listitem> 0885 </itemizedlist> 0886 </listitem> 0887 </varlistentry> 0888 <varlistentry> 0889 <term><guilabel>Color profile</guilabel></term> 0890 <listitem> 0891 <para>Allows choosing if you want to additionally apply the system-wide <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICC_profile">color profile</ulink> to the color profile from the image file.</para> 0892 <para>If the <guilabel>Apply only the profile embedded in the image file</guilabel> item is checked &gwenview; assumes that the system-wide color correction already applies monitor profile.</para> 0893 </listitem> 0894 </varlistentry> 0895 </variablelist> 0896 </sect1> 0897 <sect1 id="hidden-configuration"> 0898 <title>Hidden Configuration Options</title> 0899 <para> 0900 Some notes on hidden &gwenview; options can be found on 0901 <ulink url="http://userbase.kde.org/Special:myLanguage/Gwenview/Hidden_Configuration_Options">this page</ulink>. 0902 </para> 0903 <important> 0904 <para> 0905 The options described on the above-mentioned page may help you 0906 tune &gwenview; for specific needs, but please keep in mind 0907 there is no warranty they will continue working from one 0908 version to another. 0909 </para> 0910 </important> 0911 </sect1> 0912 </chapter> 0913 0914 <chapter id="credits"> 0915 <title>Credits and Copyright</title> 0916 0917 <para>&gwenview; is currently maintained by Aurélien Gâteau</para> 0918 0919 <para>This document was written by Christopher Martin</para> 0920 0921 <para>This document was updated for &kde; 4 by Henry de Valence</para> 0922 0923 <!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS --> 0924 0925 &underFDL; 0926 &underGPL; 0927 </chapter> 0928 0929 </book>