home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- <html>
-
- <!-- #BeginTemplate "pdn_help.dwt" -->
-
- <head>
- <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
- <!-- #BeginEditable "title" -->
- <title>Paint.NET Help - View Menu</title>
- <!-- #EndEditable -->
- <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../stylesheet.css">
- </head>
-
- <body>
-
- <div id="banner">
- <img border="0" src="../images/logo.png" width="229" height="73" align="left"><p><b><br>
- </b></p>
- </div>
- <div id="leftnav">
- <ul class="toc" style="margin-left: 0; padding-left: 0;">
- <li><a href="index.html">Overview</a><br>
- </li>
- <li><a href="Features.html">Features</a><br>
- <a href="Tutorials.html">Tutorials</a><br>
- </li>
- </ul>
- <h3>User Interface</h3>
- <ul class="toc" style="margin-left: 0; padding-left: 0;">
- <li><a href="KeyboardMouseCommands.html">Keyboard & Mouse Commands</a></li>
- <li><a href="MainWindow.html">Main Window</a></li>
- <li><a href="MenuBar.html">Menu Bar</a>
- <ul class="toc">
- <li><a href="File.html">File</a></li>
- <li><a href="Edit.html">Edit</a></li>
- <li><a href="View.html">View</a></li>
- <li><a href="Image.html">Image</a></li>
- <li><a href="Layers.html">Layers</a>
- <ul class="toc">
- <li class="comment"><a href="RotateZoom.html">Rotate / Zoom</a></li>
- <li><a href="Adjustments.html">Adjustments</a>
- <ul class="toc">
- <li><a href="Curves.html">Curves</a></li>
- <li><a href="Levels.html">Levels</a></li>
- </ul></li>
- </ul></li>
- <li><a href="Effects.html">Effects</a></li>
- <li><a href="Tools.html">Tools</a></li>
- <li><a href="Window.html">Window</a></li>
- <li><a href="Help.html">Help</a></li>
- <li><a href="Toolbar.html">Toolbar</a></li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li><a href="ToolsWindow.html">Tools Window</a><ul class="toc">
- <li><a href="SelectionTools.html">Selection Tools</a></li>
- <li><a href="MoveTools.html">Move Tools</a><br>
- <a href="MagicWand.html">Magic Wand</a><br>
- <a href="Paintbrush.html">Paintbrush</a></li>
- <li><a href="EraserTool.html">Eraser Tool</a></li>
- <li><a href="PixelTools.html">Pixel Tools</a></li>
- <li><a href="ShapeTools.html">Shape Tools</a></li>
- <li><a href="LineCurve.html">Line / Curve Tool</a></li>
- <li><a href="TextTool.html">Text Tool</a></li>
- <li><a href="PaintBucket.html">Paint Bucket</a></li>
- <li><a href="CloneStamp.html">Clone Stamp</a></li>
- <li><a href="RecolorTool.html">Recolor Tool</a></li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li><a href="HistoryWindow.html">History Window</a></li>
- <li><a href="LayersWindow.html">Layers Window</a></li>
- <li><a href="ColorsWindow.html">Colors Window</a></li>
- <li><a href="StatusBar.html">Status Bar</a></li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <h3>Other</h3>
- <ul class="toc" style="margin-left: 0; padding-left: 0;">
- <li><a href="FAQ.html">FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)</a></li>
- <li><a href="UnattendedInstallation.html">Unattended Installation</a></li>
- <li><a href="SystemRequirements.html">System Requirements</a></li>
- <li><a href="WebLinks.html">Web Links</a></li>
- <li><a href="License.html">License</a></li>
- </ul>
- </div>
- <div id="content">
- <!-- #BeginEditable "content" -->
-
-
- <div id="content0">
- <h2>View menu</h2>
- <p>The View menu contains commands that can be used to change the way the
- image or workspace are presented to you.</p>
- <ul>
- <li class="nobullet"><p>
- <img border="0" src="Images/ViewMenu.png" width="382" height="248"></p></li>
- <li>
- <h3>Zoom In</h3>
- <p>This zooms in closer to the image. The zoom percentage is increased
- to the next power-of-two percentage (e.g., 100%, 200%, 400%, 800%,
- 1600%, 3200%).</p></li>
- <li>
- <h3>Zoom Out</h3><p>This zooms out on the image, decreasing the zoom level to the next
- lower power-of-two percentage.</p></li>
- <li><h3><a name="zoomToWindow"></a>Zoom to Window</h3>
- <p>When this item is selected, the zoom level is maintained such that
- the image always fits within the Paint.NET window. The zoom level will
- not be set higher than 100%, however.</p></li>
- <li><h3>Zoom to Selection</h3>
- <p>If you have an area of the image selected, this menu command will
- fit the viewable area around the rectangle that bounds the selection.</p></li>
- <li><h3>Actual Size</h3>
- <p>This sets the zoom level to 100%. Each pixel you see on screen
- corresponds exactly to one pixel in the active layer.</p></li>
- <li><h3><a name="grid"></a>Grid</h3>
- <p>This allows you to show or hide the grid, which is useful when you
- have zoomed-in on an image and wish to perform precise per-pixel
- editing. </p>
- <p>The grid is only visible when the zoom level is 200% or higher.</p>
- <p> This is how the canvas looks when the grid is enabled. Notice how each
- pixel is surrounded by a dotted rectangle:</p>
- <p><img border="0" src="../images/grid.png" width="290" height="290"></p></li>
- <li><h3>Rulers</h3>
- <p>This option can be used to show or hide the rulers that are
- available for the top and left edges of the image canvas. These can help
- you align drawings to specific positions on the image without the need
- to watch the cursor position in the status bar.
- When a selection is active, its bounding rectangle will be highlighted
- in the rulers.</p>
- <p>
- <img border="1" src="../images/rulers.jpg"></p></li>
- <li><h3><a name="units"></a>Units</h3>
- <p>This lets you select how image coordinates are presented to you in
- various parts of the user interface including the rulers and the status
- bar. The default is pixels. If you select inches or centimeters, extra
- calculations are performed to convert pixel measurements into inches and
- centimeters. These calculations are based off the image's DPI settings,
- which can be adjusted by the <a href="Image.html#Resize">Image <b>→</b> Resize</a> command.</p></li>
- </ul></div>
-
-
- <!-- #EndEditable -->
- <h4><br>
- <br>
- </h4>
- <p align="center">
- <font color="#808080" size="1">Copyright <font face="Times New Roman">⌐ 2006 </font>Rick Brewster,
- Chris Crosetto, Dennis Dietrich, Tom
- Jackson, Michael Kelsey, Brandon Ortiz, Craig Taylor, Chris Trevino, and Luke Walker. Portions Copyright
- <font face="Times New Roman">⌐ 2006 </font>Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.</font><font size="1"> <br>
- </font>
- </div>
- </b>
-
- </body>
-
- <!-- #EndTemplate -->
-
- </html>
-