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Chapter 4. Views

One of the most important things you need to know when working with a painting or image editing application, is how to adapt the view of your image to your (changing) needs. This chapter describes the various possibilities chalk offers.

Zooming

By zooming, you can view your images at various levels of detail. Zooming out will show a larger part of the image, but with less detail. chalk offers a couple of options that affect which part of the image is shown:

Zooming in

Zooming in allows you to see more details, but you will only see a smaller part of the image. You can zoom in by choosing the View->Zoom in menu item, by clicking the Zoom in button on the toolbar, or by pressing the Ctrl++ keys. You can zoom in up to 1600% (a 16:1 ratio) via a number of fixed zoom levels.

Zooming out

Zooming out allows you to see a larger part of the image while losing some detail. Zooming out can be done by choosing the View->Zoom out menu item, by clicking the Zoom out button on the toolbar, or by pressing the Ctrl+- keys. You can zoom out up to 0.2% (a 1:500 ratio) via a number of fixed zoom levels.

Going back to 100%

As viewing your image at its real size is quite handy at times, you can do so via the View->Actual pixels menu item or by pressing Ctrl+0.

Zooming in and out from the Overview tab

The Overview tab of the control box (usually found at the right hand side of the chalk window) also allows you to change the zoom level by using the slider or the spinbox. Slightly different zoom levels are available here, so if zooming in or out as described above does not produce a view you want, you can try using this option. The 1:1 button offers another way of getting back to a 100% zoom.

Special zooms

There are two more special ways of zooming. The View->Fit to Page menu item zooms your image such that it is as large as possible while remaining entirely visible. The View->Full Screen Mode menu item (pressing Ctrl+Shift+F will also activate this mode) enlarges the chalk window to fill your entire screen, removing the title bar as well. Although this is not a “real” way of zooming, it can help you by showing just that little bit more of your image.

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