Hornil StylePix Quick Start Guide

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- About StylePix
- Starting StylePix
- Activating StylePix Pro
- Workspaces
- Creating an Image
- Opening Images
- Saving an Image
- Tools
- Hierarchy(Layer)
- Objects
- Selections & Masks
- Action List
- Drawing with Brushes
- Adding text to an Image
- Sizing an Image
- Applying Filters
- Applying Styles
- Slide show
- Batch Processing
- Keyboard Shortcuts

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Workspaces

# Workspaces

Hornil StylePix is consisted of 13 parts: Menu Bar, Edit Tools, Tool Options, Main Tools, View Tools, Transform Tools, Thumbnail, Histogram, Action List, Hierarchy, Canvas and Status bar. Each part is labeled below:

This is the onscreen environment for StylePix Pro in Windows.

1. Menu bar: The Menu bar allows you to access all commands in StylePix.
2. Canvas Tab: The Canvas tab shows opend images. You can preview and choose the desire canvas using this tab.
3. Edit Tools: The Edit tools are primary Hornil StylePix functions. This where the active tool is highlighted, and where you may choose from other tools.
4. Tool Options: The Tool Options shows options available for the currently active tool.
5. Main Tools
6. View Tools
7. Transform Tools: The Transform tools contains commands related the object such as rotation, z-index ordering, to arranging the current active objects.
8. Thumbnail: The Thumbnail shows how much of the image is displayed, and what part of it.
9. Histogram: The Histogram is a graphical display of tabulated color frequencies that appear in an image.
10. Action List: The Action List tracks what actions you have taken. It provides a list of undo steps.
11. Hierarchy: The Hierachy allows you to manage layers and their attributes.
12. Canvas: You can edit images or photos in here.
13. Status bar: The Status bar is an information area of StylePix. Most of the message is displayed in status bar.

## Tool Options

The tool options shows the options of current active tool. When you select a tool, additional options appear in the tool options. Several tools have a preview panel shows a preview of the active tool with current options.

## Folding/Unfolding windows

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- Position the mouse pointer over the title bar of the desire window.
- Double-cilck the title bar or click the ▶ icon or the ▼ icon located left above.

Tips:

- To fold (or unfold) the side bar.
- Position the mouse pointer over the center of the vertical bar or horizontal bar.
- Click the center of the vertical bar or horizontal bar.

## Showing/Hiding windows

- To hide the window, press the x button on title bar of each window
- To show the window, choose the wanted window from View > Window.
- also you can select the window from the pop-up menu that is activated on empty area of the tool bar.

## Switching windows

- To switch between canvases, press Ctrl + Tab keys.
- If you want to go back, press Ctrl + Shift + Tab keys.
- If you press the above-mensioned keys, the switch window is poped.
- Then, if you want to select next canvas, press the Tab key.

Tips

- The window > Switch... command shows list of currently opened images.
- If you select one of them, switch to current active window.

## Arranging canvases

Click the different types on the window menu. The cascade, tile vertically, and tile horizontal types are available.

## Docking/Undocking windows

Each part in workspace without menu bar is dockable.

### Undocking the window

- Position the mouse pointer over the title bar of the desire window.
- Push and hold the mouse button.
- Drag the window to the desired location.
- Release the mouse button at the desired position.

### Docking the window

Undocked window can be anchored in dockable area that is marked in dark blue.

- Position the mouse pointer over the title bar of the desire window.
- Push and hold the mouse button.
- Drag the window to the desired location.
- If dockable area is available, it is marked in the translucent blue.
- Release the mouse button at the marked area.

Tips

- To prevent docking while it's being moved, hold down Ctrl key.

## Reseting workspace layout

- Click the Window > Reset Layout.

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