17. A method in accordance with claim 15 wherein said initiated feature of said application program is a context menu operation.
15. A method for providing an active overlay image for interacting with and manipulating a digital image, the method comprising: providing a textual or graphical overlay of one or more annotated fields superimposed on a display of the digital image, wherein said one or more annotated fields correlate to one or more image informational items; said one or more image informational items comprising parameters and values relating to the display of the digital image; activating one or more of said one or more annotated fields, wherein said one or more activated fields are selectable to accept direct input of a value for said correlating one or more image informational items; defining a bounding region around said textual or graphical overlay of the digital image, wherein placement of a cursor within said bounding region provides an indication to an application program and results in a display of a visual indicia to a user; and wherein said indication initiates a feature of said application program that is selectable using the cursor to manipulate the digital image.