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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:
In the image-menu through: → → or → ,
or by clicking the tool icon:
in Toolbox, provided that you have installed color tools in Toolbox.
For this, please refer to Section 1.11, “Toolbox”.
You can save the color settings of your image by clicking the
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:
Hue: The slider and the numeric text box allow you to select a hue in the HSV color circle (0 - 360).
Saturation: The slider and the input box allows you to select a saturation: 0 through 100.
Lightness : The slider and the text box allow you to select a value: -100 (dark) through 100 (light).
The Preview button makes all changes dynamically so that they can be viewed immediately.
