The Interface

Start Page
The start page lists recently opened folders and s on the left side, and your places and tags on the right side.
Start Page Screenshot

Image Operations
has a few features which are available in both Browse, View, and Full Screen view. has the capability to do basic alteration of your images.
Rotate: A rotate operation will rotate the image either to the left or to the right, depending on whether you do R Edit Rotate Right or L Edit Rotate Left
Edit Mirror : This operation will reflect the image along the vertical axis, as if you were seeing it in a mirror.
Edit Flip : This operation will reflect the image upside-down (a reflection along the horizontal axis)
R Edit Resize : This operation will allow you to shrink or expand the image. Note that if you increase the size of an image, it may appear blurry and/or pixelated.
These actions are also available on the Operations tab of the sidebar.
If you have edited one or more images a bar with additional actions is displayed at the top of the image. You can undo or redo your changes, go to the previous or next modified image and there are three options to save the changed images.
Actions bar for modified images
If you have installed the Kipi Plugins, a Plugins menu will be available that will allow you to perform many additional operations on your images. For more information, see the Kipi Plugins documentation.

Browse Mode
When in Browse Mode, you can easily navigate through your files and folders. The preview window shows thumbnails of the images in the current folder, as well as subfolders.
Browse Mode Screenshot
Moving the mouse over an image shows buttons to select or rotate the image as well as a button to enter Fullscreen Mode. Modified images are indicated by an icon down right, click it to save the changed image. Clicking on an image takes you into View Mode. You may select multiple images and switch to View Mode to view them side-by-side.
The slider at the bottom right allows you to change the size of the images. You can also filter the images by filename, date, tag or rating using the box on the lower left. The toolbar appears in both Browse mode as well as View mode and contains the most commonly used actions.
Start Page: Open the start page.
Browse: Switches to Browse Mode.
View: Switches to View Mode.
Full Screen: Switches to Full Screen Mode.
Previous: Clicking this icon will go to the previous image in the folder.
Next: Clicking this button will go to the next image in the folder.
Rotate Left/Right: Same as discussed in Image Operations

View Mode
View Mode displays full-size images. The same sidebar available in Browse Mode is displayed on the left. At the bottom, there is the Thumbnail Bar, which allows you to scroll through the images in the current folder. The Thumbnail Bar can be minimized by clicking on the Thumbnail Bar button. Clicking again will restore it. To change the size of the thumbnails move the splitter with the .
View Mode supports viewing multiple images side-by-side. You may select multiple images in Browse Mode before switching to View Mode, or you may click the + button that appears when hovering over images in the Thumbnail Bar to add a pane displaying that image. A - will then appear that will permit you to remove its pane.
When multiple images are displayed, a small toolbar appears below each image that permits you to delete the image or remove its pane. You may perform zoom operations independently for each image, or synchronize them. Toggle this by checking the Synchronize to the left of the zoom slider or by pressing Y. You can switch images by clicking on their pane, or using your keyboard. To switch to the image on the right, press . To switch to the image on the left, press .
View Mode Screenshot
The slider at the bottom right controls the zoom of the image. The Fit, Fill and 100% buttons are next to the zoom slider and are three preset zoom levels. The Fit button zooms the current image to fit the size of the window, the Fill button zooms the image to fill the window by fitting width or height and the 100% button zooms the image to the actual pixel size. The shortcut F switches to fit mode.
When an image is in zoom-to-fit mode, you can go to the previous and next image with the arrow keys. When you zoom in, arrow keys are used to scroll the image. This is very similar to the behavior provided by phones or digital cameras.
When an image is zoomed in, a bird-eye view appears and lets you scroll the image using the mouse and the arrow keys. The bird-eye view automatically hides itself after a short delay, showing back only while zooming or scrolling.
You can define what happens when going to image B after having zoomed in on an area of image A using the options in the Zoom mode group on the Image View page of the configuration window which can be reached using the Settings Configure ....
If set to Autofit each image, image B is zoomed out to fit the screen.
If set to Keep same zoom and position, all images share the same zoom and position: image B is set to the same zoom parameters as image A (and if these are changed, image A will then be displayed with the updated zoom and position).
If set to Per image zoom and position, all images remember their own zoom and position: image B is initially set to the same zoom parameters as image A, but will then remember its own zoom and position (if these are changed, image A will not be displayed with the updated zoom and position).
You can start directly in View mode by starting from a context menu like Open With in another program or by launching it from the command line with an image as an argument.
The following additional image operations are available only in View Mode:
C Edit Crop : This operation lets you discard parts of the image you don't want.
You can access the advanced cropping parameters by ticking Advanced settings check box on the bottom popup pane. Use the corresponding fields to tune up the cropping operation.
It is also possible to adjust the cropped area by dragging the gray square handles on the borders of the image. You can move the cropped area by clicking and holding the and drag it with the mouse pointer.
Press the Crop button to see the results when you are ready. Use the upper popup pane to save the results or undo/redo the operation.
Edit Red Eye Reduction : This operation reduces the "red eye" effect commonly found in photographs taken with a flash camera.

Full Screen Modes
Access Full Screen by pressing the Full Screen button on the toolbar, or by F View Full Screen Mode .
To leave this mode press the key.

Browse Mode Full Screen
In Browse Mode you can switch to fullscreen also by clicking on the button that appears when you move the mouse over the thumbnails.
Full Screen View Mode Screenshot
Going fullscreen while browsing gives you a more immersive experience while you go through your pictures. It is quite nice on your regular computer, but makes even more sense when you connect your laptop to the big TV in the living room to show pictures to your guests.

View Mode Full Screen
The full screen View Mode shows a slideshow of your images. Access Full Screen Mode by clicking on the button that appears when you move the mouse over the thumbnails in Browse Mode, by pressing the Full Screen button on the taskbar.
Full Screen Browse Mode Screenshot
The top bar will hide itself automatically; to show it simply move the mouse to the top of the screen. If the mouse cursor is over the top bar, it will not autohide. Most of the buttons on the bar are the same as the ones on the toolbar in Browse or View Modes, except for the Exit Full Screen Mode button which returns you to the window, the Pause/Resume Slideshow button, and the Configure Full Screen Mode button which shows a small settings dialog that allows you to easily and quickly configure the slideshow. The slideshow controls there are:
The Interval slider controls how long will show an image before it move to the next one.
If the Loop check box is checked, when the end of the slideshow is reached, it will continue from the beginning instead of stopping.
If the Random check box is checked, instead of progressing through the folder alphabetically, images will be shown in random order.
Select Image Information to Display allows you to define what metadata is displayed under the buttons on the toolbar.
If the Show thumbnails check box is checked, thumbnails for all images in the current folder will be displayed to the right of the toolbar.
The Height slider changes the size of the thumbnails displayed.
If enabled, an area that shows you the other images in the current folder will be shown on the top bar. Clicking on one will display it.

Sidebar
The sidebar on the left is available in the Browse and View modes, but does not appear by default in Browse Mode. Its appearance can be toggled using F4 View Sidebar or using the ▮← / ▮→ button at the left side of the statusbar. When clicked it collapses or expands the sidebar. The sidebar contains several tabs:
Folders 	Displays a list of all folders on your system permitting you to switch between them. In Browse Mode thumbnails from the folder will be displayed, while in View Mode the first image in the folder will appear, from which you can browse through the folder using the Previous and Next buttons or shortcuts. Clicking on a folder multiple times toggles between View Mode and Browse Mode.
Information 	Displays Meta Information like the filename and size. The More... link permits you to view all available metadata and select which data appear in the sidebar.
Operations 	This permits you to perform the previously described global image operations as well as those specific to View Mode. It also permits common file operations like copying, renaming, deleting, and creating new folders.