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Chapter 9: Capturing and Managing Your Digital Pictures and Videos

Once you’ve assigned ratings, you can also click the Rating node in the Navigation

Pane to see a list of all the ratings you’ve assigned. Then, by clicking a rating, you

can view all the pictures and videos with that rating.

Viewing Your Pictures and Videos

Windows Photo Gallery provides several ways to view your pictures and videos. If

you move the pointer over a picture for several seconds, you’ll see a close-up pre-

view such as the one shown in Figure 9-9. With videos, you’ll see a preview of the

first frame of the video.

You can open a picture for viewing or play a video by double-clicking it. The picture or

video will then fill the work area. If the Info Pane is displayed, you can close it by click-

ing the Close button. This will give you more area for viewing pictures and videos.

When viewing pictures, the Controls toolbar is displayed in the lower portion of the

main window, as shown in Figure 9-10.

Figure 9-9. Previewing a picture by hovering over it

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From left to right, the controls on the toolbar are:

Magnify

Increases or decreases magnification by zooming in or out.

Actual Size

Lets you view the picture at its actual size. You can also press Ctrl-Alt-0 to

switch between actual size and current preview size.

Previous

Moves to the previous picture or video. You can also view the previous picture

by pressing the left arrow key on your keyboard.

Play Slide Show

Plays a slide show of the currently listed pictures. You can also play a slide show

by pressing F11. To stop the slide show, press the Esc key.

Picture slide shows start with the picture you are viewing and con-

tinue through all pictures in the currently select node in the Naviga-

tion Pane. With this in mind, you can play slide shows of all pictures

taken during a specific year, month, or date by clicking the related

Date Taken node, double-clicking the first picture, and then starting a

slide show by clicking the Play Slide Show button. You can play slide

shows of all pictures with a particular tag or rating by selecting the tag

or rating, double-clicking the first picture, and then starting the slide

show by clicking the Play Slide Show button.

Next

Moves to the next picture or video. You can also view the next picture by press-

ing the right arrow key on your keyboard.

Rotate Counterclockwise

Rotates the selected picture counterclockwise. You can also rotate a picture

counterclockwise by pressing the Ctrl key and the comma (,) key.

Rotate Clockwise

Rotate the selected picture clockwise. You can also rotate a picture clockwise by

pressing the Ctrl key and the period (.) key.

Delete

Deletes the selected picture. You can also delete a picture by pressing the Delete

key. Deleting a picture will remove it from the gallery and your computer.

Figure 9-10. Controls for pictures