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Part II

Photo Editing

An Overview of the Browser

When you select a project or album in the Projects inspector, thumbnails of its images
appear in the Browser. You select images in the Browser to work with them. You can
move and rearrange images, rotate images, make new versions, and delete images
from the project.

 Filmstrip View button: Click this button to display images as a single row of

thumbnails that you can scroll left or right.

 Grid View button: Click this button to display images as thumbnails.
 List View button: Click this button to display images as a text list.
 Sorting pop-up menu: You can choose to sort images by image date, rating, or

keywords from this pop-up menu.

 Sort Direction button: Click this button to sort images in ascending or descending order.
 Query HUD button: Click this button to show the Query HUD for searching. For more

information, see Chapter 12, “

Searching for and Displaying Images

,” on page 295.

 Search field: Enter text to search for images associated with that text, such as a

version name or keyword.

 Shuttle control: Drag this to shuttle continuously through images in the Browser. You

can also use the J, K, and L keys.

Shuttle control

Thumbnail Resize slider

Scroll bar

Search field

Images displayed in grid

view in the Browser

Sorting pop-up menu

Query HUD button

Filmstrip View, Grid View,
and List View buttons

Sort Direction button

Tool strip