Getting to Know ImageWell
ImageWell allows you to easily resize and edit images that you can quickly send over the
Internet to your iDisk or web server, drag and drop to another application including an email
message, copy to the clipboard, or copy the url or HTML tags of the uploaded image for easy
insertion into a discussion board post or other HTML document. Using the History list, you can
copy selected files and paste them all at the same time with one click of the mouse.
You can set up multiple server locations (and folders) making it easy to just choose one from
the location drop down list without having to change the information each time you want to send
to a new server location or a different folder.
You can add labels and watermarks, frame your image with a shape and/or drop shadow, rotate
the image, crop it, add a thought cloud or balloon, add a square, circle or arrow, and easily
adjust the size. And if you forget to rename a new image, ImageWell can warn you that an
image with the same name already exists on the server so you don't accidentally overwrite it.
If all you want to do is simply send a file to the web, choose the location from the drop down
list, and drag and drop the file over top of the Send button. You can do this with Quicktime
movies, .doc, .xls, .pdf, .gif, .png, and most other commonly used file types. If you just want to
edit an image and save it to your computer, you can do that too!
Getting Started
Launch ImageWell by double-clicking the ImageWell icon located in your dock or applications
folder. The main user interface is the image well. To import/open an image, simply drag and
drop it into the well.
Resize, edit, modify your image; make sure to give it a new name if you don't want to use the
existing name. Choose a file type (jpg, tiff, or png) from the drop down list. Go to the
Preferences pane to set up your web host location information, add multiple server locations to
the list if you wish. You can always add, delete, and edit these locations at any time.
Open the 'More' drawer to check off the URL or HTML tags you would like copied to the
clipboard. Open the Preview window to web preview the image and adjust the quality
compression and size. Close the Preview window to return to the main window.
Choose the server location from the drop down list, then hit the Send button, or Command-S, to
send the image in the well to your iDisk or other web host. To view your file on the web, open
your browser and hit Command-V to paste the URL into the address bar. Or paste the image
tags into a discussion board post or HTML email message.
To save the image to your computer, drag it out to another folder, application, or your desktop.
You can also choose 'Folder' from the location drop down menu and export the image to a
specified folder using the 'Send' button (provided you have added a folder location to your
location list in ImageWell Preferences). If all you want to do is send the image via email, just
drag it out of the well and drop it into your email message.
Once you've experimented with the basic functionality, try out some of the other tools. Go back
to the main window and have some fun messing around in the 'Shapes' pane and add some
funny annotations from the 'Edit' window. Or try out a drop shadow effect or add a watermark.
Need to present a tutorial in your online classroom? ImageWell is handy for that also - use the
text label tool to label diagrams and give step-by-step instructions.Be sure to also check out the
handy options located under the 'Preferences-Options' tab.
To quit ImageWell, choose Quit from the main menu.