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- <h2>Tools Window</h2>
- <p>This is where you may choose the active tool which may then be used to
- edit the image.</p>
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- <h3>Rectangle Select</h3>
- <p>You may use this to define a rectangle or square selection region.
- Read more at <a href="SelectionTools.html">Selection Tools</a>.</p>
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- <h3>Move Selected Pixels</h3>
- <p>You may use this to move pixels that are currently selected as a
- result of using the various Selection Tools. Read more at
- <a href="MoveTools.html">Move Tools</a>.</p>
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- <h3>Lasso Select</h3>
- <p>You may use this to draw a freeform selection region. Read more at
- <a href="SelectionTools.html">Selection Tools</a>.</p>
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- <h3>Move Selection</h3>
- <p>You may use this to move the selection without affecting the pixels
- that are selected. Read more at <a href="MoveTools.html">Move Tools</a>.</p>
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- <h3>Ellipse Select</h3>
- <p>You may use this to draw an ellipse or circle selection region. Read
- more at <a href="SelectionTools.html">Selection Tools</a>.</p>
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- <h3>Zoom</h3>
- <p>This tool can be used to zoom in (left click), zoom out (right
- click), or zoom the whole canvas around a particular region (draw a
- rectangle).</p>
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- <h3><a href="MagicWand.html">Magic Wand</a></h3>
- <p>You may use this to select areas of the active layer that are similar
- in color.</p>
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- <h3><a href="TextTool.html">Text Tool</a></h3>
- <p>This tool can be used for placing text on the image.</p>
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- <h3><a href="Paintbrush.html">Paintbrush</a></h3>
- <p>This tool is selected by default when you start Paint.NET, and is
- useful for many kinds of freeform drawing.</p>
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- <h3><a href="EraserTool.html">Eraser</a></h3>
- <p>You may use this tool to erase areas of the image (it sets the
- transparency to 0).</p>
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- <h3>Pencil</h3>
- <p>This allows you to edit the active layer pixel-by-pixel. Read more at
- <a href="PixelTools.html">Pixel Tools</a>.</p>
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- <h3>Color Picker</h3>
- <p>You can use this tool to pick up a color from the active layer and
- set it as the current primary or secondary color. Read more at
- <a href="PixelTools.html">Pixel Tools</a>.</p>
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- <h3><a href="CloneStamp.html">Clone Stamp</a></h3>
- <p>This tool is useful for copying regions of pixels between layers, or
- within the same layer.</p>
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- <h3><a href="RecolorTool.html">Recolor Tool</a></h3>
- <p>This tool is useful for replacing one color with another.</p>
- </li>
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- <h3><a href="PaintBucket.html">Paint Bucket</a></h3>
- <p>This tool is useful for filling in areas of similar color with a
- different color.</p>
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- <h3><a href="LineCurve.html">Line / Curve Tool</a></h3>
- <p>You may draw straight lines and curved lines with this tool.</p>
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- <h3>Rectangle</h3>
- <p>This can be used to draw rectangles and squares. Read more at
- <a href="ShapeTools.html">Shape Tools</a>.</p>
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- <h3>Rounded Rectangle</h3>
- <p>This can be used to draw rounded rectangles and rounded squares. Read
- more at <a href="ShapeTools.html">Shape Tools</a>.</p>
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- <h3>Ellipse</h3>
- <p>This can be used to draw ellipses and circles. Read more at
- <a href="ShapeTools.html">Shape Tools</a>.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <h3>Freeform Shape</h3>
- <p>This can be used to draw a shape with a freeform outline. Read more
- at <a href="ShapeTools.html">Shape Tools</a>.</p>
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- <li>
- <h3><a name="Tolerance"></a>Tolerance Slider</h3>
- <p>This slider affects how the <a href="MagicWand.html">Magic Wand</a>,
- the <a href="RecolorTool.html">Recolor Tool</a>, and the
- <a href="PaintBucket.html">Paint Bucket</a> operate. It controls how
- similar colors must be when being operated on by these tools. If this is
- set to 0%, then only the exact color specified will be considered. If
- this is set to 100%, then all colors will be included. The default value
- is 50%.</p>
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- <h3>Color Display</h3>
- <p>This shows what the primary and secondary color are. It also allows
- quick buttons for resetting to black and white, and for swapping the
- primary and secondary colors.</p>
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- <font color="#808080" size="1">Copyright <font face="Times New Roman">⌐ 2006 </font>Rick Brewster,
- Chris Crosetto, Dennis Dietrich, Tom
- Jackson, Michael Kelsey, Brandon Ortiz, Craig Taylor, Chris Trevino, and Luke Walker. Portions Copyright
- <font face="Times New Roman">⌐ 2006 </font>Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.</font><font size="1"> <br>
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