Index Straight Outline Tool, 98 Straighten Tool, 61 straightening, 61, 114 support. See start of <strong>User</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> Swatches tab, 75 system requirements, 13 tab, 32 Animation, 155 Brush Tip, 77 Channels, 68 Character, 91, 93 Colour, 73 docking and undocking, 34 Documents, 21 Histogram, 69 How To, 4 Instant Effects, 119 Layers, 12, 155 Layout (printing), 188 Navigator, 12, 37 Paths, 7, 103 settings, 35 Swatches, 75 Tool Presets, 5, 36 technical support. See start of <strong>User</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> text, 90 editing, 91, 92 layers, 90 Text Selection Tool, 47, 90 Text Tools, 90 Thick/Thin Warp Tool, 117 tiling (print option), 189 tolerance, 84 Tolerance, 45 tool Adjustable Selection, 45 Background Eraser, 80 Blemish Remover, 110 Blur, 110 Burn, 110 Clone, 88 Colour Pickup, 74, 144 Colour Selection, 45 Crop, 57, 58 Curved Outline, 98 Deform, 62 Dodge, 110 Elastic Warp, 117 Flood Eraser, 82 Flood Fill, 84 Freehand Outline, 98 Gradient Fill, 86 Image Slice, 168 Magnetic Selection, 47 Measure, 40 Mesh Warp, 63 Move, 49, 53 Node Edit, 96, 97, 99 Paintbrush, 76 Pan, 38 Patch, 110 Pattern, 82 Pencil, 76 Picture Brush, 78 Pinch/Punch, 117 presets, 36 QuickShape, 93, 95 Red Eye, 109 Replace Colour, 110 Scratch Remover, 110 Selection Deform, 49 Shape Edit, 97, 99 Sharpen, 110 Smudge, 109 Sponge, 110 Standard Eraser, 80 Standard Selection, 44 Straight Outline, 98 Straighten, 61 Text, 90 Text Selection, 47, 90 Thick/Thin Warp, 117 Twirl, 117 Unwarp, 117 Zoom, 37
Tool Presets tab, 5, 36 Tool properties, 35 toolbar, 32, 35 Context, 35 Photo Studio, 67, 113, 116, 124 Standard, 32 Tools, 32 Tools toolbar, 32 transparency. See opacity TWAIN image, 22 acquiring, 22 tweening, 159 Twirl Tools, 117 Undo preferences, 40 units (ruler), 40 Unwarp Tool, 117 URLs, 169 for image maps, 169 for image slices, 168 Use all layers, 46, 82, 89, 133 user interface, 31 vector shapes, 93 view options, 37 vignetting fixing lens, 114 Visual Reference, 31 Warp tools, 117 warping, 63, 117 Web images, 165 creating animated GIFs, 155 formats for, 165 image maps, 169 image slicing, 168 previewing in browser, 195 Web-safe palette, 167 Welcome to <strong>PhotoPlus</strong> <strong>X2</strong>, 3 windows, 32 workspace tabs, 32 Zoom Tool, 37 zooming, 37, 114 Index
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Welcome to PhotoPlus X2 Welcome to
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Productivity Welcome to PhotoPlus X
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Welcome to PhotoPlus X2 9 • Image
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2 Getting Started
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Startup Wizard Once PhotoPlus has b
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Getting Started 19 4. Select a back
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Getting Started 21 Recently viewed
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Visual Reference Understanding the
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4 Manipulating Images
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Making a selection Manipulating Ima
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Storing selections Manipulating Ima
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