Gwenview User Manual
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1. The shortcut F toggles between both view modes Folders Information Information Folders Information Operations operations When an image is in zoom to fit mode you can go to the previous and next image with the arrow keys When you zoom in arrow keys are used to scroll the image This is very similar to the behavior provided by phones or digital cameras When an image is zoomed in a bird eye view appears and lets you scroll the image using the mouse and the arrow keys The bird eye view automatically hides itself after a short delay show ing back only while zooming or scrolling TIP You can start directly in View mode by starting Gwenview from a context menu like Open With in another program or by launching it from the command line with an image as an argument Gwenview User Manual The following additional image operations are available only in View Mode e Edit Crop Shift C This operation lets you discard parts of the image you don t want s Edit Red Eye Reduction This operation reduces the red eye effect commonly found in photographs taken with a flash camera 2 5 Full Screen Modes Access Full Screen by pressing the Full Screen button on the taskbar or by View Full Screen Mode Ctrl Shift F To leave this mode press the Esc key 2 5 1 Browse Mode Full Screen In Browse Mode you can switch to fillscreen also by clicking on the button that appears when you move the mouse ove2. Alt Up Moves to the parent folder of the current folder Ctrl Shift F Switches into Full Screen Mode Esc Switches back to Browse Mode Ctrl M Show or hide the menubar Ctrl B Show or hide the Thumbnail bar F11 Show or hide the Sidebar F6 Make the Location bar editable so that you can directly type in a file path You can return to the standard Location Bar by pressing the arrow at the right Ctrl R Rotate the current image to the right Ctrl L Rotate the current image to the left Shift R Resize the current image Shift C Crop the current image Ctrl Y When multiple images are displayed in View Mode this synchronizes their views Tab When multiple images are displayed in View Mode this switched to the image to the right of the currently selected image Shift Tab When multiple images are displayed in View Mode this switched to the image to the left of the currently selected image Ctrl S Save any changes made to the image Del Move the current image to the trash Shift Del Permanently delete the image from the disk Note that this operation is irreversible and cannot be undone Ctrl P Print the current image Ctrl O Open an image using the standard file selection dialog F Pressing this shortcut toggles zoom to fit on and off P Viewing a video this shortcut toggles playback on and off Ctrl T Edit tags Ctrl F2 Rename an image inline Del Move an image to the trash Shift Del Delete an im
3. easy to use image and video viewer for KDE Gwenview features two main modes Browse and View Both modes can be used in a normal application window and Full Screen Browse Mode lets you navigate through your computer showing thumbnails of your images View Mode lets you view images one at a time and Full Screen lets you make quick slideshows There is also a start screen that displays a list of recently opened folders and URLs as well as your places and tags Image loading is handled by the Qt library so Gwenview supports all image formats your Qt installation supports Gwenview correctly displays images with an alpha channel transparency as well as animations Gwenview supports the displaying and editing of EXIF comments in JPEG images Lossless JPEG transforms such as rotations and mirroring are also supported Gwenview can read embedded color profiles from PNG and JPEG files It can use the image color profile together with the display color profile to output correct colors on the screen Gwenview User Manual Chapter 2 The Interface 2 1 Start Page The start page lists recently opened folders and URLs on the left side and your places and tags on the right side Gwenview Edit View Go Plugins Settings Help CS Browse MA View z FullScreen K G Share Recent Folders Recent URLs Places Tags d Network SE Root E Trash 2 2 Image Operations Gwenview has a few features which are available
4. in both Browse View and Full Screen view Gwenview has the capability to do basic alteration of your images e Rotate A rotate operation will rotate the image either to the left or to the right depending on whether you do Edit Rotate Right Ctrl R or Edit Rotate Left Ctrl L e Edit Mirror This operation will reflect the image along the vertical axis as if you were seeing it in a mirror s Edit Flip This operation will reflect the image upside down a reflection along the horizon tal axis Gwenview User Manual e Edit Resize Shift R This operation will allow you to shrink or expand the image Note that if you increase the size of an image it may appear blurry and or pixelated These actions are also available on the Operations tab of the sidebar TIP If you have installed the Kipi Plugins a Plugins menu will be available that will allow you to perform many additional operations on your images For more information see the Kipi Plugins documenta tion 2 3 Browse Mode When in Browse Mode you can easily navigate through your files and folders The preview window shows thumbnails of the images in the current folder as well as subfolders e Gwenview File Edit View Go Plugins Settings Help Start Page Browse MA View gt Full Screen 14 Previous Gi Next 3 Rotate Left G Rotate Right Image Operations gt Home Rotate Left Rotate Right AN Mirror s7302181 jpg s73021
5. 85 jpg Operations Moving the mouse over an image shows buttons to select or rotate the image as well as a button to enter Fullscreen Mode Modified images are indicated by an icon down right click it to save the changed image Clicking on an image takes you into View Mode You may select multiple images and switch to View Mode to view them side by side The slider at the bottom right allows you to change the size of the images You can also filter the images by filename date tag or rating using the box on the lower left The toolbar appears in both Browse mode as well as View mode and contains the most commonly used actions e Start Page Open the start page e Browse Switches to Browse Mode e View Switches to View Mode e Full Screen Switches to Full Screen Mode e Previous Clicking this icon will go to the previous image in the folder e Next Clicking this button will go to the next image in the folder e Rotate Left Right Same as discussed in Image Operations Gwenview User Manual 2 4 View Mode View Mode displays full size images The same sidebar available in Browse Mode is displayed on the left At the bottom there is the Thumbnail Bar which allows you to scroll through the images in the current folder The Thumbnail Bar can be minimized by clicking on the Thumbnail Bar button Clicking again will restore it To change the size of the thumbnails move the splitter with the left mouse button View Mode supports vi
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7. age Ctrl F7 Copy an image Ctrl F8 Move an image Ctrl F9 Link an image 43 Advanced Configuration Options Some notes on hidden Gwenview options can be found on this page IMPORTANT The options described on the above mentioned page may help you tune Gwenview for specific needs but please keep in mind there is no warranty they will continue working from one version to another 15 Gwenview User Manual Chapter 5 Credits and Copyright Gwenview is currently maintained by Aur lien G teau This document was written by Christopher Martin This document was updated for KDE 4 by Henry de Valence This documentation is licensed under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License This program is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License 16
8. al image operations as well as those specific to View Mode It also permits common file operations like copying renaming deleting and creating new folders 11 Gwenview User Manual Chapter 3 Gwenview Importer 3 1 Introduction The Gwenview Importer allows you to import images from a digital camera or removable me dia To launch it select Download Photos with Gwenview in the KDE Device Notifier after connecting a supported device When you plug in a device the Gwenview importer recursively lists all images and videos This is not always what you expect e g plugging a smartphone you do not want to list all medias of the device but only the pictures you took which are usually in a special subfolder Gwenview Importer Select the documents to import Listing content of Google File CD Gadget gt DCIM _ Google File CD x amp Alarms E Android ER Autodesk ES Books ee Cut the Rope A VW gt 100ANDRO B Dictionaries S Dolphin Bro s E Download B Evernote L Ej Joueeclub ER LOST DIR i ER MobisleNote S Movies IMG 20121204 232453 j IMG 20121204 232539 j E Music ER Notifications F amp Pictures ES proan ee eet SR dem dumh duh dmh dot ou out ju dah sm Enter the import destination home aurelien tmp a s Settings Import Selected Import All Cancel It is possible to select the root folder to list and Gwenview Importer will remembe
9. ewing multiple images side by side You may select multiple images in Browse Mode before switching to View Mode or you may click the button that appears when hovering over images in the Thumbnail Bar to add a pane displaying that image A will then appear that will permit you to remove its pane When multiple images are displayed a small toolbar appears below each image that permits you to delete the image or remove its pane You may perform zoom operations independently for each image or synchronize them Toggle this by checking the Synchronize to the left of the zoom slider or by pressing Ctrl Y You can switch images by clicking on their pane or using your keyboard To switch to the image on the right press Tab To switch to the image on the left press Shift Tab 5 7302178 jpg 2592x1944 18 Gwenview File Edit View Go Plugins Settings Help 2 Browse I View Full Screen 3 Share Image Operations AN Mirror Red Eye Reduction File Operations Rename Trash KR Delete Copy To Move To Link To Open With ly Properties T I E Thumbnail Bar Thumbnail Bar 100 LV Hi 18 E Create Folder i zN i Ak ji A PE EX 2 d The slider at the bottom A controls the zoom of the image The Fit button and the 100 button are next to the zoom slider and are two preset zoom levels The Fit button zooms the current image to fit the size of the window and the 100 button zooms the image to the actual pixel size
10. r it into the text box or type one manually 13 Gwenview User Manual Chapter 4 Tips 4 1 Using the mouse 4 1 1 Panning with the mouse e Holding down the left mouse button on an image allows you to scroll the image e The mouse wheel will scroll the image up and down 4 1 2 Zooming with the mouse e Clicking the middle mouse button will toggle the auto zoom on off e Hold down the Ctrl key then either use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out or left click to zoom in and right click to zoom out e The mouse wheel used while holding down the Alt key will scroll the image horizontally 4 1 3 Browsing with the mouse e When in Browse mode clicking an image switches into View mode and shows that image e When in Browse mode scrolling the mouse wheel will scroll up or down the thumbail view area e If the Mouse Behavior option in Settings Configure Gwenview is set to Browse scrolling the mouse wheel while in View Mode will move you through the images in the folder 4 2 Key bindings Gwenview comes with a range of keyboard shortcuts all of which can be viewed and remapped by selecting Settings Configure Shortcuts Note that in the Files and Folders windows all the normal KDE shortcuts are functional unless otherwise remapped A few of the most useful default bindings are e Space Displays the next image in the directory 14 Gwenview User Manual Backspace Displays the previous image in the directory
11. r the last root folder for each device This way next time you plug a device in only the relevant pictures and videos should be listed 12 Gwenview User Manual 3 1 1 Importing Images Gwenview Importer Select the documents to import Listing content of Google File CD Gadget gt DCIM m IMG_20121204 232351 j IMG 20121204 232402 j IMG 20121204 232453 j IMG 20121204 232539 j IMG 20121204 232645 j IMG 20121204 232726 j __ __ Enter the import destination home aurelien tmp a Settings Import Selected Import All cancel If you wish you may select the images you want to import under Select the documents to import by pressing the button that appears when hovering over an image You may also select the folder that images are imported to in the text box at the bottom of the window When you are done click the Import Selected button to import only the images you have selected or click Import All to import all images found on the device 3 1 2 Automatic Renaming Gwenview Importer can rename your files according to a specified pattern To configure this select the Settings in the lower left corner You may turn this feature on or off using the checkbox at the top The Rename Format supports several special parameters which will be replaced by metadata such as the date the image was created or its filename They are listed below the text box You may either click on the parameter name to ente
12. r the thumbnails Going fullscreen while browsing gives you a more immersive experience while you go through your pictures It is quite nice on your regular computer but makes even more sense when you connect your laptop to the big TV in the living room to show pictures to your guests 2 5 2 View Mode Full Screen The full screen View Mode shows a slideshow of your images Access Full Screen Mode by clicking on the button that appears when you move the mouse over the thumbnails in Browse Mode by pressing the Full Screen button on the taskbar Gwenview User Manual is HO G IC 4 2 A E LE LE Pea 4 The top bar will hide itself automatically to show it simply move the mouse to the top of the screen If the mouse cursor is over the top bar it will not autohide Most of the buttons on the bar are the same as the ones on the toolbar in Browse or View Modes except for the Exit Full Screen Mode button which returns you to the Gwenview window the Start Stop Slideshow button and the Configure Full Screen Mode button which shows a small settings dialog that allows you to easily and quickly configure the slideshow The slideshow controls there are e The Interval slider controls how long Gwenview will show an image before it move to the next one e If the Loop checkbox is checked when the end of the slideshow is reached it will continue from the beginning instead of stopping s If the Random checkbox is checked instead of prog
13. ressing through the folder alphabetically images will be shown in random order e Select Image Information to Display allows you to define what metadata is displayed under the buttons on the toolbar e If the Show thumbnails checkbox is checked thumbnails for all images in the current folder will be displayed to the right of the toolbar e The Height slider changes the size of the thumbnails displayed If enabled an area that shows you the other images in the current folder will be shown on the top bar Clicking on one will display it 2 6 Sidebar The sidebar on the left is available in the Browse and View modes but does not appear by default in Browse Mode Its appearance can be toggled using View Sidebar F11 or using the S L button at the left side of the statusbar When clicked it collapses or expands the sidebar The sidebar contains several tabs 10 Gwenview User Manual Folders Displays a list of all folders on your system permitting you to switch between them In Browse Mode thumbnails from the folder will be displayed while in View Mode the first image in the folder will appear from which you can browse through the folder using the Previous and Next buttons or shortcuts Information Displays Meta Information like the filename and size The More link permits you to view all available metadata and select which data appear in the sidebar Operations This permits you to perform the previously described glob
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