Table of Contents

Click here for the Index Page
Click here for the Operations Subindexes
Click here for the Morph Documentation

Welcome -- Page 1
Technical Support -- Page 1
Enabling the Software -- Page 1
If you purchased the software directly from Black Belt Systems -- Page 1
EDP - Electronic Delivery Packages -- Page 2
Legal Issues -- Page 3
Software Components -- Page 3
Ownership -- Page 3
Authorship -- Page 3
Software Copyright and Usage -- Page 3
Network Installations -- Page 3
Documentation Copyright and Usage -- Page 3
Copyright Venue and Right Of Use -- Page 3
Other Copyrights -- Page 3
Transferability -- Page 3
Using Output from the Software -- Page 3
Disclaimer -- Page 3
Piracy -- Page 4
Placing the documentation on your system -- Page 5
How To Use The Documentation -- Page 5
The Need for Printed Documentation -- Page 5
Why online documents? -- Page 5
What's new in WinImages R7.5? -- Page 6
What was New in WinImages R7? -- Page 7
What was New in WinImages R6? -- Page 8
What was New in WinImages R5? -- Page 9
Acknowledgments -- Page 10
User Notes -- Page 11
WinImages Requires -- Page 12
Installing WinImages -- Page 13
WinImages Application Components -- Page 13
Removing WinImages from your computer -- Page 14
Moving WinImages to a New Filesystem Location -- Page 14
Removing Default Installations -- Page 14
Removing Customized Installations -- Page 14
WinImages Overview -- Page 15
Image Views -- Page 16
Atomic Images -- Page 16
Layered Images -- Page 16
Magnification -- Page 16
Resolution Independence -- Page 16
Multiple View Handling -- Page 16
Multiple Images Loaded -- Page 16
Multiple Views on Image or Layer -- Page 16
Multiple View Magnifications -- Page 16
Multiple View Zones -- Page 16
Multiple View Types -- Page 16
Data Representation and Manipulation -- Page 17
Image Data -- Page 17
24-bit -- Page 17
32-bit -- Page 17
Ancillary Image Data -- Page 17
Promotion of Lesser Bit Depths and Maps -- Page 17
Demotion of Higher Bit Depths and Maps -- Page 17
Image Properties -- Page 17
Image Roles -- Page 17
Action Images -- Page 17
Source Images -- Page 17
Brush Images -- Page 17
Other image roles -- Page 17
Unassigned Images -- Page 17
Alpha Channels -- Page 17
Embedded Transparency -- Page 17
Area Selection Transparency -- Page 17
Pixel Transfer Modes -- Page 17
Atomic Images -- Page 17
Layered Images -- Page 17
Controls and Options -- Page 17
Blend Modes -- Page 17
77 Mode Types -- Page 17
Color Processing -- Page 17
Alpha Processing -- Page 17
Geometry Processing -- Page 17
Local Layers -- Page 17
Layer Effects -- Page 17
Flattening Never Required -- Page 17
Filmstrip -- Page 17
Heightfields -- Page 17
Grayscale -- Page 17
DEM (Digital Elevation Maps) -- Page 17
Textures -- Page 17
3D Scenes -- Page 17
Object Definitions -- Page 17
Image Mapping -- Page 17
Bump Mapping -- Page 17
Decision Mapping -- Page 17
Algorithmic Texture Color Mapping -- Page 17
Algorithmic Texture Bump Mapping -- Page 17
Mathematical Expressions -- Page 17
Stacks and State Information -- Page 17
Keyframes and Animation -- Page 17
Extended Scene and Object Controls -- Page 17
Suggested Ancillary Software -- Page 17
Particle Systems -- Page 17
Area Selection -- Page 18
Modes -- Page 18
Immediate Action mode -- Page 18
Select, then Operate mode -- Page 18
Tools -- Page 18
Stroking and Regional Tools -- Page 18
Regional-Only tools -- Page 18
Text (Font) -- Page 18
Feathering -- Page 18
Color Keying -- Page 18
Boolean Tool Modifiers -- Page 18
Selection Aspect Ratio Control -- Page 18
Splattering -- Page 18
Undo and De-Undo -- Page 18
Number of Levels: 0 to infinity -- Page 18
Setting and Using the History -- Page 18
What is kept in the History -- Page 18
Color Keying Mechanisms -- Page 18
Wand Tool -- Page 18
Modifier-Based -- Page 18
Layer-based -- Page 18
Operations Toolbar Structure -- Page 19
Chapter Bar -- Page 19
Verse Bar -- Page 19
Operations on Pre-existing Images -- Page 19
Stills -- Page 19
Operations on Still Images with Static Results -- Page 19
Layered Image Manipulations -- Page 19
Effect Applications -- Page 19
Animations -- Page 19
Area Selection Animation and Morphing -- Page 19
Linear Interpolation -- Page 19
Splined Interpolation -- Page 19
Effect Parameter Animation -- Page 19
Linear -- Page 19
Splined -- Page 19
Operations on... -- Page 19
Still Images with Animated Results -- Page 19
Animated images with Static Results -- Page 19
Animated images with Animated Results -- Page 19
Operations (Processes, Effects or Filters) Available -- Page 19
Toolbar Based -- Page 19
Layer Based -- Page 19
Image Creation Based -- Page 19
Image Conversion Based -- Page 19
Data Export Based -- Page 19
Operation Parameter Controls -- Page 19
Numeric and Boolean -- Page 19
Graphical Profiles -- Page 19
Scripted -- Page 19
Trended -- Page 19
Global Presets -- Page 19
Saving and Loading Individual Operation Presets -- Page 19
Saving and Loading Entire Projects -- Page 19
Image Input -- Page 20
Still Frames -- Page 20
Streams of Sequenced Still Frames -- Page 20
Image Output -- Page 20
Format Conversion -- Page 20
Animation Output -- Page 20
Streams of Sequenced Still Frames -- Page 20
MNG -- Page 20
GIF -- Page 20
AVI -- Page 20
FLM -- Page 20
Tutorials -- Page 21
Basic -- Page 21
Advanced -- Page 21
Supplementary -- Page 21
The Basics -- Page 22
How WinImages F/x handles Image Views -- Page 22
View Sizing -- Page 22
Magnification of specific regions -- Page 22
Area Selections as they relate to view size -- Page 22
Using WinImages F/x to Process Single Still Images -- Page 23
Using WinImages F/x to Generate Animated Effects -- Page 23
Alpha Channels and Transparency -- Page 24
Transparency in Layered Images -- Page 24
Transparency in Area Selection Masking -- Page 24
Advanced Getting Started Tutorial -- Page 25
Using Layers -- Page 27
Introduction -- Page 27
What are Layers? -- Page 27
Beginning With Layers -- Page 27
Step by Step through the Layers Dialog -- Page 27
Resize Master -- Page 27
Rename Base -- Page 27
Rename Layer -- Page 27
Create -- Page 27
Create, Zero, Scale and Rotate Warp -- Page 27
Attach -- Page 27
Detach -- Page 27
Destroy -- Page 27
Duplicate -- Page 27
Shadow -- Page 27
Glow -- Page 27
Emboss -- Page 27
Save -- Page 27
Done -- Page 27
Layer Settings -- Page 27
Layer Modes -- Page 27
Quick Layer Mode Index -- Page 27
Layer Information -- Page 27
Layer Modes -- Page 28
Subtractive Color Space Layer Modes -- Page 28
Logical Layer Modes -- Page 28
Image Barrels -- Page 29
What's an Image Barrel? -- Page 29
Where can I get Image Barrels? -- Page 29
So, what's an Image Barrel used for? -- Page 29
What kinds of features and effects are available to be used with the pictures that come out of Image Barrels during a brush stroke? -- Page 29
Usability -- Page 29
WinImages F/x Tools -- Page 30
The Area Selection Tool Box -- Page 30
Area Selection Method 1 - Immediate Painting Method -- Page 30
Area Selection Method 2 - Draw First Method -- Page 30
The Operations Toolbar -- Page 30
Pull Down Menus -- Page 30
The Timeline -- Page 30
The Filmstrip -- Page 30
Menu Operations -- Page 31
The File Menu -- Page 31
Load Image and the MRU submenu -- Page 31
Loading an Image File -- Page 31
Thumbnails -- Page 31
Save Image -- Page 31
Save image as -- Page 31
JPEG Save Quality Preview -- Page 31
Manager -- Page 31
New Image -- Page 31
LNI - Last New Image -- Page 31
New Heightfield -- Page 31
Clone Image -- Page 31
Separate Image -- Page 31
Load DEM -- Page 31
Open Project -- Page 31
Save Project As -- Page 31
Close Project -- Page 31
Acquire Twain -- Page 31
Select Twain Source -- Page 31
Capture Screen -- Page 31
Step by Step Instructions for Capturing Screens -- Page 31
Screen Capture Controls -- Page 31
Print Image -- Page 31
Output Color Reduction -- Page 31
Preferences -- Page 32
Registration -- Page 32
MRF List -- Page 32
Image File Manager -- Page 33
General Information -- Page 33
Global Preferences -- Page 33
Operation -- Page 33
Context Menus -- Page 33
Overview -- Page 33
No Thumbnails Available -- Page 33
Thumbnails available, but none are selected -- Page 33
Thumbnails available, one or more selected -- Page 33
Keystrokes -- Page 33
Individual Features -- Page 33
Image Selection with the Mouse -- Page 33
Image Selection using a String Pattern -- Page 33
Select All Image Files -- Page 33
Invert Selection -- Page 33
Deselect All Image Files -- Page 33
Filtering the images to be displayed -- Page 33
Finding Images -- Page 33
Using the IFM with the Timeline -- Page 33
Copy Single Image File to Clipboard -- Page 33
Cut Single Image File to Clipboard -- Page 33
Copy Image File Name to Clipboard -- Page 33
Print Single Image File -- Page 33
Copy Full Image File Name and Path to Clipboard -- Page 33
Sort All Image Files in Alphabetic Order -- Page 33
Sort All Image Files in Date Order -- Page 33
Sort All Image Files in Size order -- Page 33
Delete selected Image File(s) -- Page 33
Destroy selected Image File(s) -- Page 33
Move selected Image File(s) -- Page 33
Rename Single Image File -- Page 33
Thumbnail the current Directory -- Page 33
Re-Thumbnail selected Image File(s) -- Page 33
Auto Row/Column Size Selection -- Page 33
Preferences -- Page 33
Image Properties -- Page 33
The Operations Caddy -- Page 34
Using the Op Caddy -- Page 34
Creating an Op Caddy -- Page 34
Adding Operators to the Caddy -- Page 34
Re-organizing Caddy Operators -- Page 34
Re-Configuring the Caddy -- Page 34
Deleting Operators from the Caddy -- Page 34
Identifying Operators in the Caddy -- Page 34
Saving Caddies -- Page 34
Loading Caddies -- Page 34
Making a Caddy Open on Program Start -- Page 34
Output Color Reduction -- Page 35
Output Color Reduction Controls -- Page 35
Use Default Palette -- Page 35
Use Gray Scale Palette -- Page 35
Use Loaded Effects Palette -- Page 35
Choose Palette Colors -- Page 35
Edit Palette -- Page 35
Update Effects Palette from Render -- Page 35
Lock Palette after First Frame -- Page 35
Ordered Dither -- Page 35
Error Diffusion Dither -- Page 35
Dither Amount -- Page 35
Creating Transparent Still GIF images -- Page 35
Creating Non-Transparent Still GIF images -- Page 35
Which Color Reduction method is best? -- Page 36
The Texture Generator -- Page 37
General -- Page 37
Controls -- Page 37
Class -- Page 37
Name -- Page 37
Square Size -- Page 37
Seed -- Page 37
Depth -- Page 37
Turbulence -- Page 37
Max Dynamic -- Page 37
Inversion -- Page 37
Thresh -- Page 37
Illuminated -- Page 37
Type -- Page 37
The Edit Menu -- Page 38
Copy -- Page 38
Paste -- Page 38
The Timeline Menu -- Page 39
Show Timeline -- Page 39
Sequence Controls -- Page 39
Accumulate Changes -- Page 39
Inhibit Display -- Page 39
Hide Op Controls -- Page 39
Animation (File) Frame Rate (FX) -- Page 39
Milliseconds per frame -- Page 39
Frames per second -- Page 39
Jiffies (per frame) -- Page 39
Generate -- Page 39
The Display Menu -- Page 40
RGB 32-bit - 2 level B+W -- Page 40
Info on Display -- Page 40
Show Tool Bar Text -- Page 40
Light Progress Bar -- Page 40
Size Windows -- Page 40
Maintain Aspect Ratio -- Page 40
Show Alpha in Views -- Page 40
Checkered Alpha -- Page 40
Set View Colors -- Page 40
Set Alpha Check Color -- Page 40
Set Alpha View Color -- Page 40
Set Filmstrip Blend Color -- Page 40
Set Off Image Color -- Page 40
Area Selection Marquee Color -- Page 40
Set Line Color 1 -- Page 40
Set Line Color 2 -- Page 40
Set Previous Color 1 -- Page 40
Set Previous Color 2 -- Page 40
Set Handle Color -- Page 40
Show Grid -- Page 40
Beep when Palette Changes -- Page 40
The Settings Menu -- Page 41
Change Working Method -- Page 41
Affect Alpha in View -- Page 41
Affect RGB Only -- Page 41
Affect Alpha Only -- Page 41
Number of Undo Levels -- Page 41
Controlling JPEG Chroma Subsampling -- Page 41
Modal Zoom -- Page 41
Keep a log file -- Page 41
Show Chronograph -- Page 41
The Area Menu -- Page 42
Antialias Area Selections -- Page 42
Autofill -- Page 42
Autoclose -- Page 42
Pixel transfer Modes -- Page 42
Undo Last Selection -- Page 42
Clear Area Selection -- Page 42
Show Area Tool Box -- Page 42
Load Area Select File -- Page 42
Save Area Select File -- Page 42
Load I-Shape... -- Page 42
Save I-Shape... -- Page 42
Font Style -- Page 42
Shape from Corner -- Page 42
Rectangle from Corner -- Page 42
Rounded Rectangle from Corner -- Page 42
Ellipse from Corner -- Page 42
Roundness -- Page 42
Color Wand Controls -- Page 42
Color Key Controls -- Page 42
Key on: RGB, Hue, or Color Space -- Page 42
Medium/High Quality -- Page 42
New/Add/Subtract -- Page 42
RGB/HSV Range -- Page 42
Grow -- Page 42
Load/Save Space -- Page 42
Feathering Controls -- Page 42
Transparency Controls -- Page 42
Transparency level slider -- Page 42
Edge Blending control -- Page 42
Preset Edge Blends -- Page 42
Mask with Target Alpha -- Page 42
Opaque Fills -- Page 42
Splatter Controls -- Page 42
Pixel (Color) Transfer Modes -- Page 43
Matte PTM -- Page 43
Additive PTM -- Page 43
Add Gray PTM -- Page 43
Absolute Subtract PTM -- Page 43
Sub Gray PTM -- Page 43
Subtract PTM -- Page 43
Multiply PTM -- Page 43
Divide PTM -- Page 43
Dodge PTM -- Page 43
Burn PTM -- Page 43
Express PTM -- Page 43
Exclude PTM -- Page 43
Hard Light PTM -- Page 43
Soft Light PTM -- Page 43
Overlay PTM -- Page 43
Lighten PTM -- Page 43
Darken PTM -- Page 43
Hue PTM -- Page 43
Saturation PTM -- Page 43
Luma PTM -- Page 43
Color PTM -- Page 43
Clear PTM -- Page 43
Behind PTM -- Page 43
Dye PTM -- Page 43
Dissolve PTM -- Page 43
Soft Dissolve PTM -- Page 43
Mist PTM -- Page 43
Soft Mist PTM -- Page 43
AND PTM -- Page 43
OR PTM -- Page 43
XOR PTM -- Page 43
NAND (NOT AND) PTM -- Page 43
NOR (NOT OR) PTM -- Page 43
XNOR (NOT XOR) PTM -- Page 43
The Filmstrip Menu -- Page 44
Filmstrip Settings -- Page 44
Scroll Updates onto Filmstrip -- Page 44
Place Updates in Current Frame -- Page 44
Do not Update Filmstrip -- Page 44
Animate Film -- Page 44
Animation Settings -- Page 44
Pong -- Page 44
Reverse -- Page 44
Show Filmstrip -- Page 44
Load Filmstrip -- Page 44
Save Filmstrip -- Page 44
Save Filmstrip as MNG ANIM -- Page 44
Save Filmstrip as GIF ANIM -- Page 44
Save Filmstrip as FLC -- Page 44
Save Filmstrip as 8-Bit AVI -- Page 44
Save Filmstrip as 24-Bit AVI -- Page 44
The Operations Menu -- Page 45
Show Operation Controls -- Page 45
Execute Operation -- Page 45
Load Op. Settings File -- Page 45
Save Op. Settings File -- Page 45
Op Caddy on/off -- Page 45
Configure Op Caddy -- Page 45
Load Op Caddy -- Page 45
Save Op Caddy -- Page 45
Operators -- Page 45
The Plug-Ins Menu -- Page 46
The Window Menu -- Page 47
Open Another View -- Page 47
Display Alpha View -- Page 47
Image Information -- Page 47
Change Image Information -- Page 47
Play AVI -- Page 47
Open Views (list) -- Page 47
The Extras Menu -- Page 48
HTML Gradient Text -- Page 48
RAW to W3D triangle converter -- Page 48
3D Exploration -- Page 48
The Help System in General -- Page 49
The Help Menu -- Page 49
About -- Page 49
Getting Started -- Page 49
On Layers -- Page 49
Display Quality -- Page 49
Keystrokes -- Page 49
Learn About Updates (via Internet) -- Page 49
Technical Support (via Internet) -- Page 49
Manual -- Page 49
Help Location -- Page 49
Visit Tip of The Day -- Page 49
Tip of the Day Location -- Page 49
System Information and Memory Info -- Page 49
The Area Selection Toolbox -- Page 50
Method 1 - Immediate Painting Method -- Page 50
Method 2 - Draw First Method -- Page 50
Area Selections and Transparency -- Page 50
Path-Generating Area Tools -- Page 50
Area Tool Subindex -- Page 50
Freehand -- Page 51
Polygon -- Page 52
I-Shape -- Page 53
Rectangle -- Page 54
Rounded Rectangle -- Page 55
Ellipse -- Page 56
Polyarc -- Page 57
Spline -- Page 58
Bezier -- Page 59
Step by Step Guide to Bezier Curve Placement -- Page 59
Editing Bezier Curves -- Page 59
Numeric Rectangle -- Page 60
Color Wand -- Page 61
Wand Options -- Page 61
Copy and Paste Sample Range -- Page 61
Default Settings for Wand Dialog -- Page 61
Combining Selections -- Page 61
Font -- Page 62
Entire Image -- Page 63
Redo Last Area Selection -- Page 64
Re-Edit the Last Area Selection -- Page 65
The Color Key Modifier -- Page 66
Step by Step Use of the Color Keyed Area Selection Tool -- Page 66
The Splatter Modifier -- Page 67
Splatter Controls -- Page 67
The Hold Square Modifier -- Page 68
The Hold Aspect Modifier -- Page 69
The Hold Aspect to Source Image Modifier -- Page 70
The Complement (Exclusive or) Modifier -- Page 71
The Intersection (and) Modifier -- Page 72
The Union (or) Modifier -- Page 73
The Exclude (NOR) Modifier -- Page 74
The Hollow Shape Modifier -- Page 75
The Unclosed Shape Modifier -- Page 76
The Antialias Shape Modifier -- Page 77
Operations Documentation -- Page 78
Sub-indexes -- Page 78
Asterize -- Page 79
Asterize Controls -- Page 79
Edit Profile -- Page 79
Trend -- Page 79
Edge Color Preview Window -- Page 79
Peak Color Preview Window -- Page 79
Red -- Page 79
Green -- Page 79
Blue -- Page 79
Saturation -- Page 79
Width -- Page 79
Rotate -- Page 79
Arms -- Page 79
Center Glow -- Page 79
Additive -- Page 79
Taper -- Page 79
Presets -- Page 79
Load -- Page 79
Save -- Page 79
Annular -- Page 80
Annular Controls -- Page 80
Edit Profile -- Page 80
Trend -- Page 80
Edge Color Preview Window -- Page 80
Peak Color Preview Window -- Page 80
Red -- Page 80</