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32 <H1>10.2 Image Options</H1>
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33 <P STYLE="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">This section
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34 describes the options presented under the Image Tab of the
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35 preferences dialog.</P>
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36 <P><BR><BR>
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38 <P STYLE="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><U>Zoom</U></P>
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39 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">
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40 <B>Quality</B>: Selects the method used to scale the size of an
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41 image.</P>
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43 <B>Nearest</B>: Fastest scaler, but results in poor image
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44 quality.<BR><B>Tiles</B>: Results are somewhat close to bilinear,
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45 with better speed.<BR><B>Bilinear</B>: High quality results,
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46 moderately fast.<BR><B>Hyper</B>: Slowest scaler, sometimes gives
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47 better results than bilinear.</P>
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48 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">
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49 <B>Two pass zooming</B>: Enables GQview to first display a scaled
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50 image using the nearest zoom quality. After image decoding is
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51 complete, the image is scaled again using the selected “Zoom
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52 (scaling)” method. This allows faster display of an image as it
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53 is decoded from the source file.</P>
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54 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">
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55 <B>Allow enlargement of image for zoom to fit</B>: Enable this to
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56 allow GQview to increase the image size for images that are smaller
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57 than the current view area when the zoom is set to “Fit to
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58 Window”.</P>
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60 <B>Zoom increment</B>: Adjusts the step size when zooming in or out
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61 on an image. This value corresponds to the percentage of the original
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62 image.</P>
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65 <P STYLE="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><U>Zoom control</U></P>
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66 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><B>When
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67 new image is selected</B>: </SPAN>This controls the behavior of the
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68 zoom setting when changing the displayed image.</P>
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69 <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><B>Zoom to original size</B>: The new
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70 image is set to it's original size.<BR><B>Fit image to window</B>:
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71 The new image's zoom is changed so that the image will fit within the
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72 current view area.<BR><B>Leave zoom at previous setting</B>: The zoom
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73 setting is unchanged, the new image will be scaled the same as the
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74 previous image.</P>
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77 <P><U>Appearance</U></P>
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78 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Black background</B>: Enable this
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79 to draw the image background (the area around the image) in black.</P>
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82 <P><U>Convenience</U></P>
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83 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Refresh on file change</B>: GQview
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84 will monitor currently active images and folders for changes in their
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85 modification time, and update the display if it changes.</P>
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86 <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><I>Note:</I> Disable this if the
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87 system will not go into sleep mode due to occasional disk activity
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88 from the time check, or if GQview updates too often for folders with
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89 continuously changing content.</P>
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90 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; text-decoration: none"><B>Preload next
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91 image</B>: Enabling this option will cause GQview to read the next
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92 logical image from disk when idle, it will also retain the previously
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93 viewed image in memory. By reading the nearest images into memory,
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94 time to display the next image is reduced.</P>
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99 <DD STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.2in"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><I>Note:</I>
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100 This option will increase GQview memory requirements, and may
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101 cause performance issues with very large images.</SPAN> If the
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102 use of GQview results in the system noticeably swapping memory to
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103 disk, try disabling this feature.</DD></DL>
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108 <B>Auto rotate image using EXIF information</B>: Auto rotates images
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109 based on data stored in images that include EXIF data.</P>
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