Graphics Programs Reference
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Step 12:
Now press the letter
N
to jump to Survey
view (I don't know which is worse, this view
being named Survey or using the letter N
as its shortcut. Don't get me started). This
puts your selected photos all onscreen, side
by side, so you can easily compare them
(as shown here). Also, anytime I enter this
Survey view, I immediately press
Shift-Tab
to hide all the panels, which makes the
photos as large as possible on my screen.
TIP: Try Lights Out Mode
Survey view is a perfect place to use the
Lights Out feature that blacks out every-
thing but your photos. Just press the letter
L
on your keyboard twice to enter Lights
Out mode and you'll see what I mean.
When you're done in Lights Out, to return
to the regular view, just press L again.
Step 13:
Now that my photos are displayed in
Survey view, I start the process of elimina-
tion: I look for the weakest photo of the
bunch and get rid of it first, then the next
weakest, and the next, until I'm left with
just the best two or three shots of that
pose. To eliminate a photo, just move your
cursor over the photo you want to remove
from contention (the weakest photo of
the bunch) and click on the small X that
appears in the bottom-right corner of the
image (as seen here), and it's hidden from
view. It doesn't remove the photo from
your collection, it just hides it to help with
your process of elimination. Here, I removed
one photo and the others automatically
readjusted to fill in the free space. As you
continue to eliminate images, the remain-
ing images get larger and larger as they
expand to take up the free space.
TIP: Changing Your Survey Order
While you're in Survey view, you can change
the order of the images displayed onscreen
by just dragging-and-dropping them into
the order you want.
