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<chapter id="views">
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<title>Views</title>
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<para>
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One of the most important things you need to know when working with a painting
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or image editing application, is how to adapt the view of your image to your
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(changing) needs. This chapter describes the various possibilities &krita;
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offers.
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</para>
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<sect1 id="views-zooming">
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<title>Zooming</title>
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<para>
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By zooming, you can view your images at various levels of detail. Zooming out
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will show a larger part of the image, but with less detail. &krita; offers a
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couple of options that affect which part of the image is shown:
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term>Zooming in</term>
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<listitem><para>Zooming in allows you to see more details, but you will only
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see a smaller part of the image. You can zoom in by choosing the
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<menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Zoom
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in</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item, by clicking the
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<inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
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fileref="toolbars-button-zoomin.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject></inlinemediaobject> <guilabel>Zoom in</guilabel> button on the
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toolbar, or by pressing the <keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>+</keycap></keycombo> keys.
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You can zoom in up to 1600% (a 16:1 ratio) via a number of fixed zoom levels.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Zooming out</term>
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<listitem><para>Zooming out allows you to see a larger part of the image while
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losing some detail. Zooming out can be done by choosing the
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<menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Zoom
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out</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item, by clicking the
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<inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
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fileref="toolbars-button-zoomout.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject></inlinemediaobject> <guilabel>Zoom out</guilabel> button on the
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toolbar, or by pressing the <keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>-</keycap></keycombo> keys.
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You can zoom out up to 0.2% (a 1:500 ratio) via a number of fixed zoom levels.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Going back to 100%</term>
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<listitem><para>As viewing your image at its real size is quite handy at
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times, you can do so via the
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<menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Actual
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pixels</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item or by pressing <keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>0</keycap></keycombo>.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Zooming in and out from the <guilabel>Overview</guilabel>
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tab</term>
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<listitem><para>The <guilabel>Overview</guilabel> tab of the control box
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(usually found at the right hand side of the &krita; window) also allows you
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to change the zoom level by using the slider or the spinbox. Slightly
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different zoom levels are available here, so if zooming in or out as described
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above does not produce a view you want, you can try using this option. The
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<guibutton>1:1</guibutton> button offers another way of getting back to a 100%
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zoom.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Special zooms</term>
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<listitem><para>There are two more special ways of zooming. The
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<menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Fit to
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Page</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item zooms your image such that it is
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as large as possible while remaining entirely visible. The
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<menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Full Screen
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Mode</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item (pressing <keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo> will also activate
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this mode) enlarges the &krita; window to fill your entire screen, removing
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the title bar as well. Although this is not a <quote>real</quote> way of
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zooming, it can help you by showing just that little bit more of your
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image.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="views-views">
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<title>Working with views</title>
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<para>
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Apart from changing the zoom level of your view, you can also open different
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views for the same image. This way, you can for example look at two different
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parts of your image that would not fit on your screen together otherwise.
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term>New view windows</term>
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<listitem><para>You can open a new &krita; window for your image by choosing
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<menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>New
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View</guimenuitem></menuchoice> Both windows are independent from each other
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(so you can select different tools, view different parts of your image,
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&etc;), but changes you make to the image in one window are immediately
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visible in the other. To close a window, use the normal window closing button.
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There is also an option <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Close
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All Views</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, which closes all newly created views and
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leaves only the original window open.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Splitting views</term>
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<listitem><para>You can also split a window into two views. Like a new window,
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one view of a split window has its own settings for brushes, zoom levels and
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the like, but both views are shown in the same window. To split your window,
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choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Split
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View</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The viewing area of the &krita; window will
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then be divided into two halves. You can switch between horizontal and
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vertical division with the
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<menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Splitter
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Orientation</guisubmenu></menuchoice> menu, and get back to one view by
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choosing <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Remove
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View</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="views-miscellaneous">
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<title>Miscellaneous view options</title>
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<para>
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&krita; also offers two options that can help you with knowing where you are.
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term>Rulers</term>
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<listitem><para>You can have &krita; show rulers along the sides of your
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image, indicating x and y coordinates. To do so, choose
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<menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Show
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Rulers</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or press <keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>R</keycap></keycombo>. The rulers will
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automatically adapt to your zoom level to show a proper amount of
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subdivisions. To remove the rulers, choose the same menu option (now called
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<guimenuitem>Hide Rulers</guimenuitem>) or press <keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>R</keycap></keycombo> again. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Grid</term>
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<listitem><para>In order to see grid lines, choose
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<menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Show
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Grid</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. You can set the distance between grid lines
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with <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Grid
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Spacing</guisubmenu></menuchoice> and you can choose different colours for the
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lines in the <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure
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&krita;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> dialog (see <link
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linkend="settings-preferences-grid">the Grid section of the Settings
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chapter</link>).
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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