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- NOTE:</b> This document is still being written (it is "under construction"). Its contents are preliminary, incomplete,
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- <li><a href="index.html">Overview</a><br>
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- <li><a href="Features.html">Features</a><br>
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- <h3>Concepts</h3>
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- <li>Layers and Transparency<br>
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- <li>Selections<br>
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- <h3>User Interface</h3>
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- <li><a href="KeyboardMouseCommands.html">Keyboard & Mouse Commands</a></li>
- <li><a href="MainWindow.html">Main Window</a></li>
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- <li><a href="File.html">File</a></li>
- <li><a href="Edit.html">Edit</a></li>
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- <li><a href="Image.html">Image</a></li>
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- <li>Toolbar</li>
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- <li>Tools Window<ul class="toc">
- <li>Selection Tools</li>
- <li>Brush Tools</li>
- <li>Pixel Tools</li>
- <li>Shape Tools</li>
- <li>Text Tool</li>
- <li>Paint Bucket</li>
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- <h2>Main Window</h2>
- <p>The Paint.NET user interface is broken up in to 9 major areas:</p>
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- <h3>Titlebar </h3>
- <p>This tells you the name of the image you are working with, as well as the current zoom level and the version
- of Paint.NET you are using.</p>
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- <h3><a href="MenuBar.html">Menu Bar</a></h3>
- <p>This is where you can access the various menu items. Quite often, commands accessible from this location
- will be referenced using <b>Menu → Command</b> notation. For example, <b>File → Exit</b> means to clicking
- on the File menu, and then click on the Exit command.</p>
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- <h3>Toolbar </h3>
- <p>Right below the menus there are several icons and controls for executing various commands or adjusting certain
- global drawing options.</p>
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- <h3>Image canvas </h3>
- <p>This is where the image is visible, and is also the area where you may draw.</p>
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- <h3>Tools Window </h3>
- <p>This where the active tool is highlighted, and also where you may choose from other tools. It is also where
- the selected primary and secondary colors are displayed.</p>
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- <h3>History Window </h3>
- <p>Everything you've done to an image since you opened it is listed in this window.</p>
- </li>
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- <h3>Layers Window </h3>
- <p>Every image contains at least <i>one layer</i>, and this window is your primary area for managing them.</p>
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- <h3><a href="ColorsWindow.html">Colors Window</a></h3>
- <p>This is the primary area for selecting colors to draw with. It consists of <i>a color wheel</i>, a <i>saturation
- slider</i>. If you have expanded the window with the "More" button then it will also contain several controls
- for fine tuning and exactly specifying color values.</p>
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- <h3>Status Bar </h3>
- <p>This area is divided into several sections. The first, on the left, displays quick help and status information.
- The next sections display rendering progress (if pertinent), image size, and the cursor location within the
- image.</p>
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- <font color="#808080" size="1">Copyright <font face="Times New Roman">⌐ 2005 </font>Rick Brewster, Chris Crosetto, Tom
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