Layer: How to Learn Photobie Toolbars

This updated guide examines Layer: How to Learn Photobie Toolbars and organizes the essential facts, background, and practical takeaways in clear American English.

Part 1of 3:

Paint Toolbar

1. Start with the Paint Selection toolbar. It has selections from 'Draw Shapes' to Eyedropper. Also on the Paint Selection toolbar, are a wide choice of options for making selections. Starting from the top left to the bottom right, they are as follows (some of the screenshots are from the PDF that you can download from the site):
2. Draw Shape - this tool gives you 10 different ways to manipulate the outline of shapes. You are even able to texturize their outline.
3. Fill Shape - allows you to choose from 7 shapes or a selection you have made and fill it with your choice of colors or texture(s).
4. The Pen Tool size is changed at the upper right corner of the screen. The size ranges from 1 to 96.
5. Brush Tool - You have a variety of brushes to choose from and can make and add your own as you gain experience with the software.
6. Airbrush tool - Very similar to other software airbrush tools
7. Smudge tool - Like when you use a pallet of wet paint and push it around, Smudging allows you to manipulate and mix the colors as you wish.
8. Bucket Fill - Use this to fill in a desired area with a texture or color.
9. Touch up Tool - This is one that is different than what you might be used to. It slowly will change to the primary color that you have selected which allows you to gradually get a color or look 'just right'.
10. Text Tool - Pick your text and color or fill it with whatever you want it to be.
11. Layer Eraser - Erases on the layer that you are currently in. You can affect its appearance by selecting 'soft eraser' or not.

Part 2of 3:

Region Management (Selections)

1. Check out the many types of selections that can be made using this.
   • Rectangle Selection
   • Square Selection
   • Oval Selection
   • Circle Selection
   • Round Rectangle Selection
   • Polygon Selection
   • Free Hand Selection
   • Fuzzy Selection ('magic wand')
2. Use the selection tools for working on something, for excluding something, and many other things. '
3. Learn about feathering. ^{[2]XResearch source}One of the most useful things that you can do with the feathering is it helps the area you selected not have such a hard edge.
4. Invert selections. ^{[3]XResearch source}

Part 3of 3:

Layer Management

1. Starting from top right, the first icon is for selecting all of the layers.
2. Merge and keep your layers or Merge and remove the layers.
3. Crop the current layer or all selected layers, depending on which layers are selected.
4. Copy the current layer or all selected layers, depending on which layers are selected. This is different than the general copy option. The general one will not copy multiple layers.
5. Paste. ..same as copy, only you paste.
6. The layer clone tool has three options:
   • Clone the current layer as a one item
   • Clone only the part of the current layer bounded by a selected region.
   • Clone only the part of the whole image bounded by a selected region.
7. Move the current layer by clicking on the little glove and then moving your image around.
8. Use the color adjustment tool for when you want to alter the colors. This works with the active layer(s), as opposed to the whole image.
9. The following icon enables you to turn the selected layer(s) to any degree.
10. Next, comes the ability to flip your layer(s) horizontally or vertically.
11. The last icon allows you to copy the piece of the layer that you have selected.