Activating ImageWell

ImageWell is a menu bar application that can be activated by clicking the ImageWell icon or as an added convenience a file or image dragged over the icon will also activate ImageWell as shown in this QT movie.

By dropping the image in the well, either the miniature ImageWell window to the right or the larger ImageWell window below the image is automatically imported into the ImageWell application.

Importing Images

Drag an image from the Finder or another application such as iPhoto to ImageWell and drop it in the well is one way to import an image. Another is to copy the image to the clipboard from another application such as Safari (control click an image - select copy to clipboard) and click the paste button on ImageWell.

By clicking the 'Grab' button ImageWell will do a screen grab and import the image directly into ImageWell.

ImageWell shows vital statistics of the image including the width and height, as well as the size of the image in bytes and how long it will take to download from a dial up connection.

To resize the image move the slider to scale it from 5% to 100% of original size. The vital statistics will change accordingly.

Modifying the Image in the well

Once the image is imported the shape can be modified. ImageWell has 12 different shapes as shown to the right - just click on the desired shape.

Each shape has it's own unique attribute such as angle or radius that can be increased/decreased to your liking. And you can add a border and select the color of the border as well.