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command to toggle back and forth between the group and the non-group mode. It requires restarting the application
for this change to take effect.
You can also use the Toolbox > Default Layout to reset the toolbox to the original state for each mode.
Change Toolbox Size
Drag any border of the toolbox to change the size. Note: Only size of floating Layers, Channels, Tray, and Undo
History toolboxes can be changed.
The Toolboxes consist of:
Paint:
It displays foreground and background color boxes, a palette, and a model to change your color. Computer monitors
display colors by producing varying amounts of red, green, and blue light - the RGB color model. Human eyes
perceive color by its hue, saturation, and lightness levels - the HSL color model.
Brush/Mask:
It changes the size, hardness, angle, and opacity of your brush. There is also a pull-down menu of all the preset
brushes. When you customize your own brush, you can save it by clicking on the arrow button, which give you
several Save options.
Swatch:
These are elaborate palettes that can be saved and loaded later. It offers a wide range of colors that can be sorted by
web-friendliness, luminance, hue, and much more, by clicking the options arrow and make your selection. You can
also double click any color cell to open the Select Color edit dialog.
Layers:
Think of layers as transparent sheets fitted around your canvas so that you can apply affects or make major changes
without changing or damaging the entire body of the work. The Layer Toolbox lets you organize, modify, and tweak
the layers how you want.
Channels:
A channel is used to store and edit selections. The Channel Toolbox lets you switch and change channels. The
Channels Toolbox lets you create and manage channels and monitor the effects of editing. The palette lists all
channels in the image for instance, RGB, then the individual color channels and finally alpha channels. A thumbnail of
the channel's contents appears to the left of the channel name.
Navigator:
The Navigator allows you to zoom in and out of the canvas and see the thumbnail of an image. You can drag the
slider bar or click the left or right arrows to zoom in and out at any ratio.
History
The History palette lets you jump to any state of the image created during the current working session. Each time
you apply a change to an image, the new state of that image is added to the Toolbox. For example, if you select,
Paint, and crop part of an image, each of those states is listed separately in the Toolbox. You can, then, select any of
the states, and the image will revert to how it looked when that change was applied.
Tray:
The Tray Toolbox allows you to see all images that have been opened. You can save, print, close, or select an image
and choose from the several buttons on the Tray Toolbox.
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