Viewing Files Overview

Navigation:

Right cursor takes you to the next file in the file list box
Left cursor takes you to the previous file in the file list box
* or / key selects a file at random from the list box
Home takes you to the first file in the file list box
End takes you to the last file in the file list box
PageUp takes you back several files
PageDown takes you forward several files
You can also browse forward/backward through files using a mouse wheel in full-screen mode (you need to have selected the setting under Options)

Full-Screen Mode

Press 'Space' for Full-Screen Mode or 'Ctrl+Space' to hide everything bar the image.

(There are a number of options for Full-Screen mode)

Image Zooming

You can zoom in and out of an image or a video using the Equals and Minus. The current zoom factor is displayed in the left panel of the status bar. Zoom is generally performed in steps of 25%, however if you select View>Zoom>Custom or click on the zoom section of the status bar then you can enter an exact zoom factor. Note that unlike the Stretch to fit and Shrink to fit options below, your zoom factor is only kept for the current image and will return to the default for the next viewed image.

You can display a zoom toolbar by selecting View>Toolbars>Zoom

Controls:

-Toolbar: /

-Menu: View>Zoom..

-Keyboard: Equals Key/Minus

Stretch to Fit

If the stretch option is enabled then an image or video smaller than the window size will be stretched to take up all available window space (while maintaining the aspect ratio).

If Stretch to Fit is enabled a '+' will appear in the leftmost section of the status bar.

Controls:

-Menu: View>Stretch to fit

-Keyboard: Ctrl+Equals Key

Shrink to Fit

If the shrink option is enabled then an image or video larger than the window size will be reduced to fit in the available window space (while maintaining the aspect ratio).

If Shrink to Fit is enabled a '-' will appear in the leftmost section of the status bar.

Controls:

-Menu: View>Shrink to fit

-Keyboard: Ctrl+Minus

Fast Loading

The Fast Loading function of Smart Pix Manager speeds up the loading of images when they are displayed smaller than their full size, for example if you only view your images at 50% zoom then rather than loading the full image you can speed it up by just loading half of the pixels. If you want to zoom in on the image or edit it then Smart Pix Manager will automatically load the original.

Controls:

-Menu: Image>Fast Loading

Other: