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Notes:
• To adjust a preset, right-click a thumbnail and select Modify Properties and
Apply.
• When a Texture or Gradient Fill is applied to a selection area, the base image
within the selection area is filled with the texture.
Working with Colors
PhotoImpact provides extensive tools for selecting and editing colors for various
tools used throughout PhotoImpact, including Paint, Fill, Text, and Path tools.
There are several ways to select a color:
• Use the color square, located on the Attribute Toolbar and the Color group
of the Brush tool settings. Similarly, you can use the Foreground color
square on the Toolbox. Click the color square to open the PhotoImpact
Color Picker dialog box (or the Choose Color From Palette dialog box
when working in Indexed-color mode) then select the desired color. Right-
click the color square to open the PhotoImpact Color Picker pop-up menu
where it gives you several options on how you can select a color.
• Use the Color Panel, a centralized color manager which also lets you easily
apply predefined colors for your project. Access the Color Panel by selecting
My Workspace: Panels - Color Panel, or click Color Panel (see
Color
Panel") in the Panel Manager.
Note: You can set your own default color picker in File: Preferences - General -
PhotoImpact - Tools.
Using the PhotoImpact Color Picker
The PhotoImpact Color Picker command opens a dialog box showing a
continuous color spectrum. The color spectrum displays hue or color and
luminance or the amount of brightness. When you move your mouse over the
colors, their RGB and HSB values are displayed below the color spectrum.
For a more precise color selection, click one of the colored tabs above the color
spectrum. For Grayscale images, the PhotoImpact Color Picker changes to show
just Grayscale values.
Web browsers display a common 216 colors while graphics use 256 colors. With
Web Safe Color Palette, you can safely create or design graphics using 8-bit,
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