| Tool Options | Notes |
|---|
| Antialiasing | Smooth the edges |
| Feather Edges | Make edges blurry (partial transparent)
Work only if you check this option BEFORE using the Selection Tool (you can tell by using Quick Mask)
If you want to apply Feather Edge AFTER selection is made, use Select > Feather |
| Rounded corners | |
| Expand from center | Different way to draw rectangle |
| Fixed Aspect ratio / Width / Height / Size | Aspect ratio=1:1, enable you to draw a square |
| Position | 1st box: off the left; 2nd box: off the top |
| Size | |
| Highlight | If this option is checked, it will highlight the selection area
Area outside the contour line will be dimmed
Can adjust the Highlight Opacity when this option is checked
Will not work when Inverted Selection is made |
| Guides | Guides like center lines are used for centering and alignment
Rule of thirds / Fifths / Golden section - for Photography |
| Auto Shrink | Shrink the Guides within another rectangle object |
| Threshold | (Fuzzy select tool) Maximum tolerance for color difference |
| Tool Category | Tool Names |
|---|
| Selection Tools | Rectangle Selection, Ellipse Selection, Free Selection (Lasso), Fuzzy Selection (Magic wand), Select by Color, Interlligent Scissors, Foreground Select |
| Paint Tools | Brush Tools (Pencil, Paintbrush, Airbrush), Bucket Fill, Blend, Pencil, Paintbrush, Eraser, Airbrush, Ink, Clone, Heal, Perspective Clone, Blur/Sharpen, Smudge, Dodge/Burn |
| Transform Tools | Align, Move, Crop, Rotate, Scale, Shear, Perspective, Flip, the Cage tool |
| Other | Paths, Color Picker, Zoom, Measure, Text, GEGL Operation |
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