Image Options

The Options Inspector lets you change settings of selected images in the Storyboard/Timeline. You can make changes to multiple images at once by selecting several images in the Storyboard/Timeline before adjusting settings in the Image Options Inspector.

The Image Options Inspector opens automatically when you double-click an image in the Storyboard/Timeline.

File

When a single image is selected, the filename of the image will be displayed here. If you want to replace the image, while keeping all other parameters (animation, color, etc.), select the Replace File... command from the popup menu next to the filename. You can also select to Reveal the image in the Finder, or Get Info on the image.

When you replace an image in a slide, you will probably have to adjust the position and zoom factors for the new image.

Border

Use this feature to add a border to the selected images. Use the slider or enter a point size to set the width of the border. Click on the color swatch to choose the border color.

Color

Use this feature to apply non-destructive color correction to the selected images. Color correction can be used to modify the color tint, saturation, and gamma (lightness) of an image.

Click the Custom color button to open a popover. In the Color palette wheel, click and drag the black circle to the preferred color, and use the saturation and lightness (gamma) sliders to adjust these parameters. The image in the Stage adjusts automatically as you make changes.

In the popup menu you can select to copy and paste the selected color correction from one slide to another, or reset to go back to the original color in the image.

The effects of the color correction are visible live in the Stage and Storyboard/Timeline. If you have multiple slides selected, the Stage is empty and you can see only see teh effects in the Storyboard/Timeline.

If you have several images of matching color tint, but a few stick out with a different tint, you can select these images and adjust their tint to match the other images.

To create a black & white version of an image simply reduce the saturation to 0%.

Mask

Use a mask to crop an image to a specific frame. This cropping is non-destructive (i.e. the image file is never modified) so you can change your mind about the cropping at any time. Click on the button to reveal a popover that contains the options like mask type, size, edge softness. The popup menu to the right contains several convenient shortcuts to assign a mask to a layer.

When a layer has a mask, a switch appears in the Stage next to the zoom and rotation jogwheels. Switch it to "Mask" if you want to modify the zoom or rotation of the mask rather than the zoom or rotation of the image itself.

The aspect ratio of a mask is determined by the size parameter. However, the absolute dimension of the mask as it appears on the Stage also depends to the Zoom value.

Note that masks can be animated (just like an image layer can be) to achieve various interesting effects.

The popup menu to the right contains several useful command to quickly assign a mask to a layer.

Visibility

Use the Visibility controls if you don’t want an image layer to be visible during the whole duration of a slide. Drag in the darker triangles (located on the outside) to restrict visibility to a certain range. Drag the lighter triangles (located on the inside) (creating a ramp in the curve) to fade-in and fade-out the image layer. The yellow sections in the bar represent the incoming and outgoing transition intervals.

Dragging the upper horizontal black line downward lets you change the layer opacity. Clicking anywhere on the white bar opens a popover that lets you enter the values numerically.

The popup menu to the right contains several useful presets: Reset, Fade In, Fade Out, Fade In/Out.

Animation

When animation is enabled in the Slide Options Inspector, you can use the Animation controls to fine tune animation timing. The darker triangles (located on the outside) determine when an animations begins and ends. The lighter triangles (located on the inside) adjust the fade-in and fade-out of the animation. Refer to Fine tuning Animation for more details.