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File Menu: "Open"
File Menu: “Open”

The “Open” menu item is displayed on the Imager’s File menu only when the Imager is opened as a stand-alone viewer for a file of a type which has been “associated” with Ember – not when the Imager is launched from (and bound to) an Ember thumbnail preview.  Invoke the “Open” command to display the standard Windows file selection dialog.  You can then select and open in the pop-up a file of any type supported by Ember.


File Menu: "Browse"
File Menu: “Browse”

The “Browse” menu item is displayed on the Imager’s File menu only when the Imager is opened as a stand-alone viewer for a file of a type which has been “associated” with Ember – not when the Imager is launched from (and bound to) an Ember thumbnail preview.  Invoke this command to run Ember (if it is not already running) and display a thumbnail window containing thumbnail previews of all supported files in the folder wherein the displayed file resides, including the displayed file itself (which is selected in the thumbnail window).


File Menu: "Save"
File Menu: “Save”
(Firehand Ember 2000 Standard Edition Only)

The “Save” command is accessible via the Imager’s File menu. This command saves the displayed image – and any changes you have made to it within the Imager – in its current format, provided its current format is supported by the Imager’s export module.  Currently, the Imager’s export module supports writing files in JPEG, OS/2 bitmap, Portable Network Graphic, Targa, TIFF, and Windows bitmap formats.  If the file is not in one of these supported formats, the Save command is treated the same as the “Save a Copy” command.


File Menu: "Save a Copy"
File Menu: “Save a Copy”
(Firehand Ember 2000 Standard Edition Only)

The “Save a Copy” command is accessible via the Imager’s File menu. This command saves a copy of the displayed image – including any unsaved changes you have made to it within the Imager – in a format you specify. When this command is invoked, the Save a Copy dialog appears, which allows you to specify the destination, filename, and format of the resulting image file.  Images can be saved in the following formats: JPEG, OS/2 bitmap, Portable Network Graphic, Targa, TIFF, or Windows bitmap. By default, the Save a Copy dialog is initialized to save to the folder to which files were last exported. The suggested name for the file copy is initialized to match that of the source file.

If you are saving a file copy in JPEG format, the Image Quality dialog is displayed when you click the Save button on the Save a Copy dialog.  It is by means of the Image Quality dialog that you specify the level of compression you desire for the exported file.  The higher the image quality setting you choose, the less compressed the resulting image will be.  Reduce the image quality to enable the compressor to make the on-disk size of the file copy smaller (at the expense of its visual quality).  The quality setting you choose is “remembered” from one save operation to the next.


File Menu: "Delete"
File Menu: “Delete”

The “Delete” command is accessible from the Imager’s File menu and context menu, and can also be invoked by striking the Delete key on the keyboard when the Imager has keyboard input focus. This command deletes the currently-displayed file and closes the pop-up.

Note: If the Imager was launched from Ember (and is bound to a thumbnail preview), a delete confirmation prompt will be displayed when the Delete command is invoked only if Ember’s Confirm deletions option is enabled.  If the Imager was launched directly from the Windows shell on an image file whose type has been associated with Ember, a delete confirmation prompt will always be displayed when the Delete command is invoked.


File Menu: "Set as Wallpaper"
File Menu: “Set as Wallpaper”

When the “Set as Wallpaper” command is invoked from the Imager’s File menu, the Set as Wallpaper dialog is displayed, allowing you to specify whether you wish your new desktop wallpaper to be centered on your desktop, or tiled.

Check the Match background to image corner color checkbox to cause the

Imager to update the color of the Windows desktop to match the color of the image’s upper left-hand corner.  This often makes for the most visually “natural” display of the image on your desktop.

Upon clicking OK, a copy of the image currently displayed in the Imager is saved to your personal documents folder.  Ember then registers this image as your desktop wallpaper.


File Menu: "Page Setup"
File Menu: “Page Setup”

When the “Page Setup” command is invoked from the File menu, a standard Windows Page Setup dialog is displayed through which you can specify the paper size and source, orientation, and page margins you wish to use when printing the current image.

IMPORTANT: It is by adjusting the margins in the Page Setup dialog that you control the size of the printed image, and its position on the paper: The Imager will always attempt to scale the image such that it is as large as will fit within the specified margins without clipping


File Menu: "Print"
File Menu: “Print”

When the “Print” command is invoked from the File menu, a standard Windows Print dialog is displayed, allowing you to confirm the print job.  Be sure to click the “Properties” button on this dialog and adjust the graphics settings of your printer before proceeding to print the image.

IMPORTANT: For information on adjusting the position and scale of your printed image, refer to the “Page Setup” command.

NOTE: More control of your printed output – including the ability to print multiple images on a single sheet of paper – is available when invoking the “Print” command found on the main Ember browser window’s File menu, rather than the Imager’s Print command.


File Menu: "Properties"
File Menu: “Properties”

The “Properties” command is accessible from the File menu, and also by holding down the Alt key and striking Enter.  When invoked, this command displays a properties dialog for the file displayed in the Imager.

The properties dialog shows the name of the disk file from which the image was extracted, its type, its size, and the date and time it was last modified.  It also shows the current display format of the image, its dimensions, and its memory usage – all of which may be affected by alterations you make to the image within the Imager prior to saving (and thus overwriting the source file).


File Menu: "Exit"
File Menu: “Exit”

The “Exit” command closes the Imager. The Imager can also be closed by striking the Enter key, the Escape key, or holding down the Alt key and striking F4.


Edit Menu: "Undo"
Edit Menu: “Undo”
(Firehand Ember 2000 Standard Edition Only)

The “Undo” command is accessible via the Edit menu.  It is available only when an undoable selection, crop, retouch, resize, rotation, reflection, fletcher or caption operation has been undertaken on the displayed image since it was last saved.  When invoked, this command restores the image to the appearance it had prior to the last undoable operation.  If invoked again, immediately, this command “redoes” the last undoable operation – thus “undoing the undo.”


Edit Menu: "Copy"
Edit Menu: “Copy”
(Firehand Ember 2000 Standard Edition Only)

The “Copy” command is accessible via the Edit menu. If only a portion of the image is selected (using the Imager’s Selector tool) when this command is invoked, that portion of the image alone is copied to the Windows system clipboard; otherwise, the entire image is copied to the clipboard. From there, it can be pasted into other Windows applications.


Edit Menu: "Crop"
Edit Menu: “Crop”
(Firehand Ember 2000 Standard Edition Only)

The “Crop” command is accessible via the Imager’s Edit menu.  It is available only when some portion of the displayed image has been “selected” (with the Selector tool).  When invoked, the Crop command removes all portions of the displayed image that lie outside the selection rectangle.

This command may be undone via the “Undo” command.


Edit Menu: "Rotate Left"
Edit Menu: “Rotate Left”
(Firehand Ember 2000 Standard Edition Only)

The “Rotate Left” command is accessible via the View menu. Each time it is invoked, the Rotate Left command causes the display image to be rotated ninety degrees (one quarter-turn) counter-clockwise.  Thus, invoking this command four times in sequence restores the image to its starting orientation.

This command may be undone via the “Undo” command.


Edit Menu: "Rotate Right"
Edit Menu: “Rotate Right”
(Firehand Ember 2000 Standard Edition Only)

The “Rotate Right” command is accessible via the View menu. Each time it is invoked, the Rotate Right command causes the display image to be rotated ninety degrees (one quarter-turn) clockwise.  Thus, invoking this command four times in sequence restores the image to its starting orientation.

This command may be undone via the “Undo” command.


Edit Menu: "Reflect Horizontally"
Edit Menu: “Reflect Horizontally”
(Firehand Ember 2000 Standard Edition Only)

The “Reflect Horizontally” command causes the display image to be flipped, left to right, about an imaginary line drawn down the center of the image, from top to bottom.

This command may be undone via the “Undo” command.


Edit Menu: "Reflect Vertically"
Edit Menu: “Reflect Vertically”
(Firehand Ember 2000 Standard Edition Only)

The “Reflect Vertically” command causes the display image to be flipped, top to bottom, about an imaginary line drawn across the center of the image, from left to right.

This command may be undone via the “Undo” command.


Edit Menu: "Resize"
Edit Menu: “Resize”
(Firehand Ember 2000 Standard Edition Only)

Invoking the “Resize” command opens a dialog that provides controls for altering the dimensions of the currently displayed image.

The current “native” dimensions of the image are listed at the top of the dialog; edit fields at the bottom of the dialog offer a means for altering these values.  (The “New Size” fields are initialized to the current “displayed” dimensions of the image, which will be different from its native dimensions if the zoom state of the image is other than 100%.  This provides a simple way of resizing an image to be, natively, exactly the size that it currently appears on screen.)  If the “Constrain Proportions” checkbox is checked, changing either the image width or height value causes the other value to be automatically scaled to keep the dimensions of the image in proportion.  When this checkbox is cleared, you can independently scale the width and height of the image.  After entering new size values into the dialog, click OK to resize the image.

The “Size to Desktop” button provides a quick means of sizing the image to fit the current desktop display area – for example, before installing an image as your desktop wallpaper.  If the “Constrain Proportions” checkbox is checked, the image dimensions will be adjusted to best fit the desktop area while remaining proportional; if this checkbox is unchecked, the image dimensions will be altered to exactly mirror the dimensions of the desktop.

This command may be undone via the “Undo” command.

IMPORTANT: Resizing an image is different than changing its zoom state.  Zooming into or out of an image simply stretches it on-screen – it does not alter the image data itself.  By contrast, when an image is resized, its data – as well as its appearance on screen – is shrunk or expanded: when an image is resized smaller, a portion of its data is lost; when an image is resized larger, new image data is synthesized.  For this reason, an image can be zoomed to 50%, then to 200%, and then back to 100%, and it will look exactly as it previously did when viewed at 100%.  When an image is resized to half size, then resized to 200% of its original size, and then resized back to its original size, it will not look precisely as it did before – image fidelity will have been lost, resulting in a substantial degradation in image appearance.


Edit Menu: "Change Color Depth"
Edit Menu: “Change Color Depth”
(Firehand Ember 2000 Standard Edition Only)

Invoking the “Change Color Depth” command opens the Image Color Depth dialog.

The Image Color Depth dialog allows you to specify the number of bits that will be used to represent each pixel in the image.  The dialog is initialized to the current color depth of the image.

The Change Color Depth command can be undone via the “Undo” command on the Edit menu.

IMPORTANT: If an image’s color depth is to be altered such that fewer bits are to be used per pixel, the color quality of the image will typically suffer – but the image may be substantially smaller in memory and when written to disk (depending on the encoding format).  Using the Change Color Depth command to increase the number of bits per pixel used in an image will typically make the image significantly larger but will not improve its color quality.


Edit Menu: "Selection"
Edit Menu: “Selection”
(Firehand Ember 2000 Standard Edition Only)

The “Selection” command is accessible via the Imager’s Edit menu. When invoked, this command displays the selection dialog by means of which you can specify the exact position and size of the selection rectangle.

Note: the position and width fields on the Selection dialog are initialized to reflect the position and width of the current selection rectangle, if any.  So, you can drag a selection rectangle using the Selector tool and then fine tune the selection using the controls on the Selection dialog.


Edit Menu: "Select All"
Edit Menu: “Select All”
(Firehand Ember 2000 Standard Edition Only)

The “Select All” command is accessible via the Imager’s Edit menu. When invoked, this command selects the entire image.


View Menu: Full-Screen sub-menu

The “Full-Screen” sub-menu is accessible via the View menu, as well as the context menu.  It features four associated commands: “Default Size,” “Descale to Fit,” “Best Stretch,” and “Unconstrained Stretch.”

Selecting the “Default Size” command from the Full-Screen sub-menu opens a full-screen browsing window and invokes “Default Size” display mode.  The image is displayed in the full-screen browsing window in its native dimensions.

Selecting the “Descale to Fit” command from the Full-Screen sub-menu opens a full-screen browsing window and invokes “Descale to Fit” display mode.  The image is displayed in the full-screen browsing window in its native dimensions if its actual dimensions are small enough to fit entirely within your computer monitor’s display area.  Otherwise, the image is shrunk so that it will fit entirely within your monitor’s display area.

Selecting the “Best Stretch” command from the Full-Screen sub-menu opens a full-screen browsing window and invokes “Best Stretch” display mode.  The image is displayed in the full-screen browsing window stretched to best fit your computer monitor’s display area while preserving the image’s aspect ratio.

Selecting the “Unconstrained Stretch” command from the Full-Screen sub-menu opens a full-screen browsing window and invokes “Unconstrained Stretch” display mode.  The image is displayed in the full-screen browsing window stretched to entirely fit your computer monitor’s display area (without necessarily preserving the image’s aspect ratio).


View Menu: Zoom sub-menu

You can zoom into or out of the displayed image using the various commands on the Zoom sub-menu found on the Imager’s View menu.  There are seven pre-set scale factors you can select from: 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%, 150%, 200%, and 300%.  You can also select a “custom” zoom factor.

Note: If the Imager’s “Enhance on Zoom” option is enabled and your monitor is in a non-paletted display mode, TrueColor images are actually “resampled” when a zoom in or out is invoked (this option has no effect on paletted images).  This will typically result in a much smoother appearance of the zoomed image.  However, resampling is very computationally intensive and will result in somewhat slower display performance.

The Imager’s Zoom sub-menu also features the “Auto-Fit” command (which can also be invoked by striking the F9 key). This command provides a quick means of zooming into or out of the display image such that it precisely fits in your screen’s display area without clipping.

Note: The Auto-Fit command actually does more than simply change the current zoom state. In fact, it puts the Imager into auto-fit “mode,” in which it remains until you manually select another scaling factor.  While in auto-fit mode, whenever you alter the display image – for example, by cropping or rotating it – its “best fit” is recalculated and the display image is re-zoomed.


View Menu: "Zoom In"
View Menu: “Zoom In”

The “Zoom In” command is accessible from the Imager’s View menu.  It can also be invoked by tapping the spacebar on the keyboard.  When invoked, the Zoom In command increases the image’s zoom display factor to the next larger pre-set – 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%, 150%, 200%, or 300% – thus making it appear larger on your computer monitor.  Note that zooming in on an image does not actually alter the source image data in any way.  It simply stretches the image on-screen.

Note: If the Imager’s “Enhance on Zoom” option is enabled and your monitor is in a non-paletted display mode, TrueColor images are actually “resampled” when a zoom in is invoked (this option has no effect on paletted images).  This will typically result in a much smoother appearance of the zoomed image.  However, resampling is very computationally intensive and will result in somewhat slower display performance.


View Menu: "Zoom Out"
View Menu: “Zoom Out”

The “Zoom Out” command is accessible from the Imager’s View menu.  It can also be invoked by tapping the spacebar on the keyboard while holding down the Ctrl key.  When invoked, the Zoom Out command decreases the image’s zoom display factor to the next smaller pre-set – 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%, 150%, 200%, or 300% – thus making it appear smaller on your computer monitor.  Note that zooming out on an image does not actually alter the source image data in any way.  It simply shrinks the image on-screen.

Note: If the Imager’s “Enhance on Zoom” option is enabled and your monitor is in a non-paletted display mode, TrueColor images are actually “resampled” when a zoom out is invoked (this option has no effect on paletted images).  This will typically result in a much smoother appearance of the zoomed image.  However, resampling is very computationally intensive and will result in somewhat slower display performance.


View Menu: "Previous"
View Menu: “Previous”

The “Previous” command is displayed on the Imager’s View menu only when the Imager is opened from Ember’s thumbnail window (not when it is opened from Windows Explorer as a stand-alone viewer for an image of a type associated with Ember).  When invoked, the Previous command causes the Imager window to close; the previous file in Ember’s thumbnail window is then opened in its own pop-up Imager window instance.


View Menu: "Next"
View Menu: “Next”

The “Next” command is displayed on the Imager’s View menu only when the Imager is opened from Ember’s thumbnail window (not when it is opened from Windows Explorer as a stand-alone viewer for an image of a type associated with Ember).  When invoked, the Next command causes the Imager window to close; the next file in Ember’s thumbnail window is then opened in its own pop-up Imager window instance.


View Menu: "Options"
View Menu: “Options”

Selecting “Options” from the Imager’s View menu opens the Options dialog.  The settings displayed on this dialog are shared among all Imager instances.

Display Save Prompt

(Firehand Ember 2000 Standard Edition Only)

The Display Save Prompt option causes the Imager to examine the displayed image when the Imager is closed to determine if any changes have been made that have not been saved.  If unsaved changes have been made and this option is enabled, a save prompt is displayed.  If unsaved changes have been made and this option is disabled, the Imager is simply closed and all unsaved changes are lost.  By default, this option is enabled and it is recommended that it be left enabled.

Enhance on Zoom

When the Imager’s Enhance on Zoom option is enabled, TrueColor images are “resampled” when a zoom in or zoom out is invoked (this option has no effect on paletted images).  Resampling will typically result in a much smoother appearance of the zoomed image.  However, resampling is very computationally intensive and will result in somewhat slower display performance.  By default, this option is disabled.

Note: The Enhance on Zoom option is available only when your graphics hardware is running at a color depth greater than 256-colors (8-bit).  In other words, to use the Enhance on Zoom option, you should be sure that your current display settings specify a 16-bit, 24-bit, or 32-bit color palette.

Default Size

When this “Initial View Scaling” section radio button is selected, and an image is initially opened in the Imager, the image is displayed in its “native” dimensions (in other words, at a zoom factor of 100%).  If the image is larger than your monitor’s available display area, scroll bars appear on the Imager window.  This is the default Initial View Scaling setting.

Descale to Fit

When this “Initial View Scaling” section radio button is selected, and an image is initially opened in the Imager, the image is displayed at 100% of its native dimensions if, at 100% scale, its height is less than or equal to your screen height, and its width is less than or equal to your screen width.  Otherwise, the image is descaled proportionately to a size that meets this criteria.  This option is useful for ensuring that images are always opened at a size that obviates the need for scrolling, while also eliminating expansion distortion.

Best Stretch

When this “Initial View Scaling” section radio button is selected, and an image is initially opened in the Imager, an appropriate zoom in or zoom out is triggered to ensure that the image is scaled to the largest dimensions that will appear within your monitor’s display area without clipping or scrolling.

Window Color

The color button found in the Window Color section of the Options dialog indicates, on its face, the current background color used within the Imager window.  When the color button is clicked, the standard Windows Color dialog is displayed by means of which you can select an alternate background color for the Imager window.  The background color is visible whenever an image featuring transparency is displayed within the Imager; also, the background color is visible in most of the Imager’s full-screen display modes.

Note: The Imager window background color is configurable only when your system is in a non-paletted display mode; when in a paletted display mode, the Window Color button is disabled and the Imager window background color is always black.


Retouch Menu: "Color Correction"
Retouch Menu: “Color Correction”
(Firehand Ember 2000 Standard Edition Only)

The “Color Correction” command can be selected from the Retouch menu or the Imager’s context menu.  When selected, this command displays the Color Correction dialog which features controls for adjusting the image’s brightness, contrast, gamma level, saturation, tint, and color balance.  As adjustments are made via the various slider controls on this dialog, the adjustments are immediately applied to the image so that the effect of each adjustment can be gauged; helpfully, in non-paletted display modes, a reference version of the image is displayed alongside the main image so that you can review what the image looked like before you began applying color corrections.

Brightness

Moving this slider from its midpoint toward the right makes the image progressively lighter; moving the slider toward the left makes the image progressively darker.

Contrast

Moving this slider from its midpoint toward the right, increases the contrast by making darker pixels darker and lighter pixels lighter; moving the slider from its midpoint toward the left, decreases the contrast by lessening the difference between dark and light pixels.

Gamma Correction

Moving this slider from its midpoint toward the right, lightens each pixel along a “gamma curve”; moving the slider from its midpoint toward the left, darkens each pixel along the same curve.

Saturation

Moving this slider from its midpoint toward the right deepens the intensity of colors in the image; moving the slider toward the left decreases the intensity of the colors in the image.  Note that the Saturation command is not available when the image is grayscale.

Tint

Moving this slider from its midpoint toward the right increases the green tint of the image; moving the slider toward the left increases the red tint of the image.  (This control functions similarly to the tint control found on a color television.)

Color Balance

The Color Balance section of the Color Correction dialog features three slider controls – one controlling the amount of red to be added to or removed from the image, one controlling the amount of green to be added to or removed from the image, and one controlling the amount of blue to be added to or removed from the image.  Moving a slider toward the top of the dialog increases the associated color component; moving a slider toward the bottom of the dialog decreases the associated color component.

IMPORTANT: Normally you will apply color corrections to entire images.  However, if only a particular portion of an image requires corrections, you can select that portion of the image with the Selector tool before invoking the Color Correction command.  Only the selected area of the image will be affected by the adjustments you subsequently make within the Color Correction dialog.

Note: This command can be undone (and redone) via the “Undo” command found on the Edit menu.


Retouch Menu: "Sharpness"
Retouch Menu: “Sharpness”
(Firehand Ember 2000 Standard Edition Only)

The “Sharpness” command can be selected from the Retouch menu or the Imager’s context menu.  When selected, this command displays the Sharpness dialog.  By moving the slider control to the right, the image is progressively “sharpened” algorithmically.

IMPORTANT: Normally you will apply sharpness corrections to entire images.  However, if only a particular portion of an image requires sharpening, you can select that portion of the image with the Selector tool before invoking the Sharpness command.  Only the selected area of the image will be affected by the sharpness correction you subsequently make within the Sharpness dialog.

Note: This command can be undone (and redone) via the “Undo” command found on the Edit menu.


Retouch Menu: "Smoothness"
Retouch Menu: “Smoothness”
(Firehand Ember 2000 Standard Edition Only)

The “Smoothness” command can be selected from the Retouch menu or the Imager’s context menu.  When selected, this command displays the Smoothness dialog.  By moving the slider control to the right, the image is progressively “smoothed” (blurred) algorithmically.

IMPORTANT: Normally you will apply smoothness corrections to entire images.  However, if only a particular portion of an image requires smoothing, you can select that portion of the image with the Selector tool before invoking the Smoothness command.  Only the selected area of the image will be affected by the smoothness correction you subsequently make within the Smoothness dialog.

Note: This command can be undone (and redone) via the “Undo” command found on the Edit menu.


Retouch Menu: Effects sub-menu
(Firehand Ember 2000 Standard Edition Only)

Trace Edges

The “Trace Edges” command can be selected from the Apply Effects sub-menu found under the Imager’s Retouch menu.  When invoked, this command algorithmically finds the edges in the current image – in essence, outlining it.  The resulting “traced” image is grayscale.

Color Inversion

The “Color Inversion” command can be selected from the Apply Effects sub-menu found under the Imager’s Retouch menu.  When invoked, this command “inverts” all of the bits in the numerical pixel color values of the displayed image, giving it an interesting “stylized” appearance.

Grayscale

The “Grayscale” command can be selected from the Apply Effects sub-menu found under the Imager’s Retouch menu.  When invoked, this command converts a color image to its grayscale equivalent.

Pencil Drawing

The “Pencil Drawing” command can be selected from the Apply Effects sub-menu found under the Imager’s Retouch menu. When invoked, this command algorithmically regenerates the displayed image in a way that simulates a pencil drawing. The resulting image is grayscale.

Bas-Relief

The “Bas-Relief” command can be selected from the Apply Effects sub-menu found under the Imager’s Retouch menu. When invoked, this command algorithmically adds simulated depth to the image.  The resulting image is grayscale.

Channel Equalization

The “Channel Equalization” command can be selected from the Apply Effects sub-menu found under the Imager’s Retouch menu.  When invoked, this command statistically equalizes the red, green, and blue color components of the image.  Depending on the color content of the image, channel equalization can either make an image look more stylized or more natural.

Note: All retouch effects can be undone (and redone) via the “Undo” command found on the Edit menu.


Tools Menu: "Magnifier"
Tools Menu: “Magnifier”
(Firehand Ember 2000 Standard Edition Only)

The “Magnifier” tool can be selected from the Tools menu or the Imager’s context menu.  Once selected, the Magnifier tool allows you to quickly zoom in on the display image by left-clicking on the Imager window, or zoom out on the image by holding down the Ctrl key and left-clicking on the Imager window.

Note: Selecting the Magnifier tool alters the Imager’s context menu to include zoom commands.


Tools Menu: "Selector"
Tools Menu: “Selector”
(Firehand Ember 2000 Standard Edition Only)

The “Selector” tool can be selected either from the Tools menu or from the Imager’s context menu.  Once selected, the Selector tool allows you to select a portion of the display image for cropping or copy operations.

Note: Selecting the Selector tool alters the context menu to include commands appropriate for use with the Selector.


Tools Menu: "Fletcher"
Tools Menu: “Fletcher”
(Firehand Ember 2000 Standard Edition Only)

The “Fletcher” tool can be selected either from the Tools menu or from the Imager’s context menu.  Once selected, the Fletcher tool allows you to draw arrows on images open in the pop-up Imager by clicking and dragging the mouse.

Note: An arrow drawn on an image with the Fletcher tool may be “undrawn” by simply selecting the Undo command from the Imager’s Edit menu.

IMPORTANT: When the Fletcher tool is active, a modeless Arrow Settings dialog appears alongside the Imager.  The controls on this dialog allow you to change the conformation and color of the arrows drawn with the Fletcher tool.

Note: Selecting the Fletcher tool alters the context menu to include commands appropriate for use with the Selector.


Tools Menu: "Captioner"
Tools Menu: “Captioner”
(Firehand Ember 2000 Standard Edition Only)

The “Captioner” tool can be selected either from the Tools menu or from the Imager’s context menu.  Once selected, the Captioner tool allows you to draw text on images open in the pop-up Imager: simply click the mouse where you want to place the caption and begin typing.

Note: Text drawn on an image with the Captioner tool may be “undrawn” by simply selecting the Undo command from the Imager’s Edit menu.

IMPORTANT: When the Captioner tool is active, a modeless Caption Settings dialog appears alongside the Imager.  The controls on this dialog allow you to change the caption font and the alignment of captions relative to the point at which the Captioner is clicked on the image to begin caption construction.

Note: Selecting the Captioner tool alters the context menu to include commands appropriate for use with the Captioner.