Light Table: tools, sorting, compare, slide show, renaming, relinking
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The Light Table
The
Light Table is where you can view the images you imported for
a project. You can perform several tasks from this view. You can customize
how the light table looks, rename , relink ,
and print contact sheets of your images.
The
above image shows the Projection button. This will only appear
if you have purchased and registered the Projection Tool software add-on/component.
View Groups: Here
you can select which group of images you want to view. The
default view is All Images .
Rotating Images:
You can easily rotate one or multiple images. This is done by selecting
one ore multiple images, and by clicking on the corresponding rotate
arrow. Standard Control, Shift, and Alt combinations will work along
with your mouse when selecting image(s).
Slide Show : Clicking
on the
Slide Show button brings up a slide show
of the image group currently being displayed in the
Light
Table . You can exit the slide show at anytime by pressing
the ESC key.
Compare : By selecting
one to six images, you bring up the
compare tool ,
which allows you to compare images up close and full screen.
Projection
The Red Toolbox :
Clicking here brings up several different handy tools:
Sort ,
Rename ,
Relink and
Print .
Image
Aligner
The
Red Toolbox
(found in the top right-hand
corner of the Light Table tab)
Sort
Rename
Allows
you to sort between Date and Time Shot , and Image
Name ; ascending or descending
Allows
you to rename your images in LP Digital Studio ,
and your original high resolution files.
Relink
Print
If
the folder path of your original images changes, this utility will
update LabPrints with the new file location.
Allows
you to print contact sheets (indexes )
of your Light Table images.
The
Slide Show Tool
The
Slide Show tool allows you to display your images in a slide show,
one by one. The
Projection Tool
add-on adds music to your presentation as well (.mp3 and .wav
files are supported).
See the System
Preferences menu for options on setting up your slide show presentations.
Buttons at
the top (from left to right) are Previous , Pause ,
Stop , Next , Audio
(Volume/Mute )
Number of Images Displayed: Select
how many images you would like to display (1-6)
Magnifying Glass: Just like a
loupe, this tool will magnify the area under your mouse for proofing
details
Group: Displays only images in
the group you have selected, the default is All Images
B&W and Sepia: Toggles black
and white and sepia previews of each image.
Ranking: (Available only to Projection
Tool owners) Used to rank images into the Yes/No/Maybe
groups
(You can also use the 1/2/3 keyboard keys for no/maybe/yes respectively)
Images: Allows you to switch between
images without leaving the Compare Tool
Left and Right Arrows: Allows
you to scroll between images in sequence.
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Created On: Wed 05 Mar 2008 21:02