Tools Preferences  
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Menu:   Edit > Preferences > Tools  

This tab of the Preferences
dialog box lets you adjust the settings for drawing tools.

Width
 
Lets you select the width of the line of the Pencil Tool and the width of the outline of the Line Tool, the Rectangle Tool and the Ellipse Tool. To set the width of the outline, indicate the desired value in pixels in the Width box and watch the changes in the pen width sample to the left.  
 
Default value: 1  
 
Size
 
Lets you select the size of the Brush Tool, Clone Tool, Sprayer Tool and the Eraser Tool. To set the size, move the slider or indicate the desired value in pixels.  
 
Default value: 8  
 
Intensity
 
Lets you select the thickness of the Brush Tool, Clone Tool and the Sprayer Tool paint, the intensity of the Flood tool and the fill color,and the transparency of the Eraser Tool. To set the thickness of the paint, the intensity of the fill color or the transparency of the Eraser Tool, move the slider or indicate the desired value in per cent. To "dilute" or to "thicken" the paint, decrease or increase the value respectively. The higher you set the intensity of the Eraser Tool, the closer the pixels previously changed with the drawing tools will get to their original values.  
 
Default value: 50  
 
Hardness
 
Lets you select the sharpness of the edges of the Brush Tool, the Clone Tool, the Sprayer Tool and the Eraser Tool. To set the sharpness of the edges, move the slider or indicate the desired value in per cent. To make the edges more defined or softer, increase or decrease the value respectively.  
 
Default value: 0  
 
Spacing
 
Lets you select the distance between the marks in the stroke of the Brush Tool, Clone Tool and the Eraser Tool, and the distance between the sprays of the Sprayer Tool. To set the distance between the marks or sprays, move the slider or indicate the desired value in per cent. To make a stroke or spray trace continuous or skipping, decrease or increase the value respectively.  
In the pane on the left, you can see how the Size, Intensity, and Hardness options will affect the Brush Tool, the Clone Tool, the Sprayer Tool and the Eraser Tool. Below this window, there is a drop-down list where you can select the shape of these tools.  
 
Default value: 25  
 
Tolerance
 
Lets you select the tolerance for the Flood tool and the Magic Wand. Indicate the desired threshold for hue, lightness and saturation in the Hue, Light and Sat boxes respectively. When you click a certain point in an image, ImageWarp uses the tolerance settings to determine how similar in color are pixels in the image to the pixel in the current point. If a pixel lies within the tolerance range, ImageWarp applies the fill color to it. Low tolerance makes ImageWarp fill pixels within a range of color values close to the pixel in the current point. High tolerance allows ImageWarp to fill pixels within a broader range.