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388 The Photo Tools

feathering on the region inside the Photo Group once it’s selected inside, or you can
apply feathering to the mask or region before you apply the enhance effect.

Left photo in partial shadow, right photo enhanced with brightness and feathering to soften and
blend the outline.

If you want to make adjustments to the shape of a region inside a Photo Group then just
switch back to a mask or region tool and make your changes ensuring that the region or
mask is selected (shown with marching ants outline). Again, even while in the
Region/Mask tools, you can select regions inside a Photo Group using Ctrl+click.

If you want to be able to work on selected regions inside a Photo Group without
seeing the marching ants outlines, you can temporarily turn off the outlines
using the button on the infobar of the region and mask tools.

The outlines are turned on again as soon as you clear the selection or move to a different
photo or document.

In Xara Web Designer Premium the Mask tools are not presented on the main toolbar at
startup. If you want to use these tools you can find them in the Button Palette. See Photo
Regions and Masks (on page 295) for more details.

Compare & Restoring the original

The COMPARE button can be used to reset all the ENHANCE TOOL values back to their
defaults, returning your photo to its original state. Press the compare button a second
time, your previous values are reinstated. Therefore you can use the compare button to
quickly toggle between your edited photo and the original photo so you can see the
effects of the changes you've made.

Because all the enhance and levels alterations are non-destructive, pressing compare
simply removes the enhance attributes, so restoring the original image. The compare
button can be used at any time after an image has been altered.