ImageGrinder v1.5
The main window is where most of the action takes place. It consists of
four main areas, these are the Image list box, the Filters box, the File options box
and the Status Area.
Contents
The menu bar operates just like any other BeOS applications menu bar.
The File menu
- The first item Open... will open up a standard BeOS open dialog window which will
allow you to choose the directory and/or files you want to process.
- The second item Image Viewer will open up a window to display the currently selected image
in the image list. If no image is selected or there are no images in the list this item will have
no effect.
- The last item Quit will close ImageGrinder just as it does in other applications.
The Edit menu
- The first item Delete will remove any selected items from the image list.
- The second item Delete All will empty the image list of all items.
The Window menu
- The first and only item Preferences will open up the preferences window which is used to control
the behavior of much of ImageGrinder.
The Help menu
- The first item Documentation will open up this help documentation.
- The second item To Register... will only show up for non-registered users,
this item will open up a web browser and take you to
The BeBits Store
so you can buy a registration key to unlock the full potential of this program.
- The third item About ImageGrinder will bring up a spiffy about box which shows some info about the
program.
The Image List is where individual files and/or directories are dropped from a tracker window.
The Image List supports the dropping of both normal directories and symbolic link directories. In the
image above if you click on the  button the list will be
displayed in reverse order. It you click the button again the list will be put back to the original
ordering. When a drop is being processed this same area is changed to
 which will animate. After all the images are added to the list you may notice a period of inactivity,
this is where the list is sorted based on the length of the path leading up to the file (which could take
a few seconds on very large lists).
The Drop box also recognizes a few useful keyboard shortcuts.
* Command+ A              
               Select all images.
* Command+ D or DELETE              
    Delete selected image(s).
* Command+ Shift+ D or SHIFT+ DELETE   Delete all images.
* Command+ S                
              Open selected image in the image viewer.
The Drop box also recognizes special mouse clicks.
* Double Click a mouse button on an image in the list and that image will open up in an image
viewer (as shown below). This image viewer shows the x and y coordinates where the mouse currently is positioned.
NOTE:
If for some reason you decide to drop your whole hard disk on the Image List all images found will
be added which could take awhile and at times seem like it is stalled when it is actually in a symbolic
link directory that has already been processed so the duplicate items are not added to the list. Also note
that this will probably crash the app because it gets in a continuous loop with /boot/home/Desktop/ which
contains a link to /boot/home/ which then follows the link back to /boot/home/Desktop which continues forever
(or until a crash occurs).
The Filter box is where you activate and configure image manipulation filters that will be
applied to the images.
NOTE: For the default filters (those written by Sean Long) pixels are counted starting at 1.
To make a filter active select the desired filter in the available filter list then press the button
with the '>' on it, this will add the filter to the active filter list. You can also double click
a filter in the available list and it will be added to the active list. If you wish to add all
available filters to the active list just press the button with the '>>' on it. Filters
can be added to the active list more than once, this is done on purpose for filters such as blur which will
have an accumulative effect.
To de-activate a filter select the desired filter in the active filter list then press the button with
the '<' on it. To de-activate all active filters press the button with the '<<' on it.
To re-order the active filters select a filter to be moved and then hold down the mouse button and a blue
line will appear, while the mouse is still down move this line to the new desired position in the list.
To configure an active filter select the desired filter and either double click it or press the button
labeled configure to do so. Note that some filters such as flip and mirror do not have a configuration window
so an alert window pops up telling you that fact.
The File options box is where frequently accessed file/directory options are displayed.
Output directory shows where the converted images are going to be stored, to select a new directory click
the button with "..." on it. By clicking the button you will open a standard file open panel and then
navigate to the directory you want and click that directory then click the open button.
The Save images in original directory options simply bypasses the specified output directory and places the
converted images back to the directories from which they came. NOTE: If the 'Overwrite files' option is set in the
preferences panel the original input images will be over written with the new modified images if combined with the 'Save images in original directory'
option.
Next is the output format drop down list. This is a list of all of the available image translators
found on your system when Image Grinder started up. Simply click on one of the image types in the
list and the images will be saved in that format.
The button labeled "Format Settings" will bring up any settings for the above mentioned output file format.
The Status Area is where a thumb nail and image stats will be shown of the currently selected
image in the image list, but only if this option is activated in the preferences. This Area also
contains the status bar which show how many images are in the list and how far the current conversion
process is.
The Convert Button, it is all alone by itself in the bottom right corner but don't let its
location fool you! This is perhaps the most important button of all because it is the button that
starts/stops the whole batch conversion process.
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