Create, Open and Save an Image file

Create an Image file:
Click on the first button (new image) on the toolbar, then you will see a dialog box asking for the blank image size in pixels and ask you set the background color. You can enter your preferred size and color background and then click "ok" button. Then you will see a blank image is created in a new panel.
Alternatively, you can click on "File ->> New" menu item to get same result.

Open an Image file:
Click on the second button (open image) on the toolbar, then you will see a open file dialog asking for the path of the image file. The image file format that can be open are JPEG, TIFF, ICON, BMP, PNG, POB (Photobie mulit-layer image editing file). click "ok" button after you located and selected the file. Then you will see an image shown in a new panel. Notice that all image files that are opened won't be affected no matter how you modify the image unless you save them back to original file to overwrite.
Alternatively, you can click on "File ->> Open->>Image" menu item to get same result.

Save an Image file:
Click on the third button (save image) on the toolbar after you done editing and want to save it. Then you will see a save file dialog asking for the path of the image file. The image file format that can be saved are JPEG, TIFF, ICON, BMP, POB(Photobie mulit-layer image editing file). click "ok" button after you located and selected the file. Please remember the path you save the image in case you want to access them later. Notice that there might be some warning if you want to overwrite an existing image.
Alternatively, you can click on "File ->> Save" menu item to get same result. For JPEG file you can select the compression quality. And for Gif file you can save with high quality or low quality, which require you to select from Main menu the option "Setup->>Save high quality Gif file".

Open image directory:
Click "File ->> Open->>Directory Album", the you will have an directory dialog for you select the image directory. As selected the image directory and click open, all the image files within that directory will be opened and loaded to Photobie Image Directory viewer form.

Note: starting from version 1.9, Photobie supports true color icon with transparent color. You can generate icon files with up to three bitmap image in dimensions as 64X64, 32X32, 16X16. Basically you create the icon image as you do for other image with transparent color, then Photobie resize the image to above dimensions and save as an Icon file with up to three bitmap image in it. Photobie does preserve the transparency.

GIF transparency is tricky, if you accidentally set the global transparent color as one of the majority color on your gif image, you won't be able to get the transparent GIF image, instead you will get an GIF image with the global transparent color as the background. The solution is simple, set the global transparent color to a different color from the colors in the GIF image, then Bingo!