The Colorize tool renders the active layer or selection into a greyscale
image seen through a colored glass. You can use it to give a “
Sepia” effect to your image. See
Color model
for Hue, Saturation, Luminosity.
You can get to the Colorize tool in two ways :
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In the the image-menu through:
→ →
or
→ ,
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or by clicking the tool icon:
in Toolbox, provided that you have installed color tools in Toolbox.
For this, go to
Tools Dialog.
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Presets
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You can save the color settings of your image by clicking the
Add settings to favourites button
The
button opens a menu:
which lets you Import Settings from File or
Export Settings to File,
and gives you access to the Manage Save Settings dialog:
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Select Color
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Hue:
The slider and the numeric text box allow you to select a hue
in the HSV color circle (0 - 360).
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Saturation:
The slider and the input box allows you to select a
saturation: 0 through 100.
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Lightness :
The slider and the text box allow you to select a value:
-100 (dark) through 100 (light).
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Preview
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The Preview button makes all changes dynamically so that they can
be viewed immediately.
