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The Photo Tools 399

the nib size. However if you prefer you can switch to an absolute nib size by clicking the
SIZE toggle button.

Use the SOFTNESS control to give your strokes some feathering, so they blend into the
photo, instead of having a hard edge (Softness = 0%). Start painting onto your photo to
apply the effect. This creates a new region shape on top of your photo.

Your stroke shape will be outlined with a "marching ants" effect to indicate that it is a
current or active shape. Toggle the "ants" on or off using the shortcut "Ctrl + H"

Adjusting painted effects
After painting, the new effect region you created on top of your photo remains selected,
so you can adjust it if required. You can adjust the strength of the effect by using the
TRANSPARENCY slider and you can adjust the softness/feathering on the region using the
feather (on page 91) slider on the top InfoBar. You can also carry on painting to extend
the selected region, or hold down Shift and erase parts of the region.

You can even switch into the PHOTO TOOL with the region still selected and adjust the
brightness, contrast, etc. of your region.

Back in the the EFFECT PAINTER, to paint a new region, first deselect the existing selected
region. You can do this by just clicking away from the photo or by hitting Esc. Now when
you paint you will create a new region, on the same or on a different photo, and it will
have the same attributes as the last region you had selected. Or of course, just select a
different effect in the Effect control.

At any time you can select an existing region by Ctrl + Clicking on it. Once selected, you
can modify it as described above and if you then deselect it and draw a new region the
new region will have the same attributes.

Photo enhance, retouching, spot effects, photo effects

The Red Eye Tool

Select the RED EYE TOOL from the PHOTO TOOL flyout bar.
The RED EYE TOOL allows you to quickly remove red eye effects from faces in
your photos.