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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.




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