# Image Options

- The Geeqie User Manual
- Options Explained

This section describes the options presented under the Image Tab of the preferences dialog.

- 10.2.1. Zoom
- 10.2.2. Zoom control
- 10.2.3. Scroll control
- 10.2.4. Appearance
- 10.2.5. Convenience

## 10.2.1. Zoom

Quality

Selects the method used to scale the size of an image.

Nearest

  Fastest scaler, but results in poor image quality.

Tiles

  Results are somewhat close to bilinear, with better speed.

Bilinear

  High quality results, moderately fast.

Hyper

  Slowest scaler, sometimes gives better results than bilinear.

Two pass zooming

Enables Geeqie to first display a scaled image using the nearest zoom quality. After image decoding is complete, the image is scaled again using the selected “Zoom (scaling)” method. This allows faster display of an image as it is decoded from the source file.

Allow enlargement of image for zoom to fit

Enable this to allow Geeqie to increase the image size for images that are smaller than the current view area when the zoom is set to “Fit to Window”.

Limit image size when autofitting

This percentage will affect the size of the image when Fit image to window is set, instead of using 100% of the window, it will use the specified percentage. It allows to keep a border around the image (values lower than 100%) or to auto zoom the image (values greater than 100%). It affects fullscreen mode too.

Zoom increment

Adjusts the step size when zooming in or out on an image. This value corresponds to the percentage of the original image.

## 10.2.2. Zoom control

When new image is selected

This controls the behavior of the zoom setting when changing the displayed image.

Zoom to original size

  The new image is set to it's original size.

Fit image to window

  The new image's zoom is changed so that the image will fit within the current view area.

Leave zoom at previous setting

  The zoom setting is unchanged, the new image will be scaled the same as the previous image.

## 10.2.3. Scroll control

Scroll reset method

This controls the scroll initial position when changing the displayed image.

Top left

  The new image is displayed from top left corner.

Center

  The new image is centered

No change

  The new image is positionned as the previous one, whenever possible.

## 10.2.4. Appearance

Custom border color

Enable this to draw the image background (the area around the image) in the specified color.

Border color

Use this color chooser to define the color to use as image background.

Note: You may use Limit image size when autofitting option to keep a border around the image in fullscreen mode.

## 10.2.5. Convenience

Refresh on file change

Geeqie will monitor currently active images and folders for changes in their modification time, and update the display if it changes.

Note: Disable this if the system will not go into sleep mode due to occasional disk activity from the time check, or if Geeqie updates too often for folders with continuously changing content.

Preload next image

Enabling this option will cause Geeqie to read the next logical image from disk when idle, it will also retain the previously viewed image in memory. By reading the nearest images into memory, time to display the next image is reduced.

Note: This option will increase Geeqie memory requirements, and may cause performance issues with very large images. If the use of Geeqie results in the system noticeably swapping memory to disk, try disabling this feature.

Auto rotate image using EXIF information

Auto rotates images based on data stored in images that include EXIF data.