Here you may select the target image, i.e. the image the carving effect is applied to. The drop-down list will show you a list of opened images which may be carved.

If checked (default), the source image is used as stencil as described above. If unchecked, the inverted source image is used as stencil, e.g.:

Figure 16.233.  Engraving Masks

Normal mask

Inverted mask

In the example below, the target is a plain light yellow image. Note that, when Carve white areas is enabled (left image), the rectangular area is not carved, since it corresponds to a black area of the stencil. If this option is disabled (right image), the elliptical area, corresponding to the black area of the inverted stencil, is unchanged.

Figure 16.234.  Example for “Carve white areas”

White areas carved

Stencil

Black areas carved