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Retouching Tools
Double-click to select between these tools. You may vary the effect by selecting a different Pen Size or Shape from the Options Bar.
The Smudge tool blends adjacent pixels (use to smooth areas). The Splatter tool works like an air brush, giving a random pattern of dots (works with Custom Pen Tips for smoother effects). The Scatter tool mixes up the pixels over which it passes (great for disguising edges). The Sharpen tool increases the contrast between pixels. The Lighten makes pixels lighter (similar to dodging when developing a photograph). The Darken tool makes pixels more intense (similar to burning-in).
Depending on the speed of and memory available on your system, you may experience a brief delay when you first click some of these tools while ImageForge retrieves information from your image. Simply hold down the mouse button until the "wait" cursor disappears, then use the tool normally.
You can use the Update Drawing Area icon to control whether each stroke of the tool builds upon the last stroke, or if it is applied to the original image as it was when you began using the tool. Example: if you wished to smear an area, and then smear the already smeared area, you would enable the Update Drawing Area option. If you did not want to smear the area further with each stroke, you would not enable Update Drawing Area.
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