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Edit images

There are three ways to start editing images.

  • Select an image in the Template view to show the quick edit tools.
  • Double-click an image to open the Editor view.
  • Select Editor from the View menu in the top left corner.

The system saves your changes automatically. Edits are non-destructive so you can reverse them.

Edit with quick edit tools​

The quick edit tools appear at the top of the workspace and the adjustment options are grouped into three categories.

  1. Select an image to access the quick edit tools in the top toolbar
    The quick edit tools are a series of nine icons in a line. The first four are flip/rotate, then three adjustments, then two tools.
  2. Edit the image with the quick edit tools:
    Hover the magnifying glass icon to see crop and rotation sliders.  Hover the sun icon to see exposure, brightness, contrast, and gamma sliders.  Hover the gear icon to see blur/sharpness, edge detection, emboss, and emboss angle sliders.
    • Select the Flip/Rotate or Tools options.
    • Hover over the Adjustments options and drag the sliders.

The system saves your changes automatically. Edits are non-destructive so you can reverse them.

Edit in the Editor view​

The Editor view includes the quick edit tools plus an Imaging Tools palette.

The Imaging Tools palette includes all of the quick edit tools, plus draw and measure options, in a single floating window.

  1. Double-click an image to open Editor view
    or
    Select Editor from the View menu in the top left corner  Editor is the second button in the View section of the toolbar.
  2. Optional: Choose an image from the list in the left sidebar
    • The sidebar shows images in the active image template.
  3. You can use the Imaging Tools palette to access all quick edit tools plus the Draw and Measure options.
    The imaging tools palette floats in the middle of the workspace.
  4. If the Imaging Tools palette is closed, select Two squares stacked with arrow pointing top right icon. in the top-right corner of the Imaging workspace to re-open it
  5. Use the tools to edit the image

The system saves your changes automatically. Edits are non-destructive so you can reverse them.

Image editing tools​

The tables below summarize the image editing tools.

Flip / Rotate​

The flip icons are blue if enabled so you can identify if an image is flipped from its original position.

IconNameDescription
Two triangles with horizontal arrow icon.Flip HorizontallyFlip the image horizontally.
Two triangles with vertical arrow icon.Flip VerticallyFlip the image vertically.
Two triangles with left curved arrow icon.Rotate Counter-ClockwiseRotate the image counter-clockwise.
Two triangles with right curved arrow icon.Rotate ClockwiseRotate rounded the image clockwise.

Tools​

IconNameDescription
Hand icon.Hand/PanClick and drag to reposition a zoomed-in image.
Rectangle with greyscale gradient icon.Brightness/ContrastClick and drag to adjust image brightness and contrast at the same time.
Cursor-style arrow pointing top left icon.SelectionSelect annotations on an image. You can right-click annotations to make changes.

Draw​

You can adjust the line thickness, color, and fill of annotations before you draw them on an image.

The text tool includes font, size, color and style options.

IconNameDescription
Horizontal line icon.LineDraw a line.
Horizontal right arrow icon.ArrowDraw an arrow.
Paintbrush icon.PaintDraw freehand.
Empty rectangle icon.RectangleDraw a rectangle.
Empty circle icon.CircleDraw a circle.
Large serif T icon.TextAdd text on the image.

To edit an annotation drawing, choose the Cursor-style arrow pointing top left icon. Selection tool and drag the middle or outer selection boxes on the annotation.

To delete an annotation drawing, choose the Cursor-style arrow pointing top left icon. Selection tool, right-click the annotation and choose Delete.

Measure​

To confirm the scale of the measurement, first draw a calibration line and enter a measurement value in millimetres.

Measurement lines you draw afterwards reference the calibration scale you entered and display length values with angles calculated for each connected line.

IconNameDescription
Horizontal double-sided arrow between two vertical lines with two Xs above the arrow.CalibrateSelect Calibrate then draw on the image to enter the actual distance in millimetres (mm) in order to calibrate the measurement tool.
Horizontal double-sided arrow between two lines rotated 45 degrees icon.Measurement ToolDraw measurement lines on the image.

To edit a measurement drawing, choose the Cursor-style arrow pointing top left icon. Selection tool and drag the middle or outer selection boxes on the annotation.

To delete a measurement drawing, choose the Cursor-style arrow pointing top left icon. Selection tool, right-click the annotation and choose Delete.

Adjustments​

The quick edit toolbar groups the adjustment tools into three categories, but the Imaging Tools palette lists them all together.

IconNameDescription
Magnifying glass with + inside icon.Zoom: Fit to ViewZoom the image in and out. Select Fit to View to zoom the image to fit the available space. You can also zoom an image in and out by dragging the Magnifying glass with + inside icon. in the bottom right corner of an image.
Magnifying glass with + inside icon.CropCrop the image.
Magnifying glass with + inside icon.RotationRotate the image.
Sun icon.ExposureAdjust the image exposure.
Sun icon.BrightnessAdjust the image brightness.
Sun icon.ContrastAdjust the image contrast.
Sun icon.GammaAdjust the image gamma.
Three gears icon.Blur/SharpnessBlur or sharpen the image.
Three gears icon.Edge DetectionAdjust the image texture.
Three gears icon.EmbossAdjust the image layer depth.
Three gears icon.Emboss AngleAdjust the image layer depth's angle.

To reset image edits on a slider, double-click the slider control.

Draw and measure settings​

When you have an image open in the Editor view, select Gear icon. in the top right corner of the workspace to toggle display settings for drawings and annotations.

Select the top-right of workspace gear icon to see a drop-down with checkboxes for Snap Enabled, Show Annotations, and Show Measurements.
  • Snap Enabled: If snap is enabled, the system snaps annotation or measurement lines together when you draw towards or from the end of another line.
  • Show Annotations: Hide or show annotation drawings on the image.
  • Show Measurements: Hide or show measurement lines on the image.