Getting started
bloom opens a single file and lets you page through the rest of its folder. There is nothing to import and no library to manage.
Opening a file
- Drag & drop
- Drop a file onto the window
- Open dialog
- CtrlO
- Paste
- CtrlV from the clipboard
- Command line
bloom path/to/image.png
From the command line
Pass a file as the first argument to open it directly:
bloom photo.jpg
This is also what runs when you set bloom as your system's default viewer or use "Open with", so associating a file type with bloom just works.
Moving through a folder
When you open a file, bloom scans its containing folder for supported media and treats them as one sorted set.
- Next
- Right
- Previous
- Left
Files are ordered alphabetically by name, and navigation wraps: pressing Next on the last file returns to the first. The info panel's "In folder" line shows your position in the set.
Launched with no file, bloom starts empty. With Remember last media enabled, it instead reopens the last file you viewed, as long as it still exists.