Images

The most important part of PureRef. Explore all the ways to interact with and organize them.

Adding images​

It should be easy to add images. That's why you can do it any way you want.

Paste image​

CtrlV/⌘V

Paste an image from the clipboard.

Paste or drag/drop URL​

CtrlV/⌘V

You can paste a URL straight into the canvas and PureRef will open every image it can find on that page. Dragging and dropping a URL works too.

Dragging & dropping​

Drag and drop images from your computer or web browser.

Import images from your computer​

CtrlI/⌘I

Browse to import images from your computer.

Selecting images​

Left mouse button/Left mouse button

Select an item by clicking it. Click and drag to create a selection rectangle.

To select items inside locked groups, double click the item to enter that group. While a locked group has a child item selected, the selection rectangle can be used to select multiple items in a group by starting the select drag on the parent groups background or using the continuous select shortcut.

Selecting multiple images​

Left mouse button Shift/Left mouse button ⇧

Hold Shift/⇧ and click to select multiple images.

Select all​

CtrlA/⌘A

Select everything in the scene.

Rotate​

Left mouse button Ctrl/Left mouse button ⌘

Grab outside the corners of the transform gizmo, or hold Ctrl/⌘, click left mouse button and drag on the image to rotate it.

Snapped rotate​

Left mouse button CtrlShift/Left mouse button ⇧⌘

Rotate and snap to the nearest 45 degrees. Just hold Shift/⇧ while using the gizmo.

Scale​

Left mouse button CtrlAlt/Left mouse button ⌥⌘

Use the gizmo or keyboard shortcut to resize an image or note, non-destructively. Pull the image left or right while holding down the shortcut buttons.

Scale from the center of the image with the transform gizmo by holding Alt/⌥

Crop

Introduced in PureRef 2.0.0

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CtrlAltShiftC/⌥⇧⌘C

Enable to use the gizmo to crop the selected image.

Crop selection​

Left mouse button C/Left mouse button C

Hold the shortcut buttons and drag out a rectangle with the cursor to crop inside the selection. The cropping is non-destructive.

Pan cropping​

Left mouse button V/Left mouse button V

Move the image around inside the cropping area by holding down the shortcut buttons and then dragging the image around.

Zoom cropping​

Left mouse button ShiftV/Left mouse button ⇧V

Zoom in and out inside the cropped area. Pull the image left or right while holding down the shortcut buttons.

Reset cropping​

CtrlShiftC/⇧⌘C

Reset the cropping and restore the image to its original shape and size.

Flip images​

Left mouse button AltShift/Left mouse button ⌥⇧

Flip images manually by holding the shortcut buttons and dragging the cursor in the direction you want to flip them.

Flip horizontally​

AltShiftH/⌥⇧H

Flip selection horizontally.

Flip vertically​

AltShiftV/⌥⇧V

Flip selection vertically.

Axis snapped move item​

Left mouse button Shift/Left mouse button ⇧

Constrain images to move in straight lines.

Neighbor snapped move item​

Left mouse button ShiftSpace/Left mouse button ⇧Space

Snap move images to the closest edges of other items.

Adjust image opacity​

Left mouse button CtrlAltShift/Left mouse button ⌥⇧⌘

Adjust the opacity of the selected image. Hold the shortcut buttons and drag the cursor left or right to decrease or increase opacity.

Focus​

Space/Space

Press space or double click to zoom in on selected images. Press space or double click again to go back to the previous view. Use the arrow keys to step to the next and previous images, in order of addition to the scene.

Focus next​

Right/→

Step to the next image in the order of the hierarchy.

Focus previous​

Left/←

Step to the previous image in the order of the hierarchy.

Slideshow​

AltS/⌥S

Focus on an image in the selection for 10s (by default, can be changed in settings) before automatically moving to the next in line.

Toggle grayscale​

AltG/⌥G

Make the selected images grayscale.

The grayscale formula used is (r*11+g*16+b*5)/32

Toggle bilinear sampling​

AltT/⌥T

Switch pixel interpolation of selected images between nearest neighbor and bilinear filtering. Useful for displaying pixel art.

Open source​

CtrlShiftO/⇧⌘O

Open the original location of an image, either locally on the computer or in the web browser.

Relink missing images​

CtrlAltShiftR/⌥⇧⌘R

If Embed local images is disabled and images cannot be found on disk, a question mark will be displayed instead of the images. If images are moved or renamed, they can be relinked. Use this shortcut or double-click on an image to choose the new sources.

Only local images on disk are able to be linked. Images pasted from the clipboard or added from the internet will be embedded.

Delete​

Del/⌦

Delete selected images from the scene.

Comment

Introduced in PureRef 2.0.0

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AltC/⌥C

Read or edit a comment on the selected item.

Toggle locked

Introduced in PureRef 2.0.0

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AltL/⌥L

Lock or unlock the selected items. Locked items can't be selected for manipulation in the view but can be selected through the hierarchy.

Unlock a locked item by clicking it to make an unlock button appear in the items lower right corner.