NWE Help: Graphics: XV: Control Window

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If you'll be using XV for anything worth mentioning, you'll need to open the the XV control window. After launching XV, right-click the mouse in the XV image window, and the control window should come up:

XV control window

• On the top right, in two rows, are six pull down menus which give access to many XV functions.
• The large space at the left center contains a list of the open files.
• The right center of the window has are six file management buttons in a vertical row.
• Near the bottom is information about the currently open image -- the size (width x height), the file type, and the color mode.
• Finally, at the bottom of the window, there are two rows of buttons which give access to core image functions.

Here's an overview of those core functions. In some cases there are links to pages which document the function in greater depth.

top row Copy Copy the selection to the clipboard Cut Cut the selection to the clipboard and delete it from the image Paste Paste the selection on the clipboard into the image Clear Clear the selection 10% smaller Make image 10% smaller 10% bigger Make image 10% bigger Rotate counterclockwise Rotate image 90° counterclockwise Rotate clockwise Rotate image 90° clockwise Flip horizontal Flip (invert) image horizontally Flip vertical Flip (invert) image vertically Grab Save part of the screen as an image

second row Pad Add to an image size Text Add a text annotation to an image Crop Cut image down to selected area only UnCrop Undo a cropping operation AutoCrop Crop based on borders or outside area About XV Display information about XV Quit Close all XV windows and quit