Image Tools are grouped by the following three functions:

• Preprocessing: These tools perform initial corrections such rotate, crop, and red-eye correction, all of which should occur before optimizing colors, exposure, and other aspects.
• Correction: These tools are used to optimize your images, for example, by correcting blurring, improving exposure, and addressing color shifts.
• Effects: The fun filters: let your creativity run wild!

To apply an image tool to a picture in the Image Archive, select one or more with a mouse click, then choose an image tool which opens automatically in the Edit Bar. As you select more image tools, they too will be added to the Edit Bar. If room for all image tools becomes scarce, click on the minimize button in an Image Tool Title bar to minimize it. You can also undock an image tool by clicking the undocking button. Click the same button to re-dock the tool to the image tools pane.

Each Image Tool has its own panel with the settings for the selected tool. Use the various controls to achieve the desired results. StudioLine will instantly update the picture to show the effect. There is no need to confirm your actions with an “OK” button. All tools and settings can easily be changed or reversed at any time.

A tool can be applied to multiple images at once by selecting these images before accessing any tools or changing settings.

StudioLine collects all tools, filters, and their settings in a stack (the “Active Image Tools” list), which is stored along with the unchanged original in the Image Archive. To view the active image tools list, select an image and right click on the Active Tools Object Icon below it. This will open up the window displaying the applied tools. Alternatively you could follow this Menu Bar path: “Image” → “Active Image Tools.” You can also right-click on an image and choose “Active Image Tools” from its context menu.

You can control the order in which tools are applied against an image by moving them around within the Active Image Tools list. StudioLine will apply the tools top to bottom.

To illustrate the effect of different processing orders, select an image, apply the “Black & White” tool, then the “Colorize” tool to achieve a sepia effect. This will give the picture an aged appearance. If you reverse the sequence of the filters, then the “Black & White” filter cancels out the “Colorize” tool.

To discard the effect of an image tool, simply drag the tool icon from the “Active Image Tools” list of a particular image into the Recycle Bin in the upper right corner of the StudioLine window. You can also right-click on any tool icon in the list and choose “Delete” from the context menu. Alternatively, if the tool’s settings panel is currently open, you can select the particular image and drag the “Copy” button from the top left corner of the tool’s settings panel to the Recycle Bin.

There are a number of ways to copy tool settings from one image to another.

1. Dragging the “Copy” Button to a Single Image
   Click on the image containing the correct image tools settings. Open the image tool you wish to copy. Drag the “Copy” button of the image tool’s settings panel to any other image that should inherit the identical settings.
2. Clicking the Copy Button
   Click on the image containing the correct image tools settings. Open the image tool you wish to copy. Hold down the “Ctrl” key to select additional images (be certain that the original image remains selected). Click the “Copy” button of that image tool’s settings panel to apply the same settings to all selected images.
3. Using the Active Image Tools List
   To copy the settings of a single image tool, drag that particular tool from the Active Image Tools list to any target images. (Right-clicking on the Active Image Tools Status Icon below the image will open the Active Image Tools window.) To copy all image tools, drag “Copy” button of the Active Image Tools list onto any target images (or use the “Ctrl” key to select additional images and then click the “Copy” button).

The “Lock” button (see below) assists in copying tools and settings to images in other folders.

Normally, the Tool panel will display the settings in effect for the currently selected image. If multiple pictures are selected, the panel will display the settings for the image that was selected first. Clicking the “Lock” button will turn the button red, indicating that the settings are locked. You are now free to browse through folders and select different images – the settings will remain “frozen” on the originally selected picture. When you have located and selected the target image(s), click the “Copy” button in the settings panel to transfer the tool settings to them.

The histogram displays the distribution of pixels based on brightness and frequency in your image. The x-axis (horizontal) represents brightness ranging from black (0) to white (255). The y-axis (vertical) represents the frequency of pixels for each particular brightness.

Ideally, an image should display an even balance of dark, mid-range, and bright pixels. Images with an excessive number of bright pixels will appear washed out. An image too high in mid-range pixels will appear pale. Too many dark area pixels will result in a lack of detail. The StudioLine histogram helps with assessing the effect of image tools to attain a well balanced picture.

The histogram can be switched to different views to match various image tools. “Red/Green/Blue” is the default view, showing the distribution of brightness combined for all color channels. You can also select one or multiple individual color channels, or view the distribution of saturation or color. In addition, you can choose logarithmic or linear view and overlay the chart with a grid.

To illustrate the use of the histogram, let’s take a look at the “Auto Tone Levels” tool. Select a pale or washed-out looking image lacking contrast. Open the “Auto Tone Levels” tool from the Image Toolbox. In the histogram at the top of the Image Tools Bar the setting should already be the default “Red/Green/Blue” – if not, click on the fourth circular button from the left, the grey one, next to the individual color channel buttons and the black/white “Hue” button.

The image example above nicely illustrates the lack of pixels on the right in the graph. After clicking on “Auto-Contrast” in the “Auto Tone Levels” panel, the histogram shows how the graph is now spread across the entire brightness range.

The balanced brightness results in a much more vibrant image. You can further move the sliders in the “Auto Tone Levels” panel and instantly observe the result in the histogram and on the image itself.

Image Tools are grouped by the following three functions:

• Preprocessing: These tools perform initial corrections such rotate, crop, and red-eye correction, all of which should occur before optimizing colors, exposure, and other aspects.
• Correction: These tools are used to optimize your images, for example, by correcting blurring, improving exposure, and addressing color shifts.
• Effects: The fun filters: let your creativity run wild!

To apply an image tool to a picture in the Image Archive, select one or more with a mouse click, then choose an image tool which opens automatically in the Edit Bar. As you select more image tools, they too will be added to the Edit Bar. If room for all image tools becomes scarce, click on the minimize button in an Image Tool Title bar to minimize it. You can also undock an image tool by clicking the undocking button. Click the same button to re-dock the tool to the image tools pane.

Each Image Tool has its own panel with the settings for the selected tool. Use the various controls to achieve the desired results. StudioLine will instantly update the picture to show the effect. There is no need to confirm your actions with an “OK” button. All tools and settings can easily be changed or reversed at any time.

A tool can be applied to multiple images at once by selecting these images before accessing any tools or changing settings.

Image Tools are grouped by the following three functions:

• Preprocessing: These tools perform initial corrections such rotate, crop, and red-eye correction, all of which should occur before optimizing colors, exposure, and other aspects.
• Correction: These tools are used to optimize your images, for example, by correcting blurring, improving exposure, and addressing color shifts.
• Effects: The fun filters: let your creativity run wild!

To apply an image tool to a picture in the Image Archive, select one or more with a mouse click, then choose an image tool which opens automatically in the Edit Bar. As you select more image tools, they too will be added to the Edit Bar. If room for all image tools becomes scarce, click on the minimize button in an Image Tool Title bar to minimize it. You can also undock an image tool by clicking the undocking button. Click the same button to re-dock the tool to the image tools pane.

Each Image Tool has its own panel with the settings for the selected tool. Use the various controls to achieve the desired results. StudioLine will instantly update the picture to show the effect. There is no need to confirm your actions with an “OK” button. All tools and settings can easily be changed or reversed at any time.

A tool can be applied to multiple images at once by selecting these images before accessing any tools or changing settings.

Image Tools are grouped by the following three functions:

• Preprocessing: These tools perform initial corrections such rotate, crop, and red-eye correction, all of which should occur before optimizing colors, exposure, and other aspects.
• Correction: These tools are used to optimize your images, for example, by correcting blurring, improving exposure, and addressing color shifts.
• Effects: The fun filters: let your creativity run wild!

To apply an image tool to a picture in the Image Archive, select one or more with a mouse click, then choose an image tool which opens automatically in the Edit Bar. As you select more image tools, they too will be added to the Edit Bar. If room for all image tools becomes scarce, click on the minimize button in an Image Tool Title bar to minimize it. You can also undock an image tool by clicking the undocking button. Click the same button to re-dock the tool to the image tools pane.

Each Image Tool has its own panel with the settings for the selected tool. Use the various controls to achieve the desired results. StudioLine will instantly update the picture to show the effect. There is no need to confirm your actions with an “OK” button. All tools and settings can easily be changed or reversed at any time.

A tool can be applied to multiple images at once by selecting these images before accessing any tools or changing settings.

Image Tools are grouped by the following three functions:

• Preprocessing: These tools perform initial corrections such rotate, crop, and red-eye correction, all of which should occur before optimizing colors, exposure, and other aspects.
• Correction: These tools are used to optimize your images, for example, by correcting blurring, improving exposure, and addressing color shifts.
• Effects: The fun filters: let your creativity run wild!

To apply an image tool to a picture in the Image Archive, select one or more with a mouse click, then choose an image tool which opens automatically in the Edit Bar. As you select more image tools, they too will be added to the Edit Bar. If room for all image tools becomes scarce, click on the minimize button in an Image Tool Title bar to minimize it. You can also undock an image tool by clicking the undocking button. Click the same button to re-dock the tool to the image tools pane.

Each Image Tool has its own panel with the settings for the selected tool. Use the various controls to achieve the desired results. StudioLine will instantly update the picture to show the effect. There is no need to confirm your actions with an “OK” button. All tools and settings can easily be changed or reversed at any time.

A tool can be applied to multiple images at once by selecting these images before accessing any tools or changing settings.

Image Tools are grouped by the following three functions:

• Preprocessing: These tools perform initial corrections such rotate, crop, and red-eye correction, all of which should occur before optimizing colors, exposure, and other aspects.
• Correction: These tools are used to optimize your images, for example, by correcting blurring, improving exposure, and addressing color shifts.
• Effects: The fun filters: let your creativity run wild!

To apply an image tool to a picture in the Image Archive, select one or more with a mouse click, then choose an image tool which opens automatically in the Edit Bar. As you select more image tools, they too will be added to the Edit Bar. If room for all image tools becomes scarce, click on the minimize button in an Image Tool Title bar to minimize it. You can also undock an image tool by clicking the undocking button. Click the same button to re-dock the tool to the image tools pane.

Each Image Tool has its own panel with the settings for the selected tool. Use the various controls to achieve the desired results. StudioLine will instantly update the picture to show the effect. There is no need to confirm your actions with an “OK” button. All tools and settings can easily be changed or reversed at any time.

A tool can be applied to multiple images at once by selecting these images before accessing any tools or changing settings.

Image Tools are grouped by the following three functions:

• Preprocessing: These tools perform initial corrections such rotate, crop, and red-eye correction, all of which should occur before optimizing colors, exposure, and other aspects.
• Correction: These tools are used to optimize your images, for example, by correcting blurring, improving exposure, and addressing color shifts.
• Effects: The fun filters: let your creativity run wild!

To apply an image tool to a picture in the Image Archive, select one or more with a mouse click, then choose an image tool which opens automatically in the Edit Bar. As you select more image tools, they too will be added to the Edit Bar. If room for all image tools becomes scarce, click on the minimize button in an Image Tool Title bar to minimize it. You can also undock an image tool by clicking the undocking button. Click the same button to re-dock the tool to the image tools pane.

Each Image Tool has its own panel with the settings for the selected tool. Use the various controls to achieve the desired results. StudioLine will instantly update the picture to show the effect. There is no need to confirm your actions with an “OK” button. All tools and settings can easily be changed or reversed at any time.

A tool can be applied to multiple images at once by selecting these images before accessing any tools or changing settings.

Image Tools are grouped by the following three functions:

• Preprocessing: These tools perform initial corrections such rotate, crop, and red-eye correction, all of which should occur before optimizing colors, exposure, and other aspects.
• Correction: These tools are used to optimize your images, for example, by correcting blurring, improving exposure, and addressing color shifts.
• Effects: The fun filters: let your creativity run wild!

To apply an image tool to a picture in the Image Archive, select one or more with a mouse click, then choose an image tool which opens automatically in the Edit Bar. As you select more image tools, they too will be added to the Edit Bar. If room for all image tools becomes scarce, click on the minimize button in an Image Tool Title bar to minimize it. You can also undock an image tool by clicking the undocking button. Click the same button to re-dock the tool to the image tools pane.

Each Image Tool has its own panel with the settings for the selected tool. Use the various controls to achieve the desired results. StudioLine will instantly update the picture to show the effect. There is no need to confirm your actions with an “OK” button. All tools and settings can easily be changed or reversed at any time.

A tool can be applied to multiple images at once by selecting these images before accessing any tools or changing settings.

Image Tools are grouped by the following three functions:

• Preprocessing: These tools perform initial corrections such rotate, crop, and red-eye correction, all of which should occur before optimizing colors, exposure, and other aspects.
• Correction: These tools are used to optimize your images, for example, by correcting blurring, improving exposure, and addressing color shifts.
• Effects: The fun filters: let your creativity run wild!

To apply an image tool to a picture in the Image Archive, select one or more with a mouse click, then choose an image tool which opens automatically in the Edit Bar. As you select more image tools, they too will be added to the Edit Bar. If room for all image tools becomes scarce, click on the minimize button in an Image Tool Title bar to minimize it. You can also undock an image tool by clicking the undocking button. Click the same button to re-dock the tool to the image tools pane.

Each Image Tool has its own panel with the settings for the selected tool. Use the various controls to achieve the desired results. StudioLine will instantly update the picture to show the effect. There is no need to confirm your actions with an “OK” button. All tools and settings can easily be changed or reversed at any time.

A tool can be applied to multiple images at once by selecting these images before accessing any tools or changing settings.

Image Tools are grouped by the following three functions:

• Preprocessing: These tools perform initial corrections such rotate, crop, and red-eye correction, all of which should occur before optimizing colors, exposure, and other aspects.
• Correction: These tools are used to optimize your images, for example, by correcting blurring, improving exposure, and addressing color shifts.
• Effects: The fun filters: let your creativity run wild!

To apply an image tool to a picture in the Image Archive, select one or more with a mouse click, then choose an image tool which opens automatically in the Edit Bar. As you select more image tools, they too will be added to the Edit Bar. If room for all image tools becomes scarce, click on the minimize button in an Image Tool Title bar to minimize it. You can also undock an image tool by clicking the undocking button. Click the same button to re-dock the tool to the image tools pane.

Each Image Tool has its own panel with the settings for the selected tool. Use the various controls to achieve the desired results. StudioLine will instantly update the picture to show the effect. There is no need to confirm your actions with an “OK” button. All tools and settings can easily be changed or reversed at any time.

A tool can be applied to multiple images at once by selecting these images before accessing any tools or changing settings.