Using the Viewer

You can use the Viewer to display your images and media files using their actual dimensions or at a variety of magnifications. You can also display a group of images in sequential order.

The Viewer window contains four main areas:

• Viewer toolbar: Located at the top of the Viewer and below the menu bar, the Viewer toolbar provides shortcut buttons to commonly-used tools and commands, such as the zoom and scroll tools. You can set the options on the toolbar to show or hide the toolbar, and to use large or small icons.

• Editing toolbar: Located on the left side of the Viewer, the Editing toolbar provides shortcuts to the editing tools available in ACDSee's Edit Mode.

• View area: This is the main Viewer area, which displays the current image or media file. You can customize the Viewer window, and zoom in or out on your images and media files.

• Status bar: Located at the bottom of the View area, the Status bar displays information and properties for the current image or media file.

The Viewer can also display the Properties pane to show database, EXIF, and IPTC information about the image or file. The Viewer also has the Navigator, Magnifying Glass and Histogram panes, each of which show detailed  image information.  

To open an image or media file in the Viewer:

In the File List pane, do one of the following:

• Select a file and press Enter.

• Double-click a file.

• Right-click an image or media file, and then select View.

To open a group of images in the Viewer:

1. In the File List pane, select a group of images.

2. Press Enter.

3. To navigate through the images, do the following:

4. To view the next image in the sequence, click View | Next Image.

5. To view the previous image in the sequence, click View | Previous Image.

Viewing images in full screen mode

You can use the entire screen of your monitor to display images. In full screen mode, the window borders, menu bar, status bar, and toolbars are hidden, and only the image is visible. If you want to always view your images in full screen mode, you can set this option as the default for the Viewer.

To view images in full screen mode:

1. Open an image, or a group of images, in the Viewer.

2. Click View | Full Screen.

3. Right-click the image to access the Viewer tools and options via a shortcut menu.

To exit full screen mode:

Do one of the following:

• Press the F key.

• Right-click the image and select View | Full Screen.

Using the Viewer panes

To open the Viewer panes:

1. Open an image in the Viewer.

2. Do one of the following:

3. Click View | Histogram to display the histogram for the image.

4. Click View | Magnifying glass to magnify the area of the image under your cursor.

5. Click View | Navigator  to display a thumbnail overview of a magnified image.

6. Click View | Properties to display file, database, EXIF, or IPTC information about the image.

Returning to the Browser

You can close the Viewer window and return to the Browser at any time.

To return to the Browser from the Viewer window:

Do one of the following:

• Press Esc.

• Press Enter.

• Double-click the image.

• Click File | Browse.

• Click the Browse button on the toolbar.

Related topics

• Magnifying specific areas of an image