2. menu

• "File" menu
• "Edit" menu
• "Display" menu
• "Option menu
• Window menu
• "Help" menu
• Catalog function

■"File" menu

Performs file management such as file input/output. You can also perform processes such as printing and closing from this menu.

◆New

Create a new file.

【dialog box】

• size
  Enter the width (H) and height (V) of the new file.
• color mode
  Select a color mode for new files. If you choose 16-color or 256-color mode, you also choose the color table to use for your file.

◆Open

Open an already saved file.

◆Close

Closes the file you are currently working on.

◆Save

Save the file you are currently working on.

◆Save as another name

Give the file you are currently working on a name and save it as a separate file.

◆Catalog

Prepare and execute batch processing on multiple files.
Catalog feature details

◆Page settings

Set the page layout for printing.

◆Printing

Print the file you are currently working on.

◆1～4

Four files will be displayed in order from the most recently opened or saved files.

◆End

Close "Sega Converter".

■“Edit” menu

Edit images such as cutting and pasting. You can also configure the working environment for using "Sega Converter" here.

◆Restore

Cancels the previous operation. Please note that some functions cannot be canceled.

◆Cut out

Cuts the selected area of the image. The cropped image will be stored on the clipboard.

◆Copy

Copies the selected area of the image. The copied image will be stored on the clipboard.

◆Paste

Pastes the image stored in the clipboard onto the image you are currently working on. Immediately after pasting, the image is in a movable state (floating state).

◆Delete

Erases the selected area of the image.

◆Select all

Select the entire image.

◆Deselect

Deselect. The floating image is determined to the current position.

◆Clearing the clipboard

Delete the image from the clipboard.

◆Properties

Configure environment settings for various editing tasks.

【grid】

• unit
  Select the grid size.
• snap
  It will now operate in the specified grid size unit during selection operations.
• Color
  Specify the grid color.

【pasting】

• dither
  Select the compositing method when the number of colors used in the pasting destination image is greater than the number of colors used in the clipboard image.
• ignore palette
  Pastes only the bitmap information, ignoring the color table.

■"Display" menu

Change the display magnification of the image you are working on and decide whether to show or hide the grid.

◆Magnification

Enlarges and displays the image currently being worked on at the specified magnification.

◆Grid

Shows/hides the grid of the specified unit on the image currently being worked on.
Specify the lattice unit in "Edit" → "Properties" .

■“Options” menu

Executes mutual conversion of color modes and various filter processing.

◆Black and white
◆16 colors
◆256 colors
◆About 32,000 colors
◆About 16.7 million colors

Converts the image you are currently working on to a color mode with the specified number of colors. If the number of specified colors is less than the number of colors before conversion, you can specify the conversion method.

【dialog】

[Color table]
If the conversion color mode is 16 colors or 256 colors, specify the color table to use for conversion.

• optimization
  Searches the color information of the image you are currently working on and generates a color table optimized with the specified number of colors.
• custom
  Uses an already registered color table.

[Dither]
Select the dithering method to display missing colors due to conversion.

• none
  Does not perform dither processing.
• pattern
  Performs pattern dither processing.
• error diffusion
  Dither processing is performed using the error diffusion method.

◆Color table

If the image you are currently working on has 16 or 256 colors, the color table used for that image will be displayed.

【dialog】

• current
  Displays the color table used in the image you are currently working on.
• custom
  Displays already registered color tables.
• Registration
  Registers the displayed color table as a new one.
  

◆Filter

This is a plug-in function that applies various filters to the image you are currently working on.

◆Expression

This is a plug-in function that changes the expression method of the image you are currently working on.

◆Effect

This is a plug-in function that applies effects to the image you are currently working on.

◆Others

This is a plug-in function that performs other processing.
Note that the plug-in function will affect the inside of the selected area if it is selected, and the entire image if it is not selected.

■ “Window” menu

Displays the name of the window currently displayed on the screen. It also determines how each window will be arranged.

◆Display overlapping

Stack the windows starting from the top left.

◆Display vertically

Display all windows vertically.

◆Display side by side

Display all windows side by side.

◆Arranging icons

Arrange all minimized (iconized) windows.

◆Close all

Close all windows.

■“Help” menu

Displays a help file that explains how to use "Sega Converter". Also displays information on "Sega Converter".

◆Table of contents

Displays the table of contents of the help file.

◆Version information

Displays information such as the version of "Sega Converter".

■Catalog function

The catalog function is a feature of "Sega Converter" that is rarely seen in GUI applications, as it performs various processes on multiple files in succession.
Currently, it supports mutual conversion of file formats and color reduction functions.

	◆Edit list
	◆Display
	◆Save
	◆Color table

◆Edit list

Edit the list of files that are subject to the catalog function, such as adding or deleting.

【dialog】

• addition
  Add files to the file list.
• delete
  Delete the selected file in the file list from the list.
• update
  Updates the file list with the latest file information. If there is an external operation such as moving a file, it will play a supporting role to prevent inconsistencies in the subsequent catalog functions.
• keep
  Save the current file list.
• open
  Load an already saved file list. The current file list changes to the loaded list.

◆Display

Open the files registered in the list in order.

【dialog】

• weight
  Select the interval (in seconds) between opening the next file.
• Close after displaying
  If checked, the window will automatically close after opening the file.

◆Save

Save the files registered in the list under a different name.

【dialog】

• automatic
  Automatically sets the color mode of the saved file. Basically, the color mode does not change.
• designation
  Specify the color mode of the file to be saved.
• detail
  When specifying a color mode, you can set more detailed conditions. The settings are the same as when setting the color mode in the "Options" menu .

◆Color table

Generates an optimized color table from all files registered in the list. The generated color table will be automatically registered.

【dialog】

• color mode
  Select the number of colors in the color table to be generated.
• caption
  Enter the registered name of the color table.