Left means the LEFT Mouse button
Right means ... guess what ?
WinFitImage means ... Window fit image
Type " -> ONE Double quote
Ex: .png" -> Only files ENDING with ".png" will be shown (xx.png.spic will not)
Convert JXL: Only JPEG, PNG, GIF & PNM are converted with "effort" set to 3 (small & fast).
Convert Spic: Lossless mode is used.
Convert JPG/JXL: Progressive mode is OFF
Delete System: Files cannot be wiped unless recovered with a forensic app. Better use Trash or Wipe
Delete Wipe: Files cannot be recovered, even with a forensic app.
More Secret stuff :):
Some Right click functions may not be implemented yet.
Saving / Converting images
If you need to
- Edit them later
- Keep an original, perfect copy
- If your image has transparency, use: PNG: Highly compatible, Slower, smaller size Webp in Lossless mode: Good Compatibility, Slower, great compression SecurePic in Lossless mode: Encrypted, Only FOTO can open it, good speed, best compression JXL in Lossless mode: Compatible in near future, Slowest, great compression
- If your image has NO transparency, use: Webp in Lossless mode: Good Compatibility, Slow, great compression SecurePic in Lossless mode: Encrypted, Only FOTO can open it, good speed, best compression BMP: Highly compatible, Fast, low compression PNM: Linux compatible, Fast, low compression
Note: While BMP support alpha transparency there are too few editors that can read it (FOTO can) While TIFF support alpha transparency there are compatibility problems between editors
If you need to
- Use them on a website
- Send to social media
- If your image has transparency, use: PNG: Highly compatible, high quality GIF: Highly compatible, low quality
- If your image has NO transparency, use: JPEG: Highly compatible, good quality Webp: Less compatible, best quality
Editing images
FOTO is a Viewer and Converter. While the most important editing tools will be added in time, FOTO will never be a full featured editor.
Here are some of the best editors we know of:
- PhotoFiltre Studio X
- RealWorld Paint
- PhoXo
We can't recomend any viewer. They are either bloated or have too many bugs. That's why we made FOTO :)
Expert settings
Lock ...
If the Vault is NOT opened, the 2 favorite folders () become private and cannot be opened or set.
Allow ...
Overwrite image file when saving / deleting etc ... even if the file is set as read-only.
Force ...
Load BMPs with a transparent (alpha) layer so you may cut some parts to be transparent.
(Temporarly, this must be checked if the filename include non-european characters like russian or chinese. Will be fixed later)
The Vault
The Vault is a secure repository for the passwords used in SecurePic images.
Unlike FOTO in PrivatCam or Ant for Android you cannot open a secured image by entering its password.
You must enter its password ONCE in the Vault and Open the Vault, then the image will be automatically decrypted when you open it.
Thus you only have to remember 1 password, the MASTER PASS used to open the Vault.
DO NOT FORGET the MASTER PASS. IT CANNOT BE RECOVERED, EVER !
Before you set a Master pass, ALWAYS write it down on a piece of paper.
- Text input
This is where you enter a password (or a Master Pass reminder)
Then click on the 3 dots button to select an action.
You may click on a row to fill it with a password (To set the default saving password)
- 3 dots button
This is where you select an action
If you select NEW, you will be asked for a label.
If you select SAVING password, this the password that will be suggested when you save a SecurePic image. You may change it, but if you do, enter the password in the Vault so the image can be decrypted later.
The best way to encrypt images is to
- Create / Select a password in the Vault
- Set it as SAVING pass
- Save images as SecurePic keeping the (saving) pass unchanged.
- Edit a Password
Right click on a row. You'll be asked for the new Pass and Label.
- Delete a Password
Click the checkbox on a row then click the [X] button.
You should delete unused passwords (If you are sure no images use it), that will make decrypting a bit faster as this pass will not be tried anymore.
- CLOSE button
This close the Vault window only. The Vault is still open and anyone can see the encrypted images.
- LOCK button
This CLOSE THE VAULT (and window) but NOT the current image. Other SecurePic images will not be decrypted anymore (Unless the Pass is empty).
- PANIC button
The RED LOCK Panic button (Top right)
- CLOSE THE VAULT (and window),
- REPLACE THE CURRENT IMAGE and
- RESET the CURRENT FOLDER to FOTO/Images.
If you're wiewing nature images and grandma is coming in, that's the button you should click.
Editing images
Resize
- Click the Resize button (Center)
- Zoom the image to desired size using the mouse wheel, the keyboard or the arrow keys
- Click the Apply button (✔)
Select / Crop
- Click the Select/Crop button (2nd from Left)
- Move the select area: mouse left button down
- Adjust the select area: Yellow/Red circle
- To Crop, Click the Apply button (✔)
- For other options Right click inside the area to open a Menu
Colors / Filters
- Click the Color button (1st from Left)
- Select the Effect, Brush or filter from the Green bar
- Ajust the effect value with the slider then click the Apply button (✔) to apply changes.
Keyboard
Enter if Panel_Password is Visible then Button_Accept_Click
if Audio player is Visible then PlayPause click
ESC if slider is Visible then slide up
Space Button FIT / Zoom Click
Arrow Up Zoom out
Shift MoveImage('up')
Arrow Down Zoom in
Shift MoveImage('down')
Arrow Left Previous image
Shift: MoveImage('left')
Arrow Right Next image
Shift MoveImage('right')
DEL Delete (Trash)
Shift Delete (System)
Key A Audio Panel Open
Key C Close Image
Ctrl Copy To Clipboard
Alt Copy to Folder