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Image Editor

Use the Image Editor when you need quick adjustments without leaving your investigation workspace. It supports cropping, rotation, and tonal refinements while preserving an audit trail of every change.
When you save edits from the Image Editor, the linked Image node automatically updates metadata and flags the content as Edited in Image Editor.

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Interface overview

The editor window is divided into three power zones: the left toolbar, the top control bar, and the right-side adjustments panel. Each zone keeps its focus on a specific part of your workflow so you can move from structural edits to fine-grained polishing without losing context.

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Left toolbar: creative controls

  • Tool switching — Toggle between Select, Crop, Brush, Eraser, Text, Rectangle, and Ellipse tools. Each tool updates the canvas cursor and activates context-sensitive options.
  • Transform shortcuts — Rotate the base image 90° at a time or flip it horizontally/vertically without degrading resolution.
  • Selective area mode — With the Crop tool active, enable selective mode to draw high-precision rectangles for targeted filtering.

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Top control bar: context-aware actions

  • Tool-specific panels — The bar morphs based on your active tool: brush size and colors for drawing, font controls for text, and stroke/fill pickers for shapes.
  • Zoom management — Quickly change zoom from 25% to 250% while confirming the current canvas magnification.
  • Crop confirmations — When cropping, the bar shows pixel dimensions tied to the original image and provides Apply or Cancel buttons for precise framing.

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Adjustments panel: filters and selective areas

  • Global filters — Tweak brightness, contrast, saturation, hue rotation, sepia, grayscale, and blur levels with live previews on the canvas.
  • Selective overlays — Activate selective mode to draw rectangles and apply unique filter stacks without affecting the entire image.
  • Area management — Add, remove, or clear selective regions and reapply filters with consistent results thanks to Fabric.js overlays.

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Workflow: selective enhancement in five steps

1

Open the editor from an Image node

Use the Open Editor action to launch the window with your target asset preloaded and framed.
2

Plan your edits

Decide which tools you need. Switch to Brush for annotations, Text for callouts, or Crop for reframing.
3

Define selective zones

Choose Crop, toggle selective mode, and drag rectangles around areas needing special treatment (faces, license plates, or signage).
4

Dial in filter adjustments

Adjust sliders in the right panel to brighten or desaturate the selected areas. Use Reset whenever you need a clean slate.
5

Apply, save, and close

Export or save changes. The Image node records that the asset was Edited in Image Editor, keeping your investigation history intact.