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4. The Screen Setup of PhotoLine

## 4.25 The Gallery

In order the simplify the usage of the partly quite complex functions of PhotoLine, many dialogs contain a presets bar (see chapter 3.8.2). By using this bar quick access to predefined sets of options is possible. This is quite useful but there are still 2 disadvantages. First the preset bar contains only text and text is not always sufficiently meaningful. Second if you don’t exactly know what kind of effect you want to use, you have to open various dialogs. These are the points where the Gallery can be used. The Gallery shows the presets of nearly every function in a single window. By using the presets the Gallery can be extended easily. Additionally you can add actions to the Gallery, too (see chapter 4.26).

On the left side the various functions are listed. On the right side the presets are shown, that are selected at the left. If a whole group is selected, all presets of this group are shown.

By double-clicking a preset it is executed. Depending on the kind of preset, the active layer will be modified, a new document is created or another tool is selected.

The context menu of a preset offers several commands:

- Apply
The preset is applied. This has the same effect as double-clicking the preset.
- Edit and Apply
The dialog of the preset is opened and its settings can be changed. After leaving the dialog with OK, the function will be applied by using the modified settings. The preset itself is not changed.
- Preview Size
There are several predefined sizes for the previews in the Gallery. The larger the preview the better the effect of the preset is visible, but of course more screen space is consumed, too.
- Edit
The settings of the preset are modified. The preset will not be applied.
- Copy
The active preset will be copied. In combination with Edit Copy can be used to create a new preset based on an existing one.
- Rename
The name of a preset can be changed.
- Delete
The active preset will be deleted.

These functions are offered by an icon bar, too.