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You can change the program settings by opening the appropriate dialog. To do this, click on the icon depicting a gear. It is located at the bottom right of the main window. You can also open the 'Preferences' dialog by pressing Ctrl+, on your keyboard. The dialog contains 2 tabs:
 
GENERAL:
 
 
1. Prompt to save image before quitting (Standalone only)
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When you disable this option, the program will not ask you to save the current image before exit.
 
2. Show startup dialog (Standalone only)
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You can switch off appearance of the welcome dialog when the program starts by disabling this checkbox.
 
3. JPEG quality (used when saving files in JPEG format) (Standalone only)
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Set required quality when saving an image file in JPEG format. You can enter a value (from 0 to 100) of this parameter in the spin box, or use the Up and Down arrows, included in the spin box. Small values correspond to low quality image (minimum file size), large values correspond to high quality image (maximum file size). By default, this option is set to 70. Also you can set the JPEG quality by using the slider. To activate it, click on the arrow located on the right of the spin buttons.
 
4. Quit the program by pressing Esc
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Disable this checkbox if you do not want to exit the program by pressing Esc.
 
5. Show guiding arrows
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When this option is enabled, in the main application window the guiding arrows will appear suggesting you the order you should adjust the controls.
 
6. Use highest quality rendering when saving
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By default, image files are saved with the highest quality rendering, which can take some time. However, you can disable this option. In this case, saving image to a file will be realized according to Viewing quality mode (see Generator and Rendering Settings -> Viewing quality).
 
Reset to defaults
 
At the bottom right of the dialog there is the 'Reset to defaults' button. When you press it, all the tab settings will be reset to their initial state (all the checkboxes are enabled).
 
TRANSPARENCY:
 
 
This tab allows you to select a view of transparent background grid on an image.
 
1. Scheme
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Choose in the popup list one of the 6 built-in schemes (Light Grey, Medium Grey, Dark Grey, Red, Green, Blue). The view of transparent background grid is shown in the preview window, located at the right of the dialog.
 
2. Selecting grid colors
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You can choose any colors for transparent background grid. To do this, click on the 'Color 1' and/or 'Color 2' preview fields or arrows located on the right of these fields. Pressing a preview field will open the 'Select color' dialog; pressing an arrow will open the 'Palettes' dialog (see Generator and Rendering Settings -> Palettes).
 
3. Checker size
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You can change the grid size of transparent background by entering a numeric value from 4 to 32 in the field of the spin box or using the spin buttons, or moving the slider. To activate the slider, click on the arrow located on the right of the spin buttons.
 
Note:  In this tab you can always use the Undo(Ctrl+Z) and Redo(Ctrl+Y) options for more convenient selecting of view of transparent background grid.
 
Reset to defaults
 
At the bottom right of the dialog there is the 'Reset to defaults' button. When you press it, all the tab settings will be reset to their initial state.
 
Ok and Cancel
 
At the bottom right of the dialog there are the 'Ok' and 'Cancel' buttons. If you press 'OK', the dialog will close and all changes will be saved. Pressing 'Cancel' will close the dialog without saving.