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Phillip Whitt, Beginning Pixlr Editor, 10.1007/978-1-4842-2698-8_2

2. Pixlr Editor Tools

Phillip Whitt

(1)Columbus, Georgia, USA

This chapter looks at the broad set of tools at your disposal in Pixlr Editor. Here’s what you’ll learn:

  • The Tool’s Purpose and Function: Each tool’s purpose and how it functions is described—an oversized icon representing the tool is shown in each figure to help the reader recognize it by sight on the toolbar.

  • Tool Shortcuts: Tool keyboard shortcuts use a single alphabetic character and are indicated after the tool’s name in parentheses. Once you memorize them, these keyboard shortcuts can dramatically reduce the time spent during an editing session. Tool shortcuts are included in the descriptions ...

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