12
Retouch:
Brush Palette
- offers various sizes for certain editing tools. The larger the brush size, the
larger the affected area when a tool is used. The Intensity slider adjusts
the degree of effect applied.
Color Palette
- offers various colors for use when painting or doing other color editing.
The two color squares on the left of the Color Palette show you the active
(top) and alternative (bottom) colors. You can change the alternative
color to the active color simply by clicking on it.
Paintbrush
- turns the mouse pointer into a paintbrush tip and applies an opaque layer
of the active color to the current layer.
Pen
- works similar to the Paintbrush tool but draws like a felt-tip pen or marker.
Airbrush
- simulates the effect of a spray can, putting a light layer of color on the
active layer.
Eraser
- removes color on a layer, making it a transparent background (white).
Clone
- duplicates a selected area of an image to another location. Right-click
(Windows) or Shift-click (Macintosh) to select the clone source, which will be
indicated by a plus (+) sign. Then click and drag over the area of the image to
be painted with the clone source.
Smudge
- simulates the effect of a finger smearing wet paint.
Red Eye
- reduces the red-eye effect common in flash photography.
Blur
- smoothes rough edges.
Sharpen
- sharpens fuzzy areas.
Darken
- lowers brightness.
Lighten
- raises brightness.
EyeDropper
- lets you set a color on your image as the active color.
Bucket Fill
- covers the area you click on (based on color similarity) with the active color.
Pattern Fill
- fills a layer or image with a selected pattern.
PhotoImpression Quick Start Guide
11
Inverse
- inverts the selection on an image. For example, if you’ve created a rectangular
selection and then used the Inverse tool, the area selected would be outside of
the box instead of inside.
Copy Selection As New Layer
- creates a new layer out of the selected area.
Soft Edge Slider
- gives cropped edges a warm fade based on the position of the slider.
Apply To All Layers
- crops all layers to the selected area when checked.
Crop
- crops the image to only show areas that have been selected.
Width
– displays the current image's width in pixels. You can change this to any desired
value to resize the image.
Wscale
– displays the image width as a percentage, with "100" being the current actual
image width. You can change this to any desired value to resize the image. For
example, if you changed it to "50," the new image width would be half the size
of the original.
Height
– displays the current image's height in pixels. You can change this to any desired
value to resize the image.
Hscale
– displays the image height as a percentage, with "100" being the current actual
image height. By changing this, you can change the height of the image. For
example, if you changed it to "200," the new image height would be twice the
size of the original.
Keep Aspect Ratio
– retains the original image proportions when you change either the
width or the height. For example, when this box is checked and you
change the pixel width of the image, the program will automatically
adjust the pixel height to maintain proper image proportion
(otherwise you'd get a distorted image). You'll almost always want
this box checked.
Resize
– finalizes any resizing that you’ve done.
PhotoImpression Quick Start Guide
