The settings
menu
There are various options in the "Settings" menu to alter IconPainter's
presentation.
JPEG qaulity
When using JPEG 75% is the normal quality for good compression however for
samller images you may want to use 100% for maximum quality and minimal loss.
However it should be remembered that JPEG is not lossless and saving an
image even at 100% will result in some loss of quality.
XPM encoding
When XPM files are encoded IconPainter can use all Hex values
to describe colors or can use the color name as specified in the
X-windows "rgb.txt" file. The former is the default.
Gradient shading
Gradient shading can be a very slow process on either a slow machine
or in a large image. IconPainter does this carefully and accurately by
default but setting the shading to be slow and approximate can dramatically
speed this operation up.
On image resize
When the image is resized the default behaviour
is to resize the image contents. By using this option it is possible to
also leave the image contents so that the effect is to add (or subtract) space
to (or from) the image.
Showing the image center
When switched on this option will cause two crossed lines to be drawn over the image
to indicate the image center. This option's setting is not saved between sessions.
Changing the look and feel
Java supports a number of look and feels. IconPainter allows the user
to switch between the standard cross-platform look and feel (sometimes
known as "Metal"), and
the native system look and feel (eg.the Windows look and feel on a
computer running Windows, or the Mac L&F on Mac).
The aimated logo
In addition, the animated logo may be turned off which may be
a good thing to do on a very slow machine to save resources or if it
annoys you. It may also cause the cursor to flicker on a PC.
Reloading all defaults
IconPainter remembers settings between options. This menu option resets
everthing to the way it was when IconPainter was started for the first time.
It automatically shuts IconPainter down. When the user restarts the program
the default settings will be returned.
The splash image
Once the software is registered the splash image can be turned off. This may
decrease the startup time by a small amount or the splash image may just annoy you.