Gobe Productive User's Guide - Image Processing

- Working in the Image Processing environment
- Image Processing tools and plugins
- Cropping an image
- Deselect and unfloat a selection
- Placing images in other documents

# Image Processing

The Image Processing environment is designed for working with image files. Tools in the Image Processing environment allow you to alter the images as you like: you can draw, change colors, move sections of the image, etc... Using common photo retouching plug-ins you can also blur, soften, and apply deformations to the image.

The image processing environment is the place to prepare an image for use in another document or for printing. If you are working with a mixture of text, graphics, and image files, the word processing or graphics environments are best suited for laying out your document. Use the image processing environment to prepare your images for placement in these other documents.

The plug-ins distributed with Gobe Productive are mostly self-explanatory. The best way to work with the plug-ins is to experiment with them and find the plug-in that best suits your needs. Remember, you can always undo the actions of any image retouching. Simply press [ALT] [Z] or select Undo from the Edit menu.

## Graphic Types

To import and work with graphic files you must have the appropriate graphics handlers installed. BeOS includes graphic handlers for the TIFF, Targa, and BMP formats. JPG, GIF, PIC and other graphic format handlers are also available. Check with the Be web site at www.be.com for more information on obtaining graphic handler files.

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