Drop-down Menu Options

In the Adjust Editor toolbar in the top left-hand corner of the screen, you will see the words File, Edit, View and Help. As you move your mouse over the names, their respective drop-down menus appear. The following is a list of the menu items together with a short description of their functionality:

File

Open = opens a dialogue box (at the directory in which you last opened an image) to browse files and open an image.

Open Recent = lists the last five images you opened.

Save = opens a dialogue box (at the directory you last opened the last image) and saves an image.

Page Setup = opens the Page Setup dialogue box – see section Layout Editor and Printing for more details.

Print = opens the Print dialogue box – see section Layout Editor and Printing for more details.

Exit = closes ArtMasterPro and returns you to your Windows or Mac desktop.

Edit

Undo = when in the Studio Editor, this undoes your last action on the Canvas.

Redo = when you are in the Studio Editor, this redoes your last Undo.

Reset = in the Adjust Editor this undoes all edits you might have made, e.g. a crop or a change to the Canvas Sliders, and restores the image back to the original.

Restore = re-opens the last image you opened.

Copy = lets you copy an image from ArtMaster or ArtMasterPro to another application, such as Photoshop or Word.

Paste = lets you paste an image into ArtMaster or ArtMasterPro that you have copied from another application.

Adjust = this takes you to the Adjust Editor.

Studio = this takes you to the Studio Editor - see Studio Editor – Brief Introduction for more details.

Layout = this takes you to the Layout Editor - see section Layout Editor and Printing for more details.

View

Overlay Grid = click this button to switch on a grid that sits over the Canvas; click it again and it will disappear.

Canvas Background = you can change the colour of the screen that surrounds the Canvas, the options here being Black, Dark Grey, Light Grey, and White. The default Canvas Background is Light Grey.

Horizontally Centre Canvas and Vertically Centre Canvas = these two options set how an image is displayed in the Canvas area and may prove helpful when you are in the Studio Editor. As a default setting, both are switched on, as indicated by the tick sign to the left of the words. Using the example photograph of Emma, if you uncheck the Horizontally Centre Canvas, the Canvas moves hard left but stays in the centre of your screen; if you then uncheck the Vertically Centre Canvas, the Canvas moves up to the top left-hand corner of the Canvas area. Please now re-check Horizontally Centre Canvas and Vertically Centre Canvas and the image will move back to the default position in the centre of the Canvas area.

Metal, CDE/Motif and Windows = by clicking on these options you can change the appearance of ArtMasterPro’s working environment. The default setting is Windows.

Animate Guide Panel – when ticked, the Guide panels will slide out and in when minimised or maximised. When unticked, they will just appear and disappear instantly.

Auto Show Guides – when ticked, the Guides will automatically drop down when you move into a new screen – e.g. from Adjust Editor to Studio or between the Steps in an ArtWizard. When unticked, the Guides will remain minimised.

F6 Toggle Guides – when ticked, you can press F6 to maximise the Guide panel and it will stay open. When unticked, you will need to press and hold F6 to read the Guide panel – as soon as you remove your finger from the F6 button, the Guide will minimise.

Help

Help = this launches the online version of the ArtMaster and ArtMasterPro Guide.

About = tells you which version of ArtMaster or ArtMasterPro you have.