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- <h2>Move Tools</h2><p>The following tools are covered by this topic:</p>
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- <li class="nobullet"><img border="0" src="Images/MoveTools.png"><p></p>
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- <h3>Move Selected Pixels</h3><p>This allows you to move, rotate, and
- scale a selection outline along with the pixels that are selected. When
- this tool is active, the blue highlight of the selection will not be
- drawn so that you can have better color accuracy.</p>
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- <h3>Move Selection</h3><p>This allows you to move, rotate, and scale a
- selection outline but <i>not </i>the pixels that are selected. This is
- useful for refining exactly which pixels you want to have selected. When
- this tool is active, a blue highlight will be added to the selected
- region so that you can have better accuracy for seeing which pixels are
- selected and which ones are not.</p>
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- <p>The first thing to make sure of before selecting one of these tools is
- that you have a selection active. Refer to the <a href="SelectionTools.html">
- Selection Tools</a> topic for more information on creating and editing
- these. Every move, resize, and rotate that you perform on a selection is
- added to the <a href="HistoryWindow.html">History Window</a>.</p>
- <p>When you switch to a move tool, several handles, or <i>nubs</i>, will
- appear on the edges and corners of the selection, like so:</p>
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- <li class="nobullet">
- <img border="0" src="../images/MoveNubs.jpg" width="250" height="239"></li>
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- <p>When either of these tools is active, you may perform any of the
- following three actions to get the results you want. Each action may be
- performed multiple times, and you may mix and match them to get the right
- effect. Notice that in each example, when the Move Selection tool is used,
- the pixels that were selected are not affected.</p>
- <p><b>Note: </b>When you move pixels around on the background layer, the
- checkerboard pattern that is left behind is an indication that the region is
- transparent. The pattern is not actually part of the image.</p>
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- <li><h3>Move</h3><p>Drag with the left mouse button anywhere <i>except
- </i>on a nub to move the selection.</p>
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- <td><b><u>Move Selected Pixels</u></b></td>
- <td><b><u>Move Selection</u></b></td>
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- <img border="0" src="../images/MoveNubs_MovedPixels.jpg" width="325" height="287"></td>
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- <img border="0" src="../images/MoveNubs_MovedSelection.jpg" width="320" height="285"></td>
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- <li><h3>Resize</h3><p>Move the mouse on top of one of the nubs and the
- mouse cursor will change to a hand cursor. Click and drag to resize the
- selection. If you are moving one of the nubs on the corner of the image,
- you may hold down Shift to maintain the selection's original aspect
- ratio (its proportions).</p>
- <table border="0" width="100%" id="table2">
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- <td><u><b>Move Selected Pixels</b></u></td>
- <td><u><b>Move Selection</b></u></td>
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- <img border="0" src="../images/MoveNubs_ResizedPixels.jpg" width="328" height="312"></td>
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- <img border="0" src="../images/MoveNubs_ResizedSelection.jpg" width="318" height="296"></td>
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- </table>
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- <li><h3>Rotate</h3><p>Drag anywhere with the right mouse button to
- rotate the selection. While you rotate the selection, an indicator in
- the center of the selection will be drawn to indicate the center of
- rotation, and the current angle. It looks like a circle with a line
- drawn through it. Note that the angle of rotation is also displayed in
- the <a href="StatusBar.html">Status Bar</a>.</p>
- <p>While rotating, you may constrain the angle of rotation to a multiple
- of 15 degrees by holding down the Shift key.</p>
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- <td><u><b>Move Selected Pixels</b></u></td>
- <td><u><b>Move Selection</b></u></td>
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- <img border="0" src="../images/MoveNubs_RotatedPixels.jpg" width="332" height="322"></td>
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- <img border="0" src="../images/MoveNubs_RotatedSelection.jpg" width="333" height="317"></td>
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