Duplicates and Shortcuts

There may be occasions when you would like to have more than one copy of the same image to work with. StudioLine addresses this situation with two functions.

Image Duplicates

To duplicate a picture, click the right mouse button on the image and choose “Create a Duplicate” from the context menu. The resulting duplicate is an entirely new entity; you may edit the duplicate and add unique descriptor texts.

This feature is helpful if you want to separately manage different cut-out areas for one and the same picture, or to compare different combinations of tools and settings against the same image.

Image Shortcuts

To create an image shortcut, click the right mouse button on a picture and choose “Create Shortcut” from the context menu. Image shortcuts are easily recognized by the arrow icon in the bottom left corner of the thumbnail (see below).

An image shortcut is not a separate entity, but simply a placeholder object that refers back to the original. Any editing or changes against an image shortcut will actually be applied against the original. Editing and changes that are applied against the original will be reflected by all its shortcuts, if any. Deleting the original image will also remove all its shortcuts from the Image Archive.

This feature is helpful if you want the same image with identical descriptions and tool and filter settings to appear in more than one folder.