Image Windows

Starting Eye of Gnome opens an image window, shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Image window

To load an image into the image window, simply click the Open button on the main toolbar. A standard file dialog will then open to allow you to select an image file. Eye of Gnome will automatically detect the type of image being opened.

You can also open images by dragging them from another program and dropping them into an image window. For example, you can select a number of image files in the file manager and drag them to Eye of Gnome.

Eye of Gnome supports the following image file formats:

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NoteOpening Unrecognized Formats
 

If the file you select is of a type that Eye of Gnome does not recognize, a dialog will appear to warn you that Eye of Gnome was unable to process the selected file. On a side note, the type of a file can be found using the Unix file command.

After an image is loaded into the viewer, you can make use of the buttons in the toolbar, shown in Figure 2:

Figure 2. Image Window Toolbar

Open

Opens a new image. Depending on the preferences settings, the new image will substitute the current image in the window or a new window will be created for it.

Close

Closes the corresponding image window. If this is the last open window, the program will exit.

In

Zooms into the image, that is, it makes the image appear larger.

Out

Zooms out of the image, that is, it makes the image appear smaller.

1:1

Sets the zoom factor to 1:1, that is, pixels on the screen will match the pixels on the original image.

Fit

Resizes the image so that it fills the image window.

Zooming and Scrolling

One of the main features of Eye of Gnome as an image viewer is that it lets you view very large images easily. You can do this by changing the zoom factor at which images are displayed and by scrolling around the area of an image.

Eye of Gnome lets you change the zoom factor of an image in several ways:

In addition, you can use the 1:1 or Fit buttons in the toolbar to go back to the original image's size or to make it fill the window, respectively.

If an image is zoomed so that it does not fit in the window, you can scroll it in several ways:

A wheel mouse is the most convenient way to navigate around a large image, since you can zoom and drag the image using only the mouse. If you prefer the keyboard, you can use it without having to use the mouse as well.

Menu Bar Commands

The menu bar located at the top of image windows provides the following commands.

File

Create New Window . Creates a new, empty image window. You can open any number of windows and load images into them.

Open Image... (Ctrl-O) . Lets you select an image using a standard file dialog, opens the image.

Close This Window (Ctrl-W) . Closes the corresponding image window. If this is the last open window, the program will exit.

Exit (Ctrl-Q) . This lets you stop viewing images and go back to go doing more productive stuff.

View

Zoom In (+) . Zooms into the image.

Zoom Out (-) . Zooms away from the image.

Zoom 1:1 (1) . Sets the zoom factor to 1:1; pixels on the screen will match the pixels in the original image.

Zoom factor . Provides a number of common zoom factors for you to pick.

Fit to Window (F) . Resizes the image so that it fills the image window.

Full Screen (S) . Opens a full screen viewer for the image.

Settings

Preferences... . Opens the preferences dialog where you can set the configuration options for Eye of Gnome.

Help

About... . Shows basic information about Eye of Gnome.