Navigator: (Windows only) Toggle to hide/unhide the Navigator panel
Favorites: (Windows only) Toggle to hide/unhide the Favorites panel
Organizer: (Windows only) Toggle to hide/unhide the Organizer panel
Tasks: (Windows only) Toggle to hide/unhide the Tasks panel
Combined Images: Toggles on and off the combined RAW+JPEG/RAW+HIF option where available.
Unknown files as proxies: Shows ‘proxy’ thumbs of unknown files rather than not showing them at all.
All: Displays all the thumbnails in the contact sheet. Turns off any filters.
Selected: Views only the selected images and hides any unselected ones.
Tagged: Views only the Tagged images and hides untagged images.
Untagged: Views only the images that have not been tagged and hides images that are tagged.
Ratings: Filters the contact sheet to show images with the chosen number of star ratings.
- 1 or more Stars
- 2 or more Stars
- 3 or more Stars
- 4 or more Stars
- 5 Stars only
- All
Color Classes: Filters the contact sheet to show images with the chosen Color Class - None, Color Classes 1-8, All.
Refresh: refreshes the display to reflect any changes to Tagging and Selections.
Rescan: will check the folder or folders for any new images that have been added and for any metadata changed outside of Photo Mechanic.
Make Arrangement: makes an arrangement from the current order of the thumbnails.
Show Info Tooltips: Toggle on and off the Image Info Tooltips which are displayed in the Contact Sheet View when the cursor moves over a thumbnail.
Cursor Mode: Allows you to choose between the two cursor modes:
- Loupe - Click and hold the mouse cursor over a thumbnail in a Contact Sheet to see a magnify the image. Move the mouse cursor around to magnify other areas of the image.
- Selection - Mouse click on thumbnails in a Contact Sheet selects the image.
Enter Full Screen(macOS)/Full Screen(Windows):
Restore Sidebar: (macOS only) Reveals the Navigator panel on the left side if it is hidden.
Show/Hide Toolbar: (macOS only) Toggles the Preview window’s top toolbar on and off.
Customize Toolbar: (macOS only) Available when the Preview window is in use. Allows the user to customize the toolbar’s widgets. Icons and Text can be shown or Icons Only can be shown.