Browse Tab
The Browse Tab is situated on the left side of the Program Window and is used to navigate through the files and folders system of your computer, network or removable media, view information about the image file you are editing and adjust the zoom level. It consists of the following sections:
Navigator
It is used to navigate through the photo that is displayed within the Preview Area while using zoom. In the navigator you can see the entire picture and its part that is currently shown within the preview area.
Use the Global Zoom slider to zoom in and out the selected image. So if you zoom in the image, the image part visible in the preview area will be displayed within the white-outlined rectangle in the navigator. The global zoom has the following levels: thumbnails, one on screen, full size, 200%, 300%, 400%, 500%.
The navigator window can be hidden and then shown by clicking the upper bar.
Folders
This section is used to navigate through the files and folders system of your computer, network or removable media.
File Info
It is used to view information about the selected image file. Here you can find the following data that you might need while editing the image:
- File Size - size of the image file given in megabytes
- Creation Date - date and time when the image file was created (year:month:day hours:minutes:seconds)
- Dimensions - width and height of the image in pixels (dimensions in inches are given in brackets)
- Resolution - it describes detail an image holds, measured here in dots per inch (dpi)
If you click the More Info... button you will see the whole list of image parameters:
- Title - image name entered manually
- Author - person who took this picture
- Date Picture Taken - date and time when the photo was shot (year:month:day hours:minutes:seconds)
- Description - description of the image subject
- Copyright - copyright notice
- Disclaimer - statement intended to specify situations that involve some level of uncertainty, waiver, or risk
- Comment - additional information on the edited image
- Equipment Type - name of the still camera used to shoot this picture
- Equipment Model - model of the still camera used to shoot this photo
- Software ID - name of the software package used to create the image
- Version Number - version number of the software package used to create the image
- Version Letter - version letter of the software package used to create the image
- Host Computer - computer and/or operating system in use at the time of image creation
- Warning - warning about the image contents (available for .png image files only)
- Document Name - name of a multi-page .tiff image file
- Exposure Time - time during which the film or sensor was exposed to light, given in seconds
- Exposure Compensation - feature that allows to adjust the automatically calculated exposure (compensation can be either positive (additional exposure) or negative (reduced exposure))
- Exposure Program - class of the program used by the camera to set exposure when the picture is taken (the following programs can be used: not defined, manual, normal program, aperture priority, shutter priority, creative program, action program, portrait mode, landscape mode)
- Shutter Speed - length of time the aperture remains open for a given exposure
- Lens Aperture - opening in the camera that allows light to pass through the lens to strike the film
- Focal Length - actual focal length of the lens
- F-Number (also known as F-stop or relative aperture) - number defined as the focal length of the lens divided by the effective diameter of the aperture (a smaller F-number implies a larger diameter lens and therefore more light available for high-speed photography)
- ISO Speed - refers to the "film speed" or sensor sensitivity to light (higher ISOs mean the sensor (or film) is more sensitive to light, while lower ISOs mean the sensor will be less sensitive to light)
- Metering Mode - refers to the way in which a camera determines the exposure (the following modes can be used: unknown, average, center weighted average, spot, multi-spot, pattern, partial, other)
- Flash Mode - flash mode used to produce this picture (on/ off/ auto, fired/ did not fire, red-eye reduction, retouch)
- Bitmap Type - type of memory organization and image file format used to store digital images, measured in bits per pixel (image pixels are generally stored with a color depth of 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, or 64 bits per pixel)
- Color Space - color space used to create this image: sRGB (standard red/green/blue), CMYK (cyan/magenta/yellow, K stands for black), HSL (hue/saturation/lightness), etc.
To close the additional image parameters click the Less Info... button.
Note: all the strings are always displayed in the File Info section, but some of them may contain no values depending on the still camera you used, image file format and camera settings.