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- <h2>Edit Menu</h2>
- <p>The Edit Operations allow for easy manipulation of the image history,
- the selected region of the image, the selection itself, and the
- clipboard. </p>
- <p>An important thing to note about selected regions is that all drawing
- operations are clipped to remain within them. For example, if you use
- the <a href="SelectionTools.html">Ellipse Select</a> tool to select a
- circular region in the middle of the image, you will be unable to draw
- anything outside of that circle while the selection is active.
- <a href="EffectsMenu.html">Effects</a> and <a href="AdjustmentsMenu.html">
- Adjustments</a> will only affect the selected area as well.</p>
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- <h3><a name="Undo"></a>Undo </h3>
- <p>This undoes the most recent action that you've taken that affects
- the image, if any. This functionality is also available from the <a href="HistoryWindow.html">
- History Window</a>.</p>
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- <h3><a name="Redo"></a>Redo </h3>
- <p>This redoes the most recent action that you've undone, if any.
- This functionality is also available from the <a href="HistoryWindow.html">
- History Window</a>.</p>
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- <h3><a name="Cut"></a>Cut </h3>
- <p>You may use this to remove a selected portion of the active
- layer. You can select a portion of the layer by using the <a href="SelectionTools.html">
- Rectangle Select, Lasso Select, Ellipse Select</a>, or
- <a href="MagicWand.html">Magic Wand</a> tools. Once you perform the
- cut operation, that area of the layer is moved to the clipboard and
- replaced with transparent pixels. The current selection outline is
- also removed.</p>
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- <h3><a name="Copy"></a>Copy </h3>
- <p>This is similar to the Cut command, except that the selected
- region remains on the active layer and the selection outline is not
- removed.</p>
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- <h3><a name="Paste"></a>Paste </h3>
- <p>If there is an image in the clipboard, this command will allow
- you to paste it on to the active layer. The pasted pixels will then
- be selected and the <a href="MoveTools.html">Move Selected Pixels</a>
- tool will automatically be switched to. This will allow you to move,
- scale, or rotate the pixels into the desired location and
- orientation.</p>
- <p>If the image being pasted is too wide and/or too tall for the
- current canvas size, you will be asked if you want to resize the
- canvas. This is a quick shortcut to the
- <a href="ImageMenu.html#CanvasSize">Image<b> → </b>Canvas Size</a>
- command so that you can make sure that what you are pasting will
- fit.</p>
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- <h3><a name="PasteInToNewLayer"></a>Paste in to New Layer </h3>
- <p>This is similar to Paste, except that it creates a new layer,
- makes it active, and then performs the Paste command.</p>
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- <h3><a name="PasteInToNewImage"></a>Paste in to New Image</h3>
- <p>This is similar to Paste, except that it first creates a new
- image, makes it active, and then pastes the contents of the
- clipboard in to it. The new image is exactly the same size as the
- image that is in the clipboard.</p>
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- <h3><a name="EraseSelection"></a>Erase Selection </h3>
- <p>This command erases the currently selected region of the active
- layer. All pixels that lie within the selected region are placed
- with transparency. This is similar to the Cut command, except that
- the selected pixels are not copied to the clipboard.</p>
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- <h3><a name="FillSelection"></a>Fill Selection</h3>
- <p>If there is a selected region, this will fill it with the current
- primary color.</p>
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- <h3><a name="InvertSelection"></a>Invert Selection </h3>
- <p>If there is a selected region, this will cause all pixels that
- are selected to be unselected, and vice-versa.</p>
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- <h3><a name="SelectAll"></a>Select All </h3>
- <p>This causes the entire canvas to be selected.</p>
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- <h3><a name="Deselect"></a>Deselect </h3>
- <p>After you select this menu item, no pixels will be selected.</p>
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