Show Tool

Click the Show Tool icon or press + to activate.

After activating the Show Tool, which is one of the Tools to the left of the Preview Viewport, the cursor is changed to a "+ crosshair", which can be used to reveal effects that are not showing. This could occur because a star is dimmer than the threshold level set by the Quantity control, the star analysis wasn't quite sure it was a star, or the effects have been previously hidden.

Effects that have been revealed with this tool will remain visible, and no longer be affected by the brightness threshold adjusted with the Quantity setting.

If a star analysis has not already been preformed, the first use of the Show Tool will immediately initiate a star analysis.

Showing One Set of Effects

A single click over the center of a star will reveal a set of effects for that star.

Showing Multiple Effects

If you click and drag you can cause effects to be revealed in an entire rectangular area.

Important: StarSpikes Pro 4 must have identified a bright place in your image as a star for this tool to reveal effects on it.

Modifier Keys

• Holding down the Alt key while this tool is active reverses its function, changing it into an undo. Clicking on stars for which effects were previously shown causes them to returned to their prior state. This is handy for un-showing effects that you have inadvertently caused to show. This works with both click and click/drag.
• Holding down the Control key will change the cursor to a magnifying glass with a "plus" symbol inside, allowing you to zoom in.
• Holding down the Control and Alt keys together will change the cursor to a magnifying glass with a "minus" symbol inside, allowing you to zoom out.
• Holding down the Space Bar changes the cursor to a "hand", allowing you to pan around the image by clicking and dragging.