PixiePlus Users Guide: Section 2.2
There are several ways, (other than cropping), to change an image's size. The first method is to use the scale up and scale down toolbar buttons. These increase or decrease the image's size by 10%. This is also accessible through the "Edit" menu under the "10% Larger" and "10% Smaller" menu entries.
Also available through the "Edit" menu are "Double Size" and "Half Size". These options respectively double or halve the image size.
Finally, you can scale the image to any size using the "Scale..." option from the "Edit" menu. This allows you to enter any width or height while optionally maintaining aspect ratio.
Unlike the Zoom options these physically change an image's size. If you save the image it will be in the new size.
Another option to change an image's size is to crop it. In order to crop an image select the region you wish the new image to contain using the selection rectangle. Then select "Crop" option from the "Edit" menu.
The horizontal and vertical flip buttons flip an image by either it's X or Y axis. You also can rotate an image by selecting "Rotate 90 degrees", "Rotate 180 degrees", or "Rotate 270 degrees" from the "Edit" menu. These work either on the entire image or on the selection rectangle if one exists.
Pixie provides a wide variety of effects you can apply to your images. These include Normalize, Equalize, Spiff, Dull, Blur, and Gradients just to name a few. All effects work on either the entire image or on the selection rectangle if one exists. In order to access the effects, simply use the "Effects" menu item. If the effect requires any information from the user it will prompt you. Most effects will display a animated "busy" cursor while applying an effect so you know something is going on.
One other option from the "Effects" menu is "Reload Plugins". All the effects are actually dynamically loaded plugins. This both helps save memory, (you don't have to load the effects code unless you use them), and allows 3rd party developers to provide new effects for Pixie. If you install a 3rd party effect while Pixie is running you can select this item to reload the plugins so it appears in the menus. Either way it will show up the next time Pixie is started, regardless if you manually reload the plugins.
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