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The
Preview Window

Slider Controls (A)
Slider controls and radio buttons appear along the left side of the filter
window. These controls perform most functions in our filters. Refer to
the filter chapters for detailed slider descriptions.
Thumbnail
Navigation (B)
Click and drag the movable red box to move the preview to any spot in
the selected layer.
Move,
Zoom, Show Original and In-preview Controls (C)
The Move (hand), Zoom (magnifying glass)
and Show Original buttons are found above the preview
window. Click the hand to enable the Move tool, then
click and drag to move around the preview image.
Click the magnifying glass to enable the Zoom tool. Click
in the preview window to zoom into your image; Command + click to zoom
out (Alt + click for Windows users). Double-clicking the Zoom
tool at any time resets the preview window to 100% magnification.
The Show Original button toggles the preview
between filtered and unfiltered versions of your image. Click and hold
the button to view the unaffected image. Release the button to preview
the effect.
The Arrow button activates in-preview
controls, which provide special functionality, or group and simplify the
use of sliders.
When you encounter an arrow button, click Help
> Filter Help in the Eye Candy user interface for detailed
instructions on how use the in-preview control.
Note: Only Backlight, Extrude, Motion
Trail, Perspective Shadow and Super Star employ
in-preview controls.
UpToDate Message Indicator (D)
When you see this visual cue, you have a new message from Alien Skin Software.
See frequently asked questions about
UpToDate for more details.
Preview
Background (E)
Eye Candy 5 offers some handy new preview options. You can choose a standard
Photoshop-style grid to fill transparent backgrounds, custom colored grids,
or even solid colors. See Setting Preview
Background Options for instructions on how change your preview background.
OK
and Cancel Buttons (F)
Clicking the OK button applies the filter with the current
settings. Clicking Cancel closes the filter window without
applying the effect.
Preview
Window Area (G)
Preview the effect on your image here. The preview area can be resized
by clicking and dragging any corner or edge of the filter window.
Mouseover
Help String Area (H)
Elements in each filter have mouseover help text. Whenever you move your
cursor over a user interface element, a short description appears in the
bottom left corner of the window.
Progress
Bar (I)
The rectangle to the left of the magnification indicator displays the
percentage of rendering completed.
Magnification
Indicator (J)
The current level of magnification is shown to the right of the render
status bar at the lower right corner of the filter window.
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