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6.3. Selection rules and Shadow

Selection rules & Shadow (menu entry: Tools -> Selection rules & Shadow)

This tool entry controls behavior of Selections OpMode and drop shadow style.

Selection rules

  • Feather radius: set desired value for feather (blur) radius. Selection mask will have blurred edges depending on given radius value.
  • Restore original selection after action: if checked (default) original selection is restored after action involving feathering; if unchecked, selection will be resized for given radius value.
  • Clip to selection: when selection is active and Standard shapes are selected, stroke will be clipped by selection mask, i.e. drawing outside the selection will not be possible.
  • Paste into resize filter: when paste into item is selected, image from clipoboard will be resized to fit selection; you can choose resizing algorithm (interpolation).
  • Paste into blending mode: sets blending mode for paste into action.

Magic wand settings:

  • Color tolerance: value for color tolerance when magic wand selection tool is used.
  • Use maximum filter to remove black holes: if checked, maximum filter will be applied internally to remove isolated pixels.
  • Magic wand modes:
    • inclusive:  selection is closed polygon
    • exclusive:  the selection includes only points that match the initial pixel, similar to a flood fill.
    • global: The selection includes all points that match the initial pixel, examining all pixels of the image.

Shadow

This group controls drop shadow appearance. If shadowing is active, after stroke or shape is drawn, drop shadow will be added/rendered.

  • Off: shadowing is off; shadow will not be rendered.
  • On-simple: simple shadow is rendered after drawing.
  • On-plus: shadow is rendered after drawing and stroke interior mask will be “enhanced” with shadow intensity.
  • X offset: shadow shift value in X direction.
  • Y offset: shadow shift value in Y direction.
  • Blur: if checked, blur filter is applied on shadow mask with given radius; shadow will have smooth edges.
  • Shadow color: usually black, but you can set different color as well.
  • Capacity: shadow capacity/opacity, max value (255) percentage.