Picture Compare Commands

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Following is a description of the Picture Compare commands, in addition to the common commands.  Most of these commands are available as toolbar buttons.

From the Tools menu, select Customize Commands to define your own keyboard shortcuts, and hide or expose commands on the menus and toolbars.

The Session menu:

Save Session

Saves the current session.

Save Session As

Saves the current session under a new name.

Session Settings

Opens the Picture Compare Session Settings dialog.

 

Clear Session

Replaces the current view with an empty Picture Compare.

Swap Sides

Exchanges the left and right files.

Reload Files

Reloads the displayed files.

Recompare Files

Recompares the displayed files without reloading.

Picture Compare Report

Produces the Picture Compare report.

Picture Compare Info

Displays comparison statistics.

 

Compare Files Using

Opens the displayed files in a new session using a different class of file viewer.

 

Compare Parent Folders

Opens a new Folder Compare session based on the parent folders of the currently loaded files.

The File menu:

Open File

Opens an existing file into the selected pane.

 

Open File on File System *

Opens an existing local file into the selected pane.

 

Open File on FTP Site *

Opens an existing file on an FTP site into the selected pane.

 

Open Clipboard

Loads the Clipboard contents into the selected pane.

 

Open With

Opens the selected pane's file in one of the external Open With applications.

 

Explorer

Displays the file manager's context menu for the file in the selected pane.

The Edit menu:

Copy

Copies selection to the Clipboard.

The Search menu:

Next Difference Files

Opens the parent folder session's next pair of files with differences.  (Child sessions only.)

Previous Difference Files

Opens the parent folder session's previous pair of files with differences.  (Child sessions only.)

Copy File to Right and Open Next Difference

Copies the entire left-side file to the right and opens the folder session's next different files.  (Child sessions only.)

Copy File to Left and Open Next Difference

Copies the entire right-side file to the left and opens the folder session's next different files.  (Child sessions only.)

The View menu:

Tolerance Mode

Detects pixel differences greater than configurable tolerance.

Mismatch Range Mode

Measures degree of pixel difference.

Binary Operation Mode

Performs binary operation.

Blend Mode

Blends images based on configurable percentage.

Ignore Unimportant Differences

Treats unimportant differences as same.

Stretch to Same Size

Forces pictures to have same height and width.

Rotate Clockwise

Spins current picture to right by 90 degrees.

Rotate Counterclockwise

Spins current picture to left by 90 degrees.

Flip Horizontally

Swaps pixels of current picture relative to its horizontal center.

Flip Vertically

Swaps pixels of current picture relative to its vertical center.

 

Reset Difference Offset

Realigns top left corner of both pictures.

Difference Side-by-side Layout

Arranges panes left and right of each other with difference pane in middle.

Difference Over-under Layout

Arranges panes above and below each other with difference pane in middle.

Difference Underneath Layout

Arranges difference pane below left and right panes.

Only Difference Layout

Shows difference pane and hides left and right panes.

Side-by-side Layout

Arranges panes left and right of each other.

Over-under Layout

Arranges panes above and below each other.

File Info

Shows or hides file information panels at the top of panes.

Zoom  >

  Zoom In

Makes pictures appear to be larger.

Zoom  >

  Zoom Out

Makes pictures appear to be smaller.

Zoom  >

  AutoZoom

Makes pictures appear to fill panes.

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