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Chapter 4: Digital Image Basics
Microsoft Digital Image Standard User’s Manual
5. Workspace
The gray area represents the workspace, the area that the canvas sits
within. You can use the zoom controls to magnify or reduce the canvas so
that it covers more or less of the workspace.
6. Selection Tools
The selection tools allow you to isolate and work on a specific part of the
picture.
7. The canvas
The white area is called the canvas, and it represents the printable area of
the page. When you open a picture, the canvas is often not visible since it
is covered entirely by the picture. You can use the zoom controls to mag
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nify or reduce the canvas so that it covers more or less of the workspace.
8. Zoom controls
The zoom controls magnify or reduce your photo so that you can see it in
more or less detail.
9. Stack
The Stack displays a thumbnail of each object in your picture. You can
rearrange the order of the objects by dragging thumbnails up or down
within the Stack.
10. Files palette
The Files palette displays a thumbnail of all of the currently open
pictures. You can switch your active picture by clicking a thumbnail in
the Files palette. You can also add a picture to the one you’re working on
by dragging the thumbnail from the Files palette to the canvas.