FILE contains project management actions.

 
New project

AutoCollage Wizard
 

Open saved work, templates and purchased items from the Marketplace.
 

Saving pages and projects
 

Adding Images to the canvas
 

Outputting your project to file, email or the web.
 

Printer controls -- to set up your printer, to preview your current page, or to print
 

Archiving/Restoring projects to transfer to another computer.

Project Management, for maintenance of the project database.
 

Color Management & ICM Editing (Extreme only)
 

Recently used file list to quick launch your last projects.
 

Closing your current page/project (to shut your project)

Exit FotoFusion (to turn off the software)

EDIT manages items on the canvas.

 
Copy, cut, paste, duplicate and delete selected items.

Undo or Redo actions recently taken on the FotoFusion canvas.

User Preferences to set up the default size images are dropped at, how multipage album projects will appended pages, and interface preferences (mouse wheel zoom for enlarging thumbnail previews, advanced search display.)

VIEW manages the display properties of FotoFusion on your screen.

Full screen toggles to eliminate the windows bar at the top of the screen.

Tabs toggles between the Create, Organize, Share, Output and Community tabs.

Properties opens various editors: Frame, Image, Canvas Settings, Shadows, Text & Font, Text Location and Group.

Pin Properties Editor will cause the selected editor to stay affixed to the canvas until it is unpinned.

Pan, Zoom, Zoom In/Out, Zoom to Selection, Reset Zoom and Center View all affect the current canvas view.

First page, Previous Page and Next page are enabled when working with a Multipage project.

Show Grid will add grid lines to your canvas to help positioning your frames.

Show Page Segment will display existing page segments that have been added to your canvas.

Refresh Photos will force FotoFusion to redraw the current page, reflecting any changes made to the images made in an external editor.

INSERT allows you to quickly add items to your project.

Add a new page

Add a new frame

Draw a new frame to a particular size.

Add text to a frame (Enhanced, Extreme, YearbookFusion only)

Add text to canvas

Add a Printing Segment

Add a Reference Region.

SELECTION: Actions pertaining to the selection of items on your canvas, and the order they are stacked on the canvas.

Select All will select all items on your canvas.

Select All Objects of Type will allow you to pick all image frames, all text frames, etc.

Next, Previous, First and Last will move the selection though the order of your dropped frames.

Remove will delete the selected item from your project.

Duplicate will make a copy of it.

View... will open up a larger view of a selected image, and show information about the file.

Group will create a single object from a group of multi-selected items. You can resize and move all selected items at once.

Group (unlocked) will make a single object from multi-selected items, but still leave these items selectable individually.

Ungroup breaks a group apart back into separate components.

Move Up, Move Down will change the stacking order of your frames on the canvas.

Edit in External Tool will allow you to Manage the external tool (to add an .exe for a graphic editing tool) and then launch your selected image in that software to edit it.

TOOLS: AutoTools and actions that can be applied to particular types of items on your canvas, such as the canvas background, the frame properties, and text items.

Project shows project settings (form factor, insertion of a new project)

Kits allows you to close a currently loaded kit.

Page allows you to change page size and make changes to your page attributes.

Layers allows you to control what layers are currently being shown and how they can be selected.

Frame allows you to change the order and orientation of your frames.

Image allows you to change the attributes of your images.

Text allows you to change the attributes of your text frames.

Dropper allows you to pick up and drop images from the canvas.

Editing includes controls over the way snaps work (magnetic frames, snap to grid), turn the grid lines on or off.

Locate Missing Images allows you to reconnect images dropped on the canvas to the original images. This is necessary if you have moved the files from their original location, and FotoFusion cannot render or print them at a good quality.

AutoCollage, Sparse AutoCollage, AutoJumble, AutoDistribute, and AutoPopulate will perform automated actions on your canvas layout.

Fix Red-Eye (Enhanced, Extreme, Yearbook only) will open an application to desaturate red-eye problems.

Matte Cutter (Enhanced, Extreme, Yearbook only) will open an application to extract a portion of your image into a custom-made shape.

HELP: Licensing, activation and learning tools.

Help will launch this user's manual.

LumaPix Support will allow you to communicate with LumaPix' support team.

Learning Preferences allows you to turn on and off automated learning tools and effects.

Language allows you to choose a new language for the FotoFusion interface.

Help translate FotoFusion will direct you to a web page for more information.

Show Video list will activate the list of tutorial videos.

Purchase FotoFusion will redirect you to FotoFusion's store to buy a new license or upgrade.

Purchase Store Items will activate the shopping cart, to buy all new items on your canvas.

Check for a New Version shows if you are running the best and last build

About FotoFusion shows your current licensing info and build information.