NWE Help: Graphics: XV

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The XV image viewer allows easy opening, cropping, rotating, and saving of images in many formats. It provides a low level of image editing capabilities as well. If you want to do more than minor image manipulation, please check out ImageMagick.

• Overview:: Overview of the XV image viewer
• Getting Started:: Launching XV from a shell or menu
• Control window:: The XV control_window, central to program use
• Loading images:: Loading image files into XV
• Saving images:: Saving images from XV to disk
• Making a selection:: Selecting an area of an image to manipulate
• Cropping:: Remove parts of an image
• Padding:: Padding or bordering an image
• Rotate or flip:: Rotate or flip an image
• Resize:: Make an image larger or smaller
• Convert:: Convert an image to a different file format
• Coordinates & colors:: Find x/y coordinates or RGB colors in an image
• Backgrounds:: Make a background for your desktop (root window)
• Visual schnauzer:: Manage your image files visually
• Color editor:: The somewhat intimidating XV color editor
• Effects & algorithms:: Effects and algorithms for image manipulation
• Screenshots:: Making screenshots with XV
• Miscellaneous:: Image coordinates, cropping, zooming, etc.

We're finally working on this documentation. Whee! If you want to get the big picture, take a look at this PDF of the XV users manual.