Settings Directory

Use this directory to locate settings, sheets, windows and inspector tabs. Each entry gives the control’s purpose and the section that explains it. An alphabetical index follows the tables.

29.1 The Settings Window

Where to find it: Revela → Settings (⌘,)

The window is titled Settings. Four tabs run in a row of their own under the title, each an icon with a label: Loupe, Scopes, Library, Export. It opens on Loupe. Changes take effect immediately; there is no Save. The settings belong to this Mac and this user, not to a catalog. The window itself, and its place among the app’s windows, is Chapter 2, section 2.8.

Loupe

Settings window, Loupe tab.

Control	Default	What it does	Explained in
`Background behind photos`: `Black (default)`, `White`, `Custom colour` with a color well	`Black (default)`	Sets the color a photo sits on in the loupe. The well is enabled only for `Custom colour`	Section 7.10
`When selecting a node outside the active output path`: `Automatically switch output`, `Show a warning in the loupe`, `Do nothing`	`Show a warning in the loupe`	Decides what the loupe does when the selected node is not on the path of the active output	Section 7.5, Chapter 11
`References`: `Auto-import external reference images`	off	On, a dropped reference image is kept in the catalog; off, it lasts for the session	Sections 7.10 and 8.4
`References`, `Reference split view`: `Match screen`, `Match image fraction`	`Match screen`	Chooses how the two halves of a reference split follow each other’s pan and zoom	Sections 7.10 and 8.2
`Viewing precision`: `Full precision (default)`, `Save memory`	`Full precision (default)`	Lets the loupe use less graphics memory for the largest files; exports are unaffected	Section 7.10, Chapter 9

Note: Reference split view has a second route. View → Lock Reference Zoom (⇧L) toggles the same setting while a reference is set, and is checked while Match image fraction is chosen.

Scopes

Settings window, Scopes tab.

Control	Default	What it does	Explained in
`Histogram display mode`: `Overlay`, `Stacked`	`Overlay`	Draws the three channels in one view, or each in its own strip	Section 10.7
`Waveform display mode`: `Luminance`, `RGB`	`Luminance`	Draws one brightness trace, or the three channels overlaid	Section 10.7

Library

Settings window, Library tab.

Control	Default	What it does	Explained in
`Keep deleted photos for:`: `7 days`, `14 days`, `30 days`, `60 days`, `90 days`, `Until I empty it`	`30 days`	Sets how long Recently Deleted holds a removed item before it is erased. Folders in a repository keep deleted photos for 30 days whatever this says	Section 6.8

Export

Settings window, Export tab.

Control	Default	What it does	Explained in
`Copyright`	empty	A line written into every exported file	Section 25.9
`Creator`	empty	A line written into every exported file	Section 25.9

The Output tab’s Copyright only metadata choice stays disabled until Copyright here, or the original’s own camera data, has a value. That rule is Section 24.7.

Each row names a sheet or window, the route that opens it, what it is for, and the chapter that explains it. Rows follow the menu bar’s order: Revela, File, Catalogue, Window, Help. Sync Settings and Transfers open from the Repositories sheet and are listed under Catalogue. The menus themselves, item by item with shortcuts, are Chapter 28.

Revela

Sheet or window	Route	What it is	Explained in
About window	`Revela → About Revela`	The version and build, the copyright line and an `Acknowledgements` button that opens the notices of the components Revela uses	Section 1.12
Update check	`Revela → Check for Updates`	Starts the system-standard update flow; works before sign-in	Section 1.12
Settings window	`Revela → Settings` (⌘,)	The four tabs in section 29.1	Section 2.8
`Account` sheet	`Revela → Account`	`Name` and `Email` of the signed-in Pearla account, with `Sign Out` and `Done`	Section 1.11

File

Sheet or window	Route	What it is	Explained in
`New Catalogue` save panel	`File → New` (⌘N), or the Welcome window’s `New Catalogue…`	Names and places a new catalog, then opens it	Section 1.9
Open panel	`File → Open` (⌘O), or `File → Open Recent ▸`	Opens a `.revela` catalog	Section 1.10
Import sheet	`File → Import` (⇧⌘I), or a drop on the window	Chooses where the originals go and starts the import	Section 3.3
LUT save panel	`File → Export LUT`	Writes the active output’s look as a LUT file	Section 14.5
Verana profile save panel	`File → Export Verana Profile`	Writes the active output’s look as a profile for Verana	Section 14.6
`Catalogue Info` sheet	`File → Catalogue Info`	What is in the catalog file, what lives in each store, and how much is also in a repository	Section 6.1

Catalogue

Sheet or window	Route	What it is	Explained in
`Smart Folder` sheet	`Catalogue → Save View as Smart Folder`	Names a smart folder made from the view as it stands	Section 4.5
Batch export sheet	`Catalogue → Export ▸ Active Output` or `All Outputs`	Exports outputs for the selection or the view	Section 25.3
Export originals sheet	`Catalogue → Export ▸ Originals`	Copies originals out of the catalog	Sections 6.7 and 25.5
Export and delete sheet	`Catalogue → Export and Delete`	Exports originals, then moves the items to Recently Deleted	Section 6.8
`Repositories` sheet	`Catalogue → Repositories`, or the status bar’s `Sync ▾`	Every repository this Mac knows, with its folders and kits, and the buttons that connect, pause, sync and delete	Section 26.3
Sync Settings sheet	`Settings…` on a folder row in the Repositories sheet, or right-click a sync folder → `Sync Settings`	What each side keeps for one sync folder, and the ways to stop	Section 27.3
`Transfers` sheet	`Transfers…` in the Repositories sheet, or a click on a status bar line that reads `Uploading` or `Downloading`	What is moving between this catalog and its repositories	Section 27.7
`Sync Log` window	`Catalogue → Sync Log`, or `Sync Log…` in the Repositories sheet	Changes that arrived from other catalogs, and problems	Section 27.9
`Notifications` panel	`Catalogue → Notifications`, or the bell in the title band	Changes from elsewhere and scheduled actions, with one button per item	Sections 2.7 and 27.10
`Exports` sheet	`Catalogue → Exports`, or `Show All Exports…` in the exports panel	Every export job, oldest first, with its files, failures and buttons	Section 25.7
`Locations of <catalogue>` sheet	`Catalogue → Locations`	The catalog’s stores and repositories, their contents, space and state	Section 6.2
Verify progress strip	`Catalogue → Verify Catalogue`	Checks that every original is present and unchanged; reports in a toast	Section 6.6
Adopt panel	`Catalogue → Adopt an Existing Folder`	Takes a folder into the catalog in place, without copying	Section 3.6

Window

Sheet or window	Route	What it is	Explained in
Welcome window	`Window → Welcome`; also at launch with no catalog open	`New Catalogue…`, `Open…`, the recent catalogs, and the checkbox `Show this window when Revela opens`	Section 1.7

Help

Sheet or window	Route	What it is	Explained in
License agreement window	`Help → Revela Licence Agreement`	The agreement accepted at first launch, for reading	Section 1.3

29.3 The Inspector’s Tabs

The selected node determines which inspector tabs appear. Available tabs follow the order below. Chapter 11 explains which node offers which tabs; the chapters named here explain the tabs’ contents.

Tab	Shown for	Explained in
`Info`	Every node, and a reference	Section 5.8; section 8.6 for a reference
`Develop`	The raw input node of a still or a raw clip	Sections 12.1 and 12.3
`Video Input`	The input node of a clip that is not raw	Section 12.4
`Calibration`	The input node	Section 16.1
`Curves`	Input and adjustment nodes	Chapter 13
`Colour`	Input and adjustment nodes	Chapter 13
`Film Emulation`	Input and adjustment nodes	Section 14.2
`Transform`	Input and adjustment nodes	Chapter 18
`Node`	A `Colour Space` node	Sections 11.14 and 14.3
`Output`	An output node	Chapter 24
`Text`	A text node	Chapter 22
`Healing`	A heal node	Chapter 20
`Frequency Separation`	A frequency separation node	Chapter 21
`Mix`	Adjustment, text, heal, frequency separation, parallel and layer nodes	Section 15.4 for a mixer; Chapter 19 for a mask

The scopes panel under the inspector is not a tab of it. Its three views, Histogram, Waveform and Parade, are Chapter 10.

29.4 Index of Controls

Every control, sheet, window and tab named in sections 29.1 to 29.3, in alphabetical order, with where it lives and the chapter that explains it. Where two controls share a name they appear on separate rows.

Control	Where	Explained in
`About Revela`	Revela menu	Section 1.12
`Account` sheet	Revela menu	Section 1.11
`Acknowledgements`	About window	Section 1.12
`Adopt an Existing Folder`	Catalogue menu	Section 3.6
`Auto-import external reference images`	Settings, Loupe	Section 8.4
`Automatically switch output`	Settings, Loupe	Section 7.5
`Background behind photos`	Settings, Loupe	Section 7.10
`Black (default)`	Settings, Loupe	Section 7.10
`Calibration`	Inspector tab	Section 16.1
`Catalogue Info`	File menu	Section 6.1
`Check for Updates`	Revela menu	Section 1.12
`Colour`	Inspector tab	Chapter 13
`Copyright`	Settings, Export	Section 25.9
`Creator`	Settings, Export	Section 25.9
`Curves`	Inspector tab	Chapter 13
`Custom colour`	Settings, Loupe	Section 7.10
`Develop`	Inspector tab	Sections 12.1 and 12.3
`Do nothing`	Settings, Loupe	Section 7.5
`Email`	Account sheet	Section 1.11
`Export`	Settings tab	Section 25.9
`Export ▸ Active Output`	Catalogue menu	Section 25.3
`Export ▸ All Outputs`	Catalogue menu	Section 25.3
`Export ▸ Originals`	Catalogue menu	Sections 6.7 and 25.5
`Export and Delete`	Catalogue menu	Section 6.8
`Export LUT`	File menu	Section 14.5
`Export Verana Profile`	File menu	Section 14.6
`Exports`	Catalogue menu	Section 25.7
`Film Emulation`	Inspector tab	Section 14.2
`Frequency Separation`	Inspector tab	Chapter 21
`Full precision (default)`	Settings, Loupe	Section 7.10
`Healing`	Inspector tab	Chapter 20
`Histogram`	Scopes panel	Section 10.3
`Histogram display mode`	Settings, Scopes	Section 10.7
`Import`	File menu	Section 3.3
`Info`	Inspector tab	Section 5.8
`Keep deleted photos for:`	Settings, Library	Section 6.8
`Library`	Settings tab	Section 6.8
`Locations`	Catalogue menu	Section 6.2
`Lock Reference Zoom`	View menu	Section 8.2
`Loupe`	Settings tab	Section 7.10
`Luminance`	Settings, Scopes	Section 10.7
`Match image fraction`	Settings, Loupe	Section 8.2
`Match screen`	Settings, Loupe	Section 8.2
`Mix`	Inspector tab	Section 15.4, Chapter 19
`Name`	Account sheet	Section 1.11
`New`	File menu	Section 1.9
`New Catalogue…`	Welcome window	Section 1.9
`Node`	Inspector tab	Sections 11.14 and 14.3
`Notifications`	Catalogue menu	Sections 2.7 and 27.10
`Open`	File menu	Section 1.10
`Open…`	Welcome window	Section 1.10
`Open Recent ▸`	File menu	Section 1.10
`Output`	Inspector tab	Chapter 24
`Overlay`	Settings, Scopes	Section 10.7
`Parade`	Scopes panel	Section 10.5
`Reference split view`	Settings, Loupe	Section 8.2
`References`	Settings, Loupe	Section 7.10
`Repositories`	Catalogue menu	Section 26.3
`Revela Licence Agreement`	Help menu	Section 1.3
`RGB`	Settings, Scopes	Section 10.7
`Save memory`	Settings, Loupe	Section 7.10
`Save View as Smart Folder`	Catalogue menu	Section 4.5
`Scopes`	Settings tab	Section 10.7
`Settings`	Revela menu	Section 2.8
`Settings…`	Repositories sheet, a folder row	Section 27.3
`Show a warning in the loupe`	Settings, Loupe	Section 7.5
`Show this window when Revela opens`	Welcome window	Section 1.7
`Sign Out`	Account sheet	Section 1.11
`Stacked`	Settings, Scopes	Section 10.7
`Sync ▾`	Status bar	Section 27.10
`Sync Log`	Catalogue menu	Section 27.9
`Sync Log…`	Repositories sheet	Section 27.9
`Sync Settings`	Right-click a sync folder	Section 27.3
`Text`	Inspector tab	Chapter 22
`Transfers…`	Repositories sheet	Section 27.7
`Transform`	Inspector tab	Chapter 18
`Until I empty it`	Settings, Library	Section 6.8
`Verify Catalogue`	Catalogue menu	Section 6.6
`Video Input`	Inspector tab	Section 12.4
`Viewing precision`	Settings, Loupe	Section 7.10
`Waveform`	Scopes panel	Section 10.4
`Waveform display mode`	Settings, Scopes	Section 10.7
`Welcome`	Window menu	Section 1.7
`When selecting a node outside the active output path`	Settings, Loupe	Section 7.5
`White`	Settings, Loupe	Section 7.10

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