Picture Compare Commands |

Following is a description of the Picture Compare commands, in addition to the common commands. Most of these commands are available as toolbar buttons. Pick Tools > Options and switch to the Toolbars, etc. page to define your own keyboard shortcuts, and hide or expose commands on the menus and toolbars.

The Session menu

| Save Session | Saves the current session.
| Save Session As | Saves the current session under a new name.
| Session Settings | Opens the Picture Compare Session Settings dialog.
| Locked | Locks or unlocks current session.
| Clear Session | Replaces the current view with an empty Picture Compare.
| Swap Sides | Exchanges the left and right files.
| Reload Files | Reloads the displayed files.
| Recompare Files | Recompares the displayed files without reloading.
| Picture Compare Report | Produces the Picture Compare report.
| Picture Compare Info | Displays comparison statistics.
| Compare Files Using | Opens the displayed files in a new session using a different class of file view.
| Compare Parent Folders | Opens a new Folder Compare session based on the parent folders of the currently loaded files.

The File menu

| Open File | Opens an existing file into the picked pane.
| Open File on File System * | Opens an existing local file into the picked pane.
| Open File Using Profile * | Opens an existing file into the picked pane using a profile.
| Open Clipboard | Loads the Clipboard contents into the picked pane.
| Open With | Opens the picked pane's file in one of the external Open With applications.
| Open With > Associated Application | Opens the picked pane's file with its associated application.
| Explorer | Displays the file manager's context menu for the file in the picked pane.

The Edit menu

| Copy | Copies selection to the Clipboard.

The Search menu

| Next Difference Files | Opens the parent folder session's next pair of files with differences. (Child sessions only.)
| Previous Difference Files | Opens the parent folder session's previous pair of files with differences. (Child sessions only.)
| Copy File to Right and Open Next Difference | Copies the entire left-side file to the right and opens the folder session's next different files. (Child sessions only.)
| Copy File to Left and Open Next Difference | Copies the entire right-side file to the left and opens the folder session's next different files. (Child sessions only.)

The View menu

| Tolerance Mode | Detects pixel differences greater than configurable tolerance.
| Mismatch Range Mode | Measures degree of pixel difference.
| Blend Mode | Blends pictures based on configurable percentage.
| Ignore Unimportant Differences | Treats unimportant differences as same.
| Auto Scale | Forces pictures to have same height or width.
| Rotate Clockwise | Spins current picture to right by 90 degrees.
| Rotate Counterclockwise | Spins current picture to left by 90 degrees.
| Flip Horizontally | Swaps pixels of current picture relative to its horizontal center.
| Flip Vertically | Swaps pixels of current picture relative to its vertical center.
| Reset Difference Offset | Realigns top left corner of both pictures.
| Blend Toggle | Switches between left and right pictures.
| File Info | Shows or hides file information panels at the top of panes.
| Full Screen | Displays the picked pane full screen. Press ESC to exit full screen mode.
| Zoom > Zoom In | Makes pictures appear to be larger.
| Zoom > Zoom Out | Makes pictures appear to be smaller.
| Zoom > Actual Size | Makes pictures appear at actual size.
| Zoom > Fit to Window | Makes pictures appear to fill panes.
| Toolbar | Shows or hides the toolbar.

* Hidden by default.