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12.1.1
Tool Options
Figure 12.1: Tool Options dialog for the Rectangle Select tool.
If you have things set up like most people do, activating a tool causes its Tool Options dialog to appear below the Toolbox. If you
don’t have things set up this way, you probably should: it is very difficult to use tools effectively without being able to manipulate
their options.
don’t have things set up this way, you probably should: it is very difficult to use tools effectively without being able to manipulate
their options.
Tip
The Tool Options appear beneath the Toolbox in the default setup. If you lose it somehow, you can get it back by
creating a new Tool Options dialog using File
The Tool Options appear beneath the Toolbox in the default setup. If you lose it somehow, you can get it back by
creating a new Tool Options dialog using File
→
Dialogs
→
Tool Options and then docking it below the Toolbox. See
the section on
if you need help.
Each tool has its own specific set of options. The choices you make for them are kept throughout the session, until you change
them. In fact, the tool options are maintained from session to session. The persistence of tool options across sessions can
sometimes be an annoying nuisance: a tool behaves very strangely, and you can’t figure out why until you remember that you
were using some unusual option the last time you worked with it, two weeks ago.
them. In fact, the tool options are maintained from session to session. The persistence of tool options across sessions can
sometimes be an annoying nuisance: a tool behaves very strangely, and you can’t figure out why until you remember that you
were using some unusual option the last time you worked with it, two weeks ago.
At the bottom of the Tool Options dialog appear four buttons:
Save Options to This button allows you to save the settings for the current tool, so that you can restore them later. It brings up a
small dialog allowing you to give a name to the array of saved options. When you Restore options, only saved sets for the
active tool are shown, so you need not worry about including the name of the tool when you assign a name here.
active tool are shown, so you need not worry about including the name of the tool when you assign a name here.
Restore Options This button allows you to restore a previously saved set of options for the active tool. If no option-sets have
ever been saved for the active tool, the button will be insensitive. Otherwise, clicking it will bring up a menu showing the
names of all saved option sets: choosing a menu entry will apply those settings.
names of all saved option sets: choosing a menu entry will apply those settings.
Delete Options This button allows you to delete a previously saved set of options for the active tool. If no option-sets have ever
been saved for the active tool, the button will be insensitive. Otherwise, clicking it will bring up a menu showing the names
of all saved option sets: choosing a menu entry will delete those settings.
of all saved option sets: choosing a menu entry will delete those settings.
Reset Options This button resets the options for the active tool to their default values.
12.2
Selection Tools
12.2.1
Common Features
Selection tools are designed to select regions from images or layers so you can work on them without affecting the unselected
areas. Each tool has its own individual properties, but the selection tools also share a number of options and features in common.
areas. Each tool has its own individual properties, but the selection tools also share a number of options and features in common.