Menu and Toolbar

You will find the following buttons on the toolbar:

Open
Opens an existing image in the preview window.

Save
Saves the resized image, after letting you choose a location and specify a filename and format. Common formats like TIFF, JPEG, PNG, BMP, and TGA are supported; see Image File Formats for further details.

If you want to publish your images online, use the JPEG format to get the smallest file. For printing purposes, use TIFF, PNG, or BMP to maintain as much image quality as possible. TIFF is commonly used for professional printing.

Saving paletted images (indexed colors, such as GIF) is not supported. PhotoZoom Pro 4 will convert such images to grayscale or truecolor RGB.

New Batch
Batch processing offers the possibility to resize multiple images in one go (a batch). Say you need a thousand images to be resized to a certain size: thanks to the batch processing feature you do not have to open all images one by one, but instead you can simply select them all, specify the required size just once, and PhotoZoom Pro 4 will do the rest.
See the Batch Processing chapter for a more detailed explanation on how to use this feature.

Preview
Updates the preview in the preview window, based on the current settings. Note that when "Auto Preview" is enabled (which usually is the case), the "Preview" button will be disabled. Auto Preview ensures that an image is being updated immediately when a setting changes. Sometimes it can be useful to turn off auto previewing (for example on slow systems). To do so, you can deselect the "Auto Preview" option from the "View" menu. You can then use the "Preview" button when you want PhotoZoom Pro 4 to show you a preview based on the changes you made.

Preferences
Opens the Preferences window in which you can configure some settings.

Help
Opens the User Guide.

About
Shows information on the software and its creators, version number, registration info, website links, and licensing and copyright information.

Links
Provides an easy way to visit our website (www.benvista.com) for up-to-date information on PhotoZoom Pro 4 and other software we created. Here you can also launch other BenVista programs (if installed) or find direct links to their product information pages.

The Menu

Below you find an overview of all the menu items, including keyboard shortcuts (for both Windows and Mac) where available.

File
    Open (Ctrl+O / Cmd+O) Opens an image
  Save as... (Ctrl+S / Cmd+S) Lets you specify a name, location, and format for the resized image, and then saves it
  Open example image Opens the PhotoZoom Pro 4 example image
  Recent Images > Quickly reopens a recently opened file
  Recent Batches > Quickly opens a recently saved batch
  Exit (Windows only) Exits the program

Edit
 Undo (Ctrl+Z / Cmd+Z) Reverts the last change
 Redo (Ctrl+Y / Cmd+Shift+Z) Repeats the last change
 Select Activates the selection tool
 Crop Cuts out the selected part of the image (this option is only active when a selection has been made)
 Deselect (Ctrl+D / Cmd+D) Deselects the currently selected part of the image (this option is only active when a selection has been made)
 Flip Horizontal Flips (mirrors) the image horizontally (left becomes right)
 Flip Vertical Flips (mirrors) the image vertically (top becomes bottom)
 Rotate Left Rotates the image 90 degrees counterclockwise
 Rotate Right Rotates the image 90 degrees clockwise
 Reset Image Discards all changes applied to the image since it was opened (this cannot be undone)

Batch (also see Batch Processing)
 New Opens a new, empty batch
 Open Opens a previously saved batch
 Save Saves the current batch
 Save As... Saves the current batch under a different name
 Close Closes the current batch
 Add Images... Adds one or more images to the batch
 Add Folder... Adds a folder to the batch
 Add Image to Batch Adds the currently opened image to the batch
 Select All (Ctrl+A / Cmd+A) Selects all images currently in the batch
 Select None Deselects all images currently in the batch
 Remove Selected Removes the selected images from the batch
 Run (F5) Starts the batch with the given settings

Options
  Language >
Chooses a language for PhotoZoom Pro 4 to use
 Preferences... Opens the Preferences window

View
 Preview Updates the preview in the preview window, based on the current settings. This option is only available when "Auto Preview" (in the same menu) is turned off.
 Auto Preview (on or off) When enabled, the preview window will update after each change you make
When disabled, changes are only shown after you click the "Preview" button or menu option.
 Toolbar > Sets the size of the toolbar (Off, Small, Medium, or Large)

Help
 Help Opens the User Guide
 Check for updates... Checks if a free update (newer version) of PhotoZoom Pro 4 is available
 Purchase... Links you to BenVista's online store, where a user license for PhotoZoom Pro 4 can be purchased
 Unlock... Unlocks the software if a valid unlock code is provided (also see Registration)
 Support... Links you to BenVista's support pages: www.benvista.com/support
 About Shows information on the software and its creators, version number, registration info, website links, and licensing and copyright information.