The
Bitmap Tool has the following menus:
File
The
File menu contains the following standard Windows functions:
Edit
The
Edit menu contains the following items:
- Menu Item
- Description
- Copy
- Copies the selected region to the clipboard.
- Paste
- Inserts the contents of the clipboard into the
Bitmap Tool.
- New Mask
- Creates a child window into which you can place a monochrome mask bitmap.
- Apply Mask
- Applies the current mask bitmap to the baseline and the result bitmaps in memory. Does not apply the current mask bitmap to
the result bitmaps on disk.
Bitmap
The
Bitmap menu contains the following items:
- Menu Item
- Description
- Set Baseline
- Toggles the bitmap in the active window as the baseline bitmap.
- Set Result
- Toggles the bitmap in the active window as the results bitmap.
- Set Mask
- Toggles the bitmap in the active window as the mask bitmap.
- Fit to Window
- Zooms or stretches the bitmap in the active child window to the exact size of the child window.
Differences Menu
The
Differences menu contains the following items:
- Menu Item
- Description
- Show
- Creates a
Differences window that contains a monochrome bitmap of the differences between the current baseline bitmap and the current result bitmap.
Black represents areas with no differences; white represents areas with differences.
- Zoom
- Available only when the
Differences window is open. Fits and stacks the
Baseline,
Differences, and
Result windows, and creates a special, not sizable
Zoom window with three panes. When you place the mouse cursor at a given location in the
Baseline Bitmap,
Differences, or
Result Bitmap window:
- The top pane of the
Zoom window shows the same portion of the
Baseline Bitmap window.
- The middle pane shows the same zoomed portion of the
Differences window.
- The bottom pane shows the same zoomed portion of the
Result Bitmap window.
Moving the mouse within one of the three windows generates a simultaneous and synchronized real-time display in all three
panes of the
Zoom window. The zoom ratio is 4 to 1.
- Scan
-
Available only when the
Zoom window is open. Starts automated zoom mode, in which the bitmap tool scans for differences from left to right and top to
bottom. When the tool finds the first difference, it displays a square in the same relative location of the
Baseline Bitmap,
Differences, and
Result Bitmap windows. In addition, that location is shown in all three panes of the
Zoom window.
Selecting
Scan while the tool is in scan mode exits
Scan and returns to zoom mode.
- Next
-
Jumps to the location of the next difference in scan mode, denoted as a square in the
Baseline Bitmap,
Differences, and
Result Bitmap windows. That location is also shown in all panes of the
Zoom window.
In zoom mode,
Next starts scan mode.
- Previous
- Jumps to the location of the previous difference in scan mode, denoted as a square in the
Baseline Bitmap,
Differences, and
Result Bitmap windows. That location is also shown in all panes of the
Zoom window.
- Comparison Statistics
- Displays a
Bitmap Comparison Statistics window, which compares baseline and result bitmaps with respect to width, height, color format, number of pixels, and the
number and percentage of differences. Comparison takes masks into consideration.
- Convert to Mask
- Creates a mask bitmap from the
Differences window, swapping black and white, and applies the mask to the baseline and the result bitmaps in memory.
Capture
The capture menu contains the following items:
- Menu Item
- Description
- Window
- Captures the window that you select.
- Client Area
- Captures the client area of the window that you select.
- Rectangle
- Captures a rectangular area of choice. Move the mouse cursor to the desired location to begin capture. Click and drag the
mouse to the desired location to end capture and then release the button.
- Desktop
- Captures the entire desktop.
- Hide Window on Capture
- Hides the
Bitmap Tool temporarily when you select a window or area to be captured. This menu item is checked by default. Use this setting before
beginning the capture procedure.
Window
The
Window menu contains the following functions:
- Tile Vertically
- Tile Horizontally
- Cascade
- Arrange Icons
- Close All
Help
The Help menu enables you to access the help topics and the
About information of the
Bitmap Tool.