HDR MAX was built around the common palette-based workflow found in many popular image processing applications. This approach provides easy access to commonly used tools and features, a familiar and intuitive work environment, and ultimately a simple streamlined workflow for increased productivity.
Workspace placements and other settings, such as palette locations, are stored for your convenience. Various settings can be configured in the preferences dialog.
Open document windows can be cycled through by:
- Pressing Ctrl+Tab (Windows) or Command-` (Mac OS).
Or you can access them directly by:
- Windows: Choosing Window > Documents and selecting the desired document from the list.
- Mac OS: From the Window menu select the desired document from the list.
The HDR MAX workspace provides four modes for viewing and editing images.
- Standard Screen Mode: Standard window mode providing multiple document views simultaneously.
- Maximized Screen Mode: Current document window occupies entire workspace area.
- Full Screen Mode With Menu Bar: Current document window occupies entire screen, and displays Menu Bar only
- Full Screen Mode: Current document window occupies entire screen.
Note: You can easily cycle through the screen modes by pressing the 'F' key.
In HDR MAX, zooming has an extra functional purpose in addition to its traditional uses in other image processing applications. Zooming can also offer an increase in performance when working with large image files. If longer processing times are incurred while editing, zooming out to a reduced image size can significantly decrease processing time.
An image can be Zoomed in or out by:
- Choosing View > Zoom In or Zoom Out.
- Right-clicking (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) on the image and choosing Zoom In/Zoom Out from the context menu.
- Using the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl++ or Ctrl+- (Windows) or Command-+ or Command-- (Mac OS).
Note: An image Zoomed over 1:1 will incur the same performance cost as an image at 1:1.
If an image occupies more space than the window size allows, you can pan the image by:
- Clicking anywhere on the image and dragging it.
Palettes can easily be snapped to any side of the screen, or to other palettes. This feature can be turned off in 'Preferences'.
To use the palette snapping feature:
- Select and drag any palette near the edge of your screen or another palette.
See the 'Preferences' section below for more information on toggling this feature.
Palettes can be 'merged' or combined together to increase the viewing area of your workspace.
To merge one palette with another:
- Click the tab area in the upper portion of the palette you wish to merge.
- Drag the palette over to the destination palette.
- Align the palettes top and left sides until a blue border appears.
- Release your mouse button.
Below is a list of other available palette features in HDR MAX:
- HDR MAX supports single-click minimizing, which can be turned on in the 'Preferences' dialog box.
- Palettes can easily be hidden or made visible by pressing the Tab key.
- You can close a palette and later retrieve it from the Window menu in the application menu bar.
Various features in HDR MAX can be changed through the preferences dialog.
To access the preferences dialog:
- Choose Edit > Preferences from the application menu bar.
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