Reset & Global Presets

Reset Button

If you want to undo the current settings, you can click on the Reset button. If you use the Reset button in Photography Mode, B/W Quick Mode and Expert Mode, all settings are set to their default values, which produce a simple B/W conversion. This feature is especially helpful if you start with a new image. When clicking the Reset button in the simple and special effects modes only the effect of the current mode is undone. Effects that were chosen in other modes are kept. To reset all controls in these modes you need to hold down the Shift key before you press the Reset button.

The behavior of the Reset button can be changed with the On Reset combo box on the Prefs tab sheet. For more information, please read the Prefs Tab page.

Right clicking (or CTRL-clicking on the Mac) on the Reset button will display a context menu with various options. The four options correspond to the options of the On Reset combo box of the Prefs tab: "Default Settings" activates the default setting and removes any adjustments that you made. "Previous Settings" loads the settings that were applied previously. "Own Defaults" will automatically open the preset file that you have chosen when selecting the "Own Default" in the Prefs tab. "Logged Settings" will open a preset that was automatically saved when you worked with the same image the last time, provided that you had the Log Settings check box in the Prefs tab activated.

Top Button Menu

If you click on the small icon at the left of the Mode combo box, a menu will be displayed. This menu includes options for opening and saving presets and a list of all presets from the Preset sub folder of the B/W Styler folder.

Open Presets

Several global presets are already delivered with B/W Styler, which can be useful as a starting point. Additionally you can also save your own presets in order to easily reapply effects that you often need. These global presets can only be chosen with the help of the button menu next to the Mode combo box and change all settings of B/W Styler. In contrast to that local presets only influence a few controls and can be chosen from combo boxes, preset icons and button menus in various locations in B/W Styler.

Save Preset

You can save the current B/W Styler settings as a preset with the help of the Save Preset option. Please save presets into the Presets sub folder within the B/W Styler folder, because this is the location where B/W Styler looks for them. You can open a preset later again with the Open Preset menu item.

Preset List

At the bottom of the menu is a list of all B/W Styler presets from the Presets sub folder of B/W Styler. If you choose one of them, it is immediately applied and changes all settings.