3.8 Image ManagerEditing ImagesWhen you open an image from thumbnail view, you can perform basicediting operations, such as cutting, copying and pasting regions,changing image attributes, such as colour depth and brightness/contrast,transforming an image by cropping, resizing, rotating and apply anumber of filters.Zooming In or Out ImageIt may be necessary to take a closer look at some parts of the image orsee the entire image. Select a proper submenu from the View menu.Note: Changing the zoom factor does not change the image, only the waythe image is viewed. To change the size of image, perform Resizingor Resampling.Erasing Parts of ImageTo erase a part of an image, choose the tool from the toolbox. Youcan change the size of the eraser and the background colour. The erasedareas will be replaced with a selected background colour. For furtherdetails on erasing parts of an image, use the on-line help.Transforming ImageThe bottom part of the Image menu contains commands fortransforming images. All commands (except Resize and Crop) work witheither a whole image or with a selected region. The Resize commandworks with the whole image only. The Crop command works only if aregion is selected.Rotate: To rotate the image or a selected region.Flip: Flips the image vertical or horizontal.Shear: To shear (skew) theimage by an arbitrary angle.Crop: To cut a part off the image. The contents of the selected part willreplace the whole image.Resize: To resize the image. It works only with the whole image. Choosenew dimensions in the Width and Height fields.For further details on transforming images, use the on-line help.➜➜