Quick Guide to Process History Tracking - Insert, Modify, Copy, Paste, Delete, Save, and Load Project Files

Each open image has a processing history list maintained by the Process History window. Stretch, smoothing, sharpening, deconvolution, color adjustment, and geometric operations along with their blend moodes, opacity and masks are inserted into the process history list as they are applied to an image. Operations can be modified, inserted, copied, and deleted. The processing list can be saved or loaded from a folder as a project file.


Process History List Operations

Insert an Operation

Micro Curves is set as the current >> operation using a double click so that an operation can be inserted after it.




A blue Micro Curve is to be appled after the RGB Micro Curve of the current operation. The Set View toolbar button is pressed before the blue micro curve is applied. If an operation other than Micro Curve is to be inserted then there is no need to use the Set View toolbar button. The red text in the Operation list of the Process History window after the inserted blue Micro Curve operation indicates that all of the operations after the inserted operation need to be applied or deleted.




The All Commands or Next Command buttons on the Process History window are used to apply all or some of the operation after the inserted blue Micro Curve operation. The Operation list text is now all black.









Modify an Operation

A double-click on the Smooting operation in the Process History window was used to set the Smoothing as the current >> operation. The Smoothing window was displayed and set to the last used parameters. Now modify the smoothing parameters. The process list text will remain black as long as Micro Curve parameters are being modified. The process list text will turn red after a different operation is set as the current >> operation. The red text with ~~ indicated that all operations after the modified smoothing operation need to be applied or deleted.






Copy Operations

Select one or more operation in the Process History window then right-click on the selected items and choose Copy. In this case only the blue Micro Curve operation is copied.






Paste Operations

The copied operations will be pasted after the smoothing operation.




Only Micro Curve was copied from the step above. So only Micro Curve is inserted after the selected Smoothing operation. The list text turns red and operations that need to be applied are marked with ~~ .




The Next Command button is used to apply only the blue Micro Curve since all operations that follow will be deleted.









Delete Operations

All of the operations after the Micro Curve operation are selected for deletion.




The operations are deleted and the list text turns black indicating a consistent list.






Save Processed Image and Operations, Blend Modes, Opacity, and Masks in a Project File

Use the Save As window to select a folder and name for the final processed image.




Select image file format options.




The default options shown above will save the initial and processed image along with all operations and masks to the folder selected by the Save As window.









Load Processed Image, Operations, Blend Modes, Opacity, and Masks from a Project File

Use File | Load Project and select a project file.




If some image or mask files are missing or the project was moved to a different folder without using ImagesPlus to copy then operations can still be loaded. In this case the above message is displayed. Press OK to continue.




Press Save to select the current project folder.




Initial image if present and operations are loaded. Use the All Commands or Next Command button on Process history to rebuild the project as much as possible.







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