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
Paste
Paste an image from the clipboard.
Paste or drag/drop URL
Paste
You can paste a URL straight into the canvas and PureRef will load 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
Load > Load images
Browse to import images from your computer.
Selecting images
Select an image by clicking it. Click and drag to create a selection rectangle.
Selecting multiple images
Hold Shift/⇧ and click to select multiple images.
Rotate
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
Rotate and snap to the nearest 45 degrees. Just hold Shift/⇧ while using the gizmo.
You can reset the size and rotation of images with Reset transform CtrlShiftT/⇧⌘T
Scale
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/⌥
You can reset the size and rotation of images with Reset transform CtrlShiftT/⇧⌘T
Crop
Hold the shortcut buttons and drag out a rectangle with the cursor to crop inside the selection. The cropping is non-destructive.
Pan cropping
Move the image around inside the cropping area by holding down the shortcut buttons and then dragging the image around.
Zoom cropping
Zoom in and out inside the cropped area. Pull the image left or right while holding down the shortcut buttons.
Reset cropping
Images > Selection > Reset cropping
Reset the cropping and restore the image to its original shape and size.
Flip images
Flip images manually by holding the shortcut buttons and dragging the cursor in the direction you want to flip them.
Flip horizontally
Flips selection horizontally.
Flip vertically
Flips selection vertically.
Axis snapped move item
Constrain images to move in straight lines.
Neighbour snapped move item
Snap move images to the closest edges of other items.
Adjust image opacity
Adjust the opacity of the selected image. Hold the shortcut buttons and drag the cursor left or right to decrease or increase opacity.
Focus
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
Step to the next image in order of addition to the scene.
Focus previous
Step to the previous image in order of addition to the scene.
Want to focus the whole canvas instead? CtrlSpace/⌘Space
Slideshow
Slideshow focuses on an image in the selection for 10s (can be changed in settings) before automatically moving on to the next in line. To exit slideshow mode, toggle the shortcut or interact with the scene.
Toggle grayscale
Images > Selection > Toggle grayscale
Makes the selected images grayscale.
The grayscale formula used is (r*11+g*16+b*5)/32
Turn everything grayscale instead with Grayscale canvas!
Toggle bilinear sampling
Images > Selection > Toggle bilinear sampling
Switch pixel interpolation of selected images between nearest neighbour and bilinear filtering. In less technical terms, preserves pixel sharpness.
Great for pixel art!
Open source
Images > Selection > Open source
Opens the original location of an image, either locally on your computer or in the web browser.
Relink missing images
Images > Relink missing images
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 re-linked. Trigger this action 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
Images > Selection > Delete
Deletes selected images from the scene.