tool guide
Magnify
- Zoom in and
out of the image. Use left click to
zoom in, and use right click to zoom out.
Move
- Move a selected region, or if there is no selected
region, move the whole image.
Square
Region - Select a square region of your image. You
may also do this at any time by
holding the right mouse
button and dragging the mouse.
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Circular Region - Select a circular region of your image.
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Lasso - Select any shape of region from your image by drawing it and dragging it away.
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Magic
Wand - Select regions of similar color. By adjusting
the threshold (by clicking the arrow
to the right of the
tool) you may select colors that are less similar to
each other. The higher the threshold, the less similar
they can be. The lower the threshold, the closer they
have to be. If the threshold is at 0, then they must be
the exact same color.
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Color Region - Select every area of your image that a chosen color appears.
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Pencil - Draw lines of a selected color.
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Straight Lines - Create straight lines.
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Curved Lines - Create curved lines.
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Border -
Create square borders around a selected area by
holding and dragging the left mouse
button.
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Square - Create filled squares by holding and dragging the left mouse button.
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Circular Outline - Create a circle by holding and dragging the left mouse button.
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Circle - Create a circle by holding and dragging the left mouse button.
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Paint Bucket - Fill entire enclosed regions with a selected color.
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Color
Replace - Replace all of the areas with one color
with another color. (background color
is the old color,
foreground color replaces it.)
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Text - Create text to add to your image.
Shortcuts
Eyedropper - Right click on the color you want to choose.Square Selection - Hold right click and drag the mouse.
Cropping - To crop down an image, select the part you want and click