Prefs Tab

The Prefs tab contains some options for defining the behavior of FocalBlade.

On Start Up

The default "Previous Settings" of the On Start Up control will load the settings that were used to correct the previous image when running FocalBlade. The "Default Settings" will set all controls back to default values with activated automatic contrast and exposure correction. The "Logged Settings" option will automatically open the settings that were applied the last time to the same image. It only works if you previously had the Log Settings check box activated and if you are using Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro (see below for more information).

On Reset

The behavior of the Reset button can be defined by the On Reset combo box. If it is set to "Default Settings" and you click the Reset button, all controls will be set to their default values. If "Preview Settings" is activated, clicking Reset will load the settings that were used for correcting the previous image.

If you press the Reset button after setting On Reset to "Logged Settings", FocalBlade will look into the logfiles sub folder of the FocalBlade folder and see if a preset was saved with the name of the current image. This preset may have been automatically saved by FocalBlade, because the Log settings check box was activated and you already applied a correction to this image (or an image with the same file name). If FocalBlade can find a preset file, it will immediately apply it. If FocalBlade doesn't find one or if the host application does not support this feature, nothing will happen.

Language

The Language combo box lets you switch between localizations of the FocalBlade dialog. You can only choose between English and German so far. When running FocalBlade for the first time, it will automatically set this option to the language of your Windows installation.

Log Settings

With activated Log Settings check box FocalBlade automatically saves preset files in the logfiles sub folder of the FocalBlade folder when you press the OK button. In Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro the presets are named with the file name of the image. In other applications a random number is used, because these applications don't supply the file name of the image to FocalBlade. If you apply FocalBlade a second time to the same image and have Log Settings activated, the previous preset file will be overwritten.

At least with Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro this feature allows you to easily find the settings that you applied to certain images by looking into the logfiles sub folder. For other applications you can only look at the file date and guess which preset files was used for which image.

In connection with the Logged Settings option of the On Start Up combo box (see above), you can use the Log Settings check box to automatically make FocalBlade start up with the settings that were applied the last time to the same image. So if you need to correct the same image again, you will automatically be presented with the same settings that you used the last time. In case you don't want to start up FocalBlade with the logged settings or forgot to activate that option, you can also open the logged settings by right clicking on the Reset button and choosing "Logged Settings" from the context menu.