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  21.           <th colspan="3" align="center">4.¬†
  22.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Using the Quickmask</span>
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  27.           <th width="60%" align="center">Chapter¬†7.¬†
  28.         <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Painting with GIMP</span>
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  40.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Using the Quickmask</span>
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  49.             <p>Open an image or begin a new document;</p>
  50.           </li>
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  53.         Activate the Quickmask using the left-bottom button in the image
  54.         window. If a selection is present the mask is initialized with the
  55.         content of the selection;
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  60.         Choose any drawing tool. Paint on the Quick Mask using black color to
  61.         remove selected areas and white color to add selected areas. You can
  62.         use grey colors to get partially selected areas.
  63.       </p>
  64.             <p>
  65.         You can also use selection tools and fill these selections with the
  66.         Bucket Fill tool. This does not destroy the Qmask selections!
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  71.         Toggle off the Quickmask using the left-bottom button in the image
  72.         window: the selection will be displayed with its marching ants.
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  92.         <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Properties</span>
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  101.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Paths</span>
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