This topic and subsequent sub-topics covers each action (Actions menu entry – left bar) in more details.
Almost any action can be applied using brush strokes(standard shapes), using special shapes or using any of “four cats” buttons (Apply menu entry).
There are some exceptions, so to be clear what options are allowed for each action, check the table below:
| Action | Standard shapes | Special shapes | Apply (four cats) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Colors | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pixel shifting | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Simple 3×3 filters | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ornaments | Yes | No | No |
| Spreader | Yes | No | No |
| Image nozzle | Yes | Yes | No |
| Warping | Yes | No | No |
| Marker | Yes | No | No |
| IPP filters | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IPP color twist | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IPP general filters | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IPP compound filters | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Few important notes:
- When Pixopedia is started, drawing action is active and after creating or loading image, you can immediately start to draw over image canvas.
- Although “four cats” icons are currently not disabled for actions that do not allow “four cats”, clicking one of the four cats will perform…nothing.
- Preview: for all actions where “four cats” are allowed, previewing is also allowed. To preview the chosen action effect on your image, move the mouse cursor anywhere inside IMA then press and hold letter P on your keyboard. The effect of chosen action will be visible on the right half of the image. If selection is active on the current image, preview will be shown only in the area covered by selection. Release P and preview is off.
In following sub-topics, each action will be discussed in more details.