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* document changes to the Layers window.
* document changes to the Colors window.
* document changes to the Settings window.
* document changes to the menu items.
* update all screenshots of the main window (no more palette)
* polishing and typo correction
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<li>Zoom level shows a slider when clicked to set an arbitrary magnification, or in/decrease by 25% when clicking the <spanclass="button">+</span> / <spanclass="button">-</span> buttons.</li>
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<li>Two color panes show the fore- and background colors. You can switch them with a right-click and change their color with a left-click which opens the <ahref="./other_windows.html#colors">Colors</a> window. </li>
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<li>Color sets offer direct access to colors. A left-click sets the foreground, a right-click the background color. The little arrow widgets let you switch between several sets you can create in the Colors window.</li>
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<divclass="box-info">
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<p>A few tips on non-obvious features for the impatient reader:</p>
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<h3>A few tips on non-obvious features for the impatient reader:</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><p>Holding <spanclass="key">SHIFT</span> has some of the tools snap to certain settings, like 45° angles for the <ahref="./tools/straight-line.html">Straight Line</a> tool, or keep a 1:1 aspect ratio for the <ahref="./tools/rectangle.html">Rectangle</a> or <ahref="./tools/ellipse.html">Ellipse</a> tools to create a square or circle.</p></li>
<p><spanclass="menu">Undo/Redo</span> the last action (the number of reversable actions can be adjusted in the settings).</p>
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<p><spanclass="menu">Undo/Redo</span> the last action (the number of reversible actions can be adjusted in the settings).</p>
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<p>You can <spanclass="menu">Cut</span> or <spanclass="menu">Copy</span> the selection of the <spanclass="menu">Active layer</span> or <spanclass="menu">All layers</span> from their submenus.</p>
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<h3>Layer</h3>
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<p>You can <spanclass="menu">Rotate…</span> and <spanclass="menu">Translate…</span> the current layer/selection. It'll pop up a window to enter the angle or x/y coordinates manually, or you can just rotate/move it all directly on the canvas. A right-click sets the rotation point.</p>
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<p>You can also <spanclass="menu">Flip horizontally/vertically</span>, <spanclass="menu">Change transparency…</span> or <spanclass="menu">Clear</span> the current layer.</p>
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<p>You can <spanclass="menu">Flip horizontally/vertically</span> or <spanclass="menu">Clear</span> the current layer.</p>
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<p><spanclass="menu">Add layer</span> creates a new layer in front of the current one. More options are available from the <ahref="other_windows.html#layers">Layers</a> window.</p>
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<p><spanclass="menu">Add</span> creates a new layer and you can also <spanclass="menu">Delete</span>, <spanclass="menu">Duplicate</span> or <spanclass="menu">Merge down</span> (i.e. merge with one below) the currently selected layer.</p>
<p><spanclass="menu">Resize to fit</span> changes the main window size to best fit the canvas.</p>
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<p>Last is a list of all the special panels described in this manual a bit later. It's a good idea to memorize the shortcuts to them.</p>
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<p>Last is a list of the special panels which are described under <ahref="other_windows.html">The other windows</a>. It's a good idea to memorize the shortcuts to them.</p>
<p>You can choose a different <spanclass="menu">Color model</span> from the menu: <spanclass="menu">RGB</span>, <spanclass="menu">CMY</span>, <spanclass="menu">HSV</span>, <spanclass="menu">YIQ</span>, <spanclass="menu">YUV</span> or <spanclass="menu">BeOS</span>. The additional "A" slider is the alpha channel, aka transparency.</p>
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<p>If you hold <spanclass="key">CTRL</span> while moving one slider, the others follow it, keeping their relative distance. Holding <spanclass="key">SHIFT</span> when clicking a slider sets the other sliders to that same value.</p>
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<p>You can choose a different <spanclass="menu">Color model</span> from the menu: <spanclass="menu">RGB</span>, <spanclass="menu">CMYK</span>, <spanclass="menu">HSV</span>, <spanclass="menu">CIELAB</span> or <spanclass="menu">BeOS</span>. The additional "A" slider is the alpha channel, aka transparency.</p>
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<p>When in RGB mode, holding <spanclass="key">SHIFT</span> when clicking a slider sets the other sliders to that same value. It's a quick way to set a shade of gray.</p>
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<p>Selecting a color with the left mouse button sets the foreground color, the right sets the background color. The same happens when you move a slider with the left/right mouse button.</p>
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<p>Below the pane on the right, the color is shown as a hex-value that you can copy and paste when editing an HTML document, for example. The other way around is also possible, paste a hex-value from your HTML document to use the color in ArtPaint.</p>
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<p>Under <spanclass="menu">Color set</span> you can create a <spanclass="menu">New color set</span> with 8 to 64 colors, <spanclass="menu">Delete current set</span> and <spanclass="menu">Open/save color set</span>.</p>
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<p>The little arrow widgets below the palette (also below the canvas in the main window) let you switch between the available color sets.</p>
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<p>The little arrow widgets beside the palette let you switch between the available color sets.</p>
<p>Here you see all layers stacked up on each other, with the combination of them all and the project name at the top.</p>
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<p>Here you see all layers stacked up on each other, with a checkbox that controls if a layer is visible.</p>
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<p>The checkbox controls if a layer is <spanclass="menu">Visible</span>.</p>
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<p>The <spanclass="menu">Layer</span> menu has commands to <spanclass="menu">Add</span> a new layer and to <spanclass="menu">Delete</span>, <spanclass="menu">Duplicate</span> or <spanclass="menu">Merge down</span> (i.e. merge with one below) the currently selected layer.</p>
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<p>The pop-up menus have commands to <spanclass="menu">Merge with front/back layer</span>, <spanclass="menu">Add layer in front/behind</span>, <spanclass="menu">Duplicate layer</span> and <spanclass="menu">Delete layer</span>.</p>
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<p>You can arrange layers by dragging them around and rename them by editing their text field.</p>
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<p>At the top is a slider to set a layer's transparency (<spanclass="menu">Alpha</span>) and a menu to set a blending <spanclass="menu">Mode</span>. Since ArtPaint implements these modes similarly to other graphics applications, you can find in-depth explanations for them online, e.g. in the <ahref="https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/blending-modes.html">Photoshop help</a> or the <ahref="https://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-concepts-layer-modes.html">GIMP docs</a>.</p>
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<tr><tdstyle="vertical-align: top"><imgsrc="./images/windows_tools+setup.png" style="border:none;padding:15px;float:right" alt="Window: Tools & Tool setup" /></td><tdstyle="vertical-align: top">
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<h3><aid="tools" name="tools">Tools & Tool setup</a></h3>
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<p>Here you find all the available tools. By changing the window size, you can re-arrange their icons.</p>
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<p>Here you find all the available tools. By changing the Tools window size, you can re-arrange the icons.</p>
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<p>A right-click opens the tool's setup window.</p>
<p>Once you have configured a few different brushes - round, rectangular, big, small, soft, hard - you can quickly switch between them in the Brushes window.</p>
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<p>The red line under the brush represents its scale: full-length means the representation is 1:1, half-length is 1:2 and so forth.</p>
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<p>To remove a stored brush you can choose to <spanclass="menu">Delete selected brush</span> from the <spanclass="menu">Brush</span> menu.</p>
<p>Depending on the amount of memory available and size and number of projects and layers you work with, you can set the number of revertable actions to <spanclass="menu">Off</span>, <spanclass="menu">Unlimited</span>, or choose <spanclass="menu">Adjustable</span> and set the number of <spanclass="menu">Undo steps</span>explicitely.</p></td></tr>
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<p>Depending on the amount of memory available and size and number of projects and layers you work with, you can set the number of revertable actions to <spanclass="menu">Off</span>, <spanclass="menu">Unlimited</span>, or choose <spanclass="menu">Adjustable</span> and set the number of <spanclass="menu">Undo steps</span>explicitly.</p></td></tr>
<p>You can set the mouse pointer to <spanclass="menu">Tool cursor</span> and have a small icon of the active tool beside it, or, to avoid obscuring even a few pixels, set to <spanclass="menu">Cross-hair cursor</span>.</p>
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<li><p><spanclass="menu">Intelligent scissors</span> tries to select along detected edges.</p></li>
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<li><p><spanclass="menu">Magic wand</span> chooses all pixels of a similar color. You set the <spanclass="menu">Tolerance</span> for what's considered 'similar' with the slider below.</p></li>
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