User Guide
• Import selection. Allows you to make a selection box around the graphics you want to
import. Click on the Select button and then make the box with the mouse pointer in the
picture.
• Import as selection. The image will be imported as a floating selection and will not replace
the current image.
Crop
The crop button reduces the size of the picture intelligently: it removes the transparent areas
around the image, thus keep only the useful part of the image. This option is very important
to save memory in your application: only keep the important parts of the images to avoid
wasting memory and disc space.
Options
This icon allows you to choose the action of a right click in the image. You can two choices:
draw with background color, or pick color (a click on a pixel will select its color for the left
mouse button).
Resize
This icon is used to resize the picture. When you click on this icon, a small menu appears in
the information space under the icon:
• Enter the new width and height in the edit boxes.
• Proportional. If you check this box, the width or height is automatically
calculated from the other component to keep the proportionality of the
picture intact during the resize.
• Stretch. The image will be resized as well. If not selected, blank
areas are added around the image.
• Resample. Will resample the image during the process, leading to
a smoother resize.
Transparency
This tool allows you to show or hide the transparent color, and to edit it. In
Multimedia Fusion this tool also allows you to display and edit the alpha
channel of the image. If you click on this button, it opens the following
box in the information zone:
• Transp. Color. Select this option to see the transparent color, click on
Show to display the color.
• Alpha channel. Select this option to go in Alpha channel mode. The Show check box will
display the alpha channel (the display will be replaced by the alpha channel), and a click on
the Edit button permits to edit the picture: the color palette is replaced by shades of grey,
and you have all the drawing tools available to draw the alpha channel.
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