User Guide

Canvas Shortcuts
Painting and editing images
Action Shortcut
In paint edit mode, set foreground color to black and
background color to white
Press C
Swap foreground and background colors Press X
Set the opacity for a painting tool (if applicable) Press a number key while the tool is selected; click the tool
again
Crop a paint object (hard crop) Press Ctrl and drag a handle on the selected paint object
with the Selection (arrow) tool
Constrain brush strokes to straight horizontal or
vertical movement
Press Shift while you drag a painting tool
Switch temporarily to the Color Dropper while using a
painting tool
Press Alt
Apply a channel mask to an object, or put an object’s
channel mask in edit mode
Press Ctrl and double-click the object
Place a paint object in edit mode when another paint
object is in edit mode
Press Tab and click the paint object while a painting tool is
selected
Channels palette
Operation Shortcut
Add a channel to the current selection Press Shift and drag the channel to the Selection button,
or press Alt+Shift and click the channel
Replace an alpha channel with the current selection Drag from the Selection button to the channel
Add the current selection to an existing alpha channel Press Shift and drag from the Selection button to the
channel
Create a new channel Click the New Channel button
Delete an alpha channel Drag the channel to the trash can icon
Duplicate a channel Drag the channel to the New Channel button
Load a channel as a selection Drag the channel to the Selection button, or
Alt-click the channel
Move an alpha channel in the palette Drag the channel up or down in the list
Save the current selection in a new channel Click the Selection button
Select the intersection of the current selection and a
channel
Press Shift+Ctrl and drag the channel to the Selection
button, or press Shift+Ctrl+Alt and click the channel
Subtract a channel from the current selection Ctrl-drag the channel to the Selection button, or press
Ctrl+Alt and click the channel
Subtract the current selection from a channel Press Ctrl and drag from the Selection button to the
channel
Make a channel active Press Ctrl and a number key. Press zero to select the
composite channel
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