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INTR
ODUCING SOAP 2
Undo, Apply, and Save
An important difference between Soap 2 and other photo manipulation programs is that in
Soap 2, all of your changes are done to a copy of your photo. This means that you can
experiment freely, make changes, and THEN decide to either save or discard your work.
Your original image file remains intact until you choose to change it.
Using Undo
If you change your mind while you’re working with a photo, just Undo it! Undo reverses
the last thing you did. For example: if you paint something on a photo, you can Undo
what you painted. If you resize, delete, or drop a thumbnail on the transporter... you can
Undo it.
Soap 2 even lets you Undo more than one time, so you can Undo or Redo a series of steps
while you’re working. Soap 2 gives you 5 levels of Undo (meaning you can Undo a series
of five actions). You can change the number of times in a row that you can Undo actions.
To Undo an action:
✤
Choose Edit menu > Undo. It’s just that easy!
Refer to
“Using the Tools” on page 50
for information about using the Soap 2 Eraser to
make detailed changes to effects you’re brushing onto part of a photo.
To Redo an action:
✤
Choose Edit menu > Redo.
To set how many times in a row you can use Undo:
✤
Choose Edit menu > Preferences and set the number of times you can use Undo.
Applying Changes
When you’ve experimented with a photo and found a look that you like, it’s probably time
to Apply your changes. The Apply button alters the pixels (short for picture elements—or
those little tiny squares that make up your picture when it’s displayed on your computer ’s
monitor) in the copy of your photo. Apply does not affect your actual image file. You can
click the Apply button as many times as you want, without changing your original image
file. Refer to
“Saving your Work” on page 24
for information about how to save your work.
If memory is a concern (which it often is), set the number of
times in a row that you can use Undo to a small number. The
more times in a row that you can Undo actions, the more
memory Soap 2 required.
