§ 2 - iToolBox 3.12 Features

• Easy to use — most operations can be learned in minutes
• Consistent user interface: learn one thing, learn many
• 96 image operators
  • Most operators that modify the image can be scripted to create combined operations
  • User-custom hotkey access to any combination of the 96 operators
  • Powerful, creativity-enhancing brush stroking capabilties
  • Quick operator access palette with 15 assignable operator shortcuts
• Many immediate commands such as clone, scale, extend, enlarge, print, zoom, juxtapose, etc.
• Reads 51 image file types, many of which have multiple variants
  • .png, .jpg, .iff, .pbm, .ppm, .gif, etc.
  • RAW camera files from many cameras
  • Powerful new fully open file formats with useful new capabilities
    • .ato
    • .elx
  • Area notation(s) support for image galleries
    • Rectangular regions
    • Polygonal regions
    • Elliptical regions
    • Freehand regions
    • Independently variable opacity text backdrops
    • JSON export for gallery software
    • Javascript gallery demo code included
• Layered image capability
  • Comprehensive set of 62 layer blend modes
  • Image stacking support
    • Average
    • Median
  • Can utilize layers as multiple-image source paintbrushes
    • Translation
    • Rotation
      • User settable-center point
      • High precision
  • Warp Layers — 13 geometric layer effects
  • Layer effects — glow, emboss, shadow, etc.
  • Master / layer system provides flat result at all times
  • Master can be used as selection guide for operations on layers
  • Localstack and lockstep provide for grouping layers
  • Generates GIF animations from image layers
• Flexible image views
  • Work well with multiple monitors
  • Can provide multiple views per image
  • Independent zoom levels and pan settings per view
  • Aspect locking and unlocking
  • Scale/create new image to view size
  • Rulers
    • Pixels
    • Inches
    • Centimeters
  • Per-pixel grid
  • User-definable snap grid
• Comprehensive image file management
  • Load Image
  • Load/Assign Favorite Image (maintains up to 10)
  • Load Recent Image (maintains up to 16)
  • Load Recent Path (maintains up to 16)
  • Load Next Image (works with numbered images)
  • Save Next Image (works with numbered images)
  • Save Recent Path (maintains up to 16)
• Provisions for printed circuit board layouts
  • Copper layers
  • Solder Masks
  • Legend layers
  • Drill hole layers
  • Board Profile (edge) layers
  • Board generation and setup
  • Pad, via, component, DIP and pin-grid package generation
  • Vacuum tube socket generation
  • Ground / signal plane generation
  • Multi-layer erase capability
  • Gerber file output for CAM PCB manufacturing
• Effect previews for most image operations
  • One-button before/after comparisons
  • Thumbnail
  • Draggable and re-targetable 1x region
  • Draggable and re-targetable 2x region
  • Independent preview histogram
• Powerful area selection and related tool mechanisms
  • Modal and non-Modal area selection modes
  • In non-modal mode, allows for area addition and subtraction
  • Hot re-anchoring for ellipses, rectangles and p-shapes
  • Hot polygon and spline point move, delete, add
  • Freehand, polygon, spline, p-shape, rectangle, ellipse, entire image, text, wand, numeric rectangle, complement, open figure, filled figure, outline, magnify
  • Resolution-independent, cross-image "apply again"
  • Antialiasing
  • Selection Blending
  • Pixel blend modes — matte, color, add, subtract, dissolve, etc.
  • Brush-stroking
  • Many types of selection guides: rule of thirds, golden spiral, aspect, etc.
  • Customizable area toolbox icons
• Meta information capabilties
  • Author
  • Annotation
  • Camera details — Aperture, shutter, etc.
  • Color space utilization
  • Copyright
  • Create and modify times
  • DPI
  • GPS
  • Histograms
  • Notation(s) — great for image galleries
  • Measurement
  • Software
• Extensive keyboard and mouse command support
  • All image-context keystroke commands can be (re-)assigned, saved, (re-)loaded
• RGB, HSV, YRB, CMY and CMYK color separations
• Image printing
• Generates GIF A:B comparison animations of like-sized images
• Powerful color reduction to 256 or fewer colors on single images
  • Can save color reduced images as GIF
  • Can save the resulting palettes as JSON
• Copy and paste via OS clipboard
• Drag-and-drop loading of images
• Undo and redo

 

This manual was generated with wtfm wtfm uses aa_macro and SqLite wtfm and aa_macro are coded in python 2.7 iToolBox 3.12 This Documentation and Associated Application Executables are Public Domain