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Cut, Copy, Delete
These operations are useful when used with masks, to cut pieces from photos, but you can use them on
any objects.
Select the object(s) you want to apply the operation to, then turn on mask mode and draw your mask
shape(s). Then perform the cut/copy/delete operation.
This shows a photo with mask on and an ellipse drawn on the mask. After a Cut or Delete the visible
part of the photo is cut or deleted, as shown on the right.
On the left example the mask has been inverted. Now when you cut or delete the masked pink area is
protected, everything else is deleted.
You can use masks on top of any drawing or photo.
If you have a mask shape selected when you apply these operations, you'll be asked whether you want
to apply the operation to the mask shape itself, or to the objects shown under the mask using the mask.
This is because you may want to use these operations on the mask shapes themselves and it's not clear
from the context what your intention is.
Duplicate, Clone
This will copy only the visible un-masked parts of the drawing or photo. The Clone option places a copy
exactly on top of the original.
Content Aware photo scaling
To protect part of a photo from being scaled, switch the mask on, draw around the area with the
Freehand tool. Now go into the Content Aware photo scaling tool (Photo tool fly-out bar on the main
toolbar).
See the Content Aware Scaling
feature for more information.
Photo enhance tool
Use a mask to apply brightness, contrast, saturation, temperature and blur/sharpen changes to any part
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