Retouching

> > Other Tools

> > History tool:

> > The History tool is very useful. It lets you restore by painting a picture taken from the undo list. In this way you can correct little mistakes, without having to undo the whole picture.

> > To decide which picture in the undo-list you want to restore by painting, use the undo selector on the history tool options page. If the undo selector is set to -1 the history tool will paint the original picture loaded from file the first time.

> > Erase-Restore Layer tool:

> > With this tool you can erase/restore the layer's alpha channel, you can try it on a layer to see how it works: like all the other painting tools it supports all different brushes.

> > Clone tool:

> > The Clone tool lets you copy parts of a picture on top of another picture. For this task you typically need a source and a target picture. Source and target can also be the same picture.

> > The source is displayed in the Clone Window that will show when you select the clone tool from the toolbar.

> > The target is the current image loaded in the editor on top of which you want to paint.

> > To start a new cloning operation first click on the source picture in the clone window selecting the point from which you want to start to clone (note that if you don't click any point the (0,0) point will be assumed by default.

> > Then start painting with the clone tool on the target picture. Every time you need to start a new cloning you have to select another source point otherwise the old one will be still assumed to be valid .

> > You can select the source picture from file ()or set as source the current picture().

> > An other way to choose a source point is to Shift+Click directly on the target picture. In this case you will be cloning parts of the picture you are also editing (source and target pictures here are the same).

> > Sometimes you may need to resize the clone source: to perform this you can use the scale control for the clone source and then click apply: .

> > Select Clone Source from File

> > Set current picture as clone source

> > Resize Clone Source

> > Apply Resizing

> > Apply a color to the clone source picture

> > Object Stamp tool:

> > With this tool you can paint with the current object or, if the option "use all objects" is checked, with all the objects contained in the object repository.

> > There are many options to set about this tool on the "Tools Window", for example you can change the size, color and brightness of objects while painting; you can decide how far the objects has to be painted, the transparence and so on..

> > Deformer tool:

> > Use this tool to create cool deformation effects.