This section will introduce the key concepts of Bibble 5 and get you stared quickly. The general process of working in Bibble follows the following steps:
| 1. | Select a folder containing images you want to edit. This can be an existing folder on your computer, a Bibble 5 Catalog folder, or a search or metadata folder. |
| 2. | Select one or more images to edit. |
| 3. | Make the adjustments you want to optimize your photo |
| 4. | Export the images using a Batch Output or with the File -> Save Image As... menu option |
The Thumbnail Panel shows all the supported images for the container that is selected in the Browse Panel. So the first step is to select a Folder that contains the images you want to get started with.
Step One: Selecting a Folder
Images are stored either on your computer in a folder, or within your Bibble 5 Catalog, or both. You can find your images by using the Catalog or File System Tabs in the Browse Panel. Simply click through the folders in your Catalog, or use the Search or Browse tools to find the images you want to work with. Clicking on a Folder name will load thumbnails for all the Versions in that folder into the Thumbnail Panel.
 Select the File System Tab |
 Select the folder that contains your image files |
Step Two: Selecting Versions
To view or adjust images in Bibble 5, you need to select them first. The selected Versions will appear in the Preview Panel, where you can view and edit your images.
Select A Version to View or Edit
The Thumbnail Panel in Bibble 5 will show thumbnails for all the Versions in the folder you have selected. Click on a thumbnail to display a larger view of that Version in the Preview Panel. The adjustment tools will change to the settings for that Version, and adjusting the tools will change the settings on that Version.
Select the thumbnail you want to work on
You can also select more than one Version, to work on several Versions at once, or to compare and select the best image out of many similar images.
To Preview several images, simply select several thumbnails in the Thumbnail Panel. There are several ways to select several images:
| • | Hold down the CTRL key (Command key on Mac's) while clicking thumbnails. Each thumbnail you CTRL+Click (or Command+Click) will be added to the selection and will be added to the Preview Panel. |
| • | Hold down the SHIFT key, then click two thumbnails. All thumbnails between the two thumbnails you clicked will be added to the selection. |
The last image you select is called the "Active" image - this is the image that is shown in the Preview Panel, and this image's settings will appear in the Tools Panel. Making changes to the image adjustment tools will apply these new settings to the Active image and will update the preview window to show the results of your changes.
You can preview many Versions at once by clicking on the Single/Multi View toggle button. The Preview Panel will adjust the size and layout of all the preview images, allowing you to quickly compare and view many Versions at once. This is very useful in selecting between several Versions that are similar, or comparing multiple Versions of the same image. While in Multi-Image mode, metadata adjustments like ratings and keywords, as well as pasting settings, and deleting versions will apply only to the single Active Image.
Step three: Editing in Bibble 5
Editing images in Bibble is easy: just click and drag any of the image adjustment tools in the Tool Panel and the 'Active' image will be adjusted according to the changes you make.
Start making image adjustments
You can undo any change you make by pressing CRTL+Z (Command+Z on a Mac), or selecting Edit -> Undo, and redo adjustments using CTRL+Y or Edit -> Redo. The adjustments you make to your images are automatically saved, so your can proceed from image to image quickly without needing to stop and save your changes as you go.
See the Chapter on Editing Images to learn the details of the many image editing tools available in Bibble 5.
Once your images look great, you'll need to Output them before you can share your work on the web, over email, or before you edit the images further in other applications.
Use the Output Tab on the Browser Panel to export one or more images.
Or, if you just want to quickly make JPEG images from the versions you've been working on in Bibble, just select the images you want to Export, and press 'F'. That will send all the selected images to the Full Size JPEG Output Batch.
The Chapter on Creating Output Images goes into more detail on this topic.
Moving On
Now that you have mastered the basics, you can move on to more advanced topics, like:
| • | Building a Library or Working from the File System |
| • | Learn more about image editing, including Selective Editing |