7. The Menus / 7.7 The Filter Menu
7.7.53 External Programs/Manage External Programs
The submenu External Programs allows you to edit the active layer or the
active document outside of PhotoLine. Manage External Programs is a fast
way to manage the list of available external programs (see chapter
7.10.1.44). If you did set Ask in that dialog for an application, on executing
this application you have 3 choices:
- Edit Active Layer
- The active layer will be saved in a temporary file, and this temporary file
will be opened with the external program. If you save the file, PhotoLine
will automatically replace the active layer with its content and will
delete the temporary file afterwards.
- Edit Document
- The whole document will be saved as a simple one-layer file. Aside
from that, the behavior is the same as with Edit Active Layer.
- Edit Original File
- Edit Original File is a bit different compared to the other options. The
file will not be saved, instead the file, the current document is based on,
will be transferred to the external program. Please note, that this file may
have a different content than your document, if you already have edited
your document.