File menu
The following table shows the different options you have in the file menu.
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Menu item |
Description |
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New |
Opens a submenu you can create the files below. |
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New (Submenu) |
Within this submenu you can create the following files:
Image Use this entry to create a new image with a specified size and background color.
Animation Use this entry to create an animation (.gif/.mng). The Ashampoo Photo Commander 10 offers the possibility to create an animation in GIF/MNG format (animation formats), or to create a multipage TIF/DCX (formats which may be used as multipage facsimiles) file. The Create GIF/MNG Animation/Multipage tool can also be found in the applications Tools menu.
Multipage Use this entry to create a multipage file,this might be useful as facsimiles (.PDF/.tif/.dcx).
Slideshow/Playlist Use this entry to create a slideshow or playlist.
General options:
Output filename Type text that will be used as filename. The will initially add a sample filename: Multipage.tif when creating a TIF Multipage, Multipage.dcx when creating a DCX Multipage, Animation.gif when creating a GIF Animation and Animation.mng when creating a MNG Animation.
Output directory Specify the location where the final GIF/MNG/TIF/DCX Animation/Multipage file should be stored.
Selected files Add/Remove/Reorder files to/from/in the list of files that should be processed.
Processing options:
GIF/MNG Delay This option is only active when creating a GIF or MNG Animation. Set the time to wait in milliseconds before displaying the next frame.
TIF Compression This option is only active when creating a TIF Multipage. Set what compression type to use when adding the source image files to the TIF Multipage file.
Hints: The basic Create Animation Dialog is the same whether you want to create a GIF Animation, a MNG Animation or a Multipage TIF file.
When working in Browser Mode: Select items in the Content View or the Playlist Window before you open the Create GIF/MNG/TIF Animation/Multipage tool to have it work on the selected items.
When creating a GIF/MNG Animation, the takes care about any transparency stored in the source image files that will be used as frames for the following formats: PNG, GIF, ICO, CUR. |
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Import / Scan |
Click here for details! |
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Open |
Opens a media file. |
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Open with external program |
This is a powerful tool to configure other programs that will open files currently loaded into the Ashampoo Photo Commander 10. For example, you can configure your favorite image editing application and use the Ashampoo Photo Commander 10 as quick viewer, but whenever you want to open a file for editing, you can use the “Open with” command. |
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Save |
Save the file under the current filename. |
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Save as |
The Save As Dialog will appear to save the current file. The can save to the most common and most important image file formats. To use this ability, load any supported image file format and issue the Save As command from the file menu (hot key: Ctrl+S). A special extended version of the Windows built in Save As Dialog will appear on the screen, giving you the possibility to set the destination folder, the destination filename and the destination format you want to save your image in. In the drop down combo box you can specify the destination format. If the specified destination format has specific settings (eg: JPG, PNG) then the controls to set those will be shown in the tab control below the drop down combo box as shown in the screenshot to the left.
Hints By default the Ashampoo Photo Commander 10 remembers the directory you used for saving an image to and automatically opens the Save As Dialog in this directory. That’s why the button “switch to current folder” is a handy one, as it gives you the possibility to change the Save As Dialog’s display folder to the folder you loaded the image from in case you don’t want to use the directory you saved the last time to.
The Ashampoo Photo Commander 10 does take care of any transparency stored in an indexed image automatically when saving to the following formats: GIF, PNG!
To convert any animated GIF into an animated MNG you only need to specify MNG as destination format and the will do the whole conversion of the Animation for you! |
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Reload |
Reload the current media file. |
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Close |
Close the current media file. |
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Move To |
Move current media file(s) to a specified directory. |
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Copy To |
Copy current media file(s) to a specified directory. |
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Rename |
Rename current media file(s). |
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Delete |
Delete current media file(s). |
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Send by Email |
Opens your default email client and generates a mail with the selected picture as attachment. |
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Upload to the web |
Uploads photos /videos to Facebook, Picasa or Youtube. For more information please go here! |
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Prints the current image. See the Print dialog for more information. |
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Classic print
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Opens the classic print dialog, again for more information jump to the following link.
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File information |
Displays file information about the current media file. See the following chapter for more information. |
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File date/time |
This option can be used to change or apply the date or time of the current file. See the following chapter for more information. |
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Change DPI |
This option can be used to change or apply the size of an image in DPI (DOTS PER INCH). Click here for details! |
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Search |
Search the content view for files. This function includes one of the most sophisticated features of Ashampoo Photo Commander 10. You are now able to search for special ratings (e.g. Media Player and Windows Vista) and special EXIF and IPTC contents, which contain camera settings, date and time, etc. |
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Show welcome screen |
Displays the Welcome screen so you can decide what to do next within the application. |
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Exit |
Exit the Ashampoo Photo Commander 10. |