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Editing lenses

After you create a lens, you can edit it. For example, you can add areas to it and remove areas from it. You can change the lens properties or change the transparency of a lens to fine-tune the changes you want to apply to the image.

Lenses can be selected and transformed in the same way that you select and transform objects. For information about selecting and transforming objects, see “Working with objects” and “Modifying objects.” You can also change the shape of a lens using a special effects filter. For more information about special effects, see “Applying special effects.”


To add an area to a lens

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Click the Object pick tool Photo Paint pgx pick tool Editing lenses.
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Select a lens.
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Click one of the following:
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Paint tool Photo Paint pgx paint tool Editing lenses
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Rectangle tool Photo Paint pgx rectangle tool Editing lenses
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Ellipse tool Photo Paint pgx ellipse tool Editing lenses
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Polygon tool Photo Paint pgx polygon tool Editing lenses
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Line tool Photo Paint pgx line tool Editing lenses
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On the property bar, specify the tool’s attributes.
Ensure the New object button Photo Paint pgx new object button Editing lenses on the property bar is disabled.
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Drag across the areas that you want to add to the lens.

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When adding areas to a lens, the grayscale value of the foreground color or fill color affects the lens opacity. White adds areas to the lens, while black makes lens areas transparent. For more information, see “Working with object transparency.”
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The Rectangle tool, Ellipse tool, Polygon tool, and Line tool create new objects by default.

To remove an area from a lens

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Click the Object pick tool Photo Paint pgx pick tool Editing lenses.
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Select a lens.
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Click the Eraser tool Photo Paint pgx eraser tool Editing lenses.
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On the property bar, specify the Eraser tool’s attributes.
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Drag across the areas that you want to remove from the lens.

To change the properties of a lens

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Click the Object pick tool Photo Paint pgx pick tool Editing lenses.
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Select a lens.
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Click Object Photo Paint onestep Editing lenses Edit lens.
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Edit the lens properties.

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You cannot change the properties of a Desaturate lens or an Invert lens.

To change the transparency of a lens

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Click the Object pick tool Photo Paint pgx pick tool Editing lenses.
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Select a lens.
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In the Objects docker, type a value in the Opacity box.
If the Objects docker is not open, click Window Photo Paint onestep Editing lenses Dockers Photo Paint onestep Editing lenses Objects.

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The Opacity box is not available for 1-bit black-and-white images.

To change the shape of a lens by using a special effects filter

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Click the Object pick tool Photo Paint pgx pick tool Editing lenses.
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Select a lens.
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Click Effects, and click a special effect.
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Specify the settings of the special effects filter.

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Only some special effects change the shape of lenses. For example, many special effects from the 3D and Distort special effect categories work well.

Editing lenses