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"Quick Mask" button at the bottom left of an image window. Change your "
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"<tt>Alt</tt>-click on the layer mask's preview in the Layers dialog toggles "
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"<tt>Alt</tt>-click on the layer mask's preview in the Layers dialogue "
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"toggles viewing the mask directly."
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"<tt>Ctrl</tt>-click on the layer mask's preview in the Layers dialog toggles "
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"the effect of the layer mask."
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"<tt>Ctrl</tt>-click on the layer mask's preview in the Layers dialogue "
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"toggles the effect of the layer mask."
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"<tt>Ctrl</tt>-click with the Bucket Fill tool to have it use the background "
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"color instead of the foreground color."
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"<tt>Ctrl</tt>-click with the Bucket Fill tool to have it use the background "
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"colour instead of the foreground colour."
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"After you enabled "Dynamic Keyboard Shortcuts" in the Preferences "
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"dialog, you can reassign shortcut keys. Do so by bringing up the menu, "
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"selecting a menu item, and pressing the desired key combination. If ""
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"Save Keyboard Shortcuts" is enabled, the key bindings are saved when "
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"After you enable "Dynamic Keyboard Shortcuts" in the Preferences "
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"dialogue, you can reassign shortcut keys. Do so by bringing up the menu, "
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"selecting a menu item, and pressing the desired key combination. If ""
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"Save Keyboard Shortcuts" is enabled, the key bindings are saved when "
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"If a layer's name in the Layers dialog is displayed in <b>bold</b>, this "
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"layer doesn't have an alpha-channel. You can add an alpha-channel using "
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"Layer->Transparency->Add Alpha Channel."
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"If a layer's name in the Layers dialogue is displayed in <b>bold</b>, this "
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"layer doesn't have an alpha-channel. You can add an alpha-channel using "
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"Layer->Transparency->Add Alpha Channel."
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"If some of your scanned photos do not look colorful enough, you can easily "
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"improve their tonal range with the "Auto" button in the Levels "
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"tool (Layer->Colors->Levels). If there are any color casts, you can "
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"correct them with the Curves tool (Layer->Colors->Curves)."
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"If some of your scanned photos do not look colourful enough, you can easily "
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"improve their tonal range with the "Auto" button in the Levels "
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"tool (Layer->Colours->Levels). If there are any colour casts, you can "
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"correct them with the Curves tool (Layer->Colours->Curves)."
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"If you stroke a path (Edit->Stroke Path), the paint tools can be used "
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"with their current settings. You can use the Paintbrush in gradient mode or "
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"even the Eraser or the Smudge tool."
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"If you stroke a path (Edit->Stroke Path), the paint tools can be used "
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"with their current settings. You can use the Paintbrush in gradient mode or "
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"even the Eraser or the Smudge tool."
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"If your screen is too cluttered, you can press <tt>Tab</tt> multiple times "
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"in an image window to hide or show the toolbox and other dialogs."
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"If your screen is too cluttered, you can press <tt>Tab</tt> multiple times "
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"in an image window to hide or show the toolbox and other dialogues."
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"Most plug-ins work on the current layer of the current image. In some cases, "
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"you will have to merge all layers (Image->Flatten Image) if you want the "
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"Most plug-ins work on the current layer of the current image. In some cases, "
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"you will have to merge all layers (Image->Flatten Image) if you want the "
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"plug-in to work on the whole image."
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"Not all effects can be applied to all kinds of images. This is indicated by "
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"a grayed-out menu-entry. You may need to change the image mode to RGB (Image-"
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">Mode->RGB), add an alpha-channel (Layer->Transparency->Add "
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"Alpha Channel) or flatten it (Image->Flatten Image)."
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"Not all effects can be applied to all kinds of images. This is indicated by "
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"a grayed-out menu-entry. You may need to change the image mode to RGB (Image-"
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">Mode->RGB), add an alpha-channel (Layer->Transparency->Add "
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"Alpha Channel) or flatten it (Image->Flatten Image)."
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"When using a drawing tool (Paintbrush, Airbrush, or Pencil), <tt>Shift</tt>-"
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"click will draw a straight line from your last drawing point to your current "
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"cursor position. If you also press <tt>Ctrl</tt>, the line will be "
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"constrained to 15 degree angles."
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"When using a drawing tool (Paintbrush, Airbrush, or Pencil), <tt>Shift</tt>-"
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"click will draw a straight line from your last drawing point to your current "
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"cursor position. If you also press <tt>Ctrl</tt>, the line will be "
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"constrained to 15 degree angles."
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"You can adjust or move a selection by using <tt>Alt</tt>-drag. If this makes "
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"the window move, your window manager uses the <tt>Alt</tt> key already. Try "
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"pressing <tt>Shift</tt> at the same time."
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"You can adjust or move a selection by using <tt>Alt</tt>-drag. If this makes "
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"the window move, your window manager uses the <tt>Alt</tt> key already. Try "
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"pressing <tt>Shift</tt> at the same time."
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"You can adjust the selection range for fuzzy select by clicking and dragging "
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"You can adjust the selection range for fuzzy select by clicking and dragging "
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"You can drag and drop many things in GIMP. For example, dragging a color "
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"from the toolbox or from a color palette and dropping it into an image will "
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"fill the current image or selection with that color."
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"You can drag and drop many things in GIMP. For example, dragging a colour "
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"from the toolbox or from a colour palette and dropping it into an image will "
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"fill the current image or selection with that colour."
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"You can draw simple squares or circles using Edit->Stroke Selection. It "
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"strokes the edge of your current selection. More complex shapes can be drawn "
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"using the Path tool or with Filters->Render->Gfig."
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"You can draw simple squares or circles using Edit->Stroke Selection. It "
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"strokes the edge of your current selection. More complex shapes can be drawn "
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"using the Path tool or with Filters->Render->Gfig."
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"You can get context-sensitive help for most of the GIMP's features by "
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"pressing the F1 key at any time. This also works inside the menus."
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"You can get context-sensitive help for most of the GIMP's features by "
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"pressing the F1 key at any time. This also works inside the menus."
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"You can press or release the <tt>Shift</tt> and <tt>Ctrl</tt> keys while you "
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"are making a selection in order to constrain it to a square or a circle, or "
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"to have it centered on its starting point."
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"You can press or release the <tt>Shift</tt> and <tt>Ctrl</tt> keys while you "
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"are making a selection in order to constrain it to a square or a circle, or "
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"to have it centred on its starting point."
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"You can save a selection to a channel (Select->Save to Channel) and then "
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"modify this channel with any paint tools. Using the buttons in the Channels "
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"dialog, you can toggle the visibility of this new channel or convert it to a "
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"You can save a selection to a channel (Select->Save to Channel) and then "
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"modify this channel with any paint tools. Using the buttons in the Channels "
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"dialogue, you can toggle the visibility of this new channel or convert it to "
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"You can use <tt>Alt</tt>-<tt>Tab</tt> to cycle through all layers in an "
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"image (if your window manager doesn't trap those keys...)."
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"You can use <tt>Alt</tt>-<tt>Tab</tt> to cycle through all layers in an "
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"image (if your window manager doesn't trap those keys...)."
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"You can use the middle mouse button to pan around the image, if it's larger "
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"than its display window."
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"You can use the middle mouse button to pan around the image, if it's larger "
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"than its display window."