User Guide

Retouch:

Brush Palette – offers various sizes for certain editing

tools. The larger the brush size, the larger the affected

area when a tool is used. The Intensity slider adjusts the

degree of effect applied.

Color Palette – offers various colors for use when paint-

ing or doing other color editing. The two color squares on

the left of the Color Palette show you the active (top) and

alternative (bottom) colors. You can change the alterna-

tive color to the active color simply by clicking on it.

Paintbrush – turns the mouse pointer into a paintbrush tip and

applies an opaque layer of the active color to the current layer.

Pen – works similar to the Paintbrush tool but draws like a felt-tip

pen or marker.

Airbrush – simulates the effect of a spray can, putting a light

layer of color on the active layer.

Eraser – removes color on a layer, making it a transparent back-

ground (white).

Clone – duplicates a selected area of an image to another loca-

tion. Right-click (Windows) or Shift-click (Macintosh) to select the

clone source, which will be indicated by a plus (+) sign. Then click

and drag over the area of the image to be painted with the clone

source.

Smudge – simulates the effect of a finger smearing wet paint.

Red Eye – reduces the red-eye effect common in flash =

photography.

ArcSoft PhotoImpression Quick Start Guide